PAUL MORRISON

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1966 Liverpool
Lives: Sheffield & London

Education
Sheffield City Polytechnic, BA Fine Art
1995 - 1996
Goldsmiths College of Art, London, PG DIP Fine Art
1996 - 1998
Goldsmiths College of Art, London MA Fine Art


Solo Exhibitions
2009 Cheim & Read, New York, US
The Horticultural Society of New York Gallery, New York, US
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, GB
2008 Alison Jacques Gallery, London, GB
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, US
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, US
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, US
2007 Bloomberg Space, London, GB
PS, Amsterdam, NL
2006 The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, US
2005 Spr�th Magers Projekte, Munich, D
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, GB
2004 Cheim & Read, New York, US
2003 Phenotype, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, D
Brake, Spr�th Magers Projekte, Munich, D
Saxifraga, Galleria dʼarte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo, I
Haematoxylon, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, GB
PS, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Mesophylle, Magasin, Grenoble, F
Corymb, Kunstverein Ulm, D
Cambium, aspreyjacques, London, GB
Bast, Art & Public, Geneva, CH
Chloroplast, Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire, GB
Chloroplast, Kunsthalle N�rnberg, N�rnberg, D
2001 Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, J
Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, J
Wallworks: Ingrid Calame/Paul Morrison, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, US
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, F
Artspace, Auckland, NZ
2000 UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, US
PS, Amsterdam, NL
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, US
Philomene Magers Projekte, Munich, D
Forum Kunst, Rottweil, D
1999 aspreyjacques, London, GB
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, GB
Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, D
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, I
1998 Galerie Y-Burg, Amsterdam, NL
Site, D�sseldorf, D
1996 Habitat, Kingʼs Road, London, GB

Group Exhibitions
2009 Neue Editionen, Galerie Sabine Knust, M�nchen, D
Gruppenausstellungen / Group Exhibitions
Golden Agers & Silver Surfers. Old age and ageing in contemporary art,
Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH
Le Sang d'un Po�te, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, F
Flower Power, CRAA Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Villa Giulia, Verbania, I
Wonderland- Through The Looking Glass, Kunsthal KadE, Amersfoort, NL
Inspired, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, GB
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, The FLAG Art
Foundation, New York, US; curated by Lisa Dennison
2008
I Wonʼt Grow Up, Cheim & Read, New York, US
Supernatural, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, E
Now Then, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, GB
Take Me There, Haunch of Venison, New York, US; curated by Michael
Rooks,
2007 Afterimage, Two Rooms, Auckland, NZ
Baechler � Morrison, Alain Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels, B
Repicturing the Past/Picturing the Present, The Museum Of Modern Art,
New York, US
Door Cycle, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, US
Constellations II, St�del Museum, Frankfurt, D
It Starts From Here, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, GB
Fairy Tale, The New Art Gallery Walsall, toured to Chapter, Cardiff and
Leeds City Art Gallery, GB
Eye on Europe: Prints, books & multiples / 1960 to now, The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, US
2006
Boys and Flowers, Western Bridge, Seattle, US
Broken Surface, Sabine Knust � Galerie Maximilian Verlag, Munich, D
Private View 1980/2000: Collection Pierre Huber, Mus�e cantonal des
Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, F
2005 The Animators, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham (toured), GB
Painting The Edge, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, ROK
The Flower as Image, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humleb�k,
Denmark, DK
2004
Satellite, ArtNow Lightbox, Tate Britain, London, GB
Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed, the Andy Warhol Museum,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
3 Rooms 3 Artists, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, GB
Why Not Live for Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, J
The Boros Collection, ZKM Museum f�r Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, D
Rose Cʼest La Vie, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, IL
Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, London, GB
Janssen feat. Janssen, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, B
2003 New Space! New Group Show!, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, I
Flower Power, Musee de Beaux-Arts, Lille. F
Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show, Villa Arson, Nice; curated by
St�phane Magnin, F
Independence, South London Gallery, London, GB
Supernatural, Art on Demand Habitat, Hoxton Square, London, GB
Panor�mica Programme, Museo Tamayo Arte Contempor�neo, Mexico City,
MEX
20th Anniversary Show, Monika Spr�th-Philomene Magers, Cologne, D
Jun Hasegawa, Paul Morrison, Alessandro Raho, Taro Nasu Gallery,
Tokyo, J
5 weeks, 5 Films, Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin, D
John Moores 22 Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Walker Art Gallery,
Liverpool, GB
Interview with Painting, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, I
The Drawing Centerʼs 25th Anniversary Benefit Selections Exhibition Lottery,
The Drawing Center, New York, US
2002
Sphere, The Sir John Soaneʼs Museum, London, GB
The Galleries Show, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, GB
Melodrama, ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporarneo,
Vitoria;
toured to the Palacio de los Condoes de Gabia/Centro Jose Guerroe,
Granada, E
Mapping the Process, Essor Gallery, London, GB
Animale, Vegetable, Minerale, Galleria Bonomo, Rome, I
Extreme Connoisseurship, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
US
2001
Effetto Natura, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan, I; curated by Mariuccia
Casadio
In fumo, Galleria dʼarte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo, I; curated by
Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
en pleine terre. Wandering between Landscape and Art, Spiral Jetty and
Potsdamer Schreberg�rten, Museum f�r Gegenwartskunst, Basel, CH;
curated by Bernhard Mendes B�rgi
Tatoo Show, modern art, London, GB
Kyoto Portal, nvisible Museum, Kyoto, J
SchattenRisse: Silhoueten und Cutouts, Lenbachhaus, Munich, D
Freestyle, Museum Morbroich, Leverkusen, D
Bright Paradise, The 1st Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o
T�maki with Artspace and The University of Auckland, Auckland (toured),
NZ
2000 Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paolo, RA
ghosts, Delta Axis, Memphis, US
00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, US
I Believe in D�rer, Kunsthalle N�rnberg, N�rnberg, D
Twisted: Urban and Visionary Landscapes, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum,
Eindhoven, NL
Lemon Tree Hill,, aspreyjacques, London, GB
Shout & Scream, St�ditische Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, M�nster, D
www.blackandwhite.colour.3d.com, Gioʼ Marconi, Milan, I
Wooden Heart, Avco, London, GB
Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery, London, GB
Colour Me Blind!, W�rttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, D; toured to
St�dtische Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, M�nster, D; Dundee
Contemporary Arts, Dundee, GB
1999
John Moores 21 Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, GB
coming up for air, The Cooper Gallery, University of Dundee, Dundee, GB
Fresh Paint � Recent Acquisitions from the Frank Cohen Collection, Gallery
of Modern Art, Glasgow, GB
Heart + Soul, 60 Long Lane, London; Sandroni / Rey Gallery, Los Angeles,
USA
Down and Out in Paris and in London, The Freak Brothers, Paris, F; curated
by Renaud B�zy
Otros Retratos / Other Portraits, Galer�a Salvador D�az, Madrid, E
Trouble Spot. Painting, Painting, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst,
Antwerp, B
Protoplasm, Bob van Orsouw, Z�rich, CH
Cognitive Landscape, Doroth�e De Pauw Gallery, Brussels, B
infra-slim spaces, invisible Museum loans to Birmingham Museum of Art,
Alabama, US
Selections Winter 99, The Drawing Center, New York, US
1998 Printemps, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London, GB
A Pub, Copperfield Road, London, GB
new contemporaries 98, Tea Factory, Liverpool, toured to Camden Arts
Centre, London, GB; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, GB; Trinkaus Galerie,
D�sseldorf, D
Surfacing, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, GB
dumbpop, Jerwood Gallery, London,GB; toured to LMU Gallery, Leeds, GB
Red Light District - Images of Desire, Galerie Y-Burg, Amsterdam, NL
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, GB
Sunshine Breakfast, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, D
Summer Show , The Trade Apartment, London, GB
1997 World of Painting, Unit, London, GB
Humdrum, The Trade Appartement, London, GB
Fifty Quid, Goldsmiths College, London, GB
Underworld, The Australian Studio, London, GB
1996 Gym, Art House, London, GB
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, GB
The Dean Street Garage Sale, Townsend House, London, GB
Gerard Hemsworth, Paul Morrison, Mike Stubbs, Suzy Willey, Villa dei
Cesari, London, GB