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PAUL MORRISON
 
Paul Morrison
1966 born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Lives in London, United Kingdom
Education

1996 - 98 Goldsmiths College of Art, London, MA Fine Art
1995 - 96 Goldsmiths College of Art, London, Postgraduate DIP Fine Art

Solo Exhibitions

2005
Alison Jacques Gallery, London
2004
Cheim and Read, New York
2003
Phenotype, Michael Janssen, Cologne
Brake, Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich
Saxifraga, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo
Haematoxylon, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2002
Mesophylle, Magasin, Grenoble
Corymb, Kunstverein Ulm
Cambium, aspreyjacques, London
Bast, Art & Public, Geneva
Chloroplast, Southampton City Art Gallery; Kunsthalle Nürnberg
2001
Karyn Lovegrove, Los Angeles
Tomio Koyama + Taro Nasu, Tokyo
Wallworks: Ingrid Calame/Paul Morrison, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Artspace, Auckland
2000
UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles
PS, Amsterdam
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Philomene Magers Projekte, Munich
Forum Kunst, Rottweil
1999
Franco Noero, Turin
1999
aspreyjacques, London
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Michael Janssen, Cologne
1998
Galerie Y-Burg, Amsterdam
Site, Düsseldorf
1996
Habitat, King's Road, London

Group Exhibitions

2004
The Flower as Image, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Satellite, ArtNow Lightbox, Tate Britain, London
Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed, the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
3 Rooms 3 Artists, Alison Jacques Gallery, London
Why Not Live for Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
The Boros Collection, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
Rose C'est La Vie, Tel Aviv Museum, Israel
Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, London
Janssen feat. Janssen, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
2003
New Space! New Group Show!, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
Flower Power, Musee de Beaux-Arts, Lille
Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show curated by Stéphane Magnin, Villa Arson Nice
Independence, South London Gallery, London
Supernatural, Art on Demand Habitat, Hoxton Square, London
Panorámica Programme, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico
20th Anniversary Show, Monika Sprüth-Philomene Magers, Köln
Jun Hasegawa, Paul Morrison, Alessandro Raho, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo
5 weeks, 5 Films, Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin
John Moores 22 exhibition of contemporary painting, the Walker, Liverpool
Interview with Painting, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
2002
The Drawing Center's 25th Anniversary Benefit Selections Exhibition Lottery, The Drawing Center, New York
Sphere, Soane Museum, London
2002
The Galleries Show, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Jerwood Painting Prize 2002, Jerwood Space, London; Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham
Melodrama, ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporarneo, Vitoria; touring to the Palacio de los Condoes de Gabia/Centro Jose Guerroe, Granada
Mapping the Process, Essor Gallery, London
Animale, Vegetable, Minerale, Galleria Bonomo, Rome
2001
Extreme Connoisseurship, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Effetto Natura, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan; curated by Mariuccia Casadio
In fumo, Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo; curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
en pleine terre. Wandering between Landscape and Art, Spiral Jetty and Potsdamer Schrebergårten, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel; curated by Bernhard Mendes Bürgi
Tatoo Show, modern art, London
Kyoto Portal, Invisible Museum, Kyoto
SchattenRisse: Silhoueten und Cutouts, Lenbachhaus, Munich
Freestyle, Museum Morbroich, Leverkusen
Bright Paradise, The 1st Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Támaki with Artspace and The University of Auckland, Auckland
London Nomad, House of Zeinab, El Azhar, Cairo
2000
Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paolo, Brazil
ghosts, Delta Axis, Memphis
00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
I Believe in Dürer, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Twisted. Urban and Visionary Landscapes, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Lemon Tree Hill, aspreyjacques, London
Shout & Scream, Städitische Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Münster
www.blackandwhite.colour.3d.com, Gio' Marconi, Milan
Wooden Heart, Avco, London
Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery, London
1999
Colour Me Blind!, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart touring to Städtische
1999
Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Münster; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
John Moores 21 Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
coming up for air, The Cooper Gallery, University of Dundee
Fresh Paint - Recent Acquisitions from the Frank Cohen Collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Heart + Soul, 60 Long Lane, London; Sandroni / Rey Gallery, Los Angeles
Down and Out in Paris and in London curated by Renaud Bézy,
The Freak Brothers, Paris
Otros Retratos / Other Portraits, Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid
Trouble Spot. Painting, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Protoplasm, Bob van Orsouw, Zürich
Cognitive Landscape, Dorothée De Pauw Gallery, Brussels
infra-slim spaces, Invisible Museum loans to Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
Selections Winter 99, The Drawing Center, New York
1998
Red Light District - Images of Desire, Galerie Y-Burg, Amsterdam
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Sunshine Breakfast, Michael Janssen, Cologne
Summer Show, The Trade Apartment, London
Printemps, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London
A Pub, Copperfield Road, London
new contemporaries 98, Tea Factory, Liverpool, touring to:
Camden Arts Centre, London; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
Landschaft, Trinkaus Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Surfacing, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1998
dumbpop, Jerwood Gallery, London, touring to LMU Gallery, Leeds
1997
Fifty Quid, Goldsmiths College, London
Humdrum, The Trade Apartment, London
World of Painting, Unit, London
Underworld, The Australian Studio, London
1996
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Gerard Hemsworth, Paul Morrison, Mike Stubbs, Suzy Willey,
Villa Dei Cesari, London

