❉ Biography:
Michael Whittle
b. 1976, Northumberland, England
· 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:
· 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:
· 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, Scholarships and Grants:
The Nakatsuji Foresight Foundation grant, 2018
Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts grant, 2018
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:
Dividing Line, Connecting Line, Dividing Line, Kawai Yuki, Curator, Kyoto, 2014
Art's reaction to systematic and formalised knowledge, 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
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