1967, born in Hamilton, Scotland
1986–1990, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
1995–1997, Glasgow School of Art. MFA, Glasgow, Scotland
1996, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia/CA, USA
2011, Turner Prize
Lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA
Study: Eyes, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
2012
In Praise of Shadows, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2011
Turner Prize 2011, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, Gateshead, Great Britain
KölnSkulptur 6, Skultpurenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/NY, USA
Koch Institute (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Night, terrace, lantern chains, forgotten seas, sky, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
2010
A Library of Leaves, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Commission for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge/MA, USA
2009
No Reflections, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Nethergate, Scotland
Biennale di Venezia, 53rd International Exhibition of Art, Scottish Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2008
Out Of This Sun, Into This Shadow, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain
Westfälischer Kunstverein, Munster, Germany
2007
That Blows Through Concrete Leaves, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
A Lost Cat and Alleyways. Back Gardens, Pools and Parkways, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
We Make an Unsubstantial Territory, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/NY, USA
Suspended Breath, Atelier Hermes, Seoul, South Korea
2006
Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations, Frac - Fonds Régional d’ Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
We Are the Breeze, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2005
Broken Fall, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Gallery Ruediger-Schottle, Munich, Germany
2004
We are Resistant, We Dry Out in the Sun, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich. Switzerland
Brushing Against Strange Weeds, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
Dark Reflections, Adolf Luther Prize, Krefeld Museum, Krefeld, Germany
In Between Breaths and the Sodium Spill, Johnen und Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2003
Art concept, Paris, France
Undead Dreams, RomaRomaRoma, Rome, Italy
Our Love is Like the Earth, the Sun, the Trees and the Birth, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver/BC, Canada
2002
Our Love is like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
For 1959 Capital Avenue, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
2001
Els Hanappe Underground (Solo), Athens, Greece
2000
Fear View, Johnen und Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Jerwood Gallery, London, Great Britain
1999
Jacob Fabricius / recent projects, Copenhagen, Norway
When Now is Night, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
round room, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Lotta Hammer, London, Great Britain
1998
Habitat, London, Great Britain
1996
Loggia Gallery, Toronto/ON, Canada
You Are Here, Lime Gallery, California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles/CA, USA
1995
Something’s Got to Give, The Agency, London, Great Britain
Group Exhibitions
2013
39greatjones, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
'Out of the House, Cranford Collection', Sala de Arte, Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain
2012
La Biennale di architettura, Venice, Italy
Painting Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
The Spirit Level, curated by Ugo Rondinone, Gladstone Gallery, New York/NY, USA
New Sculpture, Zacheta Narodowa Galeria, Warsaw, Poland
The Sculpture Show, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Kabinettstücke, Museumsfreunde Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
2011
Sculpture Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Shapes, Sammlung Haubrok, Berlin, Germany
La carte apres la Nature, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA
Dundee Contemporary Art, Dundee, Scotland, UK
2010
Living Rooms/Pièces à vivre, Essonne, France
21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Minimalism and applied II, Berlin, Germany
Missing Beat, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Looking up, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
La carte d'après Nature, Nouveu Musee National de Monaco, Monaco (curated by Thomas Demand)
Parkliv, Marabouparken, Stockholm, Finland
The New Decor, Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago/IL, USA
Living Rooms, Centre d'art contemporain, Chamarande, France
HIGH IDEALS & CRAZY DREAMS, Vera Munro Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Silent Revolution, K21, Dusseldorf, Germany
Material Intelligence, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, Great Britain
Galerie Sultana, Chansons de Geste, Paris, France
Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Minimalism And Applied II – Zeitgenössische Kunst im Dialog mit Design und Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, Germany
Marabouparken Art Space, Park liv, Sundbyberg, Sweden
Hayward Gallery, The New Order, London, Great Britain
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
The 4th Auckland Triennial, Auckland, New Zealand
2009
We Are Sun-kissed and Snow-blind, Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Paris, France
Tonite, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
Between the Days of Now and Then, Galerie Linn Lühn, Cologne, Germany
Yellow and Green, MMK Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Material Intelligence, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, Great Britain
Being and Nothingness, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas/TX, USA
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Nethergate, Scotland
2008
Heavy Metal. Die unerklärbare Leichtigkeit eines Materials, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
We Burn, We Shiver (with Ugo Rondinone), Sculpture Center, New York/NY, USA
A Kaldor Art Project, Sculpture Public Project, Melbourne, Australia
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Paul Stolper, London, Great Britain
5 minutes later, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
The Eternal Nework', FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France 5 minutes later, KW Institute for Contemporary Open Plan Living, Art, Berlin, Art TLV, Helena Rubenstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv, Israel
Peter Saville : Accessories to an artwork, Paul Stolper, London, Great Britain
2007
Minimalism and Applied, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Munster Sculpture Project, Munster, Germany
La Camara del Eco. Arte Britanico Alcala 31, 28014, Madrid, Spain
The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (curated by Ugo Rondinone)
Jubilee Exhibition, House Eva Presenhuber, Vnà, Switzerland
Unmonumental: The Art Object in the 21st Century, The New Museum, New York/NY, USA
We Are Sun-kissed and Snow-blind, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France
The Eternal Nework, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France '5 minutes later', KW Institute for Contemporary Open Plan Living, Art, Berlin Art TLV, Helena Rubenstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv , Israel
Peter Saville : Accessories to an artwork, Paul Stolper, London, Great Britain
Extracting from the World, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Echo Room, Alcalá 31, 28014
Half Square, Half Crazy, Villa Arson, Nice, France
STAY FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER, South London Gallery, London, Great Britain
Winter Palace, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006
Concrete Autumn (Broken Fall), (with The Modern Institute / Toby Webster Ltd and Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne),
Art Unlimited, Art 37 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Our Love is Like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours in British Art 1900- 2006, Tate Britain, London, Great Britain, (curated by Helen Delaney as part of Tate Collection)
Body: New Art from the UK, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa/ON, Canada
Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai, China
Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before, Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach, Germany
Street: Behind the cliché, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Punching Through the Clouds, Tanya Bonakdar, New York/NY, USA
Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Russia
Body: New Art from the UK, Oakville Galleries, Oakville/ON, USA
Body: New Art from the UK, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton/AL, USA
Body: New Art from the UK, Art Gallery Novia Scotia, Halifax/NS, USA
Again for Tomorrow, Royal College of Art Galleries, London, Great Britain
When the moon shines on the moonshine, Breeder, Athens, Greece
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Punching Through the Clouds, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2005
De Sculptura, Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg
Andrew Kreps, New York/NY, USA
What’s New Pussy Cat, Museum für Moderne Kunst‚ Frankfurt, Germany
Die gute Form, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri‚ Berlin, Germany
Body: New Art from the UK, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver/BC, USA
De Sculptura, Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
Gallery Ruediger-Schoettle, Munich, Germany
ThickDesign05, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago/IL, USA
The Storm is what we call Progress, Arnolfini, Bristol, Great Britain
2004
Formalismus Moderne Kunst Heute, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Lyon biennale, Lyon, France
Love Over Gold, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Stills, Archibald Campbell and Harley Photography Prize, Edinburgh, Scotland
Contemporary Arbstraction, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
3D, Friedrich Petzel, New York/NY, USA
Sodium Dreams, Bard College, New York/NY, USA
Discussing Sculpture, Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Special Dedicac, Rochechouart Museum, Rochechouart, France
M_ars – Art and War, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
Breathing the Water, Galerie Hauser, Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2002
