biography of Paul MORRISON (1966)

Personal data


Birth : 1966 - Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United Kingdom

Address

London, United Kingdom

Representatives

Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom


Education

1983 – 1985 : Hugh Baird College (Foundation Course) – Balliol Road – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
1985 – 1988 : Sheffield City Polytechnic (BA Fine Art) – Psalter Lane – Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
1986 : SJSU San Jose State University (Exchange Programme) – One Washington Square – San Jose CA, United States
1995 – 1998 : Goldsmiths College – University of London (MA Fine Art) – New Cross – London, United Kingdom

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mural painting

Subject

nature
landscape
plants

Works

Phytochlore
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
Size : 274 x 183 cm
 
Anthrophyton
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Mural painting
Materials : acrylic
 
Plastid
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
Size : 51 x 41 cm
 
Feld
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
Size : 46 x 86 cm
 
Metabolism
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
Size : 122 x 183 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

Irish Museum of Modern Art – Dublin, Ireland
07/09/2003 – 10/05/2003

Cambium
Galerie Max Hetzler – Berlin, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/11/2003

2002

Chloroplast
Southampton City Art Gallery – Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
2002

Paul Morrison
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
06/18/2002 – 09/01/2002

Paul Morrison
Kunsthalle Nürnberg – Nuremberg, Germany
05/09/2002 – 06/30/2002

2001

Tomio Koyama Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
2001

Artspace – Auckland’s Contemporary Art Centre – Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
2001

Karyn Lovegrove Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
2001

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – Paris, France
04/26/2001 – 05/26/2001

2000

Forum Kunst – Rottweil, Germany
2000

UCLA Hammer Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
2000

Philomene Magers Projekte – Munich, Germany
2000

Artspace – Auckland’s Contemporary Art Centre – Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
2000

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts – Fogg Art museum – Cambridge MA, United States
2000

UCLA Hammer Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
2000

Galleria Gio Marconi – Milan MI, Italy
2000

1999

Galleria Franco Noero – Turin TO, Italy
1999

Michael Janssen Gallery – Cologne, Germany
1999

Asprey Jacques Gallery – London, United Kingdom
09/17/1999 – 11/13/1999

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Maruani & Noirhomme – Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Alison Jacques Gallery – London, United Kingdom

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galleria Franco Noero – Via Mazzini 39A – Turin TO, Italy

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

LISTE 02 – The Young Art Fair
Werkraum Warteck pp – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/11/2002 – 06/16/2002
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – 30 rue Louise Weiss – Paris, France

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Michael Janssen – Norbertstrasse 14-16 – Cologne, Germany

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Asprey Jacques Gallery – 4 Clifford Street – London, United Kingdom


Group exhibitions

2001

Freestyle : Werke aus der sammlung Boros
Städtisches Museum Leverkusen Schloß Morsbroich – Leverkusen, Germany
2001

En pleine terre
Museum für Gegenwartskunst – Basel BS, Switzerland
08/16/2001 – 11/18/2001

The Tattoo Show
Modern Art – London, United Kingdom
07/07/2001 – 08/12/2001

Kyoto Portal
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – San Francisco CA, United States
06/21/2001 – 06/22/2001

Wallworks: Ingrid Calame & Paul Morrison
AAM Aspen Art Museum – Aspen CO, United States
06/01/2001 – 07/29/2001

Bright Paradise – 1st Auckland Triennial
Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tamaki – Auckland, New Zealand
03/03/2001 – 04/29/2001

2000

Twisted : Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting
Van AbbeMUSEUM – Eindhoven, Netherlands
09/23/2000 – 11/26/2000

Shout & Scream
Münster in Westfalen, Germany
06/25/2000 – 08/27/2000

The Wreck of Hope
The Nunnery Gallery – London, United Kingdom
03/18/2000 – 04/16/2000

Wooden Heart
AVCO Project Space – London, United Kingdom
02/15/2000 – 03/26/2000

I Believe in Dürer
Kunsthalle Nürnberg – Nuremberg, Germany
2000

00
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
2000

Lemon Tree Hill
Asprey Jacques Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2000

1999

Trouble Spot : Painting
MUHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst – Antwerp, Belgium
1999

Protoplasm
Galerie Bob van Orsouw – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999

Fresh Paint – Recent Acquisitions from the Franck Cohen Collection
Gallery of Modern Art – Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1999

Selections Winter 99’
The Drawing Center – New York NY, United States
1999

Down and Out in Paris and London
The Freak Brothers – Paris, France
1999

Cognitive Landscape
Dorothee de Pauw Gallery – Brussels, Belgium
1999

Color me Blind! Malerei in Zeiten von Computergame und Comic
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany
11/13/1999 – 01/16/2000

1998

Sunshine Breakfast
Michael Janssen Gallery – Cologne, Germany
1998

Summer Show
The Trade Apartement – London, United Kingdom
1998

Whitechapel Open
Whitechapel Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1998

Surfacing. Contemporary Drawing
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
1998

Dumbpope
Jerwood Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1998

1997

Humdrum
The Trade Apartement – London, United Kingdom
1997

Absolut Secret
Royal College of Art – London, United Kingdom
1997

Elevation
The Agency – London, United Kingdom
1997

Fifty Quid
Goldsmiths College – London, United Kingdom
1997

1996

Whitechapel Open
Whitechapel Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1996

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Exhibition catalogues

2001

Bright Paradise, 1st Auckland Triennial
Publisher: Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tamaki – Cnr Lorne and Wellesley Sts – Auckland, New Zealand
2001
ISBN : 086463241X

Legals