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ARTISTS COMMISSIONED BY CAN PROJECTJane Atkinson [founding member & secretary]
Alessandra Ausenda
Stephanie Boon
Paul Chaney
Stacey Ebel
Ben Ellis [founding member & chair]
Hayley Gearon
James Hankey
Becky Joiner
Tim Mills
Charlie Napier
Matthew Pontin [founding member & tresurer]
Kathy Wray
JANE ATKINSON [Watermark 2006] aims to reflect contemporary issues that arise from human intervention with the landscape being both apolitical and visceral. It is about the experience of being at one with nature, the process and experience of walking, seeing, listening, wondering, feeling and locating, and primarily about Place. Having been awarded BA (Hons) in Heritage and Visual Arts in 2003, and completed MA Contemporary Visual Arts in 2005, research by artistic practice has led to a diverse range of work which incorporates the two disciplines. Using water as a theme, and operating within the natural environment, Jane endeavours to represent human activities and the nature of the local environment, through its water. Exhibitions include Trace Elements 4: The Lab at EEK, at the The Old Grammar School Arts Centre (Redruth) in 2006, and Gunpowder Plot at the 'More Cornwall' artist led show at an old gunpowder works and quarry in Cornwall (Ponsanooth) in August 2007. More recent work involves a calendar-work and short film Bogtalk following the changing nature of a spring and small stream on a farm in Cornwall. In 2007 Jane presented a research paper Trace Elements: Mapping by Water at The Global Environment Conference at The Oval (London) for the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Engineers. Previous work has involved interventions on glaciers and site-specific installations in Iceland, looking at the history of water through mineral deposits in melt-waters highlighting issues surrounding accelerated global warming. Jane Atkinson’s work aims to reflect contemporary issues that arise from human intervention with the landscape being both apolitical and visceral. It is about the experience of being at one with nature, the process and experience of walking, seeing, listening, wondering, feeling and locating, and primarily about Place.
ALESSANDRA AUSENDA [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] bio to add soon
STEPHANIE BOON [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] bio to add soon
PAUL CHANEY [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] has been a practising visual artist for the last 15 years, exhibiting locally, nationally and internationally. His personal practise is an investigation into the paradigms that define our relationship with Nature. The work generally challenges the notion of anthropocentrism and asks us to re-assess our attachment to progress. Paul has undertaken numerous personal and community projects. In 2000 he was funded to direct ‘Bike Art’ project that saw a sustainably transported show (pedal powered) tour from Cornwall to London. Paul then went on a six month research project to Ecuador and Peru, investigating perceptions of modernity in indigenous tribes people in the Amazon basin. Paul collaborated with South American artists and exhibited his work in both countries. Paul was a founder member of Level 2 Artist-led Initiative who are currently collaborating on the project Wharf the first stage of which was exhibited at Falmouth Arts Centre in July 2005. At the moment he is co-directing the independent research project known as F I E L D C L U B, a radical experiment in low impact living.
STACEY EBEL [Lizard Project Research & Development] is an artist with extensive experience managing arts education projects and workshops with many different organisations, working with participants with a diverse range of needs and abilities. Her own artistic practice takes the form of photography; she facilitates educational workshops using photography and other art forms. Ebel was commissioned to undertaken initial research into developing a successful education element for the Essence of the Lizard project.
BEN ELLIS [Watermark 2006] has been practicing photography for over ten years and in 2000 he graduated from University College Falmouth. His major body of work, entitled ‘The River: A Journey from Source to Mouth’, explored the impact man has on the river Fal by revealing what is seen above and below the water line as the river makes it’s journey from a pure source to a saturated mouth. This work was then exhibited at the Tom Blau gallery London, in the summer of 2000. After this he helped out with the underwater photography course at the college, instructing students in the art of scuba diving as well as giving technical and creative advice. Since that time he has been undertaking mainly commercially based portraiture, advertising and design work and in 2004 returning to Cornwall, working with companies such as Camel Valley Vineyards, Allen & Heath, Absolute Design, Hall for Cornwall to name a few. Alongside this work, Ben continued to explore his fascination with water, completing works entitled ‘Silent Pool’ and ‘Gunpowder Valley’. This personal work has a strong connection to the environment, he wants to take people on a journey to the unusual, something altogether different from the everyday. Exploring the underwater environment has enabled me to express some of these themes and my ongoing projects are incorporating the underwater realm with the land above.
HAYLEY GEARON [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] bio to add soon
JAMES HANKEY [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] graduated from University College Falmouth in 2006 with 1st Class BA(Hons) Degree in Photography. Previously he studied Foundation in Art & Design at Arts Institute at Bournemouth. Since graduating Hankey has continued to exhibit; What Next at Gallery 35 (Brighton), Landscape, Photography and Film at Lyndhurst Way (Peckham), Layered Curiosities as part of Embark: Ferry Art 2007 (King Harry Ferry, Cornwall), High Light Nights at Blue Lias Gallery (Lyme Regis) Dorset and Venture 2 at Vitreous Contemporary Art Gallery (Truro). Hankey had review published in August edition of A-N Magazine 2007 and also published a critical review of his practice online at www.artcornwall.org. Hankey is currently producing a series of photographic works inquiring into the uniqueness of the geomorphology of the West Dorset coastline and recently exhibited as part of 'curators' season at Newlyn Art Gallery.
BECKY JOINER [Watermark 2006] completed her BA(Hons) degree at University of Plymouth in 1997, culminating in the show Home Life at Queen Street (Exeter). After a period working in marketing in London and Sydney she has established photography as her profession. In 2005 she exhibited in the group show Still Stories at the Arts Centre Falmouth and soon afterwards completed MA Photography at University College Falmouth. Her series of work Memory Vision explored the concept uniqueness of seeing and was exhibited at Dray Walk Gallery (London) during September 2005. Other commissions and exhibitions include Shire Hall (Bodmin), Maritime Museum (Falmouth), Yam Parlour (Penzance) and JAM (Falmouth). Joiner’s practice often examines ways of seeing and questioning the habitual beliefs that are established through our memory and vision. She believes that it is through routine or expectation that we begin to stop seeing our surroundings in any detail, and through our memory or past experiences when our vision is pricked into seeing anything specific. Through her photographic practice Joiner ask questions about what we are expected to see and to consider the different ways of seeing the familiar.
TIM MILLS [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] bio to add soon
CHARLES NAPIER [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] bio to add soon
MATTHEW PONTIN [Watermark 2006] lives and works in Cornwall since gaining an MA in Photography from University College Falmouth. In 2002 he received a First Class Honours Degree in Photojournalism from Swansea Metropolitan University (University of Wales) and soon after was awarded the Welsh Graduate Photography Prize culminating in the publication and exhibition Ha-Ha: Margam Revisited for Ffotogallery (Cardiff). Pontin’s personal photographic practice uses the notion of the journey to stimulate a dialogue with the potentialities of photography. His MA research explored the notion of the traveller’s gaze in questioning the assumed relationship between photograph and memory. Pontin co-founded CAN Project in 2005 and has since worked on numerous funding applications while managing CAN Projects initiatives - during 2006 Pontin made a new series of photographic work for Watermark exploring the communities along the Fal & Helford rivers. Also in 2006 Pontin curated the successful Arts Council England supported show Unravelling Photography at Quay Arts (Isle of Wight). During 2007 he worked as artist in residence at CCANW (Centre for Contemporary Art in the Natural World) at Haldon Forest (Exeter), he also worked on Projecting Plymouth mentoring youth projects throughout the city. Pontin continues to exhibit nationally, recently at; G39 (Cardiff), Bargate Momunument Gallery (Southampton) and Dray Walk Gallery (London). Early this year Pontin had photographs and critical text published in the University of Alberta academic journal Space and Culture and new works exploring travbel and memory will be on show at University of Kent (Canterbury) during September 2008. Website: www.visulate.org
KATHY WRAY [Embark: Ferry Art 2007] is an artist and illustrator with a background in delivering art education sessions. Wray graduated from Swansea School of Art (University of Wales) with BA(Hons) Surface Pattern Design, her personal work explores movement, figurative expression and identity. Wray moved to Cornwall in 2004 and completed at PCET Teaching qualification at Truro College, she has since taught at Truro College, various adult education venues as well as delivered Kids Art programme for Newlyn Art Gallery between 2005/7. Wray worked for CAN Project mentoring artists in delivering education sessions during Embark: Ferry Art 2007. She delivered sessions with Archbishop Benson Primary and worked alongside artists at Higher Trevaster Farm. Wray is currently studying MA Illustration: Authorial Practice at University College Falmouth and is exhibiting at Artonomy (Truro) during April/May 2008. Website: www.artisticfigure.co.uk
New Members for 2008 [bios to add soon]
Benjamin Burt, Hannah Morrison, Mac Dunlop, Ellie Williams, Lise Hovesen & Temujin Doran, Jamie Boyd, Kim Pilgrim
