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MARK LEAHY is a writer, artist and project manager. Recent critical writing is included in Open Letter, Performance Research, Fracjika, Blackwell Companion to Digital Literary Studies, and Salt Companion to John James. He curated ‘Public Pages’ for the conference Poetry and Public Language (Plymouth University, 2007). His poetry sequence 'Swatches' was published by Acts of Language (December 2009). He presented live works in Live Art Falmouth (June 2008) and Performance Market (Plymouth, January 2010). He was MA Programme Leader at Dartington Campus, University College Falmouth and continues to supervise PhD candidates at Falmouth.
An exhibition that brings together the work of two artists, working in different media, working with very different approaches, can come about for different reasons. These can be pragmatic reasons of sharing labour, cutting costs or energy, or they Read on…
The Gallery at Birdwood House, Totnes
26 May - 1 June 2013
Chez Paulette on the Sunset Strip offers a scene of expanded cinema, of film as a series of events, spilling and spreading beyond the immediate moment of the screening, the immediacy of being seated in a cinema seat, and watching. The skin Read on…
Peninsula Arts Gallery, Plymouth University, Plymouth
27 April - 31 May 2013
2:46 PM - 17 Feb 13 · #IBT13 #SineadODonnell - she clasps a stack of plates, as tall almost as she is; they curve away from and to her body, and sway slightly; // - the stack catches the light in two verticals of bright Read on…
IBT13: In Between Time at Arnolfini, Bristol
17 February 2013
5:04 PM - 15 Feb 13 Martin O'Brien #IBT13 - hand out before him, he can't see through the latex hood, he feels with his foot, touching his toe to find the edge. / he checks his blood, takes his temperature, urinates, eats a biscuit, Read on…
IBT13 at Arnolfini, Bristol
15 February 2013
There is space here, room to move, the gallery is airy and the work breathes. The audio tracks cross each other and are crossed by the sound of the slide projector. The openness of the installation suggests at first that there is not much Read on…
The Gallery, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth
4 February - 1 March 2013
Opening event including John Court in conversation with André Stitt Saturday 29 September 2012, 3–5pm This is a quiet exhibition. There is stillness, silence, there are calm objects … and then I become aware of Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
29 September - 24 November 2012
Contexture is the degree showing of work by the final graduating cohorts of the awards BA (Hons) Fine Art: Contemporary Practices and BA (Hons) Writing at University College Falmouth. The work in Contexture is distributed between two Read on…
University College Falmouth, Falmouth
13 - 17 June 2012
The Duke of Cornwall Hotel is a striking Victorian Gothic building set just away from the centre of Plymouth. Set among a mix of office, residential, and other leisure facilities, its ornate surface and complex silhouette rises suddenly from the Read on…
The Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth
5 - 6 November 2011
Caroline Born’s new exhibition in Kingsbridge brings together recent work and pieces that go back some decades. The earlier pieces have been chosen to contextualise or complement the recent series based on body casts. The exhibition is Read on…
Harbour House, Kingsbridge
6 September 2011 to 11 September 2011
The works in Tim Ellis' solo show 'The Tourist' at Spacex, Exeter prompt narrative responses. Ellis distributes these newly made works across three spaces, each with a character of its own. The pieces are funny, with elements of beauty; they are Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
12 March - 30 April
The new work presented in Tim Ellis’s solo show The Touristat Spacex, Exeter prompts narrative responses from the visitor. Ellis distributes the work across three spaces each of which has a different character. Room 1 is a display space, while Read on…
Spacex, Exeter
12 March - 30 April 2011