Dan Guthrie is an artist, researcher and writer whose practice often explores representations of Black Britishness, with an interest in examining how they manifest themselves in rural areas. Recently he has been developing a new body of work investigating historical and contemporary Black presences and mis-presences in his hometown of Stroud, working and thinking across moving image, sculpture and writing. 

In the last year, he has been a participant in East Bristol Contemporary’s Day School programme, a panel member for Stroud District Council’s review of streets, buildings, statues and monuments, and a part-time librarian. His work has been shown at the Whitstable Biennale, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Focal Point Gallery, Obsidian Coast and the ICA, and he is an Associate Programmer for the upcoming edition of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, having previously worked as a submissions viewer for London Short Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival.

dan@danguthrie.net / @danglefree

Current and upcoming

2022 / black strangers, Independent Cinema Office / LUX
2022 / Right of Way screening tour, multiple venues
2022 / Writing Commission, New Contemporaries
2022 / International Jury, Encounters Film Festival
2022 / Haunting Ashton Court: Reclaiming Forgotten Histories
2022 / PILOT III - Rights, Care and Future, Autograph
2022 / Visions in the Nunnery led by Webb-Ellis, Bow Arts
2022 - 2023 / Associate Programmer, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival

Moving image and time based works

2022 / Sesquipedalian2, MIRROR
2022 / Unrealised Proposal, MIRROR
2022 / automatic exercises, MIRROR
2021 / Coaley Peak (A Fragment), Exeter Phoenix
2019 / albion, refreshed, BBC New Creatives / ICA
2019 / Three Young Men on a Bench, Self-produced
2018 / Seven Stages, Channel 4 First Acts / Calling the Shots

Selected screenings and exhibitions

2022 / Right of Way launch + discussion, Lewes Depot
2022 / Right of Way preview, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
2022 / Give & Takeover: IC3 GL5, MIRROR
2022 / Day School: Stuff Done, St Anne’s House
2022 / Short Film Programme, Whitstable Biennale
2022 / Commissions Premiere, Exeter Phoenix
2021 / Big Screen Southend, Focal Point Gallery
2021 / A Counterchange of Saltires, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival
2020 / Frames within Frames, Obsidian Coast
2020 / Current Transmissions, ICA
2019 / You (don’t) deserve to be an artist, 310 New Cross Road
2019 / Beyond the Voyage, ICA
2018 / CABLES & CAMERAS, Cube Microplex

Film programming

2021 - 2022 / Submissions Viewer, Glasgow Short Film Festival
2020 - 2021 / UK Selection Committee, London Short Film Festival
2020 / No Fact of Blackness, London Short Film Festival
2020 / Programme Assistant, London Short Film Festival
2019 / Skin in the Game, SITE Festival
2019 / Submissions Viewer, Gold on Film
2019 / Young Programmer, London Short Film Festival

Writing
2022 / DAY_SCHOOL_IMAGE_DUMP, Art Licks Magazine
2022 / Two Black Boys podcasts, Caraboo Projects

Residencies and programmes

2022 / Amplify Residency IV, Wysing Arts Centre
2021 - 2022 / Day School, East Bristol Contemporary
2021 / Instagram residency, East Bristol Contemporary
2021 / brb... residency, Caraboo Projects x the garage
2021 / Night School VII, East Bristol Contemporary
2020 / brb... mentoring, Caraboo Projects
2020 / IFFR Sessions, International Film Festival Rotterdam
2019 / AMPlify Residency I, Wysing Arts Centre

Talks and workshops
2022 / NOT SCHOOL, Conway and Young
2022 / Gloucestershire Forum Host, Visual Arts South West
2022 / Guest Lecturer Talk, Bristol School of Art

Boards and panels
2022 - / Trustee, Stroud Valleys Artspace
2021 - 2022 / Review Panel Member, Stroud District Council

Interviews and reviews

2022 / Right of Way review, The Guardian
2021 / Is time up for the ‘Blackboy clock’?, The Guardian
2020 / My Albion: New Myths, BBC Radio 4
2020 / My Big Break, Sheffield Doc/Fest
2020 / Artist Feature, Good on Paper

Awards and bursaries