Chris Short

I'm a wood-based artist and a writer.

As an undergrad, I focused mainly on ceramic and mixed-media sculpture.
After that, I studied art history and ended up with a PhD on German Expressionism and other art from the early 20th Century, and have since published articles and books on modernist art.

For a couple of decades I taught fine art at Cardiff School of Art, focusing on art theory and studio practice (mainly photography and mixed-media, which I've exhibited internationally), and recently I stopped teaching so I could explore ways of bringing the photography, history and sculpture together to feed into the making of one-off pieces from wood.

My current practice is an exploration of certain strands of modernist art, especially key concepts in the writings of Wassily Kandinsky, played out in a sculptural language that draws on various modern traditions.

I work from a shared workshop here in Cowbridge, South Wales, UK.

University of Exeter and University of Essex:
B.Ed., M.A., Ph.D.

I've exhibited my work at various national institutions, including Tate St Ives, and it's appeared and been reviewed in a few national publications.

As a writer, I've published books and articles on art and photography. In recent years I've been awarded a British Academy Research Grant, and a Fellowship of the Société Kandinsky.

And less recently I've featured a few times on national radio, appeared among the pages of Esquire magazine, and an excerpt of my writing appeared in Private Eye's 'Pseuds Corner'.