Born 1963 in West Byfleet, UK
Lives and works in London and Devon, UK
Education
1988-90
Royal College of Art (MA), London, UK
1984-87
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (BA Hons), London, UK
1983-84
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (Foundation Course), London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2018
The Houses, Victoria Miro Mayfair, London, UK
2017
Wall, Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, Kent, UK
The Clearing, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
2016
After You Left, Victoria Miro, London, UK
2014
Vigil, Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, Kent, UK
2011
The World is Still Big, Victoria Miro, London, UK
2008
Leeds Metropolitan Gallery, Leeds, UK
2007
Not part of your world, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005
Don't want to be part of your world, Victoria Miro, London, UK
2003
Outside, Distrito Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
2001
Case Study, Victoria Miro, London, UK
1998
Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, Germany
1997
James Van Damme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Viewer, Victoria Miro, London, UK
1995
Fountainhead, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris, France
1993
Victoria Miro, London, UK
James Van Damme Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1992
Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2019
In Ruins, Witley Court Worcester, UK
Where function ends: Responses to the architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Hestercombe Gallery, Taunton, Somerset, UK
The Other Place, KS Museum for art in public spaces, Koge, Denmark
Drawing Biennial 2019, The Drawing Room, London, UK
Zero point of Orientation: Photography as a location in the room, DZ Bank AG Frankfurt, Germany
2017
Yokohama Triennale 2017: Islands, Constellations & Galapagos, Yokohama, Japan
Creating the Countryside, Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Warwickshire, UK
Futures Found: The Real and Imagined Cityscapes of Post-war Britain, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Transparency, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2015
el tiempo se hizo, Centro de Artes Visuales Hega de Alvear, Caceres, Spain
2014
Buildering: Misbehaving the City, Contemporary Arts Centre, Ohio, United States; travelling to the Blaffer Art Museum,
University of Houston, US
Lookout, Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, UK
A place of which we know no certainty, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2013
ARCTIC, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
in cloud country, cur. Iwona Blazwick, Harewood House, Leeds, UK
2012
Focal Points: Art and Photography, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2011
Sing me to sleep, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2010
Exploratory Laboratory, Birdport Arts Centre, Bridport; The Exchange, Sturminster Newton, UK
Arts Council Collection Select - The White Show, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, UK
2009
Home Truths, Harewood House, Leeds, UK
The Collection, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
2008
Concrete Dreams, APT Gallery, London, UK
Art & Climate Change, Fundación Canal, Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan
The Brotherhood of Subterranea. Kunstbunker, Nuremberg, Germany
2007
Art & Climate Change, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
It Starts From Here, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, UK
2006
PLAY: Experience the Adventure of our Cities, Urbis, Manchester, UK
Out of Place, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK
The Ship-The Art of Climate Change, Natural History Museum, National Conservation Center Liverpool Biennale, UK
Renegade City: Units Moved, The Yard, Architecture Foundation, London, UK
The Other Pleasure, American Institute of Architects San Francisco, Architecture + Design Gallery, San Francisco
International Waters with Archigram, Linda Burnham, Adrianne Colburne, Ginny Cook, Matt Gerring, Alex Hartley, Tania
Kovatz, David Maupin, Nam June Paik, Ed Ruscha, Chieko Shiomi, Situationists International, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, US
2005
XS, Distrito Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
Cape Farewell Project, Davis Langdon LLP, London, UK
Miradas Y Conceptos: from the collection of Helga de Alvear, MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain, France
Encouraging American Genius, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., US
2004
Looking With/Out, East Wing Collection No.05, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Gifted, University of the Arts, London, UK
2003
In Good Form, Recent sculpture from the Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Contemporary Collecting: New Art for Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery, UK
Palazzo Delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy
2002
Art + Mountains: conquistadors of the useless, The Alpine Club, London, UK
Looking With/Out East Wing Collection No.05, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2001
Uncovered, The Gallery, University of Essex Gallery, UK
No World Without You - Reflections of Identity in New British Art, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Israel
