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| CAROLINE LIST |
Caroline List’s paintings are predominately landscapes, which explore the
physicality of painting in relation to memory, artifice and the photographic trace.
They are neither grounded in reality or fiction, but are fragmented somewhere
between the two. Whilst the fused nature of the images gives them a sense of the
authenticity of a memory of a place in time, the artifice of the hand-painted, coupled
with the trace of the photographic, positions the work between fact and fiction. The
painterly surface and heightened colour explore the visual pleasure of the
picturesque and beauty in nature whilst the imprint of the black light sensitive paint
signify the dark unknown mysteries within landscape, creating an uncanny mist,
that hark back to places of memory and time. Our experience of landscape is often
formed through the collective memory of others, captured in photographic
reproductions and other visual sources. The paintings are always set within perfect
landscapes, un-peopled, and like ‘Capability Brown’s’ gardens of the 18th century
perfectly composed for our viewpoint seamlessly disguising the influences of man
within the landscape. This part real, part imagined quality creates journeys into the
sublime, a desire for a sense of place which hover between fact and fiction.
physicality of painting in relation to memory, artifice and the photographic trace.
They are neither grounded in reality or fiction, but are fragmented somewhere
between the two. Whilst the fused nature of the images gives them a sense of the
authenticity of a memory of a place in time, the artifice of the hand-painted, coupled
with the trace of the photographic, positions the work between fact and fiction. The
painterly surface and heightened colour explore the visual pleasure of the
picturesque and beauty in nature whilst the imprint of the black light sensitive paint
signify the dark unknown mysteries within landscape, creating an uncanny mist,
that hark back to places of memory and time. Our experience of landscape is often
formed through the collective memory of others, captured in photographic
reproductions and other visual sources. The paintings are always set within perfect
landscapes, un-peopled, and like ‘Capability Brown’s’ gardens of the 18th century
perfectly composed for our viewpoint seamlessly disguising the influences of man
within the landscape. This part real, part imagined quality creates journeys into the
sublime, a desire for a sense of place which hover between fact and fiction.
EDUCATION
1987- 88 Chelsea School of Art and Design, M.A Painting
1983- 86 Portsmouth Polytechnic BA Fine Art awarded (1st class)
1981- 83 West Notts college of Art diploma in Art & Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Momento solo painting show Gibsone Jessop gallery, Toronto
2002 Ditto Ditto solo painting show,Catto contemporary, London
1997 The Promise of Wholeness and Loveliness' Baraka post production
1996 -7 The Power of Taste solo touring exhibition Royal Over Seas League London/ Edinburgh
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Half Life, Fieldgate Gallery, London
2006 Between Worlds, Sartorial Contemporary, London
2006 Chimera, group show, space 148b Clerkenwell London
2006 Englands Dreaming, British Landscape exhibition, 7 Bedford Row, London
2006 Broken Romanticism, Standpoint Gallery, curated by Stephen Walter, London
2006 London Art Fair, Islington, London, Mark Jason Fine Art
2005 Night On Earth, group exhibition curated by Harry Pye, London
2005 Curent Vision, curated by Greta Marchant Sartorial contemporary gallery, London
2005 London art fair Chelsea London, Mark Jason Fine Art
2004 The Horizon of Expectation, curated by Caroline List group show at the Empire Gallery, London
2004 Mother's, group exhibition curated by Harry Pye. A hundred artist paint their mother
2003 Smog, group show, curated by Pam Skelton, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2003 contemporary art fair Toronto
2003 contemporary art fair, London Catto Contemporary gallery
2002 contemporary art fair, London, Catto Contemporary gallery
1998 Ornament, Upstairs At The Clerks House, curated by Katrina Blanin, Shoreditch, London
1998 Artist Network, Group Show, Cavendish Square, London
1997 Dinosaurs Blood ' The Body of Painting, Art in Perpetuity Trust, curated by Calli Saunders, London
1997 New Images, rising British painters 'La Capitol La Defence Paris
1997 20/ 20, Kings gate Gallery, West Hampstead, London
1995 Royal Over Seas League Annual Open painting competition, (First prize winner ) Piccadilly, Londo
1994 The painting Show Ernst & Young,London
1993 Henderson, group show, corporate exhibition, London
1992 Spatial Elements, Hornimann Museum, Dulwich, London
1992 Academicians choice, The Mall Galleries, London
1991 Contemporary Young Painters, Christies, London
1991 Group painting exhibition, Nigel Greenwood gallery, Piccadilly, London
1991 Small is beautiful, Flowers East, London
1990 Contemporary Art society, group show, Smiths gallery, London
1990 Two Years On, Morley Gallery, London
1990 New Generation, Bonhams, London
1989 Images of Paradise Survival International, Harewood House, Leeds
1989 Contemporary Art Auction Christies, London
1988 Contemporary Art Society, group show, Covent Garden, London
1988 The future famous, The Century Gallery, Fulham,London
FORTHCOMING SHOWS
