About
Bio
My art is about human form and function, developments in biotechnology, the intertwining histories of medicine, myth, history and ethics. I have made numerous artworks over the last three decades that deal with the human body, newcomers into living systems, tissue donation and classifications of ability/disability/super-ability, combining the biological how we feel the world with far more personal and sensual observation of how we touch and express ourselves in it.
My work generally is collaborative and has been developed with leading biomedical scientists, musicians, dancers, programmers and has had significant public outcomes in art, science and mainstream press.(Natural history Museum, BBC, The Today Programme Radio 4, the Lancet, New Scientist etc) and for diverse audiences by creating multiple levels and entry points in my work as well as working directly with community and specialist advisors.
My most recent work (2020) ‘Pole is a 4m high 3D printed architectural column for permanent exhibition in Germany in STOA169. Pole takes the essence of the caryatid, The figure of the static and weight-bearing female human form supporting a building in Greek architecture dating from around 500 BC and combines this column of female form with fluid dance motion solidified using 4d volumetric imaging. .
My work has been exhibited internationally at, for example, Brisbane International Arts Festival, Ars Electronica Lumiere, Sundance & Solo exhibitions include ‘Humancraft ‘moving image Centre, New Zealand, (2005) retrospective show at the Bluecoat (2010), Medical Museion Copenhagen 2016. I received a Creative Scotland Award (2002) Fleck Fellowship Banff (2004) Best Australian/New Zealand Dance Film (2005) and numerous other prizes. My work is in both public and private collections.
Gina has participated in many solo and group shows including ‘Humancraft’ at the Moving Image Centre, New Zealand, Sundance festival, USA, the Medical Museion Copenhagen and a Monograph show at the Bluecoat Liverpool. Group shows have included works in The Brisbane International Arts Festival, Ars Electronica, The Science Gallery London, FACT, Liverpool and National Fine Art Museum of Taiwan.
From 1997-2003 I developed and ran the prestigious MSc program in Electronic Art at Dundee University. Other academic roles have included Head of Experimental film at The Northern Media School Sheffield, Head of Time-based Art at the University of Lincolnshire and humberside and research Fellow at Melbourne University.
Education/Qualifications
2014 Business Development Program. Liverpool City Council
1992-3 Certificate in Education (HE) Southampton College.
1991-2 Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Imaging Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. Commended.
1984-7 B.A. Honours . First Class in Fine Art, Wimbledon School of Art, London. UK
selected Exhibitions
2021
Heirloom in Esbjerg Kunstmuseum “Wunderkammer I-III”. from April 2021, 1 year exhibition.
2020
'Pole' Commission for permanent art work for STOA169.
Contagion. Laznia, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland.Beyond Borders. 18/1/20-18/2/20 Group Show.
Heirloom Art + Genomics exhibition at the University of California Santa Cruz. 11/12/2020-
2018
‘Who We Are Now’. Koffins launch as part of DaDaFest International The Oratory, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. UK
Heirloom. Groups show. Rijesmuseum Amsterdam 02-08 2018
2017
‘I’ Lumia Light Festival Cascais Portugal
‘I TOO’ A Night for the Salon del Prado" - Prada Museum, Madrid City celebrations
Heirloom. Group Exhibition “FACE”, Museum Silkeborg, Hovedgårdsvej, Denmark 7, 6th of May – 22nd of Oct. 2017
‘Heirloom’ Taiwan Centre For Contemporary Art, as part of group exhibit. ‘No Such Thing as Gravity’ 04/2017-07/2017
Heirloom. Birmingham Open Media 02-05 2017
Heirloom ‘Heirloom’ National Fine Art Museum of Taiwan,
as part of group exhibition ‘No Such Thing as Gravity’ 04/2017-07/2017
Heirloom The Waag Society, Amsterdam, dates TB
2016
Heirloom and MyPods by The Lastwish Company Ltd in No Such Thing as Gravity. Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, (FACT) 10/10/2016-06/02/2017 Liverpool
Heirloom. Trust me I’m an Artist. Medical Museion, Copenhagen
