The Modern Institute

The Modern Institute

Martin Boyce

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Born 1967, Glasgow; Lives in Glasgow

Forthcoming and Current Exhibitions

2012

'Scarecrows & Lighthouses', Tramway, Glasgow (Solo, 10/2012. Part Two: A collaboration with Raymond MacDonald and David Mackenzie)

'The Spirit Level Curated by Ugo Rondinone', Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (Group, 23/03—28/04/2012)

'New Sculpture', Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw (Group, 15/03—13/05/2012)

'Scarecrows & Lighthouses', Tramway, Glasgow (Solo, 09/02—11/02/2012. Part One: Scarecrows, 9, 10, 11 Feb 2012. A collaboration with Raymond MacDonald and David Mackenzie))

'Positions of Conceptual Art', Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (Group, 03/02—17/03/2012)

2011

'The Sculpture Show', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (Group, 16/12/2011—26/06/2012)

'Conceptual Tendencies', Daimler Contemporary, Berlin (Group, 06/10/2011—18/03/2012)

'KölnSkulptur 6', Skulpturenpark Köln, Köln (Group, 15/05/2011—04/2012)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011

'night terrace - lantern chains - forgotten seas - sky', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

'Through Layers and Leaves (Closer and Closer)', Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (Commission)

'Winter Palms', Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York

2010

'A Library of Leaves', Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

2009

'No Reflections', Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (Scotland and Venice)

'No Reflections', Venice Biennale, Venice (Scotland and Venice)

2008

'Out Of This Sun, Into This Shadow', Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

'This Place is Close and Unfolded', Westfälischer Kunstverein, Muenster

'We Are Shipwrecked and Landlocked', RMIT University Alumni Courtyard, Melbourne (with Kaldor Art Projects)

'We Burn, We Shiver', Sculpture Center, New York (two person show with Ugo Rondinone)

2007

'That Blows Through Concrete Leaves', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

'A Lost Cat and Alleyways, Back Gardens, Pools and Parkways', Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva

'Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations', FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France

'Suspended Breath', Atelier Hermes, Seoul

'We Make an Unsubstantial Territory', Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York

2006

'Concrete Autumn (Broken Fall)', Art Unlimited (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd and Johnen + Schšttle, Cologne)

'We Are the Breeze', Johnen Galerie, Berlin

2005

Gallery Ruediger-Schottle, Munich

'Broken Fall', Kabinett fur Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven

'Concrete Autumn (project with Peter Heimer and Clemens Tissi)', Galerie Clemens Tissi, Berlin

2004

'Brushing Against Strange Weeds', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

'Dark Reflections', Adolf Luther Prize, Krefeld Museum

'In Between Breaths and the Sodium Spill', Johnen and Schottle, Cologne

'We Are Resistant, We Dry Out In The Sun', Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

2003

'Martin Boyce', Art concept, Paris

'Our Love is Like the Earth, the Sun the Trees and the Birth', Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver

'Undead Dreams', Roma Roma Roma, Rome

2002

'For 1959 Capital Avenue', Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt

'Our Love is Like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours', Tramway, Glasgow

'When Now Is Night', Art|33|Basel, Basel (Art Unlimited with The Modern Institute)

2001

'Martin Boyce', Els Hanappe Underground, Athens

2000

'Fear view', Johnen and Schottle, Cologne

'Martin Boyce', Jerwood Space, London

1999

'Martin Boyce', Jacob Fabricius/recent projects, Copenhagen

'Martin Boyce', Round Room, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

'Martin Boyce', Lotta Hammer, London

'When Now Is Night', Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Part of Visions for the Future)

1998

'Martin Boyce', Habitat, Tottenham Court Road, London

1996

'Martin Boyce', Loggia Gallery, Toronto

'You Are Here', Lime Gallery, California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles

1995

'Something’s Got to Give', The Agency, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012

'Positions of Conceptual Art', Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich

2011

'The Sculpture Show', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

'Breitseite – In focus: space', Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar

'Turner Prize 2011', Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (Winner)

'Conceptual Tendencies', Daimler Contemporary, Berlin

'Made in the UK: Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection', Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

'Nothing in the World but Youth', Turner Contemporary, Margate

'Distant Star', Kurimanzutto, Mexico City

'Emblem of My Work', Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, England

'La carte d’après Nature', Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (curated by Thomas Demand)

