KEITH TYSON

Born
Ulverston, Cumbria, England, 1969

Education
Barrow-in-Furness College of Engineering,Mechanical Engineering Craft Studies
(M.E.C.S.), 1984–1989
Carlisle College of Art, 1989–1990
University of Brighton, Alternative Practice, 1990–1993

Lives and works in the United Kingdom

Select One-Person Exhibitions

2011
Entangled in the Amber Glow of a Weary Woven World, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen DK
Keith Tyson: Contemporary Grotesques, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris

2010
Keith Tyson: 52 Variables, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY

2009
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Cloud Choreography and Other Emergent Systems, Parasol unit foundation for Contemporary art
, London

2008
Keith Tyson: Random Nature, Project B Contemporary Art, Milan, (Cat.)
Keith Tyson: Nature Paintings, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, (Cat.)
Keith Tyson: Fractal Dice, PaceWildenstein, 545 West 22nd Street, New York, NY (Cat.)

2007–08
Keith Tyson: Studio Wall Drawings 1997–2007, Haunch of Venison, London (Cat.)

2007
Keith Tyson, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2006–07
Keith Tyson: Large Field Array, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
Traveled to: De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Holland; PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (Cat.)

2006
Keith Tyson: Nature Paintings, Haunch of Venison, Zurich (Cat.)
Keith Tyson: The Sum of All Possible Paths, Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris (Cat.)

2005
Keith Tyson: Geno Pheno, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY  (Cat.)

2004–05
Geno Pheno 1, Haunch of Venison, London (Cat.)

2003
Collected Short Stories, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Works from a Teleological Accelerator, Arndt and Partner, Berlin
The Terrible Weight of History, Galerie Judin, Zurich 

2002
Supercollider, South London Gallery, London (Cat.)
Keith Tyson, Kunsthalle Zurich (Cat.)

2000
Studio Wall Drawings, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
One of Each, Galerie Ursula Krinzinger, Vienna, (Cat.)

1999
Keith Tyson, Delfina, London (Cat.)
Molecular Compound No. 4, Kleines Helmhaus, Zurich (Cat.)

1997
Keith Tyson, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
New Artmachine Paintings, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris

1996
Keith Tyson, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY 

1995
From the Artmachine (14 Iterations), Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London 

Select Group Exhibitions 

2009 
Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2008–09
Drawn from the Collection 1500–2008, The Clore Gallery, Tate Britain, London 

2008
Accidental Modernism, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
Estratos, Proyecto Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art Project), Murcia, Spain (Cat.)
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Mission: to Interpret and Understand Contemporary Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London (Cat.)
Beyond Measure: Conversations Across Art and Science, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdome (Cat.)
History in the Making: A Retrospective of The Turner Prize, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Diagonal Argument, Bétonsalon, Paris

2007–08
Turner Prize Retrospective, Tate Britain, London 

2007
You’ll Never Know – Drawing and Random Interference, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Aggression of Beauty, Arndt and Partner, Berlin, May 22–June 17, 2007
Reconstruction #2, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (Cat.)
Unfinished Symphony…, Fine Art Society, London
Oeuvres Encombrantes, Gallerie Vallois, Paris, (Cat.)

2006–07
You’ll Never Know: Drawing and Random Interference, Hayward Gallery Touring Show, London.
Traveled to: Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea; The Lowry, Salford; The New Art Gallery, Walsall; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle (Cat.)

2006
How to Improve the World: 60 Years of British Art, Hayward Gallery, South Bank Centre, London (Cat.)
Exposed: Art and Culture from England’s North West, Manchester Square, London

2005
Dionysiac, Centre Geroges Pompidou, Paris (Cat.)
Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule Based Art, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (Cat.)
Summer Group Show, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY

2004
Another Zero, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy (Cat.)
Is There A Curator to Save the Show?, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris

2003–04
Outlook: Contemporary Art Exhibition, International Art Exhibition in Athens, Greece (Cat.)

2003
The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, Laing Art Gallry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Talking Pieces, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (Cat.)
Micro/Macro: British Art 1996–2002, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest (Cat.)
Thatcher, Blue Gallery, London
Home, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Independence: Issues with a Contemporary Relevance, South London Gallery, London 

2002–03
Reality Check: Recent Developments in British Photography and Video, Organized by the British Council and the Photographers’ Gallery.
Traveled to: Moderna Galerija, Llubljana, Solvenia; Wharf Road, London; House of Artists, Zagreb, Croatia; Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague; The Bunkier Gallery, Krakow, Poland; Latvia Arsenals, Riga, Romania (Cat.)
Turner Prize Exhibition, Tate Britain, London
Comer o No Comer, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain 

2002
Flights of Reality, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge and Turnpike Gallery, Manchester (Cat.)
Con Art: Magic/ Object/ Action, Site Gallery, Sheffield (Cat.)
25 São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo (Cat.)
Public Affairs, Kunsthaus Zürich (Cat.)
Strike, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, United Kingdom

2001–02
L’ effet Larsen – processus de resonances dans l’art contemporain (The Larsen Effect: Progressive Feedback In Contemporary Art), OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria,
Traveled to: Casino-Forum d’ Art Contemporain, Luxembourg (Cat.)
Brave New World, Galeria OMR, Mexico City, December 10, 2001–February 2002. (Cat.)

2001
Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, Tate Modern, London (Cat.)
The Fantastic Recurrence of Certain Situations: Recent British Art and Photography, Sala de exposiciones del Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (Cat.)
makeshift, University of Brighton Art Gallery (Cat.)
Nothing, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland,
Traveled to: Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; Rooseum Malmo and Mead Gallery, Warwick. (Cat.)
Berlin Biennale, Berlin (Cat.)
49 Biennale de Venezia (Cat.)
Open Plan P3 – The Marathon, Alphadelta Gallery and Artio Gallery, Athens

2000
Over the Edges, SMAK-Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent (Cat.)
Dream Machines, Hayward Gallery, London, national touring exhibition; Dundee Contemporary Arts; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield; Camden Arts Centre, London (Cat.)
Urs Fischer “Tagessuppen/Soups of the Days” und “Domestic Pairs Project” (mit/withvKeith Tyson), Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland (Cat.)
The British Art Show 5, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Traveled to: Millais Gallery, Southampton; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (Cat.)

1999–00
Seeing Time: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection of Media Art,  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (Cat.)

1999
Nerve: cZ1 (happening), Nash Room, Institute of Contemporary Art, London

1998
Il Luogo Degli Angeli, Museo Laboratorio, Città Sant’ Angelo, Villa Bottini, Lucca. (Curator: Renato Bianchini, in collaboration with L’Associazione Ellisse). (Cat.)
Show Me the Money, 8 Dukes Mews, London.
What’s in a Name? Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London.

1997–98
Private Face–Urban Space: A New Generation of Artists from Britain, Old Gasworks, Athens
traveled to: Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art - L. Kanakakis Municipal Gallery, Rethymnon, Crete (Cat.)

1997
Dissolution, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
Low Maintenance and High Precision, Hales Gallery and 172 Deptford High Street, London
Che cosa sono le nuvole, Palazzo Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba (Cat.)
Guarene Arte 97, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Turin, Italy. (Cat.)

1996
Pandemonium, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Surfing Systems, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany (Cat.)
Madame ma conscience (with Gilles Barbier, Alain Bublex, Francesco Finizio, Géraldine Kosizk, Saverio Lucariello, Joachim Mogarra, Sandrine Raquin, Nedko Solakov, Pierrick Sorin, Keith Tyson), Friche Belle Belle de Mai, Marseilles.
Traveled to: Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Art and Innovation Shortlist Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
In Passing, The Tannery Project Space, London.
On a Clear Day…, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, First Site Gallery,  Colchester; Focal Point Gallery, South End; John Hansard Gallery, South Hampton; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Middlesborough Art Gallery. (Cat.)
Superstore Deluxe, UP & Co., New York, NY
White Hysteria, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide

1995–96
Disneyland After Dark, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden
Traveled to: Kunstamt Kreuzberg/Betanien, Berlin (Cat.)

1995
Night and Day, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London.

1994–95
Institute of Cultural Anxiety, Institute of Contemporary Art, London (Cat.) 

1994
Spit in the Ocean, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
The Observatory, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London

1993
The Space Between, Gallery Fortlaan 17, Gent

1990
Passive Voyeurs, Stanwicks Theatre Complex, Carlisle 

Bibliography

2011
Drucks, Achim. "12 Harmonics: Keith Tyson's Spectacular Work for Winchester House," Deutsche Bank Artmag, no. 67 (October 2011). http://db-artmag.com/en/67/feature/12-harmonics-keith-tysons-spectacular....

2009
Bedford, Christopher. “Keith Tyson.” Artforum 48, no. 1 (September 2009): 300-01

Grants and Awards                 

2007
Professorship, University of Brighton, United Kingdom

2005
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters, University of Brighton

2004
Begins association with PaceWildenstein, New York

2002
Turner Prize

1996
Institute of Contemporary Art: Arts and Innovation Award 1996

Selected Public Collections

Arts Council Collection, London
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Foundation François Pinault, Paris
French National Art Collection (FNAC), Paris
The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
The South London Gallery Collection, London
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuelle Kunst (SMAK), Gent, Belgium
Tate Modern, London