Professional Academic / Artist Positions

Belfast Exposed Artist in Residence January 2013 – November 2013

I have partnered with Belfast Exposed and the Arts Council to develop a major research initiative in 2013. I have secured full funding for the research project through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland ACES Award and established working fieldwork partners as well an organisation to host the research in a gallery setting in November 2013.

U.K and Ireland DAS Artist in Residence October 2012 – January 2013

I commenced a Four-month residency at Digital Arts Studios in Belfast with the aim of developing my study ‘Material Authority’. Through the DAS UK & Ireland Residency Program moved into new territory working in film as part of my on going research into the subversion of iconography, in particular the mutation and transformation of the flag over the course a twenty four hour period.

Lecturer in Interactive Media September 24^th –December 15^th 2012

Lecturer in Interactive Media at the School of Media, Film and Journalism, Leading two modules in Visual Culture Studies and its relationship to new media applications. I teach students to understand the creative thinking processes inherent in the design, planning and production of interactive media formats as well as examining the subsequent media debates surrounding new media applications.

Tutor at Belfast Exposed Gallery, June 2012

Teaching practical photography skills, providing hands-on experience in both 35mm and digital photography. We work extensively throughout the region and occasionally on cross-border projects with groups and individuals. Through practical engagement we use photography as a method to communicate, build confidence and develop key skills behind the camera.

Installation Assistant Belfast Exposed Gallery March 2012- Present

The installation of exhibition in the Belfast Exposed Gallery a 20 x 7m space for contemporary photography. This year I have worked on exhibitions including Settlement (Anthony Haughey). Enemy Blue, (Allan Hughes) Open Shutters Iraq, (Engenie Dolberg) Prima Materia (Broomberg & Chanarin, Colin Gee, Factotum, Tonic D). My roles include, hanging work, lighting and audio-visual set up. Completing condition reports at the install and de-install stages, preparing the gallery space for exhibition and working in collaboration with Artists and Curators.

Demonstrator/ Graduate Level Teaching at The University of Ulster Belfast 2009 – 2011

Making a significant contribution to the undergraduate teaching course. Mentoring students at undergraduate level as they develop photographic projects over the course of a semester.

Doctoral Research Study September 2008 – May 2012

In 2008 I commenced my Doctoral research study titled, Under Cover of Darkness: Photography, Territory and the City. My PhD research study  was supervised by Professor Paul Seawright and Professor Ian Montgomery at the Research Institute of Art, Design and the Built Environment.

As a member of the Research institute of Art and design my role included actively engaging in with the research culture in the University; Contributing to the wider cultural context of Fine art photography through developing original critical practice; Outreach in the form of peer reviewed publication; Developing an active exhibition profile locally and internationally; Delivering academic papers and artist talks across the U.K about my research practice.

Education 

Awarded PhD in Photography from The Research Institute of Art and Design and the Built Environment, University of Ulster, Belfast

2008 – 2012. jointly supervised by Professor Paul Seawright and Professor Ian Montgomery.

Research Grants and Awards

BEI Fellowship Grant, 2002 -2003

Individual Arts Award Grant, Art’s Council Northern Ireland 2004

Awarded Del Scholarship for PhD study, 2008-2011

Individual Arts Award Grant, Art’s Council Northern Ireland 2011

The ADAI Award, 2012.

Best Publication in PhD Arts, Awarded by the (RGS) Research Graduate School at the University of Ulster, 2012

ACES Award, Art’s Council Northern Ireland 2012 -2013

The ADAI Award, 2014.

Individual Arts Award Grant, Art’s Council Northern Ireland 2014

Selected Exhibitions 2009 – 2013 

Group Exhibition. Beyond Words, Safehouse Arts Space, Belfast, 2009

Group Exhibition. Artificial Light in the Urban Landscape, Place Gallery, Belfast. April 2009

Group Exhibition. Teaching Photography Symposium, Museum Folkwang, Germany. April 2010

Group Exhibition. The Thing That Bruises You, The back loft, La Catedral studio’s, Dublin. July 2010

Group Exhibition. Open Here Hereford Photography Festival, Hereford. October 2010

Group Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast. October 2010

Group Exhibition, The Open West. Summerfield Gallery, Pittville Studios, Gloucestershire. February 2011

Solo Exhibition, Presenting Works in Progress: Darkness, Territory and the City. The Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin. Feb 2011

Group Exhibition, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. May 2011

Group Exhibition, Auction for HPF @ Hotshoe Gallery London -September 4^th, October 7th 2011

Solo Exhibition, Under Cover Of Darkness. The Golden Thread Gallery. October 6^th, November 5th 2011

Solo Exhibition, Under Cover Of Darkness. Courthouse Arts Centre Tinahely, Co. Wicklow. Feburary 18th 2012 – March 3rd 2012

Group Exhibition / Open Call 7th Berlin Biennale. Berlin + Digital Art Library – Auguststraße 69 D-10117 Berlin Germany April 26, 2012

Group Exhibition, Selected works from Under Cover Of Darkness. The Glass Box, F Floor at the School of Art and Design at the University of Ulster, June 2012

Group Exhibition, Belfast Exposed Exchange Gallery, Belfast July 26th 2012

Solo Exhibition, Under Cover Of Darkness. The OKK/Raum 29 Gallery. Berlin Germany October, 2012 November 4th 2012

Group Exhibition, Artist in Residence Exhibition,  24 – 31st  January 2013

Group Exhibition, ‘Invisibility’, Pollen Studios & Gallery, Queen Street,  27 – 8 March 2013

Group Exhibition, ‘Invisibility’, University Gallery, Belfast Campus, 11 – 30 March 2013

Group Exhibition, A Pattern Language, University Gallery, Belfast Campus, 20th September 2013

Solo Exhibition, ‘Garden Estate’, Belfast Exposed Gallery, 17th October 2013

Forthcoming Exhibitions

QSS Queens Street Gallery Belfast, September 2014, Details to follow shortly.

Book Exhibition,

 Temple Bar Gallery, Book Fair, Dublin, Dec 2011 

 Photobookshow’A’ Work flow Studios, Book Exhibition, Brighton, Dec 2011

 Photobookshow’B’ Ground Floor Left, Book Exhibition, London Feb 2012

PIVOT Visual Curiosities, The Reading Room Book Exhibition, Dublin Feb 2012

The FruitMarket Gallery, Book Fair, Edinburgh, April 2012

Flash Forward Festival. Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston Massachusetts.  June 8-10, 2012

Photo Ireland, ‘The Library Project’ Magazine and Bookfair, Dublin July 2012

Vasli Souza, Malmö Sweden, 18 January – 9 February 2014

 Publications

Acquainted With The Night, Photographs: Fergus Jordan | Design: Tonic, 2008. Commissioned by Knocklayd print.

RUA Annual Exhibition Catalogue 2010

The Open West, Limited Edition Screenprinted Catalogue 2011

Allotrope Press Broad Sheet Issue 3 ‘Limits” ed. Winter.K, O’Reilly, E.Oct 2011. ISSN 2048-2859.

Jordan, F. Darke, C. ‘Under Cover of Darkness’ University of Ulster, Allotrope Press, October 2011. ISBN 978-1-85923-248-4

Abridged 0 – 25: Silence- March 2012

Supermassiveblackholemag Issue 10 ‘At Night’ April 2012: ISSN 2009-2288

Photo Monitor: An Interview conducted by Christiane Monarchi, May 2012 

Allotrope Press Issue 5 ‘”IDENTITY” ed. Ulster Research Salon. Mirjami Schuppert & Dave Loder UK . June 2012

Coulter, R. Jordan, F. ‘IN FOCUS’, F.E, McWilliam Gallery and Studio. October 2012: ISBN: 978-1-908455-05-5

Future State Zine, Production. Production, September 2013 

Jordan, F. Schuppert,M. Garden Estate, The Velvet Cell, October 2013: ISBN 978-1-908889-18-

Hailiday, A. Digital Arts Studio, archives publication, 2013

Interview with Aesthetica Magazine {http://www.aestheticamagazine.com} January 2014

Artist talks

University of Ulster Belfast. RGS Conference March 2010

The Centre for Creative Practices Dublin. Part of the Practice & Research Series November 2010

Pittville Studios the University of Gloucestershire February 2011

The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast October 2011

Courthouse Arts Centre Tinahely, Co. Wicklow Feburary 2012

The FruitMarket Gallery, Edinburgh, April 2012

The OKK/Raum 29 Gallery. Berlin Germany October, 2012 November 4th 2012

Digital Arts Studios, January 27th 2013

Garden Estate at  Land │Labour │Capital, Symposium. Limerick City Gallery of Art, 26 September 2013.

Belfast Exposed Gallery Garden Estate, three part talk series October 2013