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Dr. Gillian Whiteley is a Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture at Loughborough University, UK. She holds a PhD from the University of Leeds and has taught at institutions including the Open University and the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on creative dissent, art activism, and socio-political contexts of cultural production. She coordinates the Politicized Practice Research Group and co-organizes the RadicalAesthetics-RadicalArt initiative with Dr. Jane Tormey. Her projects, such as bricolagekitchen, explore improvisation, bricolage, and trash as artistic mediums. She is also a sonic and multimedia improviser, collaborating with groups like Gated Community and Alchemy/Schmalchemy. Her work interrogates transitory utopias, material culture, and the politics of art.
Education:
- PhD in Art History, University of Leeds
- MA in Sculpture Studies
Research Interests:
- Creative dissent and ludic protest
- Art activism and socio-political engagement
- Bricolage, detritus, and material ontologies
- Transdisciplinary practices in art and culture
Key Projects:
- RaRa (RadicalAesthetics-RadicalArt) book series with Bloomsbury
- Curated exhibitions like Radical Mayhem: Welfare State International and its Followers
- Publications on waste culture, improvisation, and 20th-century art movements
Advising & Grants:
- Curated the Re-imagining Citizenship exhibition at Loughborough University
- Contributed to interdisciplinary research on violence and art through the Cultures of Violence project
Labs/Teams: Politicized Practice Research Group, RadicalAesthetics-RadicalArt (RaRa), and collaborative art collectives such as bricolagekitchen.
