CM_002 Painting

Kenneth Hay FRSA, b. Inverness, Scotland & Seetha A, b. Singapore. Working collaboratively since 1994, as Moorland Productions, Ken and Seetha have participated in the Centennial Venice Biennale (1995) in the Transculture Pavillion with 'The World Tea Party', the 50th Venice Biennale (2003) as one of five UK artists in the RADAR Project-Connecting Europe, Centro Civico, Giudecca, Venice (2003), Presentation House, Vancouver (1996), the Czech National Centre for Experimental Theatre (2002), Galeria Pryzmat, Cracow, Poland (2004), London Deptford X (2004) and the Italia Future Telecom Centre (Venice, 2004), as well as in film festivals and exhibitions in Berlin (the 'Un Fair', Manchester Cornerhouse and London (with 'BANK'), Museum Magogo (Glasgow Project Space and Artists Space, Melbourne) and many other shows in the UK, Germany, France and Delhi. Moorland Productions work across a variety of media- painting, sculpture, video, photography, film, sound, installation, multimedia, working collaboratively using a distributed practice between London and France. Ken was born in Scotland and trained at Leeds University, The Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, and UCW Aberystwyth. He was Head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at Leeds University when the School gained the 'No 1" slot in the Guardian League Tables as the best art school in the UK (2000); and then served as Deputy Head of the School of Design and Professor of Contemporary Art Practice at Leeds University. He is currently Visiting Professor in Aesthetics at Masaryk University, Brno, CZ. Seetha was born in Singapore and trained as an artist and linguist in Leeds College of Art, Goldsmith's College, Delhi Academy of Fine Art. She has traveled widely in India, Africa, China, Asia and Europe, and is a freelance artist and video-maker, based in London.