Curriculum Vitae

Ebor Studio
William Street
Littleborough
Lancashire
OL15 8JP

mob: 07971 482173
tel: 01706 378108
email: karen@karenlyons.co.uk


Education

1986 MFA (with distinction) Reading University
1982 BA (Hons) Fine Art (1st class. University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
1979 Art Foundation Diploma, Kingston Polytechnic

Employment

2013 - Sculptor with Guns to Goods Project
2011- Member of Board of Directors, HIVE Projects Rochdale
2010- Chair of selection panel, Littleborough Arts Festival Commemorative Public Artwork
2008- Freelance Artist
2008- Founder/ Proprietor of Ebor Studio and Academy
2008- Member Littleborough Arts Festival Committee
2003-08 Programme Leader MA Contemporary Fine Art, University of Salford
2004-08 External Examiner for Fine Art BA. York St John University
2003-07 External Examiner for Fine Art BA, MA. Cumbria Institute of the Arts
1998-03 Course Leader, BA Visual Arts, University of Salford
1998-00 Subject Leader, Visual Culture, University of Salford
1993-98 F/T Lecturer in Visual Arts and Culture, University of Salford
1990-93 Associate lecturer in Painting, Sheffield Hallam University
1987-90 F/T Lecturer in Painting and Drawing, Lancaster University
1986 Visual Arts Co-ordinator, Bradford University

Recent exhibitions and commissions

2013 Pavement Project in association with ‘Mothers Against Violence’ for Manchester Cathedral. Guns to Goods project

2013 Portrait Sculpture of Erinma Bell MBE DL: peace campaigner and founder of CARISMA. Guns to Goods project.

2013 ‘Dark and Dangerous’ . Ebor Studio. Drawings. Solo exhibition and storytelling event, Rochdale Festival of Literature and Ideas.

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