About Me
Mike Moran
www.moran.co.uk
Born in Shropshire in 1963, grew up on the Dorset coast.
Studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and North Staffordshire Polytechnic.
Moved to Bristol in 1989.
Since moving to Bristol I have worked in performance, photography, video and multimedia. At the moment my time is divided between lecturing at City of Bath College and working as a freelance illustrator and digital artist.
Published:
Selections of photomontage work have featured in Computer Arts Magazine,
.Net Magazine, Chip Computer Magazine, EFX Magazine, Digital Photography & Design, Computer Graphics World, Computer Arts Illustration Special 04, Desk Top Magazine and
Contact 18, 19 and 20 Illustration source book.
Clients include: Hodder and Stoughton, Caspian Publishing, Reed Business Information Ltd, Amber Books, IPC International, Summertime Publishing, Oxford University Press, Echodepth, New Scientist, The Orion Publishing Group, The New Internationalist, TBWA Milan, BBC Music Magazine, JHP Design Consultants, Little Brown Publishing ,Time Warner, Newhall Publishing and CTP Caxton South Africa.
Represented by Debut Art, London.
Installations:
“Waiting for†joint project with Birgit Muller.
Waiting for is about the situation asylum seekers find themselves while awaiting a decision from the Home Office.
Waiting for has been shown at:
Film Festivals and screenings:
Brief Encounters short film festival 2003, Watershed, Bristol, Max10, Falmouth and Slack Video, Hull.
As an installation at:
The Angel Gallery, Islington, London, March 3rd-April 4th 2004.
The Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, 24th April-28th May 2004.
The Salt House Gallery, Hayle, Cornwall, 25th October-11th November 2004.
The Pierian Center, Bristol, 18th June-25th June 2005.
“27Kilos†joint project with Birgit Muller.
27kilos.com
‘27 kilos’ visualizes the amount of CO2 an average person in the UK emits each day.
This installation makes a connection between C02 emissions and individual consumer actions using space, video and audio.
Performance:
Particle Hotel, Projections for a 30-minute avant-garde jazz performance, Ashton Court festival, July 2004.
Exhibitions:
Landmarks III, 1st April to 18th June 2006 Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite, Nr Carlisle.
Real Art for Real People, October 5th-9th 2004, The Conningsby Gallery, London.
Australian International Festival of Photography exhibition, Sydney Australia 20th-24th May 2004.
Digital to Analogue, Boston Tea Party, Bristol, joint exhibition with Andrew Spackman, Jeff Wooky. Feb 1st-March 31st 2004.
International Digital Art Exhibition, March 2004, Melbourne, Australia.
Fusion Show, Monday 15th-Friday 19th December 2003 Gallery 47, London.
Illumination, Debut Art Illustrators Show, 18th Feb-14th March 2003, The Conningsby Gallery, London.
International Digital Art Exhibition, March 2003, Melbourne, Australia.
Pixxelpoint 2002, 9th Nov-30th Dec 2002, International Computer Art Festival, City Gallery Nova Gorica, Slovina.
Photosynthesis, 1st Nov-1st Dec 2002, joint exhibition with Rowena Dugdale, Harrow Arts Centre, London.
13 Voyages, 1st-15th May 2002, Il Bordello, Bristol.
Souvenirs, Happening Gallery, Bristol, joint Exhibition with Rob Townley, July 21st-August 3rd 1996.
