LUCY SKAER
Born 1975 in Cambridge, UK
Lives and works in Glasgow
Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | One Remove, Witte de With, Rotterdam |
| 2015 | Sticks & Stones, Murray Guy, New York Random House, Peter Freeman, New York Sticks & Stones, Musées Gallo-Romains, Lyon, France |
| 2013 | Exit, Voice and Loyalty, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland Monday 8.4.13 … Monday 22.4.13, Yale Union (YU), Portland A Proposal for Mount Stuart, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland Force Justify, CAB Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain |
| 2012 | Harlequin Is As Harlequin Does, Murray Guy, New York Scene, Hold, Ballast: David Maljkovic and Lucy Skaer, Sculpture Center, New York Force Justify 3, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Force Justify, Tulips & Roses, Brussels |
| 2011 | Rachel, Peter, Caitlin, John, Art Unlimited, Art Basel 42, Basel Blanks and Ballast, Galerie Nelson Freeman, Paris Film for an Abandoned Projector, Lyric Picture House, Armley, Leeds, UK Gill Clarke and Lucy Skaer: A Dance of Ownership, a Song in Hand, live performance and installation, Bargehouse, London |
| 2010 | Rachel, Peter, Caitlin, John, Location One, New York |
| 2009 | A Boat Used As A Vessel, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Catch This, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh The Siege, Chisenhale Gallery, London |
| 2007 | The Siege, JICB Cube Gallery, An Tuirann, Portree, Isle of Skye; JICB Cube Gallery, Jarnac, France; JICB Cube Gallery, Cairo, Egypt; JICB Cube Gallery, Ichinomiya, Japan; JICB Cube Gallery, Bovlingberg, Denmark |
| 2006 | Art Statements, Art Basel 36, Basel |
| 2004 | The Sound and the Screen, Schnittraum, Cologne The Opaque, doggerfisher, Edinburgh The Problem in Seven Parts, Counter, London |
| 2001 | Like A Circle in a Spiral, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Images, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany Riddle of the Burial Ground, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp for Every Purpose, P!, New York Prix Canson 2016, Drawing Center, New York Incorporated!, Les Ateliers de Rennes, Biennale d’Art Contemporain, France Whatever moves between us also moves the world in general, Murray Guy, New York |
| 2015 | The Registry of Promise: The Promise of Literature, Soothsaying and Speaking in Tongues, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands The Parliament of Things, firstsite, Colchester, UK Sculpture in the Close, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK The Third Person, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City Periodic Table, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK |
| 2014 | Sequence 5, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York Paolo Scheggi – Lucy Skaer, Cortesi Contemporay, Lugano, Switzerland Someone Like Me, Murray Guy, New York Generation: 25 years Contemporary Art in Scotland,The Hunterian (Art Gallery), Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2013 | Art Under Attack – Histories of British Iconoclasm, Tate Britain, London Suicide Narcissus, The Renaissance Society, Chicago Tradition, Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria Catch As Catch Can, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia Simone Subal Gallery, New York 9th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Archeologica, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France |
| 2012 | Spies in the House of Art: Photography, Film and Video, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A common feeling, gb agency, Paris Reflexion und Einfühlung, KAI 10 | Raum für Kunst, Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf La Vie des Formes, Les Abattoirs — Musee d’Art Contemporain, Toulouse A Common Feeling, gb agency, Paris |
| 2011 | Watercolour, Tate Britain, London Three Stones in the City of Ladies (curated by Elisa Kay), Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK Color Pattern Yellow Danger, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm Young Art from the Collection, Kunsthaus Zürich Dwelling, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York |
| 2010 | Intensif-Station, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf Elles, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Leopards In The Temple, Sculpture Center, New York MOON STAR LOVE, Marcelle Alix, Paris For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit |
| 2009 | Turner Prize 2009, Tate Britain, London |
| 2008 | When Things Cast No Shadow — 5th Berlin Biennial, Berlin Concrete Shadows, The Changing Room, Stirling. Scotland Lucy Skaer and Gabriel Vormstein, Galeria Maisterra Valbuena, Madrid |
| 2007 | Scotland & Venice, 52nd Venice Biennale New Work You and Me, Screening curated by Polly Staple, Whitechapel Gallery, London Es (the above I), Catalyst Arts, Belfast La femme de nulle parte: Anita Di Bianco, Sophie Macpherson and Rosalind Nashashibi, (curated by Lucy Skaer), doggerfisher, Edinburgh |
| 2006 | If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, De Appel, Amsterdam Editie # 2: Feminist Legacies And Potentials In Contemporary Art Practice, De Appel, Amsterdam Momentum – Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway Minor Characters (with Anita DiBianco), Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich Art Statements, Art Basel 06, Basel |
| 2005 | The Music of the Future, Gasworks, London Great Value (II), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt The British Art Show 6, Baltic, Gateshead, and touring Platform for Art, London Underground The world, abridged, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge |
| 2004 | Edge of the Real: a painting show, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| 2003 | Zenomap, Gagosian, London Zenomap, Venice Biennale Beck’s Futures, ICA, London and CCA, Glasgow Isabella Brancolini Arte Contemporanea, Florence (with Hanneline Visnes) Soft Sun Down, doggerfisher, Edinburgh |
| 2002 | A Hundred Flowers, A Hundred Birds, A Hundred Children In Late Spring and Early Summer, CCA, Glasgow The Best Book About Pessimism I Ever Read, Braunschweig Kunstverein, Germany |
| 1999 | Swift, temporary public artwork, commissioned by Visual Arts Projects, Glasgow |
Residencies
| 2016 | Hammer Museum, Los Angeles |
| 2015 | Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Emily Carr University of Art+Design, Vancouver |
| 2013 | Atelier Calder, Saché, France |
| 2009–10 | Location One International Fellowship, New York |
| 2007–08 | Laurenz House Foundation Residency, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2005–06 | Scottish Arts Council Studio Residency, New York |
| 2002 | NIFCA Network North Residency, Faroe Islands Wellcome Trust Sci – Art Grant |
| 2000–01 | Scottish Arts Council Amsterdam Studio Residency |
Books and Monographs
| 2013 | Lucy Skaer. Exhibition Brochure. Portland: Yale Union, 2013. Text by Hope Svenson. |
| 2009 | Lucy Skaer: A Boat Used as a Vessel. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 2009. Texts by Lucy Skaer, Joanna Fiduccia, and Adam Szymczk |
| 2008 | Lucy Skaer. Ed. Fiona Bradley. Edinburgh: The Fruitmarket Gallery, 2008. Texts by Fiona Bradley, Lizzie Carey-Thomas, Stacy Boldrick, and Isla Leaver-Yap |
| 2006 | Lucy Skaer: Drawings 2004–2005. Edinburgh: doggerfisher, 2006 |
Selected Bibliography
| 2015 | Exposito, Frank. “Lucy Skaer.” Artforum.com, 30 January 2015 Howe, David Everitt. “Lucy Skaer.” Art Review (April 2015), p. 120 “Lucy Skaer.” The New Yorker, 19 January 2015 McCoy, Ann. “Lucy Skaer.” The Brooklyn Rail (February 2015), p. 49 Smith, Roberta. Lucy Skaer: ‘Sticks & Stones’ and ‘Random House.” The New York Times, 19 February 2015 |
| 2014 | Andrews, Max. “Lucy Skaer.” Frieze, no. 166 (March 2014) Jones, Sarah Urwin. “The art of chance links Lucy Skaer to Surrealist icon.” The Herald Scotland, 7 June 2014 Mansfield, Susan. “Lucy Skaer: Leonora.” thelist.co.uk, 10 June 2014 |
| 2013 | Boldrick, Stacey. “Lucy Skaer: Me.” In Art Under Attack – Histories of British Iconoclasm. Ed. Tabitha Barber and Stacey Boldrick. London: Tate Publishing, 2013, pp. 164–165 Mantle, Jac. “Lucy Skaer: A Brief History of Time.” TheSkinny.com, 30 September 2013 Corwin, William. “Lucy Skaer.” Bomb, no. 124 (Summer 2013), pp. 141–143 Motley, Jonathan. “Skaer delves into geology of time.” The Oregonian, 9 August 2013 Provan, Alexander. “Ninth Bienal Do Mercosul.” Art in America, 2 December 2013 |
| 2012 | Wilson, Michael. “Lucy Skaer: Murray Guy.” Artforum (May 2012), p. 310 |
| 2011 | Skaer, Lucy. “500 words.” Artforum (October 2011) |
| 2009 | Carey-Thomas, Lizzie. “Lucy Skaer.” In Turner Prize 2009. London: Tate Publishing, 2009, pp. 16–19 Fiduccia, Joanna. “Fathoming Gestures.” In Lucy Skaer: A Boat Used as a Vessel. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 2009, pp. 28–33 Gidley, Tom. “Reflections in a golden ‘I.’” Mousse Magazine (September 2009) Januszczak, Waldemar. “Lucy Skaer heads Turner prize shortlist.” The Sunday Times, 11 October 2009 Sharp, Chris. “Lucy Skaer: Kunsthalle Basel.” Art in America (September 2009), p. 159 Skaer, Lucy. Excerpt from “Transcendence of the Image.” In Lucy Skaer: A Boat Used as a Vessel. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 2009, p. 34 Szymczk, Adam. “Pieces and Parts.” In Lucy Skaer: A Boat Used as a Vessel. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 2009, pp. 3–6 |
| 2008 | Geldard, Rebecca. “Lucy Skaer: The Siege.” Art Review (June 2008), p. 146 Scotland & Venice. Ed. Fiona Bradley. Scottish Arts Council, British Council, National Galleries of Scotland Skaer, Lucy. “The Transcendence of the Image.” Tate, etc. no. 14 (Autumn 2008) |
| 2007 | Breaking Step / U raskoraku. Ed. Caroline Douglas. British Council, 2007 Gronlund, Melissa. “Mining for gold.” Frieze Magazine, no. 111 (November/December 2007) Knoll, Valerie. “Lucy Skaer & Anita Di Bianco.” Artforum (February 1007) Leaver-Yap, Isla. “Drawing Close.” MAP Magazine (Summer 2007) You Have Not Been Honest: Contemporary Film and Video from the UK. Ed. Colin Ledwith and Polly Staple. London: British Council, 2007 |
| 2006 | Gronlund, Melissa. “Momentum 2006.” Frieze Magazine, no. 103 (November/December 2006) Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Ed. Anette Kierulf and Mark Sladen. Moss, Norway: Momentum, 2006 |
| 2005 | Jeffrey, Moira. “Five go to Gateshead.” The Herald, 23 September 2005 Populism. Ed. Lars Bang Larsen, Cristina Ricupero, and Nicolaus Schafhausen Lukas & Sternberg, 2005 “Portfolio: Contemporary Drawing.” Art + Auction (November 2005) The Triumph of Painting. London: Saatchi Gallery, 2005 Vitamin D. Ed. Emma Dexter. London: Phaidon, 2005 |
| 2004 | Art4, published by Channel 4 Falconer, Morgan. “The Age of Oil.” The List, Edinburgh, Festival Guide Supplement 2004 Herbert, Martin. “Lucy Skaer: The Problem in Seven Parts” Artforum (Summer 2004), p. 263 Williams, Gilda. “Lucy Skaer: Blood and Sand.” Art Monthly, no. 279 (September 2004) |
| 2002 | “All in the Execution.” The Scotsman, April 2002 Bang Larsen, Lars. “Henry VIII’s Wives.” Artforum (September 2002), p. 215 Henry VIII’s Wives. We March Under the Banner of Visual Art. Glasgow: Tramway publications, 2002 Lowndes, Sarah. “Henry VIII’s Wives.” Frieze Magazine, no. 69 (September 2002) “Village people dig up the past.” The Herald, 19 April 2002 |
| 2001 | “Tangled Wives We Waves.” Scotland on Sunday, 4 March 2001 |
| 1999 | Beagles, John. “Numpties, rotten molars, and shiny incisors.” Everything Magazine 1999 Skaer, Lucy. “If you go first and I remain.” Afterimage 27, no. 3 (November 1999), p. 6 Swift: Three Artists’ Projects in the City. Ed. Lucy Byatt. Glasgow: Visual Art Project, 1999 |