BIO / BIBLIOGRAPHY

Martin Boyce

BORN 1967


Forthcoming/Current Exhibitions

2008 Gio Marconi, Milan, April (solo)
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, TBC (solo)
Muenster Kunstverein, Muenster, TBC (solo)
Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, TBC (solo)
2007 'STAY FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER', South London Gallery, London, 02/05/07-24/06/07 (group)
'A Lost Cat and Alleyways, Back Gardens, Pools and Parkways', Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, 23/05/06-05/08/07 (solo)
MŸnster Sculpture Project, MŸnster, Germany, 17/06/07-30/09/07 (group)
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, September (solo)
Atelier Hermes, Seoul, November (solo)
New Museum, New York, November-December (solo)


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 'That Blows Through Concrete Leaves', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
'We Are the Breeze', Johnen Galerie, Berlin
'Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations', FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
'Concrete Autumn (Broken Fall)', Art Unlimited (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd and Johnen + Schšttle, Cologne), Art|37|Basel, Basel
2005 'Broken Fall', Kabinett fuer aktuelle Kunst, Karlsburg
Gallery Ruediger-Schottle, Munich
'Concrete Autumn', Project of Peter Heimer and Clemens Tissi, Galerie Jochum and Tissi, Berlin
2004 'Brushing Against Strange Weeds', The Modern Institute, Glasgow
'Dark Reflections', Adolf Luther Prize, Krefeld Museum, Krefeld
'We Are Resistant, We Dry Out In The Sun', Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
'In Between Breaths and the Sodium Spill', Johnen and Schottle, Cologne
2003 Art concept, Paris
'Undead Dreams', Roma Roma Roma, Rome, Italy
'Our Love is Like the Earth, the Sun the Trees and the Birth', Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2002 'Our love is like the flowers, the rain, the sea and the hours', Tramway, Glasgow
'For 1959 Capital Avenue', Museum fŸr Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Els Hanappe Underground, Athens
2000 'Fear view', Johnen and Shottle, Cologne
Jerwood Gallery, London
1999 Jacob Fabricius/recent projects, Copenhagen
'When Now Is Night', Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Round room, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Lotta Hammer, London
1998 Habitat, Tottenham Court Road, London
1996 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

