Blue Curry                                          [pdf cv]
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    Visual Artist, b. Nassau, Bahamas, 1974.
Works London/Nassau.


Education

2009   MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London.
2004   BA Photography & Multimedia, University of Westminster, London.


Exhibitions                                         [* solo ]

2011   Emergency5, Aspex, Portsmouth.
   * Solo Presentation, Toomer Labzda, New York. read reviews here and here.
   * Stranger Than Paradise, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany. --> read review here
    Vessel, Stonehouse, Plymouth. --> read review here
   * Trove, Deptford X, London.
    So Here We Are, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany.
    Modern Frustrations, Sumarria Lunn, London.
    About Change in the Caribbean and Latin America, The World Bank, Washington DC.
   * Dragging Anchor, Low&High, Folkestone Triennial Fringe, Folkestone.
    Duo Exhibition, Nextex, St.Gallen, Switzerland. w/Monica Ursina Jäger. --> read review here
    Terms of Decision, Visual Arts Platform, Austrian Cultural Forum, London. w/Miriam Bajtala.
    Caribes Globales, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Puerto Rico.
    Wrestling with the Image, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC. --> read review here
    Assembly, Bearspace, London.
2010   City States, 6th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool.
    Anticipation, Selfridges Ultralounge, London. --> watch clip here
    1st Triennial of Caribbean Art, Museum of Modern Art, Dominican Republic.
    Global Caraïbes, Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, France.
    Fifth National Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Bahamas.
    Prop, Departure Gallery, London.
    Nowhere in Peculiar, Five Hundred Dollars Gallery, London.
    Stardust Boogie Woogie, Monica Bobinska Gallery, London.
    The Assistant, Bearspace, London. w/Gordon Cheung.
    The Devil's Necktie, The Woodmill, London.
    Treating Objects Like Women, 38b Peckham Rye, London.
2009   The Global Caribbean, Art Basel, Miami Beach. --> read review here
    Rockstone and Bootheel, Real Art Ways, Connecticut. --> read review here
    SoShow!, Shopat34, London.
    R.I.P, Peacock Projects, London.
    I Know a Friend That Knows a Friend, Het Poortgebouw, Rotterdam.
    Group, Area 10, London.
    Hackgold, Project Room, The Triangle, London.
    Collections Within Collections, National Art Gallery, Bahamas.
2008   Setups Situations Solutions, Popopstudios, Bahamas.
    Fourth National Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Bahamas.
    National exhibitor, Carifesta, Caribbean Festival of the Arts, Guyana.
2007   Into Position, Bauernmarkt 9, Vienna.
    The Next Level Guerrilla Show, The Photographers' Gallery, London.
    Domesticalia, Standpoint Gallery, London.
    Pre-Columbian to the Present, National Art Gallery, Bahamas.
2006   Funky Nassau: Recovering an Identity, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Germany and National Art Gallery, Bahamas. --> read review here
    Third National Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Bahamas.
    Exit, Popopstudios, Bahamas.
    Debris, disused shop space, Nassau, Bahamas. w/Heino Schmid. --> exhibition catalogue pdf here


Media

2011   reviews: 'Neither Here Nor There' and 'Decoding Blue Curry', Claire Breukel, Hyperallergic, nov.
    review: 'Hinter der Schlangenhaut', Marc Peschke, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 6 june.
    review: 'Irritationen im Paradies', Kristin Schmidt, St. Galler, 18 may.
    exhibition catalogue: Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions, Art Museum of the Americas.
    review: 'Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions', Terri Weissmann, Art Nexus, june.
    exhibition catalogue: Rockstone & Bootheel, Real Art Ways, Connecticut.
2010   television docmentary: 'Goldsmiths: But is it Art?', BBC 4, aired in two parts 12 & 19 apr.
    publication: The Catlin Guide 2010: New Artists in the UK, compiled by Justin Hammond, Catlin Ltd, London.
    critical text: 'Beyond the Tropical Veneer: Sun Cream and the Aesthetics of Leisure', Krista Thompson, NN [Working Title], Forum Stadtpark, Austria.
    interview: 'Stranger than Paradise', Melanie Archer, Caribbean Review of Books, nov.
    artist feature: Car Park magazine, issue 2, dec.
    news feature: 'Art with Bite. Shark's Jaw Among Works Selected by Kay Saatchi', The Daily Telegraph, 9 oct.
    review: 'Back in Business at the Liverpool Biennial', Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 20 sept.
    publication: Art in The Caribbean: an Introduction, Anne Walmsley & Stanley Greaves, New Beacon Books, London.
    review: 'World-Class Exhibit Focuses on the Art of The Caribbean', Carlos Suarez de Jesus, The New Times, Miami, 12 jan.
    television news feature: 'Art: Anticipation Exhibition', Le Mag, Euronews, aired 22 oct.
2009   feature: '10 Best Artists Graduating from Colleges in 2009', Catriona Warren, Murmurart.
    feature: 'Celebrating Future Art Stars', The Independent.
    artist profile: 'International Recognition Grows for Bahamian Artist Blue Curry', Thea Rutherford, The Nassau Guardian, 18 dec.
    review: 'Colorful, Witty, Noisy: A West Indies Mélange', Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, 6 dec.
    review: 'New Caribbean Art Showcased During Art Basel Fair', Jennifer Kay, Associated Press, 4 dec.
    artist profile: 'Blue Curry', Siofra Mcsherry, This is Tomorrow.
2008   artist contribution: 'Repairwork', Small Axe, vol 12 no. 2, june.
2007   review: 'Bahamian Art goes Beyond Tourist Trade', Elisa Turner, The Miami Herald, 19 aug.
    critical text: 'No Abstact Art Here: The Problem of the Visual in Contemporary Anglo-Caribbean Art', Krista Thompson, Small Axe, vol 11, no. 2, june.
    review: 'POP! Go the Easels', Carlos Suarez de Jesus, The New Times, Miami, 23 aug.
2006   critical text: 'Like Taking Sand to the Beach', Erica Moiah James, Next Level, may.
    review: 'Blut, Sand, Wasser', Christoph Schutte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12 apr.
    review: 'Relax? Just Do It', Verena Kuni, Spike Art Quarterly, summer edition.
    exhibition catalogue: Debris, Susak Press, London.


Residencies & Awards

2011   Low&High Residency, Folkestone.
    Deptford X main program commission.


Collections
   

The Principal Art Group, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Kay Saatchi, and other private collections in America, Europe and the Caribbean.


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