In addition to the following my work has been widely reviewed in arts, science, photography and time-based arts journals and magazines including The New Scientist, The BMJ, AN, Portfolio, Source, The Guardian and The Arts Book Review
April 2012, ‘Wonder Chamber’, 66 page full colour publication from Ffotogallery Publications and Cornerhouse Publications, to coincide with the exhibition ‘Wonder Chamber’. With essays by Ken Arnold of the Wellcome Collection and curator David Drake http://www.cornerhouse.org/bookstore/product/wonder-chamber-karen-ingham
March 2010, “From Tissue to Text’, in Memento Mori, Journal of Performance Research Issue 15.1, pp. 48-57 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13528165.2010.485763
February 2010 ‘Art and the theatre of mind and body: how contemporary arts practice is re-framing the anatomo-clinical theatre’ in The Journal of Anatomy, (2010) pp.251-263
September 2008 Unreliable Truths: Transformations and Illusion in Contemporary Photographic Practice, catalogue published by the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, curated by Karen MacKinnon with a forward by photo theorist Susan Bright. Image plates and short text included. ISBN 9780903189781
April 2008 Publication of commissioned essay ‘The Anatomy Lesson of Professor Moxham’ in Anatomy Live: Performance and the Operating Theatre (Ed.) Maaike Bleeker published by University of Amsterdam Press. ISBN 978 90 5356 516 2, pp.75-93
February 2008 Publication of the essay ‘Corpus Corporeal’ in The International Journal Organdi: Culture, Creation, Criticism, Paris, ISSN 1630-7712
October 2006 Artist’s book, Seeds of Memory: art, neuroscience and botany ISBN: 0-9545600-6-X http://www.sihe.ac.uk/clasi/seeds.htm
June 2006 Commissioned essay ‘Penetrating The Impenetrable in Sara Fletcher’s Spirit Level’ in Show One of Each, CTA publishing ISBN 0-9541810-2-6
March 2006 ‘Descartes’ Eye’, published paper in ‘New Constellations: art, science and society’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney ISBN 1921034122
February 2006 Publication of commissioned essay ‘A Dark Adapted Eye: Photography and the Vanitas Still Life’ in Stilled, IRIS International Centre for Women’s Photography (Theory and Practice) FfotogalIery Publications Ltd. SBN 1 87277161 0
April 2005 Short review and image plate in Millennium, ISBN 0954866800, Millennium Publications London
June 2005 Essay, ‘Apron: Allegory and Ambiguity on The Domestic Stage’, for artist Hamish Gane’s publication and exhibition ‘Apron’, Mission Gallery, Swansea ISBN 0-9545600-3-5
September 2005 Anatomy Lessons: An Abstract in ’7th International Death, Dying and Disposal’, Mortality Vol.10: London: Routledge ISBN 1357 6275
October 2004 Anatomy Lessons (hardback publication) Dewi Lewis Publishing, October 2004, ISBN-1-904587-14 http://www.dewilewispublishing.com/PHOTOGRAPHY/Anatomy.html
September 2003 Contributor to publication, Talking Pictures, IRIS, SAPRE, and Imaginative Minds Ltd. ISBN 1 904806 00 7
Sept-October 2003 Elsewhere, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, ISBN 0903189690
November 2002 Ha Ha: Margam Re-visited. Co-editor with Christopher Coppock. Ffotogallery and Seren Books. ISBN 1 85411 330 5
2001 Essay, ‘Raising The Dea’, in ALTARED Visions, ISBN 1 872771 95 5
March 2000 Paradise Park, publication with Seren Books ISBN 1 85411 281 3 Featured on BBC Wales ‘The Slate’ arts show
November 2000 West, Ffotogallery Biennial publication, short review ‘Street Portraits’ and image plates, ISBN 1872771750
Sept-Oct 2000 Contributor to Locws International, WAI publication, ISBN 0 9545291 03
December 2000 Death’s Witness, Ffotogallery Publications, ISBN-1 872771 858 March 1998 Contributor to Vol.4 The Nexus: Focus On The Maternal Ed. Uli Sieglohr, Scarlett Press
March 1997 Contributor to Vol. 1 The Nexus: Engendering The City – Women in Contemporary Photography (Ed) Marsha Meskimmon, Scarlett Press
Conferences and Symposia:
February 2012 Screening and artist’s talk of ‘Narrative Remains’ as part of the ‘Cultures of Collecting’ conference at Leiden University in collaboration with the Boerhavve Museum Leiden
September 2010 Screening and conference presentation of ‘Narrative Remains’ at the Medical Museum, Copenhagen as part of the European Association of Museums of Medical Science Conference
April 2009 Technarte International Congress on Art & Technology, Bilbao. Only UK artist invited to speak at the conference. Included screenings of my own work and extracts from the curated show ‘Reasoned Uncertainties’ (SATnet 2008)
January 2009 Invited speaker at the Art & Anatomy Symposium at Oxford University. The presented paper will be published by The Journal of Anatomy in 2010
December 2008 Invited keynote speaker at The Autumn Art Lecture Series, University of Bristol, programmed by Prof. Stafford Lightman and curator Annabel Huxley.
June 2008 Invited keynote speaker at the Arts & Science Symposium, Peninsula Arts, Plymouth, curated by Sarah Chapman.
October 2006 Seeds of Memory Symposium at the Glamorgan Lecture Hall, Cardiff with Calouste Gulbenkian Director Sian Ede and Professor Bernard Moxham, Cardiff University.
March 2006 ‘Descartes’ Eye’’, conference paper presented as part of ‘New Constellations: art, science and society’, at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
February 2008 Guest speaker at the February Swansea Science Café (part of the worldwide network of Science Café’s) at the Dylan Thomas Theatre.
March 2008 SATnet Symposium (Science, Arts, Technology Network) at the Dynevor Centre for Art, Design and Media at Swansea Metropolitan university, funded by KEF through the Welsh Assembly Government.
November 2007 Re:place, Berlin; re-evaluating art, bioscience and new media technologies. Poster, ‘A Ticket to the Theatre of The Dead’ presented and published in conference and festival proceedings, House of World Cultures, Berlin.
November 2007 MutaMorphosis, Prague: International conference under the Leonardo 40th anniversary framework exploring ‘extreme and hostile environments’ in arts, science and technology. Paper presented, ‘The Inverted Eye’ on art and biomedical science.
April 2006 The Anatomy Lesson of Professor Moxham, conference paper at the University of Amsterdam, ‘Anatomical Theatre Re-visited’. An essay based on the paper forms one of the chapters in the book Anatomy Live: Performance and the Operating Theatre edited by Dr. Maaike Bleeker, University of Amsterdam Press, April 2008.
September 2005 Paper presented at the ’7th International Death, Dying and Disposal’ conference at the University of Bath, and abstract published in Mortality (2005) Vol.10: London: Routledge ISBN 1357 6275
November 2004 Keynote speaker and Chair of ‘Examination’ seminar hosted by Photoworks Brighton and Brighton Postgraduate Medical School September 2004 Paper presented at ‘Theatres of Science’ Conference University of Glamorgan
September 2003 Inadmissible Evidence, ADC-LTSN/CLASI conference at Swansea Institute Faculty of Art & Design: coordinator, fundraiser and speaker
September 2002 Paper presented at ‘6th International Death, Dying and Disposal’ conference, York University
April 1999 Paper presented at the Anatomy, Identity, Hegemony conference at Cheltenham & Glos. College of H.E
May 1986 Paper presented at the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies symposium on ‘Sexuality’
November 1985 Paper presented in the ‘women’s history strand’ of the History Workshop 19 conference at York University
September 1985 Convened a workshop on writing for film and television at the national Women Writing 85 conference at the Phoenix Arts Centre, Leicester
National and International Curatorial Practice:
August 2008 Nominated as an AXIS Curator for Wales 2008-09
April 2008 Commissioned by AXIS (International Artists Network) to curate an on-line exhibition, Memory, Inscription, Place: Land as a Transformational Process, www.axisweb.org/atATCL.aspx?AID=2095
March 2008 Curator of group show Reasoned Uncertainties: innovations in art, science and technology, as part of the SATnet symposium and 6 week exhibition in Y Lle, Swansea Metropolitan University.www.smu.ac.uk/satnet
November 2002 Ha Ha Margam Re-visited (with co-curator Christopher Coppock). Curation of international exhibition and publication of artist responses to Margam and Port Talbot. See publications for details.
March 2000 Paradise Park. Curation of photographers and public responses to Townhill and Mayhill resulting in exhibition and publication. (See publications for details).
1992-3 Co-curator with Steve Freer and James Morgan of the Welsh artist’s film and video programme Forebodings, with financial support from ACW, S4C, and the British Film Institute
April 1986 Co-curator with the Nottingham Women’s Media Group of a series of short artists videos, including Mask In Tape, screened on BBC2 as part of the Showcase 86 series
March 1985 – December 1986 Co-curator with James Morgan of artist’s film and video cultural exchange programme of talks and screenings between New York and the East Midlands,’‘Flix from The Sticks’. Funded by East Midlands Arts and The BFI. The exchange necessitated working in New York for three months.
Public Collections:
British Film Institute, London The AHRB British Film and Video Artists Study Collection, Central St. Martins School of Art, London The LUX Centre, London Cinenova, London
Representation:
Millennium Images, London IRIS International Women’s Photography Oneofeditions.com
Publishers:
Dewi Lewis Publishing Seren Books Ffotogalley Wales Ltd. Most of my publications are available from Amazon.com
