Christine borland biography
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- Christine Borland (born 1965) is a Scottish artist.
- Christine Borland is a Scottish artist.
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Christine Borland often looks to science, or uses scientific theory, to investigate social, historical or political realities, and her two related projects created at FWM continued this interest. In Bullet Proof Breath and Nephila-Mania, Borland explored recent scientific research into spider silk, specifically the silk of the golden orb weaver spider, whose scientific name is “Nephila.”
The title Bullet Proof Breath refers to the tremendous strength of the golden orb weaver’s silk, and its potential as a material for bullet-proof vests. Despite the seemingly delicate nature of spider silk, under specific conditions, it defies its size and weight and demonstrates tensile strength greater than any other man-made or natural material. A representation of a bronchial tree made from glass is the primary form of Bullet Proof Breath, with clusters of its fragile branches wrapped with spider silk. The delicacy of the bronchial tree contrasts with the actual strength of the silk, alluding to the protection science hopes to coax from this natural phenomenon, but also to suffocation
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Christine Borland
British artist (born 1965)
Christine Borland (born 1965) is a Scottish artist. Born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland, Borland is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997 (won by Gillian Wearing) for her work From Life[1] at Tramway, Glasgow. Borland works and lives in Kilcreggan, Argyll, as a BALTIC Professor at the BxNU Institute of Contemporary Art.
Borland studied Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art and later was awarded an MA from the University of Ulster in 1988.[2] She was on the committee of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow from 1989 to 1991. In 2004, she became one of five artist awarded the prestigious Glenfiddich Artist in Residence programme. In 2012 she was appointed BALTICNorthumbria University Professor – where she heads the Institute of Contemporary Art in Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a collaborative venture between Northumbria University and the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
Borland is leading member of artists who contributed to the transformation of Glasgow
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Artist using such media as photography and installations, born in Darvel, Ayrshire. The experience of mortality was a key feature of her work. She gained an honours degree at Glasgow School of Art, 1983–7, then her master’s at University of Ulster, Belfast, 1987–8. Group shows included Speed at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 1991; Aperto, Venice Biennale, 1993; Institute of Cultural Anxiety, ICA, 1994; and British Art Show, with tour, 1995–6. Solo shows included From Life at Tramway, Glasgow, 1994, Kunstwerke, Berlin, and the British Council Gallery, Prague, both 1995, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998; and Lisson Gallery, 2001 and 2004. Borland gained a DAAD Scholarship, Berlin, 1996, and was shortlisted for the 1997 Turner Prize.
Lived in Glasgow.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
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