Gordon Shrigley
Gordon Shrigley (born 1964) is a British artist. His work is primarily concerned with drawing and the language of line. In 2004 Shrigley founded the artists’ bookwork project Marmalade, Publishers of Visual Theory,[1] which in 2007 expanded into Filmarmalade a DVD publisher of artists' film and video works. Filmarmalade has published work by artists, including two works by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, with screenings at the BFI and the Arnolfini, Bristol.[2][3]
Shrigley is a lecturer in Architecture at the University of Westminster.
Life and work
Shrigley studied at Bournville College of Art, Birmingham; the University of Westminster and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Solo exhibitions include the Centre for Contemporary Art, Sacramento; IMT Gallery, London, and Schloss Solitude Galerie, Stuttgart.
In the forthcoming 2015 general election, Shrigley is to stand as a prospective MP in his local Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.[4][5]
He is represented by IMT Gallery, London.
External links
References
- ↑ Gordon Shrigley.
- ↑ "Film London Artists' Moving Image Network - 17 December 2008". Film London. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ Marcos Ortega (16 November 2011). "BFI Filmstore and Filmarmalade Present: Lehrstücke, Objet petit a and The Great Game". Experimental Cinema. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ Jonathan Jones (13 January 2015). "A manifesto of no ideas: artist Gordon Shrigley stands in the general election". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ "And then there were two: second artist to stand in 2015 General Election". a-n The Artists Information Company. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.