| Tania Kovats is contactable through asprey jacques 020 7287 7675 | |
| Born 1966 Lives and works in London. |
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| Education | |
| 1988-90 | M.A. Royal College of Art, London |
| 1985-88 | B.A. Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle -upon-Tyne (Great Britain) |
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Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2001 | Schist, asprey jacques, London |
| 1999 | New Art Centre, Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury (Great Britain) |
| 1998 | asprey jacques Contemporary Art Exhibitions, London |
| Galleria Marabini, Bologna (Italy) | |
| 1997 | 'Erosion' (with Carlo Guaita), British School at Rome |
| 1995 | Laure Genillard Gallery, London |
| 1994 | Philippe Rizzo Gallery, Paris Staten Galerie, Den Haag (Netherlands) |
| 1993 | Laure Genillard Gallery, London |
| 1992 | Lokaal 01, Breda (Netherlands) |
| 1991 | Riverside Studios, London |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2001 | Landscape, British Council touring exhibition curated by Ann Gallagher; Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain; Sofia |
| Municipal Gallery of Art, Bulgaria; Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro and Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| Multiplication: Artistsí Multiples, Artists Multiplied, touring exhibition organised by The British Council commencing at the National Museum of Art, Bucharest; Muzeul de Arta, Brazov; Muzeul Brukenthal, Sibu (Romania) | |
| Close Encounters of the Art Kind, Victoria and Albert Museum, London At Sea, Tate Liverpool | |
| Unseen Landscapes. Artist and Wilderness, The Lowry, Salford, UK | |
| 2000 | Explorations of the Environment: Landscape Redefined, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami |
| Lemon Tree Hill, asprey jacques London | |
| real places?, Westfälischer Kunsterverin, Münster, curated by | |
| Andrew Cross and Suzanne Gaenscheimer | |
| Landscape, British Council Touring Exhibition curated by | |
| Ann Gallagher, ACC Galerie, Wiemar; Union of Artists, Moscow; | |
| Peter + Paul Fortress, St. Petersberg; Museum of Modern Art, Rome; Centro Cultural Del Conde Duque, Madrid; Espace Electra, Paris | |
| 'Lost', IKON Gallery, curated by Tania Kovats, Birmingham | |
| 1999 | 'Officina Europa', Bologna, curated by Renato Barilli |
| 'Shopping', F.A.T. Production, Carnaby Street, London | |
| 'The Poster Show' Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York | |
| 'Cognitive Landscapes', Dorothee De Pauw Galerie, Brussels | |
| 1998 | 'Thinking Aloud', Kettle's Yard, Cambridge touring to Cornerhouse, Manchester and Camden Arts Centre, London |
| 'Il Passato nel Presente', The Tannery, London touring to Turin in 1999 | |
| 'New Art From Britain', Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria | |
| 1997 | 'Belladonna', ICA, London 'Pictura Britannica', Museum of Modern Art, Sydney, Australia travelling to Te Papa Museum, New Zealand |
| 1996 | 'Happy Squirrel Club' Bank, Eindhoven Galerie Ursula Walbrol, Dusseldorf |
| 'Station Transformation', Tel Aviv 'ACE!', Arts Council Touring Exhibition inc. Hayward Gallery, London and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (Great Britain) | |
| 'Sculptor's Drawings', Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance (Great Britain) | |
| 1995 | 'Fuori Fase', Viafarini, Milan (with Martin Creed and Gillian Wearing) |
| 'Fetishism', Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, London | |
| 'Melange d'Aout', Laure Genillard Gallery, London | |
| 'Automne-Herst 95', Staten Galerie, Den Haag (Netherlands) | |
| 'Elemental;', Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance (Great Britain) | |
| 1994 | 'Appearances', Massimo Minini Gallery, Brescia (Italy) |
| 'Drawings', Laure Genillard Gallery, London | |
| 'Art Unlimited', CCA, Glasgow (touring) | |
| 1993 | 'Escale-Stopover-Tussenstop', Musee d'Art Moderne, Villneuve d'Ascq (France) |
| 1992 | 'Discretion', Canary Wharf, London 'Twist', Laure Genillard Gallery, London |
| 1991 | 'Barclays Young Artist Award', Serpentine Gallery, London |
| 'Salon de Debutanten', Slagharen (Netherlands) '1001', Lokaal 01, Breda (Netherlands) | |
| Publc Art Works | |
| 2000 | 'Sitooteries' Belsey Hall, Northumberland, English Heritage (forthcoming) |
| 1999 | 'Contour', in 'Secret Gardens - A series of works in gardens and the landscape', Salisbury |
| 1998 | 'Viewpoint' - Ongoing public art commission at Kielder Water, Northumbria (Great Britain) |
| 1996 | 'Roadworks', F.A.T. Public Art Project, Centrepoint, London |
| 1995 | 'Garden' commissioned by the Public Art Development Trust, London |
| Architectural Projects | |
| 1998 | 'Plinth', permanent architectural public art work for IKON Gallery, Birmingham (Great Britain) |
| 1997 | Collaboration with landscape architect Peter Etches for landscape scheme for Thornton Research Centre and Science Park |
| Artist on the design team for a new sustainable primary school, Essex. Architects: Alford Hall Monoghan Mo §rris | |
| 1996-97 | Artist on the design team for bus station in Walsall (Great Britain) |
| Architect: Alford Hall Monoghan Morris | |
| 1995-97 | Artist on the design team for the Ikon Gallery's relocation in Birmingham. Architects: Levitt Bernstein |
| Awards | |
| 2000 |
Civic Trust Award (for outstanding contribution to the quality and appearance of the environment) |
| 1997 | British School at Rome Scholarship |
| Royal Society of Arts, Art for Architecture Award | |
| 1996 | Royal Society of Arts, Art for Architecture Award |
| 1991 | Barclays Young Artist of the Year Award |
| Catalogues/ Publications | |
| 2001 | Unseen Landscapes, published by The Lowry, Salford |
| Multiplication, exhibition catalogue edited by The British Council, London; essay by Stephen Bury | |
| 2000 | Landscape, published by The British Council, London |
| Lost, published by Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; with a preface by Jonathan Watkins, an essay by Irit Rogoff and notes by Tania Kovats | |
| 1998 | 'New Art From Britain', Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria - essay by Claire Glossop |
| 'Tania Kovats', The British School at Rome, Italy, essay by Augusto Pieroni | |
| 1997 | 'AD Frontiers: Artists and Architects', Architecural Design, London |
| 'P.A.D.T. Publication for the Art in Hospitals Project, essay by Jeremy Millar | |
| 'Arcadia Revisited', Black Dog Publishing, essay by Victoria Walsh | |
| 1996 | 'Roadworks', F.A.T. Production, London |
| 1995 | 'Fetishism:Visualising Power and Desire', The South Bank Centre / Lund Humphries, London |
| 1994 | 'Art Unlimited, Multiples of the 1960s and 1990s', Arts Council Collection, South Bank Centre, London, essay by Hillary Lane and Andrew Patrizio. |
| 'Elemental', Newlyn Art ¥Gallery, Penzance, interview with Laure Genillard | |
| 1993 | 'Escale-Stopover-Tussenstop', Musee d'Art Moderne, Villneuve d'Ascq Lille, France, essay by Joelle Pijaudier |
| 1992 | 'Discretion', London, Canary Wharf, Art and Events, essays by David Batchelor and Mary Anne Francis. |
| 1991 | 'The Missing Text', London: Chance Books, ed. Marysia Lewandowska |
| 'Barclays Young Artist Award 1991', Serpentine Gallery, London | |
| Articles | |
| 2001 | Mark Irving, ëNorthern exposureí, RA Magazine, Summer issue 71 |
| Rachel Withers, Tania Kovats, ArtForum, Summer 2001 | |
| Dan Smith, Tania Kovats, Art Monthly, June | |
| Louisa Buck, Luisa Bucks choice of Contemporary Galleries, The Art Newspaper, June | |
| Richard Cork, Tania Kovats, Play. The Times, 12-18 May | |
| Sarah Kent, Tania Kovats, Time out, 23-30 May | |
| Morgan Falconer, Whats On In London Magazine, 30 May | |
| Thats no ordinary loo in our living room. Thats a Sarah Lucas. The Observer Magazine, 20 May | |
| FAT presents Roadworks: Tania Kovats, Saturday 19 May | |
| Unseen Landscapes, The Guide, The Guardian, 12-18 May | |
| The land strikes back, The Independent on Sunday, 13 May | |
| 2000 |
Charles Darwent; 'Rocky Road to Success', Art Review, July / August |
| Izi Glover; 'Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham', Frieze | |
| Ian Winterton; 'You! Outside Now!', The North Guide, May, p. 8 & 9 | |
| 'figleaf', Eden, May / June, p. 14 | |