'A Threepenny Opera', s1 Art Space, Sheffield

'Distant Star', Regen Projects, Los Angeles

'Sculpture Now', Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

'KölnSkulptur 6', Skulpturenpark Köln, Köln

'The Shape We’re In', (London) (Zabludowicz Collection)

'Modern British Sculpture', Royal Academy of Arts, London

'SHAPES', Sammlung Haubrok, Berlin

2010

'Missing Beat', Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

'Last Ride in a Hot Air Ballon', 4th Auckland Triennial, Auckland

'La carte d’après Nature’ (curated by Thomas Demand)', Nouveau Musee National de Monaco, Monaco

'Parkliv', Marabouparken, Stockholm

'The New Decor', Hayward Gallery, London

'Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

'Living Rooms', Centre d’art contemporain, Chamarande

'HIGH IDEALS & CRAZY DREAMS', Vera Munro Gallery, Hamburg

'Permanent trouble kunst aus de Sammlung Kopp München', Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg

'Silent Revolution', K21, Dusseldorf

'The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place', Zabludowitz Collection

2009

'TONITE', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

'Material Intelligence', Kettles Yard, Cambridge

'Being and Nothingness', Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas

'We Are Sun-kissed and Snow-blind', Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris

2008

'The Eternal Nework', FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France

'5 minutes later', KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

'Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art', Barbican Art Gallery, London

'Open Plan Living', Art TLV, Helena Rubenstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv

'Peter Saville : Accessories to an artwork', Paul Stolper, London

2007

Münster Sculpture Project, Münster

Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan

'Abstraction: Extracting from the World', Millennium Galleries, Sheffield

'Echo Room – Art from Britain', Alcalá 31, Madrid

'Half Square, Half Crazy', Villa Arson, Nice

'Jubilee Exhibition', House Eva Presenhuber, Engiadina Bassa, Switzerland

'STAY FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER', South London Gallery, London

'The Third Mind', Palais de Tokyo, Paris

'Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century', New Museum, New York

'Winter Palace', De Ateliers, Amsterdam

2006

Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai

'AGAIN FOR TOMORROW', Royal College of Art, London

'Black/White & Chewing Gum', Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna

'Draft Deceit', Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

'How to Improve the World, British Art 1946-2006', Hayward Gallery, London

'If it didn’t exist you’d have to invent it: a partial Showroom history', The Showroom, London

'Life’s a Beach', Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

'Our Love is Like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours’ in ‘British Art 1900-2006', Tate Britain, London (curated by Helen Delaney as part of Tate Collections)

'Punching Through the Clouds', Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York

'Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before', Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach

'Street: Behind the Cliché', Witte de With, Rotterdam

'When the moon shines on the moonshine', Breeder, Athens

2005

Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

'Body: New Art from the UK', Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada (British Council show touring to The Ottawa Art Gallery; Oakville Galleries; Edmonton Art Gallery; Art Gallery Nova Scotia)

'De Sculptura', Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg

'Die gute Form', Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin

'ThickDesign05', Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

'This Storm is what we call Progress', Arnolfini, Bristol

'What’s New Pussy Cat New Acquisitions', MMK, Frankfurt

2004

Boros collection, ZKM Karlsruhe

Georg Kargl Gallery, Vienna

'Formalismus Moderne Kunst Heute', Hamburg Kunstverein, Hamburg

'Formalismus, Moderne Kunst, Heute', Hamburg Kunstverein, Hamburg

'La Partie Continue 2', Le crédac - Centre d’Art Contemporain d’Ivry, Ivry-sur-Seine

'Sodium & Asphalt', Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (touring to Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Monterrey, Mexico)

'The Sculptural Sphere', Goetz Collection, Munich

2003

Archibald Campbell and Harley Photography Prize, Stills

Lyon Biennale, Lyon

Stills Gallery, Edinburgh (Archibald Campbell and Harley Photography Prize)

'3D', Freidrich Petzel, New York

'Bad Behaviour', Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Arts Council collection touring to Aberystwyth Arts Centre; The Metropole Arts Centre; The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery; Newcastle University, Hatton Art Gallery; Millennium Court Arts Centre; Djanogly Art Gallery; Tullie House, Carlisle)

'Breathing the Water', Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich

'Contemporary Abstraction', Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow

'Discussing Sculpture', Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna

'Love Over Gold', Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

'M_ars - Art and War', Neue Gallerie, Graz

'Sodium dreams', Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

'Special Dedicace', Rouchechouart Museum

2002

Johnen and Schottle, Cologne

'Greyscale/CMYK', Tramway, Glasgow

'Group Exhibition', Johnen and Schottle, Cologne

'Half the World Away', Hallwalls CAC, Buffalo

'Happy Outsiders', Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw

'Hell', neugerriemschneider, Berlin

'Martin Boyce & Toby Paterson', Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw

'My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love', Charlottenborg Museum, Copenhagen

'Non places', Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt

'Still Life', British Council touring show

'There is a Light That Will Never Go Out', Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin

2001

'Circles 4 One Fo(u)r One', Gallerie ZKM, Karlsruhe

'G3', Casey Kaplan, New York

'Here and Now: Scottish Art 1990-2001', Dundee Contemporary Arts & Aberdeen Art Gallery, UK

'Open Country', Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne

'Strategies Against Architecture', Fondazione Teseco, Pisa

'Trauma', DCA, Dundee

'Zero Gravity', Kunstverein für die Rhinelande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf

2000

The British Art Show, Edinburgh

'A Shot in the Head', Lisson Gallery, London

'Beck’s Futures', ICA, London (nominee)

'Can 303s Heal?', Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

'Future Perfect', Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff

'If I Ruled the World', CCA, Glasgow

'Living', Chicago Project Rooms, Los Angeles

'Model Model', NAK, Aachen

'Pavilion', Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich

'Waiting', Mjellby Konstgard, Halmstad

'What If', The Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1999

'Anarchitecture', De Appel, Amsterdam

'Disaster', Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston

'Furoshikibility', Fly, Glasgow

'Getting the Corners', Or Gallery, Vancouver

'If I Ruled the World', Living Art Museum, Reykjavik

'In the Midst of Things', Bourneville, Birmingham

'Please Touch', SCP, London

'Seven Wonders of the World', Publication Curated by Matthew Higgs

'Slip of the Mind', Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sete

'Stop Stop', Glasgow (publication)

'The Office of Misplaced Events (Temporary Annexe)', Lotta Hammer, London

'The Queen is Dead', Stills Gallery, Edinburgh

'Word Enough to Save a Life, Word Enough to Take a Life', Clare College Mission Church, London

1998

'Nettverk Glasgow', Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo

'Strolling', Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne

1997

'Airport', Photographers Gallery, London

'Group Exhibition', Lotta Hammer, London

'Material Culture', Hayward Gallery, London

'Wish You Were Here Too', 83 Hill Street, Glasgow

1996

'Brain Mail', Broad Studio 17, Cal Arts

'City Limits', Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent

'Fuse', McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

'Girls High', The Old fruitmarket, Glasgow School of Art

'Life / Live', Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon)

'No Tell Hotel', Moat House Hotel, Glasgow

'Transmissions', Free Parking, Toronto

'Wallpaper', CCA, Glasgow

1995

'30 Seconds + Title', Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

'Fairy Tales in the Supermarket', Scotland Street Museum, Glasgow (Multiples Show)

'Hopeless', CCA, Glasgow

'Martin Boyce & David Allen', Mu-Tereem, Budapest

'New Rose Hotel', Transmission, Glasgow

1994

'Difficult Relationships', 99 gallery, Glasgow

'Institute of Cultural Anxiety', ICA, London

'Miniatures', The Agency, London

'Modern Art', Transmission, Glasgow

'Wish You Were Here', The Bourse, Leeds

1993

'Home and Away', Intermedia, Glasgow

'Left Luggage', Hanru’s Home, Paris (travelling group project)

'Matter and Fact', Collection Gallery, London

1992

'Contact 552 4813', Transmission, Glasgow (Hordaland Kunstner Sentrum, Bergen)

'How Noisy Everything Grows', Upper Gulbenkian Gallery. Royal College of Art, London

'l’u di carte', Cafe Picasso, Rome

'Love at First Sight', The Showroom, London

1991

'Group Show', The Living Room, Glasgow

'Speed', Transmission, Glasgow

'Windfall', Seamen’s Mission, Glasgow

1990

'5 Artists from Glasgow', Exchange Between Transmission Gallery and Hordaland Kunstner Sentrum, Bergen

1989

'Information', Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Paisley

Awards

2011

Turner Prize