Steve Bishop

CV

b.1983, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in London

MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
BA (hons), Fine Art, Kingston University

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2022
All Ages, Carlos/Ishikawa, London

2021
Security, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin

2020
The Caretaker, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo

2019
Start Over Every Morning, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig

2018
Deliquescing, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin

2017
Seeing is forgetting what you’re looking at or what it’s called or something, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin
What Would It be Without You, Talion, Tokyo

2016
By the Boundary, AND NOW, Dallas
By the Boundary, Statements, Art Basel
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To, Supportico Lopez at 6817, Los Angeles

2015
Standard Ballad, Carlos/Ishikawa, London
It’s Easier To Love Your Song Than It Is To Love You Too, Galeria Stereo, Warsaw

2014
It’s Easier To Love Your Song Than It Is To Love You, Supportico Lopez, Berlin

2013
Frieze Frame, New York
An Escalator Can Never Break, It Can Only Become Stairs, Carlos/Ishikawa, London

2012
Buildings are Heavy, Supplement, London
On Your Own Again, Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld

2010
Sheer Fatigue, Christopher Crescent, London

2009
Instant Distance / Distant Instance, Outpost, Norwich
Some Thing to Believe in, Pianissimo, Milan

2008
Simply Read, Supplement, London

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects

2024
Gracious Hosts, Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau (forthcoming)
Foreverism: Endless Horizons, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (forthcoming)
Kunsthalle Osnabrück (forthcoming)

2023
In the Off Hours, Galerie In Situ, Paris
Time, please, Kunst Raum Riehen, Basel

2021
Tacet, Gems, New York
Ensemble, Château Shatto, Los Angeles
Eight Works from 2013, 2020, 2009, 1998, 2019, 2003, 2018, 1998, Galeria Wschód, Warsaw

2019
Artists Use Photography, Praz Delavallade, Los Angeles

2018
Porcupine, Van Eyck, Maastricht, Netherlands
A Matter of Printing (For SMC), Supportico Lopez, Berlin
Condo Unit, Galeria Jacqueline Martins, São Paulo
Computer, Bureau Des Réalités, Brussels
Red House, Talion, Tokyo

2017
Condo, Bureau, New York
Benefit show, Shanaynay, Paris
Accept baby, Forde, Geneva

2016
How Deep is the Ocean (curated by Arlene Berceliot Courtin), Shanaynay, Paris
An Idle Visitation (organized by ANDNOW, Hester & Tomorrow), Plaza Mercado, Santa Fe
Ver Lento (curated by Francisco Cordero-Oceguera), Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
Irony Comes from a Vanishing Point (curated by Julia Marchand), Stereo, Warsaw

2015
Borrowed Alibis, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zürich
Limited Liability Corporation, Frankfurt am Main & LLC, Berlin
City, William Arnold, New York

2014
In the Wake (joint show with Philomene Pirecki), Truth and Consequences, Geneva
Enigma, Minibar, Stockholm
Fight (joint show with Renaud Jerez), Center, Berlin
Pre-Pop to Post-Human (curated by Isobel Harbison), Hayward Touring, UK

2013
From Morn Till Midnight, Supportico Lopez, Berlin
To Clear The Bush Of Your Garden (joint show with Richard Sides), David Dale Gallery, Glasgow
Every Bird Brings a Different Melody to the Garden (curated by Amy Botfield and Rob Dowling), No Format, London

2012
Painting Without Paint, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
Remainder, (curated by Alex Ross), Hilary Crisp, London
Changing States of Matter, Brand New Gallery, Milan
Technicolour Yawn, (curated by Nadim Samman), Import Projects, Berlin & Karst Projects, Plymouth
The Cuckoo's Underbelly, (curated by David Risley), Bendixen, Copenhagen

2011
Performance Anxiety, (curated by Nicolas Djandji), Stadium, New York
Steve Bishop & Dan Shaw-Town, Christopher Crescent, London
Common Room, (curated by Christopher Crescent), Pianissimo, Milan
Stuart Bailes, Steve Bishop, Jost Muenster, Margini Arte Contemporanea, Massa
Studio Artists Group Show, Woodmill, London

2010
Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Converse / Dazed Emerging Artists Award 2010, Stephen Friedman, London
Newspeak: British Art Now Part II, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Point of Address: Members' Show 2010, Outpost, Norwich
New Panorama, Pianissimo, Milan
There is no solution because there is no problem, Art Sheffield Fringe, Sheffield
The Devil's Necktie, Woodmill, London

2009
Ventriloquist, Timothy Taylor, London
Grey Matter, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

2008
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, A-Foundation, Liverpool, Rochelle School, London
The Culture Clash, Working Rooms, London

2007
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, New Art Gallery, Walsall, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Rochelle School, London

Selected Awards & Residencies

2019 Exhibition funding – Canadian Embassy, Germany
2019 Exhibition funding – British Council
2018 Exhibition funding – Canada Council for the Arts
2018 Exhibition funding – Arts Council England
2018 Exhibition funding – Canadian Embassy, Germany
2018 Exhibition funding – Henry Moore Foundation
2017 Exhibition funding – Canadian Embassy, Germany
2015 Exhibition funding – Centre cultural canadien, France
2013 Residency – Fondazione MACC, Sardinia.
2012 Residency – Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld, DE
2011 Funding for Mono publishing project – The Elephant Trust
2011 Travel grant – Reuben Mackintosh
2010 Converse/Dazed Emerging Artist Award – exhibiting finalist
2007 Research & travel grant – Villiers David Trust