Dr Stephanie Black
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Illustration Animation
- School of Design
Lecturer in Illustration
- Email:
- s.black@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am an illustrator and researcher, with a particular interest in time as a quality of illustration and research methods for illustration research. I have exhibited work and spoken at conferences internationally, and had research published in peer reviewed journals and books.
Qualifications
- PhD: University of the West of England, Bristol
- Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice: Plymouth University
- MA Research by Project (Design): University of the West of England, Bristol
- BA Hons Design: Visual Communication (Illustration): Glasgow School of Art
Domains
Courses taught
Currently working on a collaborative research project with Luise Vormittag (UAL) examining how illustration intervenes within issues of global importance. The first issue of our interim findings can be found at www.colouring-in.com
I welcome applications from prospective PhD or MA by Research students looking to work in the area of Illustration.
Specialisms
- Illustration
- Practice research
Publications
Exploring the contemporary 'Moon Under Water' through illustration : nostalgia and the power of the image
Black, Stephanie, 2024, Visual Communication (23), 4, pp 632-654
Fibs and fripperies : references to the real in digital illustration
Black, Stephanie, 2019, Journal of Illustration (6), 2, pp 289-304
Design for life : research methods, design thinking, and authorial illustration practice
Black, Stephanie (2019). In: Male, Alan, (ed.), A companion to illustration. Noboken, U.S.A.: Wiley-Blackwell, pp 229-249
Capitalising (on) research
Black, Stephanie(2021). In: Illustration Research Symposium, 11 - 12 Feb 2021 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K. (Held online)
Illustration and the other : reflective nostalgia and critical practice
Black, Stephanie(2020). In: Transposition as artistic practice, 19 - 20 Oct 2020 :Bergen, Norway (Held online)
Known unknowns : design thinking in the entrepreneurial wilderness
Black, Stephanie(2019). In: 5th International Motion Festival, 6-9 May 2019 :Nicosia, Cyprus
Plume of feathers : still moving images
Black, Stephanie(2017). In: 4th International Motion Festival, 11 - 14 May 2017 :Nicosia, Cyprus
Plume of feathers : exploration the contemporary Moon Under Water through illustration
Black, Stephanie(2016). In: Shaping the view : understanding landscape through illustration, 10 - 11 Nov 2016 :Edinburgh, U.K.
Plume of feathers : performativity and performance
Black, Stephanie(2016). In: Markings : Illustration and performance festival, 08 Jul 2016 :London, U.K.
Show and tell : writing the academic argument within the field of visual communication
Black, Stephanie(2016). 28-29 Apr 2016 : The Hague, The Netherlands
The artist's book as vehicle for knowledge
Black, Stephanie(2015). In: Livres d'artistes : the artist's book in theory and practice, 4-6 Dec 2015 :Cardiff, Wales
Rear view mirror
Black, Stephanie(2012). In: Plymouth University/VaroomLab Boundaries Illustration Symposium, 14-15 Sep 2012 :Plymouth, U.K.
Drawing into knowing : a natural history
Black, SM and Imperatore, L(2012). In: Drawing Research Network Conference 2012 : Drawing Knowledge, 10 - 11 Sep 2012 :Loughborough, U.K.