Alastair MacKinven_

Born in 1971 in Clatterbridge, lives and works in London

Education

1994-1996
MFA; Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

1992-1994
BFA; Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1990-1992
University of Calgary, Fine Arts Department, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009
Abstract Capitalism-Dark Side of the Wall, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Alastair MacKinven Performances 2006-2009, Focal Point Gallery

2008
0-60, ET SIC IN INFINITUM AGAIN, ICA, London

2007
Solo Project, Liste 07, Basel

2006
Jerking Off The Dog To Feed The Cat, HOTEL Gallery, London

2004
Cünst - Haunted by the Future: Tropicana Cinema, part of the Raindance Film Festival, London, UK

1997
Alastair Mackinven: New Gallery, Calgary, Canada

1996
Alastair Mackinven with James Pyman: Cubit Gallery, London, UK

1995
If you Could Lick my Heart Surely it Would Poison You: Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark

1994
Revenge, Greed, and Blackmail: Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada

1993
Two Inches Longer: Truck, Calgary, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
That’s Not How I Remember It, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles Strange
Alastair Mackinven's New Chinese Art, Nang Gallery, London
Novel, Bibliothekswohnung Anna-Catherina Gebbers, Berlin
Zodiac 3000, The Reach of Tomorrow, curated by Dr Richard Laing and Karen Novotny with Josephine Pryde, Merlin Carpenter, Dan Mitchell, Racheal Reupke, the JG Ballard Centre of Psycopathological Research, International Project Space Birmingham
Horsebit Cocktail, Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf
Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring, Camden Arts Centre, London
Thames Mudlarks, CTRL Gallery, Houston Texas

2007
The Death Of Affect, curated by Matt Williams, Parade, London,
Gallery Swap, Hotel at Guido Baudach, Berlin

2005
Islands of Glory in Streets Caked With the Faeces of
Decadence: NANG Gallery, with Ben Wallers and Merlin Carpenter, London, UK

2004
Group show: Opposite the Play Ground, London, UK
I Love Music: Creative Growth, Oakland, California, curated by Mathew Higgs

2003
The Frog Show: The Egg, London, UK
Cünst - Séance: Octopad, London, UK

2001
Thomas Helbig and Alastair Mackinven: Trade Apartment, London, UK

1999
Public Opinion Is A Little Girl: Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London, UK

1998
A to Z: Approach Gallery, London, UK, curated by Matthew Higgs
No Budget Film Festival, MWMWM Gallery, New York, USA
Freaked Out: The Kitchen, London, UK

1997
Art Calls: Copenhagen, Denmark [audio art by telephone]
Honkeytonk: The Kitchen, London, UK
Sentimental Education: Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
Popoccultural 2: Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK

1996
Update: Turbinehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark
Embraceable You: Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK

1995
See Through Brain: Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK

Bibliography

2009
NANG!, Frieze.com, Jan 2009

2008
J.G. Ballard: Atrocity Exhibition, MAP, Issue 15 Summer
0-60, ICA, Frieze.com, Oct.
The Death Of Affect, Untitled, Spring.

2007
Joseph Kramhöller, Modern Painters, April 2007

2006
The Empire Strikes Back, Country Teasers, Frieze, Issue 101, by Nathaniel Mellors

1998
'Bad Painting', Flash Art, by Martin Maloney

1995
Embraceable You, Frieze, Issue 23
Embraceable You, Time Out, May

1994
'Transgressions at the Edmonton Art Gallery', C Magazine, Winter Issue, by David Garneau

Bibliography

2007
Tony Pearson, ‘Keith Farquhar’, Modern Painters, October

2006
Alexander Kennedy, ‘Keith Farquhar – Drunken Maria (14 Units), The List, 2-16 November
Kevan Christie, ‘It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet’, Daily Record, October 9 (ill.)
Thomas Trummer, ‘Keith Farquhar’, Schiele Nach, September (cat.) (ill.)
‘Keith Farquhar’, Young Athenians, October (cat.) (ill.)
Martin Herbert, ‘Dada’s Boys’, Art Monthly, July-August

2005
Alexander Kennedy, Keith Farquhar- new Work/Mark Leckey- Jackin’ World, The List, 17 November (ill.)
Domenick Ammirati, ‘Keith Farquhar’, Art Forum, November
David Pollock, Keith Farquhar and Mark Leckey, Metro, 16 November (ill.)

2003
Michael Bracewell, 'Scotland Rocks', Tate Magazine, July - August
Christine Nowak, 'Künstler orten gesellschaftliche Befindlichkeiten', Offenbach Post, 4 June
Von Gabriele Nicol, 'Die Nation ist fast ü berall', Frankfurter Neue Presse, 15 May

2002
Emily Pethick 'Herkunftsmuster', Texte Zur Kunst, June
Tom Morton, Frieze, March
Niru Ratnam, 'Show Jumper', The Face, January

2001
Mark Wilsher, What's On in London, 19 December - 2 January
Matthew Collings, 'Diary', Modern Painters, Winter
Rob Hunter, 'Finding Oneself - Scottish art from the 1990s', The Royal Academy Magazine, Autumn

2000
Dan Fox, Frieze, November - December
Sarah Lowndes, Metro, July
John Calcutt, Scotland on Sunday, 16 July
Elisabeth Mahoney, 'When new is nowhere' The Guardian, 19 July
Mark Currah, 'Keith Farquhar, Gary Webb', Time Out, 19-26 July

1999
Alex Farquarson, 'Painting Lab', Art Monthly, April
Stuart Shave, 'quick nurse', i-d, March
Liam Gillick, 'Lobby', Art & Text, February - April
Cotter, Holland, 'Changes Aside, SoHo is still very much SoHo',
The New York Times, 12 February
Mark Sladen, 'Painting Lab', Contemporary Visual Arts, no. 21, January, p33-37

1998
Martin Herbert, Time Out, 12 - 30 September
'Dead Again?', everything, magazine
Ben Judd, 'Keith Farquhar', Art Monthly, no.221, November, p.29-30
David Barrett, 'Surfacing-Contemporary Drawing', Art Monthly, no. 221, November, p.27-28
Martin Herbert, 'What's in a name?', Time Out, 11-18 February

1997
Martin Herbert, 'Gonzo', Time Out, 22-29 October
'Young Ones', Time Out, 30 July - 6 August