1951 Born in London
1971-74 B.A. West Surrey College of Art and Design
1975-76 M.A. Printmaking at Chelsea School of Art
1976-78 Worked at the Printworkshop run by Birgit Skiold
1976-80 Worked at University of Reading, Dept of Fine Art
1980-89 Visiting lecturer
1992-99 Southern Arts Board of the Arts Council Advisor
1992-99 Board member for Ithaca
1993 Chair of Ithaca's board
1990-present Artist, trainer, free-lance project co-ordinator, lecturer and visual arts consultant
Work in the collections of:
Arts Council England
University of Reading
St Catherine's College, Liverpool
House of Commons
Slough Borough Council
Reading Museum and Art Gallery
Chelsea School of Art
Berkshire Education Authority
Reviews:
Independent, Time-Out, Financial Times, Observer,
Spare Rib, Women's Art Journal, Contemporary Art
S.A.M.S Books
Publications:
Mail Out
Art and People
Art and People
Slough Inspired
Toolkit
Art and People
Television:
Art Connection-Channel 4 1993-5
First Sex on Channel 4 July 1995
Exhibitions, commissions, projects, residencies, etc:
1974
Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers
1982/91
One woman shows at New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
1983/85
Print Biennales at Pratt Institute, New York, U.S.A.
1983
Group mezzotint show at Wenniger Graphics, Boston, U.S.A.
1984
Bankside Gallery Open Exhibition; National Print Workshops' Exhibition;
'Women and Work', a mural, with Bhajan Hunjan, at Reading Centre for the Unemployed; supported by Southern Arts and Reading Borough Council
1985
Group show, 'Maniere Noir', Wenniger Graphics, Boston, U.S.A.;
Group show at Greenwich Theatre Gallery, London
1986
'Sahara', a visual arts project, with Bhajan Hunjan, at a women's refuge; supported by Southern Artlink and Sahara
1987
'Skulduggery', designing and building stage-set and publicity design for a play by Philip Davis at the Old Red Lion in Islington, London;
Group shows at Reading Museum and Art Gallery, Windsor Arts Centre, South Hill Park Bracknell
1988
Mural and wall hanging with the pupils at Brookfield Special School, Tilehurst; supported by Berkshire Education Authority and Southern Arts;
Oxford Artweek, The Museum of Modern Art, residencies Icknield & Henry Box Schools;
'Picture Yourself', a project about self esteem and life size self portrait, with Jo Jordan and a group of single mothers, supported by Southern Arts and Hampshire County Council;
Worked with Richard Hamilton on mezzotint plate for his illustrations to James Joyce's Ulysses
1988-89
'Work in Paper', a national touring exhibition; Three woman show at the Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi, India;
Two woman show at The Gantry, Southampton; 'Throw Away Society', a project at Warriner School, Banbury; The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1989-90
Commission for residency at Sandleford Hospital, organised by Southern Artlink
1991
Group show with Contemporary Arts Society, Smiths Gallery, London; Awarded Merit Certificate at the Bharat Bhavan International Biennale of Prints, India
1992
'Gateways', a visual arts and dance project based on contemporary European issues, with Dot to Dot and East Solent Dance Project, and City Girls School; supported by Southern Arts and Portsmouth City Council;
Filming with T.V.S. for the Channel 4 education programme 'The Art Connection'
1993
One woman show at Southern Arts; Site specific work for the Portsmouth Festival, at the City Museum and Art Gallery
1993-4
Work in Southern Arts Touring Exhibition, 'Stars'
1994
'Memories', a project involving, visual arts, Dot to Dot, a writer, Portsmouth and East Solent Dance Project and ten dance groups, based on the romantic war time memories of five older Portsmouth women
1994
One woman show at Leicester Royal Infirmary, for Artpoint – public arts agency;
With Andrea Finn the Arts Council and Artswork, setting up basis for visual arts projects at Photographers' Gallery, Brighton and Hove Museums, Southampton City Art Gallery and London Tate
1995
‘Magi’, three large 3-dimensional figures, with three Buckinghamshire primary schools, during a residency, supported by Aylesbury Museum, Bucks C C and Oxford Diocese; funded by News International;
1995
Work in collaboration with writers Peter Dixon and Chris Powling, at the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank
1996
Stonehenge Voices - a visual arts project resulting in exhibitions at Amesbury, Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury Library, with four schools, a parent and toddler group, a day care centre and people in Wilts
1997
Rainbow Wave - lantern procession of 400 huge structures with eight schools, for Salisbury Festival
1994-7
Group show, 'My Grandmother, My Mother, Myself', launched at Southampton City Art Gallery, touring to Portsmouth, Havant, South Hill Park Bracknell, Hardware Gallery in London, National Library of Wales and National Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa and an exchange with Black S African township storytellers
1998
Work with schools and community groups in Slough to produce a 80 x 8 foot exhibition of 400 pieces of art
1998
Basingstoke – with Fort Hill school to produce images for 4 town centre banners, funded by Winterthur
1999
A4E project in Essex – Belonging. With primary school, secondary school, pre-school playgroup, social club for elderly and disabled people and a youth group.
Angels - issue based project with church and school groups making 40 4 - 10 foot high angels
2000
Our Town – stage set and exhibition with schools for the Millennium Dome –Slough+ West Berkshire
2000/01
Year of the Artist in Slough including a commission for benefits office, project at homeless families hostel and street homeless hostel
2001
NESTA project on Innovation and Creativity in education and training
2001
Stage set for street theatre in Abingdon, with Trading Faces and three schools
2001
Windsor Fringe Festival, processional houses with image and text
2001/2
Fashion and Identity, artist in residency with Artworks MK and Milton Keynes Art Gallery, working with ‘hard to reach’ children and communities
Series of specialist arts workshops with Anne Brown at Beechwood School, Slough – a school surviving crisis
2002
Lead artist for public art commission at Royal Berks Hospital
Lead artist for Norman Foster and Partners, Capital City Academy, Brent
2002/04
Lead artist for public art project for Honda HQ Europe
2003/4
Schools workshops in rural Oxfordshire, for Oxford Touring Theatre Company
2003
Arts workshops with HSBC staff
2003
Lead artist with Slough Libraries
2003
Work with Berkshire youth service
2003
Developing work with architects, local communities and landscape architects for a pilot 20 acre site in Liverpool
2004
Angels project St John’s primary school, Reading
Transitions – Creative Partnerships project Slough
2005
Something in the Garden – Creative Partnerships public art capturing moments of play in concrete, Chalvey Early Years
2006
Reading hostel for homeless young women – reflections – creating framed mirror self portraits and images
Environments – St Bernard’s Convent School Slough
2007
Youth Offending team project
Arts project for outreach team Windsor Housing Association
Creative Partnerships artist in residency – George Palmer Primary
2009
Project with Early Intervention Team, Slough
2010
Creative Partnerships – Change school project – Abingdon
Project with Early Intervention Team, Slough – artwork for Foyer of New Horizons
Posters, costumes, props, devising and coaching emerging practitioners with SignDance Collective for New Gold
2013- 2015
Get stArted publication and workshops for West Berkshire
2012 - 2014
Work with youth offending teams
2014 - 2015
Lead artist and mentor on Women at The Heart - training and mentoring emerging artists and partnership working in settings with vulnerable women including refuges, single parent hostels, women who have had a child/children adopted by court order, women with a mental health history, etc in Milton Keynes, Oxford, Reading, West Berkshire.
This project was celebrated at a reception at the House of Lords funded and supported by Monument Trust, ACE, Thames Valley Partnership
2015
Journeys and Stories - Lead artist - Elizabeth Fry - funded by Arts Council of England
Talks and consultancies, courses designed and co ordinated:
1989
Slide talks: Garhi Studios, Delhi and Delhi College of Art, India; supported by British Council
1991
Slide talks at Southampton City Art Gallery and at Oxford Printmakers
1992
Workshop and slide talk on women artists and gender issues at St. Anne's School, Southampton
1992-2000
Co-ordinator of four day course on setting up and sustaining arts projects for community, non professional sector and adult ed groups Slough, supported by Slough Borough Council and Southern Arts
1993
Slide talk at Portsmouth College of Art
1994
After dinner speaker; Association of Inspectors and Advisors for Art and Design, annual conference
Speaker at the Berkshire Arts Seminar
1995
Keynote speaker at Essex Education Committee Art and Design Conference
1995
A workshop on 'Innovation, Good Practice and Training', for Regional Arts Ed Conference, Southern Arts
95/96/00
Visual arts projects in primary schools - talk and workshop day, with American teachers at University of North London
1996
Speaker at the Rural Arts Conference in Oxfordshire
Workshop at Southern Arts, ACE and Hampshire C C. Ed conference for school governor and head teachers
Speaker at NSEAD conference, keynote speaker at Wiltshire Arts Conference
1996-97
Co-ordinator of InterArt, a training course at Southampton City Art Gallery, for visual arts projects with young people; supported by Hampshire C C, and part of degree in Continuing Studies, Portsmouth Uni
1997
NSEAD Artists Working with Teachers - Birmingham College of Art - one day workshop
Speaker at Bucks Art Education Conference, NSEAD conference in Bath, keynote speaker at Berks Arts Conference
Organiser of parent-run after school arts club in Reading, supported by A4E
1997-98
Co-ordinator of four day course on setting up and sustaining arts projects for teachers in Slough, supported by NSEAD, Berkshire County Council, Slough Borough Council and Southern Arts
1998
Speaker on Spirtuality and Art at the Primary Headteachers’ Conference in Hertfordshire
Artist’s talk at Arnolfini, Bristol
NSEAD Artists Working with Teachers in Cardiff, artist’s workshop at British Museum
Talk on artist in residencies in schools at Gloucestershire art education conference
1999
Hertfordshire Education Deputy Head Teachers’ Conference, after dinner speech
Speaker at National Arts Education Conference, Bretton Hall
Co training with Disability equality trainer, Rowen Jade on an Arts Council pilot
Artist Mentorship Training Programme – Bucks: Hampshire - Artist Training Programme
Art in School - 2 seminars at Headteachers' Conference, Brighton
2000
London University Seminar - postgrad artists planning to freelance in educational settings
Social services, Francois Matarosso, Windsor and Maidenhead – setting up arts projects
Wiltshire Developing Arts Projects training – with NSEAD and Southern Arts
Keynote speaker at Bath Spa Uni on Developing Successful Arts Projects in Education
2001
Adviser to EAZ, Slough
Talk and seminar on arts training to Southern Arts Advisers.
Talk for Arts and Business.
Keynote for Campaign for Learning – Family Learning Conference - Tiverton
Speaker at Adult Education Conference, West Sussex
2002
Royal Society of Arts Keynote conference on Arts Projects with ‘hard to reach’ groups
Participatory Arts Training for groups in Oxfordshire
Participatory Arts Training for groups for groups in Slough
Evaluation for NESTA of Anthony Gormley project proposal at Baltic, Newcastle
Campaign for Learning – Talk on arts partnerships with museums and galleries
Arts based training for developing Community Governance – London Borough of Southwark – Greater Peckham Alliance
Training on arts project development with local communities for community ambassadors in Reading
Keynote: Neighbourhood Renewal – Buildings or People at City Hall, London
2003
Training in Oxfordshire
Talks with HM Prison Service – white paper written for Director General of Prisons
Lecture on Developing Arts Projects, Winchester
Arts Project Development training for schools in Reading
Seminar at National Playworkers Conference, London
British Council Seminar: ‘Arts with Hard to Reach Groups’ with Chinese delegation
2004
Business training and project with HSBC
2004 - 10
Community Arts Training Surrey, Slough
2004
Creative Partnerships project ‘Transition’ in schools
Creative Partnerships project training in project development for teachers
2005 - 09
Community Arts Training Surrey
2005 - 09
Community Arts Training Course, Wiltshire
2006
Keynote for Campaign for Learning Conference, Arts in Education, London
2007
Keynote – High Wycombe – Conference for 65 schools – Partnerships with the Arts
2007
Local authority training Slough Borough Council – Community Engagement
2008
Consultancy, Berkshire local authorities
2008 - 10
Training for arts in schools, for Reading Borough Council
2009, 2010, 2010
Strategy consultancy, Slough Borough Council
Writing funding applications re 2012
Liaising with Create, Compete, Collaborate; Accentuate; The Legacy Trust; Creative Campuses Initiative; Creative Junction; SEEDA
Meeting with central and Arts Council England South East re 2012 Festival
Interviewing Para Olympic rower, Naomi Riches
Costumes and props for Signdance Collective.
2012 - 16
Work with Thames Valley Partnership on a range of projects including Women at the Heart
Christine continues with Community Activities and Community Arts Training, working with vulnerable groups, conference speaking, developing creative resource packs and making and exhibiting her own work.
2016 - present
Paintings, constructions, boxes, work on glass. Ongoing workshops with women offenders resident at Elizabeth Fry