<h2>DEAN KELLAND<br />
(2019 &#8211; 2023)</h2>
<p>Birmingham-born artist Dean Kelland works across performance, photography and filmmaking. His practice touches on cultures of taste and histories of class in order to produce engaging observations on collective and mediated identities. Kelland has exhibited nationally and internationally with Ikon and undertaken residencies at New Art Gallery Walsall and Birmingham &amp; Midland Institute.</p>
<p>Kelland holds a PhD from Central Saint Martins (entitled <em>Flawed Masculinities: “Rupturing” 1950s/60s/70s British Sitcom via a Performance-led Interdisciplinary Arts Practice</em>) and has taught Fine Art for over 25 years.</p>

<h2>IMPOSTER SYNDROME</h2>
<p>Dean Kelland&#8217;s exhibition at Ikon Gallery, <em>Imposter Syndrome</em> (20 September — 22 December 2023), featured a number of his new films, prints and sketchbooks that reimagine the psychoanalytic dialogue that has occurred between Pop Art and Prison Art since the 1960s.</p>
<p>Referencing figures from popular culture such as Elvis and David Bowie, Kelland interrogates male identity and flawed notions of masculinity.</p>

Ikon Gallery, Autumn Exhibition Opening - Mali Morris, Calling (2023) - Dean Kelland, Imposter Syndrome (2023). Photographer Tegen Kimbley-16

Dean Kelland is Ikonu2019s artist in residence at HMP Grendon, Buckinghamshire. Funded by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, the focus of the residency is towards the development of artistic practice at HMP Grendon u2013 that of Kelland and of the prisonu2019s communities. For Kelland, the relationship between artist and prison is an exchange of ideas and practices, an ongoing dialogue that informs all aspects of the residency.nnThe project allows professional artists u2013 experts in their fields u2013 to facilitate practical workshops with the prison community, using materials and methods not normally seen inside prisons. Later in 2020 this provision will be reinforced by the conversion of a dedicated workshop space inside HMP Grendon.nnOutputs for the project can be seen in the prison residentsu2019 annual submission to the Koestler Awards u2013 through Koestler Arts, the UKu2019s leading prison arts charity u2013 as well as in annual exhibitions at HMP Grendon. The residency runs alongside a public programme of research symposiums and events at Ikon, allowing a platform for public discourse on arts practice in carceral settings.nnKelland works across performance, photography and filmmaking. His practice touches on cultures of taste and histories of class in order to produce engaging observations on collective and mediated identities. Kelland has exhibited nationally and internationally with Ikon and undertaken residencies at New Art Gallery Walsall and the Birmingham & Midland Institute. Kelland holds a PhD from Central Saint Martins (entitled Flawed Masculinities: u201cRupturingu201d 1950s/60s/70s British Sitcom via a Performance-led Interdisciplinary Arts Practice) and is MA Fine Art course leader at the University of Wolverhampton.

Dean Kelland - Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon

Dean Kelland: Imposter SyndromeIkon Gallery, Birmingham

Dean Kelland: Imposter Syndrome. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

<h2>EDMUND CLARK<br />
(2014-2018)</h2>
<p>Edmund Clark is an artist with a longstanding interest in incarceration and its effects. His previous subjects include Guantanamo Bay, the CIA secret prison programme and the detention of terrorism suspects in England on control orders.</p>
<p>Clark is a Senior Lecturer on the MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course at London College of Communication and his work has been acquired for national and international collections, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Imperial War Museum and the National Media Museum.</p>

<h2>IN PLACE OF HATE</h2>
<p>Edmund Clark&#8217;s exhibition at Ikon Gallery, <em>In Place of Hate</em> (6 December 2017 — 11 March 2018), included photography, video and installation.</p>
<p>Clark’s work is shaped by his engagement with issues of censorship, security and control. He could not make images that reveal the identity of the prisoners or details of the security infrastructure and so his response was to create work that explores ideas of visibility, representation, trauma and self-image.</p>

Edmund Clark, In Place of Hate, Ikon Gallery, 2017 (22)

Interview with artist Edmund Clark to coincide with Ikon's exhibition -nEdmund Clark, In Place of Hate (6 December 2017 - 11 March 2018).nnBritish artist Edmund Clark is Ikonu2019s artist-in-residence (2014u20132018) at Europeu2019s only entirely therapeutic prison, HMP Grendon, in Buckinghamshire. This exhibition is the culmination of his residency, comprising photography, video and installation.nnEstablished in 1962, HMP Grendon requires inmates to accept responsibility for their offence. Within the prison environment they can exercise a degree of control over the day-to-day running of their lives, making a commitment to intensive group therapy and democratic decision-making, whilst holding each other to account. Evidence shows that Grendon has delivered lower levels of violence in prison and reduced instances of reoffence after release.nnClark, an artist with a longstanding interest in incarceration and its effects, has worked with inmates, prison officers and therapeutic staff, immersed himself in the prison routines and taken part in wing community meetings, a key element of life at Grendon.nnClarku2019s work is shaped by his engagement with issues of censorship, security and control. He cannot make images that reveal the identity of the prisoners or details of the security infrastructure and so his response has been to create work that explores ideas of visibility, representation, trauma and self-image. These themes influence how prisoners and the criminal justice system are perceived by the public, politicians and media and are above all central to the experience of the men and staff engaged in the therapeutic process at Grendon.nnPresented in partnership with HMP Grendon and the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.nnWebsite: https://ikon-gallery.org/nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ikongallery/nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ikongallery?lang=ennInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ikongallery...

Edmund Clark - In Place of Hate

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Edmund Clark, In Place of Hate, Ikon Gallery, 2017 (11) (Large)

Edmund Clark, In Place of Hate, Ikon Gallery, 2017 (5) (Medium)

Edmund Clark, In Place of Hate, Ikon Gallery, 2017 (1)

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Art at HMP Grendon

History: Art at HMP Grendon

DEAN KELLAND: IMPOSTER SYNDROME, EXHIBITION IMAGES EDMUND CLARK: IN PLACE OF HATE, EXHIBITION IMAGES

History: Art at HMP Grendon

DEAN KELLAND
(2019 – 2023)

IMPOSTER SYNDROME

DEAN KELLAND: IMPOSTER SYNDROME, EXHIBITION IMAGES

EDMUND CLARK
(2014-2018)

IN PLACE OF HATE

EDMUND CLARK: IN PLACE OF HATE, EXHIBITION IMAGES