Approved: 24.08.2014

Stefhan Caddick

Artist, Film-maker, Lecturer / academic

Approved: 24.08.2014

Stefhan Caddick is a Wales-based artist who works in video, installation and performance. His practice is often a collaborative engagement that sources its materials from institutions, communities and individuals. With an interest in process itself, Caddick sometimes invents ornate systems of production that are both melancholic and comedic. He is the recent recipient of a Major Creative Wales Award

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Artist Statement

Stefhan Caddick is a Wales-based artist who works in video, installation and performance. His practice is often a collaborative engagement that sources its materials from institutions, communities and individuals. With an interest in process itself, Caddick sometimes invents ornate systems of production that are both melancholic and comedic. He is the recent recipient of a Major Creative Wales Award from the Art Council of Wales (2013), and has been commissioned for various artistic projects including Pickle Lane (2013) for Fourth Wall Festival, Ghost Parade (2012) for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and The Magician’s Cat (2004) at the Welsh National Opera. Caddick is currently a visiting lecturer in Creative Sound and Music at the University of Wales College, where he also earned his MA in Documentary Photography.

CV & Education

Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2013           Gulliver. Major Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales
2012           Pickle Line. Cardiff, Wales. Commissioned for Outcasting: Fourth Wall Festival. Curated by Michael Cousin.
                   Ghost Parade. Ebbw Vale, Wales. Commissioned for Adain Avion, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival. Curated by Marc Rees.
2011           The Nihilists. The Sugar Loaf, Abergavenny, South Wales.
2010           The Bogey Road (short film). Butetown, Tredegar and online. Curated by Emma Price.
                   Wood Chip / Sglodion Coed. Research award funded by Powys County Council Arts Development
2007            Hive. Research and Development Project, Arts Council of Wales
2002            Subterranea/Tanddaear. National Eisteddfod. Collaboration with Ben Stammers for Cywaith Cymru.
                   Homings. Gallery 39 and Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Collaboration with Simon Whitehead and Barnaby Oliver
2001          via. Gallery 39. Curatorial project and CD ROM
1999          eat me. Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, Wales
1998          Pleasure City. Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
                  Lost and Found. Cardiff Central Station. Curated by Chris Coppock
1997          arboretum. Ely Hospital, Cardiff

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects
2014         Ephemeral Coast, Mission Gallery, Swansea. Curated by Celina Jeffery
2013         Rhod 2013: Future, Nature Culture, Melin Glonc, Carmarthenshire. Curated by Sara Rees
2012         Shelter Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
2011         Imagined Machines Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales
                 Spane Festival, FADO, Toronto, Canada.
2009         State of the Estate, Penpont Estate, Brecon, Wales
2008         If You Build It They Will Come, Gallery 39, Cardiff, Wales
2007         Cardiff Art in Time Festival, Howard Gardens, Cardiff. Curated by Andre Stitt
2006         Over… Gallery 39, Cardiff. Curated by Anthony Shapland
                 Bordering. Qube Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire. Collaboration with Simon Whitehead
2005         May You Live in Interesting Times: Cardiff Festival of Creative Technology, Cardiff. Curated by Hannah Firth and Emma Posey
                 STAR Radio. Radio project, Cardiff and online. Curated by Jennie Savage
                 Eli. National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Wales. Curated by Simon Whitehead.
                 Marcheurs des Bois. Rouge Matawin Faunique, Quebec. Curated by Francois Morelli and Boreal
2003         Roadshow. Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. Curated by Grizedale Sculpture Park and Real Institute
                 Crwydro. Ty Canol, Pembrokeshire. Curated by Simon Whitehead
2001         A470. Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, North Wales, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff and touring. Curated by  Martin Barlow and Chris Coppock.
                 Art from Wales: a New Generation. Open Space Gallery, Milan. Curated by Roberto Pinto.
2000        Terra Infirma. Hurst Castle, Hampshire. Artist led project
1998        Ffresh 1. Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Curated by Karen Mackinnon

Education and Socially Engaged Projects
2005        Dance Islands, St David’s Hall, Cardiff. Diversions Dance. Animation project. Commissioned by Ffotogallery.
2004        The Magician’s Cat. Welsh National Opera. Animation project. Toured across UK. Commissioned by Ffotogallery

Media Coverage
2012          Welsh Arts Review of the Year, BBC Two
                  Ghost Parade reviews in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times
                   ITV News. Interview for Ghost Parade
                   BBC Online. Ghost Parade reviewed in In Pictures.
2010          Online. BBC Wales. Review of The Bogey Road and Brian Tolle’s ‘Simnai Dirdro’
2006          Online. We Make Money Not Art, Régine Debatty
                  Online. Open Frequency, AXIS. http://www.axisweb.org/ofSARF.aspx?SELECTIONID=112
2005          Periodical. Platfform 02. Wales Arts International
2003          Periodical. Live Art Magazine. Review by Sara Rees
2001          Periodical. Art Monthly. Review of A470.
2000          Periodical. a-n magazine. Review.

Publications
2013          It Was Never Going to be Straightforward, ed Emma Geliot. Gallery 39
2009          Make Light Work, Michael Tooby, Nigel Meager & Russell Roberts. Ffotogallery
2008          Crwydro/ Marcheurs des Bois, Simon Whitehead, Shoeless Publications
2007          The Cat Show 2007: Cardiff Art in Time, Andre Stitt, Samizdata Press
                  Bordering: An Art / Geography Collaboration, Iain Biggs, Sarah Cant, Philip Crang, Tim Cresswell, Holly                    McLaren. Queen Mary University of London
2006          STAR: a psycho-topography of place, Jennie Savage. CBAT Arts and Regeneration Agency
                   Artists in Britain since 1945, David Buckman. Art Dictionaries Ltd
2005          Imaging Wales 2005: A Yearbook for the Visual Arts in Wales, Hugh Adam. Seren
                  Platfform 02. Wales Arts International
                  Mapping 001, Jennie Savage. Wales Arts International
2003          Roadshow, Grizedale Arts
2001          via, Stefhan Caddick. Gallery 39

Teaching

2015 - Present       Associate Tutor, Fine Art, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University
2012 - Present       Visiting Lecturer, Creative Sound and Music, University of Wales College, Newport
1998           Visiting Lecturer, Documentary Photography, University of Wales College, Newport

Education
1992           BA (Hons), IIi, Visual Art. University of Wales, Aberystwyth
1997           MA; Masters in Documentary Photography. University of Wales College, Newport