DENISE HAWRYSIO

16 Pullens Buildings, Penton Place, London SE17 3SJ, UK

dh@hawrysio.com

www.hawrysio.com

BORN    Toronto, Canada, lives in London, UK

 

EDUCATION     

 

MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA

                BFA (Hons), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

 

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

                 

                An Etching Plate Feels No Pain, SNAP, Edmonton, Canada, 2011

                Situational Prints, Martha Street Studios, Winnipeg, Canada, 2010            

                Situational Prints, Open Studio, Toronto, Canada, 2009

Etching Plate As Shield, Danske Grafikers Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009

News in Briefs, 36 Bedford Row Galleries, London, UK, 2009

Situational Prints, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland, 2008

                Situational Prints, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2007

                Hello my name is Jenny, MOCA, London, UK, 2005

                Live or Die, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2004    

                A place of contemplation, RACA, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2004

                The Way Things Don’t, Five Years, London, UK, 2002

                In the full light of reason, Dare-Dare Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 2001

                A Catalogue of Errors, The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, 2001

                Grasping and Clinging, Project 304, Bangkok, Thailand, 2000 (sound by John Wynne)

                Safe for all Surfaces, Five Years, London, UK, 2000        

                The Other Journey, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada, 1997

                The Tannery Project Space, London, UK, 1995

                Forum Bilker Stra, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1994

                Galérie Articule, Montréal, Canada, 1992

                Clove Gallery, London, UK, 1991

                Art & Text, Inset 2, The Showroom, London, UK, 1990

                Helen Pit Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 1990

                               

 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

                Surface Tension, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, Canada, 2011

                Accidental Literacy, The Print Studio Gallery, Hamilton, Canada, 2011

                Common Wealth, MKG127 Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2009

                Dumbwaiter, James Taylor Gallery, London, UK, 2009

                New Prints 2009/Spring, International Print Center New York, New York, USA, 2009

                Transcentric, Lethaby Gallery, Central St. Martins of Art and Design, London, UK, 2008

                New Prints 2008/Spring, International Print Center New York, New York, USA, 2008

                BIMPE, The Society for Contemporary Works on Paper, Vancouver, 2008

Analogue & Digital, Fieldgate Gallery Contemporary Art, London, UK, 2007

                Spring Faculty Exhibition, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2007

                If it didn't exist you'd have to invent it, The Showroom, London, UK, 2006

                15/1 (3), Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006

                Hearing Voices, The Brunei Gallery, University of London, UK, 2005

                Drawing Life; the art and act of drawing, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada, 2005

                What is the book, Flux Factory, Long Island City, and Fisher Arts Centre, Bard College, N.Y., 2004

                The Book Show, The Nunnery, London, UK and 3W Gallery, Grasmere, UK, 2004

                15/1 (2), 1,000 000mph, London, UK, 2003

                The Lux Open, Smartlab, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2003

                Space Men, MOT, London, UK, 2003

                Snapshot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, USA, 2002, (touring exhibition)

                X-mas, Outline, Amsterdam, Holland, 2001

                Denise Hawrysio and Mark Bell, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada, 1999

                Lapsus, Five Years, London, UK, 1999

                Recent Acquisitions, Surrey Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 1998

                External Affairs, Canada House, London, UK, 1998

                The Space of the Page, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK, 1998

                Answer Affirmative Or Negative, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada, 1997

                The Pleasure of Aesthetic Life, The Showroom, London, UK, 1996

                Disneyland After Dark, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 1996

                For the Voice: Sound and Silence, Chelsea School of Art, London, UK, 1996

                Disneyland After Dark, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden, 1996

               

COLLECTIONS:

 

                Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

                Simon Fraser University, Canada

                MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA,

                University of Manchester, UK,

                San Francisco Art Institute, Artists book collection, San Francisco Cal, USA

                Joan Flash Artists’ Books Collection, Chicago Institute, Chicago, USA

                The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

                Surrey Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

                Morey Chaplick Private Collection, Toronto, Canada

                Hajduszoboszlo Museum of Modern Art, Gyor, Hungary

                Yale University, New Haven, USA

                Museum vh Boek, Den Hagg, Holland

                AA Bronson - General Idea, Toronto, Canada

                Exeter School of Art, Exeter, UK

                Guildhall University, London, UK

                John Janssen, (private), London, UK

                Rijksgevangenis Dendermonde, Belgium, Holland

                Artists’ Publication, Eins von Hundert, Köln, Germany

                Art/Start Archives, International Ko production, Middleburg, Netherlands

                Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada

                Tate Gallery, Art Library, London, UK

                Chelsea Art Library, London, UK

 

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

 

                Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada, 2009

                Grant, Canada House Arts Trust, London, UK, 2008

                Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada, 2007

                Artist’s Residency, Printmedia Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2007

                Tom and Babs Putnam Print Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA, 2007

                Artists Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA, 2006

                Grants to Artists, British Council, London, UK, 2006

                Research Grant, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK, 2006

                Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada, 2006

                Artists Residency Exchange Program, Deptford, UK and Berlin, Germany, 2004

                Artists residency, Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Canada, 2004

                Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada, 2004          

                Grants to Artists, London Arts, London, UK, 2002

                Creative Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada, 2001

                Awards to Artists, British Council, London, UK, 2000

                Publication Grant, Canadian Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand, 2000

                Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada 2000

                British Council Grant, London, UK 1999

                Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada, 1997

                Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada, 1997

                Circulation and Dissemination Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada, 1997

                Travel Grant, The British Council, UK, 1994

                Travel Grant, London Arts Board, UK, 1994

                Research Grant, University of Plymouth, Exeter, UK, 1996

                Elephant Trust, London, UK, 1991

 

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

                Carolyn Jervis, Behind the marks, Vueweekly, issue 818, Edmonton, 2011

                Brant Schuller, Proof:  Printmaking as Evidence, SGCI Panel, New York, and USA, 2011

                Michael Petry, ‘Crafty: the art of not making’, by Thames and Hudson in March 2011

                Dean Kenning, An Etching Plate Feels no Pain, Open Studio Publication, 2009

Gary Michael Dault, Situational Prints, The Globe and Mail, Canada, July 18, 2009

                Courtney Weida, The Art of Books, Museums, and Digital Culture, Guild of Book Workers Journal, 2010

                Robin Laurence, Situational Prints, Georgia Straight, Vancouver, June 7, 2007

                Ian Wallace, Situational Prints, Simon Fraser University Gallery Publication, 2007

                Bill Jeffries, Situational Prints, Simon Fraser University Gallery Publication, 2007

                Judith Wilkinson, Canadian Club, cmagazine93, Spring 2007

                Andrew Wilson, If it didn’t exist… The Showroom Annual, 2005/6

                Gary Michael Dault, Live or Die, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto, The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2004

                Simon Morley, The Book Show, London, Utopia Press, 2004    

                Sally O’Reilly, 15/1(2), Art Monthly, London, 2003

                Emma Dexter, 15/1 (Malania Basarab Gallery) 100 Reviews Backwards, London, 2003

                Matthew Higgs, 15/1 (Malania Basarab Gallery), 100 Reviews Backwards, London, 2003

                Nicky Hamlyn, Film, Art, Phenomena, BFI Publications, London, UK, 2003

                Susan Johanknecht, The Symbolic Book: A Travelogue, 2003

                Bangkok Post, Grasping and Clinging, Project 304, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2000

                James Bettley, The Art of the Book; from Illuminated Manuscript to Graphic Novel, V&A Publication,

                Martin Hubbard, Denise Hawrysio, Time Out, London, 2000

                David Weaver, Escape from Photography, Mercer Union publication, Toronto, Canada, 1999

                Sara Kent, What is a photograph? Time Out, London, 1998

                Hugh Stoddart, The Space of the Page, Artist Newsletter, Dec 1997

                John Janssen, The Space of the Page, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 1997

                Valerie Reardon, The Pleasure of Aesthetic Life, Art Monthly, London, No. 202-Dec 96

                Kim Sweet, The Pleasure of Aesthetic Life, Showroom publication, London, Dec 96

                Mark Currah, The Pleasure of Aesthetic Life, Time Out, Nov 96, no.1369

                Brigitte Wernebury, Disneyland After Dark, Sonnenbluhen Auf, Taz, Berlin, 18.05.96

                Katrina Bettina Muller, Panische Flucht, Tagessfiegel, Germany, 21.05.96

                Montag Feiertagen, Lichtausim Vergnugungspark, BZ, Berlin, 29.05.96

                Contribution (2-page artist’s feature) Control Magazine, Stephen Willats, editor, 1996

                Stephen Bury, Artists Books, Scolar Press, UK, 1995

                Gunilla Grahn-Hinnfors, Disneyland After Dark, Kultur Paper, Sweden, Oct 1995

                Sara Arrhenius, Disneyland After Dark, Aftonbladet, Sweden, Oct. 1995

                Marten Castenfors, Debauchery in Disneyland, Konst News, Stockholm, Oct. 1995

                Martin Landahl, Disneyland After Dark, Uppsala Demokraten, Oct 1995

                Cathy Courtney, Cell Books and Zero Text, Art Monthly, London, March 1995

                John Janssen, workfortheeyetodo, Summer Catalogue, London, 1995

                W.D.G., Aalst’s Paper Biennale, De Standaard, Belgium, June 1994

                BAB, Paper Biennale, Het Laatste Niews, Belgium, 1994

                Peter-Paul Geubels, Paper as Environment, Nieuwsblad, Belgium, 1994

                Jan Braet, Growing Pains, Knack, Belgium, June 1993

                Eric Bracke, Paper Biennale, De Morgen, Aalst, Belgium 1994

                Cathy Courtney, Artists’ Books, Art Monthly, London, May 1994

                David Thorp, Staggered Systems, The Showroom Publication, 1994

                Rob Kesselek, Looking at Words:  Reading Pictures, Untitled, summer, London, 1994

                Kim Sawchuck, "Denise Hawrysio: Galérie Articule," Parachute, 66, summer, 1992

 

 

 

 

CURATING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

 

2009       Curator, Common Wealth, MKG127 Gallery, Toronto, Canada

                Amanda Beech, Giorgio Sadotti, Bob and Roberta Smith, and David Alker

2006        Curator and organiser, 15/1 (3), Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999-04   Member of the Board of Directors, Five Years, London, UK, artist’s collective gallery space, with   Marc Hulson, Alex Shady, and Eddy Dorrian.  Exhibitions/events organiser and curator A Promise        of Happiness, What is Love?, Dark Pop and Self Service Painting and Self Service Video.

2003       Curator/organiser, 15/1 (2), 1,000,000 MPH Gallery, London, UK

2009-10 Photographer and research assistant for sound and photographic installation by John Wynne at      Border Zone, Anthropology Museum of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

2003        Photographer and research assistant for “Hearing Voices”, sound and photographic installation by                 John Wynne at Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and Africa Studies, London, UK (project       included travel to Africa)

2002        Exhibition Assistant, Architectural Association, London, UK Either In or Out

1997        Artists’ publication, The Lifelong Lesson, Control Magazine, by Stephen Willats

1997        Co-organizer, Tapko, Academy of Fine Art Helsinki, site-specific installation, Professor Whitehead

1990-93   Director/founder, Malania Basarab Gallery, London, UK, Three-year gallery project

                Exhibitions include; Mock with John Ferris, Echt, with Claudia Terstappen and Michael Krause, Spit with Jarg Gesimar, and Peter Andersson, 15/1 with Amikam Toren, Graham Ramsey, Adam Chodzko, and Anya Gallaccio, Strip with Bill Burns and Patrick McBride.