2019
Urban Ecologies: Flow
Phoenix Gallery, Athens, Greece
26 September – 3 October 2019
Curated by
Tania Kovats & Christina Makri
Layla Curtis' Heatscapes is one of the works included in Urban Ecologies: Flow at the Phoenix Gallery Athens.
Artists include: Layla Curtis, Vassilis Gerodimos, Zoe Giabouldaki, Alex Hartley, Lily Hassioti, Monique Jansen, Soo Kim, Tania Kovats and Stefania Strouza
Heatscapes (Water Station), 2015
INTER-SECTION
Market Gallery, Huddersfield, UK
26 July – 3 August 2019
Curated by Simon Woolham
As founder of Edgework, Layla Curtis is invited to curate 'an exhibition within an exhibition' for INTER-SECTION – an exhibition bringing together the work of several artist-run initiatives including Edgework and Farbvision.
For the duration of INTER-SECTION, Curtis invites artists Nicky Hirst and Matt Calderwood to take part in Call and Response – a takeover of @the_edgeworker Instagram during which Calderwood posts images to the Edgework Instagram feed and Hirst responds.
Hirst and Calderwood have each produced work with an artist-run initiative included in the exhibition.
Talking Maps
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, UK
5 July 2019 – 8 March 2020
Curated by Nick Millea & Jerry Brotton
Drawing on the Bodleian's unparalleled collection of more than 1.5 million maps, this exhibition brings together an extraordinary selection of ancient, pre-modern and contemporary maps from a range of cultures and in a variety of formats as well as showcasing fascinating imaginary, fictional and war maps.
Highlights on show include the Gough Map, the earliest surviving map showing Great Britain in a recognizable form, the Selden Map, a late Ming map of the South China Sea, fictional maps by CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, and contemporary artwork by Grason Perry, Stephen Walter and Layla Curtis.
This Land is Our Land
Paper, Manchester, UK
29 June – 3 August 2019
Curated by Simon Woolham & Stephen Walter
For This Land is Our Land, Layla Curtis has made a digital slideshow Introducing ‘Trespass' (2019) which provides gallery visitors with a brief introduction to her mobile phone app-based and site-specific work Trespass.
The digital slideshow will be screened alongside John Angus' screen-printed images of graffitied 'Warning, No Trespassing' signs.
The exhibition features work by Layla Curtis and John Angus as well as Reece Jones, Stephen Walter, Dale Holmes, Katy Suggit and Simon Woolham.
Drawing Biennial 2019
Drawing Room, London, UK
Exhibition:
20 February – 26 March
Online Auction:
11 March, 10am - 26 March, 9.30pm
Exhibition & online fundraising auction of over 200 unique works on paper. Including new and recent works by leading international artists of different generations.
For further information about the exhibition, and to bid in the online auction, please see the Drawing Room website.
World Political (The Americas), 2019
2018
Another Spring
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, UK
4 May – 17 June 2018
Curated by Jean Wainwright
The exhibition reflects on the current trends and broader developments of nationalist impulses in Western society, where the debated question of citizenship, the foundation for identity and political governance is tied to ultranationalist concerns and increased measures to regulate and control the movement of people across borders. The fear of national invasion and the economic erosion by an ‘outsider’ increasingly throws into question whether moving across borders will become even more difficult in years to come.
Artists: Andreas Angelidakis, Forensic Architecture, David Birkin, KennardPhillipps, Steffi Klenz
2017
For Space
Paper, Manchester, UK
20 May - 24 June
Curated by Simon Woolham
The exhibition for space brings together a group of artists who emphasise and consider the exploration and excavation of space through various approaches to drawing.
Artists: Anna Barriball, Tom Baskeyfield, Jack Brown, Layla Curtis, Gerry Davies, Hondartza Fraga, Jenny Steele, James Steventon and Simon Woolham
Paris Index Drawing (2eme Arrondissement), 2013 (View Zoom)
Drawing Biennial 2017
Drawing Room, London, UK
Exhibition:
2 March – 26 April
Online Auction:
12 April, 10am - 26 April, 9pm
Featuring over 200 new and recent works on paper by established and emerging artists, Drawing Biennial 2017 offers fresh insights into the most exciting currents in contemporary art today. Artists have been selected by Drawing Room directors Mary Doyle, Kate Macfarlane and Katharine Stout, with additional nominations by a panel of leading international artists, museum directors, curators and collectors. For further information about the exhibition, and to bid in the online auction, please see the Drawing Room website.
World Political (Europe), ink on paper, 2017 (View Zoom)
2016
Change & Interchange: Landscape | Environment
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University
10 October - 12 December
The Change & Interchange programme of events at Peter Scott Gallery includes an Artist Talk series, established in partnership with Lancaster University’s Fine Art Department. Participating speakers are invited show their work as part of the Change & Interchange exhibition.
Eight artists will explore the spaces we live, work, protest and play in, and the complex nexus of industry, tourism and economics within which our relationships to natural and urban environments are produced.
Artists include: Layla Curtis, Maddi Nicholson, Stuart Bastik, Rebecca Chesney, Simone Kenyon & Stephanie Fletcher
Trespass, an app for iphone, 2015
Epiphany - Frontiers of Solitude
DUUL, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
7 September - 22 October
Curated by Miloš Vojtechovský
and Dagmar Šubrtová
Epiphany – Frontiers of Solitude, studies modern civilisation's relationship with the earth; a physical terrain which we are progressively seeking to exploit, re-mould and re-imagine. Online artwork Antipodes is Included in the exhibition.
