Date of birth: 05/05/1961 |
Address:
61 Scotland Road, Little Bowden, Market Harborough LE16 8AY UK
mario.minichiello@ntlworld.com
Telephone numbers: 07951 941 420 or 01858 440692 |
Qualifications |
BA (Hons) First Class in Graphic Design 1986
Postgraduate Studies in Illustration, Saint Martins School of Art 1987
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Head of Department of Visual Communication Birmingham City University.
Visiting Professor and Research Fellow University of Sydney, Australia. |
PhD Supervisor for themes around Visual Communications disciplines. |
Awards, Reviews and exhibitions |
| 1984 | Association of Illustrators 'Best of British' annual and show. |
| 1988 | Work commissioned by BBC Newsnight as part of an award winning
BAFTA presentation.
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| 1991 | ‘Print Europe’ touring show: Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, Hayward Gallery, Manx Museum Isle of Man, Wakefield Art Gallery, Woodlands Art Gallery, London. |
| 1992 | 'Amnesty International Articles of Human Rights'. Invited artists at Slaughterhouse Gallery and Whitechapel, London. |
| 1993 | Printmakers' Council annual show, South Bank, London. |
| 1993 | Commissioned by British Council to exhibit and lecture in Singapore on the British Art and Design Industry. Programme opened by John Patten, Foreign Secretary. |
| 1995 | Exhibitor and curator: 'Festival of Illustration', Buckenham house Galleries, Southwold. Featured on BBC Look East News and Midlands Today |
| 1999 | Touring exhibition ‘Mario Minichiello Drawings and Prints’ ISBN 1-900856-38-7 and at Joesloff Taub Gallery, NY, USA. Show reviewed by Bard Arts New York. Financial Times Arts, Artist and Illustrator magazine, Royal College of Art, Guardian, and BBC WorldWide. |
| 1999 | Davis Gallery Mass USA. |
| 1999 | Guardian Newspaper Gallery Illustration and folio show - 'Read in truth and claw'.
'Illustration language' show Leicester city Gallery.
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| 2001 | ‘Mario Minichiello, Steve Bell and Spike Gerrell’, Buckenham Galleries, Southwold.
http://www.simcoe.co.uk/drawing/members.htm |
| 2001 | Spectator magazine feature ‘Mario Minichiello’s Sex, Lies and Drawings’. |
| 2002 | Drawing - the Process Kingston University, touring exhibition.
http://www.kingston.ac.uk/~kx23813/Research/drawing/ |
| 2002 | The Big Draw event at Victoria and Albert Museum London
http://www.drawingpower.org.uk/BigEvents/V&Adisplay.htm |
| 2002 | Scarfe, G, Blake, Q and Blake, P, Draw Power for Hospitals
Group exhibition, (touring 2002 - May 2005). 3 drawings. NESTA & AOI supported by Gerald Scarf, Quentin Blake and Peter Blake. www.drawingpower.org.uk/ |
| 2000/01 | ‘Mario Minichiello Illustrations Journals and Reportage’ and essays by various critics ISBN 0-953-8380-4 Booth-Clibborn Editions. Research Supported by AHRB |
| 2001 | European Illustration Gallery, solo show and website:
http://domain742622.sites.fasthosts.com/mm2001/index.html |
| 2001 | ‘Minichiello’s Sex, Lies and Drawings’, Coningsby Gallery: solo show, 17 June–7 July.
http://www.simcoe.co.uk/drawing/news.htm |
| 2002 | ‘Draw power’ events British Museum http://www.drawingpower.org.uk/BigEvents/V&Adisplay.htm |
| 2003 | Baltic Archive and Library collection Drawing research Network Archive: http://www.simcoe.co.uk/drawing/news.htm |
| 2003/4 | ‘The art of conflict: war in Afghanistan’ AHRB funded exhibition and research work. - Publication ISBN 0 953 8380 http://domain742622.sites.fasthosts.com/artconflict/artfirst.html EICH publications Distributed by land mines clearance charity MAG http://www.mag.org.uk/magtest/merchandise/ |
| 2004 | Graphic witness virtual gallery: www.graphicwitness.org/ineye/modern.htm |
| 2005 | ‘Vortex’: invited artists site to further the dialogue on the iconography of war and peace. Essays, catalogues and other writing explore the monumental language of remembrance and commemoration, and the relationship between memorial landscapes and national identity. http://www.uwe.ac.uk/amd/vortex/wargal.htm |
| 2005 | Singapore Academy of Art and Design Nanyang: Artist in Residency. |
| 2005 | ILL-US-TRA-SHUN the art of contemporary Illustration international exhibition and seminar, Stockport city gallery international conference key speaker |
| 2005 | Museum of War Art: http://members.telering.at/pat/mm.htm |
| 2006 | ‘Hardlines’ Richard Attenborough Centre http://www.le.ac.uk/racentre/ http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2000/minichiello_exhibition.html
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| 2007 | Drawing publications and exhibitions including Triptych drawing research partnership with Kingston University and the Dublin Institute of Technology launched at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in January 2006/ 07 http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/mainpages/Research/staff%20groups/drawing.htmand Tracey http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/ |
| 2007 | Twenty twenty-one Gallery Contemporary artists making work in response to war and world events: Richard Bartle, Tony Bennett, Nick Crowe, Norman Cowie, Rowan Dejardin, John Dowling, Simon Fell, Christian Glaeser, Chris Holden, Ianworks, John Keane, Tony Kemplen, David Kirshner, Alastair Mackie, Mario Minichiello, Nigel Morpeth, Gautam Narang.
http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/arts/2021VisualArtsCentre/Exhibitions/default.htm
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| 2007 | Research Fellow at Sydney University: 3 year fellowship which begins with a month programme in July http://www.usyd.edu.au/ |
Selected Books and Short Works |
| 1998 | Minichiello and Colin Rhodes, ‘Festival of Illustration Catalogue’, LUSAD, |
| 1999 | Mario Minichiello and D Morris, ‘Peter Mclean Drawings’, Loughborough University, ISBN 1-900856-37-9 |
| 1999 | Mario Minichiello Illustrations Journals and Reportage’: catalogue and essays by various critics ISBN 0-953-8380-4 Booth-Clibborn Editions
http://archive.balticmill.com/index.php?itemid=1474&fromtermid=20288&position=17&numresults=25&start=&tab |
| 2001 | Robin Harris Statements of Human Rights EICH |
| 2002/03 | Mario Minichiello Illustrations Journals and Reportage’ CD:ISBN 0-953-8380-3 Booth-
Reviews included Spectator feature ‘Mario Minichiello’s Sex, Lies and Drawings’ |
| 2002/03 | Mario Minichiello Illustrations Journals and Reportage’ CD:ISBN 0-953-8380-3 Booth-
Reviews included Spectator feature ‘Mario Minichiello’s Sex, Lies and Drawings’ |
| 2003 | The art of award Andrzej Klimowski Professor of Illustration at the RCA. http://www.theaoi.com/Mambo/index.php?option=content&task=category§ionid=2&id=15&Itemid=26 |
| 2003/04 | ‘Art of Conflict’ - ISBN 0 953 83809 EICH publications – Sold and Distributed by Mines Advisory Group |
| 2005 |
‘A Concise History of world Fascism: section ‘War Art’ Edited by Dr CP Blamires
ISBN/N No: 1576079406 Oxford University Press |
| 2007 | Animation Academy with Wells,P AVA PUBLISHING ;
ISBN: 2940373027 ; ISBN13: 9782940373024
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/mainpages/Research/animation.htm |
Refereed Papers, Books and Conferences |
| 1998 | Informed consent and the role of visual materials - Birmingham children’s hospital, Postgraduate studies centre Ladywood |
| 1999 | Art and Obscenity , Joesloff Taub Gallery, NY, USA, ISBN 1-900856-38-7 |
| 2000 | Narrative drawings - Artist and Illustrator seminars, Earls Court, London |
| 2001 | National AOI Illustration seminars, ‘Reportage Illustration’ |
| 2002 | Guest Editor: Association of Illustrators Quarterly. |
| 2004 | Diversity conference USA 6th July 2004: ‘The end of the world as we know it’ News ISSN: 1447-9532 print and 1833-1866 and 1447-9583 (online)
http://diversity-conference.com/ProposalSystem/Presentations/P000486 |