| Dominic Murphy; 'Far-Out Pavilion', Guardian Weekend, 13 May | |
| David Taylor; 'Contemporary pavilions land at Belsay Hall', The Architects' Journal, 4 May, p. 16 | |
| Tony Henderson; 'Hall showtime for Sitooteries', The Journal, 3 May | |
| Mary Lockhart; 'Arts & Entertainment', The Scotsman, 2 May | |
| Peter Young; Evening Chronicle, 2 May | |
| Catherine Barnes; 'Where the art of sitooterie transforms the landscape', Sunday Express, (illus.) 30 April | |
| Stephen Anderton; 'Come and sit on my sitooterie', 29 April | |
| Giles Worsley; 'Creativity flowers in a British gardens', The Daily Telegraph, 27 April, p. 29 | |
| 'Scottish influence to the fore as designers brave world of 'Esitooteries', The Journal, April 26 | |
| Alex Farquharson; 'Lost', Art Monthly, April | |
| Jay Merrick; 'Yes, you can sit on them...', The Independent, 24 April | |
| Jeremy Deller; 'Tania Kovats', Artists Newsletter, April | |
| 'When art can be a prickley subject..., Echo, 3 April | |
| Jeremy Ackerman; 'Lost: an interview with Tania Kovats', londonart.co.uk, 29 March | |
| Adrian Searle; 'Frantic Assembly', The Guardian | |
| Kate Worsley; 'Far out pavilions', The Independent on Sunday, (illus.), 12 March |
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| 'Fragrance of Culture', Noblesse Magazine, March | |
| CK; 'Lost Highway', Tate Magazine, Spring | |
| Nicole Haroutunian; 'Lost Found', Redbrick, March | |
| SS; 'Abandoned In Brum With Giant Genitials', Sleazenation, March | |
| 'Lost at Ikon', Citywide, February March | |
| Terry Grimley; 'Lost in this dispiriting line-up', Birmingham Post, February | |
| RC; 'Getting Lost', Guardian Guide, 12 Februery | |
| Simon Webb; 'Art Review Lost', Metro, 21 February | |
| TB; 'Art Ceremonial Burning', Metro, 1 February | |
| 1999 | 'How green is your valley ?', Blueprint, (illus.) June |
| Gianmarco del Re, 'Tania Kovats at Asprey Jacques', Flash Art, (illus.) March/April | |
| Keith Patrick, 'Tania Kovats and Veronica Ryan', Contemporary Visual Arts, (illus.), issue 22, p.63 | |
| 1998 | David Barrett, 'No Damien, No Gary, No Tracey', Art Monthly, September |
| Paul Usherwood, 'Park Life', Art Monthly, September | |
| William Feaver, 'Nice sculptures, but just look at those telegraph poles' The Observer Review, Sunday September 6 | |
| Jonathan Glancey, 'Great glass elevator', The Guardian, 16 March | |
| 1997 | Greg Hilty, 'Art for Architecture', RSA journal, vol CXVL N0.5476, January/ February |
| Jenny Walwin, 'Art in Public', Artist's Newsletter, March | |
| 1996 | Simon Morrissey, 'Design for the Cultural Sector', Architect's Journal, October |
| 1995 | Emmanuela De Cecco, 'Fuori Fase', Flash Art (Italian) No. 191 |
| 'Il Disagio Metropolitano', L'Arca 91, March | |
| William Feaver, 'Obscure Objects of Desire', The Observer, 14 | |
| May Robin Dutt, 'What's Your Fetish?', Attitude, April | |
| James Hall, 'Tania Kovats', The Guardian Guide, 1 July | |
| Sarah Kent, 'Tania Kovats', Time Out, 12-19 July | |
| Libby Anson, 'Profile: Virgin Territory', Art Monthly, No. 190 | |
| Nadine Gayet-Descendre, 'Ui Fait La Scene Anglais? Beaux-Arts, No. 138 | |
| Juan Cruz, 'Elemental', Art Monthly, No.192 | |
| Fiona Murphy, Minumental Art, Monumental Rubbish? The Guardian Weekend, 13 January | |
| 1994 | Sarah Kent, 'Drawings', Time Out, 25 May - 1June |
| Catherine Milner, 'Ping- Pong Art For Around £700', Sunday Telegraph, 27 November | |
| Damian Thompson, 'Offensive Madonna Sculpture Withdrawn', Daily Telegraph 13 December | |
| 1993 | Feaver, William. 'No Paint Please We're Artists, The Observer, 31 Jan |
| David Lillington, 'Tania Kovats', Time Out, 3-10 February | |
| James Roberts, 'Tania Kovats', Frieze, Issue 9 | |
| Sachiko Tamashige, 'Tania Kovats', Nikkei Art, No.5 | |
| William Jeffett, 'Tania Kovats', Artefactum, Vol 10, No.4 | |
| 1992 | Caryn Faure Walker, 'Discretion', Time Out, 8 - 15 April |
| William Feaver, 'Maid Eternal (Discretion)' The Observer, 19 April | |
| David Batchelor, Under the Canary, Frieze, Issue 5 | |
| 1991 | Sarah Kent, 'Tania Kovats', Time Out, July |
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