Alysia Trackim, PhD
Artist and Facilitator
Whitley Bay, United KingdomI work within the charity sector with emphasis on vulnerable young people and adults affected by loss. My studio practice navigates a personal and traumatic grief with use of photography: drawing on the misuse of, and manipulation to, the media and machine used to create it. In this way I focus my work on the accidentals and impossible spaces within -- indexical ghosts of trauma. This reflects and informs my work ethic and values, meditating on the liminal spaces between reality and memory and the perceptions in which we process our understanding of the world. I run workshops, sessions, talks, and lectures challenging our cultural understanding of loss, death, and dying.
Work Experience
Depaul UK
Programme Coordinator
No young person should have to sleep rough or stay in an unsafe place. Depaul works in some of the UK's most disadvantaged communities, looking to prevent homelessness and provide support to vulnerable young people at every step of their journey.
As part of the programmes team, I coordinated the activity space along with the programme manager. I attended to the timetable, worked collaboratively with clients and volunteers, and maintained communication between staff, volunteers, clients, and the wider community. I offered opportunities to engage with the cultural and historical heritage of the city through partnership work and access to local venues and charities, as well as individualised one-to-one support to those in crisis.
My aim and objective in this role was to maintain and promote a healthy and stable environment to foster creative and practical individual development.
As part of the programmes team, I coordinated the activity space along with the programme manager. I attended to the timetable, worked collaboratively with clients and volunteers, and maintained communication between staff, volunteers, clients, and the wider community. I offered opportunities to engage with the cultural and historical heritage of the city through partnership work and access to local venues and charities, as well as individualised one-to-one support to those in crisis.
My aim and objective in this role was to maintain and promote a healthy and stable environment to foster creative and practical individual development.
October 2017
- December 2018
United Kingdom
Crisis UK
Painting & Outreach Tutor
Delivery of painting and art sessions covering various movements, techniques, styles, and media.
August 2015
- October 2017
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Education
University Of Northumbria At Newcastle
PhD Fine Art
Visual and Material Cultures
October 2013
- February 2019
United Kingdom
University Of Northumbria At Newcastle
MA with Distinction: Fine Art
September 2012
- September 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
University Of Northumbria At Newcastle
BA (Hons) First Class: Fine Art
September 2009
- July 2012
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Languages
English (Native),
Skills
35mm,
Acrylic,
Darkroom,
Drawing,
Film Processing,
Illustration,
Large Format,
Linoprint,
Mac OS,
Medium Format,
Monoprint,
Oil,
Photography,
Photoshop,
Pinhole,
Screenprint,
Watercolour,
Windows Os,
Lectures / Artist Talks / Conferences
2017: Grief workshop with Crisis & Christina Thatcher, Café at Crisis, Crisis Skylight Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2017: Mental Wellbeing workshops, Depaul UK, Whitley Bay.
2016 - present: Art & photography workshops, Depaul UK, Whitley Bay.
2016: Exploring Grief workshop, Recovery College Collective, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2016: Death Café, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2016: The Dos and Don’ts of Grieving Properly. Or: How to have a conversation about grief., Death & Culture Conference, University of York, York.
2016: Artist Talk, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: Grief in Conversation with Catherine Gatt, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: Artist Talk, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015 - present: Sessional tutor: painting & creative outreach, Crisis Skylight, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: John Cage on Silence, Friends of the Hatton Gallery lecture, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: In conversation with Joanna Hutton, Paper Studio Northumbria, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: Pinhole Camera workshop, North Tyneside Art Studio, North Shields.
2014: Regarding the pain of others: photographing war, Friends of the Hatton Gallery lecture, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2014: Erasing memory: how complicated grief structures art practice decisions, PGR Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2013: Pinhole Camera workshop, Friends of the Hatton, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: Pinhole Camera workshop, Friends of the Hatton, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2017: Mental Wellbeing workshops, Depaul UK, Whitley Bay.
2016 - present: Art & photography workshops, Depaul UK, Whitley Bay.
2016: Exploring Grief workshop, Recovery College Collective, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2016: Death Café, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2016: The Dos and Don’ts of Grieving Properly. Or: How to have a conversation about grief., Death & Culture Conference, University of York, York.