Art and Ethics Advisory Board as part of ‘Trust me I’m an Artist’ Medical Museion Copenhagen
Art and Ethics Advisory Panel. Dundee University Sci-art centre. Dundee University, UK
Nascent and Infected in CYNETART, Dresden, Germany 10-14 November
Nascent and Infected in So Many Steps, So Little Time, Bruges Cultural Centre, May 2016
2015
Cellmass. Open Media Art Festival, Singapore
Palaces. Group Show ‘Material Concerns’, Life-Space, University of Dundee Gallery, UK
Nascent. KCET dance-for-camera series. USA
Nascent. Sexpectations. International Festival of Dance and Performance.Dance House Lemesos Dancehouse, Cyprus
MyPods. SCIN Gallery, Clerkenwell Design Week, London, UK
2014
Canope. FatLaB’ <dublin.sciencegallery.com/fatlab> Science Gallery, Dublin, UK
Palaces. Alt-W, Scottish Society of Art Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Nascent. Samsung Museum, University of Sth Australia
2013
I. New commission for Artichoke, Lumiere Festival, Durham
Nascent. ‘Transitions’ Attakkalari India Biennial, India
Cellmass Arte y Óptica Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
Wasted. Solo Show Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
Wasted. Solo Show Herbert Art Gallert and Museum Coventry, UK
2012
Palaces. Solo Show The Centre of the Cell, UK
Nascent. Ausdance SA & Country Arts SA dance screen works Signal Point gallery, Goolwa, Australia
Liverpool Biennale. Café Valerie, Metal, UK
Spintex. Moving Pictures – online exhibition
Palaces. Who Am I Gallery, The Science Museum, London, UK
Wasted Works. Solo show. Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, UK
Quarantine and Cellmass. Group Exhibition ‘Eight Days a Week’
Showing Works: Wasted. Contagion, Quarantine, Cellmass, Spintex, Stages Elements Humans, Pixiedust, Precious, and Spine stills x6. Live Performance of Quarantine with Chris Watson. Humancraft. Publication/catalogue.
The Art and Ethics Advisory Panel: The Wasted Debates
Roundtable event to establish an advisory panel for art working with bio-sciences
2011
Pixie Dust and Nascent. Detroit institute of Arts, USA
Rotters and Endangered Trades. ‘Knowledge Lives Everywhere’, FACT, UK
Osmosis. Chalkwell Hall Southend on Sea, UK
2010
Infected, Cell Mass N2 and Nascent, Sundance Film Festival, USA
Pixie Dust in ‘Alter Nature – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ <> CIAP Contemporary Art, Belgium
The Garston Works. Commission from Sir Alfred Jones Memorial Hospital, South Liverpool, UK
Liverpool Art Prize shortlisted artists exhibition, Metal, UK
2009
Pixie Dust. Vancouver Olympics Winter Games, Canada
Pixie Dust. Commissioned by DadaFest for BBC Big screens. 22 cities daily across the UK
Spine. Perth International Festival of Art, Australia
Infected. Group exhibition. Invisible Dog, New York
Precious. The Biomedical Research Centre, Liverpool Royal Hospital, UK
Spintex. shortlisted for competition program at the 5th 25 FPS Festival. Zagreb, Croatia
Nascent, Infected and Spintex. Solo Screening, eARTS Festival, Shanghai
2008
Contagion. Brisbane International Festival, Australia
Infected. Group exhibition. Invisible Dog, New York
Cellmass N2. Group Exhibition. Direct Digital, Carpi, Italy
Spintex, Infected and Nascent. Solo screening. Tyneside Cinema, UK
Contagion (premiere). The Block Brisbane, Brisbane International Art Festival, Australia
Cellmass N2. ‘Life Expectancy 50,000 Hours’, Bluecoat. Liverpool, UK
Nascent, Infected and Spintex. Forma curated group screening. Romaeuropa, Italy
Nascent. Danza in Fiera, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
Nascent. ‘MONTAGE’ Festival. Dance Umbrella. Johannesburg, South Africa
2007
Devolution. Sydney Opera House, Australia
Devolution. Place De La Ville, Paris, France
Nascent. Tiburon International Film Festival Tiburon, California, USA
Devolution. Dance production with Australian Dance Theatre and Louis Phillippe Demerr
Devolution. Best New Australian Work at the Helpman Awards, Australian Dance Awards
Devolution. Outstanding Performance by a Company, Ruby Awards- Innovation Australian Cinematographer's Society SA Branch Award
Commercials - Gold Australian Cinematographer's Society SA Branch Corporate Productions
2006
Nascent. ReelDance Awards - Best Australian/NewZealand Dance film
Spine. AV Fest 06. 20m high projection, Civic Centre in Newcastle, UK on ITV Live 02/03-12/03/06
Spine. Laneways Public Art Projects, Melbourne City, Australia
Devolution - premiere. Australian Dance Theatre, Adelaide Film Festival, Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide, Australia
Nascent. Cinedanse Dance Film Festival <www.cinedans.nl www.debalie.nl> Amsterdam, NL
Nascent. Skin Shakers. Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, London
Dance for the Camera Film & Video Festival. Duke University Durham, USA Nascent & Infected Biotech. Eyebeam <> New York, New York, USA
Nascent. 10th Ultima Film Festival - Dans for Kamera Cinemateket, Norwegian Film Institute, Oslo
Nascent. Tempo Festival <> Auckland's Festival of Dance
Nascent. Artrage Festival Cinema Paradiso <> Perth, Australia
Nascent. International Video-Dance Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Nascent. Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), Mumbai
Nascent. Dance on Camera Festival, Walter Reade Theatre New York, USA
Nascent. International Dance / Camera Festival University of Utah, USA
Nascent. 'Ice Breaker: DANCE MOViES 3' | EMPAC, New York, USA
Nascent. Award Finalist. ReelDance 06 International Dance on Screen Festival Sydney Opera House, Australia
Nascent. Reeldance on Tour included: Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, AU, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, AU Australian
Choreographic Centre, Canberra, AU. Northern Rivers Performing Arts, Lismore, AU
Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, AU
Artshouse, Melbourne, AU, Mercury & Iris Cinemas, SA, AU
Nascent. International Dance Shorts, Brighton Festival, UK
Nascent. Warp Moves, Brighton Festival, Brighton, UK
Nascent. Vdance - International Video Dance Festival, Tel-Aviv Cinematheque, Tel Aviv IL & Goethe Institut, Ramallah
Nascent. Roger William University Bristol, Rhode Island
Nascent. Danza Inmediata Festival at DiD Studio, Milan
Nascent and Infected. Kinodance, Russia
Nascent. Festival Internacional de Videodanza de Buenos Aires Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires
2005
Nascent. d.a.m.p.f '05 International Dance & Performance Art, Köln
Nascent. VideoDance2005, 6th International Festival on Movement and the Moving Image, Athens
Nascent . SHOOT Dance for Screen Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Nascent. 1st International Dance Film Festival, Budapest
Nascent. Moving Pictures Festival, National Film Board Cinema, Toronto
Nascent. Dance Film Day, English Heritage Lecture Theatre, London
Nascent. Kino Tanca, Lodz, Poland
Infected. As part of ‘New Media Art in Australia" curated by Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
5uper.net, Museums Quartier, ’d·a·m·p·f 05’, Wein, Cologne
Infected. Transfigure on TourThe Block gallery, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane, Australia
Contagion phase 1 exposition State Library of Victoria , Melbourne, Australia
Solo Show. Including Stages Elements Humans, Infected and Nascent and Silvers Alter. Moving Image Centre, (MIC) Auckland, New Zealand
Nascent (world premiere), Adelaide Film Festival, Australia
2004
Infected installation as part of the capture installations on Tour exhibition, Warsaw Art Gallery, UK
Infected. Transfigure ACMI. Melbourne, Australia
Infected. Art of the Biotech Era, Experimental Art Foundation (EAF) Adelaide, Australia
Silvers Alter. Bodies Stills Gallery Co-exhibitors: Christine Borland, Jacqueline Donachie, Gair Dunlop Catalogue <> Edinburgh.
2003
Versifier: Stages, Elements Humans. ACMI, ‘Remembrance and the Moving Image' Melbourne, Australia
Infected. British Council International Touring Dance Program, The Place's, London
Silvers Alter. Co-exhibitors (2) Niel White and Critical Art Ensemble. Natural History Museum, London
Infected. Freefall. Peterborough Art Gallery, UK
Silvers Alter. D-Motion. Interactive Media Festival, Halle, Germany
2002
Recombinant – Silvers Alter at 3rd International Film Festival of Thessaloniki, Greece
Launch of Recombinant website <>
Recombinant. Alt-W group show. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Visual Research Centre, Dundee, UK
Silvers Alter. Clean Rooms. Gallery, Oldham, UK
2001
Infected. Tour of UK, US, Canada and produced by David Metcalfe Associates. Collaboration with Iona Kewney and Christian Fennes.
