Ali Roscoe is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art and Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Fine Art and MA Painting programmes at Wrexham University. She studied at Manchester Polytechnic, Sheffield Hallam University, and Liverpool John Moores University, and is currently working on her PhD. She has 25 years of teaching experience, with over 10 years in Higher Education.
Ali's practice-based research focuses on the relationship between material thinking, tactile engagement and the creative process in art practice and alternative pedagogical approaches. Her work is rooted in material thinking, process, and drawing to explore the cross-over spaces between various disciplines and ways of thinking, looking and ‘knowing’. She often combines the disciplines and philosophies of fine art, textiles and 'unorthodox materials' using the drawn line and stitch as metaphors. Her works explore the tensions between psychological states, text and image, pictorial space and real space.
Research Interests
My current research (for my PhD) is an investigation into the relationship between material thinking, tactile engagement and the creative process in fine art practice and is focusing on a group of students at Wrexham School of Art. Working closely with individuals and groups is enabling me to develop ‘pathways’ in which the creativity and knowledge from direct experience can be utilised to become trauma informed.
The research focus is around ‘material thinking’ (the way artists think and learn through doing and making – through the manipulation of materials, media and processes) and investigating this complexity in relationship to student engagement and learning. The research investigates prior learning and experience and how this accelerates or inhibits learning. The research is following a multi-method approach and the main group in the study are students on programme at WSA. Images and textual material from the students’ encounters with the material and instructions are informing a visual taxonomy of practice.
Employment
| Employer | Position | From/To |
|---|---|---|
| University of Lincoln | Art & Design Centre Lead Tutor – Sorrel Foundation NADSC | 01/01/2013 - 01/01/2016 |
| Wrexham Glyndwr University | Fine Art/ Foundation Year Sessional Lecturer | 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2019 |
| University of Lincoln | Art & Design Academic Tutor – MA Contemporary Curatorial Practice | 01/01/2013 - 01/01/2016 |
Education
| Institution | Qualification | Subject | From/To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Hallam University | Bachelor of Arts | Fine Art | - 01/06/1994 |
| Liverpool John Moores University | Postgraduate Certificate in Education | Education | - 01/06/1999 |
Outreach Activities
| Title | Description | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| MASSIVE HEEDZ | Llangollen Fringe Festival Arts Project Lead Artist for the Fringe Visual Arts Programme 2018 – 2022 & the MASSIVE HEEDZ project 2020-2022 - a multi-stranded socially engaged, collaborative community arts project. Collaborative partners - Llangollen Fringe Festival Arts Project, Wrexham University undergraduate Fine Art students, students and staff from Ysgol Dinas Bran in Llangollen & the community plus visitors of Llangollen. | Llangollen Fringe Festival Arts Project |
Other Professional Activities
| Title | Description | From/To |
|---|---|---|
| Spectrum of Things: Cross-cultural practice of ecological art Washing Lines Duende Art Museum, Shunde, Guangdong, China |
01/01/2022 | |
| Gymnasium Curator: Public Arts Project |
01/01/2015 - 01/01/2016 | |
| Misc.don - The Collection | 01/01/2015 | |
| Lines of Enquiry - The Collection | 01/01/2013 | |
| Bathing Beauties | 01/01/2011 | |
| Heterotopic Encounters Exhibition of twelve selected artists living/working in the NE Wales region each exploring, through located practice, Foucault’s ideas around space of otherness. The show comprised twelve separate but interlinked manifestations of activities explored across a range of media, ideas around transdisciplinarity and even an anti-disciplinarity. |
06/03/2020 | |
| On the Ground The ‘On the Ground’ exhibition provides a platform for the public to engage with the research of the teaching staff at the School of Creative Arts, nurturing a deeper appreciation for the relationship between teaching and marking art. It also aims to encourage aspiring student artists to recognise the value of educators who lead by example. |
16/10/2023 |
Programs/ Modules Coordinated
| Title | Subject |
|---|---|
| The Skills You Need | FY301 |
| Contextual Studies | FY302 |
| Introduction to Fine Art Practice | ARD494 |
| Locating | ARD722 |
| Visual Art Practice (Fine Art) | ARF510 |
| Dissertation | ARD626 |
| Negotiated Practice (Fine Art) | ARF607 |
| Fine Art Degree Project | ARF606 |
| Specialist Study (Fine Art) | ARF508 |