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,more...
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
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:
2023 Disruptors, ASC Empson Street Studios, London, UK
Instant Loveland, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK
Rose Garden, Terrace Gallery, London, 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
ART FAIRS
2016 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
2015 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Vienna, Austria: Hollenbach Gallery
2014 Bologna, Italy; Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Sao Paulo, Brazil : Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
2013 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Art Paris, France: Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
Sao Paulo, Brazil: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Art Rio, Brazil: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Sluice Art Fair London, UK: Lion and Lamb Gallery, London
2012 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
2011 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Mexico City, Mexico: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Houston, USA: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
20/21 British Art Fair - London, UK: Laurent Delaye Gallery,
London
2010 London Art Fair, UK: Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Karlsruhe, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Vienna, Austria: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Sao Paulo, Brazil: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
2009 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Karlsruhe, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Vienna, Austria: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Bolzano, Italy: Margini Contemporary Art, Massa
2008 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Cologne, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Sao Paulo, Brazil: BaroCruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Art London, UK: Mauger Modern, Bath
Miami Pulse, USA: BaroCruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
2007 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Sao Paulo, Brazil: BaroCruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Cologne, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Vienna, Austria: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
2006 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Bologna, Italy: Marella Contemporary Art, Milan
Karlsruhe, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
MiArt - Milan, Italy: Marella Contemporary Art
Vienna, Austria: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
2005 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Bologna, Italy: Marella Contemporary Art, Milan
Vienna, Austria: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Sao Paulo, Brazil: BaroCruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
MiArt - Milan, Italy: Marella Contemporary Art, Milan
Zurich, Switzerland: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
2004 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Bologna, Italy: Marella Contemporary Art, Milan
The Armoury Show - New York, USA: Entwistle Gallery,
London
MiArt - Milan, Italy: Isabella Brancoloni Gallery, Florence
Scope - London, UK: Marella Contemporary Art, Milan
Zurich, Switzerland: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
2003 Bologna, Italy: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Arco - Madrid, Spain: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Brussels, Belgium: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Sao Paulo, Brazil: Oscar Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo
Frieze - London, UK: Entwistle Gallery, London
2002 The Armoury Show - New York, USA: Entwistle Gallery,
London
Berlin, Germany: Entwistle Gallery, London
2001 Berlin, Germany: Entwistle Gallery, London
1999 Frankfurt, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
Berlin, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
1998 Art 98, UK: London Contemporary Art Fair, Duncan Cargill
Gallery, London
Berlin, Germany: Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart
1996 Turin, Italy: Lotta Hammer Gallery, London
PUBLICATIONS:
2022 Magnus Quaiffe, Mark Wright, Teaching Painting International: Painting the New, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Publication, Illus.)
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.)
2016 Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 37, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
2014 Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 36, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
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.)
Juan Bolivar, The Butterfly Effect, Artkapsule Editions @ Koleksiyon Showrooms, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 35, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
2011 Terry Myers (ed.), Painting: Documents of Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Gallery, London/MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts (Publication)
Rebecca Field, Tamsin Devereaux, Michael Stubbs, The Role of the Artists' Studio in Student and Professional Life, Pigeon: Studio Issue, No. 1, Oct.
Tamsin Devereaux, Short Studio Film: Michael Stubbs, www.vimeo.com
2010 Ernesto Leal, Paul Sakoilsky, East End Promise; 1985-2000, Red Gallery, London (Ex. Cat.)
Aloisio Cravo, Leilao De Arte, 1 Sept, Illus. (Auction/Ex. Cat.)
John Chilver, Michael Stubbs, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, Illus. (Solo Exhib. Cat.)
Bologna: Art Fair 2009, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 34, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
2009 Now: Art of the 21st Century, Phillips De Pury, London, 26 Sept, Illus. (Auction/Ex. Cat.)
Art Alarm 10: Stuttgart, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Illus. (Publication)
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.)
Saturday @ Phillips, Philips De Pury, London, 15 Mar, Illus. (Auction/Ex. Cat.)
Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 33, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
2007 Marino Golinelli Collection, Phillips De Pury, London, 13 Oct, Illus. (Auction/Ex. Cat.)
Post War & Contemporary Art, Christies, London, 5 April, Illus. (Auction Cat.)
Cologne Art Fair, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, 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.)
Ludger Hunnekens, Art Alarm 7: Stuttgart, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Illus. (Publication)
Ann Bukantas, John Moores 24: Contemporary Painting, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Goldsmiths Curatorial Programme, Celeste Art Prize 2006, Well Gallery, Truman Brewery, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Viennafair: Art Fair 2006, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 32, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
2005 David Ryan, Interweave, Ebb & Flow, Three Colts Gallery, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
2004 Tara Cranswick, 22, Artspace 22, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Primo Marella, Stay Positive, Marella Contemporary Art, Milan, Illus. (Ex. Cat)
Charles Baile de Laperriere, Who’s Who in Art - Edition 31, Hillmarton Manor Press (Publication)
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 Space Studios, Space Cooks, Artist Recipes, London, Illus. (Publication)
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)
Assembly, Stepney City, London, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
1999 Tom Trevor, Elastic Abstract, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
1998 Paulo Cecchetto, From Within, Juliet Gallery, Trieste, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
1997 Neil Zakiewicz, Blind Data (World of Painting),Unit publications, London, Illus. (Publication)
Angela Murray, Positive Denial, ‘Hello’, Interview with Michael Stubbs, RCA publications, Illus. (Publication)
1996 Malcolm Quinn, Snuff - Tatort London, Christa Schubbe Gallery, Dusseldorf, 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.)
Liam Gillick, Calendar 1996, Curtain Road Arts, Illus. (Publication)
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.)
Godfrey Worsdale, Hard Work - Shift 2, 43 Exmouth Market, London EC1, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
1994 Michael Corris, Punishment & Decoration, Hohenthal und Bergen Gallery, Cologne, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Undiscovered Country, Untitled Video Project, Untelevision Video Magazine, May (Publication)
1993 Stuart Morgan, Mandy Loves Declan 100%, Mark Boote Gallery, New York, Illus. (Ex. Cat.)
Angie Daniell, Mandy Loves Declan 100%, complilation video project for exhibition, Mark Boote Gallery, New York (Publication) *
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.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2022 Michael Stubbs: The Cake Paintings, John Bunker in Conversation with Michael Stubbs, Turp Banana, Issue 25, January-June
2020 David White, Glasgow School of Art: Michael Stubbs-Small Scale Works, artmag.co.uk, 10 Jan, Illus.
2019 Magda Wisniowska, 'Dark Latern’ @ Knust x Kunz hosting Attercliffe™, Sheffield, UK, porcile.org, Sept.
2018 John Bunker, Michael Stubbs in Conversation with John Bunker,, instantloveland.com, 19 Oct, Illus.
Robing Greenwood, On Critical Mess, Abcrit.org, 9 June
Paul Carey-Kent, Superimposition: London Gallery Exhibitions July, artlyst.com, July
Sam Stevenson, Contemporary British artists stage group show at Partners & Mucciaccia Gallery, London, Art & Collections International, June, Illus.
Superimposition: Mayfair Art Weekend Gallery HOP! Art Review, June
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Superimposition, Wall Street Internaional, 2 June, Illus.
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Sperimposition: Hidden Depths, Hedge Magazine, Shorts: Picture This, June, Illus.
Samantha Browne, Destroyed By Shadows, artinliverpool.com, 5 Mar
2017 Paula Cruz, The Colour Suggestion: Between Abstraction and Figuration, boldesarte.com, 16 May
Giuseppe Marasco, Unnatural Vibers: The Accelerated Collage and the City, artbible.co, 9 May, Illus.
Geoff Hands, Unnatural Vibers, abcrit.com, 9 May, Illus.
Paul Carey Kent, The Other Side of the Process, paulsartworld.blogspot.co.uk, 28 Mar
2016 Paul Carey Kent, Show Us Your Process, paulsartworld.blogspot.co.uk, 19 Dec, Illus.
The Cass School of Art Summer Show, Artists Newsletter, static.a-n.co.uk, June
Artists reveal all at University Campus, East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk, 5 Jan
2015 10 Openings This Week: Michael Stubbs: Fireeye Shift, From Counsel, mutualart.com, 16 Sept, Illus.
Paul Carey-Kent, The Richard Diebenkorn Discussion, paulsartworld.blogspot.co.uk, 28 May, Illus.
Paul Carey-Kent, Richard Diebenkorn at the Royal Academy: Six Painters on a Painters’ Painter, artcritcal.co.uk, 4 May, Illus.
2014 When Elephants Come Marching In: Sixties Echoes in Todays Art, De Appel, Amsterdam, artnews.org, 24 Oct
Sandra Smeets, Hippiekunst Voor Onze Tijd: When Elephants Come Marching In NRC Handelsblad, 8 Oct
When Elephants Come Marching In @ De Appel, Kunstbeeld, 8 Oct
2013 James Hassall, Pop Michael Stubbs Pop, jameshassell.co.uk, 21 June, Illus.
John Bunker, Modernist Manoeuvers and Pop Paradox: Michael Stubbs on the ‘Highs and ‘Lows’ of his Abstract Paintings, (Interview), abstractcritical.com, 12 Jun, Illus.
Sam Cornish, Paintings by Francesca Di Mattio and Alejandro Ospina, abstract critical.com, 25 April
John Bunker, Michael Stubbs at Cass Gallery, abstractcritical.com, 26 Feb, Illus.
Bridie Hall, Michael Stubbs-Artist, bridiehall.com, 25 Feb, Illus.
Michael Stubbs, Solo Exhibition at the Cass Gallery, artrabbit.com, Feb
Abstract Art on in February, abstractcritical.com, 6 Feb, Illus.
2012 Paul Cary-Kent, Porta Nigra @ Hidde van Seggelen, paulsartworld.blogspot.co.uk, Dec, Illus.
David Nicholls, Design Notebook: Perk up your Walls: Artkapsule, Telegraph Magazine, 25 Aug, Illus.
Mark Westall, Pencil and Paper at Poppy Sebire, fadmagazine.com, 23 June
2011 Skye Sherwin, Frieze week: Recommendations for the best of the rest, guardian.co.uk (art and design), 11 Oct
Martin Herbert, Now See This: Michael Stubbs at Laurent Delaye, Art Review, isuue 53, Oct, Illus.
Tyler Rudick, Going to the Houston Fine Art Fair? Here are some highlights, www.houston.culturemap.com, 17 Sep
Roya Nikkhah, Floor varnish and old newspapers – the Government’s spending spree on new art, Daily Telegraph Online, www.telegraph.co.uk, 22 Aug
2010 Andre Biernath, Shows in Sao Paulo brings together big names in British Art, Andrebiernath.blogspot.com, 20 Nov
Michael Stubbs Opens at Laurent Delaye, artdaily.com, 10 June, illus.
Paul Carey-Kent, Michael Stubbs @ Laurent Delaye, paulsartworld.blogspot.co.uk, 13 June
Barnabas Bencsik, Glenn Brown-The painting of Mash-Up Culture, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Feb (Ex. Brochure)
2009 Paul Carey-Kent, Supersurface: Best 20 Commercial Shows 2009, paulsartworld.blogspot.com, Dec
Laraine Clay, Artists Snap Up Studios, East End Life, 7-13 Dec, Issue 788 (Illus.)
Natasha Degen, Glenn Brown, Tate Liverpool, Artforum (Previews), Jan, Voll.XLVII, No.5
2008 Michael Stubbs (writer), Gerard Hemsworth: A Question of Rhetoric, Turps Banana, Issue 5, Nov-Mar, Illus.
Marc Holthof, Superstratum, Koraalberg Gallery, (H)ART, 13 Nov
Sandra Gibson, John Moores 25, catalystmedia.org.uk (Nerve), Oct 2
Peter Lewis, Exhibition Hypersurface, Ovada Gallery, Oxford, slashseconds.org, Issue 9, Oct, Illus.
David Trigg, The Best of Bath Art at the 100% Show, Mauger Gallery, metro.co.uk (Metrolife), Jun 23
Cherry Smyth, Superscope, Lounge Gallery, Art Monthly, no.314, Mar, Illus.
Sarah Douglas, Hypersurface, Rod Barton Invites, Turps Banana, Issue 4, Apr - Oct, Illus.
Michael Stubbs (writer), Tipping Point, Purdy Hicks Gallery, Turps Banana, Issue 4, Apr - Oct
Patricia Bickers (ed.), London’s Early Worms: Hypersurface Rod Barton Invites, Art Monthly, no.313, Feb
Lucy Davies, Hypersurface, flavorpill.com, Feb
2007 Livia Paldi, It’s OK to be in the Shade: Interview with Mark Kremer, www.exindex.hu, 5 Aug
Michael Stubbs in Brazil, BaroCruz Gallery, O Paralelo Cultural Journal, bolsadearte.com, 26 April
Johanna Hofleitner, Viennafair; Wer hat was von Exoten gesagt?, Die Presse-Kultur Spezial, 20 April, Front Cover Illus.
