Image: Applause Machine
 
Current Status
Lives and works in the UK.
Born Hannover, Germany 1972.
Nationality British

Commissions and Public Works
2010 Collaboration with Laikingland and Atelier Ted Noten to create a New Jewellery Box. (Ongoing).
2010 The Party Popper Machine for Laikingland.
2008-2010 "Pin Cascade" clock for Tower Works, Leeds, UK. (Ongoing).
2008-2009 The Weather Station, Flintham Museum, Nottinghamshire, UK.
2008 Applause Machine for Laikingland.
2007
Bird Wave. Mansfield Museum, UK.
2006-2007
Concentric Wave. The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, UK.
2006 Pennies From Heaven. Weston Park Museum, Sheffield, UK.
2005 One Planet, The Alternative Technology Centre, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK.
2005 Clockwork Automata. San Francisco, USA.
2004
Kelvin's Universe. The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland.
2004
Machines for The Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry, Carmarthen, West Wales.
2003
Cuckoos' Clockwork. The Museum of Toys and Automata, Arima, Japan.
2003
Mechanical Clock For the entrance to "Salle Des Machines". La Parenthese, Nancy, France.
2002
Pigeon Wave. Clock for Cardiff Central Station, Wales.
2001 The Applause Machine. The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, UK.
2001 The Coin Wave. 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK.
2000 From Muck to Gold, Expo 2000 World's Fair, Basic Needs Pavilion. Hannover, Germany.
2000 Mechanical Clock donations box for Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery, UK.
1999 The Cuckoos' Clock. Collectors Lot, Channel 4 TV. UK.
1999 Royal Pump Rooms, Royal Leamington Spa, UK.
1998 The Town Tricycle. New York, USA.
1998 Schoolgirls Revenge. Doncaster Community Arts, UK.
1997 The Jester. Palace Vaults, Stirling Castle, Scotland.

Selected Group Exhibitions
* indicates the exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue.
2010 The CultureLabel, World Expo, Shanghai.
2010 Creative Collaborations, Laikingland, Ventura Lambrate, Salone de Mobile, Milan.*
2010 Kinetica Art Fair, P3, London.*
2009 Laikingland, 100% Design, Earls Court, London.*
2009 Kinetica Art Fair, P3, London.*
2008 Flipside Gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2007 Kinetica Gallery, London, UK. *
Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset, UK.
2006
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK.
2005
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, The Gallery at OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK.
Full Fathom Five. Six Chapel Row and Hitchcocks', Bath, UK.
2004
A Cabaret Mechanical Christmas. The Gallery at OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK.
Jeux d'automates. Musée des Automates, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France.
2003
Cabaret Mechanical Festival. The Gallery at OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK.
Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany.
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. The royal Pump Rooms, Royal Leamington Spa, UK.
Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK.
2002
Out of the box, Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, London, UK.
The Rude exhibition, Hitchcocks', Bath, UK.
2001
in-art-iculate, art.tm, Inverness, Scotland. Then toured throughout 2002. *
Ark, Hitchcocks', Bath, UK. *
Up and Running, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK.
2000
The Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK. (tour).
The Silent scene; the cultural script in the frame, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, UK. *
1999
A Moving Experience, Oxford Gallery, UK.
1998

Kunstlerisches Spielzeus, Munich, Germany.
Art on the Move, Wysing Arts, Cambridge.
The Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.

1996
The Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK. *
Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK.
1995
Museum of Automata, York, UK.
1994
The Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK. *
 
Other Activities
2008 Co-founder of Laikingland, a product design practice that develops and manufactures mechanical objects and devices.
2005-2010
Associate Lecturer, Leeds College of Art, UK.
2006-2008
Workshop leader, Learning Journeys, NESTA and Bradford Industrial Museum, UK.
2005
Co-founder of Radiant Works, a non-commercial visual arts resource in Huddersfield, UK.
1999 Mechanical sets and puppets for Faulty Optic Theatre of Animation's production, Tunnelvision.
1997 Mechanical sets and puppets for Faulty Optic Theatre of Animation's production, Shot at the Troff.
1994
Visiting Lecturer, BA Design Crafts, Herefordshire College of Art and Design, UK.
 
Work available from:
  The Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam.
  Moss, New York.
  Mint, London.
  Colette, Paris.
  The Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
  The Harley Gallery, Nottingham.
  The KK Outlet , London.
 

 

Copyright © Martin Smith 2010, all rights reserved.