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contact name: Fiona MacNeill
email: fiona@two-artists.com

Pseudonym: neé Hammersley

Similar Artists:
Matthew Barney, Olaf Breuning, Marina Ambramovic, Laurie Anderson, Allan Kaprow, Paul McCarthy, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Stuart Brisley, Valie Export, Rodney Graham, Christian Marclay.

Related Organizations:
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis
Two-Artist's Collective

Education:

Kent Institute of Art and Design
Kent UK
2002-2005
BA (hons) fine Art. First Class Honours.

Borders College
Scottish Borders UK
2001-2002
Advanced Certificate in Art and Design
Foundation Studies

Workshops:


Mini MBA in Volunteer Management
Opus College of Business
University of St. Thomas
Mpls, MN
2008

Ecole de la rue – Dunkerque, France.
Video and Audio workshop
April 2002, further contact, Oct 2004.

Experience:


Carleton College
July 2009 – present
Academic Technologist

The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
February 2007 – July 2009
Manager of Volunteer Programs

The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
March 2006 – January 2007
Volunteer Audio/Visual Intern.

Studio Practice – Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Dec 2005 – Present
Fine Art performance, Digital Video and Sound.

The Herbert Read Gallery - Kent UK
March – June 2005
Weekend gallery attendant

The Wynd Theatre - Scottish Borders UK
2000-2002 Lighting & sound technical assistant.

Reeves & Nayland Dissertation prize
July 2005
Commended dissertation.

Awarded by Kent Institute of Art and Design.
The Grovesnor Award for Excellence in Art & Design
June 2002

Exhibitions:

The Cursed Chateau
Artist (group exhibition) - pen and ink drawing
Indiannapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
August 14 - September 26th, 2009
http://www.indymoca.org/public/index.asp?pg=events&ev=GenCon

Artery 24 2009
Curator/concept
The Soap Factory
July 24-25, 6pm to 6pm

MINIMAL/MANIMAL
November 15th - 30th, 2008

Artery 24 - twenty-four hours of performance and media art.
Curator/Concept
The Soap Factory
July 5th and 6th, 2008.

The Earth From Above
The Soap Factory Volunteer Biennale
Oct 2006

Sculpture at Canterbury Exhibition
Herbert Read Gallery, Kent UK
9th Oct - 19th Nov 2005

Margate Rocks - Thanet Contemporary Arts Festival
The New Media Centre, Kent UK
23rd – 30th July 2005

Graduates 05
The Metropole Galleries, Kent UK
16th July – 21st Aug 2005

K –, Graduating Degree Show of 2005
Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent UK
27th June – 8th July

Observation + Perception + Reaction + Objection =…tion?
Exhibition (co-curator) Kent, UK
16th - 19th Feb 2004

Selected Video Installations/Performances:

McCainal Retention (before Sarah there was Moira).
MINIMAL/MANIMAL
November 15th, 2008

99 Red Balloons/99 Red Buffoons
Artery 24 - twenty-four hours of performance and media art.
July 6th, 2008

Untitled 0.1 Performance
The Earth from Above. The Soap Factory
Oct 2006

Sonata: the chain of communication
K.I.A.D. and The Metropole Galleries, Kent UK
Repeated 18 times between 27th June - 16th July 2005
Solo performance with sound.
Devised by Fiona MacNeill née Hammersley.

An Ode to Sonny and Cher
Video Installation, color and sound. Margate Rocks, T.C.A.F. The New Media Centre, Kent UK
23rd-30th July 2005

A ‘Scoring’ Board Performance
The GoodsShed, Kent UK
Repeated 5 times on 1st Nov 2004
Solo performance with sound. Devised by Fiona MacNeill née Hammersley.

Untitled
Tap n’ Tin Nightclub, Kent UK 16th-19th Feb 2004.
Video/Performance Installation
Devised by Fiona MacNeill née Hammersley.

Border College Grovesnor Collection.

The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, Kent, U.K.
Margate Rocks Contemporary Art Festival, New Media Centre, Margate, Kent, U.K.
The Metropole Galleries, Folkstone, U.K.
The Tap n' Tin, Night club/Alternative space, Chatham, Kent, U.K.

Fantasy Game Book - James Maliszewski
Artists inspired by Dungeons and Dragons
Illustrations
Publish date: tbc 2009

Notations21 - Teresa Sauer Tisano, Publisher: Mark Batty.
Performance works included in an anthology focusing on composers and artists who take inspiration from graphic music notation.
Publish date: tbc 2009 - 10

Obstinate Media – article
Art Review & Preview
Vol 2. issue #1 Summer 2008

Motif Radio, Contemporary Art radio show
March 2006 – March 2007
Presenter, producer and contributor.

Not For Human Consumption – article
Soup magazine issue 3, March 2005

The Book of Residual Evidence for Prankcalls made to S.C.O.R.E Jan 2005. Artist’s edition of 10.

Poster for the London Biennale 2004: Canterbury Group
June 2004, Photographic concept Fiona Hammersley.
Photography by Tucker MacNeill.

Country of Citizenship:
United Kingdom

Birth Place:
Newcastle Upon-Tyne

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Twin Cities

Minnesota County:
Ramsey

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