Artists: Layla Curtis, Paul Chaney, JSD, Michal Kindernay, Elvar Már Kjartansson, Josef Koudelka, Julia Martin, Pavel Mrkus, Vladimír Turner, Steina Vasulka, Robert Vlasak and Martin Zet
For further information please see www.frontiers-of-solitude.org
Antipodes (Bombinhas, Brazil / Nago, Japan), 2013, digital C-Type print on aluminium
2015
Relational Geographies
UAL Showroom, London, UK
13 July – 18 October
Curated by Camilla Palestra
Relational Geographies brings together emerging and established UAL alumni and graduates whose work explores relationships between time, distance, geography, measurement and movement. Comprising a variety of media, including video, photography, installation, performance, textile design and architecture, the exhibition becomes a space for the artists to rethink and understand the relationship between art and landscape.
London Index Drawing (p82-83), ink on tracing paper, 2015 (View Zoom)
Imagining a University, Fifty Years of The University of Warwick Art Collection
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK
29 April – 20 Jun
The fiftieth anniversary of the University of Warwick also marks the fiftieth anniversary of its Art Collection. This exhibition examines how the forces that shaped the University also influenced the development of the collection.
The exhibition will include the work of over 100 artists including Hurvin Anderson, Claire Barclay, Jack Bush, Layla Curtis, Terry Frost, Tess Jaray, Patrick Heron, Richard Long, Francis Morland, Yoko Ono, Eduardo Paolozzi, Fiona Rae, Anne Redpath and Andy Warhol.
A publication accompanies the exhibition.
A Familiar Place, collaged British road maps, 2000
Drawing Biennial 2015
Drawing Room, London, UK
Exhibition: 5 March - 30 April
Auction: 16 April - 30 April
Featuring over 200 new and recent works on paper by established and emerging artists, Drawing Biennial 2015 offers fresh insights into the most exciting currents in contemporary art today.
Artists have been selected by Drawing Room directors Mary Doyle, Kate Macfarlane and Katharine Stout, with additional nominations by a panel of leading international artists, museum directors, curators and collectors.
For further information about the exhibition, and to bid in the online auction, please see the Drawing Room website.
London Index Drawing (p101), ink on tracing paper, 2015 (View Zoom)
Landscapes of Exploration
The Gallery, AUB, Bournemouth, UK
8 January - 18 February
Ten visual artists, one musician and three writers undertook residencies in the Antarctic between 2001 and 2009, under the auspices of the British Antarctic Survey, supported by Arts Council England. This exhibition brings together the diverse range of work produced by those participating in the residencies.
Exhibition includes: Anne Brodie, Melanie Challenger, Layla Curtis, Chris Dobrowolski, Chris Drury, Simon Faithfull, Neville Gabie, Keith Grant, Philip Hughes, John Kelly, Jon McGregor, Jean McNeil, Craig Vear and David Wheeler.
This exhibition was first shown at Peninsula Arts, Plymouth, in 2012.
Polar Wandering (Thatcher Drive), 2006
2014
Bridge
Museum of London Docklands, London, UK
27 June - 2 November 2014
A large pigment print taken from Layla Curtis' ten-part collage The Thames (from London Bridge, Arizona to Sheerness Canada) is included in the exhibition Bridge at the Museum of London Docklands.
Drawing on the museum’s significant art collections, the exhibition will feature rarely seen contemporary and historical artworks, alongside photography and film to consider the significance of bridges within London’s landscape. Artist's include Layla Curtis, Suki Chan, Lucinda Grange, Carey Young and William Raban.
Related information: To coincide with the exhibition a limited edition print has been published.
2013
Landscapes of Exploration
Ruskin Gallery & Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
3 October - 16 November 2013
Scott Polar Research Institute
3 - 24 October 2013
Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University
Ten visual artists, one musician and three writers undertook residencies in the Antarctic between 2001-2009, as part of the British Antarctic Survey's Artists and Writers Program. This exhibition brings together the work that resulted from their various investigations, offering an opportunity to reflect upon the very different subject matter, media and artistic responses evident in the range of work produced.
Artists: Anne Brodie, Layla Curtis, Chris Drury, Simon Faithful, Neville Gabie, David Wheeler
Crevasse, (production photograph), 2006
Witnessing the Wilderness
Wimbledon Space, London, UK
19 April - 17 May 2013
Curated by Ian Brown and Geraint Evants
Artists: Aleksandra Mir, Dan Hays, George Shaw, Geraint Evans, Helen Sear, Ian Brown, James Ireland, Jacques Nimki, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Layla Curtis, Marko Maetamm, Simon Faithfull
Related publication: Witnessing the Wilderness - Call of the Wild
Drawing 2013
Drawing Room, London, UK
18 April - 15 May 2013
Silent Auction Event:
6pm - 9pm 15 May 2013
Over 180 new drawings donated by established and emerging artists in support of the Drawing Room programme and its non-profit activities.
To view work in the auction, or to bid online, please visit:
http://drawingroom.org.uk/exhibitions/drawing-biennial-2013
London Index Drawing (Bermondsey), 2013, Ink on tracing paper
2012
Thresholds
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
15 September 2012 – 7 April 2013
Thresholds questions the uncertain boundaries of personal, geographical, political and cultural identities. The exhibition explores powerful themes including British identity, migration and the global effects of regional conflicts.
Thresholds displays works from the Tate collection.
