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Yvonne Buchheim : Biographical Information

Born: 1972 in Weimar, Germany

Education
2004-05    Postgraduate, Teaching in Higher Education, UWE, Bristol, U.K.
1998-2000 Masters of Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast, Ireland.
1993-98    BA in Visual Communication Design, Fachhochschule München, Germany.

Awards
2007       Good Ideas Award, Public Art Wales, Cardiff, UK.
2004/05/07 Individual Research Funding, UWE, Bristol, UK.
2004       Arts Council Award, Travel and Mobility, Ireland.
2003       Arts Council Award, Artist in the Community, Dublin, Ireland.
              Member of the ‘Artist Panel’ at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
2002       Arts Council Award, Visual Arts Bursary, Dublin, Ireland.
1998-00  ‘Hochschulstipendium’, Bayerisches Kultürsministerium, München, Germany.

Solo Shows
2008       Cheekwood Museum of the Art, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
2007       ‘Borrowed Air’, Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland.
              ‘Song for Newtown’, Oriel Davis Gallery, Newtown, Wales, UK.
2006       ‘Song Archive’, Syndicat Potentiel, Strasbourg, France.
2002      ‘Quantum in me est’ , Vakalo Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
             ‘Quadruped’, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland.
2001      ‘Split Second’, Q-Arts Gallery, Derby, U.K.
1999      ‘Topographien’, Haus der Kultur, Waldkraiburg, Germany.

Selected Group Shows
2008      ‘Holy Hiatus’, public art project, curated by Ruth Jones, Cardigan, Wales, UK.
2007      ‘North+South’ commissions, Southampton city art gallery, UK.
             ‘Art Video Exchange’, Landmark at Bergen Kunsthall, Sweden.
2006      ‘EV+A’, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland.
             ‘Limited Editions’, R O O M T O O gallery, London, UK.
             ‘Temporary Identities’, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia.
             ‘700IS’, Culture Centre of Fljótsdalshérað, Egilsstaðir, Iceland.
             ‘Indiana International Video Art Festival’, Indiana University Art Gallery, USA.
2005      ‘Soundworks’, St Vincents Church, Cork, Ireland.
             ‘Generation Games’, Plan 9 Gallery, Bristol, UK.
2004      ‘herkunft niemandsland’, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany.
             ‘Muvesztelep’, Szekelyudvarhelyi, Transsylvania, Romania.
2003      ‘Markers’ Queens Gallery, The British Council, New Delhi, India.
             ‘Portrait’ Gallery of University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
             ‘Us’, 5th Floor Gallery, Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, Ireland.
             ‘the national gallery’, The Return Gallery, Goethe Institut, Dublin, Ireland.
2002      ‘20/20’, Temple Bar Gallery and Studio, Dublin, Ireland.
             ‘The Memorial’, Umetnicka galerija, Cacak, Yugoslavia.
             ‘Conditional Motion’, Arthouse, Multimedia Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
             ‘Mark’, Project Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2001      'International Drawing Biennial', MASS Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
             ‘Chronicle’, Provinciaal Museum Begijnhofkerk Begijnhof, Sint Truden, Belgium.
             ‘14 days - 14 books’, Artist Book Fair, Halifax, U.K.
2000      ‘An Exhibition of Master Pieces’, The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast, N.Ireland.
             ‘Blood and Fire’, The Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, N.Ireland.
             ‘Natur und Ausdruck’, Fachhochschule München, Munich, Germany.
             ‘Il canto sospeso’, Gallerie FHM, München, Germany, exhibition toured to Berlin, Bologna and Thessaloniki.

Residencies / Projects
2007     Residency, 8 weeks, Oriel Davis Gallery, Newtown, Wales, UK.
2006     Residency, 4 weeks, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, USA.
            Research project, 2 weeks, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
2005     Residency, 2 weeks, Paradise Arts Centre, Poloor, Iran.
            Residency ‘Folkatronica’, 1 months, SSI, Dublin, Ireland.
            Residency, 2 weeks, Art Trail, Cork, Ireland.
            Symposium, ‘Drawing Quarters’, UWE, Bristol, U.K.
2004     Residency, 1 months, Csiksereda, Transsylvania, Romania.
2003     European studio programme, 3 months, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany.
2002     Project studio, 2 months, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
2001-02 Residency, 6 months, Arthouse, Multimedia Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
00 - 01  Residency, 12 months, Evelyn Williams Drawing Fellowship, University of Derby, U.K.
2000     Residency, 2 weeks, Curfew Tower in Cushendall, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland.
1998     Research expedition, 2 months, Alaska, USA.
1996     Research expedition, 2 months, Alaska, USA.

Employment
2006 -   Part time Lecturer, University of West England, Bristol, UK.
2003-06 Full time Lecturer, University of West England, Bristol, UK
2003     Part time Lecturer, NCAD, Faculty of Education, Dublin, Ireland.
2001-02 Visiting Lectureships at University of Ulster, Belfast:
            Leeds Metropolitan University: South-East Derbyshire College,
            Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art & Design, Dublin.
2000-01 Part time Lecturer, Fine Art Department, University of Derby, U.K.
1996-98 Graphic designer (freelance) for S&P architecture, München, Germany.

Publications
2007   ‘Song for Newtown’, exhibition catalogue, 71 pages, Newtown, UK.
          ‘North and South’, exhibition catalogue, p.40 -44, p.90, UK.
2006   ‘ev+a’, exhibition catalogue, p.24, 60-61, Limerick, Ireland.
          ‘Politics of Songs’, Visual Artists’ News Sheet, p.20, Dublin, Ireland.
2005   ‘Wie bringt man eine Stadt zum Singen?’, p.252 -273, music/politics publication, Bochum, Germany.
2004   ‘herkunft niemandsland’ , exhibition catalogue, Weimar, Germany.
2003   ‘22’, exhibition catalogue, p. 86, Cacak, Yugoslavia.
2001   ‘Split second’, exhibition catalogue, Derby, U.K.
          ‘Stay here & make art’, In You We Trust publication, p. 39 - 45, London, U.K.
1999   ‘Von einem Punkt zu Licht und Raum’, exhibition catalogue, p. 19 – 24, Waldkraiburg, Germany.
1996   ‘Il canto sospeso’, exhibition catalogue, Gallerie FHM, München, Germany.

Yvonne Buchheim

e-mail:    yvonnebuchheim@gmx.net
             Yvonne.Buchheim@uwe.ac.uk