Dr

Michele Whiting

Personal statement

Coming from a successful, award winning career as an art director and creative director in advertising, Michele went on to study Fine Art at Bath Spa University to PhD level. Her practice is multi-disciplinary, focused on working in and with spaces and places, encompassing moving image, sound, drawing, and painting. In addition, she works as part of a collaborative studio ‘quilos and the windmill’ with Dr Linda Khatir.

Her research interests, both primarily and continually, investigate issues of space place and site. Primary methods include durational walking and drawing, considering walking and memory as a way to question the role of visual memory back in the space of the drawing studio and considering the effects of drawing as a co-presence.

Research and external activities

A recent paper titled Landandmybody: body from the stillness drinking in, given at the International Association for the Study of Environment Space Place, at CT State University, USA, examined the effects of memory on drawing practice. It was published in Environment Space Place Journal, University of Minnesota Press.

Michele regularly exhibits internationally. The most recent were Loss and Lucidity 1 Appleton Gallery, Lisbon Portugal, Loss and Lucidity 2 Fabrica Braço de Prata Lisbon Portugal 2019, curated by Diana Ali and a PADA residency in Lisbon, Portugal 2019.

External roles

Co-founder and Co-leader of Space Place Practice, a research hub aimed at fostering creative development through shared interests.

Professional memberships

• Higher Education Academy (FHea) Fellow.

Teaching specialisms 

• Research Methods
• Drawing.

Academic qualifications

• PhD, Bath Spa University
• MFA, Bath Spa University
• BA (Hons), Bath Spa University.