CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Education & Qualifications

1980 - Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Design. (Exeter University)
1982 - MA in Furniture Design and Technology. (Brunel University)

2. Working Experience

1980-81 - Teacher in Design, Vincent Thompson School, Exeter.
1982-83 - Freelance Designer based in Devon. (Including one-off furniture designs in
wood and three months working part time for a consultant designer on contract furniture prototype development). Studio practice commenced.
1983-84 - Teacher in Design, Tarporley High School, Cheshire.
1984-88 - De La Salle College of Higher Education, Manchester. Lecturing in the
Department of Design and Technology on B.Ed. (Hons), B.A. & B.Sc. degrees.
1988 - 0.6 Lecturer then Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University College (Part
time with part time Design work and writing see below) Lecturing in the Department of Fine Art and Design on B.Des. and M.Ed. degrees.

3. Visiting/Part Time Lecturing

1992 - Loughborough University (1 day, Professional Practice)
1997 - Manchester Metropolitan University (1 day, Visiting Artist)
1999 - Liverpool JMU (1 day with Design Delegation from India)
2000 - University of Central Lancashire (10 weeks x 1day/wk, 2nd Yr)
2000 - University of Central Lancashire (12 weeks x 1day/wk 3rd Yr)
2000 - Liverpool Hope University College, Creative and Performing Arts Degree (1/2
day, Visiting Guest Artist Lecture)
2001 - University of Central Lancashire (9 weeks x 1day/wk, 3rd Yr.)
2004 - University of Itauna, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (1/2 day)

4. Papers

Hooper, R (1977) “A Framework for Criticism” delivered at the World Turning
Conference, Philadelphia, USA. (and in conference proceedings Le Coff, A. Ed, (1997) “Papers from the 1997 World Turning Conference”, WTC. pp.98-102. ISBN 0-9624385-9-6).

Hooper, R (2002) “The Genesis of Studio Woodturning: European connections” delivered at the Voices Across the Grain II Conference at the History of Art Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Hooperr , R (2004) “Nurbs, splines and Boolean Curves: The poetics of virtual form
made flesh” delivered at the Challengingcraft conference at Gray’s School of Art,
Robert Gordon University and published in conference proceedings.
ISBN 190108583X.

5. Staff Research Awards

1995 - Staff Development Grant - £350.
1997 - Staff Research Grant - £250.
2002 - Staff Research Grant - Yale University paper presentation - £600.
2002 - Staff Research Grant - £300
2004 - Staff Research Grant - ‘Pixel Raiders’ conference attendance - £510.
2004 - Staff Research Grant - Digital Camera - £748.04.
2004 - Staff Research Grant - ‘Challengingcraft’ paper presentation - £350.
2005 - Staff Research Grant - 3rd Engineering and Product Design in Education
Conference, Napier University. - £350.

6. External Grants

1995 - North West Arts Grant (Research/Production) - £761.60
1996 - Foundation for Sport and the Arts Grant - £800
1997 - Arts and Cultural Industries Development Fund (ACID) Grant - £1500
1998 - Crafts Council - Setting Up award - £7500
2000 - North West Arts Travel Grant - £500
2001 - Mersey Forest Grant - Machinery purchase - £646.26
2004 - Tony Boase Memorial Fund Research Award - £500
2005 - Higher Education in Industry Fund - (HEIF) - £1000

7. Fellowships

1997/8 - Liverpool Hope University College’s ‘Sheppard-Worlock’ Research Fellowship, Liverpool Hope University College. Three months.

8. Work in Major Permanent Collections of Art and Design

1995 - Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, USA. Acquisition - ‘Kite’.
1999 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Acceded to
Decorative Arts permanent collection. Acquisition - ‘Vortex’.

2000 - Mint Museum of Craft and Design - Charlotte, N. Carolina, USA. Acceded as part
of the Mason collection. Acquisition - ‘White Bipod’.

2004 - Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, USA. Acquisition - ‘Tribute’.

9. International Juried Exhibitions

1993 - Conservation by Design exhibition at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of
Design. Further selected for travelling show including Renwick Gallery, National
Museum of American Art, Washington). (Fragmented Ply Bowl)

1993-4- International Lathe-Turned Objects Challenge V, Berman Museum at Ursinas
College, Collegeville, PA. USA. (Black Radar)

1994-5 - Turning Plus - Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III. Arizona State University
Art Museum, Arizona, USA. (Silo)

1995 - Berman Museum, Ursinas College, Collegeville, PA. Joint exhibition of residents
of the 1995 International Woodturning Exchange. (White Bipod, Blue Bipod, Vector Warp, Kite, Natural Force, Archiform Blocks)

1997 - Curators Focus exhibition. Berman Museum, Ursinas College, Collegeville,
Philadelphia, USA. (White Bipod, Vector Warp).

1998 - Pathways ’98, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Ohio, USA. June 11-30th. 1998. (Earth Bar, Equillibrium).

1999 - 'Abstract Craft - The Non-Objective Object' - South West School of Art & Craft,
San Antonio, Texas. USA. (Blue Bipod, Embryo, Earth Bar).

1999 - SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art) Exposition, New York, USA.
Represented by del Mano Gallery, San Francisco. (Untitled).

2000 - Horizons 2000: Artist Woodturners, Brookfield Craft Centre, Connecticut, USA. June 18-Aug13. (Cone with Arc).

2003 - One step back two steps forward - Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, USA. (Sector Bowl).

2003 - Rude Osolnik Tribute Exhibition, Kentucky Institute of Art and Crafts, USA. (Q Form).

2005 - Collect 2005, Victoria & Albert Museum, London. (Wave Wall, Galaxy, Bearing,
Sector Bowl).

2005 - Artists’ Reflections: Selections from the Woodturning Centre’s Collections - Feb
4th - March 19th. Philadelphia, USA. (Blue Bipod, Construction 1).

10. Selected ‘Visual Citations’ (ie. images of my work reproduced)

1989 - Turning Points, p.15. (USA) ISSN 1098 8556.
1990 - Holz und Elfenbein, (Jan.) p.17 (Germany).
1994 - Turning Points, (Winter), p.3. USA. ISSN 1098 8556.
1994 - American Craft, (June/July).
1995 - Turning Points, (Spring), p.2. USA. ISSN 1098 8556.
1995 - Turning Points, Front cover & p.17. USA. Fall. ISSN 1098 8556.
1995 - Philadelphia Inquirer, (July 30, Aug 3rd, 5th).
1995 - Turning Points, (Sept.), p.23. (USA). ISSN 1098 8556.
1996 - Drechseln, (Jan), p.20. (Germany). ISSN 0942 6019.
1996 - Turning Points, (Winter), p.6, (USA). ISSN 1098 8556.
1998 - American Craft, (Feb/March), p.23. (USA).
1998 - Wonders in Wood, p.77. AWGB. No. ISBN.
2000 - Crafts, p.38. Vol. 165. July/Aug 2000. ISBN 0306-610X.

Adamson, G (2001) “The Fine Art of Curating, the Review of 'Horizons 2000”.
Turning Points, p.19. ISSN 1098 8556.
Boase, A (1999) Bowl Turning Techniques Masterclass, p.142. GMC Publications.
Crichton-Miller, E. (2004) ‘Handy Craft’, Royal Academy Magazine. (No.85). p.43.
Elliot, A (2002) The Art of Prior’s Court School, p.125. ISBN0-9507212-2-0.
Kangas, G (1998) - Pathways 98, p.40. Exhibition Catalog. ISBN 1-880834-44-8.
Landis, S (1993) Conservation in Design , p.28. (USA) Exhibition catalogue.
Le Coff, A (1997) Lathe-Turned Objects, WTC, p.49. ISBN 0-965. 1966-1-5. (143 page
catalogue of Woodturning Center Collection).
Le Coff, A (1997) Exhibition catalogue for Curators Focus exhibition, pp.82-5 (see
also 'Exhibitions'). ISBN 0-9624385-8-8.
McFadden, D (1997) “Wonderful Sponges”. Turning Points, p.14. (USA) (Winter)
ISSN 1098 8556.
Meilach, D, (2004) Wood Art Today, Schiffer. pp.205-206. ISBN 0-7643-1912-4.
Urbanelli, E (Ed.) (2000) Turning Wood into Art, p.78. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-4483-9.
Wallace, K. (2004) “Influence and Innovation”. Woodturning. (No 134.) p51.
ISSN 0958-9457.

