Christine Borland
Details
Name
Christine Borland
Job title
Artist & Professor of Art
About
Christine Borland is an artist based in Argyll, Scotland, her practice has pioneered critical, cross-disciplinary collaborations at the juncture of ecologies of practice (human and otherwise) and often make visible people, places and practices which are inaccessible to a general public. Recent work reflects the relationships nurtured between human and plant communities through the growing and hand-working of flax into linen.
Borland’s work have been shown in numerous international exhibitions, including The Turner Prize and the Venice Biennale, and are permanently sited in national and international public spaces and collections; she has taught and been consistently involved in research at art schools and universities including Glasgow School of Art, the Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry Truro, where she was a Visiting Professor of Medical Humanities and at Northumbria University where she is a Professor of Fine Art and co-director of The Cultural Negotiation of Science Research Group. In 2016 she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of Glasgow.
Region
Argyll and Bute
Website
http://www.christineborland.com