PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN COOK FROM ANTI/TYPE
Current Roles
Lecturer in Art and Graphic Design
at West Kent College
Previous Roles
Assistant Lecturer in Political Theory
at the University of Kent
Online Teaching Assistant in Politics, Art and Resistance
Future Learn MOOC course at the University of Kent
Lead Artist of Tate Exchange Associate Team
MA in Politics, Art and Resistance
University of Kent
Outreach Teacher in Art, Politics, and Education
at the University of Kent and Partner Schools
Education
PhD in Political and Social Thought
Passed without Revision
University of Kent, 2020
Examined by Rosi Braidotti and Maria Drakopoulou
MA in Political Theory and Practices of Resistance
Distinction
University of Kent, 2013
BA (Hons) Fine Art
2.1
Arts University Bournemouth, 2012
BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design
Merit
University for the Creative Arts, 2009
Prizes and Awards
Social Sciences Seminar Leader Teaching Prize 2018
Postgraduate Experience Award 2016
(For LEPIII)
Creative Campus Grant 2016
(for LEPIII)
The Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award 2014
University of Kent 50th Anniversary Scholarship 2014
Broomhill National Sculpture Prize 2014
The Signature Art Prize: The Peoples' Choice Award 2014
The Winter Pride UK Arts Award 2014
The Signature Art Prize: The Peoples' Choice Award 2012
The Dorset Visual Arts Prize Award 2012
Publications
'Pussy Riot Vs. Trump: Becoming Woman to Resist Becoming Fascist'
with Natalie Dyer, Diana Teggi, and Patricia de Vries
in Deleuze and Fascism
ed. by Rosi Braidotti and Rick Dolphijn
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming
'How do you make yourself a chapter without organisation?'
with Phil Gaydon, Conor Heaney, and Iain MacKenzie
in Critical Methods for Studying World Politics: Creativity and Transformation
ed. by Erzsebet Strausz, Shine Choi and
Anna Selmeczi
London: Routledge (2019)
'A Schizo-Revolutionary Labial Theory of Artistic Practice'
in Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism: Alliances and Allies
ed. by Janae Sholtz and Cheri Carr
London and New York: Bloomsbury Press (2019)
'The Teaching excellence framework: perpetual pedagogical control in postwelfare capitalism'
with Conor Heaney
in Compass: A journal of learning and teaching
Vol 10 no. 2 (2017)
with Iain MacKenzie
in Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest
Vol 2 no. 1 (2014)
Zines
'Learning, Exchange and play: Practicing a Deleuzian Pedagogy'
with Conor Heaney and Iain MacKenzie
in Plank
Iss 1: techniques of art and protest (2017)
Featured In
Future Now
York: Aesthetica Publishing, 2015
The Aesthetica Art Prize 2013: 100 Contemporary Artists
York: Aesthetica Publishing, 2013
The State of Art: Sculpture and 3D Vol 2
London: Bare Hill Publishing, 2014
The State of Art: Sculpture and 3D Vol 1
London: Bare Hill Publishing, 2013
The Catlin Guide 2013: New Artists in the UK
London: Catlin Holdings Limited, 2013
by Justin Hammond
Lectures and Presentations
'Pussy Riot Vs. Trump: Becoming Woman to Resist Becoming Fascist'with Natalie Dyer, Diana Teggi, and Patricia de Vries
Deleuze Symposium
Utrecht University, May 2018
7/16
'A labial Theory of artistic Practice'
Mackenzie, H
Panel - Women studies
Virtuality, Becoming and Life
Deleuze Studies Conference
University of Roma Tre
3/16
'The Classroom as a Space oF
Encounters: Doing Pedagogy Differently'
Heaney, C and Mackenzie, H
Panel - The Affective in Political
EcologIes: Arts as Ways to Cultivate Resistances
International Conference for the European Network of Political Ecology
Stockholm
11/15
'Agora Session: A Pedagogy of Difference'
Heaney, C and Mackenzie, H
Agora: Institutional Critique Series
University of Kent, Canterbury
10/15
'Towards a Deleuzian Onto-Pedagogy of Difference'
Heaney, C and Mackenzie, H
PaneL - The Neoliberal University:
GendeR, Class, & Sexuality
Social Class in the 21st Century
University of Amsterdam
7/15
'Labial Art-Politics: A Feminist Artistic Practice of Resistance'
Mackenzie, H
Aesthetics and the Feminine
University College Cork, Ireland
2/15
'Labial Art'
Mackenzie, H, MacKenzie, I
and Frost, L
LGBT History Month
University of Kent, Canterbury
9/14
'Labial Art-Politics'
Mackenzie, H (with MacKenzie, I)
What does aesthetics want from us and IR?
