DAVID FAITHFULL
Current Posts:
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
www.davidfaithfull.co.uk
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