Brigitte Jurack

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Brigitte Jurack studied Protestant Theology at the Universities of Göttingen, Münster and Bonn, and Fine Art at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany.{{Cite web|title=Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019|url=http://2019.kicb.co.kr/artist/about?idx=3877|access-date=2021-04-10|website=2019.kicb.co.kr}}{{Cite web|title=Art in Liverpool Magazine, issue #6, August 2018|url=https://issuu.com/artinliverpoolmagazine/docs/art_in_liverpool_august|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Issuu|date=August 2018 |language=en}} Jurack completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art in 1990, supported by a British Council Scholarship.{{Cite web|title=Story, Manchester Metropolitan University|url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/news/story/?id=10227|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Manchester Metropolitan University|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=another vacant space.: a.v.s. projects Autogestión museumman Foundacio Joan Miro Barcelona|url=http://anothervacantspace.blogspot.com/2017/03/another-vacant-space-projects.html|access-date=2021-04-10|website=another vacant space.}} She went on to complete an MA Sculpture at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London in 1992.{{Cite web|title=Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019|url=http://2019.kicb.co.kr/artist/about?idx=3877|access-date=2021-04-06|website=2019.kicb.co.kr}} In 2018 she completed a PhD doctoral thesis entitled 'Why bother? Uncertainty, awkwardness and bravado in the sculptural representation of youth', undertaken at Manchester School of Art (Manchester Metropolitan University).{{Cite thesis|title=Why bother? Uncertainty, awkwardness and bravado in the sculptural representation of youth|url=https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/621435/|publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University|date=2018|degree=doctoral|language=en|first=Brigitte|last=Jurack}}{{Cite web|date=2020-10-23|title=Brigitte Jurack|url=https://diggingtogether.com/artists/brigitte-jurack/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Digging Together|language=en-US}}

In 1998 Jurack co-founded the artist collective Foreign Investment with artist Alma Tischlerwood. The collective, who have exhibited widely internationally, seek to "create situations where artists, audiences and participant communities come together to question the value of things in unexpected ways".{{Cite web|title=INTERRUPTIONS: Foreign Investment at The Holden Gallery|url=https://www.creativetourist.com/event/interruptions-foreign-investment/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Creative Tourist|date=26 September 2019 |language=en-GB}} Projects by Foreign Investment include One Square Foot of Sky at the Collector Club, Hong Kong (2014){{Cite web|date=2014-01-18|title=One square foot of Sky by foreign investment「一平方尺的天空」- foreign investment|url=http://www.collectorclub.org/ZH/2014/01/one-square-foot-of-sky/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Collector Club|language=zh-HK}} and Everything Must go at Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester (2011).{{Cite web|title=Everything Must Go|url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/35276/everything-must-go/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=www.e-flux.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-10|title=CFCCA Archive 'Everything Must Go' Art Sale – 16 September 2011|url=https://archive.cfcca.org.uk/index.php/Detail/occurrences/454|website=Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art}} Jurack's exhibition work with Foreign Investment includes numerous performance and soundworks.

In 2012 Jurack made a new piece of public sculpture, commissioned by Wirral council, for Central Park in Wallasey.{{Cite web|title=Liverpool Art Prize: 2014 shortlist announced {{!}} Art News {{!}} The Skinny|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/news/liverpool-art-prize-2014-shortlist-announced|access-date=2021-04-06|website=www.theskinny.co.uk|language=en}} The sculptures to commemorate the former Wallasey School of Art were designed in collaboration with young people from local schools and youth groups and with support from Arts Council England.{{Cite web|title=Sculpture aims to capture 'playful spirit' of former Wirral art college|url=https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10021726.sculpture-aims-to-capture-playful-spirit-of-former-wirral-art-college/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Wirral Globe|language=en}}

Jurack has taught fine art at a number of universities in the UK, holding posts as senior lecturer at John Moores University in Liverpool, Derby University, University of Newcastle and currently at Manchester School of Art.{{Cite web|title=Practice-Based-Research|url=http://www.practice-based-research.com/de/ProgramWorkshops.php|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.practice-based-research.com}}{{Cite web|title=They Eat Culture // We help shape the growth of Lancashire through arts engagement. // Dialogue|url=http://theyeatculture.org/current/talks/|access-date=2021-04-10|language=en}}

• Monkey Business, FILET, London, 2018{{Cite web|last=Zaffarano|first=Francesco|date=2018-10-18|title=Brigitte Jurack's 'Monkey Business' exhibition opens at FILET|url=https://hackneypost.co.uk/brigitte-jurack-monkey-business-filet-london/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Hackney Post|language=en-GB}}
• Pink Parachute, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, 2012{{Cite web|title=Brigitte Jurack: Pink Parachute|url=https://www.thegrundy.org/whats-on/single/brigitte-jurack-pink-parachute/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Grundy Art Gallery|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-10|title=Grundy Art Gallery Business Plan|url=https://democracy.blackpool.gov.uk/Data/Executive%20(I)/20130110/Minutes/$Appendix%20A-Grundy%20Art%20Gallery%20PH3%20Appendix%20A.doc.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410114752/https://democracy.blackpool.gov.uk/Data/Executive%20(I)/20130110/Minutes/$Appendix%20A-Grundy%20Art%20Gallery%20PH3%20Appendix%20A.doc.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 }}
• Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark, 2015{{Cite web|date=2015-06-17|title=Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus 2015 exhibits 57 works from artists/groups from 24 different countries.|url=https://www.biennialfoundation.org/2015/06/along-aarhus-scenic-coast-line-sculptures-are-presented-on-the-beach-the-waterfront-and-in-the-forest-the-exhibition-area-is-accessible-at-any-hour-and-free-to-the-public/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Biennial Foundation|language=en-US}}
• Just Wait for Me, Central Park, Wallasey, 2013{{Cite web|title=Sculpture aims to capture 'playful spirit' of former Wirral art college|url=https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10021726.sculpture-aims-to-capture-playful-spirit-of-former-wirral-art-college/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Wirral Globe|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Just wait for me|url=http://www.bronzefoundry.co.uk/WORKSPAGES/JURACK/JustWaitForMe2.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=www.bronzefoundry.co.uk}}
• Die Se (e) (h) kuh, Kiosk 24, Germany, 2011{{Cite web|last=miracle|title=Die Se(e)(h)kuh|url=https://kiosk24.org/die-seehkuh/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Kiosk24|language=de-DE}}
• Irfaran, The Globe Gallery, Newcastle, 2008{{Cite web|title=Irfaran|url=https://www.globegallery.org/irfaran|access-date=2021-04-06|website=The Globe Gallery|language=en}}
• Moonshine Walk, Sutton Manor, 2008{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Catherine|date=2008-02-29|title=Moonshine walk to mark colliery|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/moonshine-walk-to-mark-colliery-3493925|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Liverpool Echo|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Moonshine Walk, as part of Foreign Investment (2008) – Brigitte Jurack – Manchester School of Art|url=https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/profile/bjurack/projectdetails/618|access-date=2021-04-06|website=www.art.mmu.ac.uk}}

• Sanskriti Residency, SansKriti Foundation, Delhi, India, 2018{{Cite web|title=International Residency - Past Residents|url=http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/previous-artists.htm|access-date=2021-04-06|website=www.sanskritifoundation.org}}{{Cite web|title=Cheeseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne (2021)|url=http://www.findglocal.com/GB/Newcastle-upon-Tyne/871114152903286/Cheeseburn|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.findglocal.com}}{{Cite web|title=IB18: St John's Market: Brigitte Jurack: Scavengers|url=https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/ib18-st-johns-market-brigitte-jurack-scavengers/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Art in Liverpool|language=en-US}}
• Shortlisted for Liverpool Art Prize, 2014{{Cite web|title=January 2014 – Liverpool Art Prize|url=http://liverpoolartprize.com/?m=201401|access-date=2021-04-06|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=Liverpool Art Prize 2014 Opens at Metal on 9 May – Liverpool Art Prize|url=http://liverpoolartprize.com/?p=1429|access-date=2021-04-06|language=en-GB}}
• Prince of Wales Bursary, British School at Athens 2010/2011{{Cite web|title=Autogestió - another vacant space.|url=https://www.anothervacantspace.com/Autogestio|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.anothervacantspace.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2014-02-26|title=ART OPENING: FIGURING at Royal British Society of Sculptors Private view: 26th February 2014|url=https://fadmagazine.com/2014/02/26/art-opening-figuring-at-royal-british-society-of-sculptors-private-view-26th-february-2014/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=FAD Magazine|language=en-GB}}
• IMMA, Dublin – artist in residence, 2010{{Cite web|title=Brigitte Jurack|url=https://imma.ie/artists/brigitte-jurack/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=IMMA|language=en-IE}}{{Cite web|title=Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019|url=http://2019.kicb.co.kr/artist/about?idx=3877|access-date=2021-04-10|website=2019.kicb.co.kr}}

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