John Hill, Ph.D.
Programme Leader of BA (Hons) Fine Art Experimental Media
In addition to his role as Programme Leader, John is an accomplished artist, curator, and writer. He holds a PhD in Fine Art, earned through his research on artistic collaboration driven by cybernetics and network technology. His studies were undertaken with LJMU’s Uses of Art group, a partner of the L’Internationale museum network.
As a founding member of the collective LuckyPDF, John has exhibited internationally and been commissioned by major UK institutions, including Hayward Gallery and Frieze Foundation. In 2017, he led the Studio of the Visiting Artist at AVU, the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and curated their 2019 Diploma show Nejkrásnější věk. In 2020 he was invited to host the Student Forum at Berlin’s transmediale festival.
John’s writing has also been featured in Frieze Magazine, PARSE Journal, Artalk, and Camera Austria International.
Education
Liverpool John Moores University, GB — Doctor of Philosophy
Liverpool John Moores University, GB — Master of Philosophy
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, GB — Bachelor of Arts
Professional Activities
2019 – AVU, Prague, Curator of Diplomová výstava
2017 – AVU, Prague, Lead of Visiting Artist Studio
2016 – Liverpool John Moores University, Graduate Teaching Assistant
2009-2015 – Flat Time House, London, Education Officer
2014 – Flat Time House, London, Acting Director
Research & Creative Practice
Catalogues & Resesarch:
Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design, Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.
The New Economy of Art: Value, Patronage and Emerging Business Models in Contemporary Visual Art, DACS & Artquest, 2014.
TV Museum: Contemporary Art and the Age of Television, Intellect Books and University of Chicago Press, 2014.
School of Global Art: Down Under, Next Wave 2012, Melbourne, 2012.
This is a stand in for a solid, Project with UCL History of Art and Slade School of Art, with Dr. Cadence Kinsey. Supported by Flat Time House and a UCL e-Leaning development grant, 2013.
Selected Publications:
Wom*n – Rose – Song – Bone (review), Spike Magazine, 2021.
Compassion Fatigue (review), artalk.cz, 2021.
Fotograf Festival X: Uneven Ground (review), Camera Austria International, 2020.
Relations of the undercommons, The Constituent Museum, Valiz/L’internationale, 2018.
Don’t just sit there shouting at the television, Machine Research, APRJA journal, University of Aarhus, 2017.
Curating the Time-Base (with Claire Louise Staunton), Time, PARSE journal, University of Gothenburg, 2016.
Autopoiesis: social and anti-social machines, Overwhelming Imagination (conference publication), Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, 2016.
Selected Projects:
2020 – Student Forum, Transmediale, Berlin.
2019 – Nejkrásnější věk, Curator, Diplomová výstava, AVU, Prague.
2019 – Conditions, Associate Artist, Croydon, UK.
2017 – Beyond Dispute (with AVU students), Ateliér hostujícího pedagoga Šaloun, AVU, Prague.
2017 – Favourbank (with Lou Marcellan), Diaspores, London.
Selected Lectures:
2020 – De-platformization, Ethics and Alternative Social Media, Display, Prague.
2019 – In conversation with Ivana Momčilović, Display/MeetFactory, Prague.
2018 – Relatable Content, Ideal Prostor, Prague.
2016 – Participant: Machine Research, Constant/transmediale, Bruxelles
2016 – Participant: Overwhelming Imagination conference, Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing.
2016 – Research Architecture, Visiting Artist lecture at Goldsmiths, University of London.