Artists featured in the exhibition include: Hurvin Anderson, Keith Arnatt, Kadar Attia, Sophie Calle, Layla Curtis, Jimmie Durham, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Gilbert & George, Simryn Gill, Thomas Hirschhorn, William Kentridge, George Shaw, Mark Titchner and Mark Wallinger.
Revolver
Matt's Gallery, London, UK
5 - 23 September 2012
A curatorial collaboration between Richard Grayson and Robin Klassnik.
Part 1: Layla Curtis | Andrew Kötting | Juneau Projects
Layla Curtis will present new video work Tong Tana as part of the Revolver series of short exhibitions at Matt's Gallery.
Artists participating in Revolver are: Anna Barham, William Cobbing, Layla Curtis, Benedict Drew, Graham Gussin, Juneau Projects, Tina Keane, Andrew Kötting, Rachel Lowe, and Tai Shani.
Flight and the Artistic Imagination
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
29 June - 30 September 2012
This major exhibition explores the instinctive human desire to fly from the classical era to the modern day. Starting with the imaginations of Leonardo da Vinci and Francisco Goya and ending with space travel, satellite images and everyday air travel, it promises to be an exciting exploration of creative responses to flight.
Flight and the Artistic Imagination includes paintings, sculpture, photographs, drawings, prints and video, by artists such as Henri Matisse, Paul Nash, Peter Lanyon, Hiraki Sawa and Layla Curtis.
A Parliament of Lines
City Art Centre, Edinburgh, UK
5 May - 8 July 2012
Touring to Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, UK and RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Curated by Euan Gray
A Parliament of Lines will exhibit the work of fifteen contemporary artists who use drawing as an important element in their practice.
Artists: Charles Avery, Paul Chiappe, Layla Curtis, Nathalie De Briey, Moyna Flannigan, Luca Frei, Euan Gray, Sam Griffin, Marie Harnett, Callum Innes, Alan Johnston, Andrew MacKenzie, David Shrigley, Graeme Todd and Ainslie Yule.
Related publication: A Parliament of Lines published by City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Unknown Fields, Recent British Drawings
Trinity Contemporary, London UK
11 February - 24 March 2012
Artists: Kate Atkin, Sian Bowen, James Brooks, Annie Cattrell, Layla Curtis, Jane Dixon, Juliet Haysom, Claude Heath, Emma McNally, Frances Richardson, Alison Turnbull, Alison Wilding, Simon Woolham
Landscapes of Exploration
Peninsula Arts, University of Plymouth, UK
11 February – 31 March 2012
Ten visual artists, one musician and three writers undertook residencies in the Antarctic between 2001 and 2009, under the auspices of the British Antarctic Survey, supported by Arts Council England. This exhibition will bring together for the first time art resulting from the various artistic investigations, offering an opportunity to reflect upon the very different subject matter, media and responses evident in the range of work produced.
Contributors: Anne Brodie, Melanie Challenger, Layla Curtis, Chris Dobrowolski, Chris Drury, Simon Faithfull, Neville Gable, Keith Grant, Philip Hughes, John Kelly, Jon McGregor, Jean McNeil, Craig Vear and David Wheeler
Horizon (Port, Starboard), 2006, two channel video projection
2011
Emblem of My Work
Shandy Hall, Coxwold, York, UK
9 September - 31 October 2011
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Laurence Sterne's marbled page, which Sterne described as 'the motly emblem of my work', 169 artists and writers were invited to design the Emblem of their own work. Each contributor has generously donated the result to raise funds for the Laurence Sterne Trust.
Contributors include: Jordan Baseman, Quentin Blake, Russell Crotty, Layla Curtis, Alec Finlay, Andrew Kotting, Iain Sinclair, Alison Turnbull, Craig Vear, Mark Wallinger and Richard Wentworth
To view work in auction please visit:
emblemofmywork169.blogspot.com
Related press: The Observer
Cult of the Difficult
The Cass Gallery, London, UK
11 May - 3 June 2011
Artists: Langlands & Bell, Catherine Bertola, Layla Curtis, Jeremy Deller, Lothar Gotz, Andrew Grassie and Eva Weinmayr
Drawing 2011
The Drawing Room, London UK
07 April - 18 May 2011
Silent Auction Event:
18 May 2011, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Over 180 new drawings donated by established and emerging artists in support of the Drawing Room programme and its non-profit activities.
To view work in the auction, or to bid online, please visit: http://www.drawingroom.org.uk
State of Flux
Trinity Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
1–11 March 2011
Touring to Trinity Contemporary, London, UK
Artists: Kate Atkin, James Brooks, Layla Curtis, Juliet Haysom and Emma McNally
Lunar Globe Tracing No.1, Ink on tracing paper, 2011
Aphasic Disturbance
Chelsea Space, London, UK
19 January - 19 February
Curated by Stephen Bury
Roman Jakobson’s seminal essay of 1956, ‘Two types of language and two types of aphasic disturbance’, is the starting point for this exploration of artists’ books and artists’ multiples.
Artists: John Baldessari, Fiona Banner, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Victor Burgin, Neil Cummings and Marisya Lewandowska, Layla Curtis, Douglas Huebler, Kenny Hunter, Anselm Kiefer, Sol LeWitt, Peter Liversidge, Aleksandra Mir, Dieter Roth, Leanne Shapton, Jane Simpson, Sarah Staton, Daniel Spoerri, and Yoko Terauchi
World Political, silk screen print, edition 80, 2001
2010
Destination
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre,
Coventry, UK
1 - 29 May 2010
Works from the University of Warwick Art Collection
Artists include: Jane Blackman, Mary Fedden, Hamish Fulton, Fay Godwin, Simon Lewty, Richard Long, Marcel Mouly, Anne Redpath and George Shaw.