Greyscale CMYK, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Non Places, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Roma, Roma, Roma, Rome, Italy
Martin Boyce, When Now is Night, Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Martin Boyce & Toby Paterson, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Torino, Italy
Happy Outsiders, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw & City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Katowice, Poland
Charlottenborg Museum, Copenhagen, Norway
Group Exhibition, Johnen and Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Half the World Away, Hallways CAC, Buffalo/NY, USA
Hell, Galerie Neugeriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
2001
Here and Now, Aberdeen City Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
Trauma, DCA Dundee, MOMA Oxford, Dundee and Oxford, Scotland
G3, Casey Caplan, New York/NY, USA
Zero Gravity, Kunstverein für die Rheinlands und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Open Country, Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Circles, Gallerie ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Stratagies Against Architecture, Fondazione Teseco, Pisa, Italy
2000
Living, Chicago Project Rooms, Los Angeles/CA, USA
Pavillion, Mark Muller, Zurich, Switzerland
Model Model, NAK, Aachen, Germany
What If, The Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
The British Art Show, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland
Becks’ Futures, The I.C.A., London, Great Britain
Can 303’s Heal, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Future Perfect, Centre for Visual Arts, Cardif, the Cornerhouse, Manchester, Great Britain
A Shot in the Head, Lisson Gallery, London, Great Britain
Waiting, Halmstad, Mjellby Konstgard, Sweden
If I Ruled the World, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland
1999
The Office of Misplaced Events (Temporary Annexe), Lotta Hammer, London, Great Britain
Please Touch, SCP, London, Great Britain
Please Touch, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Getting the Corners, Or Gallery, Vancouver/BC, Canada
Furoshikibility, Fly Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Disaster, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Great Britain
Seven Wonders of the World, Publication (curated by Matthew Higgs)
Word Enough to Save a Life Word Enough to Take a Life, London, Great Britain
In the Midst of Things, Bourneville, Birmingham, Great Britain
Anarchitecture, de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
If I Ruled the World, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island
The Queen is Dead, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Slip of the Mind, Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sete, France
Stop Stop, (publication) Glasgow, Scotland
1998
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Strolling, Melbourne, Australia
Museet for Samtidskunst, Nettverk Glasgow, Oslo, Scotland, Russia
1997
Material Culture, Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
Airport, Photographers Gallery, London, Great Britain
Group Exhibition, Lotta Hammer, London, Great Britain
Life/Live, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
Wish You Were Here Too, 83 Hill Street, Glasgow, Scotland
1996
Brain Mail, Broad, Studio 17 California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles/CA, USA
Life / Live, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris , Paris, France
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire University, City Limits, Great Britain
Wallpaper, C.C.A., Glasgow, Scotland
No Tell Hotel, Moat House Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow School of Art, Girls High, Glasgow, Scotland
Transmissions, Free Parking, Toronto/ON, USA
Fuse, McLellen Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland
1995
Mu-Tereem, Martin Boyce & David Allen, Budapest, Hungary
Fairy Tales in the Supermarket, Multiples Show, Scotland Street Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
30 Seconds + Title, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto/ON, Canada
New Rose Hotel, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Hopeless, C.C.A., Glasgow, Scotland
1994
ICA, Institute of Cultural Anxiety, London, Great Britain
Miniatures, The Agency, London, Great Britain
Modern Art, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Wish You Were Here, The Bourse, Leeds, Great Britain
Difficult Relationships, 99 Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1993
Matter and Fact, Collection Gallery, London, Great Britain
Left Luggage, Travelling Group Project, Hanru’s Home, Paris, France
Home and Away, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1992
How Noisy Everything Grows, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, Great Britain
Love at First Sight, The Showroom Gallery, London, Great Britain
l’u di carte, Cafe Picasso, Rome, Italy
Contact 552 4813, Transmission Gallery, Group Show, Glasgow, Scotland
1991
Windfall, Seamen’s Mission, Glasgow, Scotland
The Living Room, Glasgow, Scotland
Speed, Tranmssion Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1990
5 Artists from Glasgow, Exchange Between Transmission Gallery and Hordaland Kunstner Sentrum, Bergen, Scotland, Norway
1989
Information, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland