Frances Davis
Job title:
Teaching Fellow in Contemporary Art Theory
Biography
Frances Davis (she/her) works across contemporary arts research, practice, and education.
Recent projects include a a residency at an environmental research institution focusing on the affective experience of doing climate change research and Love and the Ocean, a screening of moving image works in which the push and pull of tides overlap with emotional currents of desire and longing commissioned by Lux Scotland.
From 2013-2017, she was Curator at Timespan, a cultural institution in the north of Scotland, where she led the development and delivery of a varied contemporary arts programme working with artists and others on exhibitions, residencies, off-site projects, and events.
Frances is a Teaching Fellow in the School of Art. She is part of the core teaching team for the MA in Contemporary Art Theory. She also contributes to undergraduate teaching in Visual Culture in the School of Art, working with students from first to final year.
In addition to her work in the School of Art, Frances has contributed to courses in History of Art – on modules focusing on modern and contemporary art – and Design – teaching into Multi-Sensory Cultures, a course exploring multi-sensory experience and more-than-visual material culture.
Frances holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
