Serena Korda

I have a book whose title promises me “A Short History of the World”. It is a thin volume and was written at the turn of the last century. The books promise and aspiration appeal to my own tendency toward the absurd and impossible. Such outmoded forms of knowledge inspire revision and retelling. Looking back at the things that have been left out, I want to restructure the order and importance placed on certain aspects of our history, highlighting the abandoned bits. Through performance, print and film I attempt to work these stories back into the fabric of the everyday, telling them through the magic of the makeshift and home made.

D.O.B 14/05/79

Place of Birth England

Education

2007-2009: Printmaking MA Royal College of Art

1998-2001: BA Fine, Middlesex University

1997-1998: Art Foundation, Middlesex University

Exhibitions and Performance events

2009:

“Kiss of a Lifetime” Rouge Project Space, Manchester

2008:

“The Wonder Book Lectures” Camden Arts Centre, London

“B**K” London Print Studio, London

“The Answer Lies at the End of the Line.” Art on the Underground, Stanmore Station

“Crossword Convention”. Art on the Underground, Stanmore

“The Library of Secrets”, The Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable

“walkwalkwalk: Stories from the Exeter Archive”, SpaceX, Exeter

2007:

“walkwalkwalk: Stories from the Exeter Archive”, SpaceX, Exeter

“E8” Transition Gallery,London

“Intransit” Chelsea Physic Garden, London

“The Library of Secrets” Whitstable Biennale

2006:

“Look Again” The World’s End Estate, London

“Frenzy” Metropole Galleries, Folkestone

“walkwalkwalk” Camden Arts Centre, London

“The Library of Secrets” The Great Eastern Hotel, London

2005:

“Night Walk 1” Whitchaple London

“Walk Walk Walk: an archaeology of the familiar and the forgotten” Design History Conference, London

“Ceremony” The Pump House, London

“Tattoo” The Customs House, South Shields

“TEA” Camden Arts Centre, London

“Playing Life” Elastic Residence, London

“TEA” The Happy Sailor, London 2004:

“Old Men’s Flesh” The Bow Festival, London

“Love, Honour and Obey” The Crown Gallery, London

“I can c my way home” SpaceX, Exeter

Awards

2009: Deutsche Bank Award

2009: Start point, Czech Republic

2002: ACAVA First Base

2005: Artsadmin Early Career Bursary

Residency

2007-08: Whitstable Biennale

2005-06: Islington Green School, London

Educational Work

2009: Visiting Tutor Canterbury University

2008: Cultureal Creative Partnerships

2007: Cultureal, Creative Partnerships

2006: Camden Arts Centre, Art Tutor, Islington Arts Factory, Art Tutor, Bow Arts Trust, Art Tutor

2005: Camden Arts Centre, Art Tutor, Hounslow CIP, Creative mentor Islington Arts Centre, Art Tutor

2004: Camden Art Centre, Art Tutor, Islington Arts Factory, Art Tutor

2003: Wandsworth Prison, Art Tutor, Holloway Prison, Art Tutor

2002: The Brent Mural Project, Art Tutor/Project Manager

Publicity

The Times- Ken Russell Article, Making Art from Crosswords on the Underground

Guardian- Stephen Emms Article, Avant Garden of England, UK Art

The Guide, Exhibitions Jessica Lack

BBC Four, Time Shift Documentary “How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword”