Clive Wilkins Explained

Clive Wilkins
Birth Date:25 June 1954
Birth Place:Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Nationality:British
Known For:Artist in Residence, Department of Psychology, The University of Cambridge, Member of The Magic Circle
Notable Works:The Creatures in the Night, The Moustachio Quartet, The Lost Library of Miraculous Metaphors & other short stories

Clive Wilkins (born 25 June 1954) is a British figurative artist.[1] He is the author of The Moustachio Quartet, a series of novels that explore perception and the subjective experience of thinking;[2] [3] [4] and with Nicky Clayton is co-founder of the Captured Thought,[5] [6] [7] [8] an arts and science collaboration. He is the first Artist in Residence in the Department of Psychology at The University of Cambridge,[9] [10] a position held since 2012. Wilkins, along with Clayton, was made Honorary Director of Studies and advisor to the China UK Development Centre (CUDC) in 2018 ~ a position he held until 2024. He has been awarded professorships by Nanjing University, Institute of Technology, China (2018),[11] Beijing University of Language and Culture, China (2019),[12] [13] and Hangzhou Diangi University, China (2019).[12] [13] Wilkins was made Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for the Integration of Science, Technology and Culture (CCISTC)[14] in 2020 ~ a position he held until 2024.

Education

Clive Wilkins was born in Wolverhampton, Staffs, and grew up and was educated in Corby, Northants. He went on to the Tresham Institute, Kettering, (formerly Kettering Technical College) where he enrolled on the art foundation course at the age of 17. Amongst others, his tutors were David Imms, who taught painting and printmaking, and Norman Laing,[15] who taught architecture and the history of art. He went from there to DeMontfort University, (formerly Leicester Polytechnic) where he was tutored and greatly influenced by George Him, and also came into contact with Jerzy Karo,[16] the Head of School for Graphic Design. Wilkins graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Graphic Design, before gaining an Art Teacher's Diploma (ATD) and Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGCE).

Paintings

Wilkins has exhibited in the John Player Portrait Awards (1985, 1986, 1987) and in the BP Portrait Awards (1994, 1995).[17]

Wilkins has produced portraits of the British pop artist Sir Peter Blake RA and Sir Howard Hodgkin CH CBE amongst others, and was presented to HRH Princess Royal during a visit to the Royal Holloway University in 1994.[18]

Wilkins' work appears in The Creatures in the Night,[19] a published picture book sequence of 31 paintings, with accompanying text by the artist. The artwork, along with other works by Wilkins, formed a one-man show (2005) at Petley Fine Art Limited, Cork Street, London. He was described, in the foreword to the exhibition catalogue by Roy Petley as "one of the UK's leading figurative painters".[20]

Wilkins paintings have been exhibited in a number of venues, including the following:

The Captured Thought

Wilkins, along with Nicky Clayton, Professor of Comparative Cognition at the University of Cambridge, is co-founder of "The Captured Thought".[23] The collaboration explores the nature of memory and perception with a particular focus on creativity.[24] Important aspects of The Captured Thought's work have been highlighted in articles in 'The Guardian' newspaper in 2019 [25] [26] and in 'Die Zeit' magazine in 2020.[27] The Captured Thought were invited speakers at The University of Vienna’s CogSciHub[28] inauguration 2019,and India's National Brain Research Centre 16th Foundation Day. Their work featured in the New Scientist Special Christmas and New Year issue 2022.[29] [30] Wilkins interests are primarily in the psychology and structures of problem solving and the subjective experience of thinking.[31] The collaboration has published the following:

