mobile                           +44.07789.123735

e-mail                           b.jurack@mmu.ac.uk

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Education

1990-91                         MA Sculpture, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London

1989-90                         Glasgow School of Art, PG Diploma, Environmental Art

1988-89                         Meisterschüler with Professor Kamp

1988                             1st Staatsexamen Lehramt Sek. 2,

1984-88                         Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf

1982-88                         University of Münster and Bonn, Studies in Protestant Theology and Fine Art

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Solo Exhibitions

 

2008                             Irfaran, travel and work, Globe Gallery, Newcastle*

2006                             Ich Sehe Schwarz Weiss, Arena, Liverpool Biennial

2005                             Walking the water’s edge, Mill Gallery, Lyme Regis         

2002                             Ptssschuuuuu!!!, The Waygood Gallery, Newcastle

2001                             grassover, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany

1999                             So near and yet so far, The Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough

broken spectacles, A.R.L.R C., John Moores University , Liverpool

The possibilities of a potato, Righton Gallery, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester

1998                             just oil, Artists Gallery, Saltburn

global village, Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport

global industry, Atrium Gallery, London

1997                             Teleview, Glass Box Gallery, Salford University

1996                             Reisenotizen, The Architecture Department, University of Liverpool

1995                             Green Potatoes and other new sculptures, E.K.W.C., Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Eine Hundertschaft Kartoffeltanzer, Edition KIöckner,

Düsseldorf, Germany

1994                             Wait (by the pool), Cafe Gallery, London

Tides, The Bond Gallery, Birmingham

1993                             The Winchester Gallery, Winchester

1992                             Out of Focus, Edition KIöckner, Düsseldorf, Germany

What can you see? The Workspace, Leeds

1986                             Forum, an installation at the Kunstforum, Münster Germany

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Group Exhibitions

 

2009                             Artschool, Holden Gallery, Manchester

2008/09                         Next Up, Bluecoat , Liverpool

                                    Edgecentric, Williamson Tunnel, Liverpool Independent Biennial

2007                             Open Day, Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire

2007                             Glass-Resin, Royal Society of British Sculptors

2007                             Rummage: Sculptors’ Drawings, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester

2006                             Klasse Kamp, KUNSTHALLE , Düsseldorf

2005                             The Artist and Radio 4, Bankside Gallery, London

2004                             Assembly (projects), Independent Liverpool Biennale

2004                             Royal British Society of Sculptors, London*

2004                             basement XI, Liverpool

2004                             Infallible, Huddersfield Art Gallery

2004                             Let me take you to the land fantastic, starboard home, Newcastle

2003                             Infallible, APT Gallery, London

Infallible, Mead Gallery, Warwick University, Coventry

                                    Crossovers (part 2), 3rd World Water Conference, Kyoto and Toyota

Municipal Museum of Art

                                    The space in between, Vane, Newcastle

2002                             Sea, Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton

                                    Im Nordlicht, Foyer für junge Kunst, Schwerin

                                    Locws International, Swansea

                                    Crossover, Art Pavilion, London

2001                             Take Away, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough

                                    Odyssee 2000+1, Flensburg, Germany

2000                             Brief encounter, Platform Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

                                    DeptfordX, London

2000                             Vane 2000, Newcastle

1999                             away from home, The Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool

evolution, Orrell Art Centre, Sefton

Deptford X, London

off the beaten track, by ALUK, Stanley Dock, Liverpool

1998                             Artfutures, The Contemporary Art Society Art Fair, London

Delicate Dissidence, Woodlands Art Gallery, London

GotM & the City, Central Exchange Buildings, Newcastle

1997                             Two side insight, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

BAF, project stand of BAF at the Art Frankfurt, Germany

post early, The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1996                             Outside Now, Three Month Gallery Liverpool

Ray + Julie look out, Three Month Gallery, Liverpool

5th international Sculpture Symposium, Sztuki Wspolczesney Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland

Looking out to sea, Winchester Gallery

1995                             The Projected Space, Stuttgart, Derby, Sheffield, Esslingen, Germany

Humming, The Bonington Gallery, Nottingham

Liverpool Open, Quiggins Gallery, Liverpool

1994                             Off The Ground II, The Playhouse Theatre, Derby

1991                             The Bellgrove Station Billboard Project, Glasgow

EAST, The Art Gallery, Norwich

Into The Nineties, The Mall Gallery, London

Rumble, Site-specific work for City Racing Gallery, London

Flags, Art Multiple, Düsseldorf, Germany

1988                             Group Show, The Samuel Award, Düsseldorf, Germany

1986                             French-German exchange show, Grenoble, France

1985                             Labile Skulpturen, Kunstmuseum, Marl, Germany

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Residencies and Awards

 

2008/09                         Ceramic research residency, European Ceramic Work Centre, Hertogenbosch, supported by the Ministry of cultural affairs, Netherlands

2007                             Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire

2005                             Jurassic Coast, Studio- and School Residency , Lyme Regis

2004                             Custom House studio residency, Westport, Ireland

2003                             Arts and Humanities Research Board, Small Research Grant

2002                             Small Research Grant, University of Newcastle

British Council, support for travel

2001                              Künstlerhaus Lukas Residency, Ahrenshoop, Germany

British Council, support for travel

2000                             Northern Arts, Travel Grant

1999                             North West Arts Board research bursary

North West Arts Board travel bursary

North West Arts Board, City of Liverpool special exhibition bursary

1998                             ICI Fellowship (with support of Northern Arts), Teesside Merseyside Special Activities Fund for innovative work

1997                             The British Council, support for travel for Foreign Investment

The Arts Council of England A4E express for "Kulturbag" by Foreign Investment

1996                             Wroclaw, Poland, Sculpture Symposium (with the support of North

                                    West Arts Board)

1995                             European Ceramic Centre, Herzogenbosch, The Netherlands

1993                             Henry Moore Sculpture Fellowship, Winchester School of Art

1989-91                         The British Council Fellowship

1988                             Hedwig und Robert Samuel Stiftung

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Catalogues (solo exhibitions)

2007                             Irfaran, published by RGAP and Brigitte Jurack

2002                            Ptssschuuuuu!!!, The Waygood Gallery, Newcastle

1999                                       So near and yet so far, essay by Sacha Craddock, Middlesbrough Art

                                    Gallery

1993                             Echo, catalogue with essay by Brian Catling, Winchester

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Catalogues (group exhibitions)

 

 

2006                             Golf, C. (ed.) Klasse Kamp 1974-2006, Düsseldorf: Richter Verlag

2004                             Infallible, touring

2003                             Locws International, Swansea

2003                             Vane, Newcastle

2002                             crossover UK, London

2000                             Vane, Newcastle

                                    Trajectories, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1999                             Foreign Investment, operational review, London

                                    Tracey, Liverpool

1997                             Looking out to sea, The Winchester Gallery

Gold-x-change, Foreign Investment BM Contemporary Art, Istanbul

1996                             Tuzin- Dozen, Wroclaw

1995                             The projected room, der projezierte Raum, Derby

1991                             EAST, catalogue, Norwich

MA Fine Art, catalogue, Chelsea School of Art

The Bellgrove Station Billboard Project, catalogue, Glasgow/Cambridge

1987                             Joseph Beuys - die Fettecke, co-author, Heidelberg

1985                             Labile Skulpturen, catalogue, Kunst Museum Marl

 

 

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Membership of cultural bodies

The Royal Society of British Sculptors

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Membership of Foreign Investment

The artist is one of founding members of Foreign Investment, an artists’ collective that has exhibited widely since its inauguration in 1996.

 

2009                             The Fifth Floor, Tate Liverpool

2008                             Moonshine Walk, Sutton Manor, commissioned by Channel 4 Big Art Project and Helena Housing

                                    Gold-x-change, Deptford X, London

                                    Immaculate Conception, Wharf Project E:vent gallery, London

2006                             Tuning in Op. 3, Good Diversions- City in Transitions, Liverpool

2005                             The Debate, Resonance FM, London

2005                             Tuning –in op. 2, Venice Agenda’s, organised by William Furlong*

2005                             Sunday Matinee, FACT off site projects, Liverpool*

2004                             Good morning Camberwell, House Gallery, London

2004                             Supermen II, commissioned by Performance Research Magazine, Routledge Press

2003                             24 super men, Interventions, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

2002                             The Morning after a revolution, The Connecting Principle, University of Newcastle

2001                             Gold for every-body, Trajectories, Telemar Museum, Rio, Brazil

2000                             tuning-in op 1, The London Biennale, London

Breeding (das Unbehagen in der Kultur), The London Institute Galleries, London

1999                             Freizeit und Uberleben, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria

Gamble together with Oreste, Venice Biennial, Italy

duty free, Gasworks, London

1998                             laughing stock x-change, Berlin, Germany

1997                             Breeding (das Unbehagen in der Kultur), Butlers Wharf, London

Gold-x-change, B.M. Contemporary Art, lstanbul, Turkey

Familiar footage, Curwen Gallery, London

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www.infallible.org.uk

www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/b.jurack

www.edition-kloeckner.com

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Teaching Experience

2008-                            Manchester Metropolitan University, Lecturer (PT) Sculpture and Fine Art

1999-2008                     University of Newcastle, Lecturer (PT) Sculpture and Fine Art

1999                             Lecturer (PT), Sculpture , Mixed Media, Liverpool Art School, John Moores University

Gallery Workshops at The Tate Gallery, Liverpool

1993- date                     Visiting artist at the following Art Schools/Universities:

University of Middlesex, London Glasgow School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, University of Humberside, Hull

University of Central Lancashire, Preston, University of Central England, Birmingham, Bolton Institute, Winchester Art School, University of Coventry, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, University of Sunderland, Cleveland College of Art, Middlesbrough, Queen Elizabeth College, Darlington

Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford

1995-1997                     Lecturer (PT) Sculpture, Mixed Media, Liverpool Art School, John Moores University

1993-1994                     Lecturer (FT), Fine Art, University of Derby