Zoe Mendelson

Page 1 | Biography

Born: London UK
Lives: London UK

Education


2009 - ongoing: AHRC funded PhD, Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London
1998 � 2000: MA, Painting, Royal College of Art, London
1995 � 1998: BA Hons Fine Art, Painting, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1994 � 1995: Foundation Course in Art and Design, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester

Selected Residencies:

Summer 2007: Artist�s residency at Plane Space, New York
Summer 2006: Artist�s residency at Galerie Schleicher + Lange, Paris
Summer 2005: Artist�s residency at the Millais Gallery, Southampton
2002 � 3: Painting Fellowship at the University of Gloucestershire

Awards:

Oct 2009 � Sept 2012: AHRC doctoral award at University of the Arts, London
November 2007: Grants for the Arts Award through Arts Council England towards the making of a large scale interactive installation

Solo Exhibitions (since 2004):

Jan 2009: Lie Detector, Act 1, Illusion, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, Paris
Jan 2009: Lie Detector, Act 2, Delusion, Galerie Schleicher + Lange, Paris
Jan 2009: Lie Detector, Act 3, A third show in a virtual realm which connected the two above performatively.
Feb 2008: Headspace, solo show, Collections de Saint Cyprien, France
Sept 2007: In-patient, Plane Space Gallery, New York
Feb 2007: Archival Loot, Gas gallery, Turin, Italy
Sept 2006: Wunderkammer, Galerie Schleicher + Lange, Paris
March 2006: Seven Histories of the Island, Galerie Kapinos, Berlin
March 2006: Fiction Section, Mogadishni, Copenhagen
Sept 2005: Pavilion, Millais Gallery, Southampton
April/May 2005: P�s and Q�s, Rokeby, London
Nov 2004: Manners, Galerie Schleicher+Lange, Paris, France

Selected Group Exhibitions (since 2004):

Nov 2010: Pile, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, as part of Sideshow 2010, then touring to Chapter, Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Cardiff, Wales
Sept 2010: Diepsel, Galerie 37, Haarlem, The Netherlands, as part of the 3rd International Madness and Arts Festival
July 2010: Waiting Room, Two-person show with Eyal Sasson, MH Muncipal Gallery, Givatayim, Israel
Oct 2008: Waaoohh!, CRAC, Alsace, France
Sept 2008: Precious Things, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
June 2008: Summer 2008, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
March 2008: Oh Vienna , self-curated two-person show with Joel Tomlin at Transition, London. Recipient of Arts Council England funding.
Jan 2008: Same as It Ever Was, The Arts Gallery, London
Jan 2007: Maniera, Techniques et Persuasion, MCNN, Nevers, France
Jan 2007: Ophelia�s World,, Kunst Galleria Museo, Bolzano, Italy
Oct 2006: The Square Root of Drawing, Gallery Temple Bar, Dublin
Sept 2006: Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006, travelling show, UK
May 2006: Fable, three-person show, Chapter, Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Cardiff, Wales
June 2005: J�en R�ve, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
May 2005: Aller, Retour, Galerie Schleicher + Lange, Paris
Sept 2004: Year Zero, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland

Permanent work:

From July 2010: Four permanent installations at Town Hall Hotel and Apartments, London, co-commissioned and curated by Arts Admin.

June 2007: Fondation Cartier artist�s commission: on-line exhibition: The Love Project; The Envelope Machine.

Selected Editorial:

May 2008: Cover image for Garageland magazine, UK
July 2007: Drawing in Fash n Riot magazine no. 4, UK
March 2007: Works published in Zoetrope All-story, USA curated by Will Oldham
Dec 2006: Commissioned work for Stiletto magazine, France
July 2006: Fondation Cartier artist�s commission for cover of 2007 Cartier diary
July 2006: Drawings and text in �Lovely Daze� magazine, New York
June 2005: Drawing commissioned for Modern Painters magazine
May 2005: Long Time Coming, limited edition signed print in portfolio
April 2004: Drawings in Some Mild Peril published by Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
May 2002: Series of drawings published in Purple magazine, France
January 2002: Drawing in Fash n Riot magazine no. 1, UK

Selected Books and Catalogues (since 2005):

March 2010: Transplantations issue, 4 artists� pages in The Journal of Performance Research (ed. P. Warnell), pub. Routledge.
July 2007: Updated essay for 2008 edition of The Artists� Yearbook published by Thames and Hudson (first published 2007), UK
Feb 2007: �Fable� catalogue, Chapter, Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Cardiff, Wales.
Sept 2006: Jerwood Drawing Prize catalogue, UK
July 2006: Essay for 2007 edition of The Artists� Yearbook published by Thames and Hudson, UK
June 2005: J�en R�ve catalogue, Fondation Cartier, Paris, Fance

Teaching

2005 � present: Associate lecturer, BA Fine Art (2D pathway) at Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London
2008 � present: Associate lecturer, BA Fine Art, Painting at Wimbledon College of Art and Design, London
2008 � 2009: Associate lecturer, BA Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University
2000 � 2006: Lecturer, BA Fine Art, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham

Lectures/Performance

2010: Edinburgh Festival Pecha Kucha, Inspace, Edinburgh, curated by Gordon Duffy
2009: Performance at SIN PODIUM, The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading curated by Neil Chapman and David Stent
2009: Leeds Metropolitan University (BA Fine Art lecture series)
2008: Broadway Live, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
2005: Southampton Solent University
2003: University of Derby (BA Fine Art lecture series)