Gerard Hemsworth

Gerard Hemsworth Website

1945 geboren in London / born in London (UK)

1963–1967 Studium an der / studied at St. Martin’s School of Art, London(UK)

2000 Royal Academy of Arts, Charles Wollaston Award 2000

1979–2011 Professur für Bildende Künste am / professorship of Fine Arts at Goldsmiths College,
University of London(UK)

2021 gestorben in Robertsbridge, East Sussex / died in Robertsbridge, East Sussex

Einzelausstellungen / Solo shows (Auswahl / Selection)

2019
Gerard Hemsworth. Works from the 70s, PALFREY, London (UK)
Simplicity creates poetry, Chen Chi Art Museum, Wuxi City (CHN)

2018
Desert Edge, Solaris, St Leonards on Sea (UK)

2015
Nothing to Declare, Matt’s Gallery, London (UK)
Suspect, DEAR FUTURE ME, Brussels (BEL)
Outing, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln

2013
Gerard Hemsworth. Desert Gardens, Mendes Wood, São Paolo (BRA)

2011
Blacklands, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln

2010
After Urban Garden, Moon Gallery, Hong Kong (CHN)

2009
Hidden Agenda, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (USA)
Water into Wine, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln
Now Then, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin

2007
A Question of Rhetoric, Galeria Luis Serpa Projects, Lissabon (PRT)

2005
Mushrooms in the Rain, Galeria Brito Cimino, São Paulo (BRA)

2002
Gerard Hemsworth, Thomas Cohn Galeria, São Paulo (BRA)

2001
Never mind, why?, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln

1998
Strictly Suburban, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (UK)
Gerard Hemsworth, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln

1994
Gerard Hemsworth, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1993
Believing in God, ’teleerhuys Galerij, Bruges (BEL)
Gerard Hemsworth, Bureau Coquilhat, Antwerpen (BEL)

1992
In Excess, Urmel, Gent, Schweiz
Gerard Hemsworth, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1991
Gerard Hemsworth, Galerie Cintrik, Antwerpen (BEL)
Gerard Hemsworth, Galeria Comicos / Luis Serpa, Lissabon (PRT)
Financial Times, Steendrukkerij BV, Amsterdam (NLD)

1989
Financial Times, Galerie Cintrik, Antwerpen (BEL)
Financial Times, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1988
Self Portraits, Matt’s Gallery, London (UK)
Gerard Hemsworth, Hillman Holland Fine Arts, Atlanta (USA)

1987
Gerard Hemsworth, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York (USA)
Gerard Hemsworth, Galeria Comicos, Lissabon (PRT)
Gerard Hemsworth, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1986
Gerard Hemsworth, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (UK)

1985
Gerard Hemsworth, Galerie Van Beveren, Rotterdam (NLD)

1984
Gerard Hemsworth, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow (GB)
Gerard Hemsworth, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham (UK)
Gerard Hemsworth, Orchard Gallery, Londonderry (UK)

1983
Leda and the Swan, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Act of Contrition, Galeria Christophora, Krakau (POL)
Means to an End, Matt’s Gallery, London (UK)
Act of Contrition, Piwna 20/26, Warschau (POL)
Act of Contrition, Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan (POL)

1981
Key, Kettle’s Yard, Cambrigdge (UK)
Not until Viable/Not unless valid, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Gerard Hemsworth, Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen (BEL)
Duel, Museum für (Sub-)Kultur, Berlin

1980
Object/Nature- Still Life Drawing, Piwna 20/26, Warschau (POL)
Object/Nature- Still Life Drawing, Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan (POL)
Gerard Hemsworth, Orchard Gallery, London (UK)

1979
Still Life Drawing, Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin (GB)

1978
Illusion/Delusion, Graeme Murray Gallery, Edingburgh (GB)
Object-Object, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (UK)

1977
Ten White Paintings, Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin (GB)

1976
Gerard Hemsworth, Robert Self Gallery, Newcastle (UK)

1975
Gerard Hemsworth, Robert Self Gallery, London (UK)
Gerard Hemsworth, Patrick Verelst Gallery, Antwerpen (BEL)

1974
Gerard Hemsworth, Jack Wendler Gallery, London (UK)

1973
Regarding things as they are, X-One Gallery, Antwerpen (BEL)

1972
Presenting thing as they are, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (UK)

1971
Simulation, Galerie MTL, Brüssel (BEL)
Gerard Hemsworth, X-One Gallery, Antwerpen (BEL)

1970
Gerard Hemsworth, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London (UK)

Gruppenausstellungen / Group shows (Auswahl / Selection)

2022
High on Hope, Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5LB, (UK)

2019
Simplicity creates poetry, Chen Chi Art Museum, Wuxi City (CHN)

2018
Space Invaders, Solaris, St. Leonards on Sea (UK)
Straub/Huillet/Cézanne. One doesn’t Paint Souls, Temporary Gallery, Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst e.V., Köln
Self come to Mind, Electro Studios, St. Leonards on Sea (UK)
Fully Awake, Dyson Gallery, Royal Collage of Art, London (UK)
Heads Roll, curated by Paul Morrison, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield (UK)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Attercliffe™, Sheffield (UK)
To Be Continued: Artists in Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (UK)

2017
Legally High, Electro Studios, St. Leonards on Sea
This Way Out of England: Gallery House in Retrospect, Raven Row, London (UK)

2016
Hemsworth / Jenssen / Tollens / Reed, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln
In This Soup We Swim, Kingsgate Project Space, London (UK)

2015
„highlights“ Anastasi/Bradshaw/Gefeller/Hemsworth/Hendricks/Houlihan, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln

2014
Summer Saloon Show, Lion & Lamb, London (UK)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
Gerard Hemsworth, Lorenzo Pompa, Tobias Maring, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Bruxelles (BEL)

2013
Private Appearances, Self-Portraits by Contemporary Artists, Fundacao Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Lissabon (PRT)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
KABOOM!, Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
Collecting Mushrooms is a Dangerous Attitude, Galeria Luis Serpa Projectos, Lissabon (PRT)
Beyond Corrupted Eye: Akumulatory 2 Gallery, 1972-1990, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakau, (POL)

2012
Beyond Corrupted Eye: Akumulatory 2 Gallery, 1972-1990, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warschau, (POL)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
Form and Mal-Function, Angus Hughes Gallery, London (UK)

2011
Your garden is looking a mess could you please tidy it up, Payne Shurvell, London (UK)
Picture This, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London (UK)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
The Wolfson Syndrome, The Modern Language Experiment, London (UK)

2010
FAST FORWARD. British Contemporary Art in Brazil, Centro Brasileiro Britanico, São Paulo (BRA)
The Dance Card, LIDO, St. Leonards on Sea (UK)

Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
Use the Mention, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London (UK)

2009
The Conspiracy. Die Verschwörung, Kunsthalle Bern (CH)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)

2008
John Moores, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)

2007
Seven hundred and twentyeight days later, Marksman Gallery, Reading (UK)
Double Use / Double Bind, The Nunnery, London (UK)

2006
Salon Connexions, Contemporary Art Projects, London (UK)
John Moores, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK)
Sweetness & Light, Marksman Gallery, Reading (UK)

2005
The Bestiary, Jill George Gallery, London (UK)
Death is Part of the Process ?, Void, Derry (UK)
The Final Floor Show, Objectif _Exhibitions, Antwerpen (BEL)

2004
Versão Brasileira, Galeria Brito Cimino, São Paulo (BRA)
Centro Brasileiro Britãnico, São Paulo (BRA)
Cinderella, Trailer, London (UK)
New Prints, Eyestorm, London (UK)

2003
Small is Beautiful: War and Peace, Flowers Central, London (UK)
Godzilla, Trailer, London (UK)
Painting Per Se, Galeria Andre Millan, São Paulo (BRA)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
Chockerfuckingblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London (UK)

2002
Once Again, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (UK)
60 Seconds to What?, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London (UK)
John Moores, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
Close Reading 2, objectif […], Antwerpen (BEL)
London Underground, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan (CHN)
Sidewinder, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai (IND)

2001
Intimacy, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno; Lowry, Salford; Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth (UK)
Small is Beautifull: Still Life, Flowers East, London (UK)
Open Plan: The Marathon, Alphadelta Gallery / Artio Gallery, Athen (GRC)
London Underground, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul (KOR)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London (UK)
Insider Trading, Mandeville Hotel, London (UK)
Live in Your Head, Museu do Chiado, Lissabon (PRT)
Conception Conceptual Documents 1968-72, Norwich Gallery, Norwich (UK)

2000
Small is Beautyful: Self Portraits, Flowers East, London (UK)
Perfidy: Surviving Modernism, Kettle`s Yard, Cambridge (UK) (Kat.)
Versailles, Trinity Gardens, London (UK)
Perfidy, An intervention at La Tourette, L’Arbresle (FR)
Include me out, Unit 6, London (UK)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London (UK) (Kat.)
Vertigo, Galerie Freak Brothers, Paris (FRA)
Live in Your Head, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (UK) (Kat.)

