Art Research Communication

About

Art Research Communication is an Edinburgh based company working nationally and internationally with artists, exhibitions, projects and critical context. Founded in 2004 by Chris Byrne and Iliyana Nedkova to take forward their combined experience of 27 years in the field of contemporary art. In September 2007, Art Research Communication opened a new gallery of contemporary art, ARC Projects, in Sofia, Bulgaria. ARC Projects has an international perspective, representing artists from Bulgaria, Bosnia, Serbia and Estonia, as well as the UK.

A native of Edinburgh, Chris Byrne has long practical experience in the field of media arts as a curator, producer, artist, educator. Chris is Co-director of Art Research Communication. He is also a Lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee. Previously, he was the founding Director of New Media Scotland, where he curated and organised numerous projects, exhibitions, performances, and residencies with artists across Scotland. His main practice as a curator and researcher over the past decade has been focused on Internet art, networked art practices, sound, performance, and more recently mobile and locative media arts. He has also continued his long standing interest in moving image media, in particular video art and experimental film.

Iliyana Nedkova is a Sofia-born, Edinburgh-based curator, producer and critic of contemporary art and design. Described as ‘a curator of taste and critical discernment’, Iliyana is Co-director of Art Research Communication. Currently she is curating the new Threshold artspace at the Perth Concert Hall while working on her PhD in Curatorial Theory and Practice at Liverpool John Moores University. Also serving as Honorary Cultural Attaché at the Bulgarian Consulate in Scotland.