Heather and Ivan Morison

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Born: 1973, Desborough, UK & 1974, Nottinghan, UK
Lives: North Wales

Solo Exhibitions
Selected Solo exhibitions and projects
2008
The opposite of all those things, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool

2007
The Land of Cockaigne, Bloomberg SPACE, London
Wildwood, PSL [Project Space Leeds], Leeds

2006
Earthwalker, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London
I lost her near Fantasy Island. Life has not been the same. Commissioned by Situations, Bristol
Camden Arts Centre tree tour, Camden Arts Centre, London

2005
Starmaker, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver
South London Gallery Dendrology Field Trip and Tree Tour, South London Gallery
Chinese Arboretum, Q Arts, Derby

2004
Heather & Ivan Morison do not understand it, IPS, Birmingham*
Heather & Ivan Morison are spellbound , Shrewsbury Museum& Art Gallery*
Chinese Arboretum and I put you on a mile long string but still you broke away, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
Heather & Ivan Morison hired an aeroplane, New Art Gallery Walsall*
Heather & Ivan Morison are confused, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London*
Still Life, Resonance 104.4fm, series of eight weekly radio programmes
Birmingham International Film Club, Springhill Institute, Birmingham

2003
Global Survey commissioned by Vivid, Birmingham. Partners included Ikon Gallery Birmingham, Metapod Birmingham, IPS Birmingham, Harris Museum Preston, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, IBID Projects Vilnius Lithuania, A2 Radijo Stotis Vilnius Lithuania, Helsinki City Art Gallery Finland, DEPO Novosibirsk Russia, Red Gate Gallery Beijing China, Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth Australia, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston USA and New Museum New York USA
Mr & Mrs Morison would like to inform you that..., LED installation, commissioned by Nigel Prince at IPS, Birmingham
Mr & Mrs Morison would like to inform you that..., LED installation, commissioned by Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston

2002
Shrewsbury International Tree Tour, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Flower Stall, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Colours and Sounds..., Ikon Gallery, Birmingham


Group Exhibitions
Selected exhibitions and projects

2006 - 2008
Venice Biennale of Art 2007, Welsh Pavilion
Arts and Ecology residency commissioned by Situations, Bristol as part of the RSA and Gulbenkian Foundation Arts and Ecology Program
I am so sorry. Goodbye (Escape Vehicle number. 4), Tatton Park Biennial 2008
Tales in Space and Time, Folkestone Sculpture Triennial
Golden Fluffer, Transition Gallery, London

2006
Zoorama, for Thin Cities, Piccadilly Line, Platform for Art, London
Passionate Collectors, New Art Gallery, Walsall
British Art Show 6, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol*
Supernova, Reims, Pommery, France*
Everything Must Go, VTO Gallery, London
Crystal Worlds, New Generation Arts, Birmingham
The Starry Messenger, Compton Verney, Warks*
Archipeinture, Camden Arts Centre, London
When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang, Bodgers' and Kludgers' Co-operative Art Parlour, Vancouver
Limited Editions, ROOM, Bristol

2005
British Art Show 6, Baltic Gateshead, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol*
Human Nature, Pump House Battersea*
Gathering Moss, Q Arts, Derby
Spectator T: Art Sheffield 05, Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum
ARTfutures Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg Space, London
Public structures, Guanzhou Triennial, China
Art of the Garden, Ulster Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery
Forest, Nottingham Castle Gallery, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales and York Art Gallery
The Real Ideal, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Launch Programme, Vivid, Birmingham

2004
Everything's Gone Green: Photography and the Garden, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
Pistols and Petals, Fundacio Espais d'Art Contemporani of Girona, Spain*
The Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, London*
Tempered Ground, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art / Museum of Garden History, London*
Pleasure Garden, Nottingham Castle Gallery, Nottingham
Forest, Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton*
Clash, Fused magazine, Birmingham*

2003
Going a Journey, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada*
Exhumed, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art / Museum of Garden History, London*
Fly, Kirov House of Culture, Novosibirsk, Russia
Innocence, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury

2002
Colours in Ivan Morison�s..., Museum of Garden History, London
Slim Volume, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
Deliberate Regression, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London*
Platforms 1, commissioned by Jubilee Arts, West Bromwich
Outwardbound, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich

2001
Bring and Buy, Transit Space, London
Record Collection, VTO, London, touring to International 3 Gallery, Manchester and Forde Gallery, Geneva

* denotes catalogue



Grants/Awards
Awards
2005
Grants to Artists Scheme, British Council
Grants for Artists, Arts Council England

2004
National Touring Programme, Arts Council England

2003
Grants to Artists Scheme, British Council
European Regional Development Fund

2002
Hothaus Bursary, Vivid, Birmingham
Go See Award, West Midlands Arts, Birmingham

1990
Sniper, first class, Loughborough

Residencies
2006
Drowned Worlds, Camden Arts Centre, London

2004
New Art Gallery Walsall

2003
Vivid, Birmingham
IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania
DEPO, Novosibirsk, Russia
Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China

Public Collections
Tate Britain
Manchester City Art Gallery
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum