Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon 2014 2017
Ikon is delighted to announce a new partnership with HMP Grendon, Buckinghamshire and theMarie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, working with artist Edmund Clark over a three-year
programme. The project will culminate in a publication and exhibition at Ikon in 2017.
In light of growing evidence that the arts can offer transformational experience in offenders’ lives
thus breaking the vicious circle of crime and incarceration, the Artist in Residence programme
will develop a public discourse about prisons, rehabilitation and criminality. Integral to Clark’s
research and art work undertaken during the residency, will be practical opportunities foroffenders to work alongside a professional artist assisting them in their own creative
endeavours.
Edmund Clark is a multi award-winning artist whose work links history, politics andrepresentation. He traces ideas of shared humanity, otherness and unseen experience throughlandscape, architecture and the documents, possessions and environments of subjects ofpolitical tension. Through photographic and mixed media works, Clark is committed tocommunicating the complex issues surrounding crime and punishment. He has previously
worked on several long-term projects in custodial institutions including HMP Kingston, YOI
Lancaster Farms and the detention camps at Guantanamo Bay.
Clark’s work can be found in museum collections including the National Portrait Gallery and theImperial War Museum. He was awarded the Royal Photographic Society Hood Medal foroutstanding photography for public service in 2011, shortlisted for the Prix Pictet in 2012 andnominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2011 and 2013.
As an institution dedicated to championing public engagement through the visual arts, thisresidency provides an exciting opportunity for Ikon to engage audiences with current debatesconcerning incarceration and rehabilitation.
Note to Editors:
1. Ikon is open Tuesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 11am - 6pm. Admission isfree.
2. Ikon Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council England andBirmingham City Council.
3. HMP Grendon operates a unique regime in the therapeutic care of offenders. CurrentlyGrendon can house up to 238 residents in Cat B secure conditions, with each of its sixwings operating as autonomous therapeutic communities.

4. The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust was set up in 1992 by the Vienneseémigré artist Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906-1996) for the promotion of her work, thecharitable support of the arts and other charitable objects as stated on the Charity's web
site: www.motesiczky.org/about-the-trust/introduction
5. For more information on Edmund Clark please visit his website www.edmundclark.com
6. For more information, high-res images and to arrange an interview with the artist or thecurator please contact Sophie Campos or Emma Gilhooly at Pelham Communications on020 8969 3959 or email sophie@pelhamcommunications.com oremma@pelhamcommunications.com

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