Marie Elisabeth Chichester Rideal (born 1954 in

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) is a British artist, art historian, educator and author. She is a

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in Fine Art in the Painting Department at the

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and was a lecturer and educational resource writer at the

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. She is known for her early artwork, fine art photography made using a photo-booth. Rideal currently lives and works in

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Early life and education

Born in May 1954 in

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. Rideal attended

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and art college and received her

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. in Fine Arts and English Literature in 1976 and later earned her Post Graduate Certificate in Education in 1978. Since 1992 she has been lecturing at Slade School of Fine Art, which is part of

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Photography

In 1985, Rideal started working exclusively with the photo-booth, creating a number of public art projects and investigating ways of using photographic strip digits within photographic collages literally making light drawings using hand gestures in the photo-booth. Many artists have toyed with this low-budget technology, but few have explored its formal possibilities so extensively as this photographer. Rideal's artwork has been collected by many public institutions, including

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, the National Portrait Gallery (London),

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(Canada),

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, Brandts Museum of Photographic Art (Denmark) and more. Additionally, Rideal's artwork has been collected by private institutions including; The Pfizer, Inc. Collection, the Seagram Collection, the Microsoft Art Collection, and the JP Morgan Chase Collection.

Bibliography

Books

* ''Mirror Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists.'' by Liz Rideal and contributions by Frances Borzello and

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, Watson-Guptill, 2002. * ''Insights: Self-portraits: National Portrait Gallery Insights'', National Portrait Gallery, London, 2005; * ''How to Read Art: A Crash Course in Understanding and Interpreting Paintings'', Bloomsbury, London, 2014. * ''How to Read Art: A Crash Course in Understanding and Interpreting Paintings'', Rizzoli, New York, 2015. * ''Madam & Eve: Women Portraying Women'', co-authored with Kathleen Soriano,

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, London, 2018,

Contributions

* ''The Erotic Cloth: Seduction and Fetishism in Textiles'', ed. Millar and Kettle, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, contributions from Rideal are a chapter titled, "Erotic Cloth echoes in film." * ''500 Self-portraits'', published by Phaidon, 2018., contributions from Rideal are a new introduction.

Awards

*2016–2017 –

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*2011 –

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...

, an award to work in India *2008–2009 – Rome Wingate Scholarship in Fine Art at the

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*2005 –

British Council The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh lan ...

*2004 – The Lorne Scholarship & University College London, Dean's Travel Award *2002 – Riba (Special Mention for Glass Drapes at the Birmingham Hippodrome) *1997 – London Arts Board, Individual Artist Award *1988 – West Midlands & Northern Arts *1987 – Eastern Arts *1986 –

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*1982 – South East Arts

References

External links

Gallery 339Photobooth.NetLizRideal.com
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