Sophie Macpherson: CV

Born: 1972, Aylesbury

Based: Glasgow

Represented by: Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow

Education
1991–1996
BA(hons) Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
Current & Forthcoming Exhibitions
2011
Solo, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow 14th Jan–18th Feb
Solo Exhibitions
2005
Solo, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
2001
Solo, Transmission, Glasgow
Solo, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
1997
Solo, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
Group Exhibitions
2010
Social Landscape, Stereo, Glasgow (Jocelyn Cottencin, Katy Dove, Muscles of Joy, Damien Marchal, David Zérah. Curated by Patricia Fleming)
The Voice is a Language, Tramway, Glasgow (curated by Isla Lever-Yap. With Meredith Monk, ASophie Macpherson, James Richards, Cara Tolmie and Sue Tompkins)
2009
Corridor of Uncertainty, Tangent Gallery, Curtin University Campus, Perth, Australia (Curated by Alex Pollard and Clare Stephenson. With Sophie Macpherson, Craig Mulholland, Jane Topping, Iain Hetherington, Laurence Figgis, Lynn Hynd, Stuart Gurden and Stephen Sutcliffe)
2008
‘To bring forth and give’ Sorcha Dallas Artist’s Print Project, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (curated by Sorcha Dallas)
Open Field, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow (Group exhibition)
Two person show, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (with Yael Davids)
2007
Re-Make/Re-Model, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow (closed 22 December to 11 January)
Working Things Out, Spike Island, Bristol (with Richard Forster, Sara McKillop, Jonathan Owen, Andy Wake, Haroon Mirza, and Milo Brennan)
La Femme de nulle part, doggerfisher, Edinburgh (With Anita Di Bianco & Rosalind Nashashibi. Curated by Lucy Skaer.)
2006
If Not Now, Broadway 1602, New York (Curated by Sorcha Dallas. Supported by the British Council.)
The Glass Bead Game, Vilma Gold Project Space, Berlin (curated by Matthew Williams)
2005
Group Exhibition, 98 Saltmarket, Glasgow (as part of Radiance Festival)
Frieze Art Fair, London
Call to Organise! Colossal!, The Travelling Gallery, Stirling (with Anne-Marie Copestake)
2004
Group Exhibition, Temporary Office Space, Glasgow
Franz Ferdinand, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Glasgow in Valligia, Museo Corta Alta, Fossombrone
Sophie Macpherson & Daria Martin, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow
Synth, B2 Kunstlerhaus, Leipzig
2003
Greyscale/CMYK, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Pallas, The Changing Room, Stirling
2002
Group Exhibition, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (with Transmission)
Greyscale/CMYK, Tramway, Glasgow
Half the World Away, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo
2001
October, St Vincent Street, Glasgow
2000
Museum Magogo, Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1999
Museum Magogo, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
1998
Mountain Madness, The Independent Art Space, Glasgow
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2010
Residency, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
The Scottish Arts Council/Location One New York Residency for Visual Artists
2002
Network North/NIFCA Residency, Inari, Finnish Lapland
2001
Artist in Residence, Department of Environmental Art, Glasgow Sc
Co-director of ‘Flourish Nights’, Glasgow
1998
Committee Member, Transmission, Glasgow
Publications
2005
Call to Organise! Colossal! (Travelling Gallery, Scotland)
2004
Synth (Kunstraum B/2, Germany)
2003
Pallas (The Changing Room, Stirling)
2002
Half the World Away (Hallwalls contemporary Arts Center)
Greyscale/CMYK (The Nordic Institute of Contemporary Art, Helsinki)
Press
2009
Laura Allsop, ‘Review’, Art Review 30, March 2009
2008
Jack Mottram, ‘When Exhibitions Hang Together’, The Herald, 12th December 2008
Susan Mansfield, ‘Works in Progress’, The Scotsman, 5th December 2008
James Garner, ‘Review’, The Metro, 1st December 2008
Andrew Eaton, ‘Review’, The Scotsman, 22nd November 2008
Rory Weller, ‘Five Questions For… Belinda Gilbert Scott’, The Metro, 21st November 2008
‘Unique In Their Fields’, Sunday Herald, 20th November 2008
Liz Shannon, ‘Big tent approach’, The List, 13th November 2008
‘Review’, The List, 13th November 2008
‘Art Show for Caravan Club’, Evening Times, 15th October 2008
Jack Mottram, ”Performance’ that is anything but pants’, The Herald, 11th January 2008
2007
Sue Wilson, ‘Re-Make/Re-Model’, The Metro, 19th December 2007
Richard Cork, ‘ARTS AND TELEVISION: Ambushed by Ideas of the New’, FT.com, 25th July 2007
Jack Mottram, ‘La Femme De Nulle Part’, Art Monthly 305, 1st April 2007
Susan Mansfield, ‘A trio of new and unsettling perspectives’, The Scotsman, 16th March 2007
Martin Vincent, ‘La Femme De Nulle Part’, The Metro, 16th March 2007
Claire Mitchell, ‘La Femme De Nulle Part’, The List, 15th March 2007
Rosie Lesso, ‘Interview’, The List, 1st March 2007
‘Hit List’, The List, 1st March 2007
‘La Femme De Nulle Part’, Scotland on Sunday, 1st March 2007
2006
‘Bulletin Extra’, The Map 5, May 2006
Victoria Miguel, ‘If Not Now’, The Map 7, 2006
2005
Jack Mottram, ‘Sophie Macpherson’, The List, 23rd June 2005
Leon McDermott, Metro Life, 31st May 2005
2004
Michael Eisner, ‘Schottische Weltsicht’, Steirerkrone, 10th February 2004
‘Hauptabendprogram’, Megaphon, February 2004
Ulrich Tragatschnig, Der Standard, February 2004
Moria Jeffrey, The Herald, 9th January 2004
Flux 40, January 2004
2003
Circa 106, 2003
2002
Neil Mulholland, ‘Aperto Scotland’, Flash Art, January 2002