Alan Michael_

Born 1967, lives and works in Glasgow

Education

1998
Artist Residency Asterides – Systeme Friche, Marseille, France

1996-1998
MFA, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

1992-1996
BA, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010
Hotel, London

2009
In a Rotterdam Cell, Gallery Micky Schubert, Berlin

2008
It’s a British Sound, Schurmann Berlin
Ritual in the Dark, Hotel, with Stephen Sutcliffe
Art Now: Alan Michael, Tate Britain, London, England
Alan Michael, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

2007
Solo, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Space to Squabble, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin
Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne

2005
The Invention Of Birth Control, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
Solo Exhibition, Modern Art, London

2003
Burlesque Schematic, HOTEL, London

2002
Damage, featuring William Copley, Transmission, Glasgow
Alan Michael, Entwistle, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
Little Magazine, Studio Warehouse, Glasgow
Project Room, Glasgow
Zero, Milan
Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin

2009
Depression, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, 19th Sep-19th Nov
The Associates, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
White Wallet, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
Why Painting Now? Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva
Space Invader, Alcon Gallery, London

2008
Legend, Domain de Chamarande, near Paris
To bring forth and give, Sorcha Dallas Artist's Print Project, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
repetition, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
Sphinxx, Modern Art, London
Ritual in the Dark, HOTEL, London

2007
Stuff: International Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI.
Gallery Swap, HOTEL at Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2006
Faces, Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneve, Switzerland
If it didn't exist you'd have to invent it, The Showroom, London
The Figs Play Fox Dead, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London

2004
Trailer, Man in the Holocene, London
Year Zero, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Souvenir, HOTEL, London.
Haute Street, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Synth, Kunstraum B/2, Leipzig, Germany
Gertcha, 252 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow
See Through Mask, Temporary Art Space, Glasgow (with Sorcha Dallas)

2003
The Moment of Fiction, with Luke Fowler, Kevin Hutcheson, Graham Little, Scott Myles,
Christopher Orr and Clare Stephenson, Cooper Gallery, DJCAD University of Dundee, Scotland
Put Out More Flags, curated by Christabel Stewart, Sutton Lane, London
This has reached the limit conditions of its own rhetoric, with Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
The Moment of Fiction, Cooper Gallery, Dundee
Minerals in the Water, The Changing Room, Stirling (Alan Michael, Kate Davis and Dirk Bell)

2002
Alan Michael, Vangelis Vlahos, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens
Jean-Luc Blanc, Alan Michael, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
Hero, St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow
Group show, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (with Transmission)
Half the World Away, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo

2001
Stray Show, Seventhreesplit, Chicago
Here and Now - Scottish Art 1990-2001, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Antarctica, Entwistle, London
Angel Dust, Intermedia, Glasgow
Record Collection, VTO Gallery, Geneva
Group show, Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow (with Charisma-DBF and Transmission)
Brown Field, Market, Glasgow

2000
Sweet Dreams, Exedra, Hilversum, Netherlands
Focus On The Pain, On Destruction On Death, Venetia Kapernekas Fine Art Inc., New York, USA
Fear of Jazz, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, Berlin, Germany
Red Marauder, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Panache, (with Keith Farquahar and Lucy McKenzie), Els Hanappe Underground, Athens, Greece

1999
Horseriding, Painting and Lovemaking, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London
Shake the Disease, (curated by Lucy McKenzie), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland
You Are Very Important, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Untitled Solo Exhibition, Project Room, Glasgow, Scotland
Accelerated Learning, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland

1998
Toga, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Crystal State (Arttranspennine 98), Three Month Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Add Night to Night, Showroom, London, UK
MFA Degree Exhibition, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Family Credit, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Fan of Exaggeration, La Cie Compagnie, Marseille, France
Slipstream, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

1997
Olympic Village, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Tutor with an Idea, Three Month Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Suburban Affair, Newport on Tay, Fife, UK

Bibliography

2009
Garner, James, 'Review', The Metro, 14th April
Cooper, Neil, 'Review', The List, 2nd April
Allsop, Laura, 'Review', Art Review 30, March
Shannon, Liz, 'Review', The List, 8th January

2008
Mansfield, Susan, 'Emerging Talent To Get Excited About', The Scotsman, 26th December
Garner, James, 'Review', Metro Life, 15th December
Mottram Jack, 'When Exhibitions Hang Together', The Herald, 12th December
Mansfield, Susan, 'Works in Progress', The Scotsman, 5th December
Peter, Mick, ‘Review’, Frieze, May
Peter, Mick, 'Sanp-Shot', a-n Magazine, February
Lesso, Rosie, 'Split Personality’, The List, 31st January
Mansfield, Susan, 'Brushes with Reality', The Scotsman, 26th January
Pollock, David, 'Touch Void', The List, 17th January
McDermott, Leon, 'Review', The Metro, January
Cowcher, Kate, 'Review', The Map 15

2007
On The Map, Map 8, March

2005
Lewisohn, Cedar, 'Alan Michael', Map, issue 4, Winter issue, p.64
Herbert, Martin, 'The Fee of Angels', Time Out London, January 12-19, p.58
News Rest Of UK, Flash Art, no 244, October
Mottram, Jack, The List, 20th October

2004
Tom Morton, ‘Private Eye’, Feature with front cover, Frieze, June-July-August

2003
Ana Finel Honigman, ‘Review: Burlesque Schematic’, Time Out, 21 - 27 May
Sarah Lowndes, ‘Dirk Bell, Kate Davis, Alan Michael’, Review, Frieze April
Rob Tufnell, ‘Made in Scotland’, Tema Celeste, Issue 95. 48 - 53

2002
The Evening Standard, 7 March: 49.
Lack, Jessica. The Guardian Guide: No.35.

2001
Ratnam, Niru. ‘Profile.’ The Face, July: 153.
Falconer, Morgan. ‘Antarctica.’ What’s On (London), July 18-25: 24.
Gazzola, Alex. ‘Antarctica.’ LAM Magazine (London), 9 July: 28.

2000
Jones, Jonathan. ‘Preview: John, I’m Only Dancing.’ The Guardian, 3 August.

1999
Herbert, Martin. ‘Review: Horseriding, Painting and Lovemaking.’ Time Out (London), 10-17 February.

1998
Finlay, Judith. ‘Review: Suburban Affair.’ Flash Art, January/February.
Burrows, David. ‘Review.’ Art Monthly, February: 213.

Publications

2004
Synth, (Kunstraum B/2, Germany)

2002
Hero, (Unknown)
(Hallwalls contemporary Arts Center)

2001
British Mythic (artist publication)
Here + Now, Scottish Art 1990 – 2001, Dundee Contemporary Arts
Transmission, Black Dog Publishing Limited

1999
The Black Diamond (contribution to artists’ publication)