Kate Johnson,Assistant Professor
Information about Kate Johnson at the University of Bradford.
- School of BEACI
(Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies) - Email:
- k.m.johnson1@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 234037
Biography
Kate Johnson MFA PG Dip(Oxon) BA(Hons) PGCE FHEAKate's background is in art practice and art history. Recently she has interwoven her practical and academic interests with the discipline of Design. Current research interests border art, culture, science and technology. Kate is currently artist and PI on AHRC funded 'Project code-named Humpty' [P c-n H] which is linked with the University of Bradford archaeological science 'Fragmented Heritage' project. P c-n H includes collaborations with University of Leeds Civil Engineering, Bradford UNESCO City of Film, Buro Happold Engineering, Hanson Aggregates and Christeyns UK Ltd. Kate currently teaches Drawing for Production across several programmes and contributes to final year project supervisions across the faculty of Engineering and Informatics. https://www.bradford.ac.uk/project-code-named-humpty/
Research
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS2020 May. 'Project code-named Humpty' :Gesture and the Performative Body GKA Visual 2020 https://gkacademics.com/project-code-named-humpty-gesture-and-the-performative-body/2020 Feb - Mar Millenium Square 'big screen' Leeds. Screenings of P c-n H films - in partnership with Bradford UNESCO City of Film 2018 Jan - ongoing Centenary Square, âbig screenâ Bradford. Screenings of P c-n H films2017 July âBurn, break, bulldoze: is it ever okay to destroy a piece of art? The Conversation https://theconversation.com/burn-break-bulldoze-is-it-ever-okay-to-destroy-a-piece-of-art-81073. 2013 Online catalogue for âYA4â Leeds Gallery March showing 12 landscapes2012 âYorkshire Postâ 28th September 2012. Article/ image âMan and Machineâ2011 www.bradford.ac.uk/video/man-and-machine.php 2011 Ilkley Art Trail :http://ilkleyarttrail.blogspot.co.uk/2011_09_01_archive.html 2004 âThe Viewâ [The Art House]. Front page: image 'Requiem for A Young Man'2000 âArt Reviewâ March/April. Photo published of âNorth, South, East, Westâ. 2000 âFalmouth Packetâ March 30 âNew exhibitions at Falmouth Art Gallery"2000 âLeisure Britonâ April 6. âIncorporating Art with Natureâ - reference to Falmouth exhibition2000 âCornwall Reviewâ April p.4. Coverage of Falmouth exhibition and photo published of âNorth, South, East, Westâ. 2000 âCornwall Lifeâ April p.74. Coverage of Falmouth exhibition and photo published of 'Last Judgement' 1999 âThe Viewâ [The Art House] no. 16 Profile - Kate Johnson Photo published of âVesuvian Manâ work in progress for Falmouth Art Gallery. 1998 âThe Viewâ no. 15 Photo of exhibition at Henshawâs Arts Centre â99 'Ceres' 1998 âCollageâ newsletter no. 11 - Photo of exhibition - Vital Art â98 'Hecate' 1997 Axis National Artists Register [computer database] Leeds Metropolitan University. Photos published of '1492', 'Narcissus', 'Last Judgement', 'The Fall of Icarus', 'North, South, East, West' and 'Man'.1995 âRoyal Academy Magazineâ Sept. issue. Photo of 'The Dispossessed'. 1995 âIndex Magazineâ Kent and area. Photo published of 'Three Figures'. 1994 âSt. Louis Post Dispatchâ January 6 Review - Carol Ferring Shepley US. 1993 âSt. Louis Tower Grove Gazetteâ November. Review - Stephanie Gavin. Photo published of '1492' US.1993 âThe Chicago Readerâ September 17. Photo published of 'Narcissus' US. 1993 âSavannah Newsâ April 4. Review -Marty Shuter US. 1993 âThe Georgia Guardianâ April 9 Review - Katherine Sherman US. 1992 âSt. Louis Post Dispatchâ November 26 Review - Carol Ferring Shepley US. 1992 âSt. Louis Post Dispatchâ October 8 Review - Ronald Duffy US. 1992 âSavannah Morning Newsâ July 5 Review - Lisa Perot Twigg. Photo published of 'The Fall of Icarus' US.1991 âArt Calendarâ Photo published of 'Mary Rose' US.1991 Kansas City Area T.V. âUniversity Magazineâ Feb. 2. Focus on 'Belladonna'1990 Catalogue for 9th Annual Alexandria Museum of Art 'Belladonna' and 'Mary Rose'. 