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Dr Simon Clarke

Senior Lecturer

Dr Simon Clarke is a senior lecturer with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in printed textile design and surface pattern.

His PhD from Birmingham City University involved research into the East African Kanga cloth. This research was driven by fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania and on Zanzibar, which was supported by a grant from the British Institute in Eastern Africa. His professional practice and research span printed textiles, photography, painting, visual anthropology and African arts.

He has presented papers on African art at conference venues around the world, including the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, the Fowler Museum, UCLA, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Florida. His work has been exhibited internationally, including the Prato Textile Museum, Italy, and featured in publications such as Techno Textiles, Braddock and O'Mahony (Thames & Hudson) and Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles, Clarke and Harris (Thames & Hudson). He has contributed towards international publications and in 2011 completed a book titled Textile Design with Laurence King Publishing with whom he also published in 2014 Print: Fashion, Interiors, Art. Current practice and research is drawn in large part from three fieldwork visits to South Africa where he has been involved in research for a new book. This has enabled him to access unique archive material from the University of Cape Town and the University of Johannesburg.

Simon Clarke has lectured at a number of institutes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels such as Goldsmiths, University of London, Kenyatta University, California College of the Arts and Savannah College of Art and Design. He has been an external examiner on BA(Hons) and MA art and design degree courses as well as examined at PhD level in relation to his expertise in African Arts. He is also currently a director of studies for two PhDs and external co-supervisor for another.

  • Simon A. Clarke
Emailsimon.clarke@falmouth.ac.uk
Telephone01326 370493 (ext 1493)
  • Qualifications
  • Research Interests
  • Research Outputs
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  • Professional engagement

    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    YearQualificationAwarding body
    2006
    PhD (Motif, Pattern, Colour and Text in Contemporary Kanga Cloth: An Analysis and Personal Response)
    Birmingham City University
    1987
    MA Textiles (Print)
    Birmingham City University
    1986
    BA(Hons) Printed Textiles and Decorative Surfaces
    Middlesex University

    Membership of external committees

    • Member of the Arts Council of the African Studies Association
    • Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute

    Research Interests

    Research topics

    • Printed Textiles
    • Photography
    • Painting
    • Visual Anthropology
    • African Art

    Research Outputs

    Publications and research outputs

    Book Section

    Clarke, Simon (2013) Untitled (2009). In: Textile Design. Thames & Hudson Ltd, London. ISBN 978-1856696876 Item not available from this repository.

    Clarke, Simon (2006) The politics of pattern: The interpretation of political and national iconography on kanga cloth. In: East African Contours: Reviewing Creativity and Visual Culture. Horniman Museum Press, UK, pp. 85-97. ISBN 1903338026 Item not available from this repository.

    Conference or Workshop Item

    Clarke, Simon (2011) Vernacular, Transitional and Modern Architecture in East Africa. In: Tatu, East African Visual Traditions, Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford University)/Fowler Museum (University of California, Los Angeles). Item not available from this repository.

    Book

    Clarke, Simon (2014) Print: Fashion, Interiors, Art Simon Clarke. Laurence King Publishing, London. ISBN 978-1-78067-167-3 Item availability may be restricted.
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    Clarke, Simon (2011) Textile Design. Laurence King, London. ISBN 978-1856696876 Item not available from this repository.

    Artwork

    Clarke, S (2009) 'Colour Structure 1'/'Repeat Structure 2'. [Artwork] Item not available from this repository.

    Externally funded research grants information

    Year startingYear endingProject titleFunderCurrencyValueCollaboratorsHESA Category
    2002
    No data
    Fieldwork into Kanga design on the Swahili Coast
    Research award from the British Institute in Eastern Africa with match funding from University College Falmouth with subsidised flights provided by British Airways
    No dataNo dataNo dataNo data
    2000
    No data
    Fieldwork into Kanga design on the Swahili Coast
    Research award from the University of Northampton with subsidised flights by British Airways
    No dataNo dataNo dataNo data
    1999
    No data
    Fieldwork into Kanga design on the Swahili Coast and Kenyan Highlands
    Research award from the University of Northampton
    No dataNo dataNo dataNo data

    Research Students

    Current research students

    Paul Reynolds; A Practice Based Inquiry into a Taxonomy and Ontology of Holes in Devore Lace - Falmouth University
    Simon Andrews; Falls in the elderly: Designing human-centred hip protection for older people - Falmouth University
    Becky Gooby; The development of methodologies for digital colour printing in textile design, through an understanding of interwar historical colour palettes - University of West England

    Research degrees examined

    I have examined one PhD student in the field of African Art from Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton

    Number of research degree examinations

    1

    Teaching

    Areas of teaching

    • Textiles
    • Printed Textiles
    • Textile Design

    Courses taught

    • BA(Hons) Textile Design

    Professional engagement

    Engagement with professional associations and societies

    External Examining

    • 2011- 2014 BA(Hons) Textiles: Design and Innovation, School of Art, Loughborough University
    • 2013-2017 MA Fashion, MA Textile Design, MA Fashion Accessories and MA Surface Design, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University



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    YearDescription
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    Saatchi online Gallery Artist

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