Biography

2010 ‘Mystères des Mémoires’ Installation in a cave responded to her latest investigation,   Mid-Pyrenees, France (a winning laureate commission).

‘Recall’ Film. Architectural Projections. The film invokes, memories stored in fragments of aged objects collected and investigated by the artist. Kubisa uses a high-tech scientific process to extract the artwork, which then becomes an intrinsic part of the film reel and the trigger to the memory being re-leased through stills, film scenes, film archives and sound. Features in the film include: The Mary Rose, Lady Hamilton, WW11 Diary and D-Day each with a dedicated sound/music piece with Composers Steven Tait and Robert Fage.

Treasure Island: a forensic investigation of a city, Arts Council England Final Award for Innovation. Public Art Project
Project website: www.cityforensics.com 200 investigation archives.

Solo Exhibitions

2010 ‘Mysteres de Memoire’ Installation and investigation Carla- Bayle France.
‘Recall’ Film Architectural Projections, Portsmouth Cathedral & Romsey Abbey
2009 ‘The Gold Collection’ & ‘Sea Essences’ Projections Coutts & Co Bank, London
   
2008 'Treasure Island:A Forensic Investigation of a City' with Installation 'Sacred Eight' and 'Collecting Memories'.
Projections responding to the interior architecture of the Cathedral. Portsmouth Cathedral
   
2008 "In Me"
  Gasp Artspace - Portsmouth
 
2007 'Memories are Made of This'
Gallery 53-Artsprojx Space, Knightsbridge. London
 
2004 Our School
A pemanent exhibition at Welling School, a specialist arts college.
 
2002 ‘Neuroscience/technology inspired exhibits
19th International Liquid Crystal Conference - Edinburgh Conference Centre, UK.
 
2002 Installations , Neuroscience/Science inspired exhibits from scientific research
Leverhulme Trust Residency- Bolderwood University of Southampton
 
2001 ‘Oscillations’ , Dashwood Gallery Hall Place & Gardens, Bexley, London
A retrospective of works- paintings and installations inspired by the science and images of Deep Space, and Neuroscience research at the University of Southampton- Leverhulme Trust Residency
 
2001 ‘Cosmic Pulse’
2 stage exhibition, paintings and installation’ Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
 
2000 ‘Millennium Art & Science ’
Paintings and installations. Arts Festival , Bromley, London
 
1997 ‘Yo Yo’ a fusion of home and gallery, Portsmouth , curated by Saskia Delman
 
1996 ‘Champagne Supernova’ Quay Arts Centre , Newport , IOW
‘Champagne Supernova ’ Mitre Gallery, Chichester Institute
 
1995 ‘Universe – Multi-dimensional Space’ Havant Arts Centre , Hampshire
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 'Works on Paper'
  Gallery 53-Artsprojx Space, Knightsbridge. London
   
2005 " As It Is
  The Gallery in Cork Street - Cork Street, London
   
2001-03 ‘Fresh Art’- Business Design Centre, Islington, London
 
2001 ‘Man Bites Dog’- 3 person show The Art Attack Project, Hoxton Sq, London
 
1999 ‘Launch@TS2K’ Creative Enterprise Centre, Brixton, London
 
1998 ‘Contemporary Works’ Inardec Interior Design Studios Birmingham
 
1997 ‘Extending the Line’ Drawings Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
‘Miniatures’- Havant Arts Centre and Winchester Contemporary Art
 
1995 ‘Summer Show’ Winchester Contemporary Art, Winchester
‘Catalyst – Women, Science, Mountbatten Art Gallery , Portsmouth
 
1994 ‘Time, Space (Universe Series) ’ The Square Tower , Portsmouth
‘Influx’ Artist influences – shown with Gillian Ayres , Aspex Gallery
 
1992 ‘Young Artist South East’- Library Art Gallery , Maidstone , Kent . Farnham Maltings, Farnham
 

