Alastair MacKinven_

Born in 1971 in Clatterbridge, lives and works in London

Education

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

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

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

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
0-60, 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
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
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

2007
Joseph Kramholler, 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