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Dr Christian Edwardes

Senior LecturerPhD, MA, FHEA
Email me: cedwardes@aub.ac.uk

Overview

Christian Edwardes is a Senior Lecturer on BA (Hons) Illustration at Arts University Bournemouth. His recent research is centred around studio geographies and the geoaesthetics of artistic production, which also form a central strand of his artistic practice. After studying fine art at Liverpool John Moores and Central Saint Martins, he completed his PhD at Chelsea College of Art in 2016. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, and co-edited Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019.

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Contact:

Name: Dr Christian Edwardes he/him
Email: cedwardes@aub.ac.uk
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6762-4457

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • PhD (Chelsea College of Art and Design - UAL)
  • MA Fine Art Painting (Central Saint Martins - UAL)
  • BA (Hons) Fine Art (Liverpool John Moores)

Teaching Qualification

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Teaching

  • BA (Hons) Illustration

Courses

Research

Research Interests and Projects

  • Boyd, C., Barry, K., Bennett, S., Edwardes, C. (2025) 'Non-representational theory and the creative arts: four practitioners, four examples'. In Vannini, P. (ed.) The end of data: non-representational and more-than-human research creations. London & New York: Routledge
  • Edwardes, C. (2024) Distance and Belonging in the Studio. In Boyd, C. P. et al. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook On Spaces Of Mental Health And Wellbeing. London & New York: Routledge
  • Edwardes, C. (2021) Scenes of Studio Practice (L’atelier mis en scènes). Ambiances: International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture, and Urban Space [online] Available from: https://journals.openedition.o...
  • Edwardes, C. (2019). Micro-geographies of the studio. In C. P. Boyd & C. Edwardes (Eds.), Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts (pp. 53-68). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Boyd, C. P., & Edwardes, C. (Eds.). (2019). Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Research Supervision

PhD Supervision:

  • Representing the Presence of Absence: The Japanese Concept of “Ma” through Contemporary Painting Practice
  • How might illustration practice be utilised to improve gender respect, equality and awareness in the next generation?

Practice-based research projects in creative geographies and 'geohumanities', fine art, or illustration. Research in areas areas such as atmospheres, studio studies, and affect as they relate to creative work.

Memberships

Advance HE Membership

  • Fellow (FHEA)