CV
RECENT WORK
2022 ‘Time’, immersive theatre/film solo show – writer, director. Selected for Vault 5, 2023
2121-22 Selected BFI/Creative UK Female Founder
2021 ‘80’s’ TV series, in development
2022 Selected Audiences of The Future, Design Round 2 Award, Innovate UK SMART Award
2022 Selected Audiences of The Future SXSW delegation
2020 ‘D’ a three-act, one-hour work for zoom. Writer, director
2019 ‘G.O.D.’ Film script in development
2019 Selected Audiences of The Future, China with National Theatre, Punchdrunk & Tate
2019 Winner John Thaw Initiative, Everyone’s Mother, a solo immersive theatre work. Writer, performer & composer, Actors Centre, Soho, November 2019
2019 Beinghuman Warehouse, East London, a space for cross-discipline innovation in the arts
2019 NESTA – Interactive commission, ‘Help’, interactive, immersive performance work, writer, actor: M Shed, Bristol
2019 Commission Mall Galleries, writer ‘Beinghuman’.
2018 ‘Two Funerals and a Dog’, Completed feature-length film script a mid-life, dark comedy.
2017 ‘Pilgrimage’, Director, a Retrospective exhibition of Himalayan work, Habitat Centre, Delhi, India & Patan Museum Kathmandu
2014 Exhibition/film/performance UNESCO world heritage site, Patan Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal, mixed media. Supported by British Council.
2013 108 Launch London - Interdisciplinary artwork uniting 108 artists Inc. Wayne McGregor OBE, John Parrish & Bjork. Partners Mall Galleries, It’s Nice That.
2013 The Artist Naked & Blurred, Director interdisciplinary artwork: writer, actor, sound, film, performance solo show Hanmi Gallery, Fitzrovia, London.
2013 ‘Across The Great Discipline Divide’ – Director with Turner Prize Winner Martin Creed & Serpentine Gallery, Google Campus London.
2013 ‘I Dissolve’, interdisciplinary artwork: Kinetica Art Fair & Supernormal Festival, UK writer, actor, sound, film & performance.
2012 Kathmandu International Art Festival, curator the British Chapter: patron, Turner Prize Winner, Richard Long, with David Nash, O.B.E., R.A. & Chris Drury. 2012 ‘Kora’, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, performance, technology, on a UNESCO world heritage site for Kathmandu International Art Festival.
2012 ‘Kathmandu International Art Festival’, Opening Ceremony, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, performance, technology, in Patan Museum.
BIOGRAPHY
1963 Born Manchester, Lancashire, England
1985 Dropped out of Law Degree, with 1st in Civil Liberties to pursue a career in the arts
1987 Moved to London, still lives and works in Hackney
1987-97 Award-winning producer/director in music, arts & travel TV
1988 Artist working across disciplines: sound, theatre, music, film, tech & performance
1995 Director of Beinghuman, an early adopter of internet, interactive & alt tech for the arts
2000 Director of The Beinghuman Collective, T.B.C. worked with 1000+ creatives globally.
2007-20 Beinghuman warehouse, Frome, Somerset, a space, connecting creatives across disciplines.
2020 Development of Beinghuman warehouse, Forest Gate, London
2020-21 MA Text & Performance R.A.D.A. awarded by the University of London 2021 (Distinction)
PRESS
Frieze "An exhilarating show – a memory that will stay with us for a long time"
BBC "That conscious, cathartic voice"
Artrocker “Bloody brilliant!”
Le Cool London “Thought-provoking, original work”
SELECTED WORK
2013 Beinghuman art residency, interdisciplinary group artwork: sound, film, technology, Somerset, UK
2013 Beingwomen, mixed media group show for international women’s day, Somerset, UK. Writer, actor, director
2012 Breath, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, technology, performance exhibited Kinetica Art Fair, London
2011 Electro Medea, selected for this interdisciplinary group work: sound, film, performance exhibited & performed Onassis Centre, Athens
2009-11 The Artist Naked & Blurred, interdisciplinary artwork: Kinetica Art Fair, London, British Art Week, Plymouth, Folly For A Flyover, London, Bo Lee Gallery.
2008 Peace & War, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, exhibited Mile End Gallery, London
2007 Who Am I, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, performance 22 stages in one weekend, Glastonbury Festival
2006 The Listening Eye, interdisciplinary group artwork: sound, film, performance, Redgate Gallery, London
2005 Mudras, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, performance, Mile End Gallery, London
2004 Galicia, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, paint, film, created on location in Spain, Mile End Gallery, London
2003 My Life Story, interdisciplinary artwork: text, archive photography, exhibited online
2002 Going Nowhere, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, installation, shot on location in Indian Himalayas
2001 Dolpa, interdisciplinary artwork: sound, film, installation, shot on location in Nepal, Red Gallery, London
2000 Director The Beinghuman Collective, art & performance for humanitarian & social change. 1,000 + artists
2000 Kalachakra, , shot on location, Spitti, Himalayas, broadcast globally, writer, actor, producer & director
1997 Extreme Africa, Channel 4 & Canal+ co-production, broadcast globally, series on the arts in Africa, direction
1998- Media consultant for Tibetan Government in Exile, spoke on behalf of cause on BBC, ITV, Sky, CNN, Reuters etc.
1995 Body, interdisciplinary artwork: music, paint, performance, October Gallery, London
1995 Launch of Beinghuman, Glastonbury Festival alt & cycle powered laptop & website, arts for humanitarian & environmental change
1993 Easter Island 8mm film shot on location, art film: direction, exhibited festivals various,
1992-95 Music Films & Documentary for major international artists & labels, inc. The Verve, P.J. Harvey, production & direction
1992 The One, a short independent drama. Toured independent UK cinemas – writer, director.
1991 Girl, Award-winning drama in 4:4 verse- BFI/Arts Council funded - writer, actor, director
1989-91 G Mex - Live, Granada TV for ITV, broadcast globally, long-form art & music documentaries, production & direction
1988 The Other Side of Midnight, Granada TV, legendary arts show with Tony Wilson, writer, presenter, production & direction
1987 A.P.B., Channel 4 broadcast globally. Still holds the highest TV art ratings ever for Channel 4, writer, presenter, production & direction
1986 MTV, London based, broadcast in Europe, direction
1985 The Tube, Channel 4 broadcast globally, production
1982-84 Award Winning, Sheffield University Alternative Productions. Writer, actor working with Eddie Izzard
OTHER
1985- Experienced public speaker/campaigner on global media outlets to millions.
1980- Writer work featured various print publications. Read Gaynor’s writing here
Student of Dzogchen a form of Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy for 25+ years.
Watch Act 1 of ‘D’.
A recent work written & directed by Gaynor during lockdown.
“I really loved 'D', very moved by it”,
Patrick Dickie, Producer ENO, Almeida Theatre
“A truly beautiful piece of work, full of vulnerability and truth”,
Aileen Gonsalves, Director, RSC, Barbican
“Beautifully written and performed, full of pathos and humour”,
Dan Sherer, Director, RADA, National Theatre
Gaynor’s next work, ‘Time’, invites creative women to unite, sing & campaign for a fair, feminist future.