CURRICULUM VITAE
MICHELLE ANN NICOLA WOOLLEY
Education:
- Middlesex Polytechnic 1990-1991
- Wimbledon School of Art 1991-1994 BA Hons Fine Art, Painting (Media Emphasis) First Class Honours
- Royal College of Art Painting MA 1994-1996
- Visiting Lecturer MA Scenography Wimbledon School of Art 1996-1997
- Part-Time Lecturer BA Painting Wimbledon School of Art 1997 - 2000
- Visiting Lecturer Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art Oxford University 1998 - 2000
- Visiting Lecturer Cardiff University December 1998
2023
- “Jelly Uncapping”
- "Sound Globes"
- "The Recreation Room"
- "The Plant Room"
- "Beacon Dampers" Residency at Bervie Brow Research Station, Scotland 22/08/23 - 27/08/23
- “Singed Curtain” at Cabaret Melancholique, Mildmay Social Club, 09/12/22
- “Seahorse Song” at Horsey, The Horse Hospital, 26/02/20
- “Eel” a video entry for the Coronavision Song Contest, 16/05/20
- “I Hear You Now” at Notes from a Conversation, The Funcanny, Brigstock, Northamptonshire, 01/11/20
- “Closing Event” at Notes from a Conversation, The Funcanny, Brigstock, Northamptonshire, 15/11/20
- “Here Comes The Flood” at Cabaret Melancholique, Peckham Liberal Club, 13/12/19
- “The Awkward Singing Mask” at Cabaret Melancholique, Peckham Liberal Club, 14/12/18
- “Blackwaterside Eel” at Cabaret Melancholique, Peckham Liberal Club, 15/12/17
- “Salty, Soapy and Woolly” group performance with Laalaas at Croyland Park, Wellingborough, 10/04/16
- “The Man With The Child In His Eyes” at Cabaret Melancholique, Peckham Liberal Club, 16/12/16
- “Hen Do Wassail re-enactment” group performance with Laalaas at Fermynwoods, Northamptonshire, 29/10/15
- “Wassail for the New” at NN Gallery project space, Northampton, 9-13/12/15
- “Hen Do Wassail” group performance with LaaLaas at Fermynwoods Northamptonshire 26/10/14
- "The Kick Inside" at Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark's Church Hall, Dalston, December
- “Ran Tan Maggie” at Northampton University 17/04/13
- "The Trees They Grow So High" at Embrace Arts Centre, Leicester, 09/06/1
- “Pretty Little Small Birds” at “Wild Networking”, Fermyn Woods, Sudborough Green Lodge, Northamptonshire, 14/07/1
- "Cabinet Melancholique" at Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark's Church Hall, Dalston, December
- “Grey Cock” at Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark’s Church Hall, Dalston, 14/12/12
- “Mad Beasts” at the Victoria Inn, Northampton, 02/11/12
- “Wassail!” at the Victoria Inn, Northampton, 26/10/12
- “Salty and Sticky Night” at the Victoria Inn, Northampton, 19/10/12
- “Make Merry in Step and Song” at the Victoria Inn, Northampton, 12/10/12
- "Blackface Lapdancing" with Nick Hart at Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark's Church Hall, Dalston, 16/12/11
- "Wassail Tree Dress" at Solo, Modern Art Oxford, 25/11/11 - 26/11/11
- "Wassail Tree " as part of group disguised procession at Cecil Sharp House, Camden, London 30/10/11
- Part of Laura Eldret's "New Folk Ritual", Camden Arts Centre, London 11/9/11
- "The Pilgrimage" group performance as part of Sam Lee's residency "Cafe Curio ", Camden Arts Centre, London 17/08/11
- Morris dancing for Peter Walsh's MA show, Royal College of Art, London, 22/06/11
- "Human Folk Bird" at Archipelago, group show at Cafe Gallery, Southwark Park, 11/06/11 - 17/07/11
- "Antlers" at March for the Alternative, London, 26/03/11
- Heart-break songs at Crossbones, with Jo Breeze and James McDonald, Southwark, London 14/02/11
- Theme tune for "Last of the Red Wine" on wineglasses, ICA London, 13/02/11
- Recorder Concert with The Dolly Mixtures, ICA, London, 09/02/11
- "Morris dancing Showgirl" at Bellowhead's New Years Eve party, Royal Festival Hall, 31/12/10
- "Tyburn Gallows" group disguised procession at Cecil Sharp House, Camden, London 31/10/10
- "The Week Before Easter" solo performance as part of Stacy Makishi's workshop "Telling Stories In The Dark", Tate Modern, London 01/03/10
- “Morris Game” with Holly Gramazio at The Alternative Village Fete, National Theatre, 28/08/10
- "Imbolc" group performance with Horse And No Horse, The Stag's Head, Orsman Road, London 07/02/10
- "Springheel Jack" as part of the Hallowe'en Procession from Mumchance and Guise, Primrose Hill to Cecil Sharp House, London 31/10/09
- "Mumchance and Guise" group exhibition costume show at Cecil Sharp House, Camden, London, curated by Matthew Cowan 25/09/09 - 28/11/09
- "Horn Fair Procession" with Rediscovered Urban Rituals from Rotherhithe to Charlton House, London 28/06/09
- "Horn Fair Procession" at "The Big Event" with Rediscovered Urban Rituals in association with Home at Myatt's Fields Park, Camberwell, London 20/06/09
- "May Day Parade" A Group Procession from Old Street to Mayfair, London 04/05/09
- "Flash Company" group exhibition hanky show at Cecil Sharp House, Camden, London, curated by Matthew Cowan 30/04/09 - 28/06/09
- "May Day Parade" A Solo Procession from Old Street to Mayfair, London 05/05/08.
- "The Great Valerio" at "Cabaret Melancholique" hosted by Brian Catling and Tony Grisoni at The Mildmay Social Club, London 14/12/07
- "Spirit of Death and New Life" in "The Art of Protest" curated by Home at Battersea Park, London 07/05/07
- Part of “Wake Up and Hide” by Gary Stevens, Matt’s Gallery, London 24/01/07 – 18/03/07
- "Eel Tossing" at "Cabaret Melancholique" hosted by Brian Catling and Tony Grisoni at The Mildmay Social Club, London 15/12/06
- "Mrs Bloom's Lunar Capsule" In "Space Soon" Curated by Arts Catalyst at The Roundhouse, London 08/09/06 - 09/09/06
- "Two Maidens a-Milking" A collaborative Performance with Helena Bryant, in "Art & Money" Curated by Home at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 26/08/05
- "Broken-hearted Promenade" at "The Art of Permanence and Change" curated by LookOutPost and London Wildlife Trust at Sydenham Hill Woods, London 4/5/05 - 22/5/05
- "Playhouse Theatre" Collaboration with Helena Bryant at Pyro's, London 27/7/02
- "The Bachelor Tree" Solo performance at the Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London 18/1/02 - 27/1/02
- “Improvisation” and “Stars” 2 Group performances curated by Anthony Howell at Dimson Hall Battersea London 7/4/01
- "The Forest of Christmas" Solo performance at Salon 9, Home, Camberwell, London 22/12/00
- "The Probability Tree" at “Realm of the Senses”, curated by Beaconsfield at Turku Art Museum, Turku Finland 16/9/00 - 15/10/00
- "The Proprietor's Daughter (Trojan Horse)" at “Parklight”, Curated by SPACE at the Stoke Newington Festival, Clissold Park, London 15/6/00 - 19/6/00
- "Particle Accelerator: Rumplestiltzkin" at “Confederacy of Pleasures”, Gallery Westland Place, London 3/12/99 - 8/1/00
- "The Little Mermaid" at Home 2, London 9/7/99 - 10/7/99
- "The Interrupted Journey" at "British Links" Curated by Beaconsfield at Henie Onstat Art Centre, Norway 24/4/99 - 25/4/99
- "Acting Yourself" Group Exhibition at Byam Shaw School of Art, London 27/11/98 – 9/12/98, Soho House, London 18/1/99 – 14/2/99
- "The Violent Unknown Event" at "Kling Klang" Curated by Gary Perkins and Gavin Wade, HMS Plymouth Birkenhead, 19/9/98 – 10/10/98
- "Re-entry: After Avalon" at The Enchanted Garden, Curated by SPACE Studios, The Big Chill, The Larmer Tree Gardens Dorset, 7/8/98 – 9/8/98
- "Hipparcos: The weight of the concept" at “Post-Neo-Amateurism” Curated by UNIT, NWUK Chisenhale Gallery, London 8/7/98 – 12/7/98
- "The Physics of Escapism" at "Instantaneous" Curated by Beaconsfield Vauxhall, 17/1/98 – 8/2/98
- Open Studio Whitechapel Open London 1998
- "The distance between you and me" "Winkle the pot-bellied pig and his woodland chums" Curated by BANK, Gallerie Poo Poo, London, 20/6/97 – 27/7/97, Bricks and Kicks Gallery, Vienna, 20/8/97 – 13/9/97
- “Fan Lady” at "Ventilation" Performance with Richard Layzell at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill 26/4/97
- "Astral Traveller" at "Self Storage" Curated by Laurie Anderson and Brian Eno, Produced by Artangel at Acorn Storage Wembley 3/4/95-7/5/95
- "The Copernican Revolution" Performance produced by Charles Scott-Armstrong & The Electric Company, "Autumn Exhibitionists" platform event ICA Theatre 1994
- "Here One Minute" Group Performance with Richard Layzell, "Live Art in Schools" book launch at Royal Academy of Art 1993 Whitechapel Gallery 1994