11. Critical Work

Hooper, R (1993) “Past, Present And Future”, Creft magazine (Dec. issue). p.21.
Hooper, R (1993) “Blackened Wood”, Creft, (Dec. issue). p.12.
Hooper, R (1994) “Hayley’s Comet”, Creft, (Sept. issue). p.23.
Hooper, R (1994) “Hayley Smith, Craftsperson in Residence at Grizedale”,Woodturning,
(Feb. issue). p.17.
Hooper, R (1996) “Maria Van Kesteren's at the Stedelijk museum”, Drechseln. (Summer
1996 issue). pp.26-27.
Hooper, R (1996) “Oona Ball at the Transmission Gallery”, Turning Points (Summer issue). Font cover & p.35.
Hooper, R (1997) “A Road Less Travelled” article on Mike Scott. Published in Drechseln, (Summer issue). pp.12-13.
Hooper, R (2000) “Maria van Kesteren at Barrett Marsden”, Turning Points, (Vol. 12. No. 3). p.19.
Hooper, R (2000) “Review of the work of Mike Scott”, Turning Points, (Vol. 12 No. 3,)
pp. 24-25.
Hooper, R (2000) “Silent Strength”, Woodturning, (Issue 88), May. p.31.
Hooper, R (2001) “Focus on Form”, Woodturning, (Issue 103) p.24.
Hooper, R (2001) “Natural Choice”, Woodturning, (Issue 103), p.14.
Hooper, R (2004) “Gone with the wind”, Woodturning, (Issue 131), pp.8-11.
Hooper, R (2005) “Raw Beauty”, Woodturning, (Issue 145), pp.12-13.

12. Selected (but non juried) Regional, National and International Exhibitions

1994 - Works off the lathe - Concord Gallery, University of Liverpool; Shared
exhibition with painter Martin Pearson.
1995 - New Work, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham.
1996 - Practice what you teach group exhibition of work by academic staff of Liverpool Hope University College. Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool.
1998 - New Work in Wood, del Mano Gallery at CWA Conference, San Francisco, USA.
1998 - Selected Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1998 - New Member's Focus, Contemporary Applied Art, London.
1999 - Materia, Hand and the Spirit, Scotsdale, Arizona, USA.
1999 - Turned Wood 1999, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1999 - Painted Wood, Group exhibition - Oxford Gallery, Oxford.
1999 - New Work in Wood, Flow Gallery, London.
2000 - New Work in Wood, del Mano Gallery at CWA Conference - Charlotte, N.
Carolina, USA.
2000 - New Work, Oxford Gallery, Oxford.
2000 - New Work in Wood, Joie Lassiter Art Gallery, Charlotte, N. Carolina.
2000 - New Faces, Craft Council Shop at the V&A, June 14 - July 16th.
2001 - New Work in Wood, Freshfields/Contemporary Applied Art, London.
2001 - Close Shave, Grace Barrand Design Centre, Nutfield, Surrey.
2001 - Chelsea Craft Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London. Oct 16-20.
2002 - Thirteen Hands, West Highland Museum. 17th Nov,-12th Jan. and 21 other
venues in Highlands and Islands.
2003 - Tony Boase Tribute, Hay on Wye Gallery (and travelling to The Ronald Pile
Gallery, Ely and The international Woodturning Seminar, Loughborough University). Also on front piece of www.tonyboasetribute.co.uk

