Martin Westwood

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Martin Westwood

Born 1969, Sheffield, UK

Lives and works in London, UK

Education

1992–94
MA Fine Art, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
1988–92
BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

2009
COMMA12: Martin Westwood, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
Object Not Found, SE8, London, UK 

2008
Silt Inter Lace, The Approach W1, London, UK

2007
The Approach, London, UK

2006
Art Statements, Art 37 Basel, Switzerland

2005
Art Now Project Space, Tate Britain, London, UK

2004
Angelus Novus, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Broken Line, The Nunnery, London, UK

2003
Hard Pressed Flowers, The Approach, London, UK
fatfinger (HAITCH. KAY. EKS), Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2001
A Seed Is a Stone, The Approach, London, UK

1999
Blind Eyes Turning, The Approach, London, UK

1998
All the Details Differ, Templehof, Hamburg, Germany
Yesterday’s Future, Fundacio la Caixa, Lleida, Spain

Group Exhibitions

2010
Acute Melancholia, Studio 44, Stockholm, Sweden 

2009
The Things I Did and the Money I Spent, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
The Sculpture Show, V22, London, UK

2008
V22 presents The Wharf Road Project: If You Can’t Close This Door Don’t Open It, London, UK
Prospects and Interiors: Recent acquisitions of sculptors’ drawings, The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK

2006
Metropolis Rise, Shanghai and 798 Space, Beijing, China

2005
CUT, The Approach, London, UK

2004
Motes in all Eyes, The Ship, London, UK
Reflections, Artuaca Kunsterfgoed Festival, Tongeren, Belgium
Wider Than The Sky, 117 Commercial Street, London, UK
Concert in the Egg, The Ship, London, UK

2003
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London, UK
East of Eden, 14 Wharf Road, London, UK

2002
The Galleries Show, The Royal Academy, London, UK
London Underground, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan

2001
Gate 13, Spitalfields, London, UK

2000
Heart and Soul, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

1999
Inaugural Show, Lombard Freid,Curated by J.K. Brown, New York, USA
Limit less, Gallerie Krinzinger, Curated by Matthew Higgs, Vienna, Austria
6 min 3 sec, Tullkammaren, Umea, Sweden
Heart & Soul, Borough, London, UK
EAST International, Norwich School of Art, Norwich, UK

1997
September, The Approach, Selected by Peter Doig, London, UK
The Little Boy That Santa Forgot, Gallery X, Stockholm, Sweden

1996
Lightness and Weight, The Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK

Bibliography

2008
Manifesto by Martin Westwood, Art Review, Issue 23, June
Morton, Tom, Strange Flowers, Frieze, March
Rehme, Sandra, Martin Westwood: Silt Inter Lace, Art on Paper, Vol. 12,
July/August
Raikes, Sophie, Prospects and Interiors, Sculptors: Drawings of Inner Space, Henry
Moore Institute Essays 

2007
Suchin, Peter, Martin Westwood, Art Monthly, Issue No.305, April
Heighton, Luke, Martin Westwood, Art Review, Issue 11, May 

2005
Güner, Fisun, Alien Forces at Work, Metro
Tant, Rachel, fade held, Art Now 

2004
Street, Rachael, Martin Westwood: Angelus Novus, The List, Issue 492, April 

2003
Herbert, Martin, Best of 2003, ARTFORUM, December
Hamilton, Hannah, Exhibitions Listings, Hot Press, May
Hubbard, Sue, Martin Westwood At The Approach, The Independent Review,
September 30
Lack, Jessica, Picks of the Week:Martin Westwood, G2, September
Dunne, Aidan, fatfinger (HAITCH.KAYS.EKS), The Irish Times, May
Herbert, Martin, Martin Westwood, Time Out, October 1-8
Leach, Cristine, Inflation at Work, The Sunday Times, May 25
Hartigan, Marianne, Finger on the Pulse, The Sunday Tribune, June 8
The View, Irish television, May 19

1999
Coomer, Martin, Martin Westwood, Time Out, July 28–August 4
Herbert, Martin, Martin Westwood at the Approach Gallery, londonart.co.uk
Magazine, August 1 

Publications

2007
Martin Westwood, published by The Approach

2005
Martin Westwood, Other Criteria Publishing

2003
fatfinger (HAITCH.KAY.EKS), published for the exhibition at Project Arts, Dublin

Awards

2010
European Ceramics Work Centre, residency in Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 

2009-10
Abbey Fellow, British School at Rome, Italy

2009
Stanley Picker Fellow, Kingston University, UK 

2008
Ricklundgarden, residency in Saxnas, Sweden

2005
Arts Council England, Grants to individual artists

2004
Arts Council England, Grants to individual artists

2001
Britsh Council Grant

2000
London Arts Board, Individual Artist Grant

1994–96
Delfina Studio Trust Awards, Two Year Studio Residency, London