Biography

 

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JESSICA WARBOYS

Born in 1977, Walles, UK. Lives and works in London and in Paris

 

EDUCATION

2002-2004                     Slade School of Fine Art, London, Master of Fine Art (Sculpture)

1998-2001                      Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall BA (Hons) Fine Art

 

SOLO SHOWS

  • 2012
  •  Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (upcoming)
  • Gaudel de Stampa, Paris (upcoming)
  •  A painting cycle, Nomas Fundation, Roma
  • 2011                 
  • Victory Park Tree Painting, Cell Project Space, London
  • Underlap part of Volcano Extravaganza: a programme of events on Stromboli, curated by Milovan Farronato with Rita Selvaggio
  • No more summer of incompleteness, Sutton Lane, London
  • Land & Sea, Le Crédac, curated by Claire Le Restif, Ivry-sur-Seine
  •  Te Motutapu a Taikehu, BF15, curated by Marie de Brugerolle, Lyon
  • 2010 
  • Ballad of the Green Hoop, Live/Film event, South London Gallery, curated by Anne-Sophie Dinant, London
  • 2009
  • Parasol, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris 
  • 2008
  • Le Chant du Rossignol, Foundry Darling, Quartier Ephémère, Montréal, Canada

 

GROUP SHOWS

  • 2012
  • Marcher dans la couleur, Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain, Sérignan (upcoming)
  • Camera Britannica, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Film programme, curated by Marie Canet
  • Au loin une île !, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, curated by Vanessa Desclaux and Marie Canet, Paris
  • Into the woods, Galerie des Galeries, Galerie Lafayette, curated by Daria de Beauvais, Paris
  • Los Pasos Perdidos, Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna
  • 2011
  • Au loin une île !, Frac Aquitaine, curated by Vanessa Desclaux and Marie Canet, Bordeaux
  • Tableaux, Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble
  • Madam Realism’, Marres, Centre for Contemporary Culture, curated by Lisette Smits, Maastrich
  • Token Took, Chert, Berlin, part of Berlin/Paris exchange
  • 2010
  • Les Vagues, Frac Carquefou, curated by Emilie Renard, Nantes
  • The October Show, Limoncello, London
  •  Monsieur Mirroir, Selected for 12th Ricard Foundation Price, curated by Emilie Renard (exhibition: 21th September – 6th November 2010), Espace Ricard,Paris
  • The old sow sent them out to… they got into it and rolled down the hill. Wiels Project Room, a proposition by Martin Laborde, Brussels
  • Solar skill, Fluxia Gallery, Milan, Italy
  • Poldhu, 7ème Rencontres Internationales des Arts Multimédia, Buy-Sellf Art Club, Marseille
  • The Lark a Book for Two Hands, in collaboration with Morten Norbye Halvorsen Back Lane West, Redruth,Cornwall, UK
  • 2009
  • 54ème Salon d’art contemporain de Montrouge, Paris
  • Objets Scénique, Séance Contrechamp, Le Cinématographe, curated by Marie de Brugerolle, Nantes
  • 2008
  • Kunstwerk Bazaar, Outpost Gallery, curated by Andrew Hunt, Norwich, UK
  • Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes, La Villa Arson, curated by Eric Mangion and Marie de Brugerolle, Nice
  • 2006
  • Six shows, six weeks, MOOT, Nottingham, UK
  • 2005
  • The Darkest Hour, The Leisure Club Mogadishni, curated by William Turner, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Love and Science, Galleri Blunk, curated by Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Trondheim, Norway
  • Somewhere in Between, Galleri Kit, curated by Morten  Norbye Halvorsen, Trondheim, Norway
  • 2004
  • Arrivals, The Pump House Gallery, selected by Tom Morton and Catharine Patha, London
  • The International Exchange Exhibition, Hunter College Art Galleries, Times Square Gallery, New York
  • 2003
  • Loosely Drawn, (temporary space), curated by J & N Warboys, London,
  • 2002
  • Ceiling Centre, (temporary space), curated by J & N Warboys, London
  • 2001
  • Open Film Screening, LUX cinema, London
  • Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Camden Arts Centre, London and Museum of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, selectors: Jennifer Higgie, Mike Nelson, and Chris Ofili.

 

RESIDENCIES

  • 2011
  • Cité internationale des Arts, Paris
  • Stromboli, Fiorucci Art Trust, Italy
  • 2010
  • Les Vagues, 24° ateliers FRAC Pays de la Loire, curated by Emilie Renard, Nantes
  • 2007-2008
  • Point Ephémère, Paris

 

LECTURE

  • 2012
  • Artist’s talk, Spike Island, Bristol
  • Conversation with Rita Salvaggio, Nomas Foundation, Rome
  • 2008
  • Presentation and contextualisation of works from 2001-2008, École Nationale des Beaux Arts de Lyon, Lyon

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Frac Ile de France

Frac des Pays de la Loire

Frac Auvergne


CATALOGUES

A l’étage – Plat Verso, Jeu de Paume, 2011

Salon du Montrouge 54 (Catalogue), 2009

Ne Pas Jouer avec des Choses Mortes, Eric Mangion and Marie de Brugerolle, JRP Ringier, Presses du réel, 2008

Bloomberg NewContemporaries 2001, Bev Bytheway, Sacha Craddock and Des Lawrence, Clifford Press, Coventry, 2001