1999
Small is Beautyful: Millennium, Flowers East, London (UK)
John Moores, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK) (Kat.)
Rebecca, Sali Gia, London (UK)

1998
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (UK)
Cluster Bomb, Morrison Judd, London (UK)
Spatial Concepts, Foyer Gallery / James Hocky Gallery, Surrey (UK)

1997
Ace!, Arts Council Collection new purchases, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle; Harris Museum, Preston;
Oldham Art Gallery; Hayward Gallery, London; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Mappin Art Gallery,
Sheffield; Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Mind Sports Olympiad, Royal Festival Hall, London (UK)
’teleerhuys Galerij, Brüssel (BEL)

1996
Studio Champ d’Action, Antwerpen (BEL)
Villa Dei Casari, London (UK)
Really Out of Order, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester (UK)
Connaught Brown, London (UK)
Out of Order, I.A.S., London (UK)

1995
Cocaine Orgasm, BANK, London (UK)
Bureau Coquilhat, Antwerpen (BEL)

1994
Piwna 20/26 1980-1993, Muzem Akademil Sztuk Pieknych, Warschau (POL)
Multiples, Bureau Coquilhat, Antwerpen (BEL)
Punishment and Decoration, Hohenthal und Bergen, Köln
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1993
A Spit in the Ocean, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)
Powell Moya Partnership, London (UK)

1992
And what do you represent?, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)
Discover-Rediscover, Urmel, Gent (CH)
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (UK)

1991
Accrochage, Galeria Comicos / Luis Serpa, Lissabon (PRT)
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)
Galerie Centrik, Antwerpen (BEL)

1990
Britanniques Contemporains, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble (FRA)
Second Sight, Galerie Conrads, Neuss

1989
Figures, Galerie d’Art Contemporain de Saint-Pries, FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Lyon (FRA)
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1988
The Invisible Man, Goldsmiths‘ Gallery, London (UK)
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
Something Solid, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester (UK)
The British Picture, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (USA)

1987
Accrochage, Galeria Comicos, Lissabon (PRT)
Appropriate Pictures, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1986
New Art, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)
Works on Paper, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1985
New Art, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK)

1984
The British Art Show, City Museum and Art Gallery and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (UK) / Royal Scottish Academy, Edingburgh (GB-SCT) / Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield / Southampton City Art Gallery
Collezione Inglese II, Scuola di San Pasquale, Venedig (IT)

1982
Collezione Inglese, Scuola di San Pasquale, Venedig (IT)
Art and the Sea, Liverpool University, Liverpool and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (UK)

1981
Artists‘ Books, Metronom, Barcelona (ESP)
New Works of Contemporary Art and Music, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edingburgh and Orchard Gallery, Londonderry
Tolly Cobbold / Eastern Arts 3rd National Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambrigdge u.a.

1980
British Art 1940–1980 – The Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London (UK)

1979
Artists‘ Books, Galerie Lydia Megert, Bern (CH)
Living Art, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (GBR)
Verbiage, Kettle’s Yard, Cambrigdge (UK)
Languages, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow (GBR)

1978
Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin (GBR)
Living Art, Trinity College, Dublin (GBR)

1977
Robert Self Gallery, London (UK)

1976
Carlisle Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle (UK)

1974
Artists Bookworks, British Council touring exhibition

1973
The Book as Artwork, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London (UK)
Art Systems, Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile (CHL)
X-One Gallery, Antwerpen (BEL)

1972
Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (UK)
Art Systems, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires (ARG)
Survey of the British Avant-Garde, Gallery House, London (UK)
X-One Gallery, Antwerpen (BEL)

1971
Participation Art, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (UK)
Wall Show, Lisson Gallery, London (UK)
Gevisualiseerde Denkprocessen, X-One Gallery, Antwerpen (BEL)

1970
British Sculpture out of the Sixties, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (UK)
Projects and Drawings, Centro de Artes y Communicacion, Buenes Aires (ARG)
8 Sculptors, Kunsthallen, Göteborg (SWE)
Visual Milieu, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NOR)

1969
Stockwell Depot, London (UK)
New Sculpture, Arts Council (Wanderausstellung / Travelling exhibition)

1968
City of London Festival, London (UK)
Survey, Camden Art Centre, London (UK)
Brighton Festival, Brighton (UK)
Stockwell Depot, London (UK)
4 Show, Royal Institute Galleries, London (UK)

1967
Six Young Artists, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (UK)
Young Contemporaries, Tate Gallery, London (UK)

1966
New Dimensions, Camden Art Centre, London (UK)
Young Britain, B. Altman & Co., New York (USA)

1965
AIA Gallery, London (UK)
John Moores, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK)

Sammlungen / Collections (Auswahl / Selection)

Arts Council of Great Britain (UK)
British Airways
Kettles Yard, Cambridge
Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp (BEL)
Southhampton University
Ulster Museum, Belfast (UK)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London (UK)
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (POL)