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Roderick Buchanan was born in 1965 in Glasgow, Scotland, where he continues to live and work. Buchanan uses a range of media including film, video, photography and installation. His practice engages with the constructions and social expressions of identity and otherness as made manifest along the divides of race, territory, community and ideological allegiances. His works explore the ways in which globalization and identity politics have impacted such formations and aesthetic markers. Buchanan’s work tends to focus on individuals whose family lineage, political beliefs or sporting affiliations might sit uneasily with prevalent values and common assumptions. His work often deals with local identity politics, notably the sectarian conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Scotland, which he has explored through the rivalry between Glaswegian football clubs Rangers and Celtic, as well as through his on-going research into the historical figure of Thomas Muir.
Roderick Buchanan has had recent solo exhibitions at Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast (2008), La Criée - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Rennes (2007), Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (2007) and Camden Arts Centre, London (2005). His work has been shown in numerous museum exhibitions and international events including the 6th Taipei Biennial (2008), "Artfocus 5", Jerusalem (2008), “We All Laughed at Christopher Columbus” Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam (2006) as well as the 48th and 49th edition of the Venice Biennale (1999 and 2001). He has received an award from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, London (2004), won the inaugural Beck’s Futures prize at the ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, London (1999) and represented Britain in the XI Triennial-India, New Delhi (2005).
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