The Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation
TrAIN is a cross disciplinary hub for historical, theoretical and practice-based research in art and design.
The Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) investigates historical, theoretical and practice-based research in art, architecture, craft and design.
This research is driven by the desire to critique dominant ideas of 'globalisation' and to open up new perspectives that address questions of how art and design can respond to social (in)justice, decolonisation of institutions and the creation of more diverse global art histories. TrAIN’s members include internationally recognised scholars and practitioners across UAL as well as a community of post-graduate students. Issues and debates arising from research activities are disseminated by TrAIN conferences, lectures, reading groups, exhibitions and publications.
Research Centre administrator: Ewelina Warner, e.warner@arts.ac.uk.
TrAIN stories
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Textile drawing installation by Natalie Truan Illustration and Visual Media, London College of Communication. Photo by Lewis Bush Welcoming new TrAIN researcher and Associates
New researchers and Associates working with TrAIN in 2020: Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja, Athanasios Velios and Deidre Osborne.
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Paul Chisholm, 2019. MA Fine Art Chelsea College of Arts, UAL Photo by David Poultney. Worlding Public Cultures: new research seeks to reimagine the global
TrAIN has been awarded an international grant for our new research project Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation.
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Our history
Since 2004 when it was founded by art historians Professor Toshio Watanabe and Professor Oriana Baddeley, TrAIN has played a leading role in establishing the discourse of the ‘transnational’ in the field of art and design globally. This has resulted in an increased awareness and critical understanding of transnational art and design, to the benefit of the Museums and Galleries sector, arts organisations, and the artistic community.
TrAIN members
- Dr Michael Asbury
- Professor Oriana Baddeley
- Dr Djurdja Bartlett
- Professor Sonia Boyce
- Professor Jane Collins
- Dr David Dibosa
- Professor Paul Goodwin (Director)
- Dr Pratap Rughani
- Dr Lucy Steeds
- Professor Carol Tulloch
- Professor Toshio Watanabe
- Dr Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja (Research Fellow Worlding Public Cultures)
- Dr Kimathi Donkor (TrAIN Research Fellow 2017-2018)
- Dr Ope Lori (TrAIN Research Fellow 2017-2018)
- Professor Yuko Kikuchi (Kanazawa College of Arts, Japan)
- Dr Deidre Osborne (Reader, Goldsmiths University of London)
- Dr. Athanasios Velios (Reader in Documentation, UAL)
- Abbas Zahedi – TrAIN Co-Lab Artist Research Residency
- Samboleap Tol – TrAIN Co-Lab Artist Research Residency
TrAIN postdocs
TrAIN associates
PhD students
Stephanie Cheung | Denise Clarke | Kiki Mazzucchelli | Marcela Montoya Ortega | Alfonso Nunez | Deepan Sivaraman | Ego Sowinski (Ronald Moody Foundation/Tate Collaborative Doctorate with UAL) | Roxy Minter (AHRC Collaborative Doctorate, Tate & UAL) | Maria Theodoraki | Madeline Yale | Maria Arango Velasquez | Ewelina Warner