Canadian-born artist
'Smoke spheres 2-4' by Bulloch in the Hayward Gallery, London
Angela Bulloch (born 1966 in
Rainy River, Ontario , Canada), is an artist who often works with sound and installation; she is recognised as one of the
Young British Artists .
[1] Bulloch lives and works in Berlin.
[2]
Life and career
Bulloch studied at Goldsmiths' College, London (1985–1988).
[1] She was included in the
Freeze Exhibition in 1988 and was established as one of the Young British Artists.
[1] On reflecting on being a Young British Artist, Bulloch said "When I was 22, it was important for me. It was helpful in terms of managing media responses to my work because whenever I mentioned this little label, everyone was like, “Oh yeah, YBA”. But they were just talking about a media generated label, instead of the actual work. It's easier, isn't it? It's for lazy journalists."
[3] In 1989 she won the Whitechapel Artists' Award.
[4]
Bulloch undertook a two-month residency at ARCUS- project in Moriya, Japan in 1994.
[4] She was nominated for the
Turner Prize in 1997, part of an all-female shortlist that also included
Cornelia Parker ,
Christine Borland and
Gillian Wearing (who won the prize that year).
[5] For the Turner Prize exhibition, Bulloch exhibited her playful artwork called Rules Series .
[5] In 2005, she was nominated for the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst.
[6]
In 2002 Bulloch was awarded the ASEF (
Asia-Europe Foundation ) Cultural Grant.
[4] Between 2001 and 2003 she undertook a guest professorship of sculpture at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, Vienna.
[4]
'Pacific Rim Around & Sideways Up' by Bulloch installed on the Nord/LB building, Friedrichswall, Hanover
Within her art, Bullock plays with the boundaries of mathematics and aesthetics.
[1] She has a particular interest in instructions and rules, especially in the context of technology.
[6] She is an ambiguous multi-disciplinary artist and has worked in multiple media, including video, installation, sculpture, painting.
[7] In particular, she has used video, animation, sound and light to explore pre-edited systems.
[8] Bulloch is recognised for her 'Pixel Boxes' originally constructed using beech wood and a plastic front screen and later with materials such as copper, aluminium or corian.
[1] The boxes use different lights and colours to create a variety of abstract patterns.
[1] Many of her works make use of
biofeedback systems, such as in her 1994 work Betaville , a 'Drawing Machine' painting vertical and horizontal stripes on a wall, was triggered whenever someone sat on the bench in front of it.
[9] Bulloch has also made a number of works using
Belisha beacons , which are more commonly used to illuminate pedestrian crossings.
[10] More recently, Bullock's Stacks are unique structures made of compiled rhomboids which play with light and colour to create optical effects.
[1] Bullock's art commonly relies on the interpretation of the viewer, with its meaning being determined by their subjectivity.
[11] A lot of her light and music works are developed using technology Bulloch has created herself.
[12]
Bulloch is a fan of music and performs live.
[3] She is also the owner of the record label LBCDLP.
[3] Music is often incorporated into her art in a variety of ways such as light instillations that respond to a musical score.
[3]
Since 2018 Bulloch is a professor of Time-Based Media at HFBK Hamburg.
[12]
Exhibitions
Bulloch exhibited at the
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 1997.
[13] Other museum exhibitions include Kunsthaus Glarus (2001);
[14]
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (2003);
[15] Le Consortium, Dijon (2005);
[16]
Modern Art Oxford ,
Vienna Secession , and
The Power Plant , Toronto (2005); and
Lenbachhaus , Munich (2008).
[17] Her work was also included in notable group exhibitions such as The New Decor at
Hayward Gallery , London; Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour 1950 to Today at
Tate Liverpool and
Museum of Modern Art , New York; and Theanyspacewhatever for which she created an installation for the ceiling of Frank Lloyd Wright's
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
[18]
Selected solo exhibitions
Angela Bulloch: "...then nothing turned itself inside-out and became something" , Simon Lee Gallery, New York, USA (2019)
[1]
Anima Vectorias , MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal (2019)
[19]
Heavy Metal Stack of Six , Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal (2019)
[19]
Angela Bulloch ,
Omi International Arts Center , The Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, New York (2017)
[19]
Large Blue Music Listening Station , artgenève Salon d'Art, Geneva, Switzerland (2017)
[19]
Euclid in Europe , Cristina Guerra Contemporary, Lisbon, Portugal (2017)
[20]
Heavy Metal Body ,
Esther Schipper , Berlin, Germany (2017)
[20]
Considering Dynamics & The Forms of Chaos ,
Sharjah Art Museum , Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2016)
[19]
Angela Bulloch: One Way Conversation , Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong (2016)
[1]
Space Fiction Object ,
Galerie Eva Presenhuber , Zurich, Switzerland (2016)
[20]
Angela Bulloch: New Wave Digits , Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2015)
[1]
Topology: No Holes, Four Tails ,
Mary Boone Gallery , New York, USA (2015)
[20]
Archetypes and Totem Antidotes , Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Brussels, Belgium (2015)
[20]
In Virtual Virto ,
Esther Schipper , Berlin, Germany (2014)
[20]
Pentagon Principle , Galería Helga De Alvear, Madrid, Spain (2014)
[20]
Universal Pixels and Music Listening Stations , Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna, Austria (2014)
[20]
Angela Bulloch: UNIVERSAL MINERAL , Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong (2013)
[1]
Short Big Drama ,
Witte de With , Rotterdam, Netherlands (2012)
[19]
ABCDLP 002- Short Big Dramaby George van Dam for Short Big Yellow Drawing Machine by Angela Bulloch ,
Esther Schipper , Berlin, Germany (2012)
[20]
Time & Line, Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany (2011)
[19]
Information, Manifesto, Rules And Other Leaks…, Vattenfall Contemporary Art Prize,
Berlinische Galerie , Berlin (2011)
[19]
Angela Bulloch: Discrete Manifold Whatsoever , Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2010)
[1]
Molecular Etwas von Angela Bulloch , Kunst Werke Berlin, Germany (2010)
[20]
Redux ,
Esther Schipper , Berlin, Germany (2010)
[20]
X Wohnungen Hilbrow , Johennesburg, South Africa (2010)
[20]
Smoked, Formed & Quatered , Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain (2009)
[20]
Angela Bulloch, Trajectories and Other Lines , Cristina Guerra Contemporary, Lisbon, Portugal (2009)
[20]
Riley Optimism ,
Air de Paris , Paris, France (2009)
[20]
Galerie Kreo, Paris, France (2009)
[20]
The Space that Time Forgot ,
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, Germany (2008)
[19]
Zhang Jiang Public Art Project, Shanghai, China (2008)
[20]
V.,
Galeria Eva Presenhuber , Zürich, Switzerland (2008)
[20]
X Wohnungen Neukölln (with Michael Iber), Gropiusstdadt Neukölln, Germany (2008)
[20]
Repeat Refrain , Enel Contemporanea,
Ara Pacis , Rome, Italy (2017)
[20]
Are you coming or going, around? ,
Esther Schipper , Berlin, Germany (2017)
[20]
Angela Bulloch ,
The Power Plant , Toronto, Canada (2006)
[19]
De Pont Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Tilburg, The Netherlands (2006)
[20]
We Are Medi(eval) (with Liam Gillick),
Cubitt Artists , London, England (2006)
[20]
Yuko Gothic Grid , Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium (2006)
[20]
Vehicles , Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2005)
[19]
Angela Bulloch ,
Modern Art Oxford , Oxford, UK (2005)
[19]
To the Power of 4. , Secession, Vienna, Austria (2005)
[19]
The Missing 13th , Galerĺa Helga de Alvear, Madrid Spain (2005)
[20]
Antimatter ,
Galeria Eva Presenhuber , Zürich, Switzerland (2004)
[20]
Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria (2004)
[20]
Angela Bulloch/ Matrix 206. Macromatrix: For Your Pleasure ,
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive , Berkeley, California, USA (2003)
[20]
New Work 8: Angela Bulloch, World Reflections ,
Aspen Art Museum , Aspen, Colorado, USA (2003)
[20]
Disco Floor Bootleg: 4 , Medienturm Graz, Graz, Austria (2003)
[20]
Search and Arrest , Y8 International Sivananda Yoga Center, Hamburg, Germany (2002)
[20]
Micro World , 1301 PE Brian D. Butler, Santa Monica, California, USA (2002)
[20]
Macro World: One Hour³ and Canned , Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany (2002)
[20]
Chain , Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Atwerp, Belgium (2002)
[20]
Angela Bulloch , Z-Point, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland (2002)
[19]
Institute of Visual Culture, Cambridge, England (2002)
[20]
Matrix , Magnani, London, England (2001)
[20]
Z Point , Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland (2001)
[20]
Prototypes , Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland (2000)
[20]
BLOW-UP T.V. , Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany (2000)
[20]
From the Eiffel Tower to Riesenrad , Gelerie Kerstin Engholm, Vienna, Austria (2000)
[20]
Headless with Legs + Tripping , 1301 PE, Los Angeles, California (2000)
[20]
Angela Bulloch & Sylvie Fleury , Medhi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany (1999)
[20]
Codes , Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany (1998)
[20]
Superstructure ,
Museum für Gegenwartkunst , Zürich, Switzerland (1998)
[20]
Sounds Off , Robert Prime Gallery, London, England (1998)
[20]
Vehicles ,
Le Consortium- Centre d'Art Contemporain , Dijon, France (1997)
[20]
Soundbank , Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany (1997)
[20]
Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland (1996)
[20]
Robert Prime Gallery, London, England (1996)
[20]
Mudslinger , Schipper & Krome, Cologne, Germany (1995)
[20]
From the Clink to Panorama Island , PADT, London, England (1995)
[20]
Marc Foxx Gallery with 1301/ Brian Butler, Santa Monica, California, USA (1995)
[20]
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany (1994)
[20]
FRAC, Languedoc- Roussillon; Aldebaran, Baillargues, France (1994)
[20]
Centre Pour la Crėation Contemporaine Tours, France (1993)
[20]
Rules Series ,
Esther Schipper and Friesenwall 116a, Cologne, Germany (1993)
[20]
1301, Santica Monica, California (1993)
[20]
The Art of Survival/ Baby Doll Saloon with Sylvie Fleury , Laurie Genillard, London, England (1993)
[20]
Esther Schipper , Cologne, Germany (1992)
[20]
Galleria Locus Solus, Genoa, Italy (1992)
[20]
Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy (1991)
[20]
Interim Art , London, England (1990)
[20]
APAC Centre d'Art Contemporain, Nevers, France (1990)
[20]
Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, France (1990)
[20]
Esther Schipper , Cologne, Germany (1990)
[20]
Selected group exhibitions
Bulloch, Pryde: Sky, Rocks & Digits , Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong (2020–21)
[1]
En Plein Air , Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2019)
[1]
A Time Capsule, Works Made by Women for Parkett, 1984–2017 , Parkett Exhibition Space, Zurich, Switzerland (2018)
[19]
Double Lives. Visual Artists Making Music , mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria (2018)
[19]
Always Different. Always the Same , Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (2018)
[19]
Metropolis , Simon Lee Gallery, New York, USA (2017)
[1]
Mentally Yellow (High Noon) ,
Kunstmuseum Bonn and
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, Germany (2017)
[19]
Ugo Rondinone: I <3 John Giorno , Howl!, New York, USA (2017)
[19]
RULES ,
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst , Zurich, Switzerland (2017)
[19]
Fractured: Kathryn Andrews, Angela Bulloch, Bernard Frize, Louise Lawler, Daido Moriyama, John Stezaker, Christopher Wool, Toby Ziegler , Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong (2016)
[1]
Development , Okayama Art Summit, Okayama, Japan (2016)
[19]
Night in the Museum , Wakefield, Birmingham, Leicester, UK (2016)
[19]
L’Almanach 16 , Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2016)
[19]
The Natural Order of Things , Fundacíon Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico (2016)
[19]
Faux Amis , Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2015)
[1]
Walk the Line ,
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg , Germany (2015)
[19]
I Love John Giorno ,
Palais de Tokyo , Paris, France (2015)
[19]
1984–1999 The Decade ,
Centre Pompidou-Metz , France (2015)
[19]
Datascape. What You See is Not What You Get , LABoral, Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain (2014)
[19]
8th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany (2014)
[19]
The Whole Earth ,
Haus der Kulturen der Welt , Berlin, Germany (2013)
[19]
Das Neue Lenbachhaus , Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich, Germany (2013)
[19]
Turbulences , L’espace culturel, Louis Vuitton, Paris, France (2012)
[19]
Un Nouveau Festival , 3e Edition,
Centre Pompidou , Paris, France (2012)
[19]
theanyspacewhatever ,
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York, USA (2008)
[19]
Awards
Canada Council, Visual Artist's Grant, Canada (2011)
[19]
Kunstpreis der Stadt Wolfsburg – Junge Stadt sieht Junge Kunst, Germany (2011)
[19]
Vattenfall Contemporary Art Prize, Germany (2011)
[19]
Preis der Freunde der Nationalgalerie Nomination,
Museum für Gegenwartskunst , Germany (2005)
[19]
Cultural Grant of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Singapore (2002)
[19]
Turner Prize Nomination,
Tate Britain , United Kingdom (1997)
[19]
Artist Residency (two months), ARCUS Project, Japan (1994)
[19]
Whitechapel Artist's Award, United Kingdom (1989)
[19]
Recognition
Bulloch was nominated for the
Turner Prize in 1997
[21] and for the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst in 2005.
[22]
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