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John Darwell is an independent photographer working with museums and galleries on projects that reflect his interest in social and industrial change and his concern for the environment and issues around the depiction of mental health. John is Associate Senior Lecturer in photography at the University of Bolton and a part-time lecturer at the University of Cumbria. He will shortly be completing practice led PhD research entitled ‘A Black Dog Came Calling: The Visualisation of Depression Through Contemporary Photography’. His work has been exhibited, and published, widely nationally and internationally, including exhibitions in London, Amsterdam, the USA, Mexico, South America and the Canary Islands, and is featured in a number of important collections including the National Museum of Photography Film and Television, Bradford, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Past projects include ‘The Big Ditch’ on the Manchester Ship Canal, ‘Regeneration’ on the demise of the steel industry in Sheffield, ‘Scratching the Surface’ on the quarries of the English Lake District, plus a trilogy of projects based around nuclear history, this work has taken him to sites around the world that have become notorious due to their nuclear connections, including Los Alamos, the Trinity Site, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Three Mile Island, Sellafield and Chernobyl. John has just completed shooting a major project, supported by the Arts Council of England North West, entitled “Not Starting from Here”. This work can best be described as a psychological ‘journey’ loosely based on the west coast of Cumbria that follows its 80 mile coastline along the north west of England. To date he has had six books of his work published. Most recently ‘Dark Days’ based on the 2001 UK Foot and Mouth Disease epidemic (Dewi Lewis Publishing March 2007) and ‘Committed to Memory’ a twenty five year retrospective published by Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery (2007). Education 1999- Sunderland University, researching PhD on the photographic depiction of depression and mental health (Completion 2007) 1976–1980 Manchester Polytechnic, BA Hons, Photography 1974–1976 Bolton College of Art and Design, Foundation Course Solo exhibitions 2007 "Committed To Memory", Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle 2006 "A Black Dog Came Calling", The Institute of Psychiatry Art Gallery, London 2004 (h)arris, installation sited at 15 rail stations along Cumbria Coastal Line 2003 After Schwitters, Kurt Schwitters & the Merzbarn Conference, Cumbria 2002 Consequences, Inaugural exhibition, Gallery, Oldham 2001 Legacy, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle 1998 By Association, Tom Blau Gallery, London 1998 By Association, Folly Gallery, Lancaster 1997 First and Last, Viewpoint Gallery, Salford 1997 By Association, Mill Gallery, Carlisle 1996 Where it all began, Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Colombia 1996 In Isolation, Euston Station Escalators, London 1996 Workplace. Durham Art Gallery, Durham 1995 Jimmy Jock…Fotonoviembre, Centro de Fotografia, Santa Cruz, Tenerife 1994 The Big Ditch, Duncan of Jordanstone Gallery, Dundee 1994 Scratching the Surface, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle 1993 Jimmy Jock, Albert & the Six Sided Clock, Maritime Museum, Liverpool 1993 The Big Ditch, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead 1992 The Big Ditch, Manor Gallery, Carlisle 1992 The Big Ditch, Calderdale Industrial Museum, Halifax, Yorkshire 1991 The Big Ditch, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham, Cheshire 1990 The Big Ditch, Maritime Museum, Liverpool 1990 The Big Ditch, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn 1989 Borderland, Manor Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria 1989 Regeneration, Untitled Gallery, Sheffield 1987 Working Lives, Bonnington Gallery, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham 1986 The Big Ditch, Viewpoint Gallery, Salford, Manchester 1986 Working Lives, Side Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1986 Working Lives, Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport 1984 Cityscapes, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria 1984 Landscapes, Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport Group exhibitions 2007 Legacy Harbour Gallery, Whitehaven, Cumbria 2006 "Liminal Britain", University of North Texas 2006 "Terror", Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco 2006 "Uneasy Spaces", 80 Washington Sq East Galleries, NYU Gallery, New York 2006 Water Level Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle 2006 New Views, Old Landscapes Circle Gallery, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2006 The Cultural Documents of FMD Holden Gallery, Manchester 2005 "Madness", Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy 2005 In Isolation, SAFotofest, San Antonio, Texas 2005 New Horizons, Lowood Gallery, Cumbria 2005 Dark Days (abridged) ICIA, Bath 2005 Madness Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy 2005 Liminal Britain University North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas 2005 (f)actual. The Gallery, Napier University, Edinburgh 2005 Moment by Moment, Lowood Gallery, Cumbria 2004 A Black Dog Came Calling, Mad For Arts Exhibition, Tate Modern 2004 Images of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic, Royal Agricultural Show 2003 A Different World. Part of River Journey’s exhibition. The Lowry, Salford 2003 Disaster Areas. ArtConnexion. Amsterdam (with R.Misrach, P. Seawright) 1999 The Shed, Collins Gallery, Glasgow 1996 Untitled Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico 1996 Water, Photometro Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1996 Discoveries, Foto Fest, Houston, Texas, USA 1995 Paradise Lost, National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford 1991 The Sheffield Project, Mappin, Graves and Untitled Galleries, Sheffield 1990 Transport in the Park, Trafford Park Arts Centre, Manchester 1989 Regeneration, Untitled Gallery, Sheffield 1989 Common Roots, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester 1987 100 Years of Photography in Salford, Viewpoint Gallery, Salford 1986 Sun Life, Best of British Photography Awards, NMPFT, Bradford Awards 2003 Arts Council England North West. Major production award 2000 Northern Arts Publishing Award for Legacy 1999–2001 Northern Arts ‘Artists Professional Development Scheme’ mentoring award 2000 Northern Arts ‘Visual Arts’ Award 1999 Northern Arts ‘Visual Arts’ Award 1999 Short listed for Northern Electric Arts Achievement Award 1998 Northern Arts ‘Photography Production Award’ 1997 British Council ‘Visiting Artist’ Award 1997 Northern Arts ‘Travel and Training’ Award 1996 Northern Arts ‘Photography Production Award’ 1995 Northern Arts ‘Photography Production Award’ 1994 Northern Arts ‘Travel and Training’ Award 1993 Northern Arts Publication Award 1993 Arts Council of Great Britain Publication Award 1992 Northern Arts ‘Photography Production Award’ 1992 Northern Arts ‘Travel and Training’ Award 1990 Northern Arts ‘Travel and Training’ Award 1986 Short listed, final four, NMPFT/Sun Life Award 1986 Arts Council of Great Britain Publication Award 1986 North West Arts Photography Award Collections Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Centro de Fotografia, Tenerife Victoria and Albert Museum, London Kings College/Maudsley Hospital Trust, London British Film Institute, London Arthur Anderson Collection, London Site Gallery, Sheffield National Museum of Photography, Film and Television/ Sun Life Collection, Bradford Maritime Museum, Liverpool Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle City Art Gallery, Manchester Arts Council North West, Manchester Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport Viewpoint Gallery, Salford
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