Vita



1971

Born in Wigan, England


 
1993
 
Graduated Winchester School of Art

 

 

 

Lives and works in London

Solo Exhibitions



2008

 

Nail to Nail
David Patton, Los Angeles
 

SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo 

 

Galleri K, Oslo

 

Fire under snow
Parasol unit, London (catalogue)

 

Moons of the Iapetus Ocean
White Cube, London (catalogue)

 

 

2007

 

Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, Naples

 

Day Return
Castle Ujazdowski – Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw (catalogue)

 

Night + Fog

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)

 

In the Between
Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal
 

SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe

 

Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

 

 

2006

 

Day Return
Museum Folkwang, Essen (catalogue)

Darren Almond and Janice Kerbel: Impossible Landscapes
The Horticultural Society of New York, New York

 

If I had you
Domus Artium 2002 – Center for Contemporary Art, Salamanca

Darren Almond/Albert Oehlen: Time 2 Kill
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

 

2005
 
Take Me Home
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

Alfonso Artiaco, Naples

Isolation
K21 - Kunstsammmlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Only Sound Needs Echo and Dread it Lack
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

 
2004
 
Live Sentence
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz (catalogue)
 
If I Had You
Galerie Max Hetzler, St. Johannes Evangelist Church, Berlin


2003
 
11 miles ...from Safety
White Cube, London (catalogue)
 
If I Had You
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan
 
Mine, A
Galleri K, Oslo
 
A
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
 
Full Moon
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
 

2002
 
A
National Theatre, London;

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, comissioned by Public Art Development Trust, London

 

at speed (with Sarah Morris)

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin



2001
 
Coming up for air
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
 
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich (catalogue)
 
Night as Day
Tate Britain, London (catalogue)
 
De Appel Foundation - Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
 
Galerie Max Hetzler, E-Werk, Abspannwerk Buchhändlerhof, Berlin
 

2000
 
Mean Time
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
 

Geisterbahn

The Approach, London
 
Traction
Chisenhale Gallery, London

 

 

1999
 
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
 
The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago
 

1997
 
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, comissioned by Toshiba Art & Innovation, London

 

White Cube, London
 

1995
 
KN120
Great Western Studios, London
 

1991
 
Crawford Art College, Cork

Group Exhibitions



2008

 

Implant
The Horticultural Society of New York, New York

Du Jardin au Cosmos
Espace de l’art concret, Mouans-Sartoux

YouPrison: Reflections on the Limitation of Freedom and Space
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
 

Sammlung als Aleph – Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (catalogue)

 

Night
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
 

God & Goods
Villa Manin, Passariano

War & Art – Terror and Simulacrum of Beauty II
Gallery Aube, Kyoto

 

The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington (catalogue)

Art is for the Spirit: Works from the UBS Art Collection
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

 

2007

 

Ensemble
ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

 

General Issue
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela (catalogue)

Numerica
Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena

100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim
Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim
 

Acceleration
Kunstart, Neuchâtel (catalogue)
 

her(his)story
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens (catalogue)
 

Going Staying: Movement, Body, Place in Contemporary Art
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (catalogue)

 

Light
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester

 

L’oeil écran ou la nouvelle image
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg

 

Closed Circuit: Video and New Media at the Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1. Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
Moscow

 

2006

 

Work, Rest and Play
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Kenny Schachter Rove, London

Carbonic Anhydride
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)

Geisterbahn (1999)
Kino Arsenal, Berlin

 

Shoot the Family
Cranbrook Art Museum, Michigan;

Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennesse;

Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham

Casper David Friedrich
Museum Folkwang, Essen;

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg

The Black Show
David Patton, Los Angeles

 

Full House: Geschichte einer Sammlung

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (catalogue)
 

2005

Turner Prize 2005
Tate Britain, London
with Gillian Carnegie, Jim Lambie, Simon Starling (catalogue)

En Attente
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg (catalogue)


20:TWENTY: A Timeline of Cornerhouse Exhibitions 1985 – 2005
Cornerhouse, Manchester

World Without End
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne

Land Marks
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

Sequences
Q Arts Gallery, Derby

 

Bidibidobidiboo
Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Turin

The Mind is a Horse. Part II
Bloomberg Space, London


Universal Experience: Art, Life and the Tourists Eye
Hayward Gallery, London;

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Getting Emotional
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston
 
Works on Paper
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
 

2004
 
Sequences
Peterborough Digital Art, Peterborough
 
Geisterbahn (1999)
33rd Festival d’Automne, Passage du Désir – BETC, Paris

ein-leuchten
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg

Witness
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Die Neue Kunsthalle III: materiell – immateriell
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
 
