CHARLES DANBY
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Charles Danby is an artist, writer and curator. He is currently presenting a new curatorial programme of solo projects at Siobhan Davies Studios under the series title
Animated Environments (supported by Arts Council England). Recent curated exhibitions include
Epilogues: It Started With A Car Crash at IMT Gallery (2011), and Grand National - Art from Britain (2010) - a partial-survey of works by British artists at Norway's Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium. He teaches at Richmond University and was formerly a Teaching Fellow at the Slade (2010-11) and a lecturer in Fine Art at Loughborough University (2007-2010). He is a features writer for Aesthetica Magazine and has written reviews, articles and profiles on contemeporary visual art practice for visual art and culture publications including Frieze, Untitled, Art Review, Flash Art and I-D Magazine, and was Assistant Editor of Miser&Now Magazine (2008-09). Recent catalogue texts include Are Blytt (2011) Absinthe and Presents (2011) and The Drowning World (2010). Recent exhibitions of his artworks include
Lobby, Cell, London, 2009;
Lanskip, Hotel Maria-Kapel, Hoorn, NL, 2009, and
Pyramids, Galleria Del Cortille, Rome, 2008. He lives and works in London.
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To contact please email: charlesdanbyinfo@gmail.com
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CHARLES DANBY
1976 / Lives and works in London
CurrentInvited Curator at the Siobhan Davies Studios, London
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Richmond University, The American University in London
Recent2010-2011 - Teaching Fellow in Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art, London
2007-2010 - Lecturer in Fine Art at Loughborough University
2009-2010 - Curator at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway
2009-2010 - Assistant Editor Tate Seasonal Guide 2009-10
2007-2008 - Assistant Editor Miser & Now Magazine 2007-08
Education2000-2002 Slade School of Fine Art University College London / MFA (Painting)
1997-2000 Kingston University / BA 1st Class (Fine Art & Art History)
1996-1997 Norwich School of Art and Design / Distinction BTEC Foundation.
Selected Exhibitions2010 - Urban Fragment, Collyer Bristow, London (26 May-25 August) (Group)
2009 - Lobby, Cell Projects, London (6 November – 7 December)
(Group)
2009 - Blytt And Rooney Curates Something Nice, Kunstprojects, Berlin (9 October - 01 November)
(Group)
2009 - Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere, RUM26, Gothenburg, Sweden (April) (Group)
2009 - Lanskip -HMK (Hotel Maria-Kapel), Hoorn, NL (22 March - 18 April)
(Two person show)
2008 - If You Build IT They Will Come -G39, Cardiff, (03 July - 08 August) (Group)
2008 - London Festival of Architecture: Explore Sites & Sound (21 June)
(Solo)
2008 - Pyramids - Galleria del Cortile, Rome, Italy (22 May -4 July)
(Two person show)
2008 - Force and Beauty -Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Paris (12 February – 8 March)
(Group)
2006 - Objects in Waiting –End Gallery, Sheffield Hallum University, Sheffield, (18 - 26 October) (Group)
2006 - Conjunction 06 –Airspace, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, (15 June
-04 July) (Group)
2006 - Another Product -Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK, (14 January – 17 April) (Group)
2006 - Despite My Intentions, A Wander Beyond -The Back Loft, Dublin 8, Ireland, (8 January
- 28 January) (Group)
2004 - Trackers, PM Gallery & House, Ealing. London (28 April – 04 July)
(Group)
2003 - Sympathy Part Two, Keith Talent Gallery, London (15 August - 22 September) (Group)
2003 - Sympathy, G39 Cardiff (June 27- 08 August) (Group)
2003 - Def_Ghost -The Kiosk Project. 55 Kynaston Rd. London. (March 28 –April 27) (Solo)
2002 - Deptford X / Dú–racelle, Faircharm Trading Estate. London (June 21 –July 07) (Solo)
2002 - Hang the Curator. Center Space Gallery. London. February 14 –27
2002 - Heli Be BrC. New Inn Yard, London, (13 -20 December) (Group)
2001 - The Kiosk Project. 55 Kynaston Rd. London. (14-22 May) (Solo)
1999 - The 24 Hour Show, Brick Lane. London. (March 27) (Group)
Exhibition Press2004. AN Magazine. July (Review Trackers: Simon Pittuck and Andrew Clarkin +images); 2004. April. Art Review (Art Preview); 2oo4. Ealing Gazette. May 14. (Article + images); 2004. Time Out. June 16-23 (Review Trackers: Helen Sumpter +image); 2003 Time Out. September 10-17 (Review Sympathy: Sally O’Reilly); 2003 N16 April Edition. P28 (text/review: Ed Krcma); 2002. 100 Reviews (3). Alberta Press. 2002 pp74-76 (Review Hang The Curator: Mathew Collings); Miser and Now (volume 04) –One Page Books. P34 -October; Soma Magazine (SanFransisco, USA) –Collaborative work with photographer Olivia Beasley. 14pp + Cover -October edition; 2003 Living Etc Magazine. July edition. Work featured (images)
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Selected Curated Exhibitions2011 – Animated Environments Part 1: Guy Sherwin, Movements in light, Siobhan Davies Studios, London (30 September – 28 November)
2011 –Epilogues: It started with a car crash, IMT Gallery, London (15 September – 26 October)
Bruce High Quality Foundation, Ray Johnson, Alastair MacKinven, Vibeke Tandberg, Thomas Raat
[Event, Slade Research Centre (19 October 2011), Alternative Educational Roadtrip, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New International School, This is Not A School, Kurt Schwitters DIY School, Pigeon Magazine, Ladies of the Press]
2010 – Grand National - Art from Britain, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway (8 May – 3 October)
Annie Attridge, BANK, Glenn Brown, Lyn Chadwick, Spartacus Chetwynd, Chrome Hoof, Marcus Coates, Keith Coventry, Shezad Dawood, Jeremy Deller, Jack Duplock, Paul Graham, Derek Jarman, Isaac Julien, Gwen John, Le Gun, Douglas Gordon, Dryden Goodwin, Emma Kay, Andrew Mania, Alastair MacKinven, Cornelia Parker, Mark Wallinger, Rebecca Warren
(Publication: Grand National: ISBN 978-82-99832-0-9 / 352pp)
2010 -Arrangements, Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George's Street, London (16 April -28 May)
Alexandra Hughes
2009 - London Calling, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea (07 June - 31 July)
(Curated with I-MYU Projects and the Total Museum)
Phillip Allen, Fiona Banner, David Batchelor, Martin Creed, Dryden Goodwin, Peter McDonald, Nathaniel Rackowe, Gary Webb
(Publication: London Calling: ISBN: 978-89-961789-4-1 /104pp)
2009 - Faydun Bites, The Agency, 66 Evelyn Street, London, SE8 5DD (30 May - 27 June)
Caoimhe Kilfeather, Line Ellegaard, Giles Eldridge, Laura Gannon
2009 - 2 very ≠ scenes, Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George's Street, London (30 April -26 June)
Flore Nové-Josserand
2009 –Contemporary British Art, Art Issue Projects, Beijing, China (25 March - 29 April) (Curated in conjunction with I-MYU Projects, London)
Phillip Allen, David Bachelor, Martin Creed, Dryden Goodwin, Peter McDonald, Nathaniel Rackowe, Simon Payne, Guy Sherwin, Conrad Shawcross, Rob Smith
2009- Sixty Second Rollercoaster, Siobhan Davies Studios, London (28 Jan – 04 March)
Rob Smith
2008- l’apres-moderne, Projet Midi, 1080 Brussels (19 September – 12 November)
Athanasios Argianas, Jacqueline Devreux, Hans Joerg Doubliar, Neil Hamon, Karin Hanssen, Gregor Hildebrandt, Bruce Ingram, Sven t’Jolle, Michelle McKeown, Sadie Murdoch, Flore Nové-Josserand, Dallas Seitz, Denis Stuart, Karen Tang, Estelle Thompson
2008- Invention (2), City Gallery Leicester Off-Site Projects (01 September –28 October)
All Saints Church/ City Gallery/ Phoenix Arts Centre
Rebecca Birch, Rob Smith, Alex Hudson, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
(Publication: The Invention of Solitude –ISBN 978-0-9549748-1-6 / 64pp)
2008- Preverberation, Siobhan Davies Studios, London (17 April –4 July)
Nathaniel Rackowe
2008- Soul Stripper, Projet Midi, 1080 Brussels, Belgium –In conjunction with Art Brussels 2008 (17-30 April)
Francesca Anfossi, Stephen Bishop, Olivier Blanckaert, Bas de Wit, Benny Dröscher, Jack Duplock, Wouter Feyaerts, Caron Geary, Patrick Goddard, Matthias Groebel, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy & Andres Laracuente, Andrew Mania, Arif Ozakca, Thomas Raat, Corrado Sassi, Veronika Veit
2008- Force & Beauty, Yukiko Kawase, Paris (12 Feb – 8 March)
Malin Ståhl, Charles Danby, Heather & Ivan Morison, Eloise Fornieles, Lena Nix (video works)
2007- Abandoned Protocol, Ritter/Zamet Gallery, 2 Bear Gardens, London SE1 9ED (September 2007)
(curated with I-MYU Projects)
Seung Woo Back, Hyung Geun Park / Ben Judd, Kate Hawkins, Eloise Fornieles
(Publication: Abandoned Protocol: 24pp)
2007- 2(007) Pranvere, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania (11-24th May 2007)
Ilir Butka, Sophie Buxton, Eloise Fornieles, Najada Hamza, Kate Hawkins, Esteban Igartua, Sidi Kanani, Shpetim Kercova, Olson Lamaj, Andres Laracuente, Elsa Martini, Jane Millican, Eleanor Moreton, Vladimir Myrtezaj, Francesco Patriarca, Genc Permeti, Lucy Wood
2007- Air Guitar and Two Teaspoons, Bischoff Weiss Gallery, 95 Rivington Street, London (19 January –24 February 2007)(curated with Brooke Lynn McGowan)
Sarah Bridgland, Aisling Hedgecock, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Flore Nove-Josserland, Racheal Pengilley, Antonia Watson, Richard Woods
2006- The Invention of Solitude, The Nunnery, 183 Bow Road, London (21 September –22 October 2006)
Rob Smith, Rebecca Birch, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Alex Hudson
(Publication: The Invention of Solitude –ISBN 978-0-9549748-1-6 / 64pp)
2004- Trackers, PM Gallery, Ealing, London (31 April –04 July 2004)
Georgina Batty, Stuart Brisley, Ade Ward, Geoff Cox, Amy Cunningham, Alex Graham, Neil Hamon, Francis Ives, Ben Judd, Maria von Kohler, Goshka Macuga, Bruce McLean, Alex Hutchins, Errol Perkins, Lyle Perkins, Nathaniel Rackowe, Gideon Rubin, Rob Smith, Gary Woodley, Charles Danby, Alejandro Ospina.
(Publication: Trackers -ISBN 0-9538583-5-9 /104pp)
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Published WritingBooks: The Bruce High Quality Foundation & Other Ideas, (2008) (Chapter Essay)
Catalogues: Absinthe and Presents (2011), Brewhouse Gallery, Somerset; Are Blytt (2011) – Fluctuations, Agency Gallery, London (published by NABROAD); Grand National - Britisk Kunst (2010) - Exhibition publication, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway (Edited);
The Drowning World (2010), Airspace, Sheffield; Tate Seasonal Guide (2009-10) - Tate, London (Assistant Editor); Thomas Raat (2009) –The Permanence of the Present, de Expeditie, Amsterdam; Paul Becker (2008) –New Paintings, Vane, Newcastle, UK; Maya Hewitt (2008) – Our Immortal Souls, Bischoff/Weiss, London; Peter Ainsworth (2008) –Articulations of the Landscape, Pavilion, Leeds; Nathaniel Rackowe (2008) –Building and Repair, Almine Rech, Paris; Jerome Harrington (2008) –The Glass Archive, Site Gallery, Sheffield; Monologue / Dialogue (2008) – Bischoff/Weiss, London; Repetition & Sequence (2007) – Ninety-Nine, Jerwood, London; Rana Begum (2007) – The Third Line, Dubai, UAE; Nathaniel Rackowe (2007) – Foreword, Bischoff/Weiss, London; Fernando Aceves Humana (2007) –London; Gideon Rubin (2007) –Foreword, Rokeby, London; The Invention of Solitude (2006); Sequence and Repetition (2007) – Essay – group show 14 International artists; Spike Island Journal (2006) –Essay -The Locality of the City; Feedback 0-1 (2004) (ISSN 1744-344X); Trackers (2004) 04) Curators Foreword / Artist texts
Magazines: Aesthetica: 2011-12 (December-January) Zarina Bhimji, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Feature; Flash Art:
2009 (October-November) Simon Faithful, BFI, London, Review; 2009 (January-February) –Felix Gmelin, Vilma Gold, London; 2008 (November-December) –New Art From China: The Revolution Continues, Saatchi Gallery; (July-September) –Steve Van Den Bosch, Alexandre Pollazzon, London (Review) / Joan Jonas, Wilkinson, London (Review); (May/June 2008) – Eloise Fornieles, Paradise Row, London
Frieze:
(November 2006) Review: Vidya Gastaldon, Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd, London; (July 2006) –Review: Jim Shaw, Emily Tsingou, London
Art Issue:
2009 (September) Curating Contemporary British Art overseas - Feature
Art Review:
(April 2006) – Review: The Animators, Spacex Gallery, Exeter; (January 2006) –Review: Andrew Mania, Chisenhale Gallery, London; (April 2005) –Review: Dionysiac Exhibition, Pompidou Centre, Paris
I-D Magazine:
(October 2006) Preview: A Foundation; (June 2006) Forsyth and Pollard; (May 2006) –Cao Fei (March 2006) –Bedwyr Williams (January 2006) –Gary Webb (November 2005) –Andrew Mania (September 2005) –Gordon Cheung / Goshka Macuga (July 2005) –Christian Ward (June 2005) –Mathew Weir (March 2005) –JP Munro
Miser & Now Magazine:
(Volume 11) –Jerusalem 2007, Paolo Giudici / Union Gap, Nathaniel Rackowe / Taking the Credits, Charlie Woolley (Volume 10) -Still and Moving Image in Performance (on artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy) / Conversation with Ben Judd: (Volume 08) (May 2006) –Article: Estelle Thompson; (Volume 07); Miscellaneous & Lost Texts; (Volume 06) –Unplanned Consequences, Article on artists Rob Smith & Sharon Beavan; (Volume 05) –Pleasure Vs The Moral Majority (Article) 2005
AN Magazine:
(October 2009) Laboratory, Jerwood Space –Feature Review; (September 2008) Supplement Section, Gayle Chong Kwan: (June 2008) –Review: Day & Gluckman, London; (July 2007) –Review: Anticipation, One One One, London; (April 2006) –Review: Picnic Area (dumb interior), Room Gallery, Bristol; (November 2005) –Review of REAP, Café Gallery Projects
Untitled:
(March 2008) –Review: Death of Affect, Parade, London; (Jan 2008) –Review: Citadel, David Risley, London; (July 2007) –Review: Nora Schultz, Sutton Lane, London; (April 2007) –Review: Jeneau Projects, FA Projects, London; (January 2007) –Review: Sister Corita, Between Bridges, London; (October 2006) –Review: Robert Beck, Stephen Friedman Gallery; (April 2006) –Review: Kate Davis, Dicksmith Gallery, London; (Summer 2006) –Review: Rafal Bujnowski, Norwich Gallery
C Magazine:
(July 2007) –Review: Hibernator, Beaconsfield, London
(January 2007) –Review: Liz Rideal, Compton Verney, UK; (July 2006) –Review: Canada, Counter Gallery, UK; (November 2006) –Review: Goshka Macuga, Liverpool Biennale, UK
Wonderland:
(September 2006) –Article Feature, Surveillance in contemporary Art
All Access:
(April 2007) –Article Feature, Tatiana Trouve: Additional:
Paolo Giudici –(June 2007) –Text for Royal College Postgraduate Exhibition 2007 Slade School of Art –(May 2007) –Text on Postgraduate Painters 2007
Axis -(April 2007) –Review: John Timberlake, The New Art Gallery Walsall / KultureFlash
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Presentations and Talks2011 In conversation with Guy Sherwin, Joy Sleeman, Steven Ball, Siobhan Davies Studios, London; 2011 Curator tour Epilogues… IMT Gallery, London; 2011 In conversation for the exhibition Absinthe and Presents, Brewhouse Gallery, Somerset; 2010 In conversation with Rana Begum, Delfina Foundation, London; 2009 In conversation with Estelle Thompson, Purdy Hicks, London; 2009 Lecture at the Total Museum, Seoul; 2009 Lanskip presentation, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam / Agentur, Amsterdam / Boterhal, Hoorn, with Rebecca Birch; 2009 Chair - Panel discussion, Siobhan Davies Studios, London, with David Cotterrel, Rob Smith and Siobhan Davies; 2009 Talk at Cambridge University, Chaired by Brooke Lyn McGowan, with Nathaniel Rackowe, Charles Danby, Douglas White and Nick Hornby: 2008 Lecture on the work of Paul Becker, Vane, Newcastle; 2008 In conversation with Guy Allott, The City Gallery, Leicester; 2007 Panel Discussion, Leicester City Gallery; 2007 Chair – Panel discussion with participating exhibition artists (Sequence and Repetition), Jerwood London; 2007 Lecture, Academy of Arts, Tirana, Albania; 2007 Presentation talk: (Air Guitar & Two Teaspoons), Contemporary Art Society; 2006 Presentation talk (Invention of Solitude), UEL Art & Curation; 2004 Presentation talk (Trackers), Brighton University Art & / Public Gallery
Visiting Lecturing2012 Slade School of Fine Art / Bath Spa University
2010 Slade School of Fine Art
2009 Manchester Metropolitan University
2008 Wimbledon School of Art / Slade School of Fine Art
2002 Slade School of Fine Art (Summer School)