Biography
- 1963
- Born in West Byfleet
Lives and works in London and Devon
Education
- 1983-84
- Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (Foundation Course)
- 1984-87
- Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (BA Hons)
- 1988-90
- Royal College of Art (MA)
Awards & Commissions
- 2016-20
- "The Clearing" (with Tom James) commission winner for Compton Verney 2017-2022
- 2017
- Fleck Fellow The Banff Centre Canada.
- 2015
- WINNER COAL PRIX
- 2015
- WINNER ARTS FOUNDATION AWARD
- 2014
- Arts Council Grants For Arts
- 2014
- b-Side Festival. Artist In residence Portland Dorset
- 2013
- National Trust for Scotland Artist in residence ST. Kilda
- 2009
- Artists Taking the Lead, 2012 Cultural Olympiad commission for the South West
- 2007
- British Embassy, Moscow
- 2005
- Winner of Linklaters Commission, the Barbican, London
- 2000
- Winner of Sculpture at Goodwood ART2000 Commission Prize, London
- 2004
- Shortlisted Banff Mountain book Festival for LA climbs
- 1999
- The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, The Photographers' Gallery
Solo Exhibitions
- 2018
- The Houses, Victoria Miro Gallery, Mayfair London
- 2016
- After You Left, Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Solo)
- 2016-18
- A Gentle Collapsing II, Outdoor installation at Victoria Miro Gallery
- 2011
- The World is Still Big, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 2008
- Leeds Metropolitan Gallery, Leeds
- 2007
- Edinburgh Art Festival Exhibition, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
- 2005
- Don't want to be part of your world, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 2003
- Outside, Distrito Cuatro, Madrid
- 2001
- Case Study, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 1998
- Lumen Travo, Amsterdam
- 1998
- Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne
- 1997
- James Van Damme Gallery, Brussels
- 1997
- Viewer, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 1995
- Fountainhead, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 1995
- Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris
- 1993
- Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 1993
- James Van Damme Gallery, Antwerp
- 1992
- Anderson O'Day Gallery, London
Projects
- 2017-20
- The Clearing – Compton Verney House and Park
- 2016
- A Gentle Collapsing I - Modernist Ruin – Louisville Kentucky USA
- 2016
- A Gentle Collapsing II – Victoria Miro Gallery London
- 2015
- Nowhereisland publication Now here is land
- 2014
- Museums at Night, Culture 24. Market Hall Museum, Warwick.
- 2014
- Portland Erratics. b-side festival. Portland Dorset.
- 2012
- Artists Taking the Lead, 2012 Cultural Olympiad : Nowhereisland
Group Exhibitions
- 2017
- Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama Japan.
- 2017
- Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone UK
- 2017
- Transparency Walker Art Gallery Liverpool
- 2016-18
- A Gentle Collapsing II Outdoor installation at Victoria Miro Gallery
- 2014
- Lookout, Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone
- 2014
- Misbehaving the city, Blaffer Museum Houston USA
- 2014
- A place of which we know no certainty, ISCP Brooklyn , New York
- 2014
- VideoGUD Mekken, Smedjebacken, Sweden
- 2014
- Buildering: Misbehaving the city, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2013
- ARCTIC, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
- 2013
- in cloud country harewood house Curated by Iwona Blaswick
- 2012
- Focal Points: Art and Photography Manchester Art Gallery
- 2011
- Sing me to sleep, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2010
- Exploratory Laboratory, Birdport Arts Centre, Bridport; The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
- 2010
- Arts Council Collection Select - The White Show, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 3rd September - 28th November
- 2009
- Home Truths, Harewood House, Leeds
- 2009
- The Collection, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 2008
- Concrete Dreams, APT Gallery, London
- 2008
- Art & Climate Change, Fundación Canal, Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan
- 2008
- The Brotherhood of Subterranea. Kunstbunker, Nuremberg, Germany
- 2007
- Art & Climate Change, Kampnagel, Hamburg
- 2007
- It Starts From Here, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
- 2006
- PLAY: Experience the Adventure of our Cities, Urbis, Manchester
- 2006
- Out of Place, New Art Gallery Walsall
- 2006
- The Ship—The Art of Climate Change, Natural History Museum, National Conservation Center Liverpool Biennale
- 2006
- Renegade City: Units Moved, The Yard, Architecture Foundation, London
- 2006
- The Other Pleasure, American Institute of Architects , San Francisco, Architecture + Design Gallery, San Francisco
- 2006
- International Waters with Archigram, Linda Burnham, Adrianne Colburne, Ginny Cook, Matt Gerring, Alex Hartley, Tania Kovatz, David Maupin, Nam June Paik, Ed Ruscha, Chieko Shiomi, Situationists International, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco
- 2005
- XS, Distrito Cuatro, Madrid
- 2005
- Cape Farewell Project, Davis Langdon LLP, London
- 2005
- Miradas Y Conceptos: from the collection of Helga de Alvear, MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain
- 2005
- Encouraging American Genius, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
- 2004
- Looking With/Out, East Wing Collection No.05, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
- 2004
- Gifted, University of the Arts, London
- 2003
- In Good Form, Recent sculpture from the Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery Yorkshire Sculpture Park
- 2003
- Contemporary Collecting: New Art for Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery
- 2003
- Palazzo Delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy
- 2002
- Art + Mountains: conquistadors of the useless, The Alpine Club, London
- 2002
- Looking With/Out East Wing Collection No.05, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
- 2001
- Uncovered, The Gallery, University of Essex Gallery, UK
- 2001
- No World Without You - Reflections of Identity in New British Art, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Israel
- 2001
- Points of View, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany
- 2001
- Museum as Subject, National Museum of Osaka, Japan
- 2000
- Donation, Towner Art Gallery and Museum, Eastbourne, March
- 2000
- Raw, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 2000
- Vision & Reality, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
- 2000
- The Poster Show, Cabinet Gallery, London, May
- 1999
- The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London
- 1999
- Sarajevo 2000, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo
- 1999
- Il Casa, Il Corpo, Il Curore, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
- 1999
- Minimum, Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris
- 1999
- Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York
- 1999
- Postcards on Photography, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge. Touring to: John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (23 Feb - 11 April 1999); Site Gallery, Sheffield (25 April - 6 June 1999); Camerawork, London (19 June - 1 August 1999)
- 1998 - 99
- Sarajevo 2000, curated by Lóránd Hegyi, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna
- 1998
- Ewan Gibbs, Alex Hartley, Jason Martin, One in the Other, London
- 1998
- Close Echoes. Public Body & Artificial Space, City Gallery Prague and Kunst Halle Krems, Austria
- 1998
- Fotografie als Handlung, 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen, curated by Renate Wiehager, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar
- 1998
- Site, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall
- 1998
- Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- 1998
- Home Sweet Home, Gilles Peyroulet, Paris
- 1997 - 98
- Private Face - Urban Space, organised by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, L. Kanakakis Muncipal Gallery of Rethymnon, Crete
- 1997
- Private Face - Urban Space, organised by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, Gasworks, Athens, Spalins Margaret Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire
- 1997
- Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 1997
- Minor Sensation, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 1996
- Inner London, Delfina Gallery, London
- 1996
- Abstract/Real, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria
- 1996
- Wordt Vervolgd, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam
- 1996
- Espaces Construits/Espaces Critiques, FRAC Basse Normandie, Caen, France
- 1996
- Fall Out, Walker Fabrik, Darmstadt, Germany
- 1996
- City Limits, Cadman Studios, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent
- 1996
- Young British Artists, curated by Glenn Scott Wright, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Paddington, Australia and RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
- 1996
- Spacious, Alex Hartley & Willy de Sauter, Battersea Arts Centre, London
- 1995
- Conceptual Living, Rhizome, Amsterdam
- 1995
- Architectures d'Artistes 2, Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris
- 1995
- James Van Damme Gallery, Antwerp,
- 1994
- Photo ‘94, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, curated by Sarah Kent
- 1994
- Bienal Martinez Guerricabeitia, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
- 1994
- Notions of Space, Valentina Moncada, Rome, curated by Glenn Scott Wright
- 1994
- Europa ‘94, München, Germany
- 1994
- Architectures d'artistes, Gilles Peyroulet, Paris
- 1993
- Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- 1992
- July, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- 1991
- Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
- 1991
- Show Hide Show, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London
- 1991
- Crossover, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London
- 1990
- International Departures, rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
Architectural Collaborations
- 2001
- ABK Architects British Embassy Moscow
- 2000
- David Adjaye Associates, C.A.B.E. Offices, London
- 1998 - 99
- Alford, Hall, Monaghan and Morris, Great Notley Primary School Winner of 9 awards including building of the year.
- 1997
- Alford, Hall, Monaghan and Morris, Walsall Bus Station
- 2014
- Rich pickings on Kent’s gold coast, Observer Review 31 August 2014
- 2012
- Nowhere, Liz Stinson, Wired Magazine 21 March 2012
- 2012
- Nowhereisland, Tim Creswell, Artreview Jan/Feb 2012
- 2011
- The world is still Big, Calre Hazelton, Flux 27 December 2011
- 2011
- Alex Hartley; The World is still Big, Tish Wrigley, AnOther, 8 Dec 2011
- 2011
- Nowhereisland, The Daily Mail, 22 September 2011
- 2011
- The Daily Telegraph, 22 September 2011
- 2011
- The Silly Isle, The Sun, 22 September 2011
- 2011
- From the big wide world to a small island (with chickens), Rachel Cooke Observer New Review, 27 November 2011
- 2009
- Sanjoy Roy, New Statesman, Playing to the gallery, 13 April 2009
- 2008
- Alex Hartley, Guardian Guide, 13 – 19 September 2008
- 2007
- Building tension, Rosamund West, The Skinny, August 2007
- 2007
- For your eyes only, Sue Hubbard, Newstatesman, August 20, 2007
- 2007
- A love affair with brick and mortar, Richard Cork, Financial Times, August 16, 2007
- 2007
- First the good news, Duncan Macmillan, The Scotsman, August 14, 2007
- 2007
- Scaling the giddy heights, Jack Mottram, The Herald, August 8, 2007
- 2007
- Simplicity itself, Iain Gale, Scotland on Sunday, August 5, 2007
- 2007
- You have to plan it like a burglary, Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman, August 4, 2007
- 2007
- A slow build, Ruth Barker, BBC Collective, August 9, 2007
- 2007
- Alex Hartley, Sue Wilson, Metro, July 30, 2007
- 2007
- Alex Hartley, Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide
- 2007
- Alex Hartley, Telegraph Review, Telegraph, July 28, 2007
- 2007
- Alex Hartley, Caroline Ednie, Scottish Architecture, July 26, 2007
- 2007
- Arts festival ready to scale new heights with climbers, Brian Ferguson, Evening News, June 6, 2007
- 2006
- Step by Step, Caroline Roux, Blueprint, June 2006
- 2006
- Pole Positions: Art's Arctic Adventures, Martin Herbert, Modern Painters, April 2006
- 2005
- Uncertainties of the topographic?, Liz Wells, Source, December
- 2005
- Alex Hartley, Jane Neal, Art in America, December
- 2005
- Alex Hartley, Mark Rappolt, Modern Painters, November
- 2005
- Telling Tales, Charlotte Mullins, Vogue, October
- 2005
- Alex Hartley, Skye Sherwin, I-D, October
- 2005
- Alex Hartley, Peter Chapman, The Information (Supp to Independent), 24 September
- 2005
- Alex Hartley, Sarah Kent, Time Out, 21 September
- 2005
- Art Review, Fisun Guner, Metro, 8 September
- 2005
- Shacks in Bleak Landscapes, Ellie Duffy, Building Design, September
- 2005
- Our selection A-Z: London, The Art Newspaper, September
- 2005
- Buildering at the Barbican, Peter Aspen, The Times, August 5
- 2005
- If only I could live here, Alex Hartley, Next Level, Issue 7
- 2005
- At least we'll be able to find our way to the show on time, Tom Dyckhoff, The Times, June 28
- 2004
- LA Climbs, Rebecca Barnes, Dazed and Confused, April
- 2004
- LA Climbs, Michael T Jarvis, Los Angeles Times Magazine, June 13
- 2004
- Building in Leaps and Bounds, Tom Dyckhoff, The Times, January 6
- 2002
- Imaging Architecture, Daniel Kurjakovic, Werk, Bauen & Wohnen, Switzerland, March
- 2001
- LA Climbs, Alex Wiltshire, ICON, February
- 2001
- He's a tease, The Guardian Space, March 22
- 2001
- Alex Hartley, Tracey Moffatt, Annika von Hausswolff ,Fisun Güner, Metro Life, March 27
- 2001
- Shifting Space, Kester Rattenbury, Building Design, April 6
- 2001
- Richard Cork's five best London exhibitions. The Times Play, April 7
- 2001
- Tracey Moffatt, Alex Hartley, Annika von Hausswolff, Sally O' Reilly, Art Review, April 17
- 2001
- The ills that flesh is heir to. Richard Cork, The Times, April 18
- 2001
- Rule Britannia, Ha'Artez Magazine, Israel, Aug 31
- 2001
- Alex Hartley, Izi Glover, Frieze Issue 62, Oct 01
- 2000
- Exhibition 2000., Claire Allfree, Metro Life, Jan 19
- 1999
- The glass house that Alex built. by Richard Cork, The Times, Dec 29
- 1998
- Alex Hartley, Victoria Miro, William Feaver, ARTnews, Feb
- 1998
- Alex Hartley at Victoria Miro Gallery, Richard Reynolds, Flash Art, Mar - Apr
- 1997
- It's a Sensation! But is it art? Everything you need to know about the London art scene, but were afraid to ask. Special supplement, Time Out, No. 1412, Sep
- 1997
- The spaces in between, David Barrett, RA Magazine, No. 56, Oct
- 1997
- Alex Hartley, Viewer, Mark Currah, Time Out, No. 1421, Nov 12 - 19
- 1996
- Simon Myers, Building Design, April
- 1996
- Sacha Craddock, The Times, April 2
- 1995
- Dominique Barque, Art Press, No.207, Nov
- 1995
- La Vie dyes Arts, Lye Figaro, Sept 19
- 1993
- Sarah Kent, Time Out, July 7 - 14
- 1993
- Richard Shone, Burlington Magazine, August
- 1993
- Young British Artists, Saatchi Collection Catalogue
- 1992
- Publication for exhibition at Anderson O'Day Gallery, David Batchelor, April
- 1992
- Charles Hall, Arts Review, May
- 1992
- Sarah Kent, Time Out, May
- 1992
- Will Harvey, City Limits, April
- 1992
- Patrick Marmion, What's On, June
- 1992
- Andrew Renton, Flash Art, No.165, Summer
- 1991
- Show Business, Sarah Kent, Time Out, Jul 31 - Aug 7
- 1991
- Show Hide Show, Natasha Edwards, Artscribe, Nov/Dec
- 1991
- Show Hide Show, Charles Hall, Arts Review, Aug 9 - 23
- 1991
- London Summer Round-Up, Mary Anne Francis, Art Monthly, July
- 1991
- Someone to Watch Over Me, Michael Bracewell, Frieze, Issue 1
- 2007
- Alex Hartley: not part of your world, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
- 2003
- LA Climbs, Alternative Uses for Architecture, Black Dog Publishing, London
- 2003
- Alex Hartley, Outside, Lorenzo Fusi, Distrito Cu4tro, Galeria de Arte, Madrid
- 2001
- The Gallery: Uncovered, k. Chatten, P. Sexton, University of Essex, Colchester
- 2001
- Sculpture at Goodwood British Contemporary Sculpture 02/03, Ann Elliot / Angela Dyer, Goodwood Sculpture Park, Chichester
- 2001
- ArtAction, Environmental Justice Foundation London, Sotheby's, London
- 2001
- Eastwing Collection No.05, Courtauld Institute of Art, in association with Thames & Hudson, London
- 2001
- No World Without you, Andrew Renton, Keith Lawrence & Nechama Gottlieb, Herzliya Museum of Modern Art, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, The British Council, London
- 2001
- Museum as Subject, National Museum of Osaka, Japan
