b. 1976, Northumberland, England                                                                                   

  Education:

· PhD, (2011 –14), Kyoto City University of Arts
  Thesis title: ‘Romantic Objectivism: diagrammatic thought in contemporary art’
· Monbusho research scholar (2009 - 11), Kyoto City University of Arts
· MA, Royal College of Art (2003 - 05)
· BA, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, (1999 – 02)
· BSc, Bradford University (Biomedicine, 1994 - 98)


  Solo Exhibitions:

· Bird Call Full Moon (forthcoming), Gallery Ashiya Schule, Ashiya, 2020
· Portraits of Thought - Diagrams in art and science, The Kyoto University Museum, Dec. 2018 - Feb. 2019
· The Shape of Information, COHJU Contemporary Art, Kyoto, 2017
· Out of Africa under a full moon, with dead ends, signal fire and old smoke, Kyoto City University of the Arts, 2014
· Pattern Recognition, COHJU Contemporary Art, Kyoto, 2013
· Art Futures: Emerging artists solo show, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2010
· ¡ Que Esfuertzo !  (How hard they try !), MC Gallery, Seoul, 2011
· Art Futures: Emerging artists solo show, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2010
· The Diamond Anvil, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, 2010
· The World of Red Dust, C.I.G.E., International Artist Solo Show Project, with Man&Eve gallery, Beijing, 2009
· Dark Ages, Man&Eve Gallery, London, 2008
· 부유 ( 浮遊 ) (Suspensions), Gallery NV, Seoul, 2008
· 相違の類似性  類似の相違性  (Different Similarities, Similar Differences), Sfera, Kyoto, 2008
· The Louder the Sun Blooms, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, 2007
· The Topology of Being, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, 2006

  Two Person exhibitions:

· Circle, with Sangsun Bae, The Trinity Gallery, Seoul, 2019
· 12 love poems and a song of despair, with Sangsun Bae, COHJU contemporary art, Kyoto, 2015
· 12 love poems and a song of despair, with Sangsun Bae, Sakyukan, Niigata, 2015
· Dividing Line - Connecting Line, with Sangsun Bae, Ziuin-an project space, Kyoto, 2013
· Dreams As Well, Guo Hongwei and Michael Whittle, H.T. Gallery, Beijing, 2011
· Adam Humphries / Michael Whittle, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, 2006 

  Selected Groups exhibitions:

· Art Innovation, Kyoto University / Goldsmiths Art & Science International Symposium, Kyoto University, 2019
· The Cosmic Garden, Villa Erba, Italy, curated by Jeff Gleich, 2018 
· 空隙: (Gap) Contemporary painting in China, Korea, Japan and the U.K, DAHU Art centre, Shanghai, 2016
· Ghost in the Cell, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, 2015
· Wabi Sabi Shima: the Aesthetics of Perfection and Chaos in the Japanese Archipelago, Hangar H18, Brussels, 2015
· May Dialogues, Hong Kong Arts Centre, curated by Johnson Chang, 2013
· 通感, Colors of KCUA 2012, @KCUA Gallery, Kyoto, 2012
· Contemporary Drawing- works form the Allen G. Thomas, Jr. collection, The Barton Galleries, Wilson, U.S.A., 2011
· Flatland, APT Gallery, London, 2010
· Group show, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, 2009 
· Huntorama, Muzz project space, curated by Robert Platt, Kyoto, 2009
· Storytelling, Man&Eve Gallery, London, 2007
· Fragments from the Studio, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta, 2007
· Miniature Worlds, Jerwood Space, London, 2006
· Baroque My World, Transition Gallery, London, 2006
· Schema, Daniel Cooney Fine Art , New York, 2006
· Art Futures, 2005, Bloomberg Space, London, 2005
· Best of MA - BA, Art Fortnight London, London, 2005


  Awards, Grants and Residencies:

· Asia Culture Centre, Creators in LabArt &Science residency, Gwangju, South Korea, 2019
· Chusa Memorial Museum, residency, Jeju island, South Korea, 2019
· The Nakatsuji Foresight Foundation, grant, 2018
· Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts, grant, 2018
· MIT Press - Leonardo Magazine's peer reviewed top ten Art-Science research, 2018
· iCems, Kyoto University Centre for Advances Studies, residency, 2018-19
· Nishieda Foundation, grant, 2014
· Takeshi Umehara Prize for outstanding doctoral research ( 梅原猛賞 受賞 ), 2014
· Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 3 year research grant, 2013
· Japanese Government Monbukagakusho / MEXT scholarship, 2010-12
· Kyoto City University of the Arts, Royal College of Art scholarship, 2004
· Royal College of Art / Daler Rowney drawing prize, 2003 
· Farquar Reid Trust prize, 2002 
· Discovery Centenary prize, 2002 


  Selected reviews and texts:

· Creators Navi: Michael Whittle, Axis Magazine, review, Vol. 198, April 2019
· Dividing Line, Connecting Line, Dividing Line, essay, Kawai Yuki, Curator, Kyoto, 2014
· A Place for understanding and connecting, essay, Irizawa Masaaki, Curator, Kyoto, 2014 
· Art's reaction to systematic and formalised knowledge, review, Hong Kyung-Hwan, Critic and editor, Seoul, 2011
· Emerging Artists by Joel Groover, review, April 2008
· Time Out London, The Miniature Worlds Show by Martin Herbert, review, August 2006
· Metro Newspaper, Marvelous in Miniature by Fisun Guner, review, August 2006
· The Daily Telegraph, A Tiny World of Great Skill by Alastair Sooke, review, August 2006
· The Guardian Guide, The Miniature Worlds Show, by Jessica Lack, review,  August 2006 
· Graphik Magazine, Universal Everything - Names to watch, Taste Report 2005
· Harpers & Queen, Names to look out for by Jeni Walwin, November 2005

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Public Collections:

· The Yiquingzhai Collection, Hong Kong, San Francisco
· FIL Invest Management Art Collection, Hong Kong
· Progressive Art Collection, New York
· North Carolina Museum of Modern Art
· Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York
· Allen G. Thomas Junior Collection, North Carolina
· The Singer Collection, New York
· The Capitol Group, Los Angeles
· The Royal College of Art, London