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Biography
Inês Bento-Coelho is a researcher, lecturer, and interdisciplinary artist. Her current research explores best practices in doctoral education in artistic research degrees, encompassing policies and protocols, supervision, peer-learning and student wellbeing. She published Artistic Doctorate Resources (with Jools Gilson, 2021), a major resource for PhD students and staff. Currently, she is a post-doctoral researcher in VISIONING THE FUTURE II: Doctoral Education in the School of Film, Music and Theatre (FMT), University College Cork. The project aims to develop a nationally progressive and internationally competitive FMT Doctoral School and is funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Inês holds a practice-based PhD across visual and performing arts funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (The Glasgow School of Art, 2019). Her doctoral research explored choreographic approaches in installation art, focusing on space awareness and performativity within site responsive contexts, with a practice spanning across performance, installation and film. Her performative and film installations were exhibited at the House for an Art Lover (2017), The Work Room (2017), the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow (2016, 2017) and the Reid Gallery (2016) to name a few. Her research has been shown internationally at the National Association for Fine Art Education Symposium (Univ. of Cumbria, 2016, UK), the Light Moves Symposium (2017, Limerick, Ireland), and the Univ. of Glasgow International Conference (2015, Glasgow, UK).
Inês holds a Master in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins (UAL) funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (2013), and has received several awards, such as the PhD Scholarship from the FCT Foundation (2015–2019), the Fulbright Fellowship (2014, declined), the Postgraduate Welcome Scholarship Award (Glasgow School of Art, 2014) and the Inov-Art Grant (Portuguese Ministry of Culture, 2009). She has previously taught at University of Glasgow, The Glasgow School of Art, Central Saint Martins, the Croydon College of Art, the University of Derby, and the Faculties of Fine Arts Lisbon and Porto.
She is currently a Researcher in the Erasmus+ programmes Advancing Supervision for Artistic Research Doctorates and Creator Doctus (Glasgow School of Art), and she is an External Examiner at University of Plymouth.
Research Interests
- Doctoral education in arts: supervision, student well being, peer learning
- Doctoral pedagogies and frameworks, international policies, protocols and best practices
- Artistic research, artistic methods, research skills
- Movement in contemporary work within gallery spaces, site-specific locations, and the artist studio
- Sculpture in the expanded field, space and site-specificity, socially engaged and collaborative practices, installation art theory and practice
- Post-modern dance, contemporary choreography, dance in the museum
- Performance and performativity
- Moving image and Screendance
- Studio practices
- Writing
- Academic support and professional practices
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journals
| | Year | Publication |
|---|
| (2018) | 'Listen to the others: the rehearsal process as a constant act of care'
Inês Bento Coelho (2018) 'Listen to the others: the rehearsal process as a constant act of care'. 5 (1):63-81 [DOI] [Details] |
Invited Lectures
| | Year | Publication |
|---|
| (2020) | Artistic Research Perspectives.
Inês Bento-Coelho (2020) Artistic Research Perspectives. Invited Lectures [Details] |
| (2016) | On the Choreographic Beyond Bodies.
Inês Bento-Coelho (2016) On the Choreographic Beyond Bodies. Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow: Invited Lectures [Details] |
Performances
| | Year | Publication |
|---|
| (2018) | Workroom II.
Inês Bento-Coelho (2018) Workroom II. Performances [Details] |
| (2016) | This is Not About Dance, This is Not About Movement, This is Not About Performance.
Inês Bento-Coelho (2016) This is Not About Dance, This is Not About Movement, This is Not About Performance. Performances [Details] |
Web Page
| | Year | Publication |
|---|
| (2021) | Visioning the Future: Artistic Doctorates in Ireland.
Jools Gilson & Inês Bento-Coelho (2021) Visioning the Future: Artistic Doctorates in Ireland. Web Page [Details] |
Reviews
| | Year | Publication |
|---|
| (2015) | Catherine Street’s Muscle Theory: an assemblage of organicity.
Polina Zioga & Inês Bento-Coelho (2015) Catherine Street’s Muscle Theory: an assemblage of organicity. Reviews [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| | Year | Title | Awarding Body |
|---|
| 2015 | PhD Scholarship Award: €82,500. | Foundation for Science and Technology, Portuguese Government, Portugal |
| 2017 | The Work Room Residency Bursary | The Work Room, Glasgow, UK |
| 2014 | Postgraduate Welcome Scholarship Award: £2,500 | The Glasgow School of Art, UK |
| 2014 | Fulbright Fellowship: $10,000 (declined) | Fulbright Commission, Portugal |
| 2012 | MA in Fine Art Scholarship Award: £3,000 | Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK |
| 2009 | INOV-ART Program: €21,501 | Ministry of Culture, Government of Portugal, Portugal |
Professional Associations
| | Association | Function | From / To |
|---|
| Scottish Practice as Research Network, | co-founder and committee member | 10-SEP-17 / |
| Higher Education Academy | Associate Fellow | 04-JAN-16 / |
| National Association for Fine Art Education | Member | 04-JAN-16 / |
| Portuguese Association of Project Management, Young Crew Portugal | Vice- President | 09-SEP-10 / 09-SEP-11 |
Conference Contributions
| | Year | Publication |
|---|
| (2021) | iJADE 2021 'Hybrid Spaces: Re-imagining pedagogy, practice and research',
Inês Bento-Coelho & Jools Gilson (2021) Digital Resources: the Artistic Doctorate Experience. [Oral Presentation], iJADE 2021 'Hybrid Spaces: Re-imagining pedagogy, practice and research', Online , 26-MAR-21 - 28-MAR-21. [Details] |
| (2017) | Light Moves Symposium,
Inês Bento-Coelho (2017) Choreography beyond the Human Body: Screendance as an Expanded Choreographic Practice. [Oral Presentation], Light Moves Symposium, Limerick , 03-NOV-17. [Details] |
| (2016) | National Association for Fine Art Education, Fine Art Research Network Symposium,
Inês Bento-Coelho (2016) Choreographic Methods in Installation Work: Intersections Between Visual Arts and Dance. [Oral Presentation], National Association for Fine Art Education, Fine Art Research Network Symposium, University of Cumbria , 15-JUL-16. [Details] |
| (2015) | 4th International Postgraduate Arts and Humanities Conference,
Inês Bento-Coelho (2015) Borrowing methods: what might creative practitioners in visual arts and dance learn from each other?. [Oral Presentation], 4th International Postgraduate Arts and Humanities Conference, University of Glasgow , 26-MAY-15. [Details] |
Employment
| | Employer | Position | From / To |
|---|
| University of Glasgow | Affiliated Lecturer | 04-MAR-19 / 31-JAN-20 |
| The Glasgow School of Art | Researcher | 01-MAR-21 / |
| University of Plymouth | External Examiner | 28-JUN-21 / 31-DEC-25 |
| The Glasgow School of Art | Graduate Teaching Assistant | 04-JAN-16 / 31-AUG-18 |
Education
| | Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject |
|---|
| 2019 | The Glasgow School of Art | PhD Fine Art | Visual arts and dance |
| 2015 | The Glasgow School of Art | Learning & Teaching in Context (Semester 1) | Learning and Teaching |
| 2013 | Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London | M.A. Fine Art | Fine Art |
| 2007 | Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon | BA Fine Art Sculpture | Fine Arts |
Languages
| | Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|
| Portuguese | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| Spanish | Fluent | Basic | Functional |
