Michael Croft

www.michaelcroftweb.com

Academic

MA (RCA) 1985 Royal College of Art , London
BA (Hons) 1977 Fine Art Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London
Certificate in Psychodynamic Counseling 1998 Birkbeck College , London University
RSA (Prep Cert) EFL 1990 International House, London

Awards

British Council Study Grant, Thailand 1997
British Council Study Grant, Thailand 1995/96
John Minton Travel Award (RCA) 1985
Jeremy Cubbit Award (RCA) 1983

Residencies

Fine Art Faculty Chiang Mai University , Thailand 1995/96

Papers/Programmes

'Transparency and Opacity: Some Considerations of Rhetoric in Painting'
Public lecture given at: ‘The Art Center , Center of Academic Resources '
Chulalongkorn University (26. 06. 08), in conjunction with the exhibition:
‘Sensational Selves: Thinking through the human body in some recent art from Bangkok,
29 th May – 28 th June 08 2008

'Revelation and Concealment: A Story of Personal and Cultural Displacement'
Entertext 7.2 ‘Human Rights, Human Wrongs' Volume 7 Number 2, Winter 2007-08
http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~acsrrrm/entertext/issues.htm

'Orientation/s',Entertext 6.3 Open Issue Volume 6 Number 3 Winter 2006/7
http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~acsrrrm/entertext/issues.htm

'A Note on ‘An Introductory Course on Art Therapy Conference'
The Journal of Thammasat University Medical School Vol 6 No. 3 May-August 2006

'English through Art' 2-20 June 2003, Project Leader
KMUTT SoAD King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi

'Problem-solving Paper' Differences & Similarities Seminar 28-29 March 2003 KMUTT SoAD

'Desire' (short story) The Big Chilli Magazine February 2003

Bibliography

June 2008 – UK Arts in Thailand – Newsletter – British Council , Thailand

‘Sensational Selves: Thinking through the human body in some recent art from Bangkok '
Catalogue entry, 2008

‘Fresh' (Festival of International Video Art and Short Film), Bangkok Code, Bangkok ,
Thailand 2005

15th Macao Arts Festival Catalogue 2005

‘It's an Art talking about Art' The Nation Newspaper, 9 July 2003

‘An Artist Surfaces – In Depth! ‘East-West Contrast' Good Morning Chiang Mai News Magazine
Vol 6 No 7 July 2001

The Sexual Perspective, Emmanuel Cooper, Routledge, 1994

Solo Shows

‘Floor – Relation – Mirror: works on paper', Studio 307, Silom Galleria, Bangkok , 3 – 29 June, 2008

‘Reflect-Thailand' Chiang Mai University Contemporary Art Museum , July 2001

‘Odd Couples' Fine Art Faculty Gallery, Chiang Mai University , February 1997

‘Ambiguous Personal' Freud's, Shaftesbury Ave. , London 1993

‘Large Paintings' Goodsway Gallery, London 1992

Group Shows/Festivals

‘Sensational Selves: Thinking through the Human Body in some Recent Art from Bangkok ',
The Art Centre of Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , May 29 – June 28 2008

KUIEP 2007
Konkuk University Exhibition of International Professors 2007

Gallery of the Korean Advertising Cultural Centre, Seoul , Korea 6 – 10 August 2007

'11th Exhibition of Faculty of Fine and Applied Art', Fine Art Faculty Gallery, Burapha
University, Bangsaen , Thailand , 2006

‘Fresh' Festival of International Video Art and Short Film, Bangkok Code, Bangkok ,
Thailand 23 – 26 July 2005

‘Through a Lens' short movie entry
‘The Power of Creativity' Video Art Program for the 16th Macao Arts Festival 2005

‘Through a Lens' short movie entry
Thailand New Media Art Festival, locations in Bangkok , Thailand March 20-28 2004

‘Life is Equal' Ejection Art Group, Kad Suan Kaew, Chiang Mai, Thailand 2001/02

‘Sad' Gasworks Gallery, London , 1996/97

‘Chiang Mai Social Installation' Chiang Mai , Thailand 1995/96

‘Dad' Gasworks Gallery, London 1994/95

‘The Sexual Perspective' Jill George Gallery , London 1994

‘A Walk on the Wild Side' Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London 1990

‘Life Drawing' St Jude's Gallery, London 1989

Royal Overseas League Annual Exhibition, London 1985