Biography: Charles Avery

Born 1973, Oban
Lives and works in London


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2008

Parasol Unit, London touring to The
National Gallery of Modern Art,
Edinburgh and Museum Boijmans Van
Beuningen, Rotterdam


2007

The Islanders: an introduction - part III,
Galerie Arquebuse, Geneva


2006

Two person show with Keith Wilson,
Alexandre Pollazzon, London, Galleria
S.A.L.E.S., Rome

The Plane of the Gods, Cubitt Gallery,
London

The Islanders: an introduction - part II,
Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin


2005

.The Islanders: an introduction,
doggerflsher, Edinburgh

Hunting The Noumenon, Galleria
Archimede Staffolini, Nicosia
AVATARS, Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome


2004

The Hunter, Man in the Holocene,
London It thinks, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin


2003

The square root of 2, Sleeper, Edinburgh
The Freedom of the Universe, Galleria
S.A.L.E.S., Rome


2002

The Truth about the Truth, doggerfisher,
Edinburgh

Triangle Land, Dee Glasoe, New York


2001

The Palace of the Gulls, Percy Miller
Gallery, London


2000

The Last Yolk, Sonia Rosso Gallery,
Pordenone, Italy

The Riddle of Pooch Avery, Dee /
Glasoe Gallery, New York

The Ghost of Scirribin, Nylon Gallery,
London


1999

Charles Avery, Richard Heller Gallery,
Los Angeles

The Life and Times of Nancy
Haselswon
, Tablet Gallery, London


1998

The Creation of the Omniverse, Nylon,
London

Portraits of People Who Never Existed,
Entwistle Gallery, London


Group Exhibitions


2007

Scotland & Venice, 52nd Venice
Biennale, Venice

Lyon Biennial, Lyons

Every Eye sees differently as the Eye,
The Drawing Room, London

Timer, Triennial Bovisa, Milan


2005

Sculpture Garden, Fortescue Avenue /
Jonathan Viner, London


2004

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004, London
(touring)


2003

II Premio per la Giovanne Arte Italiana,
Padiglione di Venezia, 50th Venice
Biennale, Venice

Love Over Gold, Gallery of Modern Art,
Glasgow

Dark Shadows, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los
Angeles


2002

Contemporary Art Project, Museum of
Modern Art, Seattle

Flights of Reality, Kettle's Yard,
Cambridge


2001

Ghosty, Mille Eventi, Milan

2000

Drawing, Percy Miller Gallery, London

Innuendo, Dee / Glasoe Gallery, New
York


1999

Surveying the Landscape, Lombard Freid
Gallery, New York

DRAW, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago


Further Reading


Beagles, John, 'A Venice Comment',
MAP, 11, Autumn 2007

Williams, Gilda, 'Charles Avery', Art
Forum
, February 2007

'Charles Avery', Flash Art, October 2006

The Art Atom, Atopia Projects,
Edinburgh and Rhode Island, 2004

Art Works, British and German
Contemporary Art 1960-2000
, Deutsche
Bank, London and Germany, 2004

Morton, Tom 'Charles Avery, In the
beginning', Frieze, May 2004

Flights of Reality, Kettles Yard,
Cambridge, 2002

Cork, Dominic, 'Flights of Reality',
Independent, January 2002

Buck, Louisa, The Art Newspaper,
November 2001

Zannier, Sabrina, 'Charles Avery Review',
Flash Art, February 2001

de Botton, Alain, 'Best of 2000', Art
Forum
, December 2000

Shave, Stuart, 'Master as Work',i-D
Magazine
, January 2000

'The Life and Lineage of Nancy
Haselswon', Nylon, July 1999

Slyce, John, 'Ouverture: Charles Avery',
Flash Art International, Milan, October
1998

Source:International 08 Made Up, Liverpool Biennial Catalogue
Date of source:2008

Gender: male
Type: person
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