Georgina Starr
1968 Born in Leeds, UK
1993-94 Rijksakademie Van Beelende Kunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990-92 Slade School of Art
1987-89 Middlesex Polytechnic
Lives and works in London
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Before Le Cerveau Affamé, Cooper Gallery, Dundee
2012
The Joyful Mysteries of Junior, Pinksummer Contemporary Art, Genova, Italy
Theda presented by Moderna Museet and Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
Theda with Sigune von Osten at The Pier Theatre, Bournemouth
2010
I Am a Record & I Am the Medium, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
2008
Georgina Starr, Pinksummer, Genova, Italy
Theda, Sala del Minor Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy
Theda, Images, Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto
2007
Theda, Anthology Film Archives, New York
The Face of Another, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York
Theda, Artprojx at A Foundation, Greenland Street, Liverpool
Theda, Art Film, Art 38 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Theda, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Theda, presented by Artprojx and Film London, The Prince Charles Cinema, London, UK
2005
Big V, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
2004
Speedorama, touring drive-in film project, Riksutstillinger, Norway
2003
Inside Bunny Lake Garden, Pinksummer, Genova, Italy
Bunny Lake Drive-In, Fletcher Works, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Georgina Starr. Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
The Bunny Lakes, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
Bunny Lake Drive-In, Emily Tsingou Gallery at 86 Brick Lane, London UK
2001
Bunny Lake Drive-In, Städtische Ausstellunghalle Münster, Münster, Germany
2000
The Bunny Lake Collection, Pinksummer, Genova, Italy
The Bunny Lakes Are Coming, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK
1999
Popping Up in Oostellingwerf, sitespecific public commission, Friesland, The Netherlands
1998
Tuberama, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Starrwood, Brigitte Trotha Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1997
Starvision, Philippe Rizzo Gallery, Paris, France
1996
Hypnodreamdruff, Tate Gallery, London, UK
Georgina Starr, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
1995
Visit to a Small Planet, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Georgina Starr, Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art, Rooseum, Sweden
The Party, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994
Getting To Know You, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK
(Un) Controlling, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Nine Collections of the Seventh Museum, Stroom, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Crying, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
1993
Mentioning, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Past the Future, Tate Britain, London
British British, Polish Polish, The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw
Des Mondes Possibles, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
This This Monster This Thing, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
(Dis)playing paper, hours and constellations, District Kunst und Kutureförderung, Berlin
2012
Sunset, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angouleme, France
This This Monster This Thing, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
Moving Portraits, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-on-Sea
2011
Material Spiritual World, Deweer Gallery, Belgium
THEDA with Sigune von Osten, Parkmusik, Trombacher Hof, Germany
Off Modern, Galerie de L'Espace Diderot, Rezé, France
2010
Beyond, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
(Re)Acting Caligari, Galerie Brotafabrik, Berlin
Be a Star, Play a Model, Knokke International Foto-Festival, Knokke, Belgium
Big Up 4, La Maison, Anglet, France
Bricks, Area 10, London
2009
Identity V, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
Drawing 2009 Biennale, The Drawing Room, London
I Am a Record at Art Premiere, Art Basel 40, Basel, Switzerland
Art on Fashion (performance), Freedom Gallery, London
BRITISH SUBJECTS: IDENTITY AND SELFFASHIONING 1967-2009, Neuberger Museum, New York, USA
Landscape Memories, La Ciengas Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Bricks, Area 10, London
2008
Event Horizon, GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy of Arts, London
100 Years, 100 Artists, 100 Works, A Foundation Gallery, London
Noise, George Rodger Gallery, Maidstone, UK
Nothing Moments, Public Trust Gallery, Dallas, USA
Passing Through, Leeds City Art Gallery, UK
2007
Playback, ARC/Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Nothing Moments, launch at MOCA at the Pacific Design Center & exhibition
Steve Turner Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Film and Photography Works, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
I am making Art - Chapter 3 - Identité et Transformation, Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneve
Darkness Visible, Contemporary Art
Society Collection, Southampton City Art, Southampton
British Prints: Pop to the ‘90s, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2006
Identity III, nca| nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
Darkness Visible, Ferens Arts Gallery, Kingston upon Hull
Ab Ovo, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco
2005
Gesture, A Visual Library in Progress, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art,
Thessaloniki and The New Centre of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy
Superstars & The Principle of Renown, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
SpielrÉume (Freeplay Playground), Stiftug Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
The Mirror of the Imagination, The Dover Street Arts Club, London
Speedorama, (touring) Norsk Documentarfilfestival; Egersund
Kunstforening, Galleri List Fyr; Lista, Kulturfestivalen; Svelvik, Norway
2004
Dream Extensions, S.M.A.K, Ghent, Belgium
Video Hits, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
A Temporary Monument for David McComb, STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven, Belgium
Louder This Time, Villa Galvani, Pordennone, Italy
A Century of Artists’ Film in Britain, Tate Britain, London
The Black Album, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemoranea, Milano
When Love Turns to Poison, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
L’Arte in Testa. Storia di Un Ossessione da Picasso ai Giorno Nostri, MACI Museo
Arte Contemporanea Isernia, Italy
Identity II, Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2003
25hrs, Polisportiu El Raval, The VideoArtFoundation, Barcelona, Spain
Independence, South London Gallery, London, UK
Books, Publications and CDs
2010
Georgina Starr, I am a Record, published by Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
I am the Medium, 12inch vinyl edition, published by Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
2009
Landscape Memories, La Ciengas Projects, Los Angeles (exh. cat)
Georgina Starr, I am a Record, artist limited edition booklet
2007
Playback, ARC/Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, (exh. cat)
Georgina Staar, published by Nothing Moments (designed by Joe Ewart for Society, illustrated by Hiroki)
Georgina Starr, THEDA, A Performance, artists special edition leather bound book
2006
Gesture, A Visual Library in Progress, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (exh. cat)
2005
H. C. Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen: by artists from around the world, SolArc Publishing, Hertfordshire, UK
Superstars & The Principle of Reown, (exh. cat) published by Stifug Wilhelm
Ab Ovo, published by Steven Hill
2004
Video Hits, Art & Music Video, (exh. cat), Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
Dream Extensions, (exh. cat), S.M.A.K.m Ghent, Belgium
25 hrs, Polisportiu El Raval, The VideoArtFoundation, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Rapture, Arts, Seduction by Fashion since 1970, (exh. cat.),
Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Georgina Starr, The Bunny Lakes, emilyTsingou gallery, London, UK
Tutto Normale (exh. cat.), Academie de France a Rome-Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy
2001
Il dono, offerta ospitalita insidia, Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy
In Fumo (exh. cat.), Galleria d?Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
Song Poems, published by Stephen Hull, New York, USA
Angst, Kenstwurk, Leewarden, The Netherlands
49th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
La Carne, La Morte, Il Diavolo (exh. cat.) Stichting Keunstwurk, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Music and Art; Rock, Pop and Techno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2000
Strange Paradises (exh. cat.), Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Presumes Innocent, (exh. cat.), CapMusee d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Video Vibe, British School in Rome, Rome, Italy
Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Strange Paradises, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The Bunny Lakes, white vinyl single, published by Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
1999
Sweetie, The British School of Rome, Rome, Italy
Visions of the Body: Fashion or Invisible Corset, Museum of Modern Art,
Kyoto and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Natural Reality, Ludwig Forum Aachen. Germany
Art of the Millenium, Taschen
Act1, Scenography and The Visual Arts, Kunstforeiningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
We love you (CD and book)
Popping Up in Ooststellingwerf (CD), Marista Records, The Netherlands
Dick Donkeys Dawn, (CD), in collaboration with Sean Dower and Oliver Hangl, published by DDD
Dial M forS, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
In Verberlinge, Friesland, The Netherlands
Hypertronix, Espace d?Art Castellon, Spain
Tuberama (CD)
Unity of Man and Nature, Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Georgina Starr (exh. cat.), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Kritische Elegantie (exh. cat.) Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
1998
Real Life, New British Art, Toring Japan
Here to Stay, Arts Council Collection
Kritical Elegance, Museum Dhont Dhaenens, Deurle
Georgina Starr, published by Ikon Gallery, UK
Malos Habtos, Solidad Lorenzo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
I'm still in Love with You (CD), book and pink vinyl LP, curated by Steven Hull
PONY, Pop music CD in collaboration with Oliver Hangl, Stable Records
We Love You, compilation CD, Candy Records
1997
Hypermnesiac Fabulations (exh. cat.), Tracey Emin, Georgina Starr, Jane and Louse Wilson, Contemporary Art, Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Het Eigen Gezicht, Museum Beelden ann Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands
Private Face Urban Space, Gasworks, Athens, Greece
Starvision, published by Anthony Reynolds and Philip Rizo
Tales from the City, Stills Gallery,u Edinburgh, UK
Picture Britannica, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Australia
Package Holiday, Hydra, Greece
Ein Stuck vom Himmel, Kunsthalle Nurnburg and South London Gallery
1996
Starvision, issue 1 (comic book)
La Fete!, Blocknotes, Contemporary Art & Culture, Paris, France
ID (exh. cat.), Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Fernbedienung, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Electronic Undercurrents, Statens Museum fro Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Cauldron, Henry Moore Institute, Halifax
1995
Wild Walls (exh. cat.), The Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
observaties, observations, recent acquisitions of KPN
Brilliant: New Art from London, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA
Visit to a small planeti, published by Kunsthalle Zurich
1994
Seeing the Unseen (exh. cat), invisible museum, thirty shepardess walk, n1, London, UK
New British Art, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Nine Collections of the Seventh Museum, Stroom, Den Haag
WM Kareoke box edition, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Le Shuttle, Kunstlerhaus Bethanian, Berlin, Germany
High Fidelity, Koji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya
1993
Mentioning, book, score sheet and audio cassette, published by the artist
Aperto, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
So I Said, published by the artist
Mentioning, book, score sheet and audio cassette, published by the artist
1992
Static Steps (25 pages), published by the artist
Wind Movements on Euston Concourse, published by the artist
Fellowships and Awards
2006
London Artists’ Film and Video Award (LAFVA) 2006
1999
Women’s Art Award, Austria
1993-4
Rijksademie Van Beelende Kunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993
VSB Bank Award
Leverhulme Trust Award
Uriot Prize
1992
British Institute Award for Sculpture
Duveen Travel Award
Public Collections
Arts Council, UK
British Council, UK
Southhampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
Escape d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Toulouse et Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Jederman Collection, USA
Koninklijke PTT, The Netherlands
MOMA, New York, USA
MOCA, Los Angeles, USA
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA