Rodney Graham

Biography

Born

Vancouver, Canada, 1949

Education

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1968 – 1971

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022

303 Gallery, ‘Paintings’, New York NY

Lisson Gallery, ‘Painting Rocks’, London, UK

Museum Voorlinden, ‘Rodney Graham. Vacuuming The Gallery’, Wassenaar, Netherlands

2021

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Phonokinetoscope’, Moscow, Russia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

Whitechapel Gallery, ‘A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020’, London, UK

2020

Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘Magical Soup. Media art from the collection of the Nationalgalerie, the Friedrich Christian Flick collection and loans’, Berlin, Germany

Institut Mathildenhöhe, ‘Staging Identity’, Darmstadt, Germany Culturgest, ‘The Invisible Show’, Lisbon, Portugal

Hayward Gallery, ‘Among the Trees’, London, UK

Selected Performances

2011

Serpentine Gallery, ‘Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon’, London, England

2005

Staatsoper unter den Linden & Wiener Festwochen, ‘Don’t Trust Anyone Over Thirty’, Berlin, Germany and Vienna, Austria

Awards and Grants

2016

Officer of the Order of Canada for contributions to Canadian contemporary art

2011

Audain Prize for lifetime achievement in visual arts, British Columbia

Bibliography

Monographs

2020

Valjakka, Timo (ed.), 'Rodney Graham. Artists and Models. Taiteilijoita ja malleja', Helsinki: Parvs, 2020, ill. (exh. cat.)

2017

Vincentelli, Alessandro (ed.), Andersson, Patrick, Fer, Brioney, + [et al.], ‘Rodney Graham. That’s Not Me’, Zürich: JRP | Ringier, 2004 (exh. cat.)

Books, Writings and Recordings by the artist

2013

‘Rodney Graham. Phonokinetoscope’, Shepard Steiner (ed.) with Rodney Graham, in: ‘One Work’ (book series), vol. 30, London: Afterall Books, 2013, ill. in colour

2012

‘Super-Heavy Flute. Friedrich der Grosse and Rodney Graham’ (audio), Vancouver: JC/DC Studios, Zürich: Hauser & Wirth, 2012 (Ed. of 250, recording on vinyl)

‘To the Tattooist’, Città di Castello: Serigrafia Kroma, 2012 (Ed. of 20, signed)

Publications

2020

Kaster, Jeffrey, Pasquinelli, Matteo, Rugoff, Ralph, 'Among the Trees', London: Hayward Gallery, 2020, pp. 17, 72-73, ill. 

2017

Patrick, Martin, ‘Across the Art/Life Divide. Performance, Subjectivity, and Social Practice in Contemporary Art’, Gomer: Intellect Ltd., 2017, p. 23, ill. in b/w

Articles

2022

Basciano, Oliver, 'Rodney Graham. Artist whose complex photographic images and videos featured physical comedy and self-portraits', in: The Guardian, London, 14 November 2022, ill.

2020

Mandalia, Bhavi, 'Visual arts Rodney Graham’s works at Mänttä’s Serlachius Museum are carefully constructed miniature worlds where the art life of previous years comes to life', on: pledgetimes.com, 5 December 2020, ill.

___, 'Rodney Graham unveils a new series of paintings in Lisson Gallery online-only exhibition', on: artdaily.com, 8 May 2020, ill.

Spence, Rachel, 'Rodney Graham. The conceptualist who makes painting his muse', on: ft.com, 1 May 2020, ill.