1973 Born in Oban, Scotland
Lives and works in London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
'Charles Avery'
GEM, The Hague
2013
'It Means It Means'
Curated by Tom Morton, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
'Vitrines: charles avery'
L'Antenne, Le Plateau, FRAC, Paris
Solo exhibition
Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome
2012
'New works from the Islanders project'
(Concerning The Qoro-Qoros, The Jadindagadendar and The Eternal Dialectic)
GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam
2011
‘New drawings of Onomatopoeia’
Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome
‘A Million Miles From Home’
The Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone
'Place de la revolution'
Pilar Corrias, London
2010
‘Onomatopoeia’
Part 1, FRAC’, Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris
‘Onomatopoeia’
Part 1, Kunstverein, Hanover
‘Onomatopoeia’
Part 1, EX3 – Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Florence
'charles avery onomatopoeia, part 2: the port'
Pilar Corrias, London
2009
'Onomatopoeia, Part 1: Creeds'
Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin
2008
‘The Islanders: An Introduction’
Parasol Unit, London; touring to The National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2007
‘Maquette of the Eternity Chamber’
Faye Fleming & Partner (former Arquebuse), Geneva
‘The Islanders: An introduction - Part III’
Faye Fleming & Partner (former Arquebuse), Geneva
2006
‘The Plane of the Gods’
Cubitt Gallery, London
‘The Islanders: an introduction - part II’
Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin
'Charles Avery and Keith Wilson'
Alexandre Pollazzon, London
2005
'The Islanders: an introduction’
Doggerfisher, Edinburgh
‘Hunting The Noumenon’
Galleria Archimede Staffolini, Nicosia
‘AVATARS’
Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome
2004
‘The Hunter’
Man in the Holocene, London
‘It thinks’
Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin
2003
‘The square root of 2'
Sleeper, Edinburgh
‘The Freedom of the Universe’
Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome
2002
‘The Truth about the Truth’
Doggerfisher, Edinburgh
‘Triangle Land’
Dee/Glasoe Gallery, New York
2001
‘The Palace of the Gulls’
Percy Miller Gallery, London
2000
‘The Last Yolk’
Sonia Rosso Gallery, Pordenone, Italy
‘The Riddle of Pooch Avery’
Dee Glasoe Gallery, New York
‘The Ghost of Scirribin’
Nylon Gallery, London
1999
‘Charles Avery’
Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
‘The Life and Times of Nancy Haselswon’
Tablet Gallery, London
1998
'the creation of the omniverse'
Nylon, London
'portraits of people who never existed'
Entwistle Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
'The world is almost six thousand years old'
Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincoln
'Beastly Hall: A Place where artists and creatures collide'
Hall Place, Bexley
'A Parliament of Lines'
Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
2012
'haunts and follies'
Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St. Kilda
'A Parliament of Lines'
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
'A PARLIAMENT OF LINES'
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
'A PARLIAMENT OF LINES'
The RMIT University Gallery, Melbourne
‘Machines for living’
Yaffo 23, Jerusalem
‘Hedendaagse surreËle tekeningen uit rotterdam, collectie Boijmans van Beuningen’
Institut Neerlandais, Paris
‘The Comic side of art’
Nest, Den Haag
‘Galicica: topographies of myth’
SOKOL, Nowy Sacz
'A PARLIAMENT OF LINES'
ECAC, Scotland
'Le miroir et l'encyclopedie'
Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris
2011
‘A MILLION MILES FROM HOME’
The Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone
'As the world turns: New Art from London'
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney
2010
‘Recent British Sculpture’
GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam, curated by Tom Morton
‘British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet’
Hayward Touring Exhibition, touring to: Nottingham (Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Castle Museum, New Art Exchange), London (Hayward Gallery), Glasgow (Centre for Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Tramway), Plymouth (Peninsula Arts, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Royal William Yard, Plymouth College of Art)
‘Acquisition Presentation Contemporary Drawings’
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
‘Languages and Experimentations’
Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero, Trento
2009
‘Life Forms’
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
‘Walking In My Mind’
Hayward Gallery, London
‘A Duck For Mr. Darwin’
BALTIC, Gateshead
‘Altermodern: Fourth Tate Triennial’
Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud at Tate Britain, London
‘Drawing 2009 Biennal Fundraiser’
The Drawing Room, London
2008
‘Scotland & Venice 2003, 2005, 2007 - Charles Avery, Simon Starling and Cathy Wilkes’,
The Pier Orkney
‘Made Up’
International Festival of Contemporary Art, 5th Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
‘Irony & Gesture’
Kukje Gallery, Seoul
‘ARTfutures 2008’
Bloomberg Space, London
2007
Scotland & Venice
52nd Venice Biennale, Italy
The Lyon Biennale 2007, France
The Athens Biennale, Greece
‘Every Eye Sees Differently as The Eye’
The Drawing Room, London
‘Timer’
Triennial Bovisa, Milan
‘Welcome to My World’
Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd., London
‘Ironie der Objekte’
MUSEION Museum fur moderne und zeitgenossische Kunst, Bolzano
2006
‘Charles Avery and Keith Wilson’
Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd., London
‘FLIP’
Francois Ghebaly/Chung King Project, Los Angeles
2005
‘Sculpture Garden’
Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner, London
‘Memphis’
Flaca, London
‘Theoroma’
Musee d’Art Contemporain, Avignon
‘Inaugurazione nuovo spazio’
Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome
2004
‘Premio del Golfo’
La Spezia, Italy
Jerwood Drawing Prize
Jerwood Space, London touring to Pitville Gallery, Cheltenham; Bayart, Cardiff; The Mac, Birmingham; EICH, Hull; The Lowry, Manchester
‘Trailer’
Man in the Holocene, London
‘Io mi ricordo’
Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome
2003
‘Il Premio per la Giovanne Arte Italiana’
Padiglione di Venezia, 50th Venice Biennale
‘Love Over Gold’
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
‘Necessary Kids, Charles Avery, Piotr Uklanski, Costa Vece’
Gallerie Civico d’Arte Contemporanea di Siracusa, Sicily
‘Dark Shadows’
Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
‘Works on Paper'
Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Prospects Drawing Prize
Truman Brewery, London
2002
Contemporary Art Project
Museum of Modern Art, Seattle
‘A measure of distance’
Magnani, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize
Jerwood Space, London touring to MAC Birmingham; Glasgow School of Art; EICH Gallery, Hull; The Lowry, Manchester
Prospects Drawing Prize
Truman Brewery, London
‘Supersonic and Alien’
S.A.L.E.S., Rome, Italy
‘Flights of Reality’
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
‘Flights of Reality’
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (group show with Keith Tyson, Grace Weir, Keith Wilson and Matthew Ritchie)
2001
‘Ghosty’
Mille Eventi, Milan, Italy
‘Works on Paper’
S.A.L.E.S., Rome, Italy
‘2000 Made Space’
Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, touring to Changing Room, Stirling
‘Drawing’
Percy Miller Gallery, London
‘Innuendo’
Dee/Glasoe Gallery, New York
‘Made Space’
Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999
‘Surveying the Landscape’
Lombard Freid Gallery, New York
‘Selection from the Files’
Nylon, London
‘The British on Paper’
Galleria Sonia Rosso, Pordenone, Italy
‘Untitled'
Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
‘DRAW’
Ten in One Gallery, Chicago
‘Fine Line’
Duncan Cargill Gallery, London