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Stephen E Bottomley

Résumé

 

Email

stephen@seb-goldsmith.com

Website

www.seb-goldsmith.com

Born

1967 Norwich, England

Nationality

British

 

Academic Training

From

To

School/College/University

Qualifications Obtained

October 1999  

July 2001

Royal College of Art

MPhil RCA

Sept 1996

Sept 1998

University of Brighton

MA (Design)

Including

Feb 1998

May 1998

Rhode Island School of Design

(As an exchange student on the above MA Design course)

October 1991

June 1992

Sir John Cass Institute

London Metropolitan University

‘Stone setting, Diamond mounting and Die sinking ‘

South East Arts Grant Professional Training

October 1996

 

Hastings College of Art

BTEC Assessor Training Certificate NCVQ

September 1986

July 1989

West Surrey College of Art and Design

BA (Hons)

3-Dimensional Design (Metal)

September 1985

July 1986

Hastings College of Art

BTEC Foundation Certificate

September 1983

July 1985

Varndean College

2 x A level

2 x O Levels

January 1981

July 1983

Brighton College

2 x CSE

11 x O Levels

 

Professional Practice

2006

SILVERWEAR’ International ACJ Masterclass Conference Workshop at Sheffield Hallam University, (Organiser/Director Stephen Bottomley)

2006

‘Seeing is Believing’, ACJ Bristol lecture

2005

‘Coffee and Cigarettes’ Ars Ornata - workshop, Conference Lisbon

2004

‘Makers’ Talks 3: ‘Processes of Making’ - Viables Crafts Centre Basingstoke

 

2006xVictoria & Albert Museum, British Galleries WeekendWorkshops

2002

Contributor to the Brighton & Hove Museum Oral History Archive.

 

2002xRefine-Redefine, exhibition organiser, Hastings College Alumni metalwork show, Romney Marsh Gallery, March –May 2002

2002

Victoria & Albert Museum, British Galleries: The natural world in Gold’, Weekend workshop.

2001

Eastman Kodak 2D&3D Interface project, Exhibition Co-ordinator Hastings College of Art.

Sept. 1999

Jewellery Maker/Shaman. Invited participant in the workshop & International symposium at the Rietveld Academie Amsterdam.

March -July 1999

Four months as studio assistant at Louis Mueller’s studio, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

1995-94

Exhibition organiser Looking Ahead Int. touring jewellery show; Leipzig Fair,Germany, 1995, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, 1995; Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex, 1994, Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria; 1994, Galerie Cebra, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1994 Exhibition Grants to tour this show were raised from:   The Foundation for Sport & the Arts, (1993);The British Council, (1993); and The Prince’s Trust (1992). Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex, 1994, Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria; 1994, Galerie Cebra, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1994   Exhibition Grants to tour this show were raised from:       The Foundation for Sport & the Arts, (1993);The British Council, (1993); and The Prince’s Trust (1992).

1994

Patination Workshop - Hastings Museum, to accompany the Crafts Council exhibition ‘The Chemistry Set’

1993

‘Trading Places’, 2 day European Seminar, Nottingham.

1992

Training grant from ‘South East Arts’, at Sir John Cass    Institute of Art & Design, London.

1991

Dutch/German ‘Go and See’ Marketing Grant from the PYBT

 

Membership of Professional Organisations

July 2005–2007

Chairman

Association for Contemporary Jewellery

(Founding Director of ACJ LTD 2006)

July 2003/04

Executive Member+Vice Chair

 

2005

National Jewellery Steering Group

 

2002

Crafts Council Photo-store Register of Selected Makers

 

 

 

Publications

2006

'Associated Lives, Meanings and Shared Directions', Paper at the Blue skies & Singing Rings AHRC Expert Network seminar, DANA Centre London

2005

Conference paper, 'Autonomatic', Falmouth Coll. of Art research centre

2004

Conference paper ‘Something Old – Something New’ the marriage of digital craft, S. Bottomley & D. Goodwin, Challenging Craft, Grey’s School of Art

2002

Brighton and Hove Museum Oral history project archive

2001

Conference paper ‘A Tool of our Time’, Goethe-Institute conference Kansai-Kyoto, Japan "Technology and IT for a City of Culture".

2001

‘Digit to the digital...’ Digital creativity, Swets & Zetlinger, Switzerland, 2001, Vol. 12, no.2, pp104-6

                                         

Employment

From

To

Employer, post held and brief description of duties

October 2004

Ongoing

Course leader BA Hons Metalwork and Jewellery Sheffield Hallam University

May 2005

Ongoing

University College for the Creative Arts, Kent - Rochester site

FE Course Consultant 2 days a year

Sep 2003

Feb 2004

University of Brighton

Lecturer, Post Graduate Certificate in Arts and Cultural Heritage (ArCH) Continuing Professional Development

 

March 2000

 

Feb 2004

Surrey Institute of Art and Design

Associate lecturer

BA (Hons) 3 Dimensional Design course – Metals.     

