Biography
PAUL MCDEVITT
Born 1972 in Troon, Scotland
Lives and works in Berlin
EDUCATION
2007 International Artists Fellowships, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland
2000-01 Saatchi Fellow, Artist in Residence, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1999-00 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1997 Artist in Residence, Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, California
1992-95 BA (Hons) Visual Arts, Lancaster University
1991-92 Foundation Course, Jacob Kramer College of Art & Design, Leeds 2009
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ PROJECTS
2011
Running on Woollen Legs, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
2010
OBE, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin, Germany
Liste 15 (with Beni Bischof), Basel, CH
What Survives, ALP / Peter Bergman, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Bierstadt (with Cornelius Quabeck), Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Cant, Artspeak, Vancouver, Canada
Ecstatic Visions etc., Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
Spastic with Cheer (with Heike Kati Barath), Kunstverein Schwerte
2008
A Journal of the Winds, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin
Bierstadt (with Cornelius Quabeck), Galerie Horst Schuler, Düsseldorf
Bierstadt (with Cornelius Quabeck), Dunckerstrasse 17, Berlin
2007
Solitary Figure in Landscape, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Guide Me, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland
2004
Paul McDevitt, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
2003
Merge, Jerwood Print, Jerwood Foundation, London
The Horns of Moses, Habitat, Kings Road, London
2002
Lost Weekend, Galala, Fukuoka, Japan
2001
Half-Life, Hales Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen DK
Backstage Riders, curated by Lotte Møller & Sebastiaan Schlicher, Tagesspiegelgebäude, Berlin (DE)
Laws and Sausage, nationalmuseum, Berlin (DE)
Press Releases, essays and observations, Berlin (DE)
No Government No Cry, a project by Kendell Geers, CIAP Aktuele Kunst, Hasselt (BE)
From Berlin, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)
Der Menschen Klee, KIT, Düsseldorf (DE)
Der menschen klee, KIT D¨sseldorf, Germany
2010
Lei da Selva (Law of the Jungle), Lehmann Maupin, New York (US)
Something Might Happen, Galerie im Regierungsviertel/The Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin (DE)
The Berlin Box, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Kunsthalle Andratx/CCA, Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
Radical Adults, curated by Lotte Møller & Sebastiaan Schlicher, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin (DE)
2009
The Golden Record – The Sounds of Earth, The Collection, Lincoln, UK
Nus, Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
Collection Art Foundation Mallorca, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2008
Chambres a part II, la Réserve Paris, 10 place du Trocadero, Paris, France
100 Years 100 Artists 100 Works of Art, A Foundation Gallery, London
Golden Record – the Sounds of the Earth, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
Supernatural, Kunsthalle Andratx, Majorca, Spain
Pendre la crémaillère, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin, Germany
Space to Draw, Jerwood Space, London
Art on the London Underground, Rochelle School, Shoreditch, London, UK, October
2007
Star Dust, Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL)
Cult Fiction, Hayward Gallery; touring to New Art Gallery, Walsall; Nottingham Castle, Nottingham; Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds; Aberystwyth Art Gallery, Aberystwyth; Tullie House, Carlisle, (catalogue)
Drawing 2007 Biennial Fundraiser, The Drawing Room, London
2006
Drawing Inspiration, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
The Starry Messenger: Visions of the Universe, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, (catalogue)
2005
Sonnenblume Titanic, Kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Ticker, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany, (curated by Aurélie Voltz)
The Failure, Korridor, Berlin, Germany
Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Post Notes, ICA, London; toured to Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis
Communism, Project, Dublin, (curated by Grant Watson)
2004
Implosion, Raum500, Munich, Germany
Pledge, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany, (curated by Dave Beech)
No-How, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh,
2003
Post It, Floating IP, Manchester
EU3–European Drawing, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
I want! I want! NGCA, Sunderland
Some Panoramas, Pump House Gallery, London
Arrangement: the use of flowers in art, Rhodes+Mann, London, (catalogue)
Please Take One, 39, London
Bad Touch, Keith Talent Gallery, London
Ponce, the Ship, London
Phillip Allen, Diana Cooper, Paul McDevitt, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland,
Tullie House, Carlisle, Angel Row, Nottingham
2002
Non-Plan, domoBaal, London, (catalogue) YesteryearNowadays, Hales Gallery, London
Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, MK G, Milton Keynes; Cornerhouse, Manchester, (curated by Emma Mahony, catalogue)
Neverland, Cell Project Space, London
Reverberator, Houldsworth, London, (curated by Michael Archer)
Lovely, Kohlenhof, Nuremberg, (curated by Andreas Oehlert)
2001
Please Use The Space Provided For Additional Information, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
What's Wrong?, The Trade Apartment, London, (curated by Dave Beech)
Die München Sonne, Maximiliansforum, Munich, (with Declan Clarke)
Skuggspel Tullkammaren, Umeå, Sweden
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2001, Jerwood Space, London, (catalogue)
Cheltenham & Gloucester College, Cheltenham
The Alberto Vilar Gallery at the Prince's Foundation, London
EICH Gallery, Hull
Teeth & Trousers, Cell Project Space, London
Freie Wahlen, (McDevitt, Purdy, Quabeck), Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, (catalogue)
Saatchi Gallery Bursaries 1999-2001, The Saatchi Gallery at 30 Underwood St, London, (catalogue)
2000
Compilation, PLUS, Düsseldorf, Germany
Felt-Tip, Zwemmer Gallery, London
Hellseher, Projektraum Konkordiastrasse, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Armchair Project, Cinch, London
Assembly, Stepney City, London
McDevitt, Purdy, Quabeck-Bigger Monster Lover, Glasgow Project Space, Glasgow, Scotland
McDevitt, Purdy, Quabeck-Uptight (Outta Sight), PLUS, Düsseldorf, Germany
CURATED PROJECTS (with Declan Clarke)
2011
Herbei ein Licht!, a group show of contemporary German art, Lismore Castle Arts, St Carthage Hall, Lismore (IE)
2009
Fuck Book, Publication, Eastside projects, Birmingham (UK)
2008
Coney Island HotDog Eating Championship (event), Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin, Germany
video screening: films by Andreas Bunte, Sebastian Buerkner, Matt Calderwood, Declan Clarke, Annika Eriksson, Nick Laessing, Chris Shepherd, David Shrigley, Annika Ström, Dunckerstrasse 17, Berlin, Germany
Printed Project #9, The Call of the Wild is Now a Cry for Help, published by Visual Artists
Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2007
Expect Nothing, Gallery for One, Dublin, Ireland
Feint publication Dublin, Ireland
2005
Matt Calderwood, Bj"rn Dahlem, Sophie von Hellerman, Ian Kiaer, Cornelius Quabeck, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland
2002
Play it as it Lays-17 artists from Los Angeles, London Institute Gallery Millbank, London
2000
The Armchair Project, Cinch, London
Dust Up-Two Down, The House, Chelsea College of Art, London
GRANTS / RESIDENCIES
2009
Book project with Artspeak in Vancouver, Canada
2006-2007
Berlin Fellow, Berwick Gymnasium, Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK)
2000-2001
Saatchi Fellow, Artist in Residence, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1997
Artist in Residence, Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, California, USA
PUBLICATION
2007
Cult Fiction Art and Comics, Hayward Gallery Publications
2006
The Starry Messenger: Visions of the Universe, Compton Verney
2005
Clarke & McDevitt present, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
2002
Paul McDevitt-Piranesi Penguin Pool & other stories, Der Atom No. 3,
The Galleries Book, Royal Academy of Arts
Bambi, April, (poster)
Paul McDevitt 'Lost Weekend', Pocko Editions
2001
Tafelrunden, RischArt Produktion
2000
Parallel Lines, London Institute
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Schatten & Wesen, 9 Ausstellungen im Kunstverein Schwerte, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
2010
Olofsson, Anders; Paul McDevitt på ALP/Peter Bergman, Konsten Nättidskrift om samtidskonst, 5 March
Apropos Moore: Observations on Moore’s Legacies for Contemporary British Artists, Henry Moore, Tate catalogue, pp.85-87
2009
Mania, Astrid; Artnet 19 Dec 09 “Schatzsuche auf dem Künstlerspielplatz”
Paul McDevitt udstiller i Martin Asbaek Gallery, www.kulturplakaten.dk, 18 November
Art on Paper Nov/Dec 09 cover, and pp.30-21
Ward, Ossian; Paul McDevitt and Cornelius Quabeck , Time Out, July 09
Gavin, Francesca; Paul McDevitt and Cornelius Quabeck, Elle online, July 09
Paul McDevitt and Cornelius Quabeck, exhibition preview, Monopol, 07/09
Archer, Michael; Paul McDevitt and Cornelius Quabeck, Artforum, October 2009
Barnes, Freire; l'art, BON 15, Spring/Summer 09, p.29
xposição, VEJA Sao Paulo, 18 March
2008
Müller, Dominikus; Kunstrundgang, taz Berlin, 24 September, p.27
Reber, Simone; Der Charme von Charlottenburg, Der Tagesspiegel, 6 September, p.29
Boese, Daniel; ABC 123, artforum.com, 11 September 2008
Chrambach, Adam; Art Crawl: A Journal of the Winds, Exberliner, September
Stott, Tim; Clarke & McDevitt: Expect Nothing review, Art Review, March, p.168
Mania, Astrid; Grosszügige Geste, Artnet, 14 February
Charlesworth, J.J.; Space to Draw review, Time Out, January
2007
Ebner, Jörn; Die Tankstelle Oberlausitz steht in England, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 September, p.46
Gavin, Francesca; Smashing Pumpkins, BBC Collective online
Fite-Wassilak, Chris; Cult Fiction, Frieze issue 109, September, p.193
Charlesworth, J.J.; Ka-Pow!: Cult Fiction: Art & Comics’, Art Review Issue 10 April, p.40
2005
Beech, Dave; I Could Have Been a Contender -Temporary Exhibitions at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Internationaler Pilot Issue, Oct 2005, pp.11-12
Humphrey, David; David Humphrey Discusses the Work of Paul McDevit, Miser & Now Issue 7, pp.22-25
Conner, Valerie; News - Dublin, the Hugh Lane, Contemporary Issue 76, p.17
Ho, Gitta; Räume für Wirklichkeit - review of Ticker 9, Artnet 21, July
Clancy, Luke; Clarke & McDevitt present, Modern Painters July/Aug, pp.108-109
Long, Declan; From Despair to Where…, Feint Issue 2 Vol. 1, pp.3-6
RTÉ TV panel discussion, The View, Clarke & McDevitt present, 17 May
Summer Sights, The Irish Times, April 14, p.3
Live radio interview, NewsTalk106, 10 April
On-site at the Hugh Lane The Irish Times, 9 April
O‘Halloran, Robbie; Communism, Circa Spring 05, pp.110-111
Charlesworth, J.J.; Communism’, Art Monthly, March, no.284, pp.19-21
RTÉ TV panel discussion, The View, Communism, 25 January
Dunne, Aidan; Bursting the Art Bubble, The Irish Times, 25 January, p.16
2004
Paul McDevitt at Stephen Friedman Gallery, Kultureflash 101, 10/11/04
Martin; Paul McDevitt at Stephen Friedman Gallery, Time Out n.1785, 3-10 Nov, Coomber, p.57
Postcard, Art Review, July/August, Vol. LIV, p.110
Conrads, Martin; No Future Revisited, Zitty, 14, p.80
Eklund, Karin; EU3, Untitled, n. 31, Spring, p.73
2003
Charlesworth, J.J.; I Want! I Want!, Art Monthly, October, n. 270, pp.33-35
McIntosh, Jacqui; Arrangement, a-n magazine, October, pp.7
Flora Historia, Tank, vol. 3, issue 7, pp.155
Hickling, Alfred; I want! I want!, The Guardian, 27 August, pp.24
interview with Emma Underhill, Factory DVD Magazine, issue 2
Hopwood, Alasdair; Sleaze Nation, Vol. 4, Issue 26, May, pp.124
King, Emily; Palm Reading, Frieze, Issue 73, March, pp.48-49
2002
Kitamura, Katie; YesteryearNowadays, Contemporary, October, p.81-82
Blandford, Richard; Play it as it Lays, Frieze, Issue 69, September, pp.112
Charlesworth, J.J.; Reverberator, Art Monthly, Jul-Aug, n. 258, pp.33-35
Wilson, Andrew; Summer reading (Lost Weekend), Art Monthly, Jul-Aug, n. 258, pp.54
Charlesworth, J.J.; Play it as it Lays, Artext, #77, Summer, pp.82-83
Ihara, Nathan; The Pocko Collection LA Weekly, 21-27 June
Pocko, Flux, #30, April/May, pp.23
Gotta catch 'em all!, lab 03, Spring, pp.20-21
Ward, Ossian; Seven days in LA, Art Review, April, Vol. LIII, pp.50-51
Fergusson, Ben; Lost Weekend, Art Review, April, Vol. LIII, pp.84
Gavin, Francesca; Weekender, Dazed & Confused, #88, April, pp.169
Monet und adidas, Fürther Nachrichten, 21 March, p.25
Maucher, Ute; An der Oberfläche kratzen, Abendzeitung Nürnberg, 21 March, p.15
2001
Hege, Paul; Hard Labour, Art Review, Dec/Jan, Vol. LII, pp.46-47
Paul McDevitt - Observatory, Tank, vol. 2, issue 7, pp.72-81
Västerbottens-Kuriren Umeå, 7 September, pp.1-5
Last Chance - Art, Saatchi Gallery Bursaries, Evening Standard, 3 August