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Student Showcase Archive

Nick Mobbs

MA work

MA work

I am interested in the ways in which the home can be disturbed by the introduction of something foreign or alien. My work attempts to create uncertainty over the nature or purpose of what confronts the viewer: does the object or space entice or unsettle – pose a threat or offer an invitation? To achieve this my practice involves staging scenes and building models of the home. Photography is then a key element, followed by the manipulation of the image through various printing processes. The resulting images of constructed encounters provide an entrance to our own latent hopes and fears.

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Humanities

    Programme

    MA Printmaking, 2009

  • I am interested in the ways in which the home can be disturbed by the introduction of something foreign or alien. My work attempts to create uncertainty over the nature or purpose of what confronts the viewer: does the object or space entice or unsettle – pose a threat or offer an invitation? To achieve this my practice involves staging scenes and building models of the home. Photography is then a key element, followed by the manipulation of the image through various printing processes. The resulting images of constructed encounters provide an entrance to our own latent hopes and fears.

  • Degrees

  • BSc (Hons) Physics, Manchester University, 1998; BA (Hons) Fine Art, Loughborough University, 2006
  • Experience

  • Workshop Tutor, Fine Art Department, University of Leeds, 2009; Visiting Lecturer, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, 2009; Physicist, Powergen Research and Technology Centre, Nottingham, 1998-2003
  • Exhibitions

  • Heart of Glass, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, 2008; ARTfutures, Bloomberg Space, London, 2007; Salon: New British Painting and Works on Paper, 319 Portobello Road, London, 2007; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Coach Shed / Club Row, Liverpool / London, 2006
  • Awards

  • Fenton Arts Trust Award, 2006