Contemporary Abstract Painting, Digital Culture and Contemporary Painting, Post Structuralism/Deconstruction in Contemporary Art, Speculative Realism and Accelerationism in Contemporary Art, Ontology in Contemporary Painting, Curating Contemporary Painting
My research, which is primarily driven by my practice, is an overlaying or process-based combination of the methodologies of poured abstract painting and pop art signs. I examine the relations between the exploratory act of creating paintings, their context and presentation and how that includes an awareness of the role of digital and virtual images. The intention is to discover how, through the ontological act of making, contemporary abstract painting becomes a material activity that co-exists with and reflects digital representation. By encompassing embodied gesture, form, colour, line, chance, depth and opticality, the digital is referenced in painting by the absence of hand-gestured expression with the use of stencils and clip art alongside industrial processes and materials; flatness, layering, household paints, varnishes, spray paints and more recently, digitally reproduced photographic images.
The stencils and clip art are sourced from the internet; digital symbols, emoji’s, vanitas skulls, dice, flames, words, decorative flourishes, brush-marks, etc. (with attendant art historical or popular cultural meanings). The photographic images depict the materials and objects used in the construction of the paintings and the paints, supports and working tools are purchased from builder’s merchants. This use of utilitarian ‘non-art’ materials and symbols asks questions about the value of paintings medium specificity or the high art language of material abstract purity (Clement Greenberg) and replaces it with an expanded set of popular cultural and decorative references.
Daniel Sturgis has stated that: 'Michael Stubbs uses a process of visual layering within his paintings by placing fragments of one image on top of another, recognising how painting as a language is an unstable and frequently growing palimpsest of past positions. Stubbs builds his paintings through a dynamic coming together of bold slabs of household paint, and softer stains and pools of tinted floor varnish. He carefully orchestrates this painterly vocabulary to hint at, and interconnect with, both art historical precedents and the ever-present and encroaching digital and photographic vocabularies. Through their use of specific symbols, and in their crispness, Stubbs’s paintings allude, in part, to a flat, mediated world of changing layers and digital surfaces. However, these paintings also celebrate an opposing position, a much more raw and haphazard materiality. Perhaps this is most visible in their seamless incorporation of photographic images, pictures of tubs of household paint and varnish, which show the artist’s own working materials and processes'.
www.michaelstubbs.org
BORN:
1961, Rustington, England; Lives and Works in London and Suffolk, UK
EDUCATION:
1999-03 PhD Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
1988-90 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
1984-87 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Bath Academy of Art , UK
1978-79 Foundation Course, West Sussex College of Art & Design, Worthing, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: *denotes catalogue + denotes curator/co-curator
2024 Michael Stubbs, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, UK
2023 Michael Stubbs: studioshowflow (curated by Glenn Brown and Michael Stubbs), Crownlands Studio, Sizewell, Suffolk, UK
2021 Michael Stubbs, Palfrey Space, London, UK
2020 Michael Stubbs, Reid Building Corridor, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2017 Michael Stubbs, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, UK
2015 Fireeye Shift, From Counsel, (with Laurent Delaye Arts Projects), Bloomsbury, London, UK
Michael Stubbs, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2014 Michael Stubbs, The Avenue (with Adam Gahlin Fine Art), Mayfair, London, UK
2013 Paintings/Prints/Drawings/Collages, Cass Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2011 Fireeye Meltdown, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
2010 Michael Stubbs, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK *
2009 Virus Prints, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
Virus Drawings, Rod Barton Gallery, London, UK
2007 Michael Stubbs, Baro Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Michael Stubbs, Foyer Gallery, Space Studios, London, UK
2006 Michael Stubbs, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Michael Stubbs, Street Gallery, GlaxoSmithKline, London, UK
2005 Michael Stubbs, Marella Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
2003 PhD Exhibition, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2002 Michael Stubbs, Entwistle Gallery, London, UK
1999 Michael Stubbs, Jerwood Project Space, London, UK
Michael Stubbs, Park Restaurant, Queens Park, London, UK
1998 Michael Stubbs, Duncan Cargill Gallery, London, UK
1997 Michael Stubbs, Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art, London, UK
1996 Michael Stubbs, Lotta Hammer Gallery, London, UK
1995 2 by 1, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK
1993 Michael Stubbs, Bipasha Ghosh, London, UK
1991 Michael Stubbs, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Spotlight 4: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection of Chippenham Museum, Chippenham Museum and Art Galleries, UK
For Folk Sake, The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth , UK
Britten Pears Arts Summer Contemporary, Snape Maltings, Snape, UK
The Art of Music: Artists and Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Aldeburgh, UK
Extempore 24, Tension Fine Art, London, UK
2023 Ghosts in the Machine, Tension Fine Art, London, UK
Pacific Breeze III, White Conduits Gallery, London, UK
Dirty Synth, The Bear Presents, Camberwell, London, UK
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Rose Garden, Terrace Gallery, London, UK
Group Show, Laurent Delaye Gallery, Ramsgate, UK
2022 High on Hope: Gerard Hemsworth Memorial Exhibition, Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, UK
Host & Guest/Nick Stewart Exhibition, Palfrey Space, London, UK
Signifiance: Painting Beyond Borders, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, UK; Coleman Projects, London, UK +
2021 It's a Wrap, Laurent Delaye Gallery, Ramsgate, UK
Pacific Breeze II, White Conduits Gallery, London, UK
Trans_Formations I, Laurent Delaye Gallery, Ramsgate, UK
Shock of the Lock, Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Aldeburgh, UK
2020 Winter Salon, Laurent Delaye Gallery, Ramsgate, UK
Sharing a View: Contemporary Art from Glasgow, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China; Sichuan Institute of Fine Art, Chongqing, China *
Bath Schools of Art Alumni Show, Locksbrook Gallery, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK *
Along Those Lines, Green Room, House of St. Barnabas, London, UK
2019 Dark Lantern, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Current Display: Work from the Collection, LAM - Lisse Art Museum, Lisse, Holland
Painting at the Cass, Sir John Cass School of Art & Architecture Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2018 Not Dream of Islands, Palfrey Gallery, London, UK
Fully Awake: Teaching Painting, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK *
Superimposition, Partners & Mucciaccia Gallery, London, UK + *
Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Attercliffe TM, Sheffield, UK
Destroyed By Shadows, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, UK +
2017 Collateral Drawing Archive, Brewery Tap Project Space, University for the Creative Arts, Folkestone Triennial, UK *
The Colour Suggestion: Between Abstraction and Figuration, Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Unnatural Vibers, Unit 3, ASC Empson Street Studios, London, UK +
Print, Print, Print, Corridor Gallery, Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, UK
Show Us Your Process, House of St. Barnabas, London, UK *
2016 Works on Paper, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Generate/Alternate: John Bunker, Michael Stubbs, Unit 3, ASC Empson Street Studios, London, UK
Collateral Drawing Part IV, Waterfront Gallery, University of Ipswich, UK
2015 Back to the Future; 20 Years Galerie Hollenbach, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Works from the Collection, British Council, New Delhi, India *
Talking With Deptford, Deptford X, London, UK
Autocatalytic Future Games, No Format Gallery, London, UK
2014 When Elephants Come Marching In: Sixties Echoes in Todays Art, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands *
Bad Copy: Museums at Night, Story Museum, Cardiff, UK
Collateral Drawing, College of Art, Plymouth, UK
2013 Art Britannia – The Best of New British, Madonna Building, Miami, USA
Postcards from the Studio, Acme Project Space, London, UK
Core Purpose, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
Summer Saloon Show, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, UK
Drawing the Line, Artkapsule Editions @ Koleksiyon Showrooms, London, UK
Dirty Pop: Contemporary British Painting, & Model Gallery, Leeds, UK
The Poster Show, Mayors Parlour, Plus Art Projects, London, UK
2012 Porta Nigra: Black Gate, Hidde Van Seggelen Gallery, London, UK *
The Mayor’s Parlour, Plus Art Projects, London, UK
Pencil and Paper, Poppy Sebire Gallery, London, UK
The Seven Lamps, Lubomirov-Easton Gallery, London, UK
Butterfly Effect, Artkapsule Editions @ Koleksiyon Showrooms, London, UK *
Hallogallo, Cass Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK +
2011 Large Formats, Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Years, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Rotate, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
2010 Fast Forward: Contemporary British Art in Brazil, Sao Paulo Biennale, Cultura Inglesa: Brazilian British Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Contemporary Art III, Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gallery Display, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
Inaugural Show, Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Use & Mention, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, UK
2009 Supersurface FX, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany+
Supersurface, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK +
Paper View, John Jones Project Space, London, UK
Works on Paper, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, UK
The Sculpture Show: Oysters Ain’t, V22 Presents, London, UK
Hypersurface FX, Margini Contemporary Art, Massa, Italy +
2008 Superstratum, Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium + *
John Moores 25: Contemporary Painting, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK *
100%, Mauger Modern Art, Bath, UK
Space Now, Space Studios Gallery, London, UK
Hypersurface: Painting in a Virtual World, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK +
Hypersurface, Rod Barton Invites, London, UK +
Superscope, Monika Bobinska/Lounge Gallery, London, UK +
2007 British Painting, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Winter Exhibition, Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK
2006 Salon Connexions, Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK
Ebb and Flow Part II, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA *
John Moores 24: Contemporary Painting, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK *
Celeste Art Prize, Well Gallery, Truman Brewery, London, UK *
2005 About Painting II, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Painting: London, Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice, Italy
Gallery Artists, Baro Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ebb and Flow, Three Colts Gallery, London, UK *
2004 Showdown Painting, Hengrove Art Space, Bristol, UK
Revolution, Trailer Projects, London, UK
22, Artspace 22, London, UK
Worn Out Wash Monkeys, Powell Road, London, UK
Gallery Artists, Entwistle Gallery, London, UK
Stay Positive! Positivism and Abstraction, Marella Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy *
Collezione#1, Isabella Brancolini Gallery, Florence, Italy
2003 Godzilla, Trailer Projects, London, UK
Lexmark European Art Prize, Eye Storm Gallery, London, UK
About Painting, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Painting Per Se, Andre Millan Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Oscar Cruz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *
Gallery Artists, Entwistle Gallery, London, UK
New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany *
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK *
Post Flat: New Art From London, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA *
2002 Matt Franks, DJ Simpson, Michael Stubbs, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Gallery Artists, Entwistle Gallery, London, UK
Painting as a Foreign Language, Cultura Inglesa: Brazilian British Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil*
2001 Vivid, Richard Salmon Gallery, London, UK; Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK;
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK *
So Nearly Exotic, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland +
Teeth & Trousers, Cell Projects, London, UK
Throb, Westland Place Gallery, London, UK +
2000 Assembly, Jubilee Street, London, UK *
Include Me Out, Unit 6, London, UK
1999 Din/D-I-N, 4x4 Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Elastic Abstract, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK; Spacex Gallery, Exeter, UK *+
1998 Cluster Bomb, Morrison/Judd Gallery, London, UK
From Within, Juliet Gallery, Trieste, Italy *
British Painting in the 90’s, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Minus, Duncan Cargill Gallery, London, UK
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
1997 World of Painting, Unit Gallery, London, UK *
Renovate, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, UK
Gallery Artists, Duncan Cargill Gallery, London, UK
Traffic, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK
1996 Snuff - Tatort London, Christa Schubbe Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany *
Gallery Artists, Lotta Hammer Gallery, London, UK
Gerard Hemsworth, Paul Morrison, Michael Stubbs, Suzy Willey, Villa Dei Cesari, London, UK
Fifty Quid, Derbyshire Street Studios, London, UK
Really out of Order, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, UK; The Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Out of Order, Independent Art Space, London, UK *
Drawn From Life: WEU Presidency Exhibition; Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection, Western European Union, Brussels, Belgium *
Art 96, Curtain Road Arts at the Design Centre, London, UK *
1995 Cocaine Orgasm, BANK, London, UK
Gang Warfare, Independent Art Space; London, UK; McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, USA; Le Consortium, Dijon, France *
Hard Work - Shift 2, Exmouth Market, London, UK *
That’s not the way to do it, PS2 Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK
1994 Potato, Independent Art Space, London, UK
Miniatures, The Agency, London, UK
Punishment & Decoration, Hohenthal und Bergen Gallery, Cologne, Germany *
1993 Mandy Loves Declan 100%, Mark Boote Gallery, New York, USA * +
East, Norfolk Institute of Art & Design, Norwich, UK *
Launch, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK +
1993-97 New Voices: British Painting 1989-93, Musee National d’ Histoire et d’ Art, Luxembourg; Istanbul Greater Municipality Taksim Art Gallery, Turkey *; Ankara State Fine Arts Gallery, Turkey; Izmin State Painting & Sculpture Museum, Turkey; Centre d’Art, Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain *; Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain; Centro Cultural Galileo, Madrid, Spain; Sala de Veronicas, Murcia, Spain; Pescadera Vieja, Sala de Arte, Jerez, Spain; Kulturhistorisches Museum, Magdeborg, Germany *; National Theatre Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; Art Halls of the Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece; Cultural Centre, National Bank of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece; Russian Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia; The Museum, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia; Mirabachov Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia; House of the Black Madonna, Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic; Museum of Modern Art, Skopje, Macedonia
1992 New Voices: New Works, British Council Collection, Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels, Belgium *
Joy & Pain, ICA, Amsterdam, Netherlands *
1991 Critics View, Foyer Gallery, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Affordable Art, Connaught Brown Gallery, London, UK
Gallery Artists, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, UK
Winter ‘91, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, UK
1990 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Hommage to the Square, Flaxman Gallery, London, UK
Swimming Underwater, Imagination Design & Communication, London, UK *
MA Show, Goldsmiths College, London, UK *
76 46 01 46 British Contemporaries, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Grenoble, France
Interim, Goldsmiths Gallery, London, UK
Countdown, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
De van den Broek Foundation/Lisse Art Museum, Netherlands; UK Government Art Collection, UK; British Council, UK; BHP Oils, UK; Gibraltar Bank, Gibralter; Goldsmiths, University of London, UK; Groucho Club, UK; Kreditanstalt Fur Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt, Germany; Marsh Ltd, UK; Slough Estates, UK; BBC Soho House, London, UK; Texas Pacific, UK. Numerous private collections throughout Europe, United States and South America
SELECTED NON AUTHORED CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS:
2024 Spotlight 4: Modern and Contemporary art from the Collection of the Chippenham Museum, Chippenham Museum and Art Galleries, UK
2023 Chris Cook, Dirty Synth (e-catalogue), The Bear Presents, London, UK
2022 Julien Delagrange, Daniel Sturgis, Mo Throp, High on Hope: Gerard Hemsworth Memorial Exhibition, Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, UK
John Bunker, In Conversation with Michael Stubbs: The Cake Paintings, Turps Banana, Issue 25
2020 Carl Robinson (Ed.), DigitalPaintingPhotography II, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Publication, Illus.)
2018 Ed. Carl Robinson,‘DigitalPaintingPhotography I: Conjunction and Distinction in the Age of Media Equivalence’, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Publication, Illus.)
Ian Hartshorne, Andrew Hunt, Sean Kaye, Fully Awake: Teaching Painting, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London (Ex. Cat. Illus.)
Paul Carey-Kent, Catherine Loewe, Michael Stubbs, Superimposition, Partners & Mucciaccia Gallery, London (Ex. Cat. Illus.)
Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 38, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
2017 Paul Carey Kent, Collateral Drawing Archive, Brewery Tap Project Space, University for the Creative Arts (Ex. Cat. Illus.)
Paul Carey Kent, The Collective: Show Us Your Process, House of Saint Barnabas, Jan-June (Ex. Cat, Illus.)
2014 Mark Kremer, When Elephants Come Marching In: Sixties Echoes in Todays Art, De Appel, Amsterdam (Ex. Cat.)
2012 Mark Kremer, Porta Nigra: Black Gate, Hidde Van Seggelen Gallery, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
2011 Terry Myers (ed.), Painting: Documents of Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Gallery, London/MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts (Publication)
2010 John Chilver, Michael Stubbs, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, Illus. (Solo Exhib. Cat.)
2009 Francesco Bonami, Christoph Grunenberg, Laurence Sillars, Michael Stubbs, Glenn Brown: No Visible Means of Support, Tate Liverpool/Foundazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (Ex. Cat.)
2008 John Chilver/Perry Roberts/Michael Stubbs, Superstratum, Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Ann Bukantas, John Moores 25: Contemporary Painting, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
2006 David Buckman, Artists in Britain since 1945, Volume 2: M to Z, Art Dictionaries Ltd.
David Ryan, Ebb and Flow Pt. II, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
2005 David Ryan, Interweave, Ebb & Flow, Three Colts Gallery, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
2004 Primo Marella, Stay Positive, Marella Contemporary Art, Milan, Illus. (Ex. Cat)
2003 Gerard Hemsworth & Suhail Malik, Painting Per Se, Andre Millan Gallery, Sao Paulo; Oscar Cruz Gallery, Rio DeJaneiro, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Ute Riese, New Abstract Painting; Painting Abstract Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Frederick Cuming, Royal Academy Illustrated 2003, Selection from 235th Summer Exhibition, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Barry Schwabsky, Post Flat, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
2002 David Ryan, Vivid, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, Coventry; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Suhail Malik, Painting as a Foreign Language, Centro Britanico Barzsiliero, Sao Paulo, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
2000 Bank Publications, BANK Shows 1991-2000, (Cocaine Orgasm), Illus. (Publication)
1999 Tom Trevor, Elastic Abstract, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Stuart Morgan, Out of Order, IAS, London; John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection, Western European Union, Brussels, Front Cover, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
1995 Adrian Searle, Works for a Complex Age, New Voices, Germany/Romania, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Michael Corris, Gang Warfare, IAS, London, McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, Le Consortium, Dijon (Ex. Cat.)
1994 Michael Corris, Punishment & Decoration, Hohenthal und Bergen Gallery, Cologne, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
1993 Stuart Morgan, Mandy Loves Declan 100%, Mark Boote Gallery, New York, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Gill Hedley & Andrea Rose, New Voices, British Painting 1989-93, British Council, Turkey/Spain, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Linda Morris, East, Norfolk Institute of Art & Design, Norwich, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
1992 Gill Hedley & Andrea Rose, New Voices, British Council, Belgium/Luxembourg, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Mark Kremer, Joy & Pain, ICA, Amsterdam (Ex. Cat.)
1990 Dick Hebdige & Nicholas DeVille, The Concept,The Business,The Art, (Design - Art’s Anxiety)
Swimming Underwater, London (Ex. Cat.)
