Richard CROW

Born in 1961, Somerset, England, Crow's work as a visual artist spans solo and group installations and exhibitions, hybrid performance work, curatorial activity, and sound recordings with the group Diastolic Murmurs.

Major projects include Grenzaänger at Artspace, Sydney; The Noisiness of Bodies, at The Institution of Rot, London; Macro, at Omniversum Planetarium, a collaboration with Richard BARRETT, Paul OBERMAYER, Mary OLIVER and Carl BEUKMAN, Den Haag, 1996; Fleischerei, in a 1950's butcher's shop, including flooded cellar, Prenzlauerberg, Berlin, 1994; and Black Iris-Nigredo, a series, at Cross Street, London, 1993.

During 1996 he was a Research Visitor at the Department of Drama at The University of Newcastle, Australia, and an International Artist in Residence at Artspace, Sydney. While in Australia, Crow performed Theurgy (Messe Basse) for the 100 Years of Cruelty Artaud Conference, and Auto-Manic (Self Portrait) at the Auto-Manic Conference, University of Newcastle.

Crow has been the recipient of grants and awards from the London Arts Board, the Arts Council of England, and the London's Secret Spaces Fund. Opening of the Mouth is Crow's first collaboration with ELISION Ensemble.

March 1997

Crow can be contacted by email at richardcrow@blueyonder.co.uk, or by telephone/facsimile on +44 (0) 207 281 8141.

Photo by Ashley de PRAZER