Michelle Reader
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Born: 1975, Cambridge, UK
Lives: London
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2003 , Central St Martins College of Art & Design, MA Scenography.
1997, De Montfort University, BA (Hons) Fine Art.
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2009, Recycled Sculpture exhibition, Changing Room Gallery, Walthamstow - recycled figure sculptures.
2006 , Experimental Anatomy, Robert Phillips Gallery, Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames - mechanical wings and video installation.
2005, Experimental Anatomy, Brighton Festival and Fresh Festivals - performances in collaboration with performance artist Tessa Wills in a shop window and a dance studio.
1999, Creature Contraptions, animal junk sculptures, an exhibition across 3 venues in Leicester and Loughborough. Part of New Works Festival.
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2010 , Dalston Underground Studios: Ten Years, Boys’ Hall, Dalston, London.
2010 , Art & Seek, an art trail in Stoke Newington’s parks, London.
2008, 2009 and 2010, Open Studios, Barbican Arts Group Trust, Walthamstow.
2009 – 2010, Love London Recycled Sculpture Show, London Wetland Centre.
2007, 'Collaborators' exhibition of scenography, Nottingham Trent University.
2001 – 2002, Ark, group exhibition of automata, Hitchcock’s Gallery, Bath.
2001 , Mothers of Invention, group exhibition of automata, Hitchcock’s Gallery, Bath.
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SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2010 , Agapanthus sculpture for the Royal Horticultural Society.
2010 , Eight awards from recycled materials for the Green Guardian Awards.
2009 , Penguins and camel sculptures for London Zoo.
2009, ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for London Community Resource Network.
2009 , Daffodil sculpture for RHS Cardiff Flower Show.
2009, Picnic from food waste for Ocado.
2009, Loch Ness Monster sculpture for SGA Productions.
2009, Three recycled sculptures of tennis players for Merton Borough Council.
2009 , Two large sculptures of a chicken and rabbit for a shopping mall in Hong Kong.
2008 , Elk sculpture for Rexam Beverage Can Europe.
2008 , The Mugridges, sculptural portrait of a family of four for Epsom and Ewell Borough Council.
2008, Two recycled figure sculptures for Merton Borough Council.
2008 , Commissioned to make 3 models for an installation in an Adidas retail space. These were three-dimensional exploded diagrams using trainer components.
2007 , Big Ben made of wheat, for Shredded Wheat. Height: 5 metres.
2007, 8 shadow sculptures for Reebok press launch.
2006, Seven Wasted Men, for Cambridgeshire County Council.
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2009 – 2010, Creative Partnerships projects at three London schools.
2009, Short residency at Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge, creating recycled figure sculptures.
2002 , Spaces for Sport and Art, Woodstock Primary School, Leicester. A three-month residency led to a series of functional artworks for the school.
2000, Awarded a Year of the Artist residency, I set up a temporary studio in a shipping container at one of Leicester's Community Recycling Centres. I created two large kinetic junk sculptures from household waste found there.
SELECTED EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2010, Creating totem poles from old furniture with students from Whitefields School, Walthamstow.
2009 , Plastic bag art workshops for Forest Recycling Project as part of Waltham Forest’s plastic bag amnesty.
2009 , Cardboard construction workshops for a Creative Partnerships project at Passmores Secondary School, Harlow.
2009 , Recycled Figure Sculpture course for Havering Summer Uni
2009 , 'Insect Circus' recycled sculpture workshops for Bamboozle Theatre Company at the Special Olympics, Leicester.
2009, Series of inset days for primary school teachers, Education Business Partnership, Bromley, Bexley and Lewisham. Recycled sculpture techniques.
2008/2009, Recycled plastics projects with Ecoactive and two Hackney primary schools.
2008 , Created an installation at Watford Palace Theatre for the theatre's 100th birthday, working with Nimble Fish, and Lawrence Haines Primary School.
1998-2009, regular week-long residencies in theatres and schools with Bamboozle Theatre Company, creating set & props, and running workshops for children with special educational needs.
PROP-MAKING AND DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE
I occasionally collaborate with performers and theatre companies. I have designed set, props and costumes for shows such as dANTE OR dIE’s Caliper Boy, and Greg McLaren's Riot Pilot. I also create specialist props such as an interative Wave portal for the Silver Swimmers (street performers) and a mechanical bird for Garsington Opera.
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