Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1957GB. Lives and works in London)

Finch’s current Book of Knowledge series appropriates and explores images from an eight-volume set of encyclopedias by the same name, published at the end of the 1950s. By scanning the over 3000 images from the volumes at very high resolution, Finch is able to not only reproduce them at scale, but also to explore and exploit them through playful and provocative digital collages that expose their time-sensitive political and ideological undertones.

Solo exhibitions

2013
Engrams, Piper Gallery, London 
2010
Bare Life, Tableaux 2009-10, LAS galerie, Paris 
2008
Taken as Read, Moments / Christian Aubert, Paris. 
2007
Point de fuite / vanishing point, gallery 33, Berlin, Germany
LAS galerie, ‘Trisquare – Closer Than You Think, peintures 1996-98’, Paris 
2006
Prosopopoeia, gallery 33 at FON, Berlin, Germany. 
2005
Nevermind, Galerie Pitch, Paris, France,  
2005
Sublimey 1, Galerie Pitch, Paris, France 
2004
Mick Finch & Olivier Gourvil, Amilly,Centre, France. 
2002
Camouflage (with Guillaume Paris), Gallery éof, Paris. 
2001
Courant d'air, exposition relais, la vitrine Paulin, Solre-le-château. 
2000
Tableaux: 1998 - 2000, Gallery éof,, Paris, France. 
1998
Plus Près que vous ne le Croyiez, Gallery Art & Patrimoine, Paris, France
Closer Than You Think 2, Le Carré, Lille, France
Closer Than You Think , Purdy Hicks Gallery, London. 
1995
David Holmes Contemporary Art, Peterboro’, U.K. 
1994
N17, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London 
The Union, London 
1993
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London 
1992
Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London 

Group exhibitions

2019
⌘X ⌘V, BACA Art Centre, Beijing 
2017
Inner Landscapes, the Sid Motion Gallery, London
Remembering Henry James: The British-American Connection, curated by Beth 
2016
Vermeer, Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genova
Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am, Cheng Centre for Contemporary Art, 798 Art District, Beijing 
Academic Original Creative, SCFAI - Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Sichuan, China 
2014
(detail), H-Project Space-Bangkok, Transition Gallery-London, Usher Gallery-Lincoln 
2013
www.paintingdetail.com
The Perfect Death – Horizons. The Lion & Lamb, London
Summer Salon, The Lion & Lamb, London
Painting/Tableau/Stage, The Urban Art Space, Columbus, Ohio
With Moyra Derby, Stuart
Elliot, Mick Finch and Beth Harland
Dirty Pop, & Model, Leeds
With Torch and Spear: constructing collage, curated by Ian Dawson, Winchester School of Art Gallery. 
2012
Picture/Tableau/Screen. A visual symposium at UCA Canterbury in the Herbert Read, Gallery, Ex Roma. A.P.T Gallery, London 
2011
The Beach and the Pavement, Paradise Row Gallery, London, Curated by Mick Finch, Guillaume Paris and Nick Hackworth, The Producers, The British School at Rome, One Day Wonder, Valentines Mansion Ilford, Essex. 
2010
Mona Lisa, Collective Studios, Wandsworth, London. 
2009
RCA Secrets, the Royal College of Art London 
2008
Constellation, oeuvres sur papier, Las galerie, Paris 
2007
Las galerie @ se0ne, London, 
Tease Art Fair Cologne with Gallery 33
Doubleuse, The Nunnery, London. 
2006
Mickey dans tous ses états , Artcurial, Paris. 
Abstract Mode, Fosterart, London
Trendmarks, galerie Suty, Coye-la-Forêt, France 
2005
Mythomania, The Metropole, Folkestone, England and Le Lieu d’Art & Action Contemporaine, Dunkerque, France 
2004
Dessins, Galerie Pitch, Paris, France. 
2003
L'art dans ses passages/ Ce que porte la peinture, Galerie Pitch, Paris
Dessins d'ici, ESAD, Amiens, France and l'espace St-Jacques de, St-Quentin, St-Quentin, France 
2001
Appelation d'origine non contolée, Maison de la culture d'Amiens / Espace culturel François-Mitterand, Beauvais 
2000
Le pays où le ciel est toujours bleu, 20 rue des Curés, Orleans, France
Rivey, Taïb, Turpin, Urgano Bravo
The Wreck of Hope, curated by the Friedrich Society, Nunnery Gallery, London 
1999
Du côté du tableau II, Galerie le Carré, Lille 
1998
Tech, Gallerie é.o.f., Paris
Tech, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
Suface, Art & Patrimoine, Paris 
1997
push, Gallerie é.o.f
Ateliers Portes Ouvertes Des Artistes De l'Oise, Conseil Général De L'Oise
La Biennale d'Issy, Issey-Les-Moulineaux, France
10 Jours de l'Art Contemporain, Galerie Art & Patrimoine, Paris. 
1996
Color & Light, Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York
Gallery artists, Purdy Hicks, London. 
1994
Credo, Purdy Hicks, London
3/4 South Square, London with David Hiscock
Contemporary Art Society Art Market, London
L’Ame du Fond, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris (F.R.A.C. d'Ile de France)
Drawing, Purdy Hicks, London 
1993
Le Sens Figuré. Tour of Canada: Centre Culturel Pierrefonds
Galerie Les3 C, La Salle, Maison de la Culture Côte-des
Nieges,Studio A Montreal
Europ ‘Art Sans Frontieres Espace Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, What Are They Doing Now, Artists from the BDO Binder Hamlyn Collection, London
38e Salon de Montrouge, Paris
Purdy Hicks Gallery Artists, London
Collection Colas exhibition, Colas, Paris
The Economist Building Gallery, with Ayres, Porter and Budd
David Holmes Gallery, Peterborough
Parsons School of Art Faculty exhibition, Paris 
1992
Lo Cal, Institute of Higher Education, London
Parsons School of Art Faculty exhibition, Paris
Le Sens Figuré, Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada. 

