Heather & Ivan Morison |
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| www.morison.info |
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| 1973 Born Heather Ann Peak, Desborough, UK |
| 1974 Born Ivan
William Morison, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Selected exhibitions and projects |
| 2006 - 2008 |
| Venice Biennale of Art 2007, Welsh Pavilion |
| Arts and Ecology residency commissioned by Situations, Bristol as part of the RSA and Gulbenkian Foundation Arts and Ecology Program |
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I am so sorry. Goodbye (Escape Vehicle number. 4), Tatton
Park Biennial 2008 |
| Tales in Space and Time, Folkestone Sculpture
Triennial |
| Golden Fluffer, Transition Gallery, London |
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| Selected Solo
exhibitions and projects |
| 2008 |
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The opposite of all those things, Grundy Art
Gallery, Blackpool |
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| 2007 |
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The Land of Cockaigne, Bloomberg SPACE, London |
| Wildwood, PSL [Project Space Leeds], Leeds |
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| 2006 |
| Earthwalker, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London |
| I lost her near Fantasy Island. Life has not been the same. Commissioned by Situations, Bristol |
| Camden Arts Centre tree tour, Camden Arts Centre, London |
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| 2005 |
| Starmaker, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver |
| South London Gallery Dendrology Field Trip and Tree Tour, South London Gallery |
| Chinese Arboretum, Q Arts, Derby |
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| 2004 |
| Heather & Ivan Morison do not understand it, IPS, Birmingham* |
| Heather & Ivan Morison are spellbound , Shrewsbury Museum& Art Gallery* |
| Chinese
Arboretum and I put you on a mile long string but still you broke away, S1 Artspace, Sheffield |
| Heather & Ivan Morison hired an aeroplane, New Art Gallery Walsall* |
| Heather & Ivan Morison are confused, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London* |
| Still Life, Resonance 104.4fm, series of eight weekly radio programmes |
| Birmingham International Film Club, Springhill Institute, Birmingham |
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| 2003 |
| Global Survey commissioned by Vivid, Birmingham. Partners included Ikon Gallery Birmingham, Metapod Birmingham, IPS Birmingham, Harris Museum Preston, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, IBID Projects Vilnius Lithuania, A2 Radijo Stotis Vilnius Lithuania, Helsinki City Art Gallery Finland, DEPO Novosibirsk Russia,
Red Gate Gallery Beijing China, Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth Australia, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston USA and New Museum New York USA |
| Mr & Mrs Morison would like to inform you that..., LED installation,
commissioned by Nigel Prince at IPS, Birmingham |
| Mr & Mrs Morison would like to inform you that..., LED installation,
commissioned by Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston |
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| 2002 |
| Shrewsbury International Tree Tour, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery |
| Flower Stall, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham |
| Colours and Sounds..., Ikon Gallery, Birmingham |
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| Selected Group Exhibition and Projects |
| 2006 |
| Zoorama, for Thin Cities, Piccadilly Line, Platform for Art, London |
| Passionate Collectors, New Art Gallery, Walsall |
| British Art Show 6, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol* |
| Supernova, Reims, Pommery, France* |
| Everything Must Go, VTO Gallery, London |
| Crystal Worlds, New Generation Arts, Birmingham |
| The Starry Messenger, Compton Verney, Warks* |
| Archipeinture, Camden Arts Centre, London |
| When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang, Bodgers' and Kludgers' Co-operative Art Parlour, Vancouver |
| Limited Editions, ROOM, Bristol |
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| 2005 |
| British Art Show 6, Baltic Gateshead, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol* |
| Human Nature, Pump House Battersea* |
| Gathering Moss, Q Arts, Derby |
| Spectator T: Art Sheffield 05, Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum |
| ARTfutures Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg Space, London |
| Public structures, Guanzhou Triennial, China |
| Art of the Garden, Ulster Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery |
| Forest, Nottingham Castle Gallery, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales and York Art Gallery |
| The Real Ideal, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield |
| Launch Programme, Vivid, Birmingham |
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| 2004 |
| Everything's Gone Green: Photography and the Garden,
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford |
| Pistols and Petals, Fundacio Espais d'Art Contemporani of Girona, Spain* |
| The Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, London* |
| Tempered Ground, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art / Museum of Garden History, London* |
| Pleasure Garden, Nottingham Castle Gallery, Nottingham |
| Forest, Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton* |
| Clash, Fused magazine, Birmingham* |
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| 2003 |
| Going a Journey, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada* |
| Exhumed, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art / Museum of Garden History, London* |
| Fly, Kirov House of Culture, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| Innocence, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury |
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| 2002 |
| Colours in Ivan Morison’s..., Museum of Garden History, London |
| Slim Volume, Vilma Gold Gallery, London |
| Deliberate Regression, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London* |
| Platforms 1, commissioned by Jubilee Arts, West Bromwich |
| Outwardbound, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich |
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| 2001 |
| Bring and Buy, Transit Space, London |
| Record Collection, VTO, London, touring to International 3 Gallery, Manchester and Forde Gallery, Geneva |
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| * denotes catalogue |
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| Awards |
| 2005 |
| Grants to Artists Scheme, British Council |
| Grants for Artists, Arts Council England |
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| 2004 |
| National Touring Programme, Arts Council England |
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| 2003 |
| Grants to Artists Scheme, British Council |
| European Regional Development Fund |
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| Hothaus Bursary, Vivid, Birmingham |
| Go See Award, West Midlands Arts, Birmingham |
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| 1990 |
| Sniper, first class, Loughborough |
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| Residencies |
| 2006 |
| Drowned Worlds, Camden Arts Centre, London |
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| New Art Gallery Walsall |
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| Vivid, Birmingham |
| IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| DEPO, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China |
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| Public Collections |
| Tate Britain |
| Manchester City Art Gallery |
| Harris Museum and Art Gallery |
| Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum |
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