Biennial of Pontevedra
Pazo da Cultura, Facultade de Belas Artes/Escola de Restauración, Instituto Valie-Incián, Pontevedra
 
After Images: Kunst als soziales Gedächnis
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
 
Busan Biennale 2004
Busan City Hall, Busan
 
Open Secrets: Something Old, Something New. Redefining the Boundaries of The Art Collection
Imperial War Museum, London

Eclipse: Towards the edge of the visible
White Cube, London

 

Other Times: British Contemporary Art
City Art Gallery, Prague

 
2003

Heißkalt: Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart;

Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg

(catalogue)

Video Time
Green on Red Gallery, Dublin

The Spirit of White
Foundation Beyeler, Basel (catalogue)
 
Imagination: Perception in Art
Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (catalogue)
 
Outlook: International Art Exhibition
Technopolis, Benaki Museum, Factory, Athens
 
Game Over
Galerie Grimm / Rosenfeld, Munich
 
3rd Skulptur Biennale Münsterland
Stadtmuseum, Beckum (catalogue)
 
Hot Summer in the City
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
 
Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer
50th Biennale di Venezia, Venice (catalogue)
 
Éden
La Colección Jumex, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City (catalogue)
 
Witness
Barbican Art Gallery / The Curve Gallery, London
 
Breathing the Water
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich
 
The Guest. Schwebebahn
Herzliya Museum, Herzliya

Sculpture: Darren Almond, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Katharina Fritsch, Robert Gober, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Ugo Rondinone, Tony Smith
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

In Light: Video Projections by Eight Contemporary Artists
AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto


2002

 

Video Acts: Single Channel Video from the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and the New Art Trust
P.S.1 - Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City; ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

 

Melodrama

Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz; Centro José Guerrero, Granada; Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo (catalogue)
 
Happy Outsiders from London and Scotland
Pro Arte Institute, St. Petersburg; Katowice City Gallery, Katowice; Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw

 

Lila, weiß und andere Farben: A Summer Group Show
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
 
Zusammenhänge herstellen
Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg (catalogue)
 
Presentness is Grace: Experiencing the Suspended Moment
Spacex Gallery, Exeter
 
Painted, Printed and Produced in Great Britain
Grant Selwyn Art, New York

Video-Zone
1st International Video- Art Biennal in Israel, Tel Aviv

The Hate U Give Little Infant Children Fucks Everyone
SMART Project Space, Amsterdam


The Rowan Collection: Contemporary British & Irish Art

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

In the Freud Museum
Freud Museum, London


2001

Solos for Video
Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, Düsseldorf

 

Open Plan P3 – The Marathon
Alphadelta Gallery / Artio Gallery, Athens

Casino 2001
S.M.A.K. - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (catalogue)
 
Tracking
Kent & Vicki Logan Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
 
Deliberate Living
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
 
Nature in Photography
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna
 
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition: 100 Drawings and Photographs
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

Presentness is Grace: Experiencing the Suspended Moment
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol

Unreal Time Video
Fine Art Center of Korean Culture & Art Foundation, Seoul

2nd Berlin Biennale
KunstWerke - Institute for Contemporary Art, Postfuhramt, Berlin
 

2000
 
Géographies (Darren Almond, Graham Gussin, Anri Sala)
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
 
Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art 
Royal Academy of Arts, London (catalogue)
 
Inverse Perspectives
Edsvik, Sollentuna
 
Out There
White Cube, London
 
Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Video & Film
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Florida (catalogue)
 
Diary
Cornerhouse, Manchester (catalogue)
 

Seeing Time: Selection from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection of Media Art
ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (catalogue)

 


1999
 
Sleeping Waters
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
 
Chronos & Kairos: Die Zeit in der zeitgenössischen Kunst
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel (catalogue)
 
Seeing Time: Selection from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection of Media Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (catalogue)
 
So Far Away, So Close
Espace Méridien, Brussels (catalogue)
 
Concrete Ashtray
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
 
Common People
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (catalogue)
 

1998
 
UK Maximum Diversity
Galerie Krinzinger, Benger Fabrik, Bregenz (catalogue)
 
View Four
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
 
Hidden Desires And Images
Art Dynamics, Tayayo Lida, Tokyo
 
Ray Rapp
TZ' Art & Co., New York
 
Art Crash
AROS - Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
 

1997
 
A Print Portfolio from London
Ridinghouse / Booth Clibborn Editions, Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
 
Delta
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (catalogue)
 
Hospital
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
 
Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection
Royal Academy of Arts, London;

Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin;

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

(catalogue)
 

1996
 
Toshiba Art & Innovation Prize
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
 
Something Else
Exmouth Market, London
 
A Small Shifting Sphere of Serious Culture
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
 

1993
 
Winchester Gallery, Winchester
 

1992
 
Southampton Quays, Southampton