Biography
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Chris Gilmour
Born in Stockport, UK 1973, Lives and works in Udine, Italy
In 2006he was awarded the Premio Cairo, a Prize for youg artists
Solo Shows
2011 Non è Tutto Come Sembra, Marco Rossi, Milan
2008 All things solid, Freight and Volume, New York
2007 Disposable, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua (Curated by Guido Bartorelli)
2006 Pussy Galore, Freight and Volume, New York
2004 Boxes, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua (Curated by Guido Bartorelli)
2001 Objects, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua (Curated by Sabrina Zannier)
Group Shows
2011 Officina Italia, Nuova Creatività Italiana, Gambettola and Bologna (Curated by Renato Barilli)
2011 Vivere e Pensare in Carta e Cartone, Museo Diocesano, Milan (Curated by Paolo Biscottini)
2010 Suspense, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (Curated by Carolina Lio)
2009 Slash- paper under the knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York;
La Meglio Gioventù, Galleria Comunale D’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (Curated by Andrea Bruciati)
Limite alla Rovescia, Palazzo Minucci, Vitorio Veneto (Curated by Daniele Capra and Elena Forin)
2008 This End Up:The Art of Cardboard, The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
2007 Pleins Phares/ Full Beam, Cité de l'Automobile, Mulhouse, France
2007 Living London, Zabludowicz Collection, 176, London
2006 Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan
2005 Defrag, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan (curated by Ivan Quaroni & Norma Mangione) Beauty so difficult, Fondazione Stelline, Milan (Curated by Michele Robecchi)
2003 Meravee, Villa di Ariis, Udine, (Curated by Sabrina Zannier)
2001. Storie contemporanee, Museo Archeologico, Bergamo, (Curated by Paola Tognon)
Orange Juice, Casa delle letterature - Spazio Futuro, Roma, (Curated by Emanuela Nobile Mino)
Popheart e generazione mtv, Light Gallery, Faenza, (Curated by Guido Bartorelli)
Such a Joy, Galleria Comunale Arte Contemporanea, Castel San Pietro, Bologna, (Curated by M.Altavilla, G.Bartorelli, D.Lotta)
Sculpture, Perugiartecontemporanea, Padua, ( Curated by G.Bartorelli)
Lovers, Mutandis, Bologna, ( Curated by D.Lotta e E. Bordignon)
2000 Quotidiana, Comune di Padova,
Bibliography
Books
I Mie Eroi, Note su un decennio di arte da MTV a You Tube, Guido Bartorelli, CLEUP, Padova 2010
Outside the Box, Black Dog Publishing, London 2010
Velo, Bicycle design and Culture, Gestalten, Berlin 2010
Cardboard Book, An/b Editions, Singapore 2010
L’altra Faccia Del Macero, Comieco 2008-10
Materials and Process 3, 5 Continents, New York 2009
Ripleys Believe It or Not, Miles Kelley Publishing, Florida, 2008
Art Creative Exchanges, Pyramid, Paris 2008
Palinsesti, Alessandro Del Puppo, Gianni Sirch, Forum, Udine 2007
Enciclopedia Dell’Arte, a cura di Edigeo, Zanichelli, Bologna 2004
Selected Magazine Articles
Art Review, January 2008, Legibility of effort by Jonathan T.D. Neil
Pemio Cairo. Cover story, Arte febbraio 2007
Benvenuti a Cartoonia. Article by Maurizio Sciaccaluga; Arte May 2003
Oltre l’età del dubbio, Giovane scultura Italiana. Chiara Leoni, Flash Art agosto- settembre 2002
Juliet ottobre- novembre 2001 article by Guido Bartorelli