Lydia Gifford
1979 Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
2006-2008 Royal College of Art, London, MA Fine Art: Painting
2005 Socrates Erasmus Scholarship, Universität der Künste Berlin
2004-2006 Chelsea School of Art and Design, London, BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting
AWARDS/PRIZES/SCHOLARSHIPS
2008 Valerie Beston Young Artists’ Prize, London
2005 Socrates Erasmus Scholarship, Universität der Künste Berlin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Solo show, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
2013
Siding, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
2012
The Neighbour, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Midday, David Roberts Art Foundation, London
Distances, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin
2011
Its Hurtling Gold, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Lydia Gifford, Art Statements, Art Basel 42, Basel
2010
Brackets, Marcelle Alix, Paris, November
2008
Lydia Gifford, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2013
Can’t Hear My Eyes, curated by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid
2012
Prairies, 3rd Edition of Les Ateliers de Rennes: Biennial for Contemporary Art, Rennes
Minimal Myth, Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam
Jonathan Binet, Lydia Gifford and David Ostrowski, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
2011
Young London, V22, London
Tableaux, Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
2010
Lydia Gifford, Manuela Leinhoß, Laura Riboli, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Session_9_Object, Am Nuden Da, London
2009
Moon Star Love, Marcelle Alix, Paris
Taj Mahal Travellers, Gallery Nordenhake, Stockhom, Sweden
2008
About, Auto Italia South East, London
Between Shadows, Cordy House, London
Pentimenti, Permanent Gallery, Brighton
MA Fine Art Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London
PERFORMANCE
2012
Lydia Gifford. Midday, Performance at David Roberts Art Foundation, London, 2 February
PRESS
2012
Lydia Gifford, The Neighbour, mousse online, October
Quinn Latimer, Jonathan Binet, Lydia Gifford and David Ostrowski, BolteLang, ArtForum, Summer
Chris Fite-Wassilak, Lydia Gifford: Midday, ArtReview, May
Alberto Fiore, Lydia Gifford, Painting as a personal idea of space, arteecritica, January
Siofra McSherry, Lydia Gifford: Midday, this is tomorrow, February
Skye Sherwin, Lydia Gifford, Midday, The Guardian Guide, January
Jose da Silva, Looking at Sound – Three Audio Responses, abstract critical, February
Rennes Biennal, Praires,October
2011
Peter Suchin, Lydia Gifford, It’s Hurtling Gold, Review in Art Monthly, No. 345, April
Simone Menegoi, Library of Nuances: Lydia Gifford, Catalogue Magazine, Issue 6, April
Genese Picturale, Jalouse, September
Lydia Gifford, Frieze Art Fair Yearbook,Dec-Jan
2010
Eleanor Weber, Lydia Gifford, Brackets, Review in This is Tomorrow, December
Judicaël Lavrador, Faire Tache, Lydia Gifford,Les inrockuptibles, December, P.105
McLean-Ferris, Lydia Gifford, Manuela Leinhoß, Laura Riboli,Art Review, Issue 40, April
2008
JJ. Charlesworth, Some Things, Essay on Lydia Gifford, October