Christopher DJ Corish

Relevant Education

2019- Current MA Art Gallery & Museum Studies, University of Leeds

2016-19 BA Honors Fine Art (2/1), Aberystwyth University

• Studied a variety of disciplines including Darkroom Photography and Painting. Choosing to specialise in Painting creating a serious of historically inspired work based from the Old College Aberystwyth. 
• As well as studying modules in related areas such as Art History, Curation, Creative Arts and professional practice.

Exhibitions & Events

2019 ‘The Senedd’ (National Assembly for Wales building), Cardiff Bay, as part of Ceredigion ‘Off Limits’/Unloved Heritage display at the ‘Youth Voice’ conference. 

2019 Open Day Showcase, Aberystwyth School of Art 

2019 Trinity Art Awards,Trinity School, Croydon, London 

2019 Undergraduate Degree Show – Aberystwyth School of Art, Aberystwyth University

2018 ‘St Fagans, National Museum of History’ , (Museum of Wales) – near Cardiff – as part of Ceredigion ‘Off Limits’/Unloved Heritage display at the ‘Youth Voice’ conference. 

2018 Wrexham Open – Tŷ Pawb and Un-de-gun galleries – Wrexham, North Wales

2018 Trinity Art Awards, Trinity School – Croydon, London.

2018 ‘The Takeover’ Group Creative Arts Intervention Show – Aberystwyth Art Centre.

2016 Solo Art & Photography Exhibition Sacred Heart Church – Caterham, Surrey.

2016 Trinity Art Awards, Trinity School – Croydon, London (winning category).

2015 Sutton Schools Exhibition – Sutton library , Sutton, London.

Commissions & Collections

2015-18 Various paintings and photography works in private collections.

2018 ‘Crowned Hummingbird’ Commercial Painting Commission

2018 ‘Penbryn, Aberystwyth University’ Private Painting Commission

2016 ‘Aerial London’, Sir David Lane Building,The John Fisher School, London

2016 ‘Looking Though Trees’ Private Photography Commission

Museum, Gallery & Curation Experience

2019 Co-Curator – Classical/Romantic exhibition, The School of Art Museum and Galleries, Aberystwyth University

2017-2019 Gallery Attendant/ Invigilator – Aberystwyth Art Centre.

2017-2019 Open Day Ambassador – Aberystwyth School of Art.

2018 Marshall, ‘Pages of the Sea’, nationwide memorial art event by Danny Boyle, to commemorate 100 years since Armistice. – Ynyslas, Ceredigion

2013 Work Placement – Westminster Cathedral, London 

2010-2015 Volunteer & Steward – East Surrey Museum.

Publications and Articles

2019 ‘Unloved Heritage – Discovering Wales’ Forgotten History Whilst Engaging the Next Generation’ – Blog Post, RCAHMW  (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)

2019 ‘Unloved Heritage? — young people discover Wales’s forgotten history’, Magazine Article in ‘Heritage in wales‘ Cadw members magazine.

Awards 

2018 Heritage Angel Awards – Cerdigion Heritage Youth Panel of which I am a panel member  was highly commended for our work with a previously unrecorded upland Welsh farm and Lead mine ruin in collaboration with Welsh Mines Preservation Trust and Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.

2016 Merit Award, Aberystwyth University 

2016 Category won at Trinity Art Awards, Croydon, London

Academic Symposiums & Conferences attended.

2019 ‘Youth Voice’ conference  ‘The Senedd’ (National Assembly for Wales building).

Other Relevant Experience

2018 – Current Panel Member on project looking at ‘Off Limits Ceredigion’ Part of the Wales wide ‘Unloved Heritage‘ project involved with a organisations such as ‘The Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales’ who support Ceredigion and ‘Cadw’ who lead national program.

2018-19 Re-elected President of ‘Aberystwyth Art Society’.

2017-18 President of ‘Aberystwyth Art Society’

2017-18 Academic Representative, Aberystwyth School of Art

2016-17 Academic Representative, Aberystwyth School of Art.

2017 CCE (Continuing Certificate of Education) – Aberystwyth University Figure to Landscape: the Interplay of Form