BIOGRAPHY
1971 born in Plymouth, Great Britain
lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Education
| 1997-1999 | Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam |
| 1993-1996 | Slade School of Art |
| 1990-1993 | Chelsea College of Art & Design |
| 1989-1990 | Plymouth College of Art & Design |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | “Equilibrio”, Galería Artnueve, Murcia, Spain |
| 2014 | “Via Negativa”, Galleria Artnueve, Murcia, Spain |
| 2011 | “Mark Hosking”, ‘Árchiduc, Brussels |
| 2010 | “Super Nature”, Skybox Amsterdam |
| 2006 | “Disconnected”, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna |
| “Disconnected”, VRIZA, Amsterdam | |
| 2005 | “Slurf Song”, Umberto Di Marino Arte Contemporanea, Naples |
| 2004 | “Mark Hosking”, Lisson Gallery, London |
| “Net gain and loss”, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna | |
| 2003 | Art Basel Miami Beach, Kerstin Engholm Galerie |
| “A Man Escaped”, Galerie Ludovic de Wavrin, Paris | |
| “Radio Mayday”, IBID Projects, London | |
| 2002 | “Mark Hosking”, ARTLAB 18, Imperial College, London |
| 2001 | “Mark Hosking”, Jerwood Gallery, London |
| “Mark Hosking/ Sculptures”, l ́elac – l ́espace lausannois d ́art contemporain, Lausanne | |
| 2000 | “New Sculpture”, fig-1, London |
| “Darren Almond Mark Hosking”, Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna | |
| 1997 | Lisson Gallery, London |
Group Exhibitions
| 2018 | “El Huesped”, Bella Artes de Murcia, Spain “The Threshold of the Visible”, Mark Hosking and Kirsten Hutsch. Artnueve, Spain |
| 2017 | “Permanent Repetition”, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Incl.; Raymond Cuijpers, Koen Delaere, Jonathan Lasker, Jacco Olivier, Thomas Raat |
| 2016 | “Zu den Sachen Selbst”, Rosalux Berlin, curator Kirsten Hutsch. Incl.; Elspeth Diederix, Ana Genoves. Essay: The Hidden Life of Things (dr. Laurens Landeweerd) |
| 2015 | “Door Schildersogen/From A Painter’s Perspective” Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| “Phantom Limb”, PuntWG, Amsterdam, curated by Mark Hosking incl; Jason Coburn, Ana Genovés, Kirsten Hutsch, Damien Meade, Florian and Michael Quistrebert.”TAOP”, Galerie Schaufenster, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2014 | “The Act Of Painting”, Gallery Valeur, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
| “The Act Of Painting”, Casa Sakanoue, Hiyoshi, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| “The Act Of Painting”, TAC Eindhoven, The Netherlands | |
| “Leaping The Fence”, Hestercombe House, Somerset, England | |
| 2013 | “Grondwerk”, Galerie Emmy Miltenburg, Schiedam, The Netherlands |
| 2012 | “Reason Swings Its Bone”, Pesthouse Editions, Amsterdam |
| 2011 | “Magischer Abfall”, Kunsthalle Krems | Forum Frohner, Krems |
| “Pieces”, Kerstin Ehgholm Galerie, Vienna | |
| 2010 | “Global Contemporary”, The Rijksakademie Artists ́ Endowment Fund, Sothebys, Amsterdam |
| 2009 | “Return to Function”, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA |
| 2008 | “Return to Function”, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, USA |
| 2006 | “All-inclusive. Die Welt des Tourismus”, Schirnhalle, Frankfurt |
| 2005 | “Demolition”, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna |
| “Inhabituel”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan | |
| 2004 | “Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom”, The Collection, Lincoln |
| “Off The Beaten Track – Arts Council Collection Explored”, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park | |
| 2003 | “Sportivement Votre”, Domaine Départemental de Chamarande |
| 2002 | “The Square Show”, Bloomberg Space, London |
| “seven plus or minus one”, ARTLAB 19, Imperial College of Science, London | |
| “Us & Them”, Great Eastern Hotel, London | |
| “The Gap Show. Young critical art from Great Britain”, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund | |
| 2001 | ARTLAB 16, Imperial College of Science, London |
| “Gymnasion”, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz | |
| “Something about Charlois…iets over Charlois”, Rotterdam | |
| “The Silk Purse Procedure”, Arnolfini & Spike Island, Bristol | |
| “City Racing – A partial account”, I.C.A., London. | |
| 2000 | “Altijd staan wij op de grens van de widernis”, W139, Amsterdam |
| 1999 | “Shot in the Head”, Lisson Gallery, London |
| “Neurotic Realism Part 2”, The Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| “British Sculpture 1999”, Lange Voorhout, Den Haag | |
| 1998 | “Near”, Museum of Sharjah, United Emirates of Arabia |
| 1997 | “City Racing”, London |
| 1996 | “EAST International”, Norwich Gallery, Norwich |
| 1995 | “The Whitechapel Open”, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| 1994 | “Ideal Standard Summertime”, Lisson Gallery, London |
| “CARDOSO ART 94”, Garfagnana | |