2016: Artist Talk, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: Grief in Conversation with Catherine Gatt, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: Artist Talk, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015 - present: Sessional tutor: painting & creative outreach, Crisis Skylight, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: John Cage on Silence, Friends of the Hatton Gallery lecture, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: In conversation with Joanna Hutton, Paper Studio Northumbria, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2015: Pinhole Camera workshop, North Tyneside Art Studio, North Shields.
2014: Regarding the pain of others: photographing war, Friends of the Hatton Gallery lecture, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2014: Erasing memory: how complicated grief structures art practice decisions, PGR Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2013: Pinhole Camera workshop, Friends of the Hatton, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: Pinhole Camera workshop, Friends of the Hatton, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Press / Publications
PRESS
2016: "Postmortem: Alysia Anne: Shift", The Crack. Issue 332, Mar '16, p. 60.
2015: "Round-up 2015", Morning Star.
2015: "Do This", Luxe. Issue 37, Nov/Dec '15, p.14.
2015: "Arts Ahead: Star critics cherry-pick some of the best on offer in the weeks to come", Morning Star.
2015: "'Shift': An odd or excellent exhibition?", The Courier Online.
2015: "NEWS: Alysia Anne: Shift @ Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle", NARC. Magazine Online.
PUBLICATIONS
2017: Lloyd, C., "Grief Demystified", Jessica Kingsley Press: London, p. 86.
2014: unseated. Limited run exhibition 'zine.
2013: Visual Arts Postgraduate Degree Show 2013. Catalogue.
2013: Amnesia. Photography book.
2012: Silentium. Photography book.
2012: Visual Arts Degree Show 2012. Catalogue.
2016: "Postmortem: Alysia Anne: Shift", The Crack. Issue 332, Mar '16, p. 60.
2015: "Round-up 2015", Morning Star.
2015: "Do This", Luxe. Issue 37, Nov/Dec '15, p.14.
2015: "Arts Ahead: Star critics cherry-pick some of the best on offer in the weeks to come", Morning Star.
2015: "'Shift': An odd or excellent exhibition?", The Courier Online.
2015: "NEWS: Alysia Anne: Shift @ Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle", NARC. Magazine Online.
PUBLICATIONS
2017: Lloyd, C., "Grief Demystified", Jessica Kingsley Press: London, p. 86.
2014: unseated. Limited run exhibition 'zine.
2013: Visual Arts Postgraduate Degree Show 2013. Catalogue.
2013: Amnesia. Photography book.
2012: Silentium. Photography book.
2012: Visual Arts Degree Show 2012. Catalogue.
Solo / Group / Curated Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015: Alysia Anne: Shift, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014: unseated, Gallery North Project Space, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2013: Visual Arts Postgraduate Degree Show '13, BALTIC 39, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2013: Hoults Yard Revisited, Unit 42, Hoults Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2012: Free Range Art & Design Show: Art Week 2, F Block B5, Old Truman Brewery, London.
2012: Visual Arts Degree Show '12, Squires Building: 417 & 502, Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2012: Digilogue, Unit 44, Hoults Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: U, Grainger Market Events Space, Grainger Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: Functional By Default, Citibase, Churchill House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: Northern Aspects, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2010: Works North, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2010: Corperation-ism: or something like that (as Alysia Trackim), Citibase, Churchill House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2013: n-lôg, -lg, Unit 42, Hoults Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: FRAGMENTS, St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay (co-curated.)
2015: Alysia Anne: Shift, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014: unseated, Gallery North Project Space, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2013: Visual Arts Postgraduate Degree Show '13, BALTIC 39, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2013: Hoults Yard Revisited, Unit 42, Hoults Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2012: Free Range Art & Design Show: Art Week 2, F Block B5, Old Truman Brewery, London.
2012: Visual Arts Degree Show '12, Squires Building: 417 & 502, Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2012: Digilogue, Unit 44, Hoults Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: U, Grainger Market Events Space, Grainger Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: Functional By Default, Citibase, Churchill House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: Northern Aspects, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2010: Works North, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2010: Corperation-ism: or something like that (as Alysia Trackim), Citibase, Churchill House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2013: n-lôg, -lg, Unit 42, Hoults Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2011: FRAGMENTS, St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay (co-curated.)