"Pierce Starre is an artist unafraid of pushing boundaries, challenging hierarchies and producing site-specific performances and works of art that leave a lasting impression on the viewer" - Peter Bonnell, Senior Curator, QUAD

Pierce Starre (b.1984 Liverpool) is a UK based artist with a practice situated in performance. Pierce situates his personal experiences within a broader social and political context. His artworks provide the viewer with an opportunity to be immersed within an embodied experience, creating a platform for connection, reflection, and discussion. Pierce understands the capacity of performance art to engage the artist and the viewer in a transformative exchange both through the live performance of the work and through its documentation.

 

His previous work has explored his lived experience of being a Child of Deaf Adults and has critiqued the restrictive nature of institutional frameworks.

 

Pierce has recently established DRIP, an artist led platform facilitating the exploration and development of Live Art in Liverpool. He has also recently been awarded a commission by DaDaFest as part of their Artist Development fund and is currently an artist in residence at Liverpool’s Hope University.

 

Education

  1. BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class HonoursUniversity of Derby, UK, 2018

Talks and Panels

  1. Sounds Like HerNew Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK, 2017
  2. Why Performance Art?University of Derby, UK, 2017
  3. Movement & PerceptionQUAD, Derby, UK, 2014

Live Performance

  1. The Big ShowUniversity of Derby, UK, 2018
  2. Raising Your VoiceUniversity of Derby, UK, 2017

Exhibitions

  1. Vibrations and SynesthesiaNew Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK, 2015
  2. Movement & PerceptionQUAD, Derby, UK, 2014

Residencies

  1. MAP Artist in ResidenceLiverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, 2019
  2. 12 Hour ResidenciesThe Gathering, ROAR, Rotherham, UK, 2017
  3. AmnesiaTempting Failure CIC, London, UK, 2016

Awards and Funding

  1. Artists Development ProgrammeDaDaFest, Liverpool, 2019

Publications and Media

  1. 10 CODA Artists to ExploreKODAheart, 2018
  2. An enduring performance ; the Art of being /hɪə/Derby News, 2017
  3. /hɪə/BBC East Midlands Today, 2017
  4. /hɪə/BBC Radio, 2017
  5. Why this man will sit silently, blindfoldedDerby Telegraph, 2017
  6. Public try to ‘put off’ artist sitting silentlyDerby Telegraph, 2017
  7. How to be /hɪə/ now with Pierce StarreThis is IN Magazine, 2017
  8. Local artist hopes to lift the red tapeThis is IN Magazine, 2017
  9. Growing up as a CODAThe Limping Chicken, 2015
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