Bibliography

2004
'Art of the Garden', The Times, 9 October 2004, (illus)
Matt Eberhart, 'Cheim & Read: Paul Morrison', Flash Art, July - September (illus)
Ossian Ward, 'Naturbilder', art - das kunstmagazin, August 2004, p 81 (illus)
'Southampton Bags Art', ArtsIndustry, 18 June 2004, p 12
Andreas Levantis and Bob Matthews, 'A Conversation', Miser And Now, January
2003
Elena Di Raddo,'Paul Morrison', tema celeste, November/December (Bilingual, Italian/English), P 139 (illus)
'Paul Morrison', iD Magazine, September
Michael Archer,'Paul Morrison', ArtForum, January
2002
Sherman Sam,'Paul Morrison', Modern Painters, Summer
'Painters shortlisted', A-N Magazine For Artists, May
Sara Teleman, “En mäestare pa att förenkla”, Dagens Nyheter, December 7
'In fumo', tema celeste, September-October
2001
Hideki Kawahara,'Paul Morrison: Artist Interview', BT magazine, September
Martin Engler,'Eine kleine Landpartie gefällig', Frankurfter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 3
Jennifer Davoren,'The walls become the art in Wallworks', The Aspen Times, July 7-8
Kentaro Ichihara, 'Stream of Contemporary British Painting', Studio Voice, vol. 308, August
'Paul Morrison', Asahi News, June 28
Sari Anne Tuschman, 'AAM's Wallworks' turns common walls into extraordinary canvases', Aspen Daily News, June 7-13
'Paul Morrison cultive les jardins anglais', Citizen K, Summer
Eva Karcher, 'Das schwarze Loch der Welt', Der Tagespiegel, April 10
Niru S Ratnam; 'Painting is Dead (long live painting)', The Face, March, no. 50, pp. 176 - 84
2000
Let Geerling; 'Mr. DOB meets Mr. Darwin', Metroplis M, December - January, no. 6, pp. 24 - 28
ML; 'Twisted Urban Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting', De Witte Raaf, November - December, p. 28
'At your Service - Exhibitions, Expats Magazine, November, vol. 3, no. 7
1999
Gabriel van Neerven; 'Fotografische landschappen in het Van Abbe', November 6
Sandra Spijkerman; 'Een verzameling bijzondere landschappen', Trouw, November 1
Peter Kattenberg; 'Kunstmatige schilderkunst', Kunst, October 14
MV; 'Twisted', Carp Kunst, October 10, p. 170
Rutger Pontzen; 'De samenzwering van de schilders', Vrij Nederland, October 7
Paola van de Velde; 'Romantiek vermengd met Walt Disney', Telegraaf', October 4
Robbert Roos; 'Figuratie met een Draai', Kunstbleed, October,
no. 10
Hans den Hartog Jager; 'Trippy landschappen in Eindhoven', Cultureel Supplement NRC Handelsblad, September 29
Angelique Spaninks; 'Hedendaagse hallucinaties, “Twisted”, verknipte visies op stad en land in de hedendaagse schilderkunst', Eindhovens Dagblad, September 28
Carel Blotkamp; 'Het groene hart van Global City', Kunst & Cultuur, September 28
Flora Stiemer; 'De tijdgeest betrapt', Algemeen Dagblad, September 26
2000
Sacha Bronwasser; 'Die Biennale, daar zap je toch een beetje langs', De Volkskrant, September 23
'00', Time Out, New York, (illus.)
'Colour Me Blind', Dundee Review, Flash Art, Summer, no. 23
Stuart Shave; 'Masters at Work', i-D Magazine, (illus.), May, no. 197, pp. 96-102
Tiziana Conti; 'Paul Morrison', Tema celeste artecontemporanea, March - April, no. 78, p. 109
Elisabetta Tolosano; 'Paul Morrison', Flash Art (Italian), February / March, p. 115
Gemma de Cruz; 'Made in England', Flash Art (Int)., December / January, pp. 64-6
'Otros Retratos / Other Portraits', Impresiones, Verano 99, 10, p. 15
Michelle Grabner; 'Trouble Spot: Painting', Frieze, issue 50
1999
Keith Patrick; 'Paul Morrison', Contemporary Visual Arts (illus.), issue 26
Maddy Costa; 'Last Chance', Evening Standard (illus.)
Simon Morley; 'Surfacing', Contemporary Visual Arts (illus.),
issue 21
1999
Mark Sladen; 'Painting Lab', Contemporary Visual Arts (illus.), issue 21, pp. 32-37
William Packer; 'Dumb by name but not by nature', Financial Times, (illus.), January 12
Paul Morrison; 'Bonjour Monsieur Caulfield', Contemporary Visual Arts, (illus.), issue 22
Ben Judd; 'The Lie of the Land', Flash Art, (illus.) March / April
Gerhard Mack; 'Pop-arting spriessen seine Blumen', Cash, issue 11, March 19
Paul Morrison; Artist Collaboration, Contemporary Visual Arts, (illus.), issue 23
'Richard Wright and Paul Morrison', i-D Magazine, Summer issue
'Otros Retratos, Impresiones: The British Council, Verano, 10, p. 15
Elisabeth Mahoney; 'Room to manoeuvre', Scotland on Sunday, (illus.), June 27
Rebecca Dimling Cochran; 'Infra-slim Spaces', Flash Art, Summer issue
John Chilver; 'Paul Morrison / Richard Wright', Art Monthly, (illus.), September
Jonathan Jones; 'Paul Morrison', The Guardian, (illus.), September 23
Simon Grant; 'Disney Without the Characters', Evening Standard, (illus.), September 29
Duncan McClaren; 'Paul Morrison', The Independent on Sunday, October 3
Gilda Williams; 'Heart & Soul', Art Monthly, (illus.), September
Stuart Shave; 'England's Dreaming', i-D Magazine, (illus.), October
Simon Grant; 'Unironic Landscape', The Guardian Guide, (illus.), September 18-24
Robin Dutt; 'Paul Morrison', What's On, (illus.), October 6-13
Gilbert A. Bouchard; 'Shiny Exhibit Addresses Consumer Culture', SEE Magazine, (illus.), September 23-29
Von Enno Stahl; 'Wie unter dem Mikroskop', Kolner Stadtanzeiger, May 13 / 14
Steve Rushton; 'Dead Again?', Everything, (illus.), Spring, issue
1998
Martin Maloney; 'Bad Painting: Pinning the Tail on the Donkey', Flash Art, January / February
Ben Judd; 'World of Painting', Flash Art, (illus.), January / February
'Koelner Galerie zeigt die neuen Stars der Szene', Rheinland Kultur, March 18
1999
Steve Rushton; 'Dead Again?', Everything, (illus.), Spring, issue
Martin Maloney; 'Bad Painting: Pinning the Tail on the Donkey', Flash Art, January / February
Ben Judd; 'World of Painting', Flash Art, (illus.), January / February
'Koelner Galerie zeigt die neuen Stars der Szene', Rheinland Kultur, March 18
Olivia Gunning; 'The Beauty of Imperfection', i-D Magazine, July
Philip Key; 'Agenda-Setting Art...', Daily Post, (illus.), July 7
William Feaver; 'new contemporaries 98, Liverpool', The Observer, July 12
'new contemporaries 98', Artclub, (illus.), Summer
Helen Sumpter; 'new contemporaries 98', The Big Issue, (illus.), August 3-9
Richard Cork; 'New Kids Explore Old Angst', The Times, August 18
'new contemporaries 98', An Magazine, (illus.), September
'Fibrindale', magazine project, Tank, (illus.), September
David Burrows; 'new contemporaries 98', Art Monthly, September
'Surfacing', ICA Bulletin, (illus.), October
David Barrett; 'Surfacing - Contemporary Drawing', Art Monthly, November
Tim Hilton; 'Dumb, dumber and dumbest', Independent on Sunday, December 13
Sarah Kent; 'Dumb and dumber', Time Out, December 9-16
'Untitled', magazine project, Tank, (illus.), November, issue no.2,
p. 194

Contact
Alison Jacques Gallery
4 Clifford Street
W1X 1RB London
England

Phone: 00 44 (0)20 7287 7675
Fax: 00 44 (0)20 7287 7674
Email: info@alisonjacquesgallery.com
www.alisonjacquesgallery.com