Gemma Anderson

History of Artistic Practice:

Residencies
2011 Imperial College, Mathematics Department, London
2011 Exeter University, Biosciences Department, Cornwall
2010 Jerwood Visual Arts, London
2010 (to 2015) Acme Fire Station, London
2010 Arts Council of Northern Ireland, New York Residency Award
2009 Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2009 (and 2011) Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Ireland
2008 Intercross Creative Centre, Sapporo, Japan
2008 St Michael’s Printshop, St John’s, Newfoundland
2008 Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Northern Ireland
2007 Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2006 Poustinia Land Art Park, Belize
2004 Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice
2004 Taigh Chearsabhagh Arts Centre, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
2003 Cork Artists Collective, Ireland

Awards 
2011 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Pathways to Impact grant.
2011 University College Falmouth, PhD Studentship Award
2011 Royal Society, Special Project Award
2010 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Individual Artist Award
2009 Wellcome Trust Arts Award
2009 Royal Hibernian Academy Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award
2008 Sapporo Artist-in-Residence (S-AIR) Award
2008 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Individual Artist Award
2008 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Travel Award
2007 Corbett Projects and Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea Award for Drawing
2007 Man Group Drawing Prize Winner, Royal College of Art
2006 Royal West of England Student Award
2006 Man Group Drawing Prize Winner, Royal College of Art
2005 Franz Zweig Foundation Student Award
2005 Originals Print Exhibition Student Award

Public Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wellcome Trust Collection, London
The Natural History Museum, London
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast
Braid Museum and Art Centre, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Falmouth College of Art, Cornwall

Selected Exhibitions
2011 Jerwood Project Space, London, Solo
2011 The Naughton Gallery, Queens University, Solo
2011 The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall
2011 EB and Flow Gallery, London
2010 Freud Museum, London, Solo
2010 Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, Solo
2010 Acme Project Space, London, Solo
2010 Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, Solo
2010 Globe Theatre, London, Solo
2010 Dickon Hall Fine Art, Belfast, Solo
2010 Gallery and Museum, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Solo
2010 Wellcome Collection, London, Skin
2010 Courtauld Institute of Art, London
2010 The Rooms Provincial Museum, St John’s, Newfoundland
2010 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, Hay-on-Wye, Wales
2009 Whitecross Gallery, London, Solo
2009 Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Isolated
2009 Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2008 Jerwood Space, London, An Experiment in Collaboration
2008 Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2008 A1C Gallery, St John’s, Newfoundland
2008 St Luke’s, Old Street, London, Catlin Art Prize 2008
2008 Curwen & New Academy Gallery, London
2007 Royal College of Art, London
2007 Royal Academy of Arts, London
2007 Whitecross Gallery, London, Solo
2007 Boys Hall, Dalston, London
2007 Clifford Chance Collection, Canary Wharf, London
2007 Subway Gallery, Edgware Road, London
2006 Royal College of Art, London, Man Group Drawing Prize
2006 Café Gallery Projects, London
2006 Poustinia Land Art Park, Belize
2005 Krakow Biennale
2004 Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice
2004 Sancreed House, Mousehole, Cornwall
2004 Catalyst Arts, Belfast

Talks and Events
2011 The Royal Society of Medicine, Art and Psychiatry Conference, Guest Speaker
2010 National Portrait Gallery, ‘Contemporary Portrait Practices’ Seminar, Guest Speaker
2010 Jerwood Visual Arts, Artist-in-Residence Talk
2010 The Freud Museum- Artist Talk
2010 Kings College London, Humanties Seminar, Main Speaker.
2010 Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, Artists Talk
2010 “How the Light Gets In” Philosophy Festival, Hay on Wye Festival, Artists Talk
2010 Bethlem Royal Hospital, Gallery and Museum, Artists Talk and Publication Launch
2010 Dickon Hall Fine Art, Belfast, Artist Talk
2009 Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Annual Conference, Dublin, Guest Speaker
2009 Psychiatry Trainee Conference, London, Interview with Riflemaker Gallery
2008 Jerwood Visual Arts- An Experiment In Collaboration- Panel Discussion

Publications
2011 Drawing Projects "An Exploration of the Language of Drawing” (Black Dog, London)
2011 Jerwood Artist-in-Residence Publication
2010 Gemma Anderson, Portraits:Patients and Psychiatrists (The Wellcome Trust, London)
2009 Isolated (The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast)

Professional Training and Teaching