Simon Reekie

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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

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

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.