Aug 2002

July 2003

Aug 2003

 

Victoria & Albert Museum, Education Dept

2-day and evening workshops in the British and Medieval Galleries

Feb 2003

 

Sep 2002

Feb 2002

Sep 2001

 

March 2004

 

March 2004

June 2003

March 2004

Hastings College of Art 0.75 lecturer

Course Leader BA (Hons) Art & Design

Course Leader for the Professional Practice Certificate

0.60 lecturer Course Leader ND Graphics -3D Pathway

Lecturer HND Metalwork and Jewellery

Co-ordinator and lecturer for four evening OCN M&J classes

2002

+

1999

 

 

Rhode Island School of De sign, USA

Visiting Lecturer

MFA & BFA jewellery & metalwork programme

Sep 2001

Dec 2001

 

University of Brighton

Project co-ordinator

Eastman- Kodak Project at Hasting college.

Interface- photo media 2D to 3D

Oct 1999

Oct 1999

Massachusetts College of Art, USA

Visiting Lecturer MFA & BFA

Jewellery & Metalwork programme

March 1999

July 1999

Louis Mueller’s Studio, Providence USA

Silversmith and Design Studio assistant

March 1999

March 1999

Buckinghamshire University College of Art,

Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery

Feb 1999

Feb 1999

Camberwell College, The London Institute

Visiting Lecturer, BA Hons Silversmithing & Metalwork.

Sept 1992

Sep 2001

Hastings College of Art

Visiting lecturer: HND & HNC Crafts, HND 2D/3D Design,

BTEC Foundation studies, Special Needs Classes and Adult Education jewellery classes

 

Work in Permanent Collections

June 2001

Piece in the permanent medal collection of the British Museum, London.

March 1999

South East Arts purchase for Brighton & Hove Museum Craft collection.

1998

Molina Fine Arts Collection, Arizona, USA.

 

Awards

June 2001

South East Arts travel award to lecture in Japan.

June 2001

British Council lecture in Japan at Goethe-Institute Kansai-Kyoto "Technology and IT for a City of Culture" conference, including further lectures in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo.

June 2001

100% Design Dalsouple Rubber Competition Highly Commended.

October 2000

South East Arts Major Award.

February 1990

Prince’s Youth Business Trust Grant

 

Press Reviews

Argento! 95

Zoom, Giula Macri, December 2001

Crafts Magazine

Lookout by Margot Coatts, March/April 2000

Applied technology

Exhibition catalogue. The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Craft showcase 2. Janet Stoyel & Stephen Bottomley 1999

Schmuck ‘99

Exhibition catalogue, Handwerk edition, 1999,

Financial Times Magazine 

How to spend it. Issue 25, May 1998

The Daily Telegraph

Fashion page, 16th December 1996

Gold + Silber

Looking Ahead review, April 1994

 

Selected Exhibitions

May 2007

Reviving the Filigree, Póvoa de Lanhosa, Portugal

July 2006

Heirlooms, ACJ exhibition St Bartoph’s Church, London

July 2006

Re-Group, Westbourne Grove Church, London

June 2006

‘Am Ball’,  Der Goldene Schnitt, Karlsruhe, Germany

June 2006

Limited Edition, Golddigger Gallery, Belfast

April 2006

Loot, Museum of Art and Design, New York

September 2005

The Watkins Era, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

June 2005

Limited Edition, Manchester Craft & Design Centre

June 2004

Jewellery Unlimited, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

April 2004

Solo showcase, Lesley Craze Gallery, London

July - Aug 2003

Summer Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

July – September

Summer Exhibition, Crafts Council shop, V&A Museum, London

October 2002

Stephen Bottomley & Justin Marshall. Digital Creativity online exhibition - www.axisartists.org.uk/exhibitions

October 2002

Chicago SOFA, with The White Gallery, Brighton

May 2002

New York SOFA, with Mobilia gallery, Boston.

November 2001

L'Immagine del Gioiello/The image of jewellery, Alternatives gallery, Rome, Italy.

October 2001

Begium/British New Contemporaries, Villa De Bondt, Antwerp, Belgium.

May 2001

Solo show, The White Gallery, Brighton

May 2001

Paraphernalia, Romney Marsh Gallery, Lydd

May 2000

Solo Show, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.

March -Dec 2000

Reliefs, Showcase Gallery V&V, Vienna, Austria

Feb 2000

Applied Technology, two person show, Hove Museum.

November 1999

Chicago SOFA- Jewellers Werk Gallery, Washington DC.

October 1999

Applied Technology, Two person show,

 

The Foyer gallery, Surrey Institute of Art & Design.

Sept-Oct 1999

Rook, Tower of the Beurs Van Berlag Museum, Amsterdam

July-Oct. 1999

Rare Finds, The New Ashgate gallery, Farnham.

July 1999

R.I.S.D Alumni show, Squansit Country Club, R.I, USA

July 1999

Showcase John McKellar Gallery, Hereford.

March 1999

Schmuck ‘99, International jewellery showcase, Munich.

February 1999

Art for Love. Nairi Sahakian Contemporary Art

Jan & Nov 1999

Brighton Up!  The Black Swan Gallery, Frome & Brewery Arts, Cirencester.

October 1998

‘British Week’, Molina Fine Art Jewellery, Arizona,USA.

November 1997

‘10th Anniversary show’, Galerie Cebra , Dusseldorf.

August 1996

Wired , One man show, Sussex Arts Club, Brighton.

November 1995

Jewellery 9, Leeds City Art Gallery.

June 1995

Gefullte Sommerlocher, Galerie Cebra , Dusseldorf.

November 1994

10th Anniversary Show, Leslie Craze, London.

Sept 1990 - Aug 91

Vice Versa, National Touring Exhibition of Ireland.