Graeme Hutton RSA is an Architecture Professor and photographer. He was formerly Professor of Architecture and Deputy Dean at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, where he worked for 26 years. Considered a ‘Pracademic’ by his colleagues, he has always married his work in education with a commitment to creative practice. As an educator he has used The City of Dundee and comparator European cities as contexts for speculative design projects. His close association working with the city led to him being central to the procurement of the V&A building and the new Dundee House city headquarters.
As a practicing architect, his rural houses with LJRH Chartered architects have been recognised by various awards, including RIBA & RIAS, Scottish Design Awards, Dundee Institute of Architects, Angus Building of the Decade as well as being shortlisted for Grand Designs House of the Year. As a photographer his work has been showcased by Leica UK and exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy and V&A Dundee.
Graeme has lived with multiple sclerosis for over 30 years and has been a wheelchair user for more than 10 years. He says:
“As a wheelchair user with a progressive illness, I use photography to explore the whole of my physical self in various contexts. I am now completely reliant on the chair, such that it is an extension of me, and I try to capture this situation in different contexts and in inventive, even beautiful ways. My sense of being at one with my disability is enabled through my creative practice. It is something over which I have complete control, now in a future that is less certain.”
Graeme’s illustrated talk, ‘Obstacles, Opportunities, Observation’ will explore the interconnections between these thematic topics as they pertain to our public realm, and their importance in helping shape rewarding creative work.
The talk will take place as usual in Dundee Arts Society Roseangle Gallery, starting at 7.00 pm. Visitors are always welcome and there is the usual opportunity to chat afterwards over a glass of wine.