Mik Godley

I am a painter who also uses an iPad and mobile cell phone.

I'm interested in digital and internet explorations from pixel to painting and back again, and my project "Considering Silesia" examines issues of conflicting (Anglo-German) heritages, cultural memory, identity, displacement and migration.

These themes are observed in the context of our evolving relationship with the internet and new media – our digital "way of seeing" focusing on "˜virtual expeditions' to my mothers' homeland (Lower Silesia - a place I've never been to) and the very "˜analogue' activity of painting – or digital equivalents.

Developed since 2003 "Considering Silesia" has been exhibited from Baltimore to Zagreb, featured in several publications, received awards and critical acclaim.


Selected Reviews: -

"Enigmatic landscapes charged with psychological resonance.... An impressive combination of methodical observation and technical draughtsmanship matched by a mature understanding of the medium and just the right amount of spontaneity and freedom give these studies a real sense of urgency, energy and vitality."
Matt Price, critic (Flash Art, Art Review),
February 7, 2007
Review of "Parade: Terra Incognita", Angel Row Gallery

"The building up of the ...

M.A. (Distinction) Creative Collaborations: New Technologies in the Visual Arts, Nottingham Trent University, 2006

B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Polytechnic, 1982

Recent exhibitions: a large solo show at the Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester, include Autodesk Gallery San Francisco, a solo show for the Edinburgh Art Festival at TotalKunst, London Art Fairs with BendInTheRiver and Own Art, Nettie Horn Gallery, London, Nottingham Contemporary, the University of Leeds, the University of Leicester, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, H-Project Space, Bangkok, Transition Gallery, London, The Usher Gallery, Lincoln and Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb.