Will Foster

Will Foster has a background in environmental and socially engaged arts practice. Since graduating from a BA in Environmental Art at The Glasgow School of Art in 2004, he has been an artist in residence throughout Scotland; Scottish Sculpture Workshop Aberdeenshire, Cove Park Argile and Bute and Functionsuite Edinburgh. Will is the initiator and co-curator of Cabin Exchange from 2002 until 2006, a project where multiple 10ft by 8ft x 8ft shipping containers were used to create a platform for an annual week long public art project. This project involved local and international artists and took place throughout Glasgow, Edinburgh and as part of Next Wave in codunction with the commernwealth games in Melbourne (Australia). In 2007 Will undertook a renewable energy research trip travelling by bicycle through Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark and Norway to arrive in Fykse on the west coast of Norway. This month-long trip culminated in a year-long inaugural residency at Barselgrad residency centre in Fykse village. Will has recently completed a Masters of Arts in ‘Arts and Ecology’ at Dartington Collage of Arts, which was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, and he is now based in Berlin at The Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben e.V.

Place of Birth: Sheffield
Now living: Berlin

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