Amy Boulton
Artist and inter-dependent researcher based in Gothenburg, Sweden
b. 1992, Huddersfield, UK
Artist and inter-dependent researcher based in Gothenburg, Sweden
b. 1992, Huddersfield, UK
Exhibitions, residencies and research projects
Upcoming-
- Reality Harvester: Nature after Data after Nature Publication and website launch at INDEX contemporary arts Stockholm (June 2022), in collaboration with artists Lisa Trogen Devgun, Jacob Broms Engblom and Benj Gerdes. Supported by Artistic Research and Development funding (KFoU) from Kungligakonsthögskolan Stockholm.
- International Residency at Zentrum Für Kunst und Urbanistik (
ZK/U)
Berlin,
with support from Helge Axelsson Jonsons
stiftelse, Konstnärsnämnden and Västra Götalands Regionen
(Sep-Nov 2022)
2022
- If time unfolds as change then space unfolds as interaction Temporary print installation on Trafikverket planks at the Haga constrution site of Västlänken, Gothenburg
- Ongoing case study of Lövholmen (post industrial area of Stockholm) within the interdiciplinary Of Public Interest postmasters lab/studio.
2021
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Training Set audio and sculpture project currently in progress,
with support from Göteborgs Stad
- Residency at Nordiska Konstförbundet (NKF) Malognen, Södermalm Stockholm
- Open Call! Stadstriennalen c/o Rösska Museet, design museum Gothenburg
- Tracing flows Risograph double sided print poster project in collaboration with artist Benj Gerdes, with support from Göteborgs Stad
2019
- If You Listen I Will Tell, group exhibition, Galleri Monitor and ROTOR2, Göteborg
- Things We Will Forget, Masters graduation exhibition, Göteborgs Konsthall
2018
- City Samples, Audio Installation, Galleri Monitor, Göteborg
- Gothenburg Underground Tour, shown across 4 sites in Gothenburg city. Audio-visual tour of four sites in Gothenburg with a hidden underground, accessed through augmented reality. Produced in collaboration with Connie Nguyen. Part of Stuck in the middle with you, MFA 1 end of year presentation, Akademin Valand
2017
- 1kg group exhibition, Galleri ROTOR2, Gothenburg
- BABA PIE, group exhibition of studioholders from Rhubaba, Edinburgh at Assembly House Gallery & Studios, Leeds
2016
- Ludicrously Ideal and Beautifully Placed, duo show with Laura Yuile at GENERATORprojects Dundee
- Graduate Residency at Hospitalfield Arts, Arbroath
- Undercurrent, solo show at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh
- Isn’t it wonderful there in the brightness, Screening of ‘The Waterfront’ at Hidden Door Festival, curated by Edinburgh Artist’s Moving Image Festival, Edinburgh.
2015
- Graduate Residency at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh
- ALT. group exhibition, Bargain Spot, Edinburgh
- Shift and Spin group exhibition, Stanley Mills, Perthshire
- Square Egg group exhibition, Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
- I Think This Film is About You group exhibition, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh
Education
Degree level-
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2017-2019 MFA Fri
Konst (free art), Valand Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
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2011-2015 BFA (Hons)
Intermedia Art, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Other-
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Current(2021-2022) Of Public Interest Post-masters lab at Kungliga Konsthögskolan / Studio at Gröndal, Stockholm
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2020-2021 SVA grund kurser C, D (Svenska
som andraspråk) intermediate level ‘Swedish as a second language’
qualifications, Folkuniversitetet and Studium Göteborg
- 2020 SFI (Svenska för invandrare) basic level Swedish language qualification, Studium Göteborg
- 2019 EAT: Food, Materiality and Design (Fristående kurs), HDK Academy of Design and Crafts
- 2019 Publikationens utvidgade fält/Publicering som social praktik (Fristående kurs), Valand Academy
- 2013-2014 Erasmus exchange, Intermedia department at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
- 2009-2011 Advanced level Art, English and French, Greenhead College, Huddersfield UK
Awards
- 2021, Göteborgs Stad Tillfälligt Stipendium
- 2020, Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse
- 2017, Grant from the Eaton Fund
- 2015, Edinburgh College of Art/ Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Graduate Bursary Award
- 2015, Andrew Grant Bequest Travel Scholarship, University of Edinburgh
Relevant Employment
- 2019-Present, Research/project assistant and collaborator with artist Benjamin Gerdes
- 2019-Present, Freelance English copywriter and copy editor
- 2017 - 2019, Platform for Artistic Research Sweden (PARSE) conference assistant, Gothenburg
- 2016 - 2017, WHALE Arts, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh: Street arts support worker
- 2016 – 2017, Lists of Life: Life drawing tutor
- 2016, Studio Alec Finlay: Studio assistant
- 2016, Edinburgh Artists’ Moving Image Festival: Curatorial team member
- 2014-15, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh: Events assistant
Writing & Editorial work
2021
- Assisted in writing and editing the successful artistic research grant application “Ghost Platform: Generating the “Complex Image” of Data, Labour and Logistics ”, led by artist Benjamin Gerdes, funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet).
2019
- Sense and the City: Towards a Feminist Psychogeography, Masters thesis, Akademin Valand
- Copy editor and contributor, RE:SEARCH publication, Göteborgs Universitet
2018
- Copy editor and contributor, Stuck In the Middle With You publication, Göteborgs Universitet
2016
- Interview with Dr. Angela McClanahan-Simmons,
Senior Lecturer of Visual Culture, Edinburgh College of Art, published as
accompanying text for Undercurrent solo exhibition, Edinburgh
Sculpture Workshop.
2015
- Perfect people, Perfect Places: The Social Construction of Our Ideals, Bachelor thesis, Edinburgh College of Art
- Acting up: Talking Power, Parody and Identity with Rachel Maclean Interview with artist Rachel Maclean for BOTA Magazine, Edinburgh
︎ View Copywriting Portfolio
Talks, Workshops and Events
2021
- Artist talk at Rösska design museum about the project Mappa Trappa, commissioned for Göteborgs Stadstriennalen
2019
- Trust in Play European School of Urban Game Design, co-designer of Primitive Objects, presented at a public game-jam event, Innovathens, Athens 2019.
2017
- The A to Z of Artist-Led workshop aimed at generating discussion around self-sustaining artistic practices through a series of collaborative tasks and activities. Taking place within BABA PIE, a group exhibition of studioholders from Rhubaba, Edinburgh at Assembly House Gallery & Studios, Leeds, June 2017.
2016
- The Spaces We’re In mini symposium at Dundee Contemporary Arts, part of NEoN Digital Arts Festival.
2015
- Artist talk at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
- Thought Leadership – Organised an afternoon of talks, screenings and performance which took place as part of Embassy Gallery’s Annuale Festival, Evolution House Boardroom, Edinburgh.
- What to Wear for Work? Performance lecture with Daisy Lafarge, presented at Female Sexuality in the Media workshop, (Hosted by Marvin Gaye Chetwynd) Minto House, Edinburgh.
Extracurricular
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2017-2019, Gallerigrupp member, Akademin Valand (social media management) Gothenburg
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2015-2017, Committee member, Critical Network for
Artists’ Moving Images, Edinburgh
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2017-2018, Equalities and working environments officer, Konstkåren, Akademin Valand Gothenburg
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2016, Selection committee member, Edinburgh
Artists’ Moving Image Festival
- 2015-2017, Study group member, Edinburgh Radical Feminists reading group, Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh