Simon Reekie
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Teaching Subjects
Practice/ Research Interests
Programme Leader (joint): BA (Hons) Art and Contemporary Practices and Lecturer
Roles
- Programme Leader (joint) – BA (hons) Art and Contemporary Practices
- Module Leader - Theories, Practices and Protocols of Working in the Public Realm
- Placement Coordinator, BA (hons) Art and Contemporary Practices
- External Examiner – Med Art Teacher Programme at the University of the West of Scotland
- Personal Academic Tutor
Qualifications
- MSc, Art Psychotherapy International (distinction) – Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- PGDE, Art and Design – University of the West of Scotland
- MFA, Painting and Drawing – the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- BA (1st class Honours), Fine Art – Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
- BSc (2.1 Honours), Biotechnology – Abertay University
Contact
Teaching Subjects
- HND Contemporary Art Practice
- BA (Hons) Art and Contemporary Practices
Practice/ Research Interests
- Creativity and health
- The psychology of art and artists
- Art Psychotherapy
- Drawing and painting
- Creativity and pedagogy
Employment History
- Award winning professional artist who exhibits work nationally and internationally. Work is held in many public and private collections.
- Director of a company that provides Art Therapy and creative wellbeing workshops. Clients include primary and secondary school across local authorities, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee City Council, Perth and Kinross Council, the University of Dundee, and Art Angel Dundee.
- Has worked as an Art Therapist for children’s charities, including Barnardo’s, Action for Children, Teen-Talk and Creative Therapies.
- Lectured and tutored extensively within the higher education sector, including work at the University of the Highlands and Islands, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (University of Dundee).
- Fully qualified Art and Design teacher and has taught in Dundee schools.
- Prior to undertaking formal art training undertook molecular biology research - DNA capture for forensic applications.
Honors and Awards
- Fulbright Scholar
- Royal Scottish Academy’s John Kinross Scholar
- Royal Scottish Academy’s Linda Clark Nolan Scholar
- Scottish International Education Trust Scholar
- St Andrews Society of Washington DC’s James and Mary Dawson Scholar
- Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Award recipient
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago International Scholarship recipient
- Duncan of Jordanstone, Sandra McNeilance Memorial Prize for Painting Recipient
- The Roger & Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust recipient
- The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust recipient
- City of Dundee Educational Trust Award recipient
- Southdown Trust Award recipient
Affiliations
- Registered with the British Association of Art Therapists
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Associate of the Teaching Company Directorate
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy