Chris Gilmour Biography

CHRIS GILMOUR

Chris Gilmour was born in Stockport, UK, 1973. In 2006 he won the Premio Cairo art prize and in 2012 the Premio Michetti.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013

Gilmour&Mathis. L’arte contemporanea incontra l’industria, curated by Luca Beatrice, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy.

Chris Gilmour. Suspension of disbelief, Rossicontemporary, Brussels, Belgium.

2012

Nothing is real, Marcorossi artecontemporanea, Pietrasanta (Lucca), Italy.

2011

Nothing is real, curated by Walter Guadagnini, Ersel, Turin, Italy.?

Non è tutto come sembra, Marcorossi artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy.

2008

All things solid, Freight and Volume, New York.

2007

Disposable, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy.

2006

Pussy Galore, Freight and Volume, New York.

2004

Boxes, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy.

2001

Objects, curated by Sabrina Zannier, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

Cartasi, Paper Biennale, Lucca

2015

Paper Art, CODA, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

Free Wheeling, Mons 2015, Mons, France

Geografie, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan (curated by Beppe Finessi)

Imago Mundi, Praestigium, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (Curated by Luca Beatrice)

Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

2014

Se Dico Aria, Chiesa di San Francesco, Camerano (curated by Antonio D’Amico)

Mappemondi, Marco Rossi, Milan

Somewhere between Creation and Destruction, Joselloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, USA

Biennale Gherdëina, Ortisei (Curated by Luca Beatrice)

Motopoètique Musèe d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

Punto Fermo, San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone (curated by Denis Viva)

Quattro Protagonisti Della Nuova Creatività Italiana, Padua (Curated by Barilli, Bartorelli, Molinari)

2013

Velodream, BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland

Un’idea di Scultura, Marco Rossi, Verona

Palinsesti, San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone

Premio In Sesto, San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone

Un’idea di Scultura, Marco Rossi, Borgomanero, Novara (curated by Luca Beatrice)

Fragjil, Anzit Resistent, Colonos, Villa Caccia di Lestiza, Udine (curated by Angelo Bertani)

Free Ride Art Space, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan

Ortisei Biennial, curated by Luca Beatrice, Ortisei, Italy

Velodream, curated by KRAFT Association, 4th International Biennal of Urban Art OUT OF STH, Wroc?aw, Poland

Motopoétique - Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, curated by Paul Ardenne, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France

Quattro protagonisti della Nuova creatività italiana , curated by Renato Barilli, Padova

2012

Popisms, Premio Michetti, curated by Luca Beatrice, Fondazione Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy

“Rewind. 50 years of Fender in Italy” curated by Luca Beatrice, Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica, Bologna, Italy

Archeologia del futuro. Rexistenz, curated by Alessandro Romanini, Pietrasanta (Lucca), Italy.

2011

A Cut Above, curated by Diana Ewer and Christopher Henry, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York.

Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Gambettola, Bologna, Alzano Lombardo, Milan - ex S. Carpoforo, Comune di Padua – ex Macello.?

Progetto Scultura 2011, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, Castel Sismondo, Rimini

Vivere e pensare in carta e cartone tra Arte e Design, curated by Paolo Biscottini, Museo Diocesano, Milan, Italy.

2010

Suspense, curated by Carolina Lio, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy.?

Venti d’arte in Friuli Venezia Giulia ieri e oggi, curated by Stefano Chiarandini, Antico Foledor Boschetti della Torre, Manzano, Italy.

2009

Slash - paper under the knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York.?

Limite alla rovescia, curated by Daniele Capra, Palazzo Minucci, Vittorio Veneto, Italy ?

La meglio gioventù, ipotesi sul contemporaneo in Regione, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy

2008

This end Up: the Art of Cardboard, The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California.

2007

Pleins Phares / Full Beam, Cité de l’Automobile, Mulhouse, France.

Living London, Zabludowicz Collection, 176, London

Palinsesti, curated by Alessandro del Puppo and Gianni Sirch, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy.

2006

Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, Italy.

2005

Defrag, curated by Ivan Quaroni and Norma Mangione, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy.

Beauty so difficult, curated by Michele Robecchi, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy.

2003

Meravee, curated by Sabrina Zannier, Ariis, Italy.

2001

Storie contemporanee, curated by Paola Tognon, Museo Archeologico, Bergamo, Italy.?

Orange Juice, curated by Emanuela Nobile Mino, Casa delle letterature - Spazio Futuro, Rome.

Popheart e generazione mtv, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Light Gallery, Faenza, Italy.?

Such a Joy, curated by Marco Altavilla, Guido Bartorelli, Daniela Lotta, Galleria Comunale Arte Contemporanea, Castel San Pietro, Bologna, Italy.

Sculpture, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy.

2000

Quotidiana, curated by Guido Bartorelli and Stefania Schiavon, Comune di Padova.

1998

Zoo, curated by Virginia Tandy, Heaton Hall, Manchester City Galleries, Manchester.