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Janet Griffiths, Unit 2b, Beehive Mills, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK, HX7 6HJ
CV
Qualifications:
MA Fine Art: Manchester Metropolitan University
BA Fine Art: Painting, Manchester Metropolitan University
Diploma in Theatre Studies, Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre
PGCE: University of Huddersfield
Selected Exhibitions:
2021 www.thudcracklepop.com, Pete McKee’s virtual exhibition
2019 Winter open: The Old Courts: Wigan
2019 The Art of Tea: Didsbury Arts Festival
2015-21 Hebden Bridge Open studios
2016 Obras Foundation, Portugal
2015/18 Artsmill, Hebden Bridge Winter Exhibition
2015/16 Water Street Gallery, Todmorden Winter Open
2014 The Egg, The Womb, The Head and The Moon, Artsmill
2013 Arthouse: Didsbury Arts Festival (curator)
2011 Suite open studios, Salford
2010 Unrealised potential piece – Cornerhouse, Manchester
2010 Stowage: Exeter and Macclesfield Arts Festival
2010 rearranging formulae:unwrapping books, The Durds: 03:Oxford, Phoenix Arts Centre: Exeter, Oxford Uni Press
2009 Outside In: Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Didsbury Arts Festival
2009 The Launderette Show: The Durds
2009 The Kiss of a Lifetime: Rogue Studios Artists Space/Vane, Newcastle, Bearspace, Deptford
2008 SWAP/VAIHTO: Bureau Gallery, Salford and Kaapelli, Helsinki
2008 Artranspennine: Installation and Durds performance: Islington Mill, Salford
2008 artHOUSE:Home is where the art is Chorlton Arts Festival
2007 Comme Ca Art: Limited Edition prints, The Lowry Hotel
2001/09 Suite Open Studios
2007 Portrait of my Family in Arrivals and Departures: Urbis
2006 Making love to my ego: Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2006 Smallpond: Manchester
2005 Yuletide: Imitate Gallery, Manchester
2005 Women Waiting: Imitate Gallery
2004 Janet Griffiths/Ged Murray: photographic retrospective
2004 281 Summer Shows: Timber Wharf, Manchester
2004 Reformation: Debenhams Windows, Comme Ca Art
2003 Succubus, Banshee & Medusa: Comme Ca Art Gallery
2003 Show Homes: Another Product, Urban Splash, Manchester
2003 Eve of Destruction: International 3, Manchester
2003 Art in the Triangle: Comme ca Art, Manchester
2002 Suite on Ice: Islington Mill, Salford.
2002 Art Takeaway: Cornerhouse, Manchester
2002 Ladies Only: Liverpool Biennial
2002 Rooms with a view: Comme Ca Art, the:Mill, Manchester
2001 Sho 1: Suite presents Liquid Lunch, Islington Mill, Salford
2001 All colours will agree in the dark: Cornerhouse: MA show
Screenings:
2006 Collective Rhythm: The Bigger Picture (BBC/Cornerhouse)
2005 Natasha Howes’ showreel, Chorlton Arts Festival
2004 Max 5 Video Festival, Southwark Gallery Projects, Aug 2004
2004 Folly screening, Lancaster: Purescreen 1&2
2003 Purescreen: Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2003 Jon Purnell/Max5 Video Festival, Hoxton, London
2002 CIDS NW Mission to New York
Selected commissions:
2005/7/8 Surestart, Stockport – Photographic commissions
2004 Flux/Philips, Video commission for London Fashion Week
2003 The Vacuum: Photograph for front cover
2002 Fluxspace: Flux magazine August /September issue
2001 Flux 5th birthday party/launch of Manchester Art Gallery
2001-2007 Manchester Stage & Lighting Co
Curating:
2009/2013 Didsbury Arts Festival
2003 Priceless, Oval Productions: Artist led initiative
Performance and Acting:
2020/21 Henry V1 pt 2/3: The Kings Troupe
2014 Latent: Orangeattictv, teaser by Shahrokh Nael
2008-21 The Durds: visual and performance art with pop
1980s-2016 The Worm Women
2010-14 The Orchestra of Fools
2013 Pity the Drunks: short film by Adele Myers
2012 Symmetry Day: short film directed by James Starkie