Overview
Dr Colin Perry is a Senior Lecturer and arts writer. He has written widely on contemporary art for specialist arts magazines, journals and books. He has an ongoing research interest in rurality and landscape in relation to contemporary art and visual cultures. His recent edited volume Art and the Rural Imagination (MTP, 2022) is based on a conference that he convened in 2020. Colin also has a specialist interest in artists’ moving image cultures, lens and screen-based media, television, and notions of publics and radical media activism. His first single-authored book, Radical Mainstream: Independent Film, Video and Television in Britain, 1974–90 (Intellect, 2020), examines the role of independent film and video art in re-shaping media ecology and public discourse. Before joining Arts University Bournemouth, he taught at universities including Central Saint Martins (UAL) and University of Westminster, London. He has worked with a range of major arts institutions including Tate, Hayward Gallery and Camden Art Centre. He is the editor of numerous publications for specialist publishers such as Phaidon Press. As an arts writer for publications such as Art Monthly, he has covered diverse media, from painting, drawing and sculpture to performance, film and video.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- PhD, Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London)
Teaching Qualification
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Teaching
I am a Senior Lecturer in theory and context on the BA (Hons) Fine Art at Arts University Bournemouth.
Before this I taught on the Culture, Criticism and Curation BA and MA at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London). I also led an MA/MRes module in documentary on the Film, Television and the Moving Image course at Westminster University (London). I have taught at numerous universities including the Royal College of Art, the Royal Academy and Falmouth University.
Courses
Research
Research Interests and Projects
Research interests include: rurality and contemporary art, artists' moving image, documentary arts, radical media activism and the possibilities of radical publics.
Research Supervision
Colin would welcome PhD applications in subjects including contemporary art and visual culture.
Professional Engagement
My recent academic projects include the AUB and Arts Council-funded conference and publication Art and the Rural Imagination (2022)
As a teacher I have been delighted to invite a range of key international artist Guest Speakers to AUB including: Otobong Nkanga, Jasmina Cibic, Ingrid Pollard, Caragh Thuring, Jennet Thomas, Robert Holyhead, Hardeep Pandhal, Becky Beasley, Doug Fishbone, Tai Shani, Anne Tallentire, Sean Edwards, Teresa Solar, Lucy Stein, Prabhakar Pachpute.
Memberships
Advance HE Membership
- Fellow (FHEA)