Janet Owen Driggs, Ebb and Flow, Art US, Jan/Feb
2006 Georg Leisten, Puddles of Paint/Lakes of Varnish; Michael Stubbs at Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 12 Oct
Lina Nilsson, Lucky 52 artists wait for John Moores judgement, Liverpool Daily Post, 5 Sep
Stille Wasser, Gruppenschau bei Hollenbach, About Painting, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 13 Jan
2005 Harald Kramer, Kunst Zurich 05, Der Elfte Versuch, Art Magazine, 11 Nov
Francesca Ricci, Michael Stubbs at Marella Gallery, exhibart.com, 19 July
Ada Masoera, Michael Stubbs at Marella Gallery, IL Giornale Dell’ Arte, no.245, July/Aug
Resonance FM Radio, Burri, Fontana, Manzoni, Broadcast 26 May
2004 John Rennie, The East End’s Academy of Art, East End Life, issue 512, 14 -20 June
Eleonora Battiston, Stay Positive! Segno Arte Contemporanea, Anno 29, no.196, May/June
Stay Positive! Tuttomilano Supplement, De la Republica Milano, no.364, 4-10 Mar
Marta Lineages, Collezione #1, benicultural.com, 13 Feb
2003 Matthias Weiss, Verletzte Bild-Haut, ‘New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now’, Westfalischer Anzeiger, 7 Aug
New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now, Heinz Wuppertal, 15 Jul
New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now, Heinz, July
Sotiris Kyriacou, New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract now, Previews, Contemporary, no.52
Ricardo Moreno, Nova Safre Londrina, ‘Painting Per Se’, Veja Sao Paulo, 2 Jul
Paula Alzugaray, Painting Per Se, Isto E Gente, 30 Jun, Illus.
Maria Hirzman, Os Multiples Caminhos da Painting, ‘Painting Per Se’, Estado de Sao Paulo, 24 Jun
Sotiris Kyriacou, Painting Per Se, Previews, Contemporary, no.51
Edith Newhall, “Post Flat: New Art from London”, Art News, April
Edward J. Sozanski, Post Flat: New Art from London, Philadelphia Inquiry, 31 Jan
Sarah Douglas, Post Flat: New Art from London, Art Newspaper, Feb
Lori Hill, First Friday Focus, ‘Post Flat’, City Paper, 2 Jan
2002 Matt Franks, DJ Simpson, Michael Stubbs, Stuttgarter Zeitung, no. 296, 21 Dec
Stephen Foster, Painting as a Foreign Language, Contemporary, Summer
Gail Nina Anderson, Oh Look - Painting is Back on the Menu, ‘Vivid’, THE, July
Rich Jevons, Brushstrokes Battle Back, ‘Vivid’, Metro Newspaper, 24 July
Emma Safe, The New Abstract Agenda, ‘Vivid’, Metro Life, 16 May
Peter McCarthy, Take a Glimpse into a Forgotton World, ‘Vivid’, Leamington Spa Courier, 10 May
David Freak, Vivid Imagination, ‘Vivid’, What’s On (Birmingham), 27 Apr-10 May
Alistair Flitchet, Bored and Dumb? Andy Warhol Retrospective; Tate Modern, tangents.co.uk.net, April
Painting as a Foreign Language, Veja Sao Paulo, 27 Mar, Illus.
Geraldo Galvao Ferraz, A Pintura Nao Morreu. Confira, ’Painting as a Foreign Language’, Jornal da Tarde, (sp variedades), 23 Mar, Illus.
Richard Dyer, Michael Stubbs at Entwistle, Contemporary, (International News, London), March
Helen Sumpter, Michael Stubbs at Entwistle, (Hot Tickets, Galleries), Evening Standard, 1-7 Feb
Beth Mears, Michael Stubbs at Entwistle, bowieart.com (News), 4 Feb, Illus.
See This, (Top 5), Michael Stubbs at Entwistle, The Guardian (Guide), 2-8 Feb
David Ryan, Thinking in the Abstract, ‘Vivid’, Contemporary, Feb
Morgan Falconer, Michael Stubbs at Entwistle, What’s On in London, 23-30 Jan, Illus.
Sally O’Reilly, Michael Stubbs at Entwistle, Time Out, 23-30 Jan, Illus.