| 2005 | Common Ground conference China: ‘Drawing the first language of
the mind’ published and fully refereed International Journal of the Humanities. |
| 2005 | Temporary Typography - at St Brides in Fleet Street |
| 2005 | ‘Head Heart and Hand’: 30th June to 3rd July 2005 ISSN: 1447-9532 and 1447-9583 |
| 2006 | Animation workshops international paper : ISSN: 1447-9524 (print), 1447-9575 (online) |
| 2006/07 | Main Speaker atthe following international refereed conferences: |
| 2006 | Diversity conference USA June 15th New Orleans. ‘Human Rights, Diversity and Social Justice? Sure, But Only if it Sells! ISSN: 1447-9532 and 1447-9583 online |
| 2006 | Art of Conflict: Making Art About Ourselves. International Arts in Society Conference Edinburgh as part of the Arts Festival 15th Aug. ISSN: 1833-1866 |
| 2007 | Conflict and War artists exhibition 20/21 http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/arts/20-21VisualArtsCentre/Exhibitions/default.htm |
| 2007 | Appointed Visiting Research Fellow, University of Sydney |
Papers in Professional Journals and Guest Editorships |
| 1998 | 'Drawing on Experience', Artists and Illustrator, February 1998 |
| 1998 | 'The Case for Drawing', Artists and Illustrator, Jan 44-45, 59 |
| 2000 | ‘Roy Bizley Paintings and Prints’ A&I December 2000 ISBN 770269469078. |
| 2002 | And then they left, From Students to Professionals’ ISBN 1474-1679 |
| 2002 | 'Keeping Everything Real', Association of Illustration Autumn Journal, ISBN 1474-1679 |
| 2002 | The Practice of Drawing, The Association of Illustrators Journal, December I |
| 2002 | 'Those Who Can Do’, The Role of the Academic in Practice, 18, 25-29, ISBN 1474-1679. |
| 2003 | 'Brazen’, The Journal of the Association of Illustrators GB, Brazen16 ISBN 1474-1679 |
| 2003 | 'Research as the Engine of Change’, Innovation in Illustration, 11, A Selby, Association of Illustrators GB, Creativity in Illustration, Selby, Association of Illustrators GB, Creativity in Illustration, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
http://www.theaoi.com/Mambo/index.php?option=content&task=category§ionid=2&id=15&Itemid=26 |
CPD Training |
| 1995-2000 | Oxford Brooks, QAA and Loughborough University courses in management and employment issues. |
Funded Research: (this information is subject to LU confidentiality agreement |
| 1995 | Joint collaboration between Loughborough University and Birmingham Children's Hospital (part-funded by Lottery Board). Continuing research project into the effectiveness of visual preparatory material on the long-term post-operation recovery of young children. |
| 1999-2000 | Academy of Animation, distance-learning materials with John Grace. Funded by EU, largest bid ever secured by LUSAD. |
| 2000 | ‘Drugs Awareness’, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Local Education Authorities and SFK. Art direction, storyboarding, and CD-ROM. |
| 2000/01 | Perceptions of Obscenity in Drawings, Text, AHRB Funded. |
| 2003/04 | Art of Conflict. AHRC Funded |
Postgraduate MA and PhD Supervision |
| Currently supervising 2 MA students and jointly supervising 6 PhD students with Professor Paul Wells. |
External Examiner Roles: |
| I have had a number of external examiners appointments and chaired QAA rehearsals. |
QAA Visits |
| I have conducted a total of eight reviews, both HE and FE providers including the UK first foundation degrees. And a total of 10 rehearsals, 4 of which I chaired. |
International Programme: |
| Director of LUSAD overseas franchise at Singapore Nanyang Academy of fine arts.
http://www.nafa.edu.sg/ |
Academic Referee: |
| Since 2003 I have been on the boards of various international conferences and I regularly referee Conference Papers and Bids. |
Business Experience: |
| 1987-89 | BBC Newsnight reportage drawings including: Spy Catcher trials; pre-television coverage of the House of Commons; the 'Guildford Four' and Beirut hostage releases. |
| 1987-90 | Design and Display section, Natural History Museum London. |
| 1987-92 | Weekend Financial Times. |
| 1992-95 | Guardian News Group, London. |
Professional Clients: |
BBC Enterprises BBC TV, Haymarket Publications, Art Beat Advertising, Imagination Design Group, TSB Investment Services, Newell and Sorrell Design Group, The Radio Times, Collins, Oxford University Press, Ginn &Co, City Limits Magazine, Longmans, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, ITN News, Rag Doll Productions, TV Times, Cambridge University Press.
I have been a practitioner for fifteen years. My work can be seen through Google at a number of different sites – a collection of some of my Illustration work can also be seen at:
http://domain742622.sites.fasthosts.com/mm2001/index.html |