DAVID FAITHFULL

 

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Illustration Department, DJCAD University of Dundee

Graphic Design, ECA, University of Edinburgh

Home address: 16 Park Road, Eskbank, Midlothian, EH22 3DH.

Email: david@davidfaithfull.co.uk

Mobile: +44(0)7980585416

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Blog: http://davidfaithfull.blogspot.co.uk 

 

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:

2003-24         Lecturer and Active Research Practitioner, DJCAD, University of Dundee 

2019-4 Lecturer Graphic, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh

2019 Lecturer School of Textiles and Design, Heriot Watt University, Gala

1992-2024 Curatorial/Visual Art/Printmaking Practice based in Edinburgh

2007-16         Member of Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery Working Group

1993-2003 Visiting Lecturer, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee

1997-2024 Creative Director of SEMPER FIDELIS Artists Book Imprint, Edinburgh

1985-92         Design/Illustration/Artist practice based in Copenhagen, Denmark

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

2018-2024 (w)ORD Norwegian and Scottish Artists Collaboration co-curated with Imi Maufe 

2019-2020 CABIN BAGGAGE, co-curated with Carl Rowe, Norwich University of the Arts 

        and Catherine Baker, Birmingham City University

2018 DELUGE, Edinburgh Printmakers, Union Street, Edinburgh

2007-17         INKUBATOR 1,2,3 & 4 Travelling Exhibition; Edinburgh, Bristol; Durham, Canterbury, UK

2015 DARK MATTERS with UKATC and Edinburgh Printmakers, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh 

2013 BORDERS & CROSSINGS: THE BOOK ARTIST AS EXPLORER, Impact 8, Dundee

2011 CABIN:CODEX, FROM THE URBAN TO THE FERAL, VRC Artists Book Exhibition, DCA, Dundee

 

SELECTED COMMISSIONS/EVENTS/EXHIBITIONS :

2023-24         PERPETUAL LANDSCAPE/SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE AWARDS 23/24 

2012-2024 BOOKMARKET, Artist’s Book Fair, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 

2022-24         EBBE+FLOW Scotland. An Tobar, Mull; SSA Annual Show,Edinburgh; MOCA, Dunnoon

        Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist; Griineabhat, Lewis; FOF/EXPO DUndee University

2023 PRINTING THE GAIDHHEALTACHD, DJCAD, University of Dundee

2023 PAGES: Reset, Contemporary Artists Book Fair, University of Leeds

2023 X LIBRIS, Moca Gallery, Dunoon 

2019-23         CULTURAL GENES, Curated by Mary Modeen & Shen XU, Montclair State University, USA; SFAI Museum,                             Chonquing, China; DJCAD, Dndee

2021-23         EBBE+FLOW Publication Award, Funded by Creative Scotland 

2021-22         EBBE+FLOW Norway. USF Visningsrommet, Bergen; Galleri Rustik, Frekhaug, Norway

2022 SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST Commission

2022 BABE, Artist’s Book fair, UWE, Bristol

2022 OCEAN 2 Installation, Impact 12, UWE, Bristol

2021 MOON ROCKS AND SQUID INK Installation, Isle Martin Seaweed Festival.

2021 MAGICAL OCTOPUS 2, International Printmaking Commission, Knockvologan.

2021 INK with Jim Hutchison, Burnside Gallery, Selkirk 

2020 STRATEGY: GET ARTS, Richard Demarco Archive, Summerhall, Edinburgh 

2020 XENOLITH, SSA/VAS Annual Show, RSA Galleries, Edinburgh

2020 JURA Mini Print International Cantabria III, Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Santander, Spain 

2020 PRINT.ed #6 Virtual Fair of Singular Publications, EINA, Barcelona, Spain

2018-19         MEMENTO MORI, 8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Touring Exhibition: Evanston, USA

        Vilnius, Lithuania; Internationale Ausstellung für Künstlerbücher, Leipzig, Germany

2019 ERRAID STAMPS/6°W, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh; Atlantic Islands Centre, Luing, UK

2019 PAGES NEW VOICES, Artists Books Travelling Exhibition, Supported by Arts Council England

2019 GERMAN BIGHT, SSA Annual Show RSA Galleries, Scotland

2019 22nd INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS’ BOOK FAIR, The Tetley, Leeds 

2019 SQUID INK, Print.ed #5, EINA Centre Universitari, Barcelona, Spain

2019 EYE Mural, Graduate Fashion Week, London, UK

2014-19         BOOKMARKS Artists’s Book Conference, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh 

