Charlotte McGowan-Griffin
Born 13/07/75 London
Graduated BA(hons) Fine Art, Goldsmith’s College London ’97
Lives/Works Berlin
Website www.mcgowan-griffin.net
Contact charlotte@mcgowan-griffin.net
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Schattenschnitt, Galerie P13, Heidelberg (upcoming)
Illuminated Forest (outdoor installation, Kamiyama, Japan) (upcoming)
2007 Dead Birds, Galerie heidelbergerleben, Heidelberg (interdisciplinary collaboration)
2004 Paper Heart Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha (supported by British Council)
2002 The Moon Rose Twice That Night, Galerie Thomas Hühsam, Offenbach/Main
2001 Paper Cuts, Fahrradhalle, Offenbach am Main (supported by British Council)
1999 Project 11, Sydney
Group Exhibitions / selection
2007 Drunk on Dreams, frühsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin
The Ecstatic Truth, super bien! Gewächshaus für zeitgenössiche Kunst, Berlin
2006 Convocatoria, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia
2005 Paper Beats Rock, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles
2004 Kamiyama A-I-R, Kamiyama, Japan
ArtFrankfurt, (with Netzwerk Offenbach) Frankfurt
Parakeet Salon, 1035 Washington Avenue, New York
2003 The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
The Art of Painting, Nacht der Museen, Fahrradhalle, Offenbach/Frankfurt
ArtFrankfurt, (with Netzwerk Offenbach), Frankfurt
2002 Art Futures, London
Knot Project_1, 99 Friary Road, London
Esplanaden Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2001 Esplanaden, Kunsthallen, Copenhagen
Freie Wahlen (with Goshka Macuga), Kunsthalle Baden Baden
Tales Of Folly, 50 Quaker Street, London
Woof Woof (with Goshka Macuga), Austrian Cultural Institute, London, & Temple Bar, Dublin
2000 Heart and Soul, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles
1997 Goldsmith’s College Fine Art Degree Show
Il Luogo Desolato, One in the Other, London
1995 Plaza Suite, One in the Other, London
Residencies & Awards
2007 Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Stipendium, Kommandantenhaus Dilsberg, Germany Sep-Nov
2007 Gen Foundation – award for realisation of “Illuminated Forest” in Japan 2008
2006 Sasakawa Foundation – award for realisation of “Illuminated Forest” in Japan 2008
2004 Kamiyama A-I-R, Japan, artist in residence Sep-Nov.
2003 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, USA, artist in residence Aug-Dec,
Sacatar Foundation, Bahia, Brazil, artist in residence May-July
Sanskriti Foundation, Delhi, India (UNESCO-Aschberg award), artist in residence Jan-Mar
2002 Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria, artist in residence Aug-Sep
1998 Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia, artist in residence Sep-Dec
Collections / selection
Landratsamt of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Heidelberg, Germany (“Ja”)
Jerry Banks, Omaha, NE, USA (“The Four Eye-Laments: Earth”)
Wanda Ewing, Omaha, NE, USA (“The Four Eye-Laments: Fire”)
Kamiyama Onsen Hotel, Kamiyama, Japan (“You Can’t Take It With You”)
Sanskriti Foundation, Delhi, India (2 from “Siamese Twins” series)
Hesse Ministry of Finance, Frankfurt, Germany (4 from “Siamese Twins” series)
Featured in Print & Reviews
Album artwork for cover of Like Papillon, music CD by Peter Liljeqvist published Feb 2008
Drunk on Dreams (catalogue), published by Fukt Magazine to accompany show at FCD, 2007
The New Arts & Crafts (essay), Danielle Proud, Crafts Council ‘Collect’ catalogue, Feb 2007
Out of the Shadows (feature), Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, Art Review, Mar 2006
Op-Art (illustrated column), The Guardian, 6 May 2006
H.P. Lovecraft at super bien! (review), Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, Saatchi online March 2007
The Ecstatic Truth at super bien! (review), David Selden, Whitehot Magazine issue 3, May 2007
Paper Beats Rock at cherrydelosreyes (review), Christina Valentine, Artweek, September 2005
Paper Beats Rock’ at cherrydelosreyes (review), Leslie Jones, Art on Paper Sep/Oct 2005
Manische Liebe zum Detail (review), Offenbach Post, 27 October 2001
Sarkastische Spiele (review), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 27 October 2001