FRIEDHARD KIEKEBEN

Biography - Friedhard Kiekeben

  • Senior Lecturer
  • Innovative Printmaking
  • Fine Art
  • University of Chester
  • Parkgate Road
  • Chester, CH1 4BJ
  • England
  • UK

Since 1986

Artist

2002-2004

Senior Lecturer Fine Art (Innovative Printmaking)

University of Chester
 I lead the Innovative Printmaking department within Fine Art. I lecture on innovative printmaking and contemporary art within the BA(Hons) and the MA programmes. A strong element of this post is to conduct research into non-toxic intaglio printmaking as well as to further practice-based research in Fine Art at Chester.

2000-2004

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, Visiting Lecturer
ongoing Through the long standing research collaboration with Professor Keith Howard I am annually invited as visiting researcher to the School of Printmaking and Digital Imaging research at RIT, New York. Each visit includes public lectures on my research, student tutorials & research supervision, seminars,and collaborative research.

2003

Non-Toxic Printmaking in Spain
 Keynote Conference Speaker: Etching without acid

University of Barcelona & Granollers Museum

2000 - 6 / 2002

Leeds Metropolitan University, Visiting Lecturer / Tutor in Fine Art, (40 days p.a.)
I gave public lectures on my work in its critical context, regular structural tutorials to all Fine Art students, and devised specialist courses in digital imaging and printmaking. This also entailed staff training.

11/2001

International Conference on Non-Toxic Printmaking, RIT, New York, Speaker
Conference Paper: ‘Non-Toxic Printmaking in Europe’

from 10/1999

Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries Summer School Project Manager,
Lecturer, Printmaking Consultant

ongoing
In 1999 I was invited by Gracefield Arts Centre to establish a new open-access printmaking facility; This also involved successful fundraising bids for a European Regional Development Grant(ERDF) and for commercial sponsorship for the educational programme. At Gracefield I founded a major international summer school programme,‘Innovative Intaglio’ which is a collaboration with the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.

29/9/2001

In-Print Conference, Quay Art & Ferens Gallery, Hull, Speaker
‘New Solutions for Printmaking’ , Public Lecture and Web Site Text

1999 - 2003

Sheffield Hallam University, Visiting Lecturer
Tuition of digital and non-toxic printmaking methods to Fine Art students, tutorials,studio consultancy, digital presentation on my work to staff and students

Edinburgh College of Art , Public Slide Lecture: ‘Digital explorations and Printed Art’,

10/1994 - 05/98

Edinburgh Printmakers, Researcher and Lecturer (part-time, 0.5)
I was responsible for the development, research, implementation, and tuition of safe and innovative etching methods at this open access and editioning printmaking facility.The workshop emerged as an international centre of excellence in printmaking research and education whilst I was in post, and in the context of the ‘ARE Seminar’ programme I founded in 1995, I taught art and printmaking professionals from over 100 international art institutions.

Mar 1998

'Non-toxic Printmaking in Scandinavia'; Copenhagen, Denmark, Speaker.
This symposium / workshop, funded by the Danish government, introduced the acrylic resist etching system developed by myself at EPW to 40 art and printmaking professionals from art Colleges and workshops in Scandinavia.

Feb 1998

University of Maine, Orono, USA, Visiting Lecturer at the School of Art,
In 1998 I was invited by Prof Susan Groce to introduce innovative Printmaking methods based on my research findings to the U Maine Printmaking Department. The U Maine Chemistry and Surface Sciences departments also made contributions to the advancement of the non-toxic methodology. This research collaboration is ongoing.

July 1998 / 99

Canadian School for Non-Toxic Printmaking, Lecturer
'International Summer School’; During this seminar / workshop I made my research findings available to a North American professional audience.

8/9 1998

Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade School of Art Printmaking Consultant
During this period of consultancy work, I advised the, London, on how to implement non-toxic intaglio methodology in their printmaking departments. This involved both the design of new facilities according to my research as well as staff training

1990 - 91

Volkshochschule Frankfurt , Tutor
subjects taught: Painting and Drawing

1989

Museum of Arts and Crafts, Frankfurt, Project Manager / Tutor
Printmaking Courses

1988 - 90

Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Assistant Tutor
I devised and implemented Printmaking courses and workshops for the ‘Kunsthochschule des Landes Hessen’

Education

1991 - 93

Royal College of Art, London , MPhil (RCA)
MPhil awarded 06/1993
Master of Philosophy (RCA), research degree by project and thesis,
(thesis 'Reality, Illusion, and the Matrix-Principle' published 1993)

1982-90

Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
Fine Art, Interim Degree 1985, Degree Dipl. HfGO 'with excellence', 1990
(research degree; thesis 'The Modular Principle' published 1990)

1981

Augustiner School, Friedberg
Final high school examination; passed with good grades June / 1981

1963

Born in Bad Nauheim, near Frankfurt / Main, Germany

1991

UK Resident since 9 / 1991


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