!"#$%&n '(h)b&#% Robert Holyhead Born 1974 in Trowbridge, United Kingdom Currently lives and works in London Education 1996–97 Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London MA Fine Art, Painting 1993–96 Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting Residencies 2007 Fundaziun NAIRS, Art Cultura Engladina, Scuol, Switzerland 2005–10 Fire Station work/live residency, Acme Studios, London, UK Public collections Arts Council Collection of Great Britain, London, UK Government Art Collection, London, UK Tate Collection, London, UK !" L#xin$%on &%'##% London ()* +,-, ./ %#l +!! (+).+0+ //0!112! 1++.3++0 f24x +!! 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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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