Chlo茅 Masi

Senior Lecturer in Illustration BA (Hons)

Email:: chloe.masi@bcu.ac.uk

Chlo茅 graduated from the Royal College of Art in Communication Art and Design (Illustration) and gained academic experience in a number of art schools including London College of Fashion, Arts University Bournemouth, and the University of the West of England.

She has experience of teaching international students at several art schools, including the International Preparation for Fashion course at London College of Fashion. Her academic and artistic interests focus on drawing, pedagogy and visual communication.

Chlo茅 is an Executive Committee member of the Material Encounters Research Cluster at Birmingham City University. She co-founded the Drawing Research Group at the University of the West of England who she continues to collaborate with in-conjunction with 黑料吃瓜网.

Chlo茅鈥檚 drawings have been exhibited widely in museums and galleries including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Rabley Drawing Centre and the Museum of East Asian Art. Her drawings have been selected for the Rabley Drawing Centre鈥檚 Sketch competition in 2014 and 2017. Chlo茅鈥檚 drawings explore the potential of sketching. Her sketches are made up of essential lines and marks. Chlo茅 explores the ability of the sketch to capture a first-person point of view, including one鈥檚 observations, past memories and future imaginings simultaneously. Secondly, she explores the potential of the specific materials that the sketch involves -the paper and the pencil 鈥� and the connection between these materials and their abilities to capture intuitiveness, immediateness and directness.

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Research

Published Paper:

Masi, C., 2021. Drawing for learning: A review of the literature.听Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice,听6(1), pp.199-218.

Conferences:

Chloe is a co-editor of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Drawing Research (Bloomsbury Academic, under contract, expected publication 2027), a major international volume bringing together contributors working across disciplines for e.g. anthropology, fine art, architecture, pedagogy, and medicine. Within the volume, Chloe co-authors a chapter, 'What is Drawing Research?'.

Embury, G., Masi, C., Mercier, A. and Ward, L. (eds) (under contract) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Drawing Research. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Chapter: 'What is Drawing Research?鈥�

Masi, C. and Ward, L. (2024) Drawing Articulations. [Poster presentation]. Radical Drawing Symposium, Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, 26 June.听

Embury, G., Masi, C., Mercier, A. and Ward, L. (2023) What is Drawing Research? [Symposium]. UWE 黑料吃瓜网 Drawing Research Group, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham City University, 3 November. Available at:听

Accompanying exhibition:

Embury, G., Masi, C., Mercier, A. and Ward, L. (2023) What is Drawing Research? [Exhibition]. UWE 黑料吃瓜网 Drawing Research Group, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham City University, November. Available at:听

Embury, G., Masi, C., Mercier, A. and Ward, L. (2024) 'Drawing as a Dynamic Research Tool: Exploring its Diverse Applications and Inclusive Perspectives', Drawing Across x Along x Between University Borders. University of Porto, Portugal, 17 October.听

'Teaching drawing online: a showcase of examples and resources for artists and educators,'听Thinking through Drawing Symposium: 2B 鈥� Drawing Changes 2020.听Keynote Speaker, Indiana University Southeast, State University of New York at New Paltz, and The Big Draw.

鈥楧rawing as a learning tool, an exploratory study,鈥櫶�Drawing at Art School Symposium,听2019,听UWE Bristol Drawing Research Group,听University of the West of England.

鈥業llustrator as Detective: Discovery through drawing,鈥� 2015,听Visionaries, Varoom Lab Journal听and Birmingham City University.

鈥楾he Set,'听Spatialising Illustration Symposium, 2013,听VaroomLab Journal and Swansea Metropolitan University.

Chapter in Book:

鈥楻eportage Illustration: Visual Journalism,鈥�听2018,听Gary Embury and Mario Minichiello, 'Narrative Chapter鈥� Artist Case Study and Interview,听Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, ISBN: 9781474224598.

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