Staff

Brigid Collins

Lecturer

Tel: 01382 388287
Email: b.c.collins@dundee.ac.uk
Room 6017, Level 6, Matthew Building,
DJCAD 13 Perth Road DD1 4HT

Biography

Brigid Collins is a visual artist, maker, illustrator and part-time lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, at the University of Dundee. Passionate in her desire to forge relationships between images and poetry, in particular, she creates paintings and assemblages in two and three dimensions, often in collaboration with writers, poets, other artists or makers and also exhibits widely. Her exhibition Threshold Markings, part of the StAnza International Poetry Festival in St. Andrews, in March 2010, showcased her visual responses to the poems of Kathleen Jamie, Seamus Heaney and others and she was invited by The Stirling University to exhibit new work, An Attitude of Mind, made in collaboration with Professor Kathleen Jamie, to mark her inauguration as their Chair of Creative Writing, in October 2010.

Publications include Room to Rhyme (2004) an illustrated volume of a speech given by the poet, Seamus Heaney, a place where thought happens… (2006), an Artist’s Book with poet, Larry Butler and jewellery designer, Teena Ramsay and For A’ That (2009) an anthology of contemporary writing, made in response to Robert Burns, with contributions from Janice Galloway, Kirsty Gunn, Bill Manhire and DBC Pierre and others.

Research Outputs

1. Title: An Attitude of Mind Type of Output: Exhibition Collaborators: Prof. Kathleen Jamie, Creative Writing Chair, University of Stirling, UK. Galleries/Venues: (up to 3 & locations) The University of Stirling, Pathfoot Gallery, University of Stirling, FK9 4BR, UK Opening & Closing dates: 12 October – 16 December, 2010

2. Title: (i) Exhibition: Threshold Markings – ‘Poem-Houses’ and Other Forms (ii) Public Workshop: Making a ‘Poem-House’ (No. of participants: 18) Both headline events at The StAnza International Poetry Festival 2010 Type of Output: Exhibition and Public Workshop Galleries/Venues: (up to 3 & locations) (i) StAnza International Poetry Festival Exhibition Venue: Town Hall (Foyer), Queens Gardens, St. Andrews, Scotland (ii) StAnza International Poetry Festival Workshop Venue: Meeting Room, Public Library, Church Square, St. Andrews, Scotland Opening & Closing dates: (i) 18th – 21st March, 2010 (ii) 18th March, 2010

3. Title: Images 32: The Best Of British Contemporary Illustration AOI (Association of Illustrators) Annual Exhibition and Competition. [http://goo.gl/uaE2B] Type of Output: Exhibition and Publication Collaborators: Ped Millichamp, Art Editor, Radio Times Magazine, London Galleries/Venues: (up to 3 & locations) 1. London College of Communication (LCC), Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6SB, UK. 2. Penninsula Art Gallery, Plymouth, UK. 3. Kings Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk, UK. Opening & Closing dates: 1. London College of Communication (LCC): 30 July - 27 August 2008 2. Penninsula Art Gallery: 15 September 2008 – 28th October 2008 3. Kings Lynn Arts Centre: 31 January - 1 March 2009 Associated Catalogue/Publication with ISBN where applicable Images 32: The Best of Contemporary British Illustration Published August 2008/Hardback/288 pp URL: http://goo.gl/OZqOK Peer reviewed: Content selected by a panel of internationally acclaimed judges, including Senior Art Buyer of Ogilvy NY, Mike Hahn; Art Director of Saatchi & Saatchi NY, Menno Kluin; Design Week’s Art Director, Ivan Cottrell; The Guardian’s Creative Manager, Gina Cross, and Stefan Ostermeier, of award-winning German business magazine Brand Eins.

4. Title: Art And The Word Type of Output: Exhibition. Curated by Tony Davidson. Collaborators: Prof. Kirsty Gunn (University of Dundee) John Burnside (University of St. Andrews) Galleries/Venues: (up to 3 & locations) Kilmorack Gallery, by Beauly, Inverness-shire IV4 7AL, UK. [http://www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk] Opening & Closing dates: 20 September – 1 November 2008