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Staff profile / Chris Short

Senior Lecturer
Telephone 02920 416666
Email cshort@uwic.ac.uk

Dr Chris Short is Senior Lecturer in the history and theory of art on BA and MA Fine Art and MA Ceramics programmes. He did his PhD on Friedrich Nietzsche and German Expressionism in the Department of Art History and Theory, University of Essex, graduating in 1995. His published writings include analysis of modern Austrian and contemporary British art. He is currently writing a book on Wassily Kandinsky, to be published in 2009; co-editing Der Blaue Reiter, Volume II with Gerard Curtis (University of Newfoundland), to be completed in May 2012; co-organising with Dorothy Rowe (University of Bristol) a conference on Der Blaue Reiter to run at Tate Modern in November 2011; and producing a body of artworks relating to the shoreline and surf culture in South Wales.

Chris Short is a member of the Centre for Fine Art Research (http://www.wirad.ac.uk/research-themes/centre-for-fine-art/) part of the Fine Art and Ceramics theme within WIRAD.

Research Awards

2008, The Art Theory of Wassily Kandinsky, 1909-1928: the quest for synthesis, funded by the British Academy and Society Kandinsky

Book Chapters / Essays

(2006) ‘The Place of St Ives in the Photography of Andy Hughes’. In: Booth Clibborn, Dominant Wave Theory. ISBN: 1-86154-284-4.
(2006), The St Ives School, 1997-2007, exhibition catalogue edited with introduction by C Short, with an essay by Mike Tooby, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, 2006. ISBN: 0-9554778-0-8
(2005) ‘Beyond Dialogue’. In: Proceedings of 'Neighbours in Dialogue. Venice Agendas. Venice Biennale.

Journal Articles

(2006), 'Sense in Place: The Shoreline as Battleground' in Clarkson and O'Reilly (eds), Sense in Place: Site-ations International, Europe 2005/06, Cardiff 2007, ISBN: 978-1-905617-53-1
(2006), ‘Between text and image in Kandinsky’s oeuvre: a consideration of Klänge in relation to the synthesis of the arts,’ in Tate Papers
(2006) 'Kandinsky : the path to abstraction', Tate modern, June - October 2006 in The Burlington (Magazine)
Conference Papers / Presentations [inc. keynote speakers]
(2006), ‘Toward synthesis: some oppositional motifs in the art and theory of Kandinsky’, in Abstraction Across Media series, Tate Modern
(2006), 'Sense in place: the shoreline as battleground' in Sense in Place conference, funded by the EU culture 2000 programme, Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
(2005), ‘Between Land and Sea’ in Alias Symposium, Penzance: Arts Council of England (Keynote Lecture)

Exhibitions / Events

2006 Coney to Easkey, a collaboration with Andy Whall in the form of a journey between two surf locations, funded by the Arts Council of England and UWIC. Documented in 'sense in place' catalogue, funded by the EU culture 2000 programme
2003 Whall, A, Jeffreys, D. and Jeffreys, P, Writing performance July 9th 2003. Intersections: Between London and St Ives. Performed on the First Great Western London to St Erth train. Sponsored by First Great Western Trains Company Limited and Art Surgery.

Gaynor Kavanagh At Cardiff School of Art & Design, we believe in being at the top of our game and that includes being able to deliver programmes that really make a difference. We give our students every opportunity to explore all kinds of creative and professional possibilities, in an environment that recognises the importance of taking risks and seizing the initiative. We are interested in ideas and how these are examined through practice.