AVIS NEWMAN
Studio Avis Newman
avisnewmanstudio@gmail.com
Avis Newman is represented by Maureen Paley Gallery, London
Education
Central School of Art and Design, London, BA; Goldsmiths College, London, MA
Solo exhibitions:
2023. Watching the Map, Maureen Paley Gallery, London UK 2021. The Weight of Souls I, Studio M Project Space, Maureen Paley Gallery, London, UK 2013. Mobile Relations, The Gallery at Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK 2003. Descriptions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia 1998. Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, UK 1996. Blocking Light, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (exhibition catalogue) 1995. Recent Work’ Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (Exhibition catalogue); Avis Newman (Begin the Beguin) Kanaal Art Foundation, Kortrijk, Belgium 1994. Works, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo, Italy (exhibition catalogue) 1993. Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (exhibition catalogue) 1990. Earth of Paradise, Arnolfini Gallery. Bristol, UK 1988. Lassitude before words, Lisson Gallery, London, UK (exhibition catalogue) 1987. Avis Newman, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA; This... Dream’s Navel, Galerie Akumabltory 2, Poznan, Poland 1985. The Day’s Residues, Ikon Gallery Birmingham, UK 1984. Figure who no one is..., Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK 1982. Scenes, Matt’s Gallery, London, UK
Selected Mixed Exhibitions:
2021. A Very Special Place: Ikon in the 1990s, Ikon, Birmingham, UK 2017. Meticulous Observations and Naming the Money - included artists selected by Lubaina Himid from the Arts Council Collection, Walker Gallery, Liverpool 2014. Drawn Together: Artist as Selector, curated by Anita Taylor, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK; A Little Patch of Yellow Wall, curated by Jane Bustin, Lion and Lamb Gallery, London, UK; Iniquitous Symmetries, Mummery + Schnelle Gallery, London, UK 2013. More Light, 5 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, curated by Catherine de Zegher, Moscow, Russia 2011. What If It's All True,What Then?, Part 1: 6 April - 14 May, Mummery + Schnelle, London, UK (Exhibition catalogue) 2010. On Line: Drawing Through The Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York. USA (Exhibition catalogue); Drawing of the World, World of Drawing, College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Exhibition catalogue) 2009. Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90’s from IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland Collage, London/New York’, Fred Gallery, London, UK 2004. Questionmark, Wait, Error, Understood, M.C. K. iulionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas Lithuania 2003. In Good Form Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. UK2002 Artists Meeting, Xiamen Gallery, Xiamen, PR China 2000. La casa, il corps, il cuore, Construction der identiten, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria (exhibition catalogue) 1999. Work from the Berardo Collection, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal; La casa, il corpo, il cuore, Construction der identity, National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfs de Botton Gift’ Tate, London, UK (Exhibition catalogue) 1997. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo, Italy; Material Culture’ The Object in British Art of the 1980’s and 90’s’ Hayward Gallery, London, UK (Exhibition catalogue); Heteronyymous, or an Ambiguous Journey Through The Self, San Michele A Ripa, Rome, Italy (Exhibition catalogue) 1995. British Art from the 1980’s and 1990’s –work from the WeltKunst Collection’ The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Ireland. (Exhibition catalogue;) Pretext: Heteronyms’, The Clink, London UK, (Exhibition catalogue) 1994-5. Inside the Visible’ Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston USA –travelling to Washington Museum, Washington USA, Whitechapel Art Gallery London UK, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Perth, Australia (Exhibition catalogue); Worlds in a Box’ Arts Council Touring Exhibition, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Norwich, London, UK (Exhibition catalogue); Private View: Contemporary Art in the Bowes Museum. Barnard Castle, County Durham. UK (Exhibition catalogue) Works on Paper from the WelkKunst Collection, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland 1994. Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman, at the Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (exhibition catalogue) 1993. Moving into View, Ten years of the Arts Council Collection, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK 1992. Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK; Mixed Exhibition. Galerie Bruges La Morte, Bruges, Belgium 1990. Excavating the Present, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK (exhibition catalogue) 1989. Blasphemies, Ecstasies and Cries’, Serpentine Gallery, London. (ext cat) travelling to Norwich School of Art, Norwich; Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury; Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno. A Propos de Dessin’ Galerie Adrien Maeght, Paris, France 1988. Vanities, Norwich School of Art Gallery, Norwich. (exhibition catalogue); The British Picture, LA Louver Gallery, Venice. California 9 (exhibition catalogue); Signaturen, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium (exhibition catalogue); The Impossible Self, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (exhibition catalogue) travelling exhibition 1987-8. The Analytical Theatre: New Art From Britain, (organised by the Independent Curators Incorporated, New York) (exhibition catalogue) travelled to The Akron Art Museum, Ohio; Alberta College of Art Gallery, Alberta; University Art Museum, California; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia 1986. Falls the Shadow, Recent British and European Art. Hayward Gallery. London (organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain) (exhibition catalogue); Summer Group Show, Lisson Gallery, London, UK; Origins Originality + Beyond, Sixth Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (organised by the British Council) (exhibition catalogue); Aperto86, XL11 Biennale di Venezia, Venice Italy (exhibition catalogue) 1985. Recent Acquisitions for the Modern Collection – Works on Paper by British and American Artists, Tate Gallery, London, UK 1984-5. The British Art Show: Old Allegiances and New Directions, 1979-1984 (organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain) (exhibition catalogue) travelled to Museum and Art Gallery and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, Mapping Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK; Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, UK 1982. Stroke, Line and Figure, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London; Hayward Annual 1982: British Drawing, Hayward Gallery , London; Whitechapel Open Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Teaching and research:
2015 - 2013. Visiting Professor of Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts 2010 - 2006. Editor of ‘Notes’ The Centre for Drawing, CCW – University of the Arts London, drawing research publication. 2010 - 2005. Professor of Drawing at The Centre for Drawing at The University of the Arts London 2007 - 1991. Artist-advisor at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, NL 2006 - 2004. Co-editor of the journal ‘Documents’ published by Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, NL 2005 - 1984. Goldsmiths College of Art University of London 2001 - 1994. Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, NL
Other teaching and advisory posts include Slade School of Fine Art, The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford and Wimbledon College of Art
Curatorial:
2006. Symposium on Drawing Theory and Practise: With a Single Mark..., sponsored by Wimbledon College of Art, UAL and Tate and held at Tate Britain 2003. The Stage of Drawing: Gesture and Act, Drawing exhibition selected from the Tate Collection. Exhibited at The Drawing Centre, New York, USA and Tate Britain London, Tate Liverpool, UK, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia 2002. Artists Meeting–Visit to Beijing and Xiamen to meet and exchange ideas with Chinese artists and co-curate an exhibition with Sigge Gudmundson, Martjanjia Hellman and Inika Gudmundson of works Made by artists from the Rijksakademie and Xiamen University at the Chinese European Art Centre
Museum and Public Collections:
Arts Council Collection, UK; British Council, UK; Tate Collection, UK; Weltkunst Foundation, Zurich; Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon; Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Park. Washington, USA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA and various private collections in UK, Europe and the USA