CURRICULUM VITAE - DAVID O'CONNOR

Personal information:
Born: 1959; Birkenhead, Cheshire
Address: Wiltshire, U.K.
Telephone/Fax: 01985 840043
email: david@daveoconnor.co.uk
Websites: daveoconnor.co.uk
 
Education:
1980 - 1982Higher Diploma in Fine Art (MA equivalent)
Slade School of Art, University College, London
Experimental Media Department: Sculpture/Installations
1977 - 1980B.A. (Hons) Fine Art (1st Class)
Sunderland Polytechnic: Sculpture/Performance
1994 - 1995Certificate in Education (Further Education)
Trowbridge College
1978Travel Scholarship - European Science Museums
1993City & Guilds 7306 including D32 & D33
1996Welding Certificates Stages 1 and 2
Fareham College
 
Solo Exhibitions and Installations:
1994Warminster Arts Centre
1995Marlborough College
1996Salisbury Hospital
1997Installation, Salisbury
1997Major commission - Salisbury Hospital (drawings)
1998Ashcroft Arts Centre, Hampshire, Installation
1998Victoria Art Gallery, Bath - with accompanying booklet "Plough and Anchor"
1999Installation, Dartington Art Gallery, Devon
1999Ashcroft Art Gallery, Hampshire, Installation
2000Video Installation - collaboration with Footprint Films (Full Monty),Arts Institute Bournemouth
2000Walford Mill, Dorset, Installation
2000Installation, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Hampshire
2000Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University, Installation
2002Black Swan Gallery, Frome

Group Exhibitions and Installations:
1994Michael Parkin Gallery, London
1994Salisbury Hospital
1995Warminster Arts Centre
1996Contemporary Arts Society, Royal Festival Hall, London
1997Recent Acquisitions, Unilever House, London
1997Beatrice Royal Gallery
1998Beatrice Royal Gallery
1999Beatrice Royal Gallery
1999Brighton Festival - Art and the Engineers - Site Specific Installation
1999Sculpture in the Garden, Deans Court, Wimborne
with Elizabeth Frink, Nicola Hicks, Peter Randall Page etc.
Site Specific Installation
1999Vessel, Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire Sculpture Trust
2000Beatrice Royal Gallery
2000Desmoulin Gallery, Newbury
2000Shrinkwrapped Installation, Southampton with Solent People's Theatre -
Lead Artist
2000Art Fair, Battersea - represented by Beatrice Royal Gallery
2001Wylye Valley Art Trail
2001Art in the Garden, Hillier's Arboretum, Site Specific Installation
2001Bournemouth University - Loan Collection
2001Video pieces - Shrinkwrapped Performance, Salisbury Playhouse
2001Video pieces - Shrinkwrapped Performance, Portsmouth Arts Centre
2001Video pieces - Shrinkwrapped Performance, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2002Wine Street Gallery, Devizes

Major Commissions:
1997Drawings, Salisbury Hospital
2001Millennium Sculpture and Garden, Salisbury Hospital
2002Public Sculpture - Bournemouth University - ongoing
2002Public Sculpture - Reading, Berkshire - ongoing
2002Shortlisted - Public Sculpture - Sustrans National Cycle Paths
2002Shortlisted - Public Sculpture - Botley School, Southampton - ongoing

Residencies:
1999 - 2000Part time residency over 8 months with Solent People's Theatre,
Southampton as Lead Artist. Lottery funded project making the
installation "Shrinkwrapped" with mental health users.

Sponsorship, Funding and Partnerships:
Southern Arts
South West Arts
National Lotteries Charities Boards (through A.C.E.)
Hampshire County Council
Southampton City Council
Portsmouth City Council
Bath and North East Somerset City Council
East Dorset Heritage Fund
Somerset Stone Masons
Dorset County Council
Victoria Art Gallery
Salisbury NHS Trust
Wimborne Minster Town Council
Cobhams
Walford Mill Education Trust
Salisbury District Council
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Wiltshire County Council
Surtess MAV
Dartington Hall Trust
Marlborough College
Fareham Borough Council
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McMillan UK Ltd
Test Valley Borough Council
Wiltshire District Council
Tramman Trust
Hampshire Sculpture Trust
Bournemouth University

Collections:
Sculpture and drawings:
Unilever
Marlborough College
Salisbury Hospital
Isle of Wight Hospital (with Sasha Ward)
Lady Gibberd
Zuleika Dobson
Robert Hutchison
Bournemouth University
Work also in numerous private collections.

Publications, Public Workshops and Public Lectures:
"Plough and Anchor" - booklet 1998 including essay by Jon Bennington, Curator of
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
"The Pleasure of Influence" - catalogue for Sculpture in the Garden, Deans Court, Wimborne, 1999
Radio interview, BBC Radio Bristol, Oct 1998
Sunday Telegraph, Sept 1998
Bath News, Sept 1998
Western Daily Press, Sept 1998
Art Review, Aug 1999
Daily Telegraph, June 1999
Opening lecture at Deans Court, Sculpture in the Garden, 1999
Public workshops in stone carving at various exhibitions
Extensive workshops in installation art at Solent People's Theatre - Shrinkwrapped Project, 2000
BBC South, Feb 2000 - Full Monty, Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Public seminar/talk with Footprint Films at Arts Institute at Bournemouth
"Departure Times" catalogue, Dorset County Council
Southampton Echo, July 2000
Southampton Echo, Sept 2000
Public lecture, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Sept 2000
BBC Wiltshire Sound interview, June 2001
Public lecture, Art in the Garden, Hillier's Arboretum, July 2001
Public lecture, Bournemouth University, July 2001
Bournemouth University Art Loan Collection - catalogue, October 2001
Website: www.daveoconnor.co.uk
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Current Employment
1998 ...ongoingPart time Lecturer, Surrey Institute University College:
Fine Art Degree (Sculpture Department)
Practising Artist - currently working in installation and public sculpture
Employment
1999 - 2000Associate Lecturer, Arts Institute at Bournemouth:
3D Design Degree, 3rd Year Leader
1998 - 1999Foundation Course Co-ordinator, Fareham College
1995 - 19980.7 Associate Lecturer, Fareham College
1995 - 1997Part-time Lecturer, Trowbridge College
Modular Art and Design (Part time Foundation Course)
1994 - 19950.5 Associate Lecturer, Fareham College
3D Tutor, GNVQ Advanced, Art and Design
1993Visiting Lecturer at University of West of England, Bristol:
Foundation Course, 3D Studies.

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