CV - Katherine Araniello

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Katherine Araniello ____________________________________________
Education
2002 - 2004	Goldsmiths College, University of London MA Fine Art
1996 - 1999	London Guildhall University BA Fine Art received June 1999 Received first class honours. Awarded the ‘Owen Rowley Prize’ for end of year Fine Art Degree show
1995 - 1996	Tower Hamlets College, London Foundation course in Fine Art completed
1993 - 1994	Greenwich Young People’s Theatre, London Credited course in Theatre Studies completed Awarded a distinction
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Exhibitions
3/12/2007		The Alternative Arts Debate, Tate Modern, London
9-10/2006	The Disabled Avant-Garde Today! Gasworks, London
10/2006	“The Staircase Miracles”, Serpentine Gallery, London
6/2005	‘The Staircase Miracles’, The Custard Factory, Birmingham
10/2004	PILOT 1, Limehouse Townhall, London Nominated by Patrick Brill (aka Bob and Roberta Smith)
10-11/2004	‘I am not a feminist, I am normal’, Austrian Cultural Forum, London
13/01/2004	Showing Off: The Talent of Disabled People, Television Centre, BBC
05/2003	Made in UK, Archgallery, London
11/1997	Woodlands Art Gallery, London
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Film Festivals
6/2007	Artsadmin Summer Season, Steve Whitson Studio, London
12/2005	7th Disability Film Festival, National Film Theatre, London
12/2004	6th Disability Film Festival, National Film Theatre, London
03/2004	18th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, - National Film Theatre, London
12/2003	Retour d'Images, European Year of People with Disabilities Paris, France, Screening a selection of short films

06/2003	5th Disability Film Festival, National Film Theatre, London
04/2003	KynnysKINO4 Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
05/2003	Innovate Presentation, The Arts Council England programme. London
06/2002	4th Disability Film Festival, National Film Theatre, London
05/1999	1st Disability Film Festival, Lux Cinema, Hoxton, London
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Performances
22/12/2008	No Room at the Igloo: An Xmas Pageant, The Royal Festival Hall The Disabled Avant-Garde take part in a hilarious slapstick nativity performance
5/12/2008	Terminal, Late at Tate Britain
17/9/2008	Rhinestone Rollers, Paralympics Handover, Hackney Town Hall Wheelchair Line Dancing with Graeae Theatre Company
30/08/2008	Rhinestone Rollers, Liberty Festival, Trafalgar Square Wheelchair Line Dancing with Graeae Theatre Company
05/07/2008		The Alternative Village Fete, The National Theatre Watch this Space Festival, National Theatre Square, London The Disabled Avant-Garde entertain with their arts and crafts works produced at art therapy sessions.
08/6/2008	The Art Car Boot Sale, London The Disabled Avant-Garde will be selling their limited editions to raise money for their Charity Art Therapy Programme.
13/11/2007	A durational performance with Aaron Williamson and myself - a protest against airlines refusing to fly me to Zurich to end my life, The School of Oriental and African Studies, London
15-16/9/2007	The Way In, 15mm Films Performance, Beaconsfield, London
07/2001	Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, Greenwich Student Union bar, London
1996 – 2000	Plastic Anorexic Performances - London – Manchester - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Bournemouth Myself and Sean Donaghey performed at various venues under the pseudonym of ‘plastic anorexic’ venues included ICA [part of Wrong Bodies Festival and Mardi Gras 2000], London, Greater Manchester City Town Hall
11/1999	UNSIGNABLE Project – SHAPE, Union Chapel, Islington, London
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Workshops
27/3/2008		‘How to Market Yourself Online’ - SHAPE Conference, Space Studios, Hackney, London Artist Speaker, Presented talk: 'An Artist’s Career Progression and the Net' in addition to several films
06/2005
	Common Sense, Ikon Gallery Birmingham Artist Speaker, presented “The Interview”
07/2003	LGBT conference – GLAD Co-trainer for Body Beautiful afternoon workshop
04/2002	SHAPE and HNG Multimedia Co-trainer for 12-week London Loud workshop to make a 5-minute video for submission to the London Weekend Television’s Whose London Film Festival
04/2002	Independent Festival - Brent Association of Disabled People Afternoon workshop – What’s the Difference?
01/2001	RUSH Project - Greenwich and Docklands International Festival Co-trainer and organiser for a 6-month training programme in video and performance for deaf and disabled people
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Commissions
01/2005	The Staircase Miracles, 40 min. (by 15MM FILMS, a collective of disabled artists)
06/2003	CD Cover Designed CD sleeve for Australian singer/songwriter Adrian Kay’s album “Now We’re Talking”
07/2002	Amplify Awarded funding by London Arts Made 2 films, Amplify 1 and Amplify 2, exposing segregation of physical difference
01/2002	Replay Edited 8-minute music video by dancer/songwriter Lyn Levett as part of the Frankie Miller Songwriting project
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Articles
12/2007	Katherine Araniello, “Opinion”, Art Disability Culture, Issue 201
2005
		*15MM Films "The Staircase Miracles", Contemporary, issue 73*
2005		*Reitsamer, Rosa, "Who Wants To Be A Feminist?", Filmwaves/Art In-Sight, issue 26*
09/2004		*Olsen, Hanne, “Interview: Katherine Araniello”, dail magazine,* issue 183**
06/2004		*Olsen, Hanne, “Sex in the City” (film review), dail magazine,* issue182**
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Miscellaneous
26/3/2008	Interviewed about my work as an artist for “One in a Million”, Radio Peckham
5/2007	The Interview, Resonance FM, Make Your Own Damn Music Bob and Roberta Smith
23/4/07	BBC Southern Counties Radio, Interviewed by Gordon Astley
23/1/2007	SHAPE Mentoring and Advice & Guidance Training (Completed course qualifying me to be a mentor or give advice and guidance to artists)
10/2006	SHAPE Arts Sub Committee Member
06/2003	The European Year of Disabled People Campaign Bus - Greenwich Observatory and Epsom Derby Premiered Speed video on a loop with other films of mine
1/2000 - 12/2000	Diverse Art Artistic Co-ordinator of Diverse Art, a year-long project using Millennium funding to organise a disability arts festival in Greenwich