GAVIN TURK

1967

Geb. in Guildford/Born, Guildford

1991

Graduated, Royal College of Art

Lebt und arbeitet in London/Currently lives and works in London

Einzelaustellungen/Solo shows

2003

„ Spare Change “ , Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin



2002

„ Copper Jubilee “ , The New Art Gallery, Walsall



2001

„ The Che Gavara Story “ , Residence in the East End of London



2000

„ More Stuff “ , Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva


„ Gavin Turk “ , fig-1, London



1999

„ The Importance of Being Ernesto “ , Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna



1998

„ The Stuff Show “ , South London Gallery, London



1997

„ Gavin Turk “ , Charing Cross Road, London


„ Gavin Turk “ , Charing Cross Road, London



1996

„ Unoriginal Signiture “ , Habitat, Kings Road, London


„ Gavin Turk “ , (Part of British Art in Rome) Galleria D’Art De Crescenzo & Viesti, Rome



1995

„ Turkish “ , Aurel Scheibler, Cologne



1993

„C ollected Works 1989-1993 “ , Jay Jopling, Denmark Street, London



1993

„ A Marvellous Force of Nature “ , Jay Jopling/White Cube , London


„ A Night out with Gavin Turk “ , Victoria Public House, Bapisha Gosh, London and Schiefer Haus, Cologne



1992

„ Signature “ , Bipasha Ghosh/Jay Jopling, London



Gruppenausstellungen/Group shows

2002

„ Second Skin. Historical Life Casting and Contemporary Sculpture “ , Henry Moore Institute, Leeds


„ Hommage an Rudolf Schwarzkogler “ , Galerie Krinzinger, Wien


„ Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop “ , Tate Liverpool



2001

„ Heart of Glass “ , Mirror, London


„ Art-Tube 01 “ , Café De Paris, London


„ East Wing Collection “ , No. 5. Courtauld Institute of Art , London


„ Printers inc. “ , The Gallery, Stratford- upon-Avon, England


„ The Colony Room Club 2001. A Space Oddity “ , A22 Projects, London


„ Abbild. Recent Portraiture and depiction, Steirisc[:her:]bst “ , Landesmuseum, Graz


„ Teeth and Trousers “ , Ideal House, London


„ Tattoo Show “ , Modern Art, London


„ Summer Exhibition 2001 “ , Royal Academy of Arts , London


„ Mind the Gap “ , Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm


„ The Saatchi Gallery eyestorm Collection “ , The Saatchi Gallery, London


„ Please Disturb Me “ , Great Eastern Hotel, London


„ Dead “ , The Roundhouse, London


„ Century City “ , Tate Modern, London


„ Insider Trading: profit without honour “ , Mandeville Hotel, London



2000

„ In Memoriam “ , The New Art Gallery, Walsall


„ Conversation “ , Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes


„ Ever get the feeling you’ve been… “ , A22 Projects, London


„ Warning shots. Contemporary art exploring themes of conflict and violence “ , Royal Armories Museum, Leeds


„ Out There “ , White Cube², Hoxton Square, London


„ Ant Noises “ , Saatchi Gallery, London


„ White Ass European Cowboys “ , Rob Malasch / Galerie Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam


„ Art at the Dome “ , Greenwich, London


„ Psycho “ , Anne Faggionato, London



1999

„ The Self Absorbed “ , Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington


„ 6th International Istanbul Biennial “ , Istanbul


„ Officina Europa “ , Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna


„ Now It’s My Turn to Scream. Works by Contemporary British Artists from the Logan Collection “ , Haines Gallery, San Francisco


„ Self Evident “ , Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta


„ Skin Deep “ , The Israel Museum, Jerusalem


„ Gronningen “ , Charlottenbrog, Copenhagen


„ Mode of Art “ , Kunstverein, Dusseldorf



1998

„ UK Maximum Diversity “ , Galerie Krinzinger, Benger Fabrik Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria


„ Dinstinctive Elements: Contemporary British Art Exhibition “ , National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea


„ New Displays “ , The Canon Photography Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London


„ Bathroom “ , Thomas Healy Gallery, New York


„ Feeringbury VIII. Cultivated “ , Feeringbury Manor, Feering and Firstsite, Colechester


„ Drawing Itself “ , London Institute Gallery, London


„ Heatwave “ , The Waiting Room, School of Art and Design, University of Wolverhampton; Shoreditch Electricity Showrooms, Hoxton Square, London


„ Camouflage 2000 “ , Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris



1997

„ Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection “ , Royal Academy of Arts, London; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin


„ Material Culture “ , Hayward Gallery, London


„ Renovate “ , Shoreditch Town Hall, London


„ Dissolution “ , Laurent Delaye Gallery, London


„ Mutants “ , Galerie Philippe Rizzo, Paris


„ All of a Sudden II “ , Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne



1996

„ Plastic “ , Richard Salmon, London; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol


„ Other Men’s Flowers “ , Aurel Scheibler, Cologne; The British School at Rome, Rome


„ Private View “ , The Bowes Museum/Henry Moore Institute, Leeds


„ Two Seconds. Nine Months “ , Bankside London


„ Fuck Off “ , Bank, London


„ Museum Vitale “ , Museum Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen


„ All of a Sudden “ , Aurel Scheibler, Cologne


„ Sex & Crime “ , Sprengel Museum, Hannover


„ Works on Paper “ , Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin



1995

„ Young British Artists III “ , Saatchi Collection, London


„ Mito “ , Museo Dell’arredo, Ravenna, Italy


„ Hardcore (Part II) “ , Factual Nonsense, London


„ Other Men’s Flowers “ , Icebox, Athens


„ Beauty is Fluid “ , Dering Street, London


„ Contemporary British Art in Print “ , Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven



1994

„ Karaoke & Football “ , Portikus, Frankfurt


„ The Shuttle “ , Kunstlerhaus Bethanian, Berlin


„ The Fate Worse than Death “ , Hoxton Square, London


„ Minatures “ , The Agency, London


„ Other Men’s Flowers “ , Factual Nonsense, London



1992

„ Seventeen “ , Greenwich Street, New York


„ Molteplici/Cultura “ , Speaker Project, Rome


„ Tattoo “ , Jennifer Flay, Paris; Andrea Rosen, New York


„ London Portfolio “ , Karsten Schubert, London


„ Il Mistero dei 100 Dollari Scomparsi “ , GioMarconi, Milan



1991

„ Group Exhibition “ , Clove gallery, London

Prizes Awarded

2001

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Jack Goldhill Sculpture Prize

Öffentliche Sammlungen/Public Collections

British Council, London

Caldic Collection, Rotterdam

Deutsche Bank, London

Refco Group, Chicago

Saatchi Gallery, London

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

South London Gallery, London

American Federation of the Arts, New York

Contemporary Arts Society, London