Artist statement
I work with a wide range of media and processes involving the manipulation of everyday objects and materials. Mass-produced, anonymous objects are often rendered dysfunctional caricatures of themselves, addressing concepts of purpose and futility. I create or accentuate subtleties, blurring distinctions between the absurd and the mundane, with the notion that the environment the work exists in becomes integral to the work itself.
Qualifications and training
- 2012 MA by Research, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield
- 2006 Fine Art (Sculpture) BA (Hons) 1st Class, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 Bin Liner, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2012 Museum of Contemporary Rubbish, screenspace, Melbourne, Australia
- 2012 Rejectamenta, Grey Space Galleries, Leeds
- 2012 Morph Plinth in residence with Alice Bradshaw, Morph Plinth, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Sheffield, Bradford, London
- 2011 Museum of Contemporary Rubbish Gift Shop, Holmfirth Arts Festival 2011, Holmfirth
- 2011 Museum of Contemporary Rubbish, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath
- 2011 Rejectamenta, The Briggait, Glasgow
- 2010 Blown Light Bulbs, PEEP!, Wakefield
- 2010 Contents May Vary, Red Gallery, Hull
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Garage Show 2, fast & dirty, Edmonton, Canada
- 2012 Bound, Leeds City Library, Leeds
- 2012 This Is Not An Empty Space, Melbourne Works, Hebden Bridge
- 2012 Art & About: Exterior Range, Grassington Festival, Grassington
- 2012 Sheffield Fringe 2012: Chemistry of Incidence, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
- 2012 Speculation and Spectacle, Greenpoint Film Festival, New York (US)
- 2012 The Take Away Art, Oxford Playhouse: Tsangs Kitchen, Oxford
- 2012 Speculation and Spectacle, Rogue Art, New York (US)
- 2012 University of Incidental Knowledge Staff Show, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2012 #tweetart, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2012 HOARD, Departure Foundation, Birstall
- 2012 Postcards From Home, Ste. Emilie Skillshare, Montreal, Canada
- 2012 Curious Pursuits, Portico Library, Manchester
- 2012 #tweetart, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2011 Winter Wonderland, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2011 Next To Nothing, +44141, SWG3, Glasgow
- 2011 The Cutting Room presents: Telling Tales, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
- 2011 Festival Internacional de Videoarte, (FIVA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2011 Poles Apart, Blindside Gallery / Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia
- 2011 PANDEMIC!, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
- 2011 Speakeasy, Basement Arts Project, Leeds
- 2011 Next To Nothing, Black Dogs / Art In Unusual Spaces, Leeds
- 2011 Fundada Artists' Film Festival 2011, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2011 The Rubbish Exhibiton, Pop Up Art Space, Bradford
- 2011 Zooart 11, Fresia Gardens, Cuneo, Italy
- 2011 Re-Covering, Untitled Gallery, Manchester
- 2011 Not Quite A Baker's Dozen, London School of Economics, London
- 2011 Temporary Art Show 3 Part 2, Westgate Studios Project Space, Wakefield
- 2011 We Are All In This Together, Bureau Gallery, Manchester
- 2011 Temporary Art Show 3 Part 1, Westgate Studios Project Space, Wakefield
- 2011 The Nature of Change: Hybridity and Mutation, HRL Contemporary, London
- 2011 Test Space Sampler, Melbourne Studios, Leeds
- 2011 Lightworks 2011, Grimsby Minster, Grimsby
- 2011 Home From Home, 14th International Contemporary Book Fair, Leeds
- 2011 14th International Contemporary Book Fair, Univeristy of Leeds, Leeds
- 2011 Creative Calderdale Members Showcase, Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre, Halifax
- 2011 Unrealised Potential, Void Gallery, Derry
- 2010 Piece Hall Artists' Fair, Piece Hall, Halifax
- 2010 In Town, Isis / AND, Newcastle
- 2010 Minutiae, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
- 2010 Propellart, Union 105, Leeds
- 2010 Unrealised Potential, The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
- 2010 Test Space Leeds, Birds Yard, Leeds
- 2010 Boatelier, The Northumberland, Calder-Hebble Navigation, Rochdale Canal
- 2010 Light Night Leeds: Mélange, Leeds Met Gallery @ Harvey Nichols, Leeds
- 2010 Free For Arts Festival: Mute, Soup Kitchen, Manchester
- 2010 Warehouse Weekend, Bates Mill, Huddersfield
- 2010 Papergirl Manchester, Free For Arts Festival, Manchester
- 2010 Taking The Myth: Our Fourth Plinth, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2010 The Artist's Wake, Bury Art Gallery, Bury
- 2010 Bar Up Artist's Fair, Bar Up, Halifax
- 2010 Chew The Float, Victoria Baths, Manchester
- 2010 Limetree Festival, Limetree Farm, Grewelthorpe
- 2010 Sound Fjord, Dragonfly Festival, Åsarp, Sweden
- 2010 Fundada Artists' Film Festival, Halifax Festival, Square Chapel, Halifax
- 2010 FNORD, Moorfest, Skipton
- 2010 WHATCHAMACALLIT, Umbrella, Leeds
- 2010 Drawing Time!, Art In Unusual Spaces, Leeds Corn Exchange
- 2010 FILE 2010, SESI Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo (BR)
- 2010 Beermat Show, Empty Shop, Durham
- 2010 Virion 2010, Kelvin Grove Urban Screen Network, Brisbane (AUS)
- 2010 Unrealised Potential, Cornerhouse, Manchester
- 2010 Miniciné, Woodhouse Cultural Festival, Leeds
- 2010 The Art Book Book Shop, Oxfam Bookfest / Warwickshire Arts Week, Leamington Spa
- 2010 Assembly, Rogue Project Space, Manchester
- 2010 ZOOart, Fresia Gardens, Cuneo (IT)
- 2010 Museum of Contemporary Rubbish, Barnaby Festival, Macclesfield
- 2010 Everyday Revisited, Art In Unusual Spaces, Leeds Plaza
- 2010 FNORD, 42 New Briggate, Leeds
- 2010 Project One, Art Bloc, The Pulse, York
- 2010 Scrap Club No 12, Bocking Street Warehouse, London
- 2010 Video progetto, Grand Union / 26cc, Birmingham / Rome (IT)
- 2010 Cu, Contents May Vary / FutureEverything, The Palace Hotel, Manchester
- 2010 Apocalypse Food, Sluggos, Pensacola, Florida (US)
- 2010 GLOW II: Rites of Spring, Museum MAN, Berlin (DE)
- 2010 Haiti.Artists.Art.Auction., CUBE, Manchester
- 2010 The Big M / AND Festival, Flag Market, Preston
- 2010 Repurposes, Ephemeral States, Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries, Norfolk, Virginia (US)
- 2010 Cabinet of Curiosities, 13th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair, University of Leeds, Leeds
- 2010 Short Cuts Film Festival, New Stages Festival 2010, University of Leeds, Leeds
- 2010 Screening One, The Public, West Bromwich
- 2010 Westgate Studios Film Night, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2010 Contents May Vary, NoiseLab, Manchester
- 2010 Beermat Show, Harry's Bar, Wakefield
- 2010 Contents May Vary, Red Gallery, Hull
- 2009 Exhibit Number 25, Museum Entry Number 986, Museum of Temporary Art, Tübingen, Germany
- 2009 The Medium is the Message, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario
- 2009 A Room of Words, South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford
- 2009 Awkward, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee (US)
- 2009 Endings and Beginnings, Projeto Gallery, Keighley
- 2009 Hatch, Bradford Playhouse, Bradford
- 2009 Salver, Old Broadcasting House, Leeds
- 2009 2nd Sheffield Artist's Book Prize Exhibition (Off The Shelf Festival), Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
- 2009 Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto Subway Network, Toronto, Canada
- 2009 ArtsFest, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
- 2009 Portobello Film Festival, various, London
- 2009 Aeon Festival, Shobrooke Park, Devon
- 2009 Subversive Correspondence #2, The Gallery at Willesden Green, London
- 2009 Videoholica, Varna Archaeological Museum and Varna Puppet Theater, Varna (BG)
- 2009 Open Vernissage 2009, Galerija Vernissage, Osijek (HR)
- 2009 Best of Manchester 2009 Exhibition, Urbis, Manchester
- 2009 Subversive Correspondence, Broadwalk Arts, Bristol
- 2009 Urban (R)evolutions #2, Festival Miden, Kalamata (GR)
- 2009 On Your Wall, Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds
- 2009 ANTIFREEZE 2009, Contents May Vary, Manchester
- 2009 Shelf Life, Key Arts, Ipswich
- 2009 Sustainabilitree, Bog Standard Gallery, London
- 2009 As We Speak, Stereo, Glasgow
- 2009 Re-use: Objects of Virtue, Nexus, Manchester
- 2009 Strawberry Fair 2009 Film Festival, Strawberry Fair, Cambridge
- 2009 Everyday Film & Photography, Temporary Art Space, Halifax
- 2009 Fugitive 60, Fugitive Projects, Nashville TN (US)
- 2009 Olfaction, Empty Shop, Durham
- 2009 EVOLUTION 2009, LUMEN, Leeds
- 2009 In Transit, Luda Gallery / Zurab Zsereteli Gallery / NCCA, St Petersburg / Moscow / Ekaterinburg (RU)
- 2009 1st Bacon Street Screen Project, Bacon Street Project, London
- 2009 Video Screening, Bacon Street Projects, London
- 2009 Beermat Show, Temporary Art Space, Halifax
- 2009 Art Bargain Basement, Version>09: Immodest Proposals, Chicago (US)
- 2009 HALLelujah, 212 West Princes Street, Glasgow
- 2009 Video Festival Imperia, Festival Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica Digitale, Imperia (ITA)
- 2009 3rd London Film Makers Convention, Portobello Film Festival, London
- 2009 Reception, Plan B, Bristol
- 2009 (sub)missive, 12th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair, University of Leeds, Leeds
- 2008 Art Infinitum, Incubator Gallery, Portsmouth
- 2008 LIQUIDIZER, Vault Gallery, Lancaster
- 2008 Step Closer, EA Gallery, Lyons, Georgia (US)
- 2008 Bates Mill Open Studios, Bates Mill, Huddersfield
- 2008 HONK, Outside A Foundation / Leeds Art Gallery / Bates Mill / Castlefield Gallery, Liverpool / Leeds / Huddersfield / Manchester
- 2008 Liverpool Artists' Book Fair, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool
- 2008 Posted Posters, First Draft Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
- 2008 LIFT (Leeds Intimate Film Theatre), Electric Press Goods lift, The Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
- 2008 Startrunning C, Sandbar, Manchester
- 2008 Digital Fringe Festival, (Rose Chung Costume Shop), Melbourne, Australia
- 2008 5th One Minute Film & Video Festival, Postfach 2761, Aarau, Switzerland
- 2008 VI Bienal Internacional de Acuarela, Corporación Cultural de Viña del Mar, Chile
- 2008 Exquisite Creature, Tape Projects, Melbourne, Australia
- 2008 Artranspennine08 Launch, International 3, Manchester
- 2008 Temporary Art Show, Bates Mill, Huddersfield
- 2008 Lumpen Media Cart, Version>08 Festival: Dark Matter, The Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago
- 2007 Miniature Art Show, 42 New Briggate, Leeds
- 2007 Under Maintenance, Victoria Baths, Manchester
- 2007 Housework | Beckenham, Beckenham, London
- 2006 GIFT, Museum MAN, Liverpool Independents Biennial
- 2006 Objects In Waiting, End Gallery, Sheffield
- 2006 Contents May Vary, Apartment, Manchester
- 2006 Contents May Vary, Zion Centre, Manchester
- 2006 Variables, 224A Burton Road, Manchester
- 2006 Where To?, Redchurch Street & Vyner Street, London
- 2005 The Good Life, Apartment, Manchester
- 2005 Dive, Victoria Baths, Manchester
Degree shows
- 2006 MMU Fine Art Degree Show 2006, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
- 2003 End Show, Leeds College of Art & Design
Curated projects
- 2012 Beermat Show, Ante, Shipley
- 2011 Fundada Artists' Film Festival 2011, Westgate Studios, Wakefield
- 2011 Th'Owd Towser Show, Holmfirth Arts Festival 2011, Holmfirth
- 2011 Temporary Art Show 3 Part 2, Westgate Studios Project Space, Wakefield
- 2011 Temporary Art Show 3 Part 1, Westgate Studios Project Space, Wakefield
- 2011 Co-Curator in Residence, Westgate Studios Project Space, Wakefield
- 2010 Propellart, Union 105, Leeds
- 2010 Boatelier, The Northumberland, Calder-Hebble Navigation, Rochdale Canal
- 2010 Warehouse Weekend, Bates Mill, Huddersfield
- 2010 Fundada Artists' Film Festival, Halifax Festival, Square Chapel, Halifax
- 2010 Barnaby Art Market, Barnaby Festival, Macclesfield
- 2010 Cu, Contents May Vary / FutureEverything, The Palace Hotel, Manchester
- 2009 ANTIFREEZE 2009, Contents May Vary, Manchester
- 2009 Temporary Art Space, Piece Hall, Halifax
- 2009 North, Temporary Art Space, Halifax
- 2007 Under Maintenance, Victoria Baths, Manchester
Live/Performance
- 2011 Manchester Artists' Bonfire, Islington Mill, Salford
- 2010 Art & Christmas Quiz, PSL, Leeds
- 2010 One Minute Manifesto, AHM, Glasgow University, Glasgow
- 2010 Art & Summet Else, Edinburgh Annuale, Edinburgh
- 2010 Day 0, Tether, MRA Project Space, London
- 2010 Art & Flux (Art's Birthday), East Street Arts, Leeds