Projects

2006-7 Public Art
‘Treasure Island: A Forensic Investigation of a City’
Arts Council & SEEDA Organisation & Development Award. Partners Portsmouth City Council, Patron David Pointer. A unique and ambitious citywide project.
Public Arts Project producing one of the largest innovative archives in the U.K.  With over a 190 artworks created through the use of traditional fine art approaches with new technologies.  The investigations and cataloguing of objects have exposed memories and tales both physically in the fragment collected and from interviews with contributors and historians of the investigated object.  At the interview the historian and contributor are recorded, the objects photographed and a fragment collected. The fragment touched and owned by generations past is scientifically analysed for fluorescence to reveal microscopic structures and it’s physical worn influences.  Areas selected visually and symbolically to allow resonances of the past to seep into the analyzing and creative process. Samples are analysed using a laser scanning confocal microscope with a field of view of 1.5mm. It analyses slices of multiple views to reconstruct a 3D viewpoint.
 
2001-2010 Installations
‘Mystères des Mémoires’
Installation in a cave in the Mid-Pyrenees, France, responds to the investigation of the village Carla-Bayle with the use of layered light pieces that reconstruct the anaylsed fragments and sounds recorded from the investigation sites with composer Robert Fage. The installation reconstructs the architecture in Carla-Bayle of exposed wood using salvaged timbers. ‘Sacred Eight’ at Portsmouth Cathedral installed human scale tombs linked up to the Cathedral's architecture. Perspex, gels, gold & silver leaf and innovative materials of household items, crystals, rice on steel light box systems. Installations have used florescent lighting, LED’s, UV, lenses, Perspex, pigments, glitter, rice and paint. The first installations- inventions of colour in the universe – ‘The colour laboratory’ installations were in London "Bromley library", Aspex gallery Portsmouth and Dashwood Gallery London
 
2002- 2004 Collaboration with scientist Dr Marcus Coles of Cambridge University researching Liquid Crystals to create site specific art installation pieces comprising of sound, digital imagery, 2D work and Liquid Crystal Technology.
 
2001-2002 Leverhulme Trust Award –Resident artist in the school of Biological Sciences Southampton University. Initial discovery of the link between stunning microscopic images produced when analyzing fluorescence present in aged samples. The first series of investigations began with a piece of work called ‘My Sitting Room’. Collaborations and investigations in Neuroscience influenced new work in technology, paintings, light sculptures and installations.
 
1999 Qubit Arts: Innovative Arts Education Company with Keren Bendor – choreographer. Collaborations: visual arts, choreography and sound.
 
1996 ‘Oscillations’ Southern Arts Award - Quay Arts: A Collaborative project with a musician Henley Smith, writer Harriet Kline and choreographer Eckhard Thiemann reinterpreting Kubisas’ solo exhibition ‘Champagne supernova’s as a public performance. Site-specific projections  with five poems.
 
1995 ‘Transforming the Space’ 4 public colour interactive murals- Portsmouth City Council
 

Collections

 

Coutts & Co

Capsticks London

Umberto Giannini Hair Products UK

Healing Arts St Mary's hospital Isle of Wight

Hampshire Country Council Arts Office Winchester and Brussels MEPS offices

Creasey Collection Salisbury

Private Collections in the New York UK, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Cyprus, Singapore, Australia

Awards

2010 ‘Mystères des Mémoires’ Winning Laureate.
Installation in a cave in the Mid-Pyrenees, France, responds to the investigation of the village Carla-Bayle with the use of layered light pieces that reconstruct the anaylsed fragments and sounds recorded from the investigation sites with composer Robert Fage. The installation reconstructs the architecture in Carla-Bayle of exposed wood using salvaged timbers.
   