2007 Englands Dreaming,Chelsea Gallery, Palo Alto, California
2007 Artificial glory, curated by Caroline List & Isabel Young
AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS & PRIZES
1995 Royal Over Seas League awarded 1st prize in painting the annual
International Common Wealth painting competition
1987 Herbert Read scholarship
1986 East Midlands Arts, Starter Grant, for emerging artist
COLLECTIONS
2005 Cazenove / JP Morgan Investment bank London
2004 Neuberger & Bermann collection, New York
2004 Lehmann Brothers Investment bank private, London
1998- 2003 Roger Evans, private collection, London
1997 Le Capitol la Defence private collection, Paris
1996 The Hilton Headquarters private collection, London
1990 Contemporary Arts Society, public collection, London
1990 Arthur Anderson, private collection, London
1989 Lord & Lady Millbank, public collection, London
PUBLICATIONS
1988 Chelsea MA, Time Out, Sarah Kent
1990 New Generation catalogue Bonhams
1997 Dinosaurs Blood 'The Body of Painting, catalogue Art in Perpetuity Trust, London
2002 Ditto Ditto Solo Show catalogue
Forword written by Richard Dyer "Sublime, Subliminal, Dicing With Doubles"
2003 Smog Exhibition, The Specator magazine
2004 l' Espresso Magazine Italy, article, Contemporary Artist In the East End London
1987- 88 Chelsea School of Art and Design, M.A Painting
1983- 86 Portsmouth Polytechnic BA Fine Art awarded (1st class)
1981- 83 West Notts college of Art diploma in Art & Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Momento solo painting show Gibsone Jessop gallery, Toronto
2002 Ditto Ditto solo painting show,Catto contemporary, London
1997 The Promise of Wholeness and Loveliness' Baraka post production
1996 -7 The Power of Taste solo touring exhibition Royal Over Seas League London/ Edinburgh
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Half Life, Fieldgate Gallery, London
2006 Between Worlds, Sartorial Contemporary, London
2006 Chimera, group show, space 148b Clerkenwell London
2006 Englands Dreaming, British Landscape exhibition, 7 Bedford Row, London
2006 Broken Romanticism, Standpoint Gallery, curated by Stephen Walter, London
2006 London Art Fair, Islington, London, Mark Jason Fine Art
2005 Night On Earth, group exhibition curated by Harry Pye, London
2005 Curent Vision, curated by Greta Marchant Sartorial contemporary gallery, London
2005 London art fair Chelsea London, Mark Jason Fine Art
2004 The Horizon of Expectation, curated by Caroline List group show at the Empire Gallery, London
2004 Mother's, group exhibition curated by Harry Pye. A hundred artist paint their mother
2003 Smog, group show, curated by Pam Skelton, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2003 contemporary art fair Toronto
2003 contemporary art fair, London Catto Contemporary gallery
2002 contemporary art fair, London, Catto Contemporary gallery
1998 Ornament, Upstairs At The Clerks House, curated by Katrina Blanin, Shoreditch, London
1998 Artist Network, Group Show, Cavendish Square, London
1997 Dinosaurs Blood ' The Body of Painting, Art in Perpetuity Trust, curated by Calli Saunders, London
1997 New Images, rising British painters 'La Capitol La Defence Paris
1997 20/ 20, Kings gate Gallery, West Hampstead, London
1995 Royal Over Seas League Annual Open painting competition, (First prize winner ) Piccadilly, Londo
1994 The painting Show Ernst & Young,London
1993 Henderson, group show, corporate exhibition, London
1992 Spatial Elements, Hornimann Museum, Dulwich, London
1992 Academicians choice, The Mall Galleries, London
1991 Contemporary Young Painters, Christies, London
1991 Group painting exhibition, Nigel Greenwood gallery, Piccadilly, London
1991 Small is beautiful, Flowers East, London
1990 Contemporary Art society, group show, Smiths gallery, London
1990 Two Years On, Morley Gallery, London
1990 New Generation, Bonhams, London
1989 Images of Paradise Survival International, Harewood House, Leeds
1989 Contemporary Art Auction Christies, London
1988 Contemporary Art Society, group show, Covent Garden, London
1988 The future famous, The Century Gallery, Fulham,London
FORTHCOMING SHOWS
2007 Englands Dreaming,Chelsea Gallery, Palo Alto, California
2007 Artificial glory, curated by Caroline List & Isabel Young
AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS & PRIZES
1995 Royal Over Seas League awarded 1st prize in painting the annual
International Common Wealth painting competition
1987 Herbert Read scholarship
1986 East Midlands Arts, Starter Grant, for emerging artist
COLLECTIONS
2005 Cazenove / JP Morgan Investment bank London
2004 Neuberger & Bermann collection, New York
2004 Lehmann Brothers Investment bank private, London
1998- 2003 Roger Evans, private collection, London
1997 Le Capitol la Defence private collection, Paris
1996 The Hilton Headquarters private collection, London
1990 Contemporary Arts Society, public collection, London
1990 Arthur Anderson, private collection, London
1989 Lord & Lady Millbank, public collection, London
PUBLICATIONS
1988 Chelsea MA, Time Out, Sarah Kent
1990 New Generation catalogue Bonhams
1997 Dinosaurs Blood 'The Body of Painting, catalogue Art in Perpetuity Trust, London
2002 Ditto Ditto Solo Show catalogue
Forword written by Richard Dyer "Sublime, Subliminal, Dicing With Doubles"
2003 Smog Exhibition, The Specator magazine
2004 l' Espresso Magazine Italy, article, Contemporary Artist In the East End London
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