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Associate Professor (Reader) in Art and Moving Image
Programme Leader MA Contemporary Art Practice
Research Area Lead (Art)
Anya Lewin is an American artist, educator and researcher based in the UK. Prior to working in academia, she had jobs in diverse fields ranging from shepherding (she never lost a sheep) to robotics (sorting robot parts in a basement) to art and community education.
She has a PhD (practice based) from Dartington College of Art and an MA in Arts and Humanities as well as an MA in English from SUNY at Buffalo where she studied poetics with Charles Bernstein, Robert Creeley and Susan Howe and Media Art with Tony Conrad. She has been the recipient of three Arts Council England Grants for the Arts and several international residencies. Her works, both individual and collaborative, have been exhibited and screened in such places as Beijing, Bristol, Bulgaria, Cuba,Los Angeles, Plymouth, Siberia, Belfast, New York, San Francisco, Southampton and London.
Her projects often reflect her own personal history, which includes stories of immigration, translations from multiple languages, and fictional connections to real events. www.imadeitup.info
Programme Leader MA Contemporary Art Practice
Research Area Lead (Art)
Anya Lewin is an American artist, educator and researcher based in the UK. Prior to working in academia, she had jobs in diverse fields ranging from shepherding (she never lost a sheep) to robotics (sorting robot parts in a basement) to art and community education.
She has a PhD (practice based) from Dartington College of Art and an MA in Arts and Humanities as well as an MA in English from SUNY at Buffalo where she studied poetics with Charles Bernstein, Robert Creeley and Susan Howe and Media Art with Tony Conrad. She has been the recipient of three Arts Council England Grants for the Arts and several international residencies. Her works, both individual and collaborative, have been exhibited and screened in such places as Beijing, Bristol, Bulgaria, Cuba,Los Angeles, Plymouth, Siberia, Belfast, New York, San Francisco, Southampton and London.
Her projects often reflect her own personal history, which includes stories of immigration, translations from multiple languages, and fictional connections to real events. www.imadeitup.info
Roles on external bodies
AHRC Peer Review College 2017 - 2023
Supervised research degrees
James Brown, PhD, Peter Fuller, Modern Painters and the Sensation exhibition. 2018 DOS
Steven Paige, PhD, Meeting the Archive Through an Interdisciplinary Artistic Practice 2019 2nd Supervisor
Beth Emily Richards, PhD, "Poor Copy": Fan Practices and Producerly Art Making 2020 2nd Supervisor
Veronica Fazzio, PhD, Social Sculpture: A Plastic Process of Mutual Transformation 2020 DOS
Luisa Greenfield, PhD, "The Disquieting Image: Retracing the filmmaking of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub" 2022 DOS
Emilio Chapela, PhD, "An Earthly Response to Movement: Moving images diffracted through New Materialism" 2022 DOS
Raul Alvarez Barcelona, PhD, ‘Film Here Now: Daily Filmmaking and the Path to Well-being" 2023 DOS
Steven Paige, PhD, Meeting the Archive Through an Interdisciplinary Artistic Practice 2019 2nd Supervisor
Beth Emily Richards, PhD, "Poor Copy": Fan Practices and Producerly Art Making 2020 2nd Supervisor
Veronica Fazzio, PhD, Social Sculpture: A Plastic Process of Mutual Transformation 2020 DOS
Luisa Greenfield, PhD, "The Disquieting Image: Retracing the filmmaking of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub" 2022 DOS
Emilio Chapela, PhD, "An Earthly Response to Movement: Moving images diffracted through New Materialism" 2022 DOS
Raul Alvarez Barcelona, PhD, ‘Film Here Now: Daily Filmmaking and the Path to Well-being" 2023 DOS
Teaching interests
Moving image
Narrative in artist film
Participatory practice
Performance (particularly to camera)
Approaches to Artistic Research
Narrative in artist film
Participatory practice
Performance (particularly to camera)
Approaches to Artistic Research
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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Research output
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Gallery in the Cinema
Bernstein, F., Rubin, G., Bridget, C., Pugh, A., Lucy, R., Lewin, A. (Editor) & Parker, K. (Editor), 30 Sept 2020, Plymouth: University of Plymouth. 17 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Fez: The Royal Scent
Lewin, A., 1 Feb 2019Research output: Practice research and digital outputs › Digital Object
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More Than Stories: A Film Trilogy
Lewin, A., 16 Feb 2019, (In preparation)Research output: Practice research and digital outputs › Exhibition
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Workshop for 9th SAR International Conference for Artistic Research: Artistic Research Will Eat Itself
Lewin, A., 12 Apr 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper (not formally published) › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
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Unfolding narrative - from middles to beginnings to endless loops Symposium
Morstang, H. (Organiser), Lewin, A. (Organiser) & Parker, K. (Organiser)
24 May 2013Activity: Event organisation or participation › Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
Theses
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PERFORMING A PRACTICE: NARRATIVE • TRANSLATION • LIVE INSTALLATION • URBAN INTERVENTION
Lewin, A. (Author), Allsopp, R. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)) & Gilmore, B. (Other Supervisor), 2005Student thesis: PhD
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