Charles Danby

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1976
Lives: London

Education
2000-2002 Slade School of Fine Art. University College London. MFA studies.
1997-2000 Kingston University. Joint 1st Class Honours Degree in Fine Art and Art Theory.
1996-1997 Norwich School of Art and Design. BTEC Foundation Course, Distinction.


Group Exhibitions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: (solo and group)

2008/2009:
Pyramids (Part 2) -The Academy of Arts, Tirana, Albania (October 2008)
Pyramids (Part 3) -Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK (Feb 2009)
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2008: If You Build IT They Will Come -G39, Cardiff, (03 July - 08 August)
2008: London Festival of Architecture: Explore Sites & Sound (21 June)
2008: Pyramids (Part 1) - Galleria del Cortile, Rome, Italy (22 May -4 July)
2008: Force and Beauty -Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Paris (12 Feb � 8 March)
2006: Secrets - Royal College of Art, London November
2006: Objects in Waiting �End Gallery, Sheffield Hallum University, Sheffield, October
2006: It�s a Beautiful Day -Nogg Gallery, London, October
2006: Conjunction 06 �Airspace, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, June
2006: PrintRoom -Bureau, Slaford, Manchester, UK, May
2006: Another Product -Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK, April
2006: Despite My Intentions, A Wander Beyond -The Back Loft, Dublin 8, Ireland, January
2005: Secrets -Royal College of Art, London, November
2005: MaxFilm5 -Cafe Projects Gallery, London, August
2005: Artist Video Lounge �South London Gallery, February/March
2004: Viewing Platform � Sinking Ships �Lea/Lee Valley, Ford Lock, Hackney Wick, London -03 October.
2004: Field of Vision -The Lab Gallery, 501 Lexington Avenue / 47th, New York, NY 10017 - 13 -18 August.
2004: Draw_Drawing - Gallery 32 -London Biennale 2004, 32 Green Street, London -10 -24 August
2004: Trackers -PM Gallery & House, Ealing. London -28 April � 04 July
2003: Sympathy �Part Two -Keith Talent Gallery, London. -15 August - 22 September
2003: Brooding, Sinister, Sardonic, Frightened and Insecure Loners �Ols&Co; 56 Mountgrove Road, N5. London 05 July � 27 July
2003: Magic in a box about a box -New Inn Broadway, London 03 July; Stoke Newington Festival. London 15 June. 2003.2003: Sympathy -G39 Cardiff June 27- August 08
2003: Def_Ghost -The Kiosk Project. 55 Kynaston Rd. London. March 28 �April 27
2002: Deptford X -with D��racelle. Faircharm Trading Estate. London June 21 �July 07
2002: Hang the Curator. Center Space Gallery. London. February 14 �27
2002: Heli Be BrC. New Inn Yard. London. December 13 �20
2001: Graduate 2002 -The Kiosk Project. 55 Kynaston Rd. London. May 14 �20
1999: Icon Coombe Road. Kingston. November 21 �December 21
1999: 24 Hour Show. Brick Lane. London. March 27

Grants/Awards

2007 �Part time Lecturer, Loughborough University
2007 �Assistant Editor of Miser & Now Magazine
2007 �Curatorial Residency, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2007 �Intern with Tate Etc. Magazine, London (February � May)
2007 �Korean Foundation funding for Abandoned Protocol Ritter/Zamet, London (2007) / Seoul, Korea (2008)
2006 Arts Council England funding for The Invention of Solitude, Nunnery; London (2006)
2000-2002 AHRB Research Award (Bursary)

Projects
CURATED EXHIBITIONS

Forthcoming
2008- l�apres-moderne, Projet Midi, 1080 Brussels (19 September � 25 October)
2008- Invention (2), City Gallery Leicester Off-Site Projects (01 September �28 October)
All Saints Church/ 1 September - 20 September
Rebecca Birch / Rob Smith
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Upstairs at City Gallery/ 1 September - 20
Alex Hudson / Live / Web-based intervention
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Phoenix Arts / 1 September - 28 October
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
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2008- Nathaniel Rackowe, Siobhan Davies Dance Studio, London (17 April �4 July)
Nathaniel Rackowe

2008 Soul Stripper, Projet Midi, 1080 Brussels, Belgium �In conjunction with Art Brussels 2008 (17-30 April)
Francesca Anfossi, Stephen Bishop, Olivier Blanckaert, Bas de Wit, Benny Dr�scher, Jack Duplock, Wouter Feyaerts, Caron Geary, Patrick Goddard, Matthias Groebel, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy & Andres Laracuente, Andrew Mania, Arif Ozakca, Thomas Raat, Corrado Sassi, Veronika Veit

2008 Force & Beauty, Yukiko Kawase, Paris (12 Feb � 8 March)
Malin St�hl, Charles Danby, Heather & Ivan Morison, Eloise Fornieles, Lena Nix (video works)

2007 Abandoned Protocol (curated with I-MYU Projects) (Touring to Seoul, Korea in 2008)
Ritter/Zamet Gallery, 2 Bear Gardens, London SE1 9ED (September2007)
Seung Woo Back, Hyung Geun Park / Ben Judd, Kate Hawkins, Eloise Fornieles (with support from the Korean Foundation)

2007 2(007) Pranvere
National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
(11-24th May 2007)
Ilir Butka, Sophie Buxton, Eloise Fornieles, Najada Hamza, Kate Hawkins, Esteban Igartua, Sidi Kanani, Shpetim Kercova, Olson Lamaj, Andres Laracuente, Elsa Martini, Jane Millican, Eleanor Moreton, Vladimir Myrtezaj, Francesco Patriarca, Genc Permeti, Lucy Wood

2007 Air Guitar and Two Teaspoons (curated with Brooke Lynn McGowan)
Bischoff Weiss Gallery, 95 Rivington Street, London (19 January �24 February 2007)
Sarah Bridgland, Aisling Hedgecock, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Flore Nove-Josserland, Racheal Pengilley, Antonia Watson, Richard Woods

2006 The Invention of Solitude (Touring to Leicester City Gallery 2008)
The Nunnery, 183 Bow Road, London (21 September �22 October 2006)
Rob Smith, Rebecca Birch, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Alex Hudson
(Publication: The Invention of Solitude �64pp ISBN 978-0-9549748-1-6)

2004 Trackers
PM Gallery, Ealing, London (31 April �04 July 2004)
Georgina Batty, Stuart Brisley, Ade Ward, Geoff Cox, Amy Cunningham, Alex Graham, Neil Hamon, Francis Ives, Ben Judd, Maria von Kohler, Goshka Macuga, Bruce McLean, Alex Hutchins, Errol Perkins, Lyle Perkins, Nathaniel Rackowe, Gideon Rubin, Rob Smith, Gary Woodley, Charles Danby, Alejandro Ospina.
(Publication: Trackers -ISBN 0-9538583-5-9 �104pp)

2004 Collaboration with Platform For Art
Ealing Broadway Station (31 April � 04 July 2004)
Gideon Rubin, Rob Smith, Neil Hamon, Georgina Batty

2003 Santa Smiles
Ols&Co;, 56 Mountgrove Road, London (December 06�28)
Claire Douglass, Rebecca Birch, Estelle Thompson, Annie Attridge, Richard Wathen, Sophie Buxton, Fiona Duffelen, Ted Haddon.

2002 Hang the Curator
Centre Space Gallery. London (February 14�27)
22 artists. (Slade Graduate School)

Publications
PUBLISHED WORK (Text):

Books
The Bruce High Quality Foundation & Other Ideas, (2008) New York (Chapter � Epilogues: It Started With a Car Crash; It Ended With the Drought) (2,000 words)