| Economist Building, London | |
| “FLOU – New Art from London”, Les Etes, Phonongraphique de L’ Est, Paris |
Awards and Grants
| 2002 | Artist in Residence Stipendium, Imperial College of Science, London |
| 1998 | “Stichting Intendence”, Vrienden van de Rijksakademie, Amsterdam |
| 1997 | South West Arts, Visual Arts Award |
| “The Uriot Prize”, Amsterdam | |
| Foundation for sport and the arts, Grant aid | |
| 1996 | “MOMART Prize Winner”, The Whitechapel Open, London |
| “Boise Travel Scholarship”, London | |
| 1993 | “Duveen Travel Bursary “, London |
Residencies
| 2008 | EKWC, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands |
| 2005 | Le Couvent des Récollets, Paris |
| 2003 | Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris |
| 2002 | Artist in Residence, Imperial College of Science, London |
Work in Selected Collections
The Saatchi Collection, London
West Collection, New York
Arts Council Collection, United Kingdom
Publications
| 2017 | Lisson Gallery 50th Anniversary Book, ARTIST / WORK / LISSON |
| 2009 | “Return to function” catalogue of an exhibition held at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, edited by Stephen Robert Frankel, New York 2005 “Inhabituel”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan |
| 2005 | “Inhabituel”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan |
| 2004 | “The Evening Rise”, Copyright by Mark Hosking & Onestar press, printed and bound in France |
| “Auto Roto Font” by Mark Hosking, “Book Works” publication, with a text by Edward Allington | |
| 2002 | “The Gap Show. Young Critical Art from Great Britain”, Museum am Ostwall, text by Mark Beasley, Dortmund |
| 2001 | “oost east kunst art. Art in Amsterdam’s Eastern Docks Area”, Amsterdam City Council, Amsterdam |
| “Gymnasion”, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz | |
| “The Silk Purse Procedure”, Arnolfini & Spike Island, Bristol | |
| “50 projects in 50 weeks”, Fig-1, London | |
| 1999 | “Changing the System? Artists talk about their practice”, a discussion event in Rotterdam, April. |
| “Den Haag Sculptuur 1999”, Foundation “Het Voorhout van de Beeldende Kunst II”, Den Haag. | |
| 1998 | “The new neurotic Realism II”, The Saatchi Gallery, London. |
Articles
| 2006 | Ilaria Bombelli, “Mark Hosking”, in: Flash Art, December/January, p. 88. Manisha Jothady, “Designs für eine bessere Welt”, in: artmagazine.cc, 9.10. “Nützliche Bikinis”, in: Der Standard, 28.09, p.14. Bärbel Vischer, “Provokante Zurückhaltung”, in: artmagazine.cc, 28.09. Markus Mittringer, “Mc Gyver greift durch”, Der Standard. Rondo, 387, 15.09., p. 16. |
| 2005 | Mark Prince, “On Sculpture”, in: Art Monthly, December/January, p. 7-10. |
| 2004 | Claudia Aigner, “Rettet unsere Einkaufssackerln!”, in: Wiener Zeitung, 07.05. |
| 2003 | Emily Pethick, “Mark Hosking”, in: artforum online, June. “Mark Hosking”, in: kultureflash, 46, 20.05. |
| 2002 | Pablo Lafuente, “Us & Them”, in: Art Rewiew, July/Aug., p. 94- 95. Edward Ellington, “dream machines”, in: frieze, 66, April, p. 59-63. |
| 2001 | Martin Coomer, “Mark Hosking”, in: Time Out. Mark Wilsher, “Mark Hosking”, in: What’s on in London, 28.03. Jessica Lack, “Mark Hosking”, in: The Guardian: Guide, 10.03. “Mark Hosking”, in: Southwark Life, April/May. “Mark Hosking”, The Guardian: Space, 08.03. |
| 2000 | Johanna Hofleitner, “Ausgestellt in Wien”, in: Die Presse, 24.07. Claudia Aigner, “Galerie Engholm. Hosking, Almond. Der Kampf ums Überleben”, in: Wiener Zeitung, 20.07. “Watchlist – Ausstellung Wien”, in: Der Standard, 11.07. “What’s on in Austria” in: Austria Today, 04.07. Nicole Scheyerer, “Kunst Kurz”, in: Falter, 27. Nicole Scheyerer, “Wienlexikon – Empfohlen”, in: Falter, 26. Nicole Scheyerer, “Wienlexikon – Kunstkalender – Empfohlen: Darren Almond, Mark Hosking”, in: Falter, 25. Michaela Knapp, “Up2Date – Ausstellungseroffnung Darren Almond und Mark Hosking”, in: Die Presse, 08.06. “Watchlist – Ausstellung Wien: Repolitisierung. Ein britischer Beitrag mit Darren Almond und Mark Hosking”, in: Der Standard, 08.06. Patricia Grzonka, “Almond, Hosking. Britische Provokation als politisches Statement”, in: Profil, 26, p. 167. |
| 1999 | “Mark Hosking – Low Tech Sophistication”, in: Les Cahiers de la Sculpture, 3/99, July/ August/September, p. 58. JJ. Charlesworth, “Neurotic Realism Part Two”, in: Art Monthly, October, pp. 30. |
| 1998 | Hani M. Bathish, “Funktional Pieces of Art on Display”, in: Khaleej Times, 17.12., p. 5. “British Contemporary Art”, in: Gulf News, 16.12., p. 2. |
| 1997 | Neal Brown, “Mark Hosking – Lisson Gallery”, in: frieze, 37, Nov./Dec., p. 80. |
| 1996 | Tim Hilton, “The truly East of England Show”, in: The Independent, 27.07., p. 19. |
| 1995 | Neal Brown, “Ideal standard Summertime / Postscript”, in: frieze, 26, Jan./Feb. Richard Cork, “Summer brings cold comfort”, in: The Times, 13.08., p. 36. |