Professor Craig Richardson, School of Arts and Social Sciences

Professor Craig Richardson’s lecture is entitled “What are the contemporary benefits of the term British Art”

Professor Richardson is a graduate of the School of Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art, which was coincidently his local art college, and joined Northumbria University in 2011 having worked at Glasgow, the University of Derby and Oxford Brookes University.

At Oxford Brookes he held various posts including Fine Art Research Director and later Director of the School of Arts and Humanities Post-Graduate Taught Programmes. British art is his enduring fascination. 

He has written on contemporary art concerned with the legacy of minimal and conceptual art, with prominent publications on Scottish art and has exhibited his own work widely including New York, London and Dusseldorf.

Periodically he acts as a curator and has served on selection panels as an AHRC Peer Reviewer. Since 2001 Richardson has received research Grants from The Carnegie trust (2004, 2007); AHRC Research Grant (Speculative Research Route, 2004; The Scottish Arts council (2006) and AHRC Landscape and Environment Theme (2006).

For location details and to book your place, please contact Nikki Simmons on email nu.events@northumbria.ac.uk or on telephone number (0191) 227 3025.