Alan Currall
Alan Currall is a Scottish based English artist.
Currall was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and grew up in Staffordshire and Ayrshire, Scotland. Currall studied at the Glasgow School of Art and since 1993 has been based in Glasgow and rural Dumfries & Galloway.
Much of Currall's work is video-based, shot cheaply with a tripod-mounted camera, and features Currall himself. ' is Currall apparently praising his best friend to the skies. Other video works have seen him on how best to survive such disasters as a shipwreck, a plane crash and nuclear war, and .
In 2000, Currall produced Encyclopaedia with the support of the film and video umbrella. ' is a CD-ROM encyclopaedia with video clips by 'non-experts' who have influenced the artist in some way, such as his friends and family.
In 1998, Currall won the Richard Hough Bursary.
In 2003, Currall was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize.
In 2004, Currall was one of five selected artists for the .
