HOLLY BIRTLES
1985, UK, lives and works in London
EDUCATION
Greenwich University – Post Graduate Certificate in Education (2015 – 2017)
The Slade School of Art – MFA Fine Art (2009 – 2011)
Westminster University – BA Hons Photographic Arts (2005 – 2008)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
CCA Dorset Place, Brighton, Volcano Mother, Performance and sound by Johanna Bramli (December 9th-16th 2022)
XXijra Hii, UP TO YOUR NECK IN MUD, Estuary Festival (online), Deptford, London (22nd My – 22nd June 2021)
XXijra Hii, UP TO YOUR NECK IN MUD, Deptford, London (October – November 2020)
Blank 100, Lazy Boy, Spannocchi Jazz Event and Exhibition Blank 100 De Beauvoir Town (21st June 2018)
Luna Elaine ‘LAZY BOY’, London (18th – 25th May 2018)
Deptford Cinema ‘Sharks in the Lake’, London (January 2018)
Doomed Gallery, I keep my Expression in my nose’ Dalston, London (27th – 30th October 2016)
Doomed Gallery Ridley Road Dalston, ‘Dr Feel Bad’, November (27th -30th Nov 2014)
James Hockey Foyer Gallery, University of Creative Arts, Farnham, 1f Opera Series, (30th Oct – 10th Nov 2012)
GROUP
Seismic Mother, Hypha Studios, Stratford, London (September 2023)
Recreational Grounds, Elephant and Castle, London (including performance collaboration with Hannah Grasskamp, (May 2023)
Blake’s Old Haunt, Hercules Road, London (26th April – 7th May 2023)
Artworks Open, Barbican Artists Trust, London (2nd – 11th December 2022)
Magic Sponge, Hercules Road, London (26th November – 4th December 2022)
Safe House Peckham, Holly Birtles/Molly Grad/David Micheaud, Peckham, London (18th-20th November 2022)
Telling Pictures, Photography Research Group, Edward Street Galleries, University of Brighton, UK (27 Sept – 15 Oct 2022)
Baaad Press, Book event, Birmingham School of Art (8th May 2022)
Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen, Norway Book Launch; On Growth and Form Edition 3 (1st – 4th April 2022)
MOTHER LODE, Holly Birtles/Natalia Janula, XXijra Hii, Deptford, London (January 27th – February 26th 2022)
Photographic Exploration Project, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin (31st January – March 2022)
Open Salon 37, CGP Gallery (November 2021)
Way Out East, University of East London, London (18th – 29th October 2021)
Youkobo Art Space, The Garden, Ai mi Tagai Showspace, Tokyo When Was the Last Time You Saw the Sea? (19th – 27th June 2021)
Sanford Vitrine, New Cross, Up to Your Neck in Mud, (6th – 20th October 2021)
Arnolfini, Bristol Artist’s Book Event (BABE), Bristol (17th-18th April 2021)
Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen, Norway (November 2020 – May 2021)
Impressions Gallery Photo Book Fair, Bradford (17th October 2020)
Paradox Amusement, Holly Birtles & Lucinda Metcalfe, Lewisham Art House (12th – 15th March 2020)
Open Salon 35, CGP Gallery (November 2019)
Bermondsey Artist Group show CGP Gallery (October 6th – 3rd November 2019)
BBB Books, Sheffield Artists Book Fair Artist’s Book Centre, Sheffield (October 5th 2019)
PROD 3, Deptford Does Art, (19th – 28th July 2019)
Jazz and Visuals (Spannocchi/Birtles) Agile Rabbit (July 2019)
BBB Books, Baltic Gallery Newcastle, Baltic Self Publishing Artists market (April 2019)
Research work in progress, FCOT, UCF, Farnborough (2019)
Photocopy Club, Hart Club, London (12 March 2019)
Jazz and Visuals (Spannocchi/Birtles) Deptford Cinema, (December 11th 2018)
Open Salon 34, CGP Gallery (November 2018)
OPEN18 SOLO HUB ONCA Gallery (October 2018), Brighton Fringe (Shortlisted)
GET OUT MY GALLERY, Doomed Gallery London (9 – 12th August 2018)
Lazy Boy performance, Chalton Gallery (14th July 2018)
BBB Books, Baltic Gallery, Newcastle, Baltic Self Publishing Artists market, (21st April 2018)
Metro Auditorio, Mexico City, group show Chalton Gallery (February 2018)
APT Gallery, Deptford, Creekside Open 2017 Selected by Alison Wilding (8th June – 2nd July 2017)
Baltic Gallery, Book Art Far, BBB Book Collective (13th – 14th May 2017)
Menier Gallery, London Brain Project, (January 16th – 21st 2017)
Research work in progress, FCOT, UCF, Farnborough (2017)
Plymouth Art Book Fair, Counter, Davy Building Plymouth University BBB Books Collective (29th October 2016)
Link Gallery at Institute of Child Health, London Brain Project (September 2016)
Unit 3 Projects, PROD 2, Bow, London (12th – 25th August 2016)
The Valletta Film Festival, Malta, Art Shorts (6th June 2016)
Baltic Gallery, Book Art Fair, Newcastle, BBB Books Collective (18th – 19th June 2016)
Uncover Flipbook Festival, Bower Ashton Library, Bristol12 (May 2016)
Liverpool library (June 2016), Uncover Flipbook Festival, Falmouth, USA (February 2016) Middleton Library (March 2016)
Charlton Gallery, Christmas Art Fair (12th – 19th December 2015)
Unit 3 Projects, PROD, (26th November – 11th January 2016)
Bergen Art Book Fair, BBB Books Collective ( 19-20th November 2015)
The Store, Bethnal Green, 600 Miles West of Mexico (24th August – 23rd September 2015)
Cultural Centre Belgrade, Belgrade, Material Light (30th July – 22nd August 2015)
Baltic Gallery, Newcastle, Artists Book Market, BBB Books (11-12th July 2015)
Cafe Below, Bank, 1f Opera Series (February – March 2014)
Westminster University Gallery, Photography Department, Material Light, (8th – 30th November 2013)
Vibe Gallery, Bermondsey, (15 – 19th November 2013)
Husk Gallery, Lime house, Bind your heart in my hair (or) We’ll have no trouble/no disturbance here, (9th – 19th September 2013)
5th Base Gallery, Brick Lane, The Laying on of Hands, (August 28th – September 1st, 2013)
East Gallery, 214 Brick Lane,Scratch the Surface, (25th April – 1st May 2012),
The Slade School of Art, Artist in ResidenceShow 2011,(August 31st – September 8th 2011)
The Slade School of Art, MA/MFA Show, (June 15th 2011)
10 Gales Gallery, Bethnal Green, London10 Gales Prize, (10-15thMarch 2011)
St Barnabas Church, Dalston, Hackney,Ordinary Time, (11-15th February, 2011)
Woburn Research Centre, Gower Street, Euston,The Slade Interim Show, (5th October 2010)
The Strang Print Room, UCL Art Collection, Gower Street, Transfer, (March 11th-13th 2010)
Galerie Ute Parduhn , KaiserswertherMarkt 6a 404 Düsseldorf, Artist Books, (5th February – 15th March 2010)
Cheltenham Art Gallery, The Brewery, Cheltenham, Life on the Island (16th January -7th February 2010)
A Thing about Machines, Arts Festival, Coventry (24th-27th September 2009)
The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, Atlantis (T1) The University of Westminster Photography Degree Show(19th-23rdJune, 2008)
P3 Gallery, Marylebone Road, London (2nd -14th June, 2008) The University of Westminster Photography Degree Show
Gallery West, Harrow, Middlesex, Pin-Yin, (May 22nd-29th 2008)
The Foundry, Shoreditch, London, Terra Incognita,(2ndApril)
Nanjing Normal University Gallery, Nanjing, China, Same Light: Different View (November 2007)
The Nolias Gallery, Islington, London, When the Sky Turns Purple (May 2007)
The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, I am (June 2004)