Eileen Perrier MA (RCA)

Eileen Perrier MA (RCA) Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth: 27.09.1974 Place of Birth: London

Education

1998 – 2000 MA - The Royal College of Art (London) 1993 – 1996 BA (hons) -The Surrey Institute of Art and Design (Farnham, Surrey.)

Selected - Solo / Group Exhibitions:

2005 Grace, Africa Remix, touring, Hayward Gallery, London 2004 Embrace, Gasworks Gallery, London 2004 Red, Gold and Green, 26th Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2004 Grace, Africa Remix, touring, Museum Kunst Palast. Düsseldorf, Germany. 2004 6 - 8 and Found, Space Gallery, London 2003 6 - 8 and Black Hair and Beauty, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham 2002 Blessing, Brixton Studio, Photographers Gallery, London. 2002 Grace, Piccadilly Circus, Exit 2, London. 2002 Nation, The Tardis Window, Farringdon, London. 2001 Red, Gold and Green, The IVth African Photography Encounters in Bamako, Mali, Africa. Touring exhibition. 2001 Grace and Nation, The Two of Us. The Pump House Gallery and Autograph, London 2001 Grace, Africa Today: The Artist and the City, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona. Spain 2001 The Black Hair and Beauty Show, The Centre of Attention Gallery, London 2000 Grace, MA RCA – The Show, London 1999 John Kobal photographic portrait award, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scotland 1998 Red, Gold and Green, The Appropriated Frame: Group Show by Autograph at Dark Arches, Granary Wharf, Leeds 1997 Red Gold and Green, Shoreditch Biennale, London

Awards / Commissions:

2005 Focal Point Gallery. Commission: ‘Southend Trim’. (Work in Progress, due for completion June 2005) Southend On- Sea, UK. 2004 Gasworks Gallery, London: Commission: Gas Board I: Embrace, 2004. 2003 Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham: commission: 6-8 2003, Black Hair and Beauty 2003. Nottingham 2003 Space Studio: Cultural Diversity Studio Award. London 2002 Photographers Gallery commission: Blessing. London 2002 Seydou Keita – Portrait Prize. 2001 The British Council – Grants to Artists ‘IVth African Photography Encounters in Bamako,’ Mali, Africa. 1999 Egg Award. London 1999 National Magazine Award, London 1997 Autograph ABP, London: commission: Red, Gold and Green. London.

Selected – Published work:

2004 Photography: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition, Edited by Liz Wells. (Front cover) 2003 Eileen Perrier- Angel Row catalogue 2002 Blink: Phaidon Press - (Pages 296 –299 and 415) 2002 Different: Phaidon Press – (Pages 72 –73 and 156 – 157) 2001 Mémoires Intimes D’un nouveau Millénaire: IVes Rencountres de la photographie africaine Bamako 2001, publication (pages 66 – 67) 2001 Africa Today: The Artist and the city, publication (pages 172 – 175) 2000 August | Birkhäuser - City Levels (October, pages 102 – 103) 2000 Creative Review (September, page 73) 2000 Tank Magazine (June / July, pages 102 – 107) 1999 Revue Noire - Togo | Ghana (March / April / May issue, pages 24 - 27) 1999 Eileen Perrier: Autograph ABP monograph 1997 Creative Camera (Feb / March, pages 28 –31)