2018 STATE OF PRINT, Dundee, Aberdeen, UK; Santander, Barcelona, Spain 

2018 ERRAID/6°W, Demarco Archive, Summerhall, Edinburgh 

2018 ALCHEMICAL AVIARY, Impact 10, International Print Conference, Santander, Spain 

2018 OAK, Impact 10, International Print Conference, Santander, Spain 

2018 SQUID INK, Impact 10, International Print Conference, Santander, Spain; Edinburgh Printmakers, UK

2017-18         ERRAID, Edinburgh Arts Festival with 6°W Artists Collective, Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh 

2013-18         VOYAGE (Curated by Imi Maufe), Bergen, Norway; Künstlerhaus, Dortmund, Germany

2017 FROM PAPER TO GOLD, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh 

2017 ALL INKED UP, Folkestone Triennial, Brewery Tap, Folkestone  

2017 INTRANQUILITY, Travelling Group Exhibition with SSA, Peebles, Kirkcaldy, Scotland

2016 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PRINTS, Guam 

2016 DOTTEREL, Cupar Arts Festival, Scotland

2016 WHAT’S THE GOOD OF MERCATOR’S NORTH POLES AND EQUATORS? 

        Martin Art Gallery, Baker Centre for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, USA 

2016 ALCHEMICAL AVIARY, Murals and publication, Commissioned by Cupar Arts Festival, UK

2016 PULSE, Lead Artist, Commissioned by Scottish Canals/Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh 

2015 ECLIPSE Commissioned for DARK MATTERS by Edinburgh Printmakers with UKATC

2011-2015 BRIDGES, (Travelling Show with SSA and Slovak artists) Trencin, Bratislava, Nitra, Piestany; Slovakia 

2015 OAK HOLM, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art/Print Festival Scotland

2015 LEVIATHAN, Summerhall, Edinburgh

2015 EARTH DRAWS MOON with UKATC and Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh

2014 SEÒMAR/CHAMBER, The Meffan Gallery, Forfar, Scotland

2014 ARTIST BOOK/AKIBATAMABI21,Tama art University, Tokyo, Japan

2014 BASSLINE Banchory Mural Project, curated by DUFI Art Ltd, UK

2013, 14         KALEID EDITIONS/ARTS LIBRIS, London, UK; Barcelona Art Book Fair, Barcelona, Spain

2013 BY LEAVES WE LIVE (Selected Artist/Designer), Forestry Commission Renewables Project

2013 MULTIPLE HISTORIES/DISTANT HORIZONS, Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, Canada

2010-13         NHS MURRAY ROYAL HOSPITAL MURALS, Rohallion Centre, NHS Tayside, Perth, Scotland

2011-12         REFLECTIVE HISTORIES Traquair House, Innerleithen, Scotland

2012 PALINDROME PANORAMIQUE, Engramme Gallery, Quebec City, Canada 

2009 JURA Commissioned by The Scottish Book Trust and Jura Whisky/Arts & Business Scotland 

2008, 2016 CENTUM Commissioned by Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh

2008 BEAR MARKET/BULL MARKET (Invited Artist), Commissioned by the Bank of Scotland

1999 OPENING OF THE NEW SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Opening Ceremony Artist

 

Selected RESIDENCIES:

2023 Top Shed, Norfolk

2019 (W)ORD, Bergen, Norway

2018 (W)ORD, Isle of Mull, Scotland

2017 BAG ARTCAMP, Bergen Artists Gruppen, Bergen, Norway

2017 TOBERMORY LIGHTHOUSE, 6°W Artists Collective Residency, Scotland

2015 ERRAID, 6°W Artists Collective Residency, Scotland

2011 INCH KENNETH, 6°W Artists Collective Collaboration, Scotland

2009 COVE PARK, 6°W Artists Collective Residency, funded by Hi-Arts, Scotland

2010 INCH KENNETH, The Isle of Mull, Scotland

2008 JURA (with John Burnside), supported by JURA Distillery and The Scottish Book Trust, UK

 

Selected WORK IN COLLECTIONS:

YALE Centre for British Art, New Haven CT, USA YALE Library, New Haven CT, USA

The School of Art Institute of Chicago, USA         Isla Center for the Arts, Guam 

V&A, London, UK                         Tate Modern, London, UK

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow         The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

London College of Communication, London, UK Winchester Library Collection, Winchester, UK

UWE Collection, Bristol, UK                 The Hunterian, Glasgow

Bank of Scotland Headquarters, Edinburgh         Lloyds Headquarters, London, UK

Murray Royal NHS Hospital, Perth, Scotland         Baillie Gifford, Edinburgh, Scotland

ABCD/CAB Collection, DJCAD, Dundee Cardiff Metropolitan University Library