Points of View, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany
Museum as Subject, National Museum of Osaka, Japan
2000
Donation, Towner Art Gallery and Museum, Eastbourne, UK
Raw, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Vision & Reality, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
The Poster Show, Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
1999
The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
Sarajevo 2000, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Il Casa, Il Corpo, Il Curore, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
Minimum, Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris, France
Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
Postcards on Photography, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Touring to: John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Site Gallery, Sheffield; Camerawork, London, UK
1998
Sarajevo 2000, curated by Lóránd Hegyi, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna,
Austria (1998 - 99)
Ewan Gibbs, Alex Hartley, Jason Martin, One in the Other, London, UK
Close Echoes. Public Body & Artificial Space, City Gallery Prague and Kunst Halle Krems, Austria
Fotografie als Handlung, 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen, curated by Renate Wiehager, Galerien der Stadt
Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
Site, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Home Sweet Home, Gilles Peyroulet, Paris, France
1997
Private Face - Urban Space, organised by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, L. Kanakakis Muncipal Gallery of Rethymnon, Crete, Greece (1997 - 98)
Private Face - Urban Space, organised by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, Gasworks, Athens, Spalins Margaret
Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Minor Sensation, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
1996
Inner London, Delfina Gallery, London, UK
Abstract/Real, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria
Wordt Vervolgd, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Espaces Construits/Espaces Critiques, FRAC Basse Normandie, Caen, France
Fall Out, Walker Fabrik, Darmstadt, Germany
City Limits, Cadman Studios, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Young British Artists (curated by Glenn Scott Wright) Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Paddington, Australia and RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Spacious, Alex Hartley & Willy de Sauter, Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK
1995
Conceptual Living, Rhizome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Architectures d'Artistes 2, Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris, France
James Van Damme Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1994
Photo '94, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, UK (curated by Sarah Kent)
Bienal Martinez Guerricabeitia, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Notions of Space, Valentina Moncada, Rome, Italy (curated by Glenn Scott Wright)
Europa '94, München, Germany
Architectures d'artistes, Gilles Peyroulet, Paris, France
1993
Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1992
July, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
1991
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
Show Hide Show, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, UK
Crossover, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, UK
1990
International Departures, Kavalere Kazerne, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Awards
2015
Arts Foundation Award, London, UK
2004
Banff Mountain Book Competition (Shortlisted for LA climbs), Alberta, Canada
2000
ART2000 Commission Prize, London, UK
1999
The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize, London, UK
Commissions and Projects
2017
The Clearing, with Tom James, commission by Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Warwickshire, UK
2014
Museums at Night, Culture 24, Market Hall Museum, Warwick, UK
2014
Portland Erratics, b-side festival, Portland, Dorset, UK
2013
National Trust for Scotland, Artist in residence St. Kilda, Scotland
2009
Nowhereisland, Artists Taking the Lead, 2012 Cultural Olympiad commission for the South West, UK
2007
British Embassy, Moscow, Russia
2005
Winner of Linklaters Commission, the Barbican, London, UK
Architectural Collaborations
2001
ABK Architects British Embassy Moscow, Russia
2000
David Adjaye Associates, C.A.B.E. Offices, London, UK
1998 - 99
Alford, Hall, Monaghan and Morris, Great Notley Primary School, London, UK
1997
Alford, Hall, Monaghan and Morris, Walsall Bus Station, London, UK
Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain, UK
Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
De Beers Collection, London, UK
Deutsche Bank Collection
DG Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
FRAC Basse Normandie, Caen, France
Government Art Collection, London, UK
Hyman Collection, London
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
Ringier Collection, Zürich, Switzerland
Simmons & Simmons, London, UK
The Bailey Collection, Toronto, Canada
The British Embassy, Moscow, Russia
The Saatchi Collection, London, UK
TI Group, UK