- 2000
- The Architectural Review - Bus Station, The Architectural Review, London
- 2000
- Kjeld Kjeldsen etc., Vision og Virkelighed (Vision and Reality), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
- 2000
- Sculpture at Goodwood, British Contemporary Sculpture 01/02, Ann Elliot / Angela Dyer, Goodwood Sculpture Park, Chichester
- 2000
- The Saatchi Gift to the Arts Council Collection, Kate Stephens, Hayward Gallery Publishing, London
- 2000
- Art 2000, Business Design Centre, London
- 2000
- A New Embassy for the 20th Century, The British Embassy, Moscow, Foreign Commission Office, London
- 1999
- The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London
- 1999
- Art at Ringier, 1995-1998, Beatrix Ruf, Ringier AG
- 1999
- Young British Art. The Saatchi Decade, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London
- 1999
- La Casa, il corpo, il cuore, Lóránd Hegvi, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien
- 1999
- The Architects' Journal, Educating Essex, Isabel Allen, London
- 1999
- Art of the Epoch, 1997-1999, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo
- 1998 - 99
- Postcards on Photography, edited by Naomi Salaman and Ronnie Simpson, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery
- 1998
- Close Echoes. Public Body & Artificial Space, Olga Malá, Wolgang Denk, Karel Srp, City1 Gallery Prague and Kunst Halle Krems, Austria
- 1998
- 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 1998. Fotografie als Handlung / Photography as Concept, Renate Wiehager, Cantz Verlag
- 1998
- Sarajevo 2000, Lóránd Hegyi, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
- 1997
- Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Brooks Adams, Lisa Jardine, Martin Maloney, Norman Rosenthal, Richard Shone, Royal Academy of Arts in association with Thames and Hudson, London
- 1997
- Abstract Real, Lóránd Hegyi, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
- 1997
- Private Face. Urban Space, Henry Hughes & Katerina Gregos
- 1996
- Made in London, Richard Shone/Stuart Evans, Simmons & Simmons, London
- 1996
- Spacious, Kurt Vanbelleghem, Battersea Arts Centre, London, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke
- 1994
- Europa ‘94, Junge Europäische Kunst in München, Stuttgart
- 1994
- 3a Biennal Martinez Guerricabeitia, Various, Universitat de Valencia
- 1994
- Shark Infested Waters: The Saatchi Collection of British Art in the 1990's, Sarah Kent Zwemmer, London
- 1993
- Caldic Collection. EEN Verzameling,Verstilde, JNA Van Caldenborgh
- 1991
- Show, Hide, Show, Andrew Renton, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London
Selected Bibliography
Catalogues & Books
Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
The Bailey Collection, Toronto
The British Embassy, Moscow
Contemporary Art Society, London
DG Bank, Frankfurt
Ringier Collection, Zürich
Deutsche Bank Collection
The Saatchi Collection, London
De Beers Collection, London
Caldic Collection, Rotterdam
FRAC Basse Normandie, Caen
Simmons & Simmons, London
TI Group
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Government Art Collection, London