  ‘Recall’ Film. Architectural Projections.
The film invokes, memories stored in fragments of aged objects collected and investigated by the artist. Kubisa uses a high-tech scientific process to extract the artworks which then becomes an intrinsic part of the film reel and the trigger to the memory being re-leased through stills, film scenes, film archives and sound. Features in the film include: The Mary Rose, Lady Hamilton, WW11 Diary and D-Day each with a dedicated sound/music piece with Composers Steven Tait and Robert Fage.
   
2006-2010 'Treasure Island: A. Forensic Investigation of a City'
Arts Council Final Award for Innovation. Development Award £10000. Final Award £50,000. Patron: David Pointer. Partners Portsmouth City Council.
Public Arts Project producing one of the largest innovative archives in the U.K.  With over a 190 artworks created through the use of traditional fine art approaches with new technologies.
   

Interviews and press

2009 BBC Web & Big Screen Documentary. (Full documentary still filming)
   
2008 BBC Solent Radio feature 'Treasure Island: A Forensic investigation of a City'
  Artist Newsletter Public Art Feature 'Treasure Island: A Forensic investigation of a City'
  24 Hour Museum 'Treasure Island: A Forensic investigation of a City'
   
2007 Laser focus world -'Treasure Island: A Forensic investigation of a City'
  BBC South Today- 'Treasure Island: A Forensic investigation of a City'
   
2005 'Transforming Light' - Comit Publication for University of Cambridge - Technology and Science
   
2002 The Times - 'The Art of Science' - 'Oscillations' Solo Exhibition
  The Times Education - Science and Art innovative education
  The Dolphin 'Art and Science: sharing a quest for discovery'
   
1995 Meridian T.V Studio interview with Toya Wilcox
   

Lectures & Teaching

2010 Recall and ‘Treasure Island: A Forensic Investigation of a City’ Romsey Abbey
   
2009 Dday Museum Portsmouth lecture ‘Treasure Island: A Forensic Investigation of a City’
  MA & BA Fine Art Lecture Portsmouth University
  Arts Council Conference Staff Experimental Drawing Workshops
  Winchester School of Art  ‘Art and Science’
   
1997-98  Southampton Institute, Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Drawing, life drawing
   
1993-97 Portsmouth University Lecturer Art Foundation, Access and Btech. Fine Art and Colour
   
1997-00 Residential visual arts and colour workshops at La Besnardiere, Loire Valley, France
   
1996 ‘Transforming the Space’, 4 public interactive murals Portsmouth City Council
   
1995 Southampton City Art Gallery, Teaching from the Collection
   
1995 ‘Location Portsmouth’ Portsmouth City Council commission
   
1993-7 Artspace Portsmouth.  Adult Education: Experimental life drawing, drawing, colour theory, Fine Art
   
1993-4 Kingston Prison. Fine Art tutor & mural commission
   

Educational Projects

2007 Portsmouth Grammar school
A studio based residency for production of new works. Pupil’s experience art being developed with studio visits and art projects inspired by the work. Pupil’s contributed to the work by experimenting and crating mass doodles that responded to states of emotions.
   
2003 Our School’ forensic investigation 2, involved the participation of 450 students and subject areas staff, helping as if in a forensic operation, all subject area environments investigated during the normal school day with children from science lessons acting as assistants and investigators. Samples collected from the teaching environment were analysed under the Confocal Laser Microscope. 3D images, microscopic artworks, documentation, samples collected were installed back in the Science Block as a permanent exhibition.
   
2002-2004 Liquid Crystals Scientific research Cambridge University. A collaboration with scientist Dr Marcus Coles researching Liquid Crystals to create site specific art installation pieces that explore the qualities of Liquid Crystal Technology. Art/science workshops developed and delivered to: Talented and gifted children London Borough of Bexley Art/Science Workshops: Kubisa and Coles developed Science/Art workshops to engage lateral thinking skills through a given concept.
   
1999-2006 Qubit Arts - Director. Collaboration with choreographer Keren Ben-Dor an arts innovative education company for collaborations in the visual arts, choreography and sound: Intergenerational workshops.
   

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