Steve Bishop Work CV / Mono / stevejamesbishop@gmail.com

b. 1983, Toronto
Lives and works in London



Solo:

2013:
Frame (w/ Carlos/Ishikawa), Frieze Art Fair, New York
An Escalator Can Never Break, It Can Only Become Stairs, Carlos/Ishikawa, London

2012:
A Working Title, Koal, Berlin
Buildings are Heavy, Supplement, London
On Your Own Again, Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld

2011:
The Myth of Fingerprints, Koal, Berlin

2010:
><><, Gallery Vela, London
Sheer Fatigue, Christopher Crescent, London

2009:
Instant Distance / Distant Instance, Outpost, Norwich
Some Thing to Believe in, Pianissimo, Milan

2008:
Simply Read, Supplement, London


Selected Group:

2013:
Every bird brings a different melody to the garden (curated by Amy Botfield and Rob Dowling), London

2012:
Painting Without Paint, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
Remainder (curated by Alex Ross), Hilary Crisp, London
Changing States of Matter, Brand New Gallery, Milan
The Mind and the Mood (curated by Samuel Gross), Koal, Berlin
Technicolour Yawn (curated by Nadim Samman), Import Projects, Berlin & Karst Projects, Plymouth
The Cuckoo's Underbelly (curated by David Risley), Bendixen, Copenhagen

2011:
Performance Anxiety (curated by Nicolas Djandji), Stadium, New York
Young London, V22, London
Steve Bishop & Dan Shaw-Town, Christopher Crescent, London
Off Site, Rod Barton, London
Common Room (curated by Christopher Crescent), Pianissimo, Milan
Stuart Bailes, Steve Bishop, Jost Münster, Margini Arte Contemporanea, Massa
Studio Artists Group Show, Woodmill, London

2010:
Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Converse / Dazed Emerging Artists Award 2010, Stephen Friedman, London
Newspeak: British Art Now Part II, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Point of Address: Members' Show 2010, Outpost, Norwich
New Panorama, Pianissimo, Milan
Grammar See (curated by Jessica Watts), Rod Barton, London
Something Left Undone, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva
There is no solution because there is no problem, Art Sheffield Fringe, Sheffield
The Devil's Necktie, Woodmill, London

2009:
Ventriloquist, Timothy Taylor, London
Removed from the Eyes of Strangers, Galeri Andersson / Sandstrøm, Umeä
Grey Matter, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

2008:
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, A-Foundation, Liverpool, Rochelle School, London
V22 Presents: The Wharf Road Project (with Supplement), London
The Culture Clash, Working Rooms, London

2007:
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007, New Art Gallery, Walsall, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Rochelle School, London



Projects:

2013: Focus II, publication produced with Fondazione MACC, Sardinia
2009 - 2013: Published the biannual paper Mono


Awards / Misc:

2013: Residency - Fondazione MACC, Sardinia
2012: Residency - Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
2011: Funding for Mono publishing project - The Elephant Trust
2011: Travel grant - Reuben Mackintosh
2010: Converse/Dazed Emerging Artist Award - exhibiting finalist
2007: Research & travel grant - Villiers David Trust



Selected Bibliography:

2013:
Artforum, Gilda Williams, "An Escalator Can Never Break", Apr, p.269-70 (review)
Modern Painters, Rob Sharp, "An Escalator Can Never Break", May, p.105 (review)
Art Month ly, Chris Fite-Wassilak "London Round-up", Apr, p.33 (review)
The Nomadic Studio, Michael Heilgemeir, Edition Taube, Stuutgart (pub.)

2012:
Mousse, Laura McLean-Ferris, "The Air Medium", #36 Dec/Jan, p. 148-151 (interview)
Art Review, Oliver Basciano, "Off-Space Travels - No.4: Supplement, London", Mar, p. 40-41
Frieze, Martin Herbert, "Steve Bishop & Dan Shaw-Town", Issue 114, Jan/Feb 2012, p.136 (review)

2011:
Art Review, Oliver Basciano, "Steve Bishop & Dan Shaw-Town", Oct, p. 106 (preview)
Rhizome.org, Orit Gat, Artist Profile, Nov (www.rhizome.org)
Modern Painters, Coline Millard, "Why Young London Works", Oct, p.86 (review)
Despite Moments of Clarity There is No 'Ism' in This Book: 100 New Artists, edited by Francesca Gavin, Laurence King, London (pub.)

2010:
Library of Babel, Zabludowicz Art Projects, London (cat.)
Newspeak: British Art Now, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London (cat.)
Dazed Digital, William Oliver, "Converse Shortlist: Steve Bishop", Jul, (www.dazeddigital.com)

2009:
Made in Wonderland, Thom O‘Nions, "It used to go like that, and now it goes like this", Copenhagen, #10, Sep, p.128-130 (interview)

2008:
Art Monthly, Pryle Behrman, "Liverpool Biennial: New Contemporaries", #321, Nov, p.29 (review)

2007:
Art Monthly, David Barrett, "New Contemporaries 2007", Oct, #310, (review)