2007 'Half Square, Half Crazy', Villa Arson, Nice
'Echo Room', Alcal‡ 31, 28014, Madrid
'Abstraction: Extracting from the World', Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
2006 'Our Love is Like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours' in 'British Art 1900-2006' (curated by Helen Delaney as part of Tate Collections), Tate Britain, London
'Street: Behind the ClichŽ', Witte de With, Rotterdam
'How to Improve the World, British Art 1946-2006', Hayward Gallery, London
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
'Life's a Beach', Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
'When the moon shines on the moonshine', Breeder, Athens
'Strange I've Seen That Face Before', Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach
'Black/White & Chewing Gum', Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna
'If it didn't exist you'd have to invent it: a partial Showroom history', The Showroom, London
'Punching Through the Clouds', Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
'AGAIN FOR TOMORROW', Royal College of Art Galleries, London
'Draft Deceit', Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2005 'Body: New Art from the UK', British Council group show, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada, and touring to The Ottawa Art Gallery, Canada; Oakville Galleries, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada; Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Canada
'The Storm is what we call Progress', Arnolfini, Bristol
'ThickDesign05', Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
'De Sculptura', Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg
Andrew Kreps, New York
'What’s New Pussy Cat New Acquisitions', MMK, Frankfurt
'Die gute Form', Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
2004 Boros collection, ZKM Karlsruhe
'The Sculptural Sphere', Goetz Collection, Munich
Georg Kargl Gallery, Vienna
'Formalismus Moderne Kunst Heute', Hamburg Kunstverein
'Sodium & Asphalt', Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey
2003 Lyon Biennale, France
'Love Over Gold', Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Archibald Campbell and Harley Photography Prize, Stills, Edinburgh
'Contemporary Abstraction', Glasgow Print Studio
'3D', Freidrich Petzel, New York
'Sodium dreams', Bard College, New York, USA
'Discussing Sculpture', Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna, Austria
'Special Dedicace', Rouchechouart Museum
'M_ars - Art and War', Neue Gallerie, Graz, Austria
'Breathing the Water', Galerie Hauser&Wirth&Presenhuber
2002 'Greyscale/CMYK', Tramway, Glasgow
Roma Roma Roma, Rome, Italy
'When Now Is Night', Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair
'There is a Light That Will Never Go Out', Galleria Sonia Rosso, Italy
'My Head is on Fire but my heart is full of Love', Charlottenburg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
'Martin Boyce & Toby Paterson', Foksal gallery, Warsaw, Poland
'Non places', Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
'Happy Outsiders', Zacheta gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Johnen and Schottle, Cologne
'Half the World Away', Hallwalls CAC, Buffalo, NY, USA
'Hell', neugeriemschneider, Berlin
2001 'Here and Now', Aberdeen City Art Gallery, Aberdeen
'Trauma', DCA, Dundee; MOMA, Oxford
'G3', Casey Caplan, New York
'Zero Gravity', Kunstverein fur die Rheinlands und Westfalen, Dusseldorf
'Open Country', Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
'Circles 4', Gallerie ZKM, Karlsruhe
'Strategies Against Architecture', Fondazione Teseco, Pisa, Italy
2000 'Living', Chicago Project Rooms, Los Angeles
'Pavillion', Mark Muller Zurich
'Model Model', NAK, Aachen, Germany
'What If', The Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The British Art Show, Inverleith House, Edinburgh
Becks’ Futures, ICA, London
'Can 303s Heal?', Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland
'Future Perfect', Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff; the Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
'A Shot in the Head', Lisson Gallery, London, UK
'Waiting', Mjellby Konstgard, Halmstad, Sweden
'If I Ruled the World', CCA, Glasgow, UK
1999 'The Office of Misplaced Events (Temporary Annexe)', Lotta Hammer, London
'Please Touch', SCP, London; The Lighthouse, Glasgow
'Getting the Corners', Or Gallery, Vancouver
'Furoshikibility', Fly Gallery, Glasgow
'Disaster', Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
'Seven Wonders of the World', Publication Curated by Matthew Higgs
'Word Enough to Save a Life Word Enough to Take a Life', London
'In the Midst of Things', Bourneville, Birmingham
'Anarchitecture', de Appel, Amsterdam,
'If I Ruled the World', Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
'The Queen is Dead', Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
'Slip of the Mind', Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sete
'Stop Stop' (publication), Glasgow
1998 'Strolling', Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
'Nettverk Glasgow', Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
1997 'Material Culture', Hayward Gallery, London
'Airport', Photographers Gallery, London
Group Exhibition, Lotta Hammer, London
'Wish You Were Here Too', 83 Hill Street, Glasgow
1996 'Brain Mail', Broad Studio 17 California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles
'Life / Live', Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
'City Limits', Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent
'Wallpaper', C.C.A., Glasgow
'No Tell Hotel', Moat House Hotel, Glasgow
'Girls High', The Old fruitmarket, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
'Transmissions', Free Parking, Toronto
'Fuse', McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
1995 'Martin Boyce & David Allen', Mu-Tereem, Budapest
'Fairy Tales in the Supermarket', Multiples Show, Scotland Street Museum, Glasgow
'30 Seconds + Title', Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
'New Rose Hotel', Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
'Hopeless', C.C.A. Glasgow
1994 'Institute of Cultural Anxiety', ICA, London
'Miniatures', The Agency, London
'Modern Art', Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
'Wish You Were Here', The Bourse, Leeds
'Difficult Relationships', 99 gallery, Glasgow
1993 'Matter and Fact', Collection Gallery, London
'Left Luggage Travelling Group Project',, Hanru’s Home, Paris
'Home and Away', Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
1992 'How Noisy Everything Grows', Upper Gulbenkian Gallery. Royal College of Art, London
'Love at First Sight', The Showroom Gallery, London
'l’u di carte', Cafe Picasso, Rome
'Contact 552 4813', Group Show. Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
1991 'Windfall', Seamen’s Mission. Glasgow 'The Living Room', Glasgow 'Speed', Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
1990 '5 Artists from Glasgow', Exchange Between Transmission Gallery and Hordaland Kunstner Sentrum, Bergen
1989 'Information', Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow