Euan Macdonald
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| born 1965 in Edinburgh, Scottland | |
| Degree in Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada | |
| lives and works in Los Angeles, USA | |
solo exhibitions
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| 2011 | 9,000 Pieces, Yerba Buena Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco. USA |
| Kimball 1901, Pitzer Art Galleries, Claremont (CA), USA (cat.) | |
| 9,000 Pieces, Silver Flag, Montreal. USA | |
| The Great Tidal Wave Played a Final Tune on This Piano, Galleria S.A.L.E.S , Rome | |
| Light in Darkness, Western Bridge, Seattle, USA | |
| 9,000 Pieces, Loop Video Exhibition. Barcelona | |
| 2010 | The sound of the ice melting, dripping, AOYAMA/MEGURO Gallery, Tokyo. |
| Lost of the Land, Yerba Buena Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco. | |
| Skyscraper, Arrow Factory, Beijing, China | |
| Works on Paper, Birch Liblarato Gallery, Toronto. | |
| A Little Ramble, Western Bridge, Seattle | |
| 9000 pieces, Yerba Buena Center for contemporary art , San Francisco | |
| 2009 | Man Crying, Punching Bag, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York |
| Mercy Flush, Goodwater, Toronto, Canada | |
| The Field, Galerie Michael Zink, Berlin | |
| Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Australia | |
| 2008 | The Field, Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome |
| Birch/Libralato, Toronto | |
| Selected Work 1997-2007 Survey, The Luckman Gallery, Cal-State University LA | |
| Everythinghappensatonce St Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax | |
| Twinset, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand, Curated by Justin Patton | |
| 2007 | Selected Standards, Stadtische Galerie, Haus Der Kultur, Waldkraiberg (Artist |
| A Mosquito Under A Paper Cup In Tokyo, AOYAMA/MEGURO Gallery, Tokyo | |
| 2006 | wo Places at Once, Art Gallery of Windsor, Canada |
| You Are My Nebula, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver | |
| Where Flamingo’s Fly, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto | |
| Healer, Times Square, Creative Time, The 59th Minute, New York | |
| 2005 | Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome |
| Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| Two Places at Once, U of T, DMG, ScarboroughUniversity of Toronto Blackwood | |
| 2004 | Eclipse, and Other Chance Appearances, Kunstbunker |
| Kunstverein Neurnberg, curated by Hans-Jurgen Hafner | |
| Cohan and Leslie, New York | |
| The Tower, Toronto Sculpture Garden | |
| Natura, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco | |
| 2003 | Some Summer Day, University Art Museum, Longbeach, CA, curated by Mary |
| Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco | |
| Galerie Zink and Gegner, Munich | |
| Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver | |
| Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto | |
| 2002 | Cohen Leslie and Browne, New York |
| The Shadow’s Path, D.P.A.G., New Zealand | |
| Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome, Italy | |
| 2001 | James Van Damme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium |
| Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco | |
| Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2000 | Shaheen Fine Art, Cleveland |
| Galerie Zink, Munich | |
| Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver | |
| 1999 | Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan |
| New Phase Art Space, Taiwan | |
| Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto | |
| Four Walls, San Francisco | |
| Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge | |
| 1998 | Present Tense, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto |
| Or Gallery, Vancouver | |
| Oakville Galleries, Oakville | |
| 1996 | Birganart, Toronto |
group exhibitions
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| 2012 | Open-Tuning, Hayward Gallery Project Space, London |
| 2011 | Light in Darkness, Western Bridge, Seattle |
| Super 8, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| Work on Paper, ACME, Los Angeles | |
| 2010 | Like Tears in Rain, Palácio das Artes, Porto, Portugal, curated by Luiza |
| Days of The Eclipse, Mercer Union, Toronto | |
| Loop, Film and Video festival, Barcelona, Spain. | |
| Elogio della Semplicità, Fondazione Stelline. Milan, Italy, curated by Giorgio | |
| Artissima 16, Video, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler | |
| 2009 | Best of Loop, Film and Video, Pacifc Design Center, Los Angeles, curated by |
| Disegni Europei, Oredaria Arti Contemporanee gallery, Rome, curated by Giorgio | |
| Standard TV. Curated by Creative Time, New York, Miami, Los Angeles | |
| For Example, MSUV Art Gallery, Halifax, Novs Scotia, Canada (catalog) | |
| Video Exhibition, Public Sculpture park, curated by Laura Fried,Contemporary Art | |
| 2008 | California Video, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, curated by Glenn Philips, |
| SchauM, Maneimer Kunstverein, Germany (catalog.) | |
| Unknown Pleasures, Aspen Art Museum USA | |
| To Illustrate and Multiply, MOCA, Los Angeles, curated by Lisa Gabriel Mark | |
| The Desert Shore, Luckman Gallery Cal State Los Angeles, curated by Jan Tumlir | |
| 2007 | Tempo AO Tempo, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain, |
| Isabel Carlos and Iñaki Martínez (catalog.) | |
| Rogue Wave, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles (catalog) | |
| Looking Up Noorderzon festival, The Netherlands | |
| Lowlands festival, The Netherlands | |
| Is There a There, There?, National Gallery of Canada (catalog.) | |
| Lucky Day, San Francisco Arts Commission | |
| 2006 | Supernatural, The Physics Room Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Lichjaren, Public Art Exhibition Gouda, The Netherlands | |
| Spooky, The Dark Side of Light, Het Gebouw Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
| Strange Powers, Creative Time, New York, curated by Peter Eleey | |
| Into The Black, Western Bridge, Seattle Art in America, Arario Museum, Korea | |
| 2005 | El equilibrio y sus derivados, Casa Del Lago, Mexico City, curated by Tatiana |
| Seducidos por el accidente, Fundación Luis Seoane Centro de Cultura | |
| Irreducible, Wattis Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, curated by Ralph | |
| blau nacht kunsthalle Nuremburg | |
| Still Things Fall From The Sky, California Museum of Photography, curated by | |
| Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver | |
| 2004 | Treble, The Sculpture Center, New York, curated by Regine Basha |
| The Joy of My Dreams, Sevilla Bienale, curated by Harald Szeemann Seville, Spain | |
| 2048 km, Or Gallery, curated by Melanie Ward Vancouver | |
| Dwellan - Contemporary Video Art, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (Catalog) | |
| Friendly Fire, Gus Fischer Gallery, New Zealand | |
| Break Away, curated by Linda Sawchin, Kellowna Art Gallery | |
| 2003 | Adorno, Kunstverein, Frankfurt , curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen (catalog) |
| Defying Gravity, North Carolina Museum of Art (Catalog) | |
| Twilight Zone, Hallen für Kunst im E-Werk, Freiburg/Breisgau | |
| Rest Assured, Bard College Museum | |
| Without Fear And Reproach, Pulse of America, Wittezaal, Ghent, curated by Jerome | |
| Echo Sparks, ars electronica center (aec), Linz, Austria | |
| Kunstbuero, Vienna, Austria | |
| 17 Reasons, Jack Hanley, San Fransisco, curated by Kate Fowle | |
| Friendly Fire, curated by Leonhard Emmerling | |
| Frauenfeld, Shedhalle Im Eisenwerk, Switzerland | |
| Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern, Germany (Catalog) | |
| Silent Ways of World Making Too, Berlin, curated by Harm Lux (Catalog) | |
| Near Life Experience, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, curated by Clair Doherty | |
| Inaugural exhibition, Palazo Roccella Museum, Naples, Italy | |
| Sculpture Center, New York | |
| 2002 | Gimme Shelter, Videos on Urban Discomfort, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
| Event Horizon, Lothingstrasse 13, Munich | |
| Gap Show, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Dortmund | |
| Hammertown, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, | |
| L.i.s.t. Gallery, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA | |
| Zero Arte Contemporanea, Milan | |
| BANG: When seeing is blinding Canadienne, Institute du Culture Paris, France, | |
| DV Noir California Arts Centre, Escondito, CA | |
| In Szene Gesetze, Museum fur Neue Kunst zkm Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| Zero Arte Contemporenea, Milan | |
| 2001 | Mayday, Mayday, Swiss Institute, New York, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahlner |
| Galerie Zink, Munich | |
| Shelf Life, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK, Blue Coat Gallery, Liverpool, UK , | |
| Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome | |
| Orange marble, Taipei, Taiwan, curated by Manray Hsu (Catalog) | |
| 010101, Art in Technological Times, SFMOMA, San Francisco | |
| 2000 | Too, Platform Gallery, London, UK |
| Dave Muller 3 Day Weekend, The Approach, London | |
| Montreal Biennale, Montreal Canada, curated by Peggy Gale (Catalog) | |
| Fresh, New museum of Contemporary Art, New York | |
| Almost, The Living Room, curated by Regine Basha, Santa Monica | |
