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Complete List of Creatives

See all the creatives who have voyaged and worked with us over the years

Artists

Ackroyd & Harvey

Artists and often collaborators whose time-based works have an intrinsic bias towards process and event

Adrian Newton

Adrian Newton

Professor in Conservation Ecology at Bournemouth University. Adrian Newton is part of Cape Farewell’s RiverRun project, interrogating the environmental impact of Dorset farming on the rivers and waters of Poole…

Artist

Adriane Colburn

Creates installations and maps that seek to investigate changes in the natural and urban landscape

Artist

Alex Hartley

British artist who confronts our experiences and understanding of the built and natural environments

Artist

Amy Balkin

Artist utilising critique and cross-disciplinary research in projects

Artist

Anna Frijstein

Artist whose practice evokes the bestial side of ‘socialised' human beings

Artist

Annie Cattrell

Artist whose practice is informed by working with specialists in neuroscience, meteorology, engineering and psychiatry

Artist

Antony Gormley

One of the UK's most iconic artists, using the human form to explore man's existence in and relation to the world

Architect

Bob Davies

Architect and environmentalist with an interest in how architecture and the environment affect human health

Artist

Chris Drury

Renowned land artist and one of Cape Farewell's Farm-Artists in residence

Artist

Chris Wainwright

Artist, curator, professor and former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Arts London

Poet

Chris White

Poet and performer with a passion for making poetry which is fun and accessible

Artist, Poet, Choreographer and Collaborator

Clare Whistler

Artist, Poet, Choreographer and Collaborator Clare makes work in performance, site-specific work in the landscape, poetry, music and visual art. Her international career as a dancer, choreographer and director has…

Performance Artis

Cynthia Hopkins

Creates unique multi-media performance pieces which intertwine truth and fiction

Artist, Lecturer and Researcher

Daro Montag

Artist who works with living organisms and natural processes

Founder and International Director

David Buckland

Artist, designer, film-maker, founder and international director of Cape Farewell

Photographer

Donald Weber

Award winning photographer who investigates global climate change as a social process, a personal and public discourse with nature

Artist

Erika Blumenfeld

Artist and Guggenheim Fellow who approaches her work like an ecological archivist

Musician

Feist

Grammy nominated Canadian singer-songwriter whose albums have sold millions worldwide

Artist

Gary Hume

Represented Britain in the 1998 Venice Biennale and describes himself as the "beauty terrorist"

Writer

Gretel Ehrlich

American novelist, poet and anthropologist

Artist

Guy Martin

West Dorset based artist and one of Cape Farewell’s Farm-Artists in residence

Musician

Hal Kelly

British musician and one of Cape Farewell's SIRENS

Artists

HeHe

Produce provocative, playful, risk-taking projects to spark dynamic conversations about our changing world

Poet and writer

Helen Moore

Award-winning ecopoet, socially engaged artist and writer

Poet

Helen Mort

Nominated for the prestigious T.S. Eliot Award, and five-times winner of the Foyle Young Poets award

Writer

Ian McEwan

Author whose works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim – Winner of the Booker Prize 1998

Musician

Jarvis Cocker

English musician and Pulp frontman

Poet

Jo Shapcott

Shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize and the Costa Award, and former President of The Poetry Society

Composer

Jonathan Dove

Renowned BBC Proms Gaia Theory composer and winner of the 2008 Ivor Novello Award for Classical Music

Musician

Julie Fowlis

Award winning singer and multi-instrumentalist based in the highlands of Scotland

Artist & Designer

Kathy Barber

Artist and designer with a diverse creative practice centring on an interest in working in public space

Writer

Kay Syrad

Writer, poet and one of Cape Farewell’s Farm-Artists in residence

Musician

KT Tunstall

Brit Award winning, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter and firm festival favourite

Writer

Laurie Brown

Writer, broadcaster and passionate advocate for the arts in Canada

Poet

Lemn Sissay

British poet, author, broadcaster and official poet of the 2012 London Olympics

Artist

Leonid Tishkov

Leonid’s poetic and metaphysic oeuvre is realised in a diverse and often unconventional range of media

Poet

Liv Torc

Spoken word artist and producer who plunges the vast caverns and dormant volcanoes of the human and planetary condition

Artists

Lucy and Jorge Orta

Contemporary artists who explore the themes of environment and sustainable development, habitat and community

Comedian

Marcus Brigstocke

Stand-up comic, writer, presenter and actor

Artist

Marcus Coates

Contemporary artist whose work crosses the boundaries between live performance and film making

Musician

Martha Wainwright

Canadian-American folk-pop singer whose style has been described as a melding of folk, rock and country

Artist & Musician

Max Eastley

Acclaimed musician who combines kinetic sound sculpture and music into a unique art form

Artist

Mel Chin

Has a long-standing interest in social and political issues, as well as issues affecting the environment

Artists

Melanie Gilligan & Tom Ackers

Create work that blends fiction, animation and documentary

Artist

Michael Pinsky

Contemporary visual artist who creates innovative works in galleries and public spaces

Artist

Michèle Noach

Observes the humour in human behaviour to produce exciting and colourful cartoon artwork and lenticulars

Playwright

Mikhail Durnenkov

Award-winning Russian playwright

Artist

Minerva Cuevas

Creates work characterised by socially engaged and site-specific actions that take place in a range of settings

Architect and artist

Myfanwy MacLeod + Janna Levitt

Canadian based architect and artist collaborative duo

Poet & Writer

Nick Drake

Award winning poet, playwright and novelist joined Cape Farewell's 2010 Arctic Expedition. His poem and a collection of poetry "The Farewell Glacier" featured in the High Arctic exhibition by UVA

Poet

Pete (The Temp) Bearder

Spoken word poet, author and musician and former National Poetry Slam Champion

Musician

Pete Yelding

Cellist, sitarist and vocalist

Architect

Peter Clegg

Architect with more than 30 years' experience in low energy architecture

Artist

Rachel Whiteread

Award winning YBA artist known for her sculptures which typically take the form of casts

Musician

Robyn Hitchcock

English singer-songwriter and psych folk guitarist who also dabbles in most forms of art

Musician

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Academy Award-winning, Grammy-winning, Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor

Poet

Sabrina Mahfouz

Performance poet, writer and Cape Farewell’s 2013/14 climate poet-in-residence

Company Manager

Sasha Constable

Artist, Teacher, Art Project Coordinator, Curator and Company Manager

Artist

Sharon Switzer

Toronto-based visual artist, and pioneering urban screens curator

Choreographer

Siobhan Davies

Dance has within itself an intelligence that highlights human thinking and activity in a very particular form

Artist

Sophie Calle

French writer, photographer, installation artist and conceptual artist

Architect

Sunand Prasad

Former RIBA President and co-founder of an award winning architectural practice known for its commitment to sustainable design

Musician

Tanya Tagaq

Internationally renowned contemporary Inuit throat singer

Poet & Writer

Tom Chivers

Writer, publisher, and Cape Farewell’s climate poet-in-residence 2012/13

Artist

Vanessa Reid

Cape Farewell’s Farm-Artist in residence 2014/15

Writer

Xiaolu Guo

Award-winning Chinese filmmaker and author

Author

Yann Martel

Man Booker Prize winning author of the international bestseller Life of Pi

Poet

Zia Ahmed

Poet, writer, and Cape Farewell's climate poet-in-residence 2014/15