2009
A Picture of Us?
Identity in British Art
Museums Sheffield: Graves Gallery
16 Sep - 5 Dec 2009
Following on from A Picture of You? in Spring 2009, and including selections from some of the artists featured in that exhibition, A Picture of Us? continues The Great British Art Debate at Museums Sheffield.
The exhibition features selections from Wayne Hemingway (designer and co-founder of Red or Ded), Kate Rusby (Mercury Prize-nominated musician), leading art collector, Anthony d’Offay, and artists including Lisa Cheung, Layla Curtis and Hew Locke.
Layla Curtis has been invited to chose a British art work from the Tate and Museums Shefield collections that she felt said something about her own identity.
The United Kingdom, collaged British road maps, 1999
In Between the Lines:
Recent British Drawings
Trinity Contemporary, London UK
25 June - 10 July 2009
Touring to Trinity Contemporary New York, NY, USA
Curated by Jeremy Cooper
Artists include: James Brooks, Layla Curtis, Adam Dant, Jane Dixon, Tracey Emin, Angus Fairhurst, Graham Gussin, Tim Head, Claude Heath, Louise Hopkins, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, David Musgrave, Kathy Prendergast, Frances Richardson, Gavin Turk, Alison Wilding and Simon Woolham
Related catalogue: In Between the Lines: Recent British Drawings published by Trinity Contemporary
Central London Index Drawing, 2007
Pattern Recognition
The City Gallery, Leicester, UK
20 June - 24 October 2009
Artists include: Philip Allen, Layla Curtis, Penny Davis, Graham Dolphin, Gemma Holt, Bernard Leach, Roy Lichtenstein, Max Mosscrop, Eduardo Palozzi, Abigail Reynolds, Lucy Rie, Bridget Riley, Dieter Roth, Ed Ruscha, Conrad Shawcross, Robert Smithson, Alison Turnbull and Carey Young.
Hard Cash, Collaged USA topographical maps, 2003
Drawing 2009,
Biennale Fundraiser
Drawing Room, London, UK
30 April - 20 May
Since 2003, over 500 established and emerging artists, from the UK and abroad, have donated a drawing made especially in support of The Drawing Room programme and its non-profit activities.
The drawings are exhibited for three weeks which culminates in a silent auction event on the last evening.
A Picture of You?
Identity and British Art
Museums Sheffield: Graves Gallery,
Sheffield, UK
18 Feb - 2 May 2009
A Picture of You? is the first in a series of exhibitions at Museums Sheffield devoted to the exploration of identity and nationality through British art.
A Picture of You? is part of The Great British Art Debate, a four year collaboration with Tate Britain, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and Tyne & Wear Museums, exploring what it means to be British in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.
Artists include: Layla Curtis, Gillian Wearing, Hew Locke and Grayson Perry
The United Kingdom, collaged British road maps, 1999
2008
Actions: What You Can Do
With the City
Canadian Centre for Architecture,
Montréal, Canada
26 November 2008 - 19 April 2009
Touring to Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Featuring 99 actions that instigate positive change in contemporary cities around the world, the exhibition documents seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening that are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition.
Related publication: Actions: What You Can Do With the City
Further information: http://cca-actions.org/
Drawing
Madison Contemporary Art, London UK
30 October - 29 November 2008
Artists: James Brooks, Layla Curtis, Claude Heath, Maria Lalic and Jem Southam
The Golden Record
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
25 July - 13 September 2008
Touring to The Collection, Lincoln, UK
Curated by Mel Brimfield
Comedians, artists and filmakers will come together this year at Edinburgh's Art and Fringe festivals to make content for a contemporary version of the Golden Record curated by Mel Brimfield in association with the Collective gallery, Pleasance Theatre, Go Faster Stripe and Battersea Arts Centre. 116 images will be produced by artists to correspond to a list originally compiled as ‘Images of Earth’ for The Golden Record by Carl Sagan and his team of NASA scientists.
SPACE Now
SPACE, London, UK
13 June - 26 July 2008
SPACE celebrates its 40th birthday with an exhibition selected by Caroline Douglas, Head of Arts Council Collections.
Art Futures
Bloomberg Space, London, UK
6 - 12 March 2008
Curated by Jeni Walwin and Nicky Hurst
ARTfutures is a Contemporary Art Society project. Each year, the Contemporary Art Society handpicks work by approximately 100 artists to form an exhibition of work for sale.
Selected through a combination of exhaustive research including studio visits, ARTfutures offers a truly unrivalled opportunity to buy contemporary art, selected by the UK’s leading non-profit agency for independent advice on contemporary collecting.
Central London Index Drawing, ink on tracing paper, 2007
Topographica
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK
19 January - 1 March 2008
Taking as a starting point the idea of landscape in a state of flux, each of the four artists in this exhibition seeks to articulate their own experiences and understanding of landscape through the medium of drawing.
Ranging in scale from the vast to the intimate, all of the drawings are beautifully executed and record each artist’s personal engagement with the landscape, whether real or imaginary.
Artists: Kate Atkin, Layla Curtis, Tania Kovats and Peter Macdonald
2007
Downstairs: Review
Gimpel Fils, London, UK
22nd November 2007 - 12th January 2008
Artists: Dylan Stone, Gedi Sibony, Layla Curtis, Michelle Dovey, Hannah Brown, Doug Fishbone, John Duncan, Jock Mooney
Signy Island, limited edition screen print, 2006
Shifting Ground
Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
28 July - 22 September 2007
Artists: Leo Fitzmaurice, Katie Holten, Clare Iles, Camilla Brueton, David Batchelor, Layla Curtis, Sorrel Muggridge, Tim Machin, Chris Matthew, Jonathan Parsons, Richard Wentworth, Rachel Lowe, Juliana Capes and Laura Nanni
Drawing 2007
Biennale Fundraiser
Drawing Room, London, UK
19 April - 09 May
Since 2003, over 500 established and emerging artists, from the UK and abroad, have donated a drawing made especially in support of The Drawing Room programme and its non-profit activities.
The drawings are exhibited for three weeks which culminates in a silent auction event on the last evening.
Untitled (World Political), ink on paper, 2007
Art Futures
Bloomberg Space, London, UK
7 March - 12 March 2007
ARTfutures is a Contemporary Art Society project. Each year, the Contemporary Art Society handpicks work by approximately 100 artists to form an exhibition of work for sale.
Selected through a combination of exhaustive research including studio visits, ARTfutures offers a truly unrivalled opportunity to buy contemporary art, selected by the UK’s leading non-profit agency for independent advice on contemporary collecting.
Signy Island, limited edition screen print, 2006
The Opposite of Vertigo
The Drawing Room, London UK
8 February - 18 March 2007
Curated by Jon Bewley
Artists: Darren Banks, Catherine Bertola, Cath Campbell, Alex Charrington, Layla Curtis, Graham Dolphin, Peter J. Evans, Richard Forster, Kevin Mason and Karl Nattress
2006
Snowdomes: World in Miniature and Objects of Curiosity
National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
25 November 2006 – 4 March 2007
Artists were commissioned to make new work for this exhibition which forms part of the 2007 Sunderland Winter Festival.
Artists include: Mat Collishaw, Sarah Woodfine, Simon Woolham and Catherine Bertola
This Will Not Happen
Without You
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
21 November 2006 - 20 January 2007
Touring to The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and Interface, Belfast, UK
This Will Not Happen Without You is an Arts Council England touring exhibition, curated by Richard Grayson
From the collective archive of The Basement Group, Projects UK and Locus+ 1977 - 2006
Related Publication: Ths Will Not Happen Without You
NewcastleGateshead, collaged maps, 2005
Living History
Tate Modern, London, UK
1 November 2006 - 11 February 2007
Twenty-five artists are represented in this illuminating display of works that reference some of the most historic events of the last 100 years.
Featured works include David Bomberg's evocative depiction of Canadian soldiers during WW1 and Pablo Picasso's Weeping Women 1936 which mourns the casualties of the Spanish Civil War.
Also on display is David Reeb's commentary on the Israeli-Palestine confict, Let's Have Another War 1997, and Chris Ofili's No Woman No Cry 1998 which was conceived as a touching tribute to the race-hate victim Stephen Lawrence.
The United Kingdom, collaged British road maps, 1999
Passionate Collectors
Public and Private
The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK
16 September 2006 - 28 January 2007
Curated by Deborah Robinson
The New Art Gallery Walsall purchased 22 contemporary artworks through the Contemporary Art Society‘s Special Collections Scheme including works by Martin Creed, Layla Curtis, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Laura Ford, Hew Locke, Mike Nelson, Nina Saunders, Yoshihiro Suda, Gavin Turk, Richard Woods and Toby Ziegler.
The national initiative which enabled fifteen galleries throughout England to build up collections of contemporary work was celebrated at The New Art Gallery Walsall with the launch of the exhibition Passionate Collectors: Public and Private.
A supporting publication New Art on View, co-published by The New Art Gallery Walsall examined the role of museums in collecting contemporary art and featured contributions from Sheila MacGregor, Sir Nicholas Serota and the gallery’s Director Stephen Snoddy.
Artists: Jordan Baseman, Monica Bonvicini, Patty Carroll, May Cornet, Martin Creed, Dorothy Cross, Layla Curtis, Robert Dawson, Ming de Nasty, Rita Donagh, Richard Forster, John Fullwood, Anya Gallaccio, Mona Hatoum, Geoffery Ireland, Rob Kesseler, Jochen Klein, Hew Locke, Christian Marclay, Hannah Maybank, Paul McCarthy, Heather and Ivan Morrison, Cornelia parker, Paula Rego, Jane Simpson, Yoshihiro Suda, Gavin Turk, Julian Walker, Mo Wilson.
The Thames (North, South Divide), collaged British road maps, 2000
You'll Never Know:
Drawing & Random Interference
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK
25 March - 18 June 2006
Hayward Gallery touring exhibition touring to: Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, UK; The Lowry, Salford, UK; The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, UK
Curated by Jeni Walwin & Henry Krokatsi
Artists include: Anna Barriball, Ian Breakwell, Layla Curtis, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Rebecca Horn, Mona Hatoum, Claude Heath, Tim Knowles, Tania Kovats, Henry Krokatsis, Richard Long, Cornelia Parker, Steven Pippin, Keith Tyson and Mark Wallinger.
