Imogen Theresa Stidworthy (born 27 September 1963) is a British multimedia artist based in

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Biography

Stidworthy has exhibited at

documenta ''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...

12 and most recently her work has been shown at the Thessaloniki Biennale (2007),

Shanghai Biennale The Shanghai Biennale is one of the highest-profile contemporary art events in Shanghai and the most established art biennale in China. It was initially held in the Shanghai Art Museum. From 2012 on, it has been hosted in Power Station of Art, the ...

(2006), “Be What You Want but Stay Where You Are” at Witte de With, Rotterdam (2005) and ‘Governmentality’ at Miami Art Central (2004). Recent solo shows include ‘Get Here’ at Galerie Hohenlohe, Vienna (2006), “Dummy” at FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon (2005) and ‘Audio Cab’, a temporary public art work installed in taxi cabs in Luton (2005). In 2004, Stidworthy was shortlisted for the

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prize, for a video work featuring

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impersonators. In 1996, she won the Dutch Prix de Rome. Stidworthy is a tutor at

Piet Zwart Institute The Piet Zwart Institute is a post-graduate institute for study and research in art, media and design based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Named in memory of the Dutch designer Piet Zwart, it was inaugurated in 2001. The current postgraduate study p ...

, Rotterdam, Liverpool School of Art & Design and an Advising Researcher at the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht. In 2008, she won the

Liverpool Art Prize The Liverpool Art Prize is contemporary art competition open to professional artists based in the Liverpool City Region area of the United Kingdom. Background The inaugural competition took place in 2008. The competition was inspired by the Turner ...

Her installation piece A Crack in the Light 2013 was part of the British Art Show 8 touring Leeds, Edinburgh, Norwich and Southampton from 2015 - 2017. Her installation 'traces connections between technologies and mechanisms of control, the act of listening and the power of the voice.'

References

External links

Review in ''Frieze''In the First Circle. A Project by Imogen Stidworthy / 2012 / Fundació Antoni Tàpies
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