Cerith Wyn Evans
Cerith Wyn Evans (* 1958 in Llanelli, Wales ) is a British conceptual artist, sculptor and filmmaker.
Life
Evans studied in London at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and at the Royal College of Art , London. After graduating, he initially worked as an assistant to the British film director Derek Jarman . His early experimental films from the 1980s were shaped by his collaboration with dancers, such as Michael Clark and Leigh Bowery .
In the 1990s, Evans began to delve into sculpture, installations, and conceptual art . He was in contact with the Young British Artists . Since that time he has been represented at solo and collective exhibitions.
In 2003 he represented his native Wales at the 50th Venice Biennale in the first national pavilion of Wales. In 2011 he designed a huge large picture (176 m²) for the Vienna State Opera , which was shown in the 2011/2012 season as part of the “Iron Curtain” series of exhibitions conceived by museum in progress .
Cerith Wyn Evans lives and works in London.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2004: Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt am Main .
- 2006: Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris , Paris : In which something happens all over again for the very first time .
- 2006/2007: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich : Cerith Wyn Evans .
- 2007: Kunsthaus Graz in the Universalmuseum Joanneum , Graz, Styria, Austria: Cerith Wyn Evans: bubble peddler .
- 2008: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilia y León (MUSAC), León : Cerith Wyn Evans .
- 2009: Inverleith House, Edinburgh , Scotland .
- 2009: Tramway, Glasgow .
- 2009/2010: Cerith Wyn Evans, ... - delay , deSingel International Art Center , Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2010: Every one's gone to the movies, now we're alone at last , Mason's Yard, White Cube , London.
- 2012: Cerith Wyn Evans , De La Warr Pavilion , Bexhill-on-Sea , East Sussex , England.
- 2013: ... later on they are in a garden ... , Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Cologne .
- 2014: Cerith Wyn Evans , installation. Serpentine Gallery , London.
Participation in exhibitions (selection)
- 2002: Documenta 11
- 2003: Adorno - The Possibility of the Impossible , Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt am Main.
- 2005: 9th Istanbul Biennale
- 2008: International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama , Japan
- 2010: Aichi Triennale, Nagoya , Japan
- 2011: Secret Societies. Knowledge, dare, will, silence , Schirn Kunsthalle , Frankfurt am Main
Honors (selection)
Literature (selection)
- Hans-Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Cerith Wyn Evans . The Conversation Series 24. König, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86560-633-4 .
- Octavio Zaya (Ed.): ... visibleinvisible ; together with the MUSAC, Leon; Text: Spanish / English by Octavio Zaya and Daniel Birnbaum , Hatje Cantz Verlag, Westfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2131-8 .
- Moritz Küng (Ed.): Cerith Wyn Evans, ... - delay . Buchhandlung König, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-86560-722-5 .
- Peter Pakesch (Ed.): Cerith Wyn Evans: bubble peddler . Buchhandlung König, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-86560-208-4 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Evans, Cerith Wyn |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British conceptual artist, sculptor and filmmaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Llanelli, Wales |