Jessica Lack, Michael Stubbs at Entwistle, The Guardian, (G2, Pick of the Week), 21 Jan
Martin Herbert, Vivid, Time Out, 6-16 Jan
2001 Michael Stubbs at Throb, Westland Place Gallery, Time Out, 9-16 May, Illus.
Beth Mears, Throb, bowieart.com (News), 17 April, Illus.
1999 Kathryn Flett, Art School 99, Sunday Observer, (The Review, Television), 5 Dec
Deborah Robinson, Elastic Abstract, AN (Artists Newsletter), Nov
Richard Reynolds, Elastic Abstract, Flash Art, Vol. XXXII no.208, Oct
Hannah Wingrave, Elastic Abstract, Exeter Flying Post, no.241, Oct
Elastic Abstract, Exeter Flying Post, no. 240, Sept.Illus.
Louisa Buck, Elastic Abstract, Art Newspaper (London Calling, Gallery Choice) June
Paul Morrison, Bonjour Monsieur Caulfield, Contemporary Visual Arts, no.22, April
1998 Breites Spektrum, ‘British Painting in the 90’s’, Stuttgarter Zeitung, no. 267, 18 Nov
Rainer Vogt, Englische Stoffe. Aha. ‘British Painting in the 90’s’, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 31 Oct
Lorenzo Michelli, Ecco gli Inglesi: lanuova suspence, ‘From Within’, Il Piccolo, 20 Oct
Nove artisti in collettiva negli spazi della “Juliet”, ‘From Within’, Il Mercatino, 3-9 Oct
Martin Herbert, Minus, Time Out, 26-2 Aug/Sept
Paul Morrison, Michael Stubbs at Duncan Cargill, Contemporary Visual Arts, no.19, Illus.
Martin Coomer, Whitechapel Open, Time Out, 15-22 April
William Feaver, Whitechapel Open, Sunday Observer (The Review, Art) 5 April
Art Parents, Video interview for Whitechapel Open
Chris Rubino, Insider Dealing-Second Helping, ‘Michael Stubbs at Duncan Cargill’, London Mag; Museums and Galleries, Feb/Mar, Illus.
Zoe Williams, Michael Stubbs at Duncan Cargill, (Hot Tickets, Galleries), Evening Standard, 16 Jan
Steve Rushton, Dead again? - World of Painting, E (Everything) 2:2 Vol.2, Issue 2
Ben Judd, World of Painting, Flash Art, Vol. XXX, no.198, Jan/Feb
1997 Gemma De Cruz, World of Painting, John Jones Art Bulletin, Issue 4, Winter
Anne de Charmant, Le Soliel se Leve sur l’East End, Museart (Galleries), no.66, Jan
1996 Lena Lindaurova, Strucny Atlas Miade Ostrovni Malby, ‘New Voices’, 14 Dec, Illus.
Nove Hlasy ve Sarych Pokojich, ‘New Voices’, Hospodarske Noving, 13 Dec, Illus.
Mark Pokorny, Nove Hlasy Z Britanie je Slyset I V Praze, ‘New Voices’, Mlada Fronta Dnes, 6 Dec
Oliver Bennett, Next Stop the Ministry of Sound, Independent on Sunday, (Real life), 3 Nov
Sacha Craddock, Around the Galleries, ‘Michael Stubbs at Lotta Hammer’, The Times, 30 July
Andrew Lambirth, Michael Stubbs at Lotta Hammer, What’s On In London, 24-31 July, Illus.
Mark Currah, Michael Stubbs at Lotta Hammer, Time Out, 24-31 July, Illus.
Helen Castell, Technology Meets Art the UK Way, ‘New Voices’, Athens Art & Entertainment News, 29 Feb
New Voices from Britain, Athens News, 18 Feb
1995 Gunter Kowa, Inselreich der Abweichler Irritiert den Gewohuten Blick, ‘New Voices’, Mittelduetsche Zeitung, 28 Oct
Adrian Glew, SoHo not So-So - Avant Garde Art in London, Don’t Tell It, Issue 8, Aug/Sept
Jane Withers, The Art Collection of Nicola Jacobs, Vogue, July, Illus.
Martin Coomer, 2 by 1, Alex Landrum, Michael Stubbs, Time Out, 24-31 May
Adrian Searle, Hardwork, Time Out, 16-23 May
1994 Noemi Smolik, Punishment & Decoration, Kunst Forum International, no.127, July/Sept, Illus.
Amine Haase, Gedrangel der Kunstwerke, ‘Punishment & Decoration’, Kolner Stadt Unzeiger,
30 May/April 1
Flash Art News-Galleries Europe, Punishment and Decoration, Flash Art, Vol.XXVII, no.176, May/June
Xavier Saenz de Gorba, British Painting, 1989-92, ‘New Voices’, Deia, 22 May
G. Agirre, Ahots Berriak Britania Handikogaur Egungo Pinturaren Erre Bisioa, ‘New voices’, Egunkaria, 4 May
F. Redondo, La Obra De Los Jounes Pintores Britanicos, ‘New Voices’, Le Espanol, 4 May
Josuna Siaz, British New Voices in Bilbao, Egin, 4 May
Carmen Rueda, New Voices-Irony and Humour, Deia, 4 May
Marga R. San Millan, Arte Vanguardista, Libre de Complejus, ‘New Voices’, El Mundo del Pais Vasco, 4 May
Enrique Juneosa, New Voices-British Painting, El Pais, 3 April
Olga Spiegel, Inventiveness, Humour and Economy, ‘New Voices’, La Vanguardia, 19 Mar
1993 Ingiliz Sanatinin Yeni Ses Leri Istanbul’da, ‘New voices’, Cumhuriyet, 27 Nov
Flash Art News-Galleries USA, Mandy Loves Declan 100%, Flash Art, Vol.XXVI, no.173, Nov/Dec
Ekow Eshun, Art and About; Curtain Road Arts, The Face, Vol.2, No.61, Oct
Paul Usherwood, East, Art Monthly, No.169, Sept
Oliver Bennett, Exhibitionists! Goldsmiths Art Graduates, Evening Standard Magazine, May
Michael Corris & Robert Nickas, Punishment & Decoration; Art in an Age of Militant Superficiality, Artforum International , Vol. XXXI , No. 8, April, Illus.
Corina Mersch, New Voices, Still Lives, ‘New Voices’, Forum International, No.13, 2 April, Illus.
Junge Kunst aus GrossBritannien, ‘New Voices’, Tageblatt, 11 Mar
Originalite, Excentricite, Humour, ‘New Voices’, Luxemburger Wort, 3 Mar
Roger Bevan, Around the Galleries, ‘Michael Stubbs at Bipasha Ghosh’, Art Newspaper, Feb
1992 Claude Lorent, Quand l’Attitude devient art; Britain in Brussels: New Voices, Art and Culture, Nov
Frank-Alexander Hetting, Joy & Pain, Kunstforum International, no.120, Nov / Dec
Camiel van Winkel, Joy & Pain, Metropolis M, No. 5, Oct
Joy & Pain, What Is On, 17 Sept-3 Oct
Robert Roos, A1 Ready Made in Den Bosch: de wedergeboote van Duchamp, ‘Joy & Pain’, Utrecht’s Niewsblad, 11 Sept
Janneke Wesseling, De doeken zijn cake,de verf is vulling: acht mini-tentoonstellingen in het ICA, ‘Joy & Pain’, NRC Handelsblad, 11 Sept
Wilma Suto, Stelling tegen Cynisme in Joy & Pain, Volkskrant, 10 Sept, Illus.
Mark Kremer, Neon Light & Cakes, Kunst & Museum Journaal, Vol.3 no.5, May, Illus.
1991 Keith Patrick, Critic’s View, Artline International (Art Issues), Winter 91/92, Illus.
Charles Hall, Critics View, Arts Review, 31 May
Caroline Juler, Critics View, City Limits, 30 May - 6 June
Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Anxious Object, Exhibition Text, ‘Critics View’, May
David Lillington, Michael Stubbs at Nicola Jacobs, Time Out, 6-13 Mar, Illus.
Roger Bevan, Around the Galleries, ‘Michael Stubbs at Nicola Jacobs’, Art Newspaper, Feb
Geraldine Norman, On the Contemporary Art Market, ‘Michael Stubbs at Nicola Jacobs’,
The Independent, 14th Jan, Illus.
1990 William Feaver, Relentlessly Stylish and the Catalogue is a Must, ‘Whitechapel Open’, Sunday Observer, 23 Dec
Sarah Kent, Swimming Underwater, Time Out, 24 - 31 Oct
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Exercise of the Object, ‘Swimming Underwater’, The Independent, 23 Oct
MA Art Show, Evening Standard, 13 Sept
Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Golden Years, Vogue, Sept, Illus.
Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Midas Touch, The Independent, 31 July
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Join the Professionals, ‘Countdown’, The Independent, 27 Feb
CURATED EXHIBITIONS: *denotes catalogue + denotes solo curator
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)
FILMS:
2022 Signifiance: Painting Beyond Boundaries, John Bunker, Michael Stubbs, Liverpool Hope University (62 mins)
2019 Introduction to Michael Stubbs, Aleph Contemporary, London (21 mins)
2018 Destroyed by Shadows, John Bunker, Donal Moloney, Michael Stubbs, Liverpool Hope University, UK (74 mins)
2017 Michael Stubbs Lecture, Liverpool Hope University, Uk, LHU Library/youtube (75 mins)
2015 Michael Stubbs Lecture, Glasgow School of Art, Uk, GSA Library (audio, 75 mins)
2012 Michael Stubbs and Danny Rolph: Danny Rolph’s Solo Exhibition, Poppy Sebire Gallery, London, Uk, abstractcritical.com/vimeo/youtube (75 mins)
2011 Glenn Brown, Michael Stubbs, Keith Tyson: Michael Stubbs’s Solo Exhibition, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK, Art Review Magazine/youtube (65 mins)
Tamsin Deveraux, Michael Stubbs in his Studio, vimeo/youtube (4.34 mins)
1999 Liz Friend, Michael Stubbs, Art School 99, (PhD, Goldsmiths College), Channel 4 TV, Screened; 29 Nov (5 min)
1995 Marc Karlin, The Outrage: Cy Twombly and Abstraction, TX-BBC2 TV, Screened; 2 Dec (53mins)
SOLO TALKS:
2022 MA Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
BA (Hons) Painting, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2021 BA (Hons) Painting, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2020 BA (Hons) Painting, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2019 BA (Hons) Painting, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2018 BA (Hons) Painting, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2017 BA (Hons) Painting, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK*
2016 BA (Hons) Painting, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2015 BA (Hons) Painting, Brighton University, Brighton, UK
Friday Event: Faculty of Art and Architecture, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow School of Art, UK
Gallery Talk, From Counsel, (with Laurent Delaye Arts Projects), Bloomsbury, London, UK
Gallery Talk, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Studio Talk: Royal College of Art, ACME Studios, Dace Road, London, UK
2013 Gallery Talk, Sir John Cass School of Art & Architecture Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2012 BA (Hons)/MA Painting, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2010 BA (Hons)/MA Fine Art, Sir John Cass School of Art and Architecture, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2009 Gallery Talk, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
2008 BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell, University of the Arts, London, UK
2007 BA (Hons)/MA Painting, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2006 Gallery Talk, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2005 BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell, University of the Arts, London, UK
2004-10 BA (Hons) Abstraction and Construction, Kent University, Canterbury, UK
2004 BA (Hons)/MA Painting, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
BA (Hons) Painting, Loughborough College of Art & Design, Loughborough, UK,
2003 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Buckingham/Chilterns University College, UK
1998 Gallery Talk, Duncan Cargill Gallery, London, UK
1997 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London, UK
1996 Studio Talk: Contemporary Art Society, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK
1995 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
1993 BA (Joint Hons) Fine Art, Camberwell School of Art, London, UK
1990 BA (Hons) Painting, Bath College of Higher Education, UK
CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIUMS/GROUP GALLERY TALKS:
2019 Transference and the Screen: Digital Embodiment in Contemporary Abstract Painting, Conference Paper, University of Derby, UK
2018 Teaching Painting: Painting the New, Conference Paper, Royal Academy of Arts, London,
UK *
Superimposition: Mayfair Art Weekend Gallery Hop, Catherine Loewe, Barry Reigate, Michael Stubbs, Mark Titchner, Partners & Muccaccia Gallery, London, UK
Destroyed by Shadows, John Bunker, Donal Moloney, Michael Stubbs, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool UK *
2017 Show Us Your Process, Artists Presentations, House of St. Barnabas, London, UK
2016 Collateral Drawing Part IV, Artists Talks, Waterfront Gallery, University of Ipswich, UK
2014 Collateral Drawing, Artists Talks, College of Art, Plymouth, UK
2012 Butterfly Effect, Juan Bolivar, Genevieve Fox, Sarah Kent, Koray Malhan, Michel Stubbs, David Ben White, Koleksiyon Showrooms, London, UK
Hallogallo, Artists Talks, Sir John Cass School of Art & Architecture Gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2011 Glenn Brown, Michael Stubbs, Keith Tyson: Contemporary Painting, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK
2004 Glenn Brown and Contemporary Painting, John Chilver, Nigel Cooke, Jane Harris, Suhail Malik, Michael Stubbs, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
2002 Contemporary British Painting, Glenn Brown, Brad Lochore, Michel Stubbs, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Curating the Contemporary, Michael Stubbs and Goldsmiths MA Fine Art/Curating Students, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2001 Theory and Practice in Contemporary Art, Michael Newman, Michael Stubbs and Central St. Martins Students, Tate Britain, London, UK
Curating Fine Art Practice, Michael Stubbs and Goldsmiths MA Fine Art/MA Curating Students, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Contemporary Art Now, Michael Stubbs and Goldsmiths MA Students, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
1999 Elastic Abstract: Contemporary Painting, Barry Cook, Alex Landrum, DJ Simpson, Michael Stubbs, Tom Trevor, Spacex Gallery/Plymouth University, Exeter, UK
1998 Gerard Hemsworth and Contemporary Painting, Glenn Brown, Jane Harris, Paul Morrison, Michael Stubbs, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, UK
1995 Michael Stubbs and Contemporary Painting, Douglas Alsop, Michael Stubbs, Byam Shaw School of Fine Art, London, UK
AUTHORED PUBLISHING:
2020 Conference Paper: 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, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 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)
FUNDING AWARDS:
2019-20 Digital-Painting-Photography - Named partner funded by Derby University for conference (2019) and publication (2020) by Cambridge Scholars Publications.
2018-20 Teaching Painting’ - Named partner on ‘Teaching Painting, funded by Glasgow School of Art; Manchester School of Art; Brighton for conference paper at Royal Academy of Arts and group exhibition at Royal College of Art (2018) and publication (2020) by Cambridge Scholars Publications.
2018 Destroyed by Shadows, Liverpool Hope University for group exhibition, curation, talk/video
2017 Michael Stubbs: New Paintings, Liverpool Hope University for solo exhibition, talk/video
2018 Superimposition - Named partner funded by Partners and Muccaccia Gallery, London for curated group exhibition and catalogue (2018)
2003-04 PhD Fees and Studio Funding, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
1999-03 Full-time PhD Bursary, AHRC, UK
PEER REVIEWING:
2017 Essays and Exhibition Reviews, Journal of Contemporary Painting, Intellect Books/University of the Arts London, UK
EXTERNAL EXAMINING:
2018-21 MA Fine Art, Bath Spa University, UK
FRACTIONAL LECTURER EMPLOYMENT:
2015-Present 0.6 Lecturer: BA (Hons) Fine Art - Painting & Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art, UK
2014-16 Associate Lecturer (80 hrs per year): BA (Hons) Fine Art – Painting Dissertations/Lectures, Camberwell, University of the Arts, London, UK
2010-2018 Hourly Paid Lecturer (160 hrs per year): 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 1 Day Weekly, PhD Voluntary Student: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
1999-02 1 Day Weekly, PhD Bursary Student: MA Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
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
PRIVATE TEACHING:
2012-14 Monthly London Gallery Tours and Studio Tuition, (former BA/MA students from Cass/London Metropolitan University, UK and Bath Spa University, UK)
OTHER EMPLOYMENT:
1994 - 96 Freelance Art Director, Music/Pop Promo Videos, London, UK.
Clients include: Primal Scream, White Out.
1991 - 99 Freelance Specialist Decorative Painter, Bath/Cambridge/Exeter/London, UK.
Clients include: Royal Exchange, Queens Gallery Buckingham Palace, Gonville & Quays College University of Cambridge, Numerous private commissions.
1985 - 92 Freelance Graphic Artist, Audio-Visual/Slide-Tape Presentation, London, UK.
Clients include: British Rail, Jeffrey Rodgers Fashion
1982 - 84 Graphic Artist, Audio-Visual/Slide-Tape Presentation and Conference Exhibitions, Alton, Hampshire, UK. Clients include: Glaxo Smith Kline, ICI, Meehan Steel.
1979 - 81 Graphic Artist, Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
Clients include: West Sussex County Council, Fox & Sons Auctions, Sussex Rotary Club
EXTRA-CURRICULAR:
1992-99 Founder/Member/Administrator/Curator, Curtain Road Arts, Artist-Led Studios(Reg. Charity), London, UK
PhD Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 2003
MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 1990
BA (Hons), Bath Academy of Art, UK, 1987
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