Hazel Jones MA (RCA)
Senior Lecturer - Interactive Arts
Telephone : 0161 247 2260
Email : h.l.jones@mmu.ac.uk
Office : Chatham Building / Room 119
Web : http://www.A1scrapmetal.blogspot.com
1997-2011 Senior Lecturer on Interactive Arts at MMU.
2005 Teaching exchange to Venice.(one week)
2003 Teaching Exchange to University of Lapland,
Finland (one week).
2001-11 Prepared and presented a Lecture programme on Creative
Methodology.
1988 Set up a workshop with the help of a Crafts Council Grant
1985-87 Royal College of Art M.A Metalwork and Jewellery.
1984-85 Artist in residence, Wyverne Theatre Swindon.
1981-84…Crewe + Alsager College of HE, B.A (Combined Studies)Crafts.
Exhibitions and projects
2012 Launched Mail Art project."How to market bent wire"
Continuing a 28 year involvement in the Mail Art Network.
2011 March set up blog www.101usesfora.blogspot.com
2010 February “Object memory showcase” .Manchester Art Gallery (with SB)
2009 March "Art School" Contemporary reflections. Holden Gallery at MMU .
2008 January Installed Exhibition called “String Too Small for use” at the Kunstbanken Gallery in Hamar, Norway.
Working with Sharon Blakey and the Manchester Art Gallery on an exhibition using the Mary Greg Collection as inspiration to create a series of new metal inventions.
2004 Using a Blog and Flickr as a research tool…. collating and storing my growing metal object collection online.
2000 “The Book Unbound” Better World Space, Manchester
2001 Commission for the Museum of the Unknown, London.
2000 “Syklus” Travelling Jewellery Exhibition, Norway.
1999 Cheshire Open Studios.
1999 Automata Festival, Frodsham Castle Park Arts Centre.
1998-99 “Freighted with Wonders” Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich
1998 “Dream Machine” Wyeside Arts Centre.
1998 “Beyond the Garden Gate” Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
1998-2000 “Devious Devices” Touring Exhibition,starting Croydon
Clock Tower.
1996 “Selection from the Collection” Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich.
1996 “Metalworks” Contemporary Applied Arts, London.
1995-97 “Teapot Mania” Touring Exhibition, Norfolk Museum.
1994 “The Chemistry Set” Southern Arts Touring Exhibition.
1994 “Weirdorama” An installation with Michael Leigh,Walsall Art
Gallery.
1994 “More Useful Devices” Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham and
Ruthin Art Gallery.
1993 One Month residency at the Young Vic, London.
1993 Ten day workshop and exhibition, Hamar, Norway.
1993 “The Return of Love and Passion”, Rye Art Gallery.
1992 “Domestic Disturbance”, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.
1991 “Rites of Spring” Royal Festival Hall, London.
1991 “Curious Inventions” Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
1990 “Metal Inventions” A Southern Arts Touring Exhibtion.
1989-90 “On the Move” Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.
1989 Curated group show at Roupell Gallery, London.
1988 “Tea Inventions”, Festival Hall, London.
1987-88 “Moving Parts” Artsite Gallery, Bath.
1985 “The ABC of Fluff” Stafford Art Gallery.