- 2010 TAXED, A Foundation, Liverpool
- 2009 Derive, Islington Mill, Salford
- 2008 Art & Summet Else, Contents May Vary, The Britons Protection, Manchester
Artist talks
- 2011 This Is Not A School: University of Incidental Knowledge, Five Years, London
- 2011 Peripherique, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
- 2010 On Collaboration and Collectivity, Union 105, Leeds
- 2010 On Boatelier & Propellart, Creative Calderdale, Hebden Bridge
- 2010 Contents May Vary, Cultural Mix, Phoenix Radio 96.7FM
- 2010 Come to the Eagle Conference, School of Fine Art, University of Leeds
- 2010 Contents May Vary Artists' Talk, NoiseLab, Manchester
- 2009 Collective Practice in Alternative Spaces, Castlefield Contemporaries, easaHQ, Manchester
- 2008 Contents May Vary Autobiography, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
Workshops
- 2009 Collaborative Strategies, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
- 2009 Angels of Anarchy: Interpreting and Making Surrealism, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
- 2008 Pools Public Consultation, CMBC, Brighouse
Residencies
- 2011 Co-Curator in Residence, Westgate Studios Project Space, Wakefield
- 2007 Commissioned Residency with Contents May Vary, MASA, Salford
Private commissions
- 2006 Logo Design, The Prophecy, Halifax
- 2005 T Shirt Design, The Prophecy, Halifax
Public commissions
- 2010 Everyone Different, Everyone Matters, CMBC, Calderdale
- 2009 Everyone Different, Everyone Matters, CMBC, Calderdale
Projects
- 2011 Where Are We Now? artists interviews, Someplace New, http://gynecic.blogspot.com/
- 2011 The Modernist Heroines Project, Manchester Town Hall, Manchester
- 2010 Black Lab, Green Foundry, Leeds
- 2009 Co-Director, Temporary Art Space, Halifax
- 2008 Winner Takes It All?, Liverpool Independents Biennial, Liverpool
- 2008 Project Space, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
- 2007 Calderdale Cultural Partnership, CMBC, Calderdale
- 2007 Centrifuge, Salford Restoration Office, Salford
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2011 North East Regional Final Judge, Art of Nurture, Leeds
- 2009 Best in Urban Ideas, Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
- 2009 Best of Manchester Awards 2009 Shortlist: Contents May Vary, Urbis, Manchester
- 2009 Juried Showcase Winners Exhibition, Artslant, Berlin / Chicago / London / LA / NY / Paris / San Francisco
- 2009 Doodlage Contest Winner, Doodlage, www.doodlage.com
Educational experience - tertiary
- 2010 Artists Access to Art Colleges Visiting Lecturer, Greenhead College, Huddersfield
- 2010 Visiting Lecturer, York St Johns, York
- 2009 Visiting Lecturer, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
Publications
- 2011 a-n Artists Talking: Alice Bradshaw interviews Bob Milner
- 2011 a-n Interface: White Sky Thinking: Huddersfield BA Fine Art / Contemporary Arts Review
- 2011 Millpond Leeds: Art Speaks: A Conversation with Alice Bradshaw
- 2011 A6
- 2011 BRUCE
- 2011 I Stood Up And Said Yeah Issue 1: DIY: Alice Bradshaw and Bob Milner
- 2011 So Anyway #12: Twenty Prints
- 2011 The Independent: The Art of Mutation
- 2011 Where Are We Now? Someplace New
- 2011 Manchester's Modernist Heroines: Alice Bradshaw interviews Linder Sterling
- 2010 Minus 9 Squared Issue 3: Document
- 2010 a-n Artists Talking: Cuneo Diari
- 2010 Centrifuge
- 2010 Contents May Vary Newsletter
- 2010 Contents May Vary Newsletter
- 2010 Mail Art One
- 2009 a-n artists talking: Temporary Art Space
- 2009 Dreaming of My City
- 2009 an: Collaborative Relationships
- 2009 Eleven Eleven Issue 7
- 2009 Platform58 Issue 10: Light
- 2009 Contents May Vary Issue 3
- 2009 Remake
- 2009 an: Temporary Art Show Review
- 2009 Platform58 Best of 001-005
- 2009 Platform58 Issue 4: Dot
- 2009 Platform58 Issue 3: Some Faces
- 2009 Artfist Issue 5
- 2008 Contents May Vary Issue 2
- 2008 Art Review: Roundup #8
- 2008 Artsource Newsletter Vol II no. VII,
- 2007 Talenteer First Issue: LO-FI
- 2007 The Daily Constitutional Issue IV: Untitled
- 2007 Art Art Art Issue II: Events Special
- 2006 Daily Constitutional Issue III: nyi
- 2006 Contents May Vary Issue I
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