Armelle Skatulski
Armelle Skatulski is an artist and researcher who was awarded a DYCP fund from Arts Council England to prepare the grounds for a new body of work "Virtual Anatomy" (2023-). She completed a practice-based PhD at the Royal College of Art in London funded by an AHRC Technē Scholarship.
From April 2023, Armelle will join Leeds Creative Labs at the Cultural Institute of the University of Leeds. During this funded partnership between artists and academics she will research the mechanisms and ethics of data extraction in Virtual Reality interactions through artistic methodologies. As part of an artist residency at Convention House, East Street Arts (Leeds, UK), funded by the Weston Culture Fund (July-November 2022), she developed "Two repeated measures experiments," a project which explores gestural motion mapping in VR.
Most recent exhibitions include: Accidentology (I), Hockney Gallery, RCA, London (May 2023), Intersectional Matter: Waste, Gallery at the Station, Frome (June-July 2023); RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (May-July 2022); Unruly Encounters, South Park Galleries, London (March 2022); Research Biennale MRes 21, Royal College of Art, London (Feb. 2021); There’s something lurking in the shadows, Dyson Gallery, RCA & NAFAE, London (March 2019); Flight Mode, Assembly Point, London (July 2018).
Armelle also works as a freelance researcher and commissioned artist for progressive think tanks with a focus on the data economy, digital rights, the internet of things, automation, and sustainable post-work futures. She produced a schematic map of the datafication of work for the London-based think tank Autonomy (Data Archeogram, January 2021) and in 2021-22 she was a visiting scholar at the Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab at the University of Western Australia.
You can find her RCA research profile here.
EDUCATION
2023 | PhD Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art (AHRC/Technē DTP), London, UK.
2008 | MA Cultural Studies (Distinction/AHRC award), Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS
2023 | Develop Your Creative Practice (DYCP), Arts Council England.
2023 | Leeds Creative Labs Commission, The Cultural Institute of the University of Leeds & East Street Arts, UK.
2022 | Convention House Commission, East Street Arts & the Weston Culture Fund.
2021 | MTPL Commission, Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab UWA.
2020 | Research Partnership WP Fund, RCA / AHRC / Technē.
2017 | Doctoral Training Partnership Technē Scholarship, RCA / AHRC.
2014 | IdeasTap Fund - Magnum Photos.
2008 | Masters Preparation Award, AHRC.
FELLOWSHIPS
2021 - 2022 | Honorary Fellow & Visiting Scholar at the Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab, University of Western Australia, Perth.
RESEARCH NETWORKS
2023 | Leeds Creative Labs, The Cultural Institute of the University of Leeds & East Street Arts, UK - Funded artist.
2021 | The Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab, University of Western Australia - Honorary Fellow.
2020 | Autonomy Research Partnership, London, UK - AHRC Partnership Researcher.
RESIDENCIES & PARTNERSHIPS
2023 | Leeds Creative Labs, The Cultural Institute, University of Leeds & East Street Arts, Leeds, UK.
2022 | Convention House Residency, East Street Arts, Leeds, UK.
2020 | Research Partnership, Autonomy, London, UK (RCA / AHRC / Technē).
2018 | The Object of Research, University of Cumbria, UK (RCA / AHRC / Technē).
2016 | CAITM Residency, The Centre des Archives Industrielles et Techniques de Moselle, France (RCA / AHRC / Technē).
2015 | Bow Arts Foundation Live/Work Scheme, London, UK.
2014 | Magnum Professional Practice, Magnum Photos, London Print Room, London, UK.
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWCASES
2023 | Accidentology (I), Solo Show, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London, UK.
2023 | Research Biennale 23, Royal College of Art Research Biennale, London, UK.
2023 | Intersectional Matter: Waste, Group Show, PhotoFrome, Station Gallery, Frome, UK.
2022 | RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
2022 | Unruly Encounters, Group Show, South Park Galleries, London, UK.
2021 | MRes 21, Royal College of Art Research Biennale, London, UK.
2019 | There's Something Lurking in the Shadows, RCA Group Show, Dyson Gallery, London, UK.
2018 | Flight Mode, RCA Group Show, Assembly Point, London, UK.
2018 | Documents, RCA Group Show, Lumen Studios, Lumen Studios,
2017 | Daybreak, RCA Group Show, Safehouses, London, UK
2016 | Matter, Group Show, Woo Studios, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK.
2015 | Athens Photo Festival Shortlist, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Athens, Greece.
2015 | Evidence, Format International Photography Festival Shortlist, Derby, UK.
2014 | RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
2012 | RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
2011 | We worked in squares & loved in triangles, Group Show, The Bloomsbury Group, SSE Space, Store Street, London, UK.
2011 | Collectors’ Show, The Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Rep. of Ireland.
2010 | Inventaire des œuvres démembrées, part of Unbuilding, Collaboration with Tamsin Snow, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Rep. of Ireland.
2009 | Reworking, Collaboration with Tamsin Snow, Yorkshire Art Space / Persistence Works, Sheffield, UK.
RECENT RESEARCH OUTPUT & PUBLICATIONS
2023 | A. Skatulski, Accidentology (I), Research Biennale 23, Royal College of Art Research Biennale [online] - artwork.
2023 | A. Skatulski, Excavating Virtual Presence, Convention House, ESA, Leeds, UK - artwork & research blog.
2022 | A. Skatulski, Nachtrag, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition Catalogue, Dublin, Ireland - artwork.
2021 | A. Skatulski, Archive Sub-Versions, MRes 21, Royal College of Art Research Biennale [online] - artwork.
2021 | A. Skatulski, Data Archeogram, Autonomy [online], AHRC/Technē Partnership & the Alex Ferry Foundation - schematic map and research paper.
2020 | A. Skatulski, Algorithm in Command, Autonomy [online], AHRC/Technē Partnership - research blog.
2019 | A. Skatulski, "Archive Sub-Versions," Speaking With: Mavor / Hebson, an RCA SOAH Research Symposium - conference paper.
2018 | A. Skatulski, "Re-enactment, the Accident and the Archive," Re-enactment, an RCA Visual Arts Lecture Series - conference paper.
2018 | A. Skatulski, Dédoublement d'appareil, in PROVA 4, edited by Chantal Faust, Royal College of Art Annual Research Publication - artwork.
2017 | A. Skatulski, "Sense is not a reservoir," Daybreak symposium, Asylum, London - conference paper.
2014 | A. Skatulski, Anarchive#n, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition Catalogue, Dublin, Ireland - artwork.
ARTISTS TALKS | CONFERENCES | SYMPOSIA
2023 | A. Skatulski, "The Art & Ethics of Data Extraction," The Cultural Institute, University of Leeds, UK.
2022 | A. Skatulski, "Excavating Virtual Presence," artist talk, Convention House, ESA, Leeds, UK.
2019 | A. Skatulski, "Archive Sub-Versions," Speaking With: Mavor / Hebson, an RCA SOAH Research Symposium. Keynotes: Prof. Carol Mavor (University of Copenhagen) and Nadia Hebson (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm); chair: Prof. Rebecca Fortnum, Gorvy Lecture theatre, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK.
2018 | A. Skatulski, "Re-enactment, the Accident and the Archive," Re-enactment, an RCA Visual Arts Lecture Series, chaired by Chantal Faust & Prof. Rebecca Fortnum, Gorvy Lecture theatre, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK.
2017 | A. Skatulski, "Revisiting Technologies of the Self," MA Fine Art Seminar, with Graham Hudson, Battersea, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2017 | A. Skatulski, "Sense is not a reservoir," Daybreak symposium, an RCA Research Symposium, Asylum, London, UK.
2017 | A. Skatulski, “Incommensurable Trace,” Resistance, without presupposition: language, philosophy, film and performance, an RCA Research conference. Keynotes: Kristen Kreider / Jason Waite / Holly Ingleton / Howard Caygill. Chaired by Aura Satz & Yve Lomax. Gorvy Lecture theatre, School of Fine Art, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK.
2014 | A. Skatulski, "Heterochronia and the Space of the Photograph," Heterotopia, Onion Discussions: a Sculpture Public Lectures Series 2012, School of Fine Art, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK.