Artists Index: FREEE

Freee is a collective made up of three artists, Dave Beech, Andy Hewitt and Mel Jordan, who work together on slogans, billboards and publications that challenge the commercial and bureaucratic colonization of the public sphere of opinion formation. Freee occupies the public sphere with works that take sides, speak their mind and divide opinion. Dave Beech, born Warrington 1965, studied Fine Art at Leicester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. Beech is a member of the art collective Freee, writer and lecturer at Chelsea College of Art. He is also a regular writer for Art Monthly and other art magazines. He co-authored the book The Philistine Controversy, Verso (2002) with John Roberts. Andy Hewitt, born Hull 1966, studied Design at Staffordshire Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. Hewitt is a member of the art collective Freee and lecturer at University of Wolverhampton. He is currently undertaking a PhD in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art. He has co-authored the forthcoming book Futurology, New Art Gallery Walsall (2008) with Mel Jordan. Mel Jordan, born London 1966, studied Fine Art at Leicester Polytechnic and Birmingham Polytechnic. Jordan is a member of the art collective Freee and teaches at Loughborough University. She co-edited the book Art and Theory after Socialism, Intellect (2009) with Malcolm Miles and she has co-authored the forthcoming book Futurology, New Art Gallery Walsall (2009) with Andy Hewitt.