2019

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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.

Group Exhibitions

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.

 

Group Exhibitions

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.

 

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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)

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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)

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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)

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

 

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

Thresholds

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

15 September 20127 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.

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Image courtesy Tate photography

Group Exhibitions

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.

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Tong Tana, 2012, high definition video projection with binaural sound (installation view)

Group Exhibitions

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.

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Sky Drawings (Night, Day), 2006, two channel video installation

Group Exhibitions

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

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Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, UK (installation view)

Group Exhibitions

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 

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

 

Group Exhibitions

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

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Tidal Stream Drawing, (detail), Ink on paper, 2011

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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.

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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/

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Turn Vault, video 2008

Group Exhibitions

Drawing

Madison Contemporary Art, London UK

30 October - 29 November 2008

Artists: James Brooks, Layla Curtis, Claude Heath, Maria Lalic and Jem Southam

Group Exhibitions

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.

Group Exhibitions

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.

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

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2007

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

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Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

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Signy Island, limited edition screen print, 2006

2006

Group Exhibitions

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

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67 Degrees South, video projection into snowdome, 2007

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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.

Living History Flash Interactive

The United Kingdom, collaged British road maps, 1999

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

British Art 1500-2006

Tate Britain, London, UK

21 August 2006 - 14 January 2007

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

Collection Claudine &
Jean-Marc Salomon

Fondation d'Art Contemporain, Alex, France

21 June - 27 September 2002

World State, collaged USA topographical maps, 2001

Group Exhibitions

Cab Gallery Retrospective
1999-2001

Essor Gallery Project Space, London, UK

15 - 22 January 2002

Curated by Paul E Stolper and Jason Brown

Further information: cabgallery.com

Cab Routes - One Week in London, flash animation, 2001

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

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