About

2025

Soft Powers, Galerie PJ, Metz, France

2021

MAC3 - Exposition d’Art Contemporain, Dole, France. Dole Contemporary art and music festival, Chapelle des Jésuites.

2019

A Dessin 5, Sète, France Biennial French contemporary drawing exhibition, Chapelle du Quartier

2012-2017

Cultural leadership - curating exhibitions, writing, consultancy in public engagement in the Arts, UK

Research and writing practice: What Is To Be Done? (Cambridge Scholars, 2014). Numerous essays, chapters and journal papers on art and the cultural ecology.

2012

Mining Couture, Huddersfield Art Gallery, UK. Exhibition including sculptures, paintings, drawings, textiles, and garments (Barber Swindells).

Mining Couture, Snibston Discovery Museum, UK. Arts Council funded 12-month residency (Barber Swindells), including on-site studio, open studio events, public presentations, exhibition, and a book Mining Couture (Black Dog).

Maximum Exposure, Somerset Art Works, UKPublic art project, public sculpture, events, and exhibition (Barber Swindells).

2011

The Stag and Hound, Project Space Leeds (PSL), UK

Large multi-media installation exhibition: animation, video, prints, sculptures, neon, sound, photography, painting (Dutton and Swindells, curated by Kerry Harker – Curatorial referee).

2010

Surface Depth, H Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. Video animation in group exhibition with Thai artists (Dutton and Swindells).

Summoning the Face of the Other, New Zealand Film Archive, Auckland, New Zealand.Stephen Swindells and Amanda Newall drawings and prints.

2009

Institute of Beasts, Kuando Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

Large multi-media installation exhibition: animation, video, prints, sculptures, sound, photography (Dutton and Swindells).

2008

International Artist-in-Residence, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea.Three-month international residency and exhibition (Dutton-Swindells).

Drawing Breath, Lugar Do Desenho, Porto, Portugal. Group exhibition, a series of prints and drawings. 

Preoccupations: Things Artists do Anyway, Studio Bibliotheque, Hong Kong.

Prints, drawings, and a book art project (Dutton and Swindells).

2007

A Little Bit Goes a Long Way, Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam, NL.Video and large-scale wall drawing, group show (Dutton and Swindells).

2006

text + work = work, Bournemouth Arts Institute, UK. Multi-media installation exhibition: animation, video, prints, sculptures, sound, photography (Dutton and Swindells).

The Dog & Duck, Kookmin University Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. Multi-media installation exhibition: animation, video, prints, sound, photography (Dutton and Swindells).

2005

Folklore, APT Gallery, London, UK. Group exhibition of paintings, vinyl-text piece on gallery window.

2003

Entropic Gym Variation, Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Multi-media installation exhibition: video, prints, sculptures, photography (Dutton and Swindells).

Kayaköy, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland.Multi-media installation exhibition: video, photography, and text works(Dutton & Peacock, Swindells).

2002

Entropic Gym, Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada

Video: Photography and text works installation (Dutton and Swindells, Peacock).

Power to the People, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener 02, Ontario, Canada.

Video installation (Dutton and Swindells).

2000

Kayaköy, Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Photography, video installation plus textual works (Dutton & Peacock, Swindells).

1999

Haecceitas Star, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK. Solo exhibition, painting installation.

2011

Fellow of Higher Education Academy (Recognition reference 45530)

2010

Postgraduate Certificate in Research Supervision, University of Huddersfield

2004

PhD: Art and Citizenship, Sheffield Hallam University

1994

MA Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University

1990

BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting (First), Sheffield Polytechnic

Please see slide show below.

Mining Couture, Editors Barber Swindells (2012): Black Dog Publishers, London. ISBN 978 1 907317 927

Institute of Beasts, Dutton & Swindells, Published by Cornerhouse (2011) ISBN 978 1 899913 5

Who am I to Disappear, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham, Simon Burton exhibition, text by Stephen Swindells (2008) ISBN 1 903409 07 1

Misleading Epiphenomena, Steve Dutton, Dr Steve Swindells and Dr. Barbara Penner (2005), ArtWord Press, London, ISBN 0-9543908-7-3

Techniques of Memory Essay for Barbara Howey Exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery, (2005) ISBN 1 872482 75 9

Site + Sight: Translating Cultures, Duton and Swindells, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore (2002) ISBN 981 04 6705 2

Vim & Vigour Dutton and Swindells, MASS Publication, Sheffield (2000) ISBN 0 863399045

Vesuvius Photo 98 commission, Rotherham Museum & Arts, (Dutton, Peacock, Swindells, 1998)  ISBN 086339

2016

£20,000 Enterprise funding. Partnership with East Street Arts, Leeds for PhD Scholarship on Artist Live/Work scheme.

2015

£45,000 + VAT. Enterprise funding. Consultancy for Creative Scene, Dewsbury. Creative People and Places 2015 - 2017.

2015

£84,000. Arts Council England: ROTOR Transdisciplinary Dialogue and Debate.

Huddersfield Art Gallery. Arts Council funding for two years of the ROTOR partnership programme with HAG, embedding public engagement and creative interpretation at its core.

2012

£6,500 (awarded to Barber Swindells) Arts Council England/Somerset County Council, ‘Maximum Exposure Commission’. Maximum Exposure was awarded to Barber Swindells following a open call national competition. In 2012 outputs from the commission will be exhibtited in Yeovil Glove Making Museum and Huddersfield Art Gallery. We are expecting regional BBC in Somerset and Yorkshire to feature the work.

2011

£20,000 (awarded to Barber Swindells) Arts Council England/Leicestershire County Council, Transform II Commission. Transform II was awarded to Barber Swindells following open call national competition. This is a major commission which has resulted in a number of artworks, designs and a book to be published by Black Dog.

2011

£30,000 AHRC, Block Grant Partnership (Capacity Building)

Successful award for two AHRC MA by Research in Fine Art for 2012 and 2013. This is the first AHRC postgraduate studentships for the School of Art, Design and Architecture, Huddersfield.

2010

£1,500 (awarded to Dutton and Swindells) Sheffield Museums and Millenium Galleries Trust. By invitation from Sheffield Museums and Millenium Galleries Trust.

2009

£24,000 British Council Prime Minister Initiative 1 (PMI1)

The PMI1 bid funded a four year student exchange programme for Architecture and Fine Art students at the University of Huddersfield.

2008

£23,500 (awarded to Dutton and Swindells) Arts Council England, Ssamzie International Residency. The award enabled Dutton and Swindells to complete the three-month residency programme and make a number of major pieces of work which have been exhibtited across Asia in Korea, Tiawan and Thialand. The award also contributed to the book ‘Institute of Beasts’ published by Cornerhouse 2011.

2007

£1,200 (awarded to Dutton and Swindells) British Council

This was a collaborative award from the British Council for five British artists (which include Dutton and Swindells) to travel to Amsterdam and exhibit artwork in Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam. All five artists contributed to writing and project managing the award.

2006

£500 (awarded to Dutton and Swindells) British Council

This was an award for Dutton and Swindells to airfrieght art work to Kookmin Gallery in Seoul, South Korea. The bid was written collaboratively.

2002

£500 (awarded to Dutton, Peacock and Swindells) British Council     

This was an award for Dutton and Swindells to airfrieght art work to Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada. The bid was written collaboratively.

1999

£750 Arts Council, Yorkshire Region. A small individual award to compliment existing gallery Arts Council funding. Funded Haecceitas star, Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, and Haecceitas  star, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield.