About Roman Vasseur
Roman's role is to work with the partners regenerating the market quarter of Harlow and to formulate a strategy for the integration of art into the regeneration process and the future life of the town. As part of this project he will also programme a number of temporary projects that will inform and begin this work.
Roman graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1991. He lives and works in London. He has exhibited at Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, The ICA, East International ’06, Little Private Governments at Essex University Gallery, Pilot:3 at the Venice Biennale and most recently at KX Gallery Hamburg as part of the group exhibition One Way Street with Amanda Beech, Pierre Bismuth and Jaspar Joseph Lester. The paper produced for the Tate conference: ‘John Stuart Mill Exterminates His Father’ was published in January 2008 in the first edition of Material, a Los Angeles and London based journal of writings by artists.
He is currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Fine Arts, UWE, Bristol. He has lectured at various institutions including Wimbledon College of Art, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, Tate Britain, University Iuav, Venice and the Royal College of Art. His work seeks to act out epic, often filmic, and political narratives via specific socio-economic realities.
www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/staff/vasseur.shtml
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“Harlow was developed in the post-war period as a New Town, based upon innovative master planning and design concepts, with a vast collection of art, public art and sculpture sited around the town. At this critical stage in the town's history, with large-scale regeneration, housing growth and investment plans, the role of the lead artist is to build on this strong sense of place and ensure public art is central to the future of the town.”
Ian Hatton, Senior Regeneration and Policy Manager, Essex County Council
