BIO / BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cathy Wilkes

BORN1967, Belfast
Lives and works in Glasgow

Forthcoming/Current Exhibitions

2009 Studio Voltaire, London, Spring, (solo)
2008 Contemporary Scottish Art: New Acquistitions & Loans, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 28/11/08 – 15/02/09 (group)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 'Prices', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
2007 VOID, Derry, Ireland
'Non Verbal (version)', Gallery Weekend Berlin, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
2005 'Most Women Never Experience', Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples
2004 'Cara Studies Votes for Women', Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
'1/4 Moon', Gallerie Giti Nourbaksch, Berlin (solo)
'Moons', Switchspace, Glasgow
'Daily Schedule', SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
2003 Untitled Project, Kabinet für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven Germany
2002 Migros museum, Zurich
Inverleith House, Edinburgh
2001 'Our Misfortune', Cubitt Gallery, London
'Our Misfortune', Transmission, Glasgow
Galerie Giti Nourbaksch, Berlin
1999 'Cathy Wilkes/Martin Creed', The Modern Institute, Glasgow
1996 Art Connexion, Lille
1994 Galerie CAOC, Berlin
1991 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 'Turner Prize 2008', (nominee), Tate Britain, London
'A show of many parts, each part more spectacular and elaborate than the last', Leicester City Art Gallery, Leicester
2007 'If I Can't Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Edition II: Feminist Legacies And Potentials In Contemporary Art Practice', MuHKA Museum van
Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
'You Have Not Been Honest', (British Council touring exhibition), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples
'a point in space is a place for an argument', David Zwirner, New York
'New Work UK: You and Me, (screening of I will miss you, I will pour essential oil on your body)', Whitechapel Gallery, London
'Breaking Step', Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
'Quality as Quantity', Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
'EARTH?', Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch
2006 'The Secret Theory of Drawing: Dislocation & Indirection in Contemporary Drawing', The Drawing Room, London; The Model Arts centre & Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
'How to Improve the World, British Art 1946-2006', Hayward Gallery, London
Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
'Splash', installation at 'Of Mice and Men', 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin
'If it didn’t exist you’d have to invent it: a partial Showroom history', The Showroom, London
2005 'Non-Verbal', installation at 'Selective Memory: Scotland & Venice Biennale', Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London
'Body: New Art from the UK', Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada, and touring to The Ottawa Art Gallery, Canada; Oakville Galleries, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada; Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Canada
'She’s Pregnant Again', installation at 'Scotland & Venice: Selective Memory', Scottish Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice
2004 'L’Air Du Temps', Migros Museum, Zurich
'Cara Studies Votes for Women', installation at Manifesta 5, San Sebastian, Spain
'1/4 Moon', installation at 'Formalismus, Moderne Kunst, Heute', Hamburg Kunstverein, Hamburg
2003 'Independence', South London Gallery
'Plunder: Culture as Material', DCA, Dundee
2002 'Happy Outsiders', Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw & City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Katowice, Poland
'P_A_U_S_E', Gwanju Biennial, South Korea
2001 'Psycho-Bobble', Galleria Raucci/Santa Maria, Naples, Italy
'Here and Now', Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
'One for One' (with Elizabeth Go), 'Circles 4', ZKM, Karlsruhe
2000 'Seven Scottish Artists', Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills
'Film Club' (with Elizabeth Go; curated by Scott Myles)
'Film Club 2' (with Elizabeth Go), Vilma Gold, London (curated by David Thorpe)
'Beck's Futures', ICA, London; CCA, Glasgow; Cornerhouse, Manchester
'Die gefahr im Jazz', Berlin
'Pavillion', Mark Mueller, Zurich
'Circles 4', Karlsruhe, Germany
1999 'Love, Speed, Thrills' (with Elizabeth Go), Manchester Metropolitan University
'Tracey', Liverpool Biennial
'The Queen is Dead', Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
'Where the Wild Roses Grow, Anti War - You Take it From my Heart' (with Elizabeth Go), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
'A Still Volcano Life', South Gallery, Melbourne
1998 'Add Night To Night', The Showroom, London
The Modern Institute, Glasgow at Sadie Coles HQ, London
'From Here at High Street Projects', Christchurch, New Zealand
'Floatina Happiness' (with Elizabeth Go), 'Host', Tramway, Glasgow 'Slant 6', Art International, New York
1997 'Hit ‘em With This Antoinette' (Elizabeth Go performance at 'Satellite City'), Catalyst Arts, Belfast
'Lovecraft', CCA, Glasgow
'Connected', Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (Elizabeth Go)
'The Truly Supa Superstore', Norwich Gallery
Group show, Fly, Glasgow
'The Art Exchange Show', Broad Street, New York
1996 'Insanestupidphatfuctpervert', Cubitt Street Gallery, London
'Art for People', Transmission, Glasgow
'Loaded: A Contemporary View of British Painting', Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
'The Mostyn Open', Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
'World of Ponce', Southpark, Glasgow
1995 'Onziemes Ateliers du FRAC', Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France
'Barrage' (with Jonnie Wilkes), Catalyst Arts, Belfast
'The Living Landscape', West Cork Arts Centre, Ireland
'The Belmont Hotel', Glasgow
1994 'Small World Small Works', Galerie CAOC, Berlin
'Beyond the Pale, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1993 'Interview 2', Glasgow School of Art