| 1999 | Altoids Collection, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami |
| National Aviation Museum, Ottawa | |
| The Time it Takes to Eat a Sandwich: Recent video Art from Canada, Depot Kunst | |
| Platform, London, England | |
| 1998 | Version City, Buffalo, New York |
| In Lieu, Toronto | |
| 57 HOPE, Brooklyn, New York | |
| Optica Gallery, Montreal, Quebec | |
| 1997 | Floating Gallery, Winnipeg |
| Waiting For Something to Happen, Toronto | |
| Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York | |
| 1996 | Gallery 101, Ottawa |
| 1995 | Mercer Union, Toronto |
| 1993 | Birganart, Toronto |
| 1990 | Gallery 76 Toronto |
bibliography (selection)
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| 2011 | Rugoff, Ralph- Responsiveness Testing, 9,000 Pieces catalog, YBCA |
| Mark, Lisa Gabrielle- Images of Change, KImball 1901- catalog. Pitzer Art | |
| Ennis, Ciara, The Dust Blows Forward and the Dust Blows Back,(interview). | |
| 2010 | Motley, John, review FRIEZE MAGAZINE |
| Yao, Pauline, TAKE THE DARK OUT OF THE NIGHT Catalog. Arrow Factory | |
| Verzotti, Giogio, Catalog. Elogio della Semplicità, Fondazione Stelline. Milan, Italy | |
| 2009 | Berardini, Andrew, interview MOUSSE MAGAZINE, Italy |
| 2008 | Berardini, Andrew, interview MOUSSE MAGAZINE, Italy |
| Berardini, Andrew, review, Art Forum | |
| Martin, Victoria, review, Artweek | |
| Knight, Christopher, review, LA Times | |
| 2007 | Church, Amanda, Art on Paper |
| 2006 | Matsui, Midori, “Shadows of a Continuous Universe, Euan Macdonald’s Art |
| Fischer, Barbara, “Still Speed or Speed Still,” in Euan Macdonald | |
| Verzotti, Giorgio, “Mysterioso, The Oneiric Work of Euan Macdonald,” in Euan | |
| 2005 | Rugoff, Ralph, Irreducible. Contemporary Short Form Video (Catalog) |
| Guaglianone, Piericle, “Euan Macdonald, S.A.L.E.S,” Arte E Critica (April 2005) | |
| De Bois, Natalie, “Withstanding the Obvious,” in L’envers des Apparences | |
| Godmer, Gilles, “Art That Resists,” L’envers des Apparences (Catalog) | |
| 2004 | Szeemann, Harald, “The Joy of my dreams,” Sevilla Bienale (Catalog) |
| Berwick, Carly, "Euan Macdonald," ARTnews (November 2004) | |
| Verzotti, Giorgio, "Euan Macdonald," Artforum (June 2004) | |
| Smith, Roberta, "At Shows Painted With Sound Be Prepared to See With Your | |
| Urban, Regina, ”Der Ball im Wasser ist ein Mond,” Nurnberg Mittwoch (May 2004) | |
| 2003 | Myers, Holy, “Crawling through time,” LA Times |
| Gilmore, Jonathan, "Euan Macdonald," tema celeste (April 2003) | |
| Martens, Anne, "Euan Macdonald," Flash Art (November 2003) | |
| Gilmore, Jonathan, "Euan Macdonald," Tema Celeste (March 2003) | |
| 2002 | Patton, Justin, “You Are Here,” in The Shadow’s Path (Catalog) |
| Braun, Alexander, “Euan Macdonald,” in The GAP SHOW (Catalog) | |
| Turner, Michael, “This Land is Your Land,” Hammertown (Catalog) | |
| Sommerman, Eileen, “The Potential Threat” in Nothing BANG, When Seeing is | |
| Thorn Kika, “work vs play,” in Nothing BANG , When Seeing is Blinding (Catalog) | |
| Lacayo, Richard, "Euan Macdonald," Time Magazine (Canadian Edition) | |
| 2001 | Cooper, Jaqueline, “everything happens at once,” Canadian Art |
| Bishop, Janet, Euan Macdonald 010101: Art in Technological Times (Catalog) | |
| Williams, Alena, “Euan Madonald,” Tema Celeste (March 2001) | |
| Miles, Christopher, “Euan Macdonald,” Artforum (March 200) | |
| Knight, Christopher, “Sweet Thrills,” Los Angeles Times, January 2001 | |
| 2000 | Chu, Ingrid, review, Frieze Magazine (Winter 2000) |
| 1999 | Salzman, Gregory, review, Canadian Art (Summer 1999) |
| Monk, Philip, review, Parachute (Summer) | |
| 1996 | Howard, Virginia, "Artists Brush Away Stereotypes," Ottawa Citizen |
| Jordan, Betty Ann, review, The Globe and Mail (September) | |
| Jordan, Betty Ann, "MUD", Canadian Art (Spring 1996) | |
| Ritchie, Christina, "Based on a True Story", AGO (Exhibition brochure) | |
| 1994 | Massier, John, "A Spy in the House of Art" (Curatorial essay) |
| 1993 | Taylor, Kate, "A Courageous Modesty," The Globe and Mail |
publications
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| 2011 | Views From A Little Ramble, Western Bridge, Seattle WA. |
| 2011 | KIMBALL 1901-, Pitzer Art Galleries, CA |
| 2011 | 9,000 PIECES, Yerba Buena Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco |
| 2010 | TAKE THE DARK OUT OF THE NIGHT TIME, Arrow Factory, Beijing |
| 2007 | Selected Standards, JRP Ringier, Stadtische Galerie, Haus Der Kultur, |
| 2006 | You Are My Nebula/You are My Sunshine, Contemporary Art Gallery, |
| 2005 | Euan Macdonald (everythinghappensatonce) mongraph Verlag Fur Moderne |
| 2003 | You Are Here, DPAG, New Zealand (Catalog) |
| 1999 | Euan Macdonald, SAAG (Catalog) |