University of Warwick, Coventry
8/14
'Labial Art-Politics'
Mackenzie, H
Critical Theory Beyond Negativity: the Ethics, Politics and Aesthetics of Affirmation
Rosi Braidotti Summer School
Utrecht, The Netherlands
4/14
'Labial Art-Politics: A Feminist Artistic Practice of Resistance'
Mackenzie, H
Critical Practices and Experimentation Conference
University of Copenhagen, Amager
Denmark
2/14
'Dripping: Art and Resistance'
Mackenzie, H and MacKenzie, I
LGBT History Month Lectures
University of Kent, Canterbury
3/13
'Feminism: Now!'
Antonovica, B and Mackenzie, H
University of Kent, Canterbury
Workplayshops / interventions
8/10/19
'An Enfolded Theory-Practice of Art and Politics'
Protest Lab: Act Up
Metal at Edge Hill Station, Liverpool
23/11/17
Elgar, J and Mackenzie, H
Art Week
Spring Grove School, Wye
12-15/4/17
CCCU, University of Kent, People United, Valleys Kids, Whitstable Biennale
Tate exchange
Tate modern
9/16
'fuck excellence: constructing a
joyous pedagogy'
Heaney, C and Mackenzie, H
Joyful Ontologies
Social Theory Centre and the Warwick Performance and Politics Network
Warwick University
9/16
'Learning, Exchange and Play III'
Heaney, C and Mackenzie, H
full day workplayshop event
University of Kent, Canterbury
'Learning, Exchange and Play II'
Heaney, C and Mackenzie, H
Transforming Moments: Dissonance, Liminality and Action as Learning Experiences
Conference long exhibition
University of Kent, Canterbury
Mackenzie, H
Agora: Institutional Critique Series
University of Kent, Canterbury
Practicing a Deleuzian Pedagogy'
Heaney, C, Mackenzie, H and MacKenzie, I
Techniques of Art and Protest
PLANK Research Network
King's College London
Exhibitions
2/15
Art Trail: LGBT History Month
University of Kent, Canterbury
9/14
Bursary Exhibition
The Royal British Society of Sculptors
London
Broomhill National Sculpture Prize
Barnstaple, North Devon
4/14
The Signature Art Prize: Winners
Exhibition
DegreeArt Gallery, London
3/14
The Signature Art Prize
Spitalfields Market, London
2/14
Winter Pride Art Awards UK 2014
Sponsored by Smirnoff
Tobacco Dock Victorian Vaults, London
2/14
Winter Pride Art Awards UK 2014
Preview Exhibition
CHART Gallery, Chelsea
1/14
Doing the thing itself: Resistance in Practice
University of Kent, Canterbury
11/13
Zealous X
The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, Southbank
10/13
Recent Graduates' Exhibition 2013
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
7/13
Encounter
Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
(Solo exhibition)
7/13
Matter, Life and Resistance
Conference long exhibition
University of Kent, Canterbury
(Commissioned solo Exhibition)
6/13
Dorset Visual Arts: Dorset Art Fair
Kingston Maurward House, Dorchester
High House Gallery, Clanfield, Oxfordshire
10/12
Recent Graduates' Exhibition 2012
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
7/12
The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
6/12
Caged
AUCB, Wallisdown Road, Bournemouth
11/11
Open Bracket
Artsway Gallery, Sway, New Forest
9/11
Out of Sight
Wilkinson's Underground Car Park
Bournemouth
(Out of Sight Exhibition Video Tour by Fred Nicholas)
6/11
Beach Break Live
Pembrey Country Park, South Wales
5/11
Walk of Art
Boscombe Chine, Bournemouth
4/11
Breaking the Boundaries
The Art Works Gallery, Poole
4/11
alt.space presents: Behind Closed
Doors
Two Winton Houses, Bournemouth
Competitions
10/10
This Is
60million Post Cards, Bournemouth
Work and Research Experience
16/4/18-11/5/18
Online Facilitator
Politics, Art and Resistance, University of Kent
29/3/18-2/4/18
Art Residency
With 9 artists
Uchon, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
29/1/18-26/3/18
Co-Organiser and Graphic Designer
Politics & International relations, University of Kent, Canterbury
25/9/17-18/5/18
Assistant Lecturer
Introduction to Political Thought
Politics & International relations, University of Kent, Canterbury
6/14-4/17
MA in Politics, Art and Resistance, University of Kent
Tate exchange, Tate modern
6-15/7/16
Rosi Braidotti Masterclass
in Posthumanism and Deleuze
(one of ten participants selected)
Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome
9/15-present
Collaborator, Co-Ordinator and Graphic Designer
Learning, Exchange and Play (LEP), a pedagogical collaboration with Conor Heaney
9/15-9/16
Co-Ordinator
16/12/14-9/6/16
Teacher
Outreach, University of Kent and Partner Schools
10/14-3/15
Graphic Designer, Coordinator
and Committee Member
Art trail LGBT History Month, University of Kent, Canterbury
18-22/8/14
Rosi Braidotti Summer School
Critical Theory Beyond Negativity:
the Ethics, Politics and Aesthetics of Affirmation
Utrecht, The Netherlands
5-6/3/13
University of Kent open place
delegate
NUS Women's Conference 2013, York
10/8-27/10/11
Internship
with a London based artist Stuart Semple