Biography

Miranda Whall is currently Lecturer in Fine Art at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She is represented by Vane www.vane.org.uk and Mermaid and Monster www.mermaidandmonster.com

Whall studied B.A Fine Art at UWIC, Cardiff between 1989 –1992 and Fine Art, Sculpture at The Royal Academy Schools between 1993 -96. She was an Associate Research Student at Goldsmiths College, University of London between 2001-02.

Recent exhibitions include: ‘Tirly – Whirly’ solo exhibition, Glasgow International ‘06, ‘His life is full of miracles...Animation Videoteque, Site Gallery, Sheffield, 'Where the Monkey Sleeps' solo exhibition, VANE, Newcastle,'Adam and Eve it', LPT, London, ‘You Shall Know Your Velocity’ BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, ‘Right – on Write – off’ curated by The Great Unsigned, Chapman Fine Art, London, ‘The Square Root of Drawing’ Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Salon 2007 New British painting and works on Paper, 'Where the Monkey Sleeps' solo exhibition, VANE, Newcastle

Previous exhibitions include: ‘Weekending 11’ RMIT Project Space, Melbourne, ’05, 'Inside Out' Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, ’04, 'Hulagirl', Waygood Gallery, Newcastle, ’04, 'Weekending' touring - Globe (Hub) and Globe (City), Newcastle, ’04, Prospects Pizza Express Contemporary Drawing Prize, Tea Building, London, ’04, The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London and Touring, ’04, Peterborough Digital Art Prize, Peterborough, ‘03

Forthcoming exhibitions include: East Wing Collection 8, East Wing of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London 2008 – 09, ‘Unpicked and Dismantled’ ‘Narrow Exhibition for the Kaunas Art Biennale; Textile ’07 Lithuania, Loners Island, G39 Gallery, Cardiff, Curated by Mermaid and Monster.

In 1998 she was the Weathley Bequest Fellow at University of Central England, Birmingham. Whall worked on a research and development project at Grizedale Art in 2003. She was Artist in Residence at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh 2003 -04 She worked on a Commissioned New Media Project with ISIS Arts, Newcastle 2004 -05. She was Arts Council England, North East, Artist in Residence in Berlin until June 2005.

Whall has programmed and managed a series of Networking and professional development events for a-n magazine, Arts Council England, North East and BALTIC. She recently co-programmed and managed FLASH 06 a networking and portfolio event for Photographers in the North East, funded by ACE.

Miranda Whall currently lives and works in Aberystwyth, Wales.

Statement

Miranda Whall’s recent and current work includes drawings, paintings, video, photography, animation and sound through which she recurrently plays out representations of herself, presenting self portraits that explore the representation of both her body and her experiences. By constructing fantasy scenarios where she co- exists with other things, inanimate objects or living creatures Whall makes humorous, unlikely and uncanny connections, dynamics and relationships. Whall constructs fictional contexts in which she can play out both extremely personal, exhibitionist and explicit representations of her sexual, fertile, expressive and intimate self in order to draw attention to and discuss the appropriateness and place for these dimensions of ones self as well as both the politics surrounding feminine identity and of trying to be the author and owner of her own sexual and feminine image

Miranda Whall 2007