Biography: Lisa Watts

Studio address:
41 Park Walk, Castle Court, Sheffield S2 5JE, 0114 2763478

Lisa Watts is a performance and visual artist living in Sheffield. She has performed at the Serpentine Gallery, London, Live Art Space, Feren's Art Gallery, Hull, The Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool, The Green Room, Manchester, Prema Arts Centre, Gloucestershire, Expo festival, Nottingham, as well as Westwerk Gallery, Hamburg and Accidental Gallery, Dublin and most recently on the A.C.E. allotment project, 'Bloom', Birmingham. Her film work has been shown internationally including, Helsinki, Finland, Germany, Italy, Manchester, London, Leeds, Bradford, 'Eat My Shorts' comedy film festival, Montreal and broadcast on Spanish T. V.

Watts has shown her visual art work in galleries such as Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, Site Gallery, Sheffield, and York City Art Gallery. One of her visual art exhibitions, titled 'Muscles', 1998, in collaboration with artist Clare Charnley, was a large photographic, digital imaging installation. Circular, continuous images on columns were installed in the gallery. The work was created for Photo 98, Yorkshire and Humberside Year of Photography and Digital Imaging.

Reviews

1998 April
April. Channel 4, short, documentary for Photo 98 on "Muscles".

1998 June
Artists Newsletter, Soundings - review, "Muscles"

1994 August
Radio 4, Womens Hour, "The Burn" .

1998 August
Midland Today, England Midlands T.V.

1997 November
Live Art Magazine, "Jim'll fix It" .

1993 June
Radio Nottingham, "Pasty".

1990 November
Performance Magazine and Times newspaper, "Breadmaking".

Arts Co-ordination
Watts has initiated, fund raised and directed projects including public art works, site specific performances and residencies. She has also worked as the Temporary Education officer at the Site Gallery, Sheffield and as the Liaison Officer for the 'Lovebytes' festival, digital public arts festival, Sheffield.

Community art work and workshops
Over the last five years Watts has worked with art in the community in many situations facilitating performance, photography, video and digital imaging workshops to produce performances and static works. Most recently, 1998, she has worked at Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, as an artist in residence for five months facilitating workshops devising images from video, photography, and digital imaging to produce a permanent exhibition. The work titled "The Boardroom" was in collaboration with Property and Support Services staff. Also, in 1998 she worked at East Leeds Family Centre, Leeds, working with fourteen to fifteen year old pupils who do not attend school.

Lecturing
In 1997 Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, Fine Art, Media, a series of seven week workshops of sound and performance. In 1995-96 Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton, Art for Society, a part time lecturer over one academic year. In 1994 University of West of England, Bristol, Art and Social Context, visiting lecturer. In 1993 Humberside University, Hull, visiting lecturer. In 1994 Claredon College, Manchester, visiting lecturer.

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