1987 âArts Reviewâ May 8. Review - Jane Norrie. UK. 1987 âThe Oxford Timesâ May 8. Review - 'N.B.' UK. 1987 âIsis Magazineâ (Oxford University), issue 87/II. Review - Liz Jones. UK. 1986 âIsisâ Magazine (Oxford University), issue 86/II. Review - Jennifer Noon. Photo of 'Coiled Figure' UK. RESEARCH RELATED ACTIVITY2019 Jun - Presentation 'Mould Making, Materials and Casting in Project code-named Humpty' Session: Embodied Knowledge Lasting Impressions: Making and Re-Making the Replica Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford2019 Feb - attended 'Celebrating Reproductions' at V and A, London2018 April - Presentation of 'Project code-named Humpty' at AHRC Digital Transformations Workshop âReconnecting Artistic Practice and Humanities Researchâ, Furtherfield Commons, Finsbury Park2018 Mar - Meeting with P c-n H project mentor, Alison Smith, Senior Curator, National Portrait Gallery, London2018 Under consideration by Plos One âNew Advances in the Automated Digital Reconstruction of Fragmented Artefacts for Cultural Heritage Conservationâ Dr Adrian Evans; Thomas Sparrow; Hayden Strawbridge; Andrew Holland; Kate Johnson; Robert Davis; Jarod Hutson; Matt Pope; Nick Ashton; Andrew Wilson2017 Nov attended âModern Classicisms: Classical Art and Contemporary Artists in Dialogueâ at Kingâs College, London2017 July âBurn, break, bulldoze: is it ever okay to destroy a piece of art? The Conversation https://theconversation.com/burn-break-bulldoze-is-it-ever-okay-to-destroy-a-piece-of-art-810732017 Jun Visit to Blythe House, Olympia, London re Cast and Mould Storage, British Museum2017 March Visit to British Museum Replications Department to meet Mike Neilson2017 March Presentation âProject code-named Humptyâ University of Glasgow EED&PN Symposium March 23rd2016 Feb attended âSymposium on Art and Terrorismâ The Courtauld Institute of Art â The Sackler Research Forum2015 July Presentation of 'Project code-named Humpty' at the AHRC Digital Transformations Theme 'Large Grants meeting', University of Oxford2015 Oct 'Drawing Differently', The Big Draw, National Media Museum Presentation and talk about 2D and 3D drawing including a live clay sculpting demonstration. Event undertaken in collaboration with Fin Caton-Rose2015 Organised conference session: 'Artist and Archaeologist/Artist Archaeologist/ Archaeologist Artist' for Theoretical Archaeology Group [TAG] Conference, University of Bradford2015 Curated a digital art exhibition 'TAG art 2015' presenting art which explores archaeological themes or processes for the Theoretical Archaeology Group [TAG] Conference, University of Bradford. The exhibition ran during the plenary session and throughout the conference in the Atrium. Dec2015 Dec Delivered paper entitled 'Creation, destruction and transformation: 'Project code-named Humpty' at the Theoretical Archaeology Group [TAG] Conference, University of Bradford2015 Exhibited 'Man and Machine', 'Vesuvian Man', 'North, South, East, West' and work in progress in digital exhibition 'TAG art 2015', University of Bradford2014 Dec 'Becoming Human', University of Bradford. Exhibition of 'Man and Machine' and a live clay sculpting demonstration. Part of the 'Being Human' festival of the Humanities
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Ms Kate Johnson is as follows:
Employment
- University of Bradford - Lecturer in Design
Education
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. - B A (Hons)
- Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, - Postgraduate Diploma
- Washington University in St. Louis, USA - M F A