Sue Tompkins

Sue Tompkins
1971 born in Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom
Lives in Glasgow, Germany
Education

1990 - 1994
BA (Hons) Painting, Glasgow School of Art

Solo Exhibitions

2006
Grease, (live performance), Art Now Live Work: Rory Macbeth, Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, and Sue Tompkins, Tate Britain, London, 09/12/06, (solo)

Spike Island, (café design commission with Hayley Tompkins, in collaboration with Caruso St John Architects), Bristol
The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd, (with a live performance with Alan Michael), Glasgow
Hayley Tompkins and Sue Tompkins, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

2005
In the zone of your eyes, (two person show/ live performance with Hayley Tompkins), West London Projects, London
When it broke, (two person show with Hayley Tompkins), ArtForum Berlin, Giti Nourbakhsch Gallery, Berlin
On Stage, (live performance), Sean Landers, Charlemagne Palestine, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
Elephants Galore, (live performance), Selective Memory opening, Scottish Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Venice

2004
Midwest Casinos, (live performance), Manchester
More Cola Wars, (live performance), Switchspace, Glasgow
Feast of Silenus, (live performance), Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Live Performance, Kunstrai Art Fair, Diana Stigter Gallery, Amsterdam
Live Performance, (in association with the Sonic Arts Network and Resonance FM), Museum of Garden History, London
Solo presentation and performance, Rheinschau Art Cologne Projects, Cologne

2003
Country Grammar, doggerfisher, Edinburgh
Northern Grammar, Stavanger Kulturhaus, Norway

2001
The Modern Institute, Glasgow

2000
“Evil Eye”, Glasgow Independent Studios, (with Hayley Tompkins)

1999
“Sounds of Grass”, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (with Hayley Tompkins)

Group Exhibitions

2007
Untitled – Works on Paper, Art: Concept, Paris

2006
In the poem about love you don’t write the word love, Artist’s Space, New York
If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution, De Appel, Amsterdam
Attitude, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
The Three Cities: Berlin, Milan, London, (live performance), The Warehouse/ Bethnal Green, London, section.php/14866/15798>
Satellites, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better., Momentum 2006, 4th Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
BMAC, (live performance), Blackpool
You always say no to Ibitha, Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd, London
Flaca Gallery, (with Karla Black and Sally Osborn), London
Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Writing in Strobe, Dicksmith Gallery, London
Beck’s Futures, (nominee), ICA, London; CCA offsite, Glasgow; Arnolfini offsite, Bristol
Death and the Compass, Four, Dublin

2005
Elephants Galore, (live performance), In the poem about love you don’t write the word love, CCA, Glasgow
Radiance, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
Frieze Art Fair, London
Art is where the heart is (part 2), Kunstenaarsinitiatief Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Dealing kindly with insects in the home, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Herald St and The Modern Institute present, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2004
Country Grammar, (live performance), Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Switchspace, Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow
Haute Street, (with Scott Myles and Alan Michael), Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Group Show, (with Transmission Gallery), Rennes, France

2003
Contemporary Abstraction, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
Group Show, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Transmission stand, Frieze Art Fair, London
Be Dear Crazy Loud, (a performance with Luke Fowler and P6), Flourish Nights, Glasgow

2001
October, (with Hayley Tompkins), St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
Circles 4 One Fo(u)r One, ZKM, Karlsruhe
Circles 4 One Fo(u)r One, (with Elizabeth go), ZKM, Karlsruhe

2000
Film Club, (with Elizabeth go), (curated by Scott Myles), Glasgow
Film Club 2, (with Elizabeth go), Vilma Gold, London, (curated by David Thorpe)
Tonight, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Avalon, (with Hayley Tompkins), The Changing Room, Stirling

1999
Museum-a-go-go, Glasgow Project Space
White Bears zz, Roslea Drive, Glasgow
Fields and Rays and Green Numbers, The Pineapple, Malmö, Sweden
Love, Speed, Thrills, (with Elizabeth go), Manchester Metropolitan University
Where the Wild Roses Grow, Anti War - You Take it From my Heart, (with Elizabeth go), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Faces and Names, (with Hayley Tompkins), performance as part of Education in Reverse, The Corinthian, Glasgow
You are an Orange Orchid, (with Hayley Tompkins), performance for Radio Tuesday at the B.U.F.F. Club, Glasgow

1998
Various Artists, East Kilbride Arts Centre, Scotland
Floatina Happiness, (with Elizabeth go), Host, Tramway, Glasgow

1997
Art ’97, Transmission Gallery at the Business Design Centre, Islington
You Show Me The DF Every Night You Show Me The DF You Show Me, (Elizabeth go performance at Connected), NGCA, Sunderland
Hit ‘em With This Antoinette, (Elizabeth go performance at Satellite City), Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Wetness into Music, Wilkes, Glasgow

1996
Life/Live, ARC, Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Transmissions, Gallery Free Parking, Toronto, Canada
Artists’ Multiples, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Young Black Italian/ Garage in Yellow, Leighton Buzzard
World of Ponce, Southpark, Glasgow
Brainmail, Studio 17, CalArts, Los Angeles
Art for People, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

1995
Look! Nuovo Miti, (with Hayley Tompkins), Wilkes, Glasgow