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Robert Holyhead
Born 1974 in Trowbridge, United Kingdom Currently lives and works in London
Education
1996–97 Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London MA Fine Art, Painting
1993–96 Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting
Residencies
2007 Fundaziun NAIRS, Art Cultura Engladina, Scuol, Switzerland
2005–10 Fire Station work/live residency, Acme Studios, London, UK
Public collections
Arts Council Collection of Great Britain, London, UK Government Art Collection, London, UK Tate Collection, London, UK
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Selected solo exhibitions
2014 Robert Holyhead, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2012 Robert Holyhead: New Paintings, Karsten Schubert, London, UK Robert Holyhead: Paintings and Works on Paper, PEER, London, UK
2010 Robert Holyhead: Paintings, Karsten Schubert, London, UK
2009 Robert Holyhead: New Paintings, Karsten Schubert, London, UK
2008 Robert Holyhead: Components of a Practice, Gibraltar Walk Studio, London, UK
2006 Robert Holyhead, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, US Robert Holyhead: New Work, Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK
2003 New Paintings on Paper, Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth, UK
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Selected group exhibitions
2013 Here We Go, Karsten Schubert, London, UK Stag - Berlin/London, Dispari & Dispari, Reggio Emilia, Italy Drawings, Karsten Schubert, London, UK Every bird brings a different melody to the garden, No Format, London, UK System Painting Construction Archive, Lion and Lamb, London, UK Head to Head, Rogue Project Space, Manchester
2012 Revealed: Government Art Collection, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, and Ulster Museum, Belfast, UK The Space Between, Tate Britain, London, UK Towards a New Abstraction, Fondazione MACC, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Calasetta, Italy British Modern Remade: Style. Design. Glamour. Horror., Arts Council Collection, Park Hill, Sheffield, UK Government Art Collection: Commissions: Now and Then, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK Phantoms, Angus Hughes Gallery, London, UK
2010 Corridor: Jan Braumer, Aurelia Gratzer, Robert Holyhead, Jens Wolf, Oechsner Galerie, Nuremburg, Germany
2009 East End Academy: The Painting Edition, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK Meta-: Continuities and Dialogues within Abstract Painting, Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge; and Beardsmore Gallery, Kingston, UK Contested Ground, 176 Gallery, London, UK
2008 Robert Holyhead, Jos van Merendonk, Gunter Tuzina, Galerie van Kranendonk, The Hague, Netherlands
2007 Painting Unlimited, APT, London, UK Curraint D’ajer, Fundaziun NAIRS, Scoul, Switzerland British Art Now, Lemon Sky Projects, Miami, FL, US
2006 Abstract Painting, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
2005 Acid Drops and Sugar Candy, Transition Gallery, London, UK SPACE OPEN 2005, Triangle Gallery, Space Studios, London, UK This Show is Ribbed for Her Pleasure, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY, US
2004 Watercolours & Drawings, Flaca Projects, London, UK
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2003 Bad Touch, Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK Painting Year Zero, Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK
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Selected solo publications
2010 Robert Holyhead, Ridinghouse, London
2009 Robert Holyhead: New Paintings, Ridinghouse, London
2008 Robert Holyhead: Selected Paintings 2006-2007, Vaughan Press, London
2007 NAIRS 2007: Artists-in-Residence, Fundaziun Nairs, Nairs
Selected group exhibition catalogues and anthologies
2013 The Fire Station Project, Acme Studios, London
2012 Art, Power, Diplomacy: The Untold Story of the Government Art Collection, Scala, London
2009 East End Academy 2009 Painting, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2008 Meta-: Continuities and Dialogues within Abstract Painting, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University
2003 Book 1, Flaca Projects, London
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Selected articles and reviews
2012 David Sweet, 'Attention to Detail: Abstraction in an Era of High Definition', Abstract Critical, 25 October Mark Wallinger, 'Cultural Life', The Independent, September David Sweet, 'The Screen and the Workshop: Robert Holyhead and Geoffrey Rigden', Abstract Critical, 23 June Adele Reed, 'Robert Holyhead: Paintings and Works on Paper', This is Tomorrow, 20 June Martin Coomer, 'Robert Holyhead', Time Out, 14 June 'ARTINFO UK's Top 3 Exhibitions Opening This Week', Blouin Artinfo, May Paul Hobson,'Hobson's Choice', Contemporary Art Society, May
2010 Sam Sherman, 'Robert Holyhead', Artforum, 24 October
2009 Barry Schwabsky, 'Robert Holyhead at Karsten Schubert', Artforum, October David Sweet, 'Nine for 2009', Artists & Illustrators, no.1
2005 David Ryan, 'Contingent Moves', Miser & Now, no.4
1997 James Sherwood, 'Affordable Brit Art', The Independent on Sunday, 30 November, 1997
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