Related publication: You'll Never Know: Drawing & Random Interference
Further information: southbankcentre
Message in a Bottle from Ramsgate to the Chatham Islands, live GPS drawing, 2004
Territory
University of the Arts Gallery, London, UK
8 March - 21 April 2006
Curated by Eamonn Maxwell
Nine artists whose practice deals with contemporary responses to landscapes and environments: Layla Curtis, Mimei Thompson, Paul Jackson, Tamsin Morse, Clodagh Emoe, Lee Maelzer, Andrew Grassie, Rut Blees Luxemburg
Related review: Rebecca Geldard, Territory, Time Out
Wanderers, video projection, 2006
Culture Bound
Courtauld Institute, London, UK
20 January 2006 - tbc
Organised and curated by students of The Courtauld Institute, the exhibition, Culture Bound considers issues of cultural identity.
Works explore the structures that mediate our experience, examining how culture is formed by language and communication.
The exhibition includes works by Gavin Turk, Stephen Gill, Zenib Sedira, Shezad Dawood, Layla Curtis and Grayson Perry.
Further information: Courtauld Institute
World Political, silk screen print, edition 80, 2001
2005
Wunderkammer:
The Artificial Kingdom
The Collection, Lincoln, UK
1 October 2005 - 8 January 2006
Curated by Ed Allington
Artists include: Hannah Collins, Dan Graham, Arman, Marc Quinn, Marcel Duchamp, Hans Hacke, Kyoichi Tsuzuki, Euan Uglow, John McCraken, John de Andrea, Ernest Trova, Eduardo Paolozzi, Lucy Gunning, Hew Locke, John Issacs and Mark Hosking
Related publications: Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom
United European Union 2002, collaged EU road maps, 2002
Ars Electronica Festival for Art, Technology and Society
Linz, Austria
1 - 6 September 2005
Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society.
The competition is organized by the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH and ORF’s Upper Austria Regional Studio in collaboration with the OK Center for Contemporary Art and the Brucknerhaus Linz, and the prizes are awarded during the Ars Electronica Festival each year.
The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important awards for creativity and pioneering spirit in the field of digital media.
Message in a Bottle from Ramsgate to the Chatham Islands, live GPS drawing, 2004
2005 Launch Programme
VIVID, Birmingham, UK
17 June - July 2005
The opening programme to officially launch the space will include work by international and UK artists Steina Vasulka, Nina Katchadourian, Ivan and Heather Morison, Adele Prince, Layla Curtis, Calum Sterling, Kate Pemberton and John Hammersley. A selection of work to reflect the range of artists and projects Vivid works with.
The event is part of Arts Council’s Architecture week.
Cab Routes - One Week in London, flash animation, 2001
The Space In-Between the Sole and the Heel
Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
18 June - 30 July 2005
Curated by Matt Hearn and Sarah Warden
Artists include: Darren Banks, Beagles and Ramsay, Cath Campbell, Marcus Coates, Nathan Coley, Layla Curtis, Graham Dolphin, Alec Finlay, Jenny Hogarth, Leo Fitzmaurice, Jamie Shovlin, Miles Thurlow and Elizabeth Wright
Collection 2
Claudine & Jean-Marc Salomon
Fondation d'Art Contemporain, Alex, France
17 March - 3 June 2005
Curated by Philippe Piguet
Artists: Dieter Appelt, Carole Benzaken, Wout Berger, Olivier Blanckart, Louise Bourgeois, Angela Bulloch, Maggie Cardelùs, Philippe Cognée, Layla Curtis, Wim Delvoye, Eric Duyckaerts, Oliver Herring, Jenny Holzer, James Alexander Hopkins, Guy Limone, Loriot et Mélia, Jennifer et Kevin McCoy, Steve Miller, Jack Pierson, Rona Pondick, Denis Pondruel, Markus Raetz, Gwen Rouvillois, Sandy Skoglund
Related publication: Collection 2
Further information: Fondation d'Art Contemporain
World State, collaged USA topographical maps, 2001
2004
De Leur Temps
Collections Privees Francais
Musee des Beaux Arts de Tourcoing, France
6 October - 6 December 2004
Curated by Michel Poitevin
Artists include: Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, Hannah Collins, Layla Curtis, Liam Gillick, Nan Goldin, Rodney Graham, Thomas Hirshorn, John Isaacs, Thomas Schutte, Cindy Sherman, Roman Signer, Keith Tyson and Mark Wallinger
Related Publication: De Leur Temps:
Collections Privees Francais
Further information: creativtv (French)
United European Union, collaged EU road maps, 2000
Magic Don't Happen by Magic
The Empire Studios, London, UK
8 - 17 September 2004
Curated by Neill Kidgell
Artists: Divyesh Bhanderi, Layla Curtis, Karin Dolk, Lee Edwards, Olivia Fletcha, Haruhi Hayashi, Neill Kidgell, Andrew Mania, Sam Porritt, Neal Rock, James Russell.
Gods Pocket, collaged USA topographical maps, 2004
Whitstable Biennale
Whitstable to Margate, East Kent, UK
19 June - 4 July 2004
An East Kent event of film, video and temporary interventions extending from Whitstable to Margate
Artists include: Pascal Baes, Miriam Backstrom, Vanessa Beecroft, Ergin Cavusoglu, Colin Cook, Leo Copers, Marion Coutts, Layla Curtis, Jeremy Deller, Nooshin Farhid, Nicolas Floc'h, Michel Francois, Douglas Gordon, Vincent Goudreau, Sebastien Gouy, Graham Gussin, Paul Hazelton, Ken Kobland, Aglaia Konrad, Charlotte Moth, Alison Murray, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Pitz, Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij, Roman Signer, Robert Suermondt, Kerry Tribe, Heimo Zobernig
Related publication: Whitstable Biennale
Message in a Bottle from Ramsgate to the Chatham Islands, Lambda C-type print mounted on aluminium, 2004
Collage
Bloomberg Space, London, UK
27 March - 8 May 2004
Curated by Sacha Craddock, Graham Gussin, Stephen Hepworth and David Risley
The show includes over 100 artists and examines the way collage has been used to explore a vast range of ideas from formal exercises in colour, material and form to the creation of surreal spaces and the expression of political ideals
United European Union 2002, collaged EU road maps, 2002
2003
A Bigger Splash:
British Art from Tate 1960 - 2003
Pavilhao Lucas Nogueira Garcez-Oca and
Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4 August - 26 October 2003
Pavilhao Lucas Nogueira Garcez-Oca 5
4 August - 21 September 2003
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Curated by Joanne Bernstein & Catherine Kinley
Related publication: A Bigger Splash: British Art from Tate 1960 - 2003
Post Notes
ICA, London, UK
4 - 11 March 2003
Touring to Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Curated by Adam Carr
Artists include: Dave Beech, Pierre Bismuth, David Burrows, Nick Crowe, Layla Curtis, Rachel Goodyear, James Ireland, Laurence Lane, Jim Lambe, Kit Lawrence, Paul McDevitt, Jonathan Parsons, Mark Titchner and Toby Ziegler
Blueprint Fakers &
Citadel Makers
Comme Ca Art, Manchester, UK
23 May - 14 September 2003
Curated by Mike Dawson
This show has several major debuts for Manchester; this will be the first time Toby Paterson has exhibited here, Toby was last years Beck Futures winner and currently has a major solo show at the CCA in Glasgow. Layla Curtis will show her highly acclaimed map collages (which feature in the Tate Modern permanent collection) and the internationally acclaimed Maltase artist Norbert Francis Attard has made a site-considered work for the show entitled: ‘House of Cards’.
United European Union 2002, collaged EU road maps, 2002
The Map is Not The Territory
Part III
James Hockey Gallery
& Foyer Gallery
The Surrey Institute of Art & Design
Farnham, London, UK
6 May - 7 June 2003
In association with England & Co.
Artists include: Jane Bush, Jonathan Callan, Layla Curtis, Matilda Downs, Alberto Dunman, Tracey Emin, Simon Faithfull, Susan Hiller, Langlands & Bell, Satomi Matoba, Alastair Mackie, Cornelia Parker, Kathy Prendergast, Joe Scotland and Jugoslav Vlahovic
World Political, silk screen print, edition 80, 2001
Regards croises, Collection Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon
Fondation d'Art Contemporain,
Daniel & Florence Guerlain,
Les Mesnuls, France
16 March - 11 May 2003
Curated by Philippe Piguet
Artists: Alighiero e Boetti, Tony Cragg, Layla Curtis, Gilbert & George, Rebecca Horn, Guy Limone, Loriot & Melia, Ana Mendieta, Joachim Mogarra, Francois Morellet, Tony Oursler, Arnulf Rainer, Georges Rousse, Gwen Rouvillois, Sandy Skoglund, Jessica Stockholder, Baltazar Torres
Related publication: Regards croises, Collection Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon
World State, collaged USA topographical maps, 2001
2002
Fabrications: New Art & Urban Memory in Manchester
CUBE, Manchester, UK
11 September - 2 November 2002
Commissions in response to a three-year body of academic research by the Urban Memory in Manchester team at Manchester University's School of Art History and Archaeology.
Artists: Sarah Carne, Adam Chodzko, Nathan Coley, Layla Curtis, Lubaina Himid and Sarah Waring.
Related publication: Fabrications
Souvenirs from Manchester, mixed media, 2002
The Jerwood Drawing Prize
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
2 - 26 September 2002
Touring to: The Jerwood Space, London, UK; mac, Birmingham, UK; Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK; EICH Gallery, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Hull, UK; The Promenade Gallery, The Lowry, Salford, UK
Selectors: Marco Livingston, Cornelia Parker, Mariana Warner
Related publications: The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002
Globe Tracing No.1, ink on tracing paper, 2001
Location:UK
Gimpel Fils, London, UK
24 July - 7 September 2002
Where are we? Location:UK illustrates where we are, from a point on a map, to a cultural identity. Drawing together artists from across the social, racial and cultural map of the UK, this exhibition examines the relationships we have with the places and locations in which we live.
Artists include: BANK, Richard Billingham, Adam Chodzco, Layla Curtis, Tom Hunter, Peter Kennard, Andrew Lewis, Sarah Lucas, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Hannah Maybank, Hannah Starkey, Christopher Stewart, George Shaw, Alia Syed, Mark Wallinger
Edit 2, collaged British road maps, 2000
Oncethemostdensely
populatedplaceonearth
Floating ip, Manchester, UK
Curated by Graham Parker and Dave Beech
Related review: Martin Vincent, Oncethemostpopulatedplaceonearth, Art Monthly
Globe Tracing No.8, ink on tracing paper, 2001
Collection Claudine &
Jean-Marc Salomon
Fondation d'Art Contemporain, Alex, France
21 June - 27 September 2002
World State, collaged USA topographical maps, 2001
Cab Routes - One Week in London, flash animation, 2001
Here, There, Elsewhere
London Print Studio Gallery, London, UK
Curated by David Blamey
Exhibition following the publication of Here, There, Elsewhere: Dialogues on Location and Mobility, edited by David Blamey
World Political, silk screen print, edition 80, 2001
2001
Gifts to Walsall
The New Art Gallery Walsall,
Walsall, UK
7 December 2001 - 13 January 2002
This is the first chance to see new additions to New Art Gallery Walsall's permanent collection, including gifts from the Contemporary Art Society and the Saatchi Collection.
Artists include: Jordon Baseman, Layla Curtis, Philip King, Marysia Lewandowska, Ian McLean, Henry Moore, Marcus Taylor and Richard Wentworth.
The Thames (North, South Divide), collaged British road maps, 2000
Looking With/Out:
East Wing Collection No.5
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
9 November 2001 - 9 September 2003
Artists include: Philip Akkerman, Sally Barker, Brian Dawn Chalkley, Layla Curtis, Peter Fischli, Richard Galpin, Jochen Gerz, John Golding, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Andrew Grassie, Alexis Harding, Peter Harris, Susan Hiller, Dan Holdsworth, Thomas Huber, Richard Long, Simon Morley, Joao Penalva, Grayson Perry, Gavin Turk, Jeff Wall and Richard Wentworth
Related publication: Looking With/Out
World Political, silk screen print, edition 80, 2001
Double Take
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK
19 May - 30 June 2001
Artists: LEO, Layla Curtis, James Ireland, Helen Maurer and Elizabeth Wright
Edit 1, collaged British road maps, 2000
The Map is Not The Territory
England & Co.,
14 July - 1 September 2001
Artists include: Jonathan Callan, Layla Curtis, Peter Greenaway, Graham Gussin, Susan Hiller, Langlands & Bell, Cornelia Parker and Kathy Prendergast
Related publication: The Map is Not the Territory
World Political, silk screen print, edition 80, 2001
Record Collection
VTO Gallery, London, UK
27 - 29 April 2001
Touring to Forde Espace d'Art Contemporain, Geneve, Switzerland
Curated by Mel Brimfield and Elaine Forde
Artists include: Wolfgang Tilmans, Bob & Roberta Smith, Jessica Voorsanger, David Mackintosh, DJ Simpson, Polly Staple, David Burrows, Kit Lawrence, John Strutton, John Tozer, Geraint Evans, George Shaw, Rodney Graham, Marijka Steedman, Peter Liversidge, Pam Brabants, Inventory, Wayne Lloyd, Claire Scanlon, Dave Beech, Kim Sweet, Michael Archer, Norman Hogg, Paul Housley, Artlab, Peter harris, Angela de la Cruz, Kevin Heavey, Jemima Stehli, and Brian Dawn Chalkley
2000
Mostyn Open 11
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, UK
8 December 2000 - 27 January 2001
Selectors: Tomoko Takahashi, James Rielly, Charles Esche and Martin Barlow
Artists include: Matt Calderwood, Lee Campbell, Marcus Coats, Layla Curtis, Shona Illingworth, Rosalind Nashashibi, Johnathan Rabagliati, Graham Seaton and Simon Woolham
Edit 2, collaged British road maps, 2000
The Armchair Project
Cinch, London, UK
11 October - 28 October 2000
Curated by Paul McDevitt and Declan Clarke
Artists include: Annika Strom, Anna Barriball, Bank, Bob and Roberta Smith, Dave Beech, Jane McDevitt, Jeremy Deller, Keith Wilson, Luke Oxley, Mark Wallinger, Matthew Higgs, Michael Archer, Richard Clegg, Sean Parfitt and Vic Reeves
Nightclub Robberies
Rhodes + Mann, London, UK
11 August - 1 October 2000
Artists: Tim Bacon, Patrick Coleman, Michael Curran, Layla Curtis, Jane Gang, Erik Hanson and Marc Jennings
Edit 1, collaged British road maps, 2000
Fusion
Rhodes + Mann, London, UK
12 May - 18 June 2000
Artists: Nayland Blake, Calum Colvin, Layla Curtis, Robert Davies, Kate Davis, Ashley Elliot, Till Exit, Jang Gang, Michael Ginsborg, David Godbold, Andrew Grassie, John Greenwood, Oliver Herring, Paul Huxley, Bill Jacobson, Marc Jennings, Melanie Manchot and Mark Wright
Related publication: Fusion
The Thames (North, South Divide), collaged British road maps, 2000
1999
The Office of Misplaced Events
(Temporary Annexe)
Lotta Hammer, London, UK
19 November 1999 onwards
Curated by Simon Morrissey
Artists: Anna Barriball, Martin Boyce, Christopher Bucklow, Layla Curtis, Sarah Dobai, On Kawara, Michael Kruger, Rachel Lowe, Mike Nelson, Joao Penalva, mike Ricketts, Simon Starling, Richard Wilson
United European Union, collaged EU road maps, 1999
Newcontemporaries99
Exchange Flags, Liverpool Biennial
24 September - 7 November 1999
Touring to Milch, London, UK
Selectors: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Keith Tyson, Susan Hiller
Artists: Athanasios Argianas, Charlie Birch, David Blandy, Cleo Broda, K.R. Buxey, Louise Camrass, Kentaro Chiba, Ben Cook, Richard Cuerden, Andrew Currie, Layla Curtis, Jane Fox, Clare Gasson, Jana Haldrich, David Harding, Julie Henry, Ian Kiaer, Natasha Kidd, Nick Laessing, Kenny Macleod, Stefanie Marshall, Tim Meara, Nathaniel Mellors, Luke Oxley, Katie Pratt, Peter Richards, Gaylie Runciman, D.J. Simpson, Louise Spence, Jayne Stokes, Francis Summers, Julian Walker, Nicole Wermers
Related publication: Newcontemporaries99
United Kingdom of Japan, collaged Japanese road maps, 1999