Awards and honours

Wilkins won joint second prize in the Hunting Art Awards with Tom Phillips in 1988.[45]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jo Bostock. The Meaning of Success. 14 October 2018. 6 March 2014. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-42868-3. 30.
  2. Web site: Memory and mental time travel.
  3. Web site: Clive Wilkins talks to Nicky Clayton - Hay Festival. www.hayfestival.com.
  4. Transcripts of Clive's talks 2015 and 2018 in which he discusses 'The Moustachio Quartet' series of novels, form part of the Hay Festivals holding at the British Library.
  5. Web site: 'The Captured Thought' visit Zealandia. 12 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Nicola Clayton. royalsociety.org.
  7. Web site: Why do we remember things differently?. 12 September 2016.
  8. Web site: After Nyne Arts Magazine. 'The Science of Art' featuring The Captured Thought. 15 February 2017.
  9. Web site: Mr Clive Wilkins. Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. 10 December 2014.
  10. News: The Moustachio Quartet ~ An Exploration of Memory. Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.
  11. Web site: Nicky Clayton and Clive Wilkins have received Professorships from Nanjing University Institute of Technology, China. 3 January 2019.
  12. Web site: Professor Clive Wilkins. 10 December 2014.
  13. Web site: Nicky and Clive have been appointed Honorary and Visiting Professors in multiple Universities in China. 12 November 2019.
  14. Web site: The Cambridge Centre for the Integration of Science, Technology and Culture (CCISTC). 12 May 2020.
  15. Web site: Norman Laing (1923–1989) - Art UK. www.artuk.org.
  16. Author of 'Graphic Design: Problems, Methods, Solutions', (1975)
  17. Rutland and Stamford Mercury. 16 November 1990. 'Painter painted'. Page 22
  18. Web site: Woman with a Shielded Candle - Art UK.
  19. Book: Clive Wilkins. The Creatures in the Night. 14 October 2018. 1 May 2008. Dingley Press. 978-0-9547083-3-7.
  20. Web site: About. 5 November 2012.
  21. Book: 1984 Exhibition Catalogue - The Exhibitors . 1984 . Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art . The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: A Chronicle 1769-2018 . 154 . 13 October 2018 . en . Digital book.
  22. Book: Royal Academy of Arts summer exhibition 1994. The two hundred and twenty-sixth, The Exhibitors . 1994 . Saunders & Williams . London . 136 . Exhibition of the Royal Academy, London . 13 October 2018 . Digital book.
  23. News: Professor Nicky Clayton and Clive Wilkins take The Captured Thought to Portugal. Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.
  24. Book: Savoir, penser, rêver Les leçons de vie de 12 grands scientifiques . 23 May 2018 . Flammarion . Paris . 9782081421332 . 109–111 . 14 October 2018.
  25. The Guardian. Armistead, C.(2019)The magicians trying to change the world- one card trick at a time. September 9, 2019, G2, 6-7.
  26. Web site: Clive Wilkins and Nicky Clayton on the Guardian - "The magicians trying to change the world". 10 September 2019.
  27. ‘Das eine Tier führt, das andere folgt, es ist eine Art Tango’. Aus der serie: Stephan Kleins Wissenschaftsgespräche. Zeitmagazin nr. 18/2020 -22 April 2020
  28. Web site: Vienna Cognitive Science Hub.
  29. Web site: What doing magic tricks for birds is revealing about animal minds.
  30. Web site: A Christmas Special on the New Scientist features research work on Magic by Prof Wilkins and Clayton and Garcia-Pelegrin. 23 December 2021.
  31. Book: Ken Cheng. How Animals Think and Feel: An Introduction to Non-Human Psychology: An Introduction to Non-Human Psychology. 14 October 2018. 3 October 2016. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-4408-3715-9. 137.
  32. The Captured Thought. 5 Nov 2012
  33. Web site: Clayton. N. S.. Wilkins. C.. Imagination: The Secret Landscape. beinghuman.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20171008000141/http://www.beinghuman.org/article/imagination-secret-landscape. 2017-10-08.
  34. The evolution of dance. Kevin. Laland. Clive. Wilkins. Nicky. Clayton. 1 January 2016. Current Biology. 26. 1. R5–R9. 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.031. 26766235. free.
  35. Web site: The creative navigator's compass - The Psychologist. thepsychologist.bps.org.uk.
  36. Web site: BPS Shop - The Psychologist Vol 29 No 8 August 2016 - The Psychologist Magazine - Publication by Series - Publications. shop.bps.org.uk.
  37. Web site: The Psychologist magazine 'BIG PICTURE' feature of the month~ from The British Psychology Society.. 20 July 2016.
  38. Memory, mental time travel and The Moustachio Quartet. Nicola. Clayton. Clive. Wilkins. 6 June 2017. Interface Focus. 7. 3. 20160112. 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0112. 28479980. 5413891.
  39. Clayton, N. S. & Wilkins, C. A. P. (2018). Seven Myths of Memory. Behavioural Processes 152, 3-9
  40. Clayton N.S. & Wilkins C.A.P. (2019) Current Biology 29(10), R349-R350
  41. Clayton N.S. & Wilkins C.A.P. (2019)Science 364, 6445.
  42. Wilkins C.A.P & Clayton N.S. Reflections on the Spoon Test. Neuropsychologia (2019)
  43. Elias Garcia-Pelegrin, Alexandra K. Schnell, Clive Wilkins and Nicola S. Clayton. An unexpected audience. Science.18 Sep 2020:Vol. 369, Issue 6510, pp. 1424-1426 DOI: 10.1126/science.abc6805
  44. Elias Garcia-Pelegrin, Alexandra K. Schnell, Clive Wilkins and Nicola S. Clayton. Exploring the perceptual inabilities of Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) using magic effects. PNAS June 15, 2021 118 (24) e2026106118. Edited by Michael E. Goldberg, Columbia University, New York, NY, and approved April 26, 2021
  45. Rutland and Stamford Mercury. 4 March 1988. 'Artist wins prize'. Page 4.

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