Mark Kremer, Resistance, Phantasmagorias & Curls, MA Show Catalogue, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
CURATED EXHIBITIONS: *denotes catalogue + denotes solo curator
2023. Ghosts in the Machine, Tension Fine Art, London, UK
Co-Curator Ken Turner
(Peter Lamb, Angle Lautiere, Marylyn Molisso, Laurence Noga, Michael Stubbs, Ken Turner, Mark Wallinger)
2022 Signifiance, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK
Co-Curator: John Bunker
(John Bunker, John Chilver, Phil Frankland, Gunther Herbst, Peter Lamb, Charley Peters, Simon Pike, Jessica Power, Michael Stubbs, Mark Wright)
2018 Superimposition, Partners & Mucciaccia Gallery, London, UK *
Co-curator: Catherine Loewe
(Paul Morrison, Barry Reigate, Michael Stubbs, Mark Titchner)
Destroyed By Shadows, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Co-Curator: John Bunker
(Dominic Beatte, John Bunker, Neil Gall, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Peter Lamb, Selma Parlour, DJ Simpson, Michael Stubbs, Shaan Syed, Caragh Thuring, Vicky Wright, Clare Woods)
2017 Unnatural Vibers, Unit 3, ASC Empson Street Studios, London, UK
Co-Curator: John Bunker
(Dominic Beattie, John Bunker, Peter Lamb, Michael Stubbs, Vicky Wright)
2012 , Hallogallo, Sir John Cass Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
Co-Curators: Sean Dawson, Andrea Medjesi-Jones
(Stuart Cumberland, Sean Dawson, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Michael Stubbs, Dolly Thompsett, Vicky Wright)
2009 Supersurface, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany +
(Andrew Bick, Alexis Harding, Jane Harris, Michael Stubbs)
Hypersurface FX, Margini Contemporary Art, Massa, Italy +
(Mie Olise Kjaergaard, Ian Monroe, Jost Muenster, Perry Roberts, Michael Stubbs)
2008 Superstratum, Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium *
Co-Curator: Perry Roberts
(Cedric Christie, Arturo Herrera, Joyce Kim, Imi Knoebel, Perry Roberts, Danny Rolph, Adrian Schiess, Michael Stubbs, Clare Woods)
Hypersurface: Painting in a Virtual World, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK +
(Diann Bauer, Ian Monroe, Jost Muenster, Perry Roberts, Danny Rolph, DJ Simpson, Michael Stubbs, Caragh Thuring).
Hypersurface, Rod Barton Invites, London, UK +
(Ian Monroe, Michael Stubbs, Caragh Thuring)
Superscope, Lounge Gallery, London, UK
Co-Curators: Jost Muenster, Piers Secunda
(Twan Janssen, Klaus Kloesterboer, Brendan Lyons, Bob Matthews, Jost Muenster, Piers Secunda, Michael Stubbs, DJ Simpson, Caragh Thuring)
2004 Juicy 2, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK +
(Bath Spa University BA (Hons) Students)
2002 Matt Franks, DJ Simpson, Michael Stubbs, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany +
2001 Throb, Westland Place Gallery, London, UK +
(Matt Franks, Florian Balze, Ben Prushkin, Gary Simmonds, Michael Stubbs, Julia Warr)
So Nearly Exotic, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland +
(Goldsmiths, Fine Art MA & Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts Students).
2000 Juicy, Goldsmiths College - London, UK +
(Goldsmiths MA Fine Art Students)
1999 Elastic Abstract, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK; Spacex Gallery, Exeter, UK *
Co-Curator: Alex Landrum
(Mark Cannon, Michelle Fierro, Pascal Hervey, Phil King, Alex Landrum, DJ Simpson, Michael Stubbs)
1996 Art 96, Curtain Road Arts at the Design Centre, London, UK. *
(Artists/Curators: Dermot O’Brien, Glenn Brown, Angela Bulloch, Andrea Fisher, Anya Gallaccio, Dan Hays, Stephen Hughes, Alex Landrum, Marielle Neudecker, Cornelia Parker, Emma Smith, Michael, Stubbs)
1993 Mandy Loves Declan 100%, Mark Boote Gallery, New York, USA *
Co-Curators: Glenn Brown, Stephen Hughes, Alex Landrum
(Glenn Brown, Adam Chodzko, Keith Coventry, Anya Gallaccio, Stephen Glynn, Siobhan Hapaska, Stephen Hughes, Alex Landrum, Michael Stubbs, Mark Wallinger, Gillian Wearing) *
Launch, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK
(Artists/Curators: Dermot O’Brien, Glenn Brown, Andrea Fisher, Anya Gallaccio, Dan Hays, Stephen Hughes, Alex Landrum, Marielle Neudecker, Emma Smith, Michael Stubbs)
AUTHORED PUBLISHING:
2020 Conference Paper and Chapter: Transference and the Screen: Digital Embodiment in Contemporary Abstract Painting, Digital-Painting-Photography, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK
Conference Paper: Teaching Undergraduates, - Digital Embodiment in Contemporary Painting: Ontology, Making and the Screen, Teaching Painting: Painting the New, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2011 Essay: The Role of the Artist’s Studio, Pigeon Art Magazine; Studio Edition, Autumn
2009 Essay (solo exhibition catalogue): Glenn Brown: ‘No Visible Means of Support’, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK; Foundazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Feature: Gerard Hemsworth: 'A Question of Rhetoric', Turps Banana, Issue 5, October-March
Review: Tipping Point: Abstract Painting, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, Turps Banana, Issue 4, April-September
PHD:
2003 Digital Embodiment in Contemporary Abstract Painting, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. (Examiners: Dean. Thomas Lawson, CalArts, Los Angeles, USA & Dr. Andrew Renton, Slade School of Art, University of London, UK)
EXTERNAL EXAMINING:
2018-21 MA Fine Art, Bath Spa University, UK
FRACTIONAL LECTURER EMPLOYMENT:
2020-Present Reader in Contemporary Painting, Glasgow School of Art/Glasgow University
2015-2020 0.6 Lecturer: BA (Hons) Fine Art - Painting & Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art, UK
2014-16 0.2 Associate Lecturer: BA (Hons) Fine Art – Painting Dissertations/Lectures, Camberwell, University of the Arts, London, UK
2010-2018 0.2 Hourly Paid Lecturer: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Cass School of Art and Architecture, London Metropolitan University, UK
2002-04 0.72 Associate Lecturer: BA (Hons)/MA Fine Art - Painting, Bath Spa University College ,UK
2002-03 0.2 PhD Voluntary Student: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
1999-02 0.2 PhD Bursary Student: MA Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
REGULAR VISITING LECTURER EMPLOYMENT:
2008-12 BA (Hons)/MA Fine Art - Painting, Bath Spa University, UK
2006-10 Post-Graduate Diploma Fine Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2004-10 BA (Hons), Abstraction and Construction, Kent University, Canterbury, UK
2004-06 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London, UK
1991-09 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
OCCASIONAL LECTURER EMPLOYMENT:
1990 - Present Bath College of Higher Education, BA (Hons), UK
Bath Spa University, BA (Hons), UK
Brighton University, BA (Hons), UK
Byam Shaw School of Art, London, BA (Hons) Fine Art, UK
Buckingham/Chilterns University College, BA (Hons), UK
Camberwell School of Art, London, BA (Joint Hons), UK
Camberwell School of Art, London, BA (Hons), UK
Glasgow School of Art, BA (Hons)/MA/PhD Fine Art, UK
Goldsmiths, London, BA (Hons) Art & Art History, UK
Goldsmiths, London, Pre Post-Grad Diploma, UK
Goldsmiths, London, PhD, UK
Gray’s School of Art/Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, BA (Hons), UK
Hertfordshire University, Hertford, BA (Hons)/MA, UK
Kingston University, London, BA (Hons), UK
Loughborough College of Art & Design, BA (Hons), UK
Liverpool Hope University (BA Hons), UK
Northampton University, BA (Hons), UK
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Experimental Arts, Canada
Oxford-Brookes University, BA (Joint Hons), UK
Sao Paulo University, Fine Art, Brazil
Sir John Cass, London Metropolitan University, BA (Hons), UK
Southwark College, London, Foundation Course, UK
University of East London, BA (Hons), UK
