Emile Shemilt BFA, MA (Oxon), MSc
Emile Shemilt (born Winchester, England in 1980) is an artist and academic. He lives and works in Dundee, Scotland.
Emile works predominantly in the media of expanded cinema, digital video installation, photography and sculpture.
Emile studied at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, from 1999 to 2002. In 2003 he was awarded the Arts and Humanities Research Board Scholarship to study for the Master of Science in Electronic Imaging at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. Since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone in 2005, Emile has been employed as a Research Assistant for REWIND | artists’ video in the 70s & 80s.
REWIND is a research project based in the based at the Visual Research Centre in Dundee Contemporary Arts. It is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and involves the documentation and conservation of significant artists’ videos that define this important era in British Video Art.
In September 2006, Emile comenced a doctorate study at the school of Media Arts and Imaging, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, titled MATERIAL CINEMA AND THE CINEMATIC FIGURE.
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EMPLOYMENT
2005 - present: PHD STUDENT / RESEARCH ASSISTANT REWIND| artists video in the 70s & 80s, Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts
June 2005 PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH CREW VENICE AGENDAS IV, 2005, Venice Biennale, Venice
2002 - 2003: ASSOCIATE LEARNING PROFESSIONAL Oxford College of Further Education
2001 - 2002: DIGITAL ARCHIVIST Project Atlantis, Research & Consultancy, University of Dundee, University of Southampton
2002: PART TIME TUTOR in Electronic Imaging Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford
2005: GALLERY ASSISTANT Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 - 2003: GALLERY ASSISTANT Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
EDUCATION
Sept 2006 - present: PHD: MATERIAL CINEMA AND THE CINEMATIC FIGURE, Media Arts and Imaging, Duncan of jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee.
2003 - 2004: MSc ELECTRONIC IMAGING, Duncan of jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee
1999 - 2002: BACHELOR OF FINE ART, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
EXHIBITIONS & TALKS
Oct 2007: : Group Exhibition, STRANGE SCREEN Film and Video Festival, Thessalonki Cinema Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece
Sept 2007: Group Exhibition, STATE OF PLAY, Dundee Botanical Gardens, Dundee
March 2007: Tate Liverpool Research Forum, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
Jan 2007: Group Exhibition, National Review of Live Art, Tramway, Glasgow. Curated by Stephen Littman and Peter Richardson
Oct 2006: Solo Exhibition, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen
Aug 2006: Archive & Memory, Edinburgh Art Festval, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
April 2006 Guided Tour REWIND| artists video in the 70s & 80s, New Media Scotland, Dundee Contemporary Arts
Feb 2006 Group Exhibition, Dundee Observatory, Dundee
2005 Group Exhibition, Gardyne's Land, Dundee
2004 Group Exhibition, VIsual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2004 Solo Exhibition, Lower Foyer Gallery, Exhibitions Department, Dundee
2004 Group Exhibition, Jerward Drawing Room, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
2003 Group Exhibition, National Review of Live Art, The Arches, Glasgow
2002 Group Exhibition, The IV International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium, Havana, Cuba
2002 Solo Exhibition, fotonet, online exhibition
2001 Solo Exhibition, Dolphin Gallery, Oxford
2001 Group Exhibition, The Long Room, New College, Oxford
2000 Group Exhibition, Jerward Drawing Room, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
