creative dissent: an experiment in integrated art/life practice

jethro brice: cv


Born: London, 08/03/1984

Website: http://creativedissent.net

E-mail: jethrobrice@gmail.com

Additional Languages: Hebrew as mother tongue; German (beginner, graduate of Goethe Institut Sprachkurs l.1); beginner’s Hungarian and Polish.

IT skills: All basic skills, word processing, Internet skills, Adobe Photoshop, Paintshop pro., InDesign, etc.

Travel experience: extensive low-carbon, non-consumer travel through Europe and the Middle East, primarily by means of hitch-hiking and sailing. Ten years’ residence in Jerusalem, Budapest 4 months, Wroclaw 5 months.


Education

2003
2006
BA(hons) Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art - Distinction in Historical and Critical Studies

01-05
2005
Erasmus student exchange program, Hungarian National Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest

1999
2002
Israel Arts and Sciences Academy, Jerusalem

Areas of specialisation: Environmental Art, Drawing

Awards

2006
W O Hutcheson Drawing Prize, GSA

2006
Instructables.com Project of the Month

Solo Exhibitions

2006
“Natural Causes #1 and #2” - Hunterian Zoological Museum, Glasgow (drawing, book-works, sculpture)

2005
“Freedom Shoes” - AK¤57 Gallery, Budapest (painting, book-work, installation)

2003
“Reflections” - White Space Gallery, GSA, Glasgow (painting, text installation)

Public art installations

2006
“Kingfisher” - Kelvin River Walkway, Glasgow (sculpture)

2005
Untitled (George Miller) - Barnes Building, GSA (text installation)

2005
Untitled (Urban wildlife series) - Budapest, 18th District (painting installation)

2005
“Death within its natural context is no loss, but rather the manifestation of life” Budapest, 18th District (poster)

2004
“Customer Satisfaction - If you were truly satisfied, what could we sell you?” Woodlands Rd and Metro, Glasgow (poster)

2004
“We Shape Your Fears and Your Desires” Woodlands Rd and Metro, Glasgow (poster)

2004
“Biding Our Time in the Alleys”, various sites, Glasgow (painting)


Group exhibitions

2007
“Out of Time” - an exhibition of artists and geographers inspired by the arts of taxidermy, Hunterian Zoological Museum, Glasgow (book-work, sculpture)

2006
Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2006 (book-works, sculpture, installation)

2005
“Kuplung” - Kuplung, Budapest (wall-based collage)

2004
Untitled (Wildlife Garden) - Site-specific installation in collaboration with Hanna Tuulikki Andrews, University of Glasgow Wildlife Garden. (drawing installation)

2004
“Amateurs' Night” - Panoptican Theatre, Glasgow (book-work)

Book-works

2006
“Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)”

2006
“The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Urban Wildlife Habitat Regeneration (or, how to make a kingfisher from discarded IRN BRU cans)”

2005
 “Saltire shieldbug (Acanthosoma glasgvensis)”

2004
Untitled bookwork (“West, South, East”)

Publications

2006
Ruth Barker and Niall Macdonald, Interview: in “Placed Upon the Horizon – A Permanent Public Artwork”, South Lanarkshire Council, East Kilbride

2006
Helen Nodding and Francesca Ricci , Interlude magazine,vol.3,  London, 2006: “Cycle/Projector - preliminary drawing for mobile, pedal-powered slide projector”

Internet publications

"creative dissent"
http://creativedissent.net

“Net/work: Jethro Brice”:
http://www.meansealevel.net/?q=node/16

“kingfisher project”:
http://www.instructables.com/id/EXNV27M8E1EP287JBD/

Portfolio of illustration and related work:
http://www.myspace.com/jethrobrice

Illustration

2007
Thank-you letter, 'Yad Elie' children's charity, Jerusalem

2000
La Kanto de la Kantoj de Solomano, for Shalom Yehuda Press, Jerusalem, 2000

Collections

2006
“Alcedo atthis”  - Hunterian Zoology Museum, Glasgow (drawing)

2006
“Saltire shieldbug (Acanthosoma glasgvensis)” - acquired by the Head of School of Design at The Glasgow School of Art, as a reference in sustainability research (book-work)

Employment

06-07
2008
Gardener and dry-stane dyker, The Old Steading, Wester Essenside, Scotland

01-10
2007
Private tutor (painting and digital imaging)

01-10
2007
Freelance illustration and graphic design,
Jerusalem

07-08
2006
Assistant gardener, Ruskin Mill College, Gloucestershire, England

07
2004
Salesman and antique furniture restoration assistant, Ali Baba Antiques, Glasgow, Scotland

07-08
2002
Building construction labourer, Eli Yochanan & Sons Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel

Volunteer Experience

05-06
2008
Forest restoration project, Trees For Life, Glen Affric, Scotland

12
2007
Assistant Scenographer, Wroclaw Puppet Theatre, Wroclaw, Poland

02
2007
Organic date cultivation, Kibbutz Samar, Arava Desert, Israel

10
2006
Catamaran crew member, sailing from Mallorca to Gibraltar via Ibiza and Formentera

09-10
2006
Market gardener, Binifela Organic Farm and Market Garden, Illes Baleares, Spain

08-09
2006
Planning consultant and construction worker, independent summerhouse construction project, Priorton Court, North Creedy, Devon, England

09-11
2004
GOALS widening participation project - a series of creative workshops with students of St Flannan’s and Merklands primary schools, Kirkintilloch

08
2004
Assistant warden and visitors' reception, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Handa Island Nature Reserve, Sutherland, Scotland

07
2004
Market gardener, Kennels Cottages Organic Farm and Market Garden, Dumbarton, Scotland

05
2004
Forest restoration project worker, Trees For Life, Glen Afric, Scotland




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