Silvia Champion
 
 
BIOGRAPHY

Born in Austria in 1969 I live and
work in Sheffield, UK

EDUCATION (relevant)

2002-2004
Hallam University (degree: First Class BA Hons Degree in Fine Art/Sculpture), Sheffield, UK

2000-2002
University of Art and Design (foundation + 1st year of BA Hons Degree in Fine Art/Sculpture), Linz, Austria

1999-2000
Bowling Green State University (BA classes in Sculpture and Painting), Ohio, USA

1993-2000
Vienna University, Austria; Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain; Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria; Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA (degree: 2.1 Magistra of Philosophy [Mag. Phil.] in Spanish and English Literature and Linguistics, incl. teacher training).

Silvia Champion

EXHIBITIONS

2009

- CLIPS (video), Sherbrook, Canada

- Precious (installation), Moot Hall, Art&Architecture Trail, Wirksworth Festival, UK

2006
- Distance (installation, group exhibition), Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria

2005
- Urban Decay / Invasion (performance/installation), Fringe Festival to Art Sheffield 05 Spectator T, Matilda/Sidney Works, Sheffield, UK
- Deconstructing-Reconstructing IV
(installation/performance, group exhibtition), S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
- Deconstructing–Reconstructing I (installation, group exhibition), Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK

2004
- Deconstructing-Reconstructing III (installation, group exhibition), Mile End Park, London, UK
- Deconstructing-Reconstructing I (installation, degree show), Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- Deconstructing-Reconstructing II / Triptych (video and sound), Showroom Cinema, Sheffield, UK

2003
- 8 Rooms With A View (site specific installation), Sheffield, UK
- Changing Places (installation, group exhibition), Main Gallery, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- Mapping Landscape (installation), Sheffield Hallam University, UK

2002
- Tea-Bar (installation/performance, group exhibition), Gallery Paradigma, Linz, Austria
- Tea-Room (site specific installation/performance), Linz, Austria
- Die Kleinplastik in Oberösterreich (Small Plastics in Upper Austria) (group exhibtion), Nordico Museum, Linz, Austria

2001
- Die Sprache der Dinge (The Language of Things) (installation, group exhibition), University of Art and Design, Linz, Austria

2000
- Exhibition of Summer Works (installation, group exhibition), Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA

 

PROJECTS  IN  PROGRESS

2009

- ma   ma , room installation consisting of two cylinders (300cm high, 150cm diameter)), made of cotton material, which are suspended from the ceiling by a round wooden structure. The inside of the cotton material is densely embroidered in black with book titles on motherhood, visible from the outside as well as the inside of the cylinders. In addition, there are milky white birthing balls scattered around the space for the spectator to sit on.

COMMISSIONS

2005

- 3D Poem, for private client, Sheffield, UK
- Word Ball 1, for the Articulate Collection, Bristol, UK
- Word Ball 2, for Brampton Cortonwood Infants School, Rotherham, UK

2003
- Tea-Shirts (installation), Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, UK

RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS

2005
- Brampton Cortonwood Infants School, Rotherham, UK

2003
- Reignhead Primary School, Beighton, UK

 

PRIZES, AWARDS, FUNDING

2006

- Arts Council England, Grant for exchange project and group exhibition in Salzburg, Austria

2005

- Business Link South Yorkshire, Grant for Website

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

- Training artists working with(in) communities, Yorkshire Artspace (YAS), Sheffield, UK
- Training artists in Schools, YAS, Sheffield, UK
- Training artists in professional Development, YAS, Sheffield, UK
- Workshop Quiet Times with Reckless Sleepers, Summer Shift, Centre for Performance Research (CPR), Aberystwyth, Wales
- Workshop A Live Art Experiment with Silke Mansholt, CPR, Llandrindod, Wales

- Several years of teaching experience teaching modern languages in schools and colleges between 1998 and 2007)

 

MEMBERSHIPS

- Member of CPR (Centre for Performance Research) since 2005
- Studio holder at S1 Art Space/Sheffield/UK from 2004 till 2006, Accociate Member at S1 since 2006
- Member of Yorkshire Artspace/Sheffield/UK since 2002

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