Venues including:
Dukes Cinema, Lancaster
The Junction, Cambridge, Swindon Dance
The Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Broadway, Nottingham
The Arnolfini Bristol
The Cramporne Theatre, Chelmsford
Colchester Arts Centre
Pavilion Theatre, Brighton
International venues include:
Monaco Dance Forum & International
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Infected and Arteries. Solo Exhibition. Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Infected. Premiere of Installation. Microwave International Media Art Festival, Hong Kong
Silvers Alter. Arts Council of England / Arts Catalyst
2000
Arteries. Swipe, Dorset, UK
Borderlines - 9 minute video, Kiev
1999
Versifier, Stages, Elements, Humans. Solo Show. Arthouse, Dublin
Versifier, Stages, Elements, Humans. Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Versifier, Stages, Elements, Humans. Commissioned by Year of Photography and Electronic Image. Ferens Gallery, Hull, UK
1998
Versifier, Stages, Elements, Humans. Coorporeal, Tullie House, Carlisle, UK
Versifier, Stages, Elements, Humans. International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), Liverpool, UK
Versifier, Stages, Elements, Humans. Australian Centre For the Moving Image, Australia
1997
Homo-cyte. Collaboration with George Saxon. Distributed by LEA. 1000min.
Exhibitions include:
Melbourne Institure of Media Arts LUX, London, UK
Body Electric, Image Forum Festival, Nagoya, Osaka, Japan
Brighton Cinematheque, Experimenta Media, Brighton, UK
Arts Melbourne, Sydney, Australia
Station Arts Electronique, Rennes, France
Direct Image,Video Lisboa, Lisbon
Festivals include:
Sundance
Cannes
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
London Film Festival
1996
Groove. Disruptive Element Productions, ‘Groove on a Stanley Knife’ Broadcast C4
1994
Spaces Unseen, AV Installation. The Arches, Sheffield, UK
1991
Tattoo. 6 min film. Distributed by London Video Access.
Exhibitions include:
International Short Film Fest Montreal, Canada
London Film Makers Co-op, UK
The Body Remembered, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK
WRO Sound basis visual Art Fest Wroclaw, Poland
The Sheffield Media Show
Video Positive, Liverpool, UK
British Animation Week
Feminale, Cologne
The Manipulated Image, London Film Festival
Pullit Art Show, London
Best of Festival package from Feminale, Cologne
Shortlisted for the Dick award
1987
Moral Judge. 16mm 5 min animation. ACGB Award. Distributed by London Film-Makers Co-op.
Exhibition includes:
Hamburg, Avant Garde Shaffy Studios
A.V. Fest, Amsterdam
Euro Aim, Mipcom, Cannes
London Film-Makers Co-op, UK
Cinema Feminale Cologne
Creteil Festival France
Oberhausen Film Fest, Germany
I.C.A. London, Chapter Film & Animation Festival
Southampton Film Fest
Millenium New York
Hayes Buffalo
Parade. 16mm 4.5 min animation. Distributed by London Film-Makers Co- op
Exhibitions include:
Millenium New York
Hayles Buffalo
Shaffy Studios
A.V. Festival
Hamburg Short Film Fest
Chapter Film and Animation
Façade. 16mm 4.5 min animation. Distributed by London Film-Makers Co-op
Exhibitions include:
Millenium, New York
Shaffy Studios
A.V. Festival
Institute of Contemporary Arts London
Hamburg Short Film Fest
PRIZES
2009
Spintex. FPS Festival - Nomination. Zagreb, Croatia
2006
Nascent. ReelDance Awards - Best Australian/New Zealand Dance Film
2005
Nascent. Australian Dance Awards Best Dance Film
Nascent. Winner of the Delegates Award IMZ Dance Screen, Brighton, UK
2004
Fleck Fellowship Award. Banff New Media Institute, Canada
2006
Helpman Awards - Best New Australian Work
Australian Dance Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Company
Ruby Awards - Innovation / Australian Cinematographer’s Society
SA Branch Award Commercials Retail
Gold - Australian Cinematographer's Society SA Branch
Devolution - Corporate Productions – Gold
2003
Infected. South East Dance Agency Audience Award
2002
Creative Scotland Award, Scottish Arts Council
Infected. International Thessaloniki Film Festival. Selected Best of Video Dance
1992
Tattoo. Shortlisted – The Dick Award
RESIDENCIES
2015
Digital Media Lab Residency, Octopus collective, Barrow-n Furness, UK
2014
HDR Lab University West of England Centre for Moving Image Research, part of Encounters Festival
2011
Production Residency for work towards the Metal exhibition of ‘Still’ Full Scale testing for Trophies of Empire, UK
2008-11
Artist in Residence - Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine, UK
2004-6
Artist in Residence, State Library of Victoria Experimedia, Australia
2004
Fleck Fellowship Award - Banff New Media Institute, Banff Centre, Canada
2002
Artist in Residence - Creativity and Cognition Studios, COSTART, Loughborough University, UK
2000
Artist in Residence - PVA Media Lab, Dorset, UK