Magazines
Forthcoming
AN Magazine �Supplement Section, Gayle Chong Kwan (1,500 words); C-Magazine �Profile: Scott Lyall, (800 words); Miser & Now (Volume 12) A Matter of Facts, Michelle Mckeown (1,200 words) /Conversation with Neil Hamon (2,500 words); Untitled
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Flash Art:
(July-September) �Steve Van Den Bosch, Alexandre Pollazzon, London (Review) (250 words) / Joan Jonas, Wilkinson, London (Review) (250 words); (May/June 2008) � Eloise Fornieles, Paradise Row, London (News) (250 words)
Frieze:
(November 2006) Review: Vidya Gastaldon, Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd, London (800 words); (July 2006) �Review: Jim Shaw, Emily Tsingou, London (800 words)
Art Review:
(April 2006) � Review: The Animators, Spacex Gallery, Exeter (475 words); (January 2006) �Review: Andrew Mania, Chisenhale Gallery, London (600 words); (April 2005) �Review: Dionysiac Exhibition, Pompidou Centre, Paris (500 words)
I-D Magazine:
(October 2006) Preview: A Foundation (200 words); (June 2006) Forsyth and Pollard (320 words); (May 2006) �Cao Fei (300 words); (March 2006) �Bedwyr Williams (300 words); (January 2006) �Gary Webb (250 words); (November 2005) �Andrew Mania (250 words); (September 2005) �Gordon Cheung (300 words) / Goshka Macuga (320 words); (July 2005) �Christian Ward (250 words); (June 2005) �Mathew Weir (250 words); (March 2005) �JP Munro (200 words)
Miser & Now Magazine:
(Volume 11) �Jerusalem 2007, Paolo Giudici (500 words) / Union Gap, Nathaniel Rackowe (500 words) / Taking the Credits, Charlie Woolley (1,500 words); (Volume 10) -Still and Moving Image in Performance (on artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy) (800 words) / Conversation with Ben Judd (1,600 words); (Volume 08) (May 2006) �Article: Estelle Thompson (1,250 words); (Volume 07); Miscellaneous & Lost Texts (300 words); (Volume 06) �Unplanned Consequences, Article on artists Rob Smith & Sharon Beavan (1,000 words); (Volume 05) �Pleasure Vs The Moral Majority (Article) 2005 (2,800 words)
AN Magazine:
(June 2008) �Review: Day & Gluckman, London (600 words); (July 2007) �Review: Anticipation, One One One, London (500 words); (April 2006) �Review: Picnic Area (dumb interior), Room Gallery, Bristol (600 words); (November 2005) �Review of REAP, Caf� Gallery Projects (600 words)
Untitled:
(March 2008) �Review: Death of Affect, Parade, London (800 words); (Jan 2008) �Review: Citadel, David Risley, London (800 words); (July 2007) �Review: Nora Schultz, Sutton Lane, London (800 words); (April 2007) �Review: Jeneau Projects, FA Projects, London (800 words); (January 2007) �Review: Sister Corita, Between Bridges, London (800 words); (October 2006) �Review: Robert Beck, Stephen Friedman Gallery, (800 words); (April 2006) �Review: Kate Davis, Dicksmith Gallery, London (700 words); (Summer 2006) �Review: Rafal Bujnowski, Norwich Gallery (800 words)
C Magazine:
(July 2007) �Review: Hibernator, Beaconsfield, London (800 words)
(January 2007) �Review: Liz Rideal, Compton Verney, UK (900 words); (July 2006) �Review: Canada, Counter Gallery, UK (800 words); (November 2006) �Review: Goshka Macuga, Liverpool Biennale, UK (800 words)
Wonderland:
(September 2006) �Feature, Surveillance in contemporary Art (1,500 words)
All Access:
(April 2007) -Feature, Tatiana Trouve (1,500 words)

Catalogues
Paul Becker (2008) �New Paintings (1,000 words), Vane, Newcastle, UK
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Nathaniel Rackowe (2008) �Building and Repair (800 words), Almine Rech, Paris
Jerome Harrington (2008) �The Glass Archive, Site Gallery, Sheffield (1,500 words)
Ali Richards (2008) �New Photographs (800 words)
Monologue / Dialogue (2008) � Bischoff/Weiss, London (500 words)
Repetition & Sequence (2007) � Jerwood, London (400 words)
Rana Begum (2007) � The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (1,000 words)
Nathaniel Rackowe (2007) � Bischoff/Weiss, London (600 words)
Fernando Aceves Humana (2007) �London (1,200 words)
Gideon Rubin (2007) �Catalogue Essay for solo exhibition, Rokeby, London (500 words)
The Invention of Solitude (2006) �Interviews with 4 Artists (1,500 words)''
Sequence and Repetition (2007) � Essay � group show 14 International artists (900 words)
Spike Island Journal (2006) �Essay -The Locality of the City (2,500 words)
Feedback 0-1 (ISSN 1744-344X) (2004) Goldsmiths in association with the Whitechapel (Article on exhibition Trackers) (1,500 words)
Trackers Catalogue (ISBN 0-9538583-5-9) (2004) Curators Foreword (2,000 words) / Artist texts �Alex Graham (500 words)/ Francis Ives (500 words)/ (Errol Perkins, Lyle Perkins, Alex Hutchins) (500 words).

Additional
Paolo Giudici �(June 2007) �Text for Royal College Postgraduate Exhibition 2007 (600 words)
Slade School of Art �(May 2007) �Text on Postgraduate Painters 2007 (650 words)
Axis -(April 2007) �Review: John Timberlake, The New Art Gallery Walsall (1,000 words)

KultureFlash
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