13. Other Conference Presentations/Guest Lectures

1977 - World Turning Conference, Philadelphia, USA. Invited to present ‘State of the Art’ slide presentation on Gallery Turning in the UK.
1997 - Design critique at AWGB Seminar, Warwick University.
1998 - Invited Artist at five day Saskatchewan Crafts Council's Breaking Barriers
conference, Saskatoon, Canada.
1998 - Artist presentation at Collectors of Wood Art conference, San Francisco, USA.
1999 - “Design Paradigms - Windows into Creativity”, AWGB, Warwick University.
1999 - Guest presenter at AWGB Conference, Warwick University. (not under the
auspices of the University)
2000 - Artist panellist at opening of Mason collection at Mint Museum, Charlotte, USA.
2000 - Invited Artist at five day Saskatchewan Crafts Council's Breaking Barriers
conference, Saskatoon, Canada.
2001 - Creative Exchange, Crafts Council's Retail Development Programme. (Invited to
speak on behalf of Crafts Council to interested commercial and cultural organisations about woodturning field in UK).
2002 - Hooper, R (2002) “From Cosmic to Concrete: Inspirations for turning work”,
delivered at the Excited Volumes conference at the Static Gallery as part of the Liverpool Biennial.

14. Work on Websites

1996 - www.hope.ac.uk (Fine Art and Design on-line gallery site).
1998 - www.pathways gallery.com/artist21.htm (‘Pathways 1998’ on-line exhibition).
2000 - www.lacma.com (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Permanent Collections,
Decorative Arts Section).
2001 - www.founderscircle.org/collections (Collectors of Wood Art Forum).
2003 - www.tonyboasetribute.co.uk (Tony Boase Tribute Fund).
2005 - www.craftscouncil.org (Crafts Council online Selected Makers Index)

15. Work on Selected Image Banks

1997 - Slidex, North West Arts.
1997 - Designbank, Liverpool and Manchester Design Initiative.
2002 - Photostore Selected Makers Index, Crafts Council

16. Public Art Commissions

2002 - Folkestone Harbour Development (one of five artists selected to submit tender for £90,000 Urban Regeneration Project).

17. Radio and Television

1994 - Local Merseyside radio collaboration.
2004 - Regional Television interview relating to HOW project, Betim, Brazil.

18. Residencies

1995 - International Turning Exchange (7 weeks), Philadelphia, USA. (Peer-juried
international artist residency programme held annually).

19. International Charitable Projects

2003 - Hope One World Project; Brazil – 2 week design project with Salon do Encontre
and Misao Ramacrisna, Betim, Brazil.
2004 - Hope One World Project; Brazil - 2 week design project with Misao Ramacrisna,
Betim, Brazil.

20. Other Awards

2002 - Crafts Council Selected Makers Index (National peer-juried Applied Artist Index).

21. Major* Private Collections (* ie. acquisitions in excess of $100,000)

1996 - Kaye Collection, Willmington, USA. (Bagel Dance, Axis, Dam, Natural Force).
1996 - Kaiser Collection, Willmington, USA. (Biconic Form).
1997 - Mason Collection, Washington, USA. (Equilibrium).
1997 - Bressler Collection, Washington, USA. (Ice Vessel II).
1997 - Waterbury Collection, Minneapolis, USA. (Vector Warp).
2000 - Dame Stephanie Shirley/Priors Court School Collection, UK. (Slab Form).

22.. Research Conferences/Seminars Attended

2004 - Pixel Raiders II, Sheffield Hallam University, 3 days (funded).
2004 - North West Universities Art and Design Research Forum, Cumbria. (1 day)
2004 - Challengingcraft, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 3 days, (funded)
2004 - Creative Dates, North West Universities Art and Design Research Forum (1 day)
Poster presentation given.
2004 - What’s in the Tin, Practical Research in the Creative Arts, Chester University
College, (1 day).
2004 - RAE for the Perplexed, Liverpool Hope University College, (1 day).
2005 - Autonomatic, Digital Design Research cluster at Falmouth School of Art (1 day).