SEAN ALEXANDER FISHER
SEAN ALEXANDER FISHER
INFORMATION
Sean Fisher is a Scottish artist and mechanical engineer working across film, sculpture and performance. His practice explores the place of engineering and technology within culture, using humour and absurdity to examine persistence, obsession and repetition, while questioning ideas of efficiency, usefulness and technological progress.
He describes his approach as “pataphysical engineering”: engineering for imaginary solutions, where engineering becomes a critical and narrative method rather than simply a way of solving problems.
Fisher holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Robert Gordon University and a master’s degree in Product Design Engineering from the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow, before completing a second master’s degree in Contextual Design at Design Academy Eindhoven with support from a Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Scholarship. His practice has since received support from Amarte Fonds, Het Cultuurfonds, the Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) and Stichting Cultuur Eindhoven. He has undertaken funded residencies at Spazju Kreattiv in Malta, Make Eindhoven and VARES in Estonia, with work shown through exhibitions, performances and screenings in the UK, the Netherlands, Malta and Germany. Alongside his practice, Fisher teaches at Edinburgh College of Art and works between Scotland and continental Europe. His work will be presented at the University of Salford as part of Sustainable Darkroom’s Seeds of Change in October 2026.
Lightweight Anvil
March 2025
The Society for Normal Taiwanese Bicycles
February 2025
Goldfish Boys
Production Company
January 2025
The Debt of Gratitude
December 2024
Cut From The Same Cloth
November 2024
SFTF Trench Watch
September 2024
My mate Petor really hates horses
July 2024
My mate Petor hates horses
July 2024
‘Copying Carmelo’ 24 Hour Repair Performance
June 2024
1/24
May 2024
In a sea of green and blue I search and I search
May 2024
Horse Parts
Feb 2024
Woodworking Is For Hippies
Sticker
Sticker
Jan 2024
No Laughing Matter,
Article written for DAMN magazine.
Article written for DAMN magazine.
Dec 2023
Half Stupid
Dec 2023
My mate Petor really hates horses
Dec 2023
My mate Petor hates horses
Dec 2023
Yellow Fibreglass Shark Bicycle
Dec 2023
The Fibreglass Shark Bicycle Film
A film about James Donohue
TRAILER
A film about James Donohue
TRAILER
Aug 2023
My Second Plane
An ultralight plane built from aluminium ladders.
An ultralight plane built from aluminium ladders.
Jul 2022
Ladder Research Observatory Poster
Apr 2022
Pataphysical Engineering MA Thesis
My thesis is composed of three pataphysical engineering icons enclosed in a gold leaf silkscreened linen-covered box.
My thesis is composed of three pataphysical engineering icons enclosed in a gold leaf silkscreened linen-covered box.
Mar 2022
Ladder Research Observatory
The ladder research observatory is a group of researchers who study the use of ladders and collect them as material for ‘My Second Plane’.
The ladder research observatory is a group of researchers who study the use of ladders and collect them as material for ‘My Second Plane’.
Aug 2022
All I want is a Tarai-Buné
An investigation into the flat bottomed bath tub on Sado island, Japan.
An investigation into the flat bottomed bath tub on Sado island, Japan.
Mar 2021
If I’m online I’m talking to James
James Donohue taught me everything I know to do with aerodynamics, fairings and aerospace engineering.
James Donohue taught me everything I know to do with aerodynamics, fairings and aerospace engineering.
Dec 2021
Nostalgia Acceleration
My Mum threw out my chair again.
My Mum threw out my chair again.
Jun 2021
Sea Fish Testing Facility
A series of designed objects for clients friends and family.
Nov 2022
Paper Works
A series of works on paper, screenprints, drawings, paintings.
Apr 2022