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Ms Doris Rohr

Associate Lecturer in Fine Art: Painting

Background

Born in Hameln, Germany, Doris Rohr taught for several years in art and design institutions in England, before joining Interface as Research Associate for Art in Public. Notable stops en route have been Norwich School of Art and Design, where Doris worked for seven years as Lecturer in Critical Studies (1995-2002), and Cumbria Institute of the Arts (2002-2005), as Head of the Visual Studies provision, with special investment in drawing as methodology of practice.

Education

After completing an Apprenticeship in surface ornament and pattern at the Berufsfachschule für Glas, Zwiesel, Germany, she took her BA at West Surrey College of Art and Design (BA Hons. Three-Dimensional Design), followed by taking a Master in Fine Art at Coventry University. When teaching at Norwich, Doris studied for a second MA part time at the University of Essex (MA Philosophy/Psychoanalysis).

Research Fields

An overriding concern of Doris Rohr's career path reflects on the tension of theory and practice, and how concepts relate to methodologies of practice. Phenomenological readings of place and subjectivity have informed much of her research on landscape, space and place in relation to cultural geography, and in regard to the use of methodologies of practice (drawing, lens-based, creative writing). More recently her research has also involved anthropological frameworks in relation to situated and emplaced aspects of subjective ritualistic performance. The latter is based on her long-term interest in subjectivity of personal memory in relation to history.

Main Publications / Other Public Output

Group Show "All Over the Place: Drawing Place, Drawing Space" - Touring Exhibition LAND2 - collaboration between University of Leeds, University of Lincoln and University of West of England 2008
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition: invited artist 2008
Array studio group exhibition, Island Art Centre Lisburn May 2007
Exhibition exchange with LA Printmaking Society and Belfast Printworkshop, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Los Angeles USA November 2006 - January 2007
North, (authored artist book), Cumbria Unipress 2005 (24 pp)
North/Dounreay, solo exhibition of eleven drawings, Lyth Arts Centre, Wick Caithness, 2004
Shorelines, solo show of twelve photos at Photography Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax 2003