Newcastle University

Introduction

Catrin Huber is an artist who works with painting, wall painting, drawing, collage, installation and more recently sound. Her practice investigates representations of architectural, fictional and imagined space, and also site-specificity of painting / drawing.
Further, she explores tensions between photographic image and materiality.

Background

Studied at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe and the Royal College of Art, London. She has exhibitied her work nationally and internationally (e.g. Australia, Tasmania, Germany).

Roles and Responsibilities

BA Stage 2 Co-ordinator. Studio Programme
Module leader for FIN2013
Module leader for FIN2014
Chair of the Fine Art Teaching & Learning Committee
Chair (with Nick Fox) of the Bartlett Scholarship Committee
Member of BA and MFA Boards of Studies and Exam Board and the MFA Scrutiny Panel.

Qualifications

2008 Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, CLTAD, University of the Arts London
2005 Supervising Research Degree for Professionals in Art, Design & Communication, CLTAD, University of the Arts London

1999 MA in Painting, Royal College of Art, London
1996 State Examination Degree in Literature (MA equivalent), University of Karlsruhe
1994 State Examination Degree (BA / MA equivalent) in Painting, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe

Previous Positions

2003 - 2010 Visiting Lecturer on the BA Painting course, Wimbledon College of Art
2004 – 2007 Visiting Lecturer on the BA Fine Art course, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
1999 – 2006 Invited to speak / give tutorials at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (2006); the School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture, University of Sunderland (2005); the Faculty of Art and Design, University of Plymouth (2003); the Wimbledon School of Art (2002); and the Kent Institute of Art & Design (1999).

Memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research Interests

Painting, drawing, wall painting, Roman wall paintings, representations of architectural, fictional and imagined space, site-specificity of painting / drawing.

Current Work

How can artists redefine the potential and roles of architectural drawings? Research of constituents of painting. Research of Roman wall painting.

Future Research

Site-specific painting / drawing. Research into relationship between drawing, architecture and sound.

Postgraduate Supervision

Supervision of MFA students / PhD students

Esteem Indicators

Invited as a speaker 

2011 at the British School at Rome
2009 at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin 
2009 at the School of Art and Design, University of Leeds
2006 at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany
2005 at the University of Sunderland
2003 at the Faculty of Art and Design, University of Plymouth
2002 at the School of Arts & Cultures, Newcastle University
2002 the Wimbledon School of Art 

Scholarships/Awards

2009 FRF for From line to Space, Newcastle University
2008 Abbey Award Fellowship at the British School at Rome
2000 Grant, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
1999/2000 County Baden-Württemberg Award for an artist residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1998 John Crane Travel Award
1997 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship
1992 Künstlerwege e.V: Scholarship for an artist residency in Moscow

Selected solo exhibitions

2011 Hall of Fictional Space, The British School at Rome
2010 Kiosk of Fictional Space, Kiosk24, Herford, Germany
2008 Hairchitecture, Blue Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2002 Situative Raumzeichnung Malerei, ARTWEB24>Kunstraum, Düsseldorf (catalogue)
2001 Retour de Paris, Institut Français, Stuttgart
2000 Malerei, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen
1999 Eye Elevator, David Hockney Gallery, RCA, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 The Perfect Crime, curated by Phillip Allen and Dan Coombs, No.4a Gallery, Malvern                                                   2011 Invaluable, curated by Victoria Rance and Sheila Vollmer, APT Gallery, London (catalogue)                                                                        2010 MIX, curated by Mali Morris and Chris Marshall, APT Gallery, London                                                                                           2010 From Line to Space. Drawings by Thomas Wright of Durham and drawings from a range of disciplines at Newcastle University. Curated together with Richard Talbot.                                                                               2009 Free Art Fair, Barbican Centre, London (catalogue)                                                                                  2008 Spazi Aperti, Romanian Academy, Rome (catalogue)                                                                                   2008 Ex Roma ||, APT Gallery, London                                                                                                                2008 Tuttifrutti, The British School at Rome (catalogue)                                                                                    2008 Mothers, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London                                                                                            2007 London Assembly, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Brussels                                                                                       2006 Deck of Cards, 39, London                                                                                                                             2006 Water, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London                                                                                               2005 The Wrong Map, Three Colts Gallery, London                                                                                            2004 Mothers, Oxford House, London                                                                                                                 2003 Portrait of the artist as an exquisite corpse, 39, London                                                                          2003 The Bold & The Beautiful: New Art from London, RMIT Project Space, Australia and Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania (supported by the British Council) (catalogue)                                                                          2002 The Bold & The Beautiful, Mile End Park Pavilions, London                                                                          2002 a little Bold & Beautiful, Ferguson McDonald Gallery, London                                                                      2002 50. Retour de Paris, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (catalogue)                                                                              2001 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London                                                                                                    2000 Gruppenausstellung, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe                                                                          2000 Painting, Limehouse Art Foundation, London                                                                                               1999 British Telecom HQ, London                                                                                                                       1999 Albert-Hausenstein-Preis-Exhibition, Germersheim                                                                                     1998 Vorsicht Farbe, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe                                                                                       1998 Howie Street 1, RCA, London                                                                                                                       1997 Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt                                                                         1995 Klasse Erwin Gross, Podium Kunst, Schramberg (catalogue)                                                                           1992 Exit, Suricow Institute, Moscow 

Collections

Sammlung Baden-Württemberg - County Baden-Württemberg Collection of Fine Art (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart), Royal College of Art and private collections in the UK, Austria, Italy and Germany.

External Examiner at Kingston University for MA Art & Space, MA European Art Practice, MA Fine Art with Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, and MA Photography.

Funding

2009 From Line to Space, Faculty Research Fund
2008 Abby Award Fellowship at the British Academy at Rome

2003 Funding from The German Embassy for The Bold and The Beautiful
2000 Grant, Staatliche Akademie de bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
1999/2000 County Baden-Württemberg award for an artist residency at the Cité Internaltionale des Arts, Paris
1998 John Crane Travel Award
1997 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship
1992 Künstlerwege e.V: Scholarship for an artist residency in Moscow 

Undergraduate Teaching

BA Fine Art studio programme
Academic tutor to stage 2 and stage 4 students

Postgraduate Teaching

Supervisor for MFA students (studio and dissertation)

On the supervisory team for PhD student Annie O'Donnell

• Huber C. Hairchitectures and Cloudscapes - A practice-led investigation of means and materiality of architectural drawings in relation to architectural spaces. Artworks: large-scale drawings (8), drawings (8), collages (30) and wall paintings (2). Exhbiitions (5) and publications (3). 2012. Rome, London, Newcastle: British School at Rome, Romanian Academy, APT Gallery, Blue Gallery, Pitzhanger Manor, 48. In Preparation.
• Huber C. Hall of Fictional Space. 2011. Rome, Italy: The British School at Rome, 7.
• Huber C. The Perfect Crime, group exhibition curated by Phillip Allen and Dan Coombs with among others Stuart Cumberland, Alexis Harding, Chantal Joffe and Martin Westwood. 2011. Malvern: No.4A Gallery, 1.
• Huber C. Bavarian Schafkopf. In: Rance, V., Vollmer, S, ed. Invaluable: A Retrospective by APT Artists of their Work from 1970-2010. London, UK: APT Gallery, 2011, pp.16.
• Huber C. Invaluable, curated by Victoria Rance and Sheilla Vollmer with among others Mali Morris, John McLean, Roxy Walsh and Rob Welch. 2011. London, UK: APT Gallery, 1.
• Huber C. Kiosk of Fictional Space. Solo exhibition. 2010.Herford, Germany: Kiosk24, 8.
• Huber C, Talbot R. From Line to Space. Drawings by Thomas Wright of Durham and drawings from a range of disciplines at Newcastle University. 2010. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Ex Libris Gallery.
• Huber C. 3-D architectural drawings or layers of fictional space: A practice-led inquiry into the combining / interaction of architectural drawings / paintings, and site-specific wall paintings - Artworks: drawings, collages, paintings and site-specific wall paintings, exhibitions (3), publication, slide talks and website. 2011. . In Preparation.
• Huber C. What have you always wanted to do but haven't?. In: Joffe, J, ed. The Free Art Fair. London: Barbican Centre, 2009, pp. 23.
• Huber C. Fine Arts 2007-2008. In: Benci, J, ed. Fine Arts 2007-2008, The British School at Rome. Rome, Italy: The British School at Rome, 2008, pp. 52-55.
• Huber C. Hairchitectures - A practice-led investigation of means and materiality of architectural drawings and architectural space. Artworks: large-scale drawings (8), drawings (10), collages (10) and wall paintings (2), sound pieces (3).Exhibitions (4) and publications (2). 2008. Rome, London, Newcastle: BSR, Romanian Academy, APT Gallery, Newcastle, 39.
• Huber C. Tuttifrutti. Group exhibition with among others Marta Marce, John Walters, Eleanor and James Avery. 2008. Rome: The British School at Rome, 4.
• Huber C. Spazi Aperti. Group exhibition at the Romanian Academy in Rome with among others Carsten Nicolai, Matthias Weischer, David Schnell and Jeremy Deller. 2008. Rome: Accademia di Romania, 3.
• Huber C. Exhibition Catalogue. In: Pribac, M, ed. Spazi Aperti. Rome: Accademia di Romania in Roma, 2008, pp. 26.
• Huber C. Ex Roma II. Group exhibition with among others Spartacus Chetwynd, Marta Marce and Louise Minkin. 2008. London: APT Gallery, 1.
• Huber C, Hirsch T, Walsh R. Catrin Huber, Artweb. Düsseldorf: Engelhardt & Bauer, 2005.