Awards & residencies

2011
Abbey Fellowship in Painting, British School at Rome, January – March, 2011 2005 Terra Foundation for American Art Fellowship, Musée d’Art Americain Giverny 
2003
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 
1985
The Unilever Award
The Unilever Purchase Prize
The Burston Award 
1982
The Milner Kite Award 

Press & publications

2019
Image Journeys: The Warburg Institute and a British Art History, edited by Joanne Anderson, Mick Finch and Johannes von Muller, chapter by Mick Finch
The Artist as Cultural Migrant: the role of the residency, in Main Tenant, published by Blitz, Malta. 
2018
Recherche: un mode d'emploi. In: Passeur:enseignants & médiateurs. Exposer/Démontrer. Les écarts de la recherche en art. Art, enseignement & médiation, 3 (3). Opemap, Art, enseignement & médiation, Bruxelles, pp. 124-137. ISBN 978-2-9601926-1-2, http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/12260/
Mick Finch and Andreas Beyer, Foreword to'Metadata'. In: Metadata. Bilderfahrzeuge, London, pp. 9-19. ISBN 978 1 5272 1845 1 
2017
L’Artiste Comme Chercheur: La céramique comme expérience, VOL 2, Journées d’étude, Les arts du feu à l'heure actuelle, published by Naima, Limoges, pp. 31-51. ISBN ISBN 978-2-37440-041- 9http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/12183/
The Technical Apparatus of the Warburg Haus: possible returns from oblivion. Philosophy of Photography, 8 (1-2)
The Warburg Haus: Apparatus, inscription, data, speculation. The Journal of Philosophy of Photography, 8 (1-2), co-authored with Martin Westwood
DVD of a video discussion between the artist, François Rouan, Mick Finch and Philip Armstrong about Rouan's studio practice. The video was made to accompany the exhibition 'François Rouan- Tressages - 1966-2016', Musée Fabre, 2017, published by the Musée Fabre, France. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/11849/ 
2016
The Technical Apparatus of the Warburg Haus, in Headstone to Hard Drive, The Journal of Visual Art Practice.
Dead and Alive: Warburg’s Mnemosyne Atlas, in Headstone to Hard Drive, The Journal of Visual Art Practice. 
2015
Chapter, Synthetic Composition 1, 1923: Some Possible Constellations, in Wladyslaw Strzeminski: Readability of Images, published in English by the Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Eric de Chassey on Simon Hantai, Journal of Contemporary Painting Volume 1, number 2 on Simon Hantaï. Edited transcript of an interview with Eric de Chassey on Simon Hantai's work
Simon Hantaï: Round table discussion, Journal of Contemporary Painting Volume 1, number 2 on Simon Hantaï. Edited transcript of the round table discussion about the work of Simon Hantaï held at the French Institute, 3 June 2014. 
2012
Chapter, Synthetic Composition 1, 1923: Some Possible Constellations, in Wladyslaw Strzeminski : Czytelnosc Obrazow, published in Polish by the Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. 
2011
Catalogue essay for an exhibition of Stuart Elliot's work, Seventeen Gallery London. 2010 Catalogue essay for an exhibition of the work of 'Thomas' (1941 - 2000), Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich. 
2009
Editor of and contributor of the article, ‘Studio notes: Closer Than You Think, Ply- series, Riposte, Sublimey and Nevermind’, The Journal of Visual Art Practice, n°. 8.1/2. This edition also edited by Mick Finch 
Review of the exhibition, The Russian Linesman, Hayward Gallery, London in artcritical.com. 2009 Review of the exhibition, Figures du corps - une leçon d’anatomie aux Beaux-arts at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, in artcritical.com 
2008
Article, Notes From Paris: Bridget Riley and Peter Doig at the Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, artcritical.com, New York. 
2006
Article, 'Insidious' by Guillaume Paris & Mick Finch with Cécile Dazord, for the internet journal /seconds. 
2005
Review (written under the name of "James Pinson") of a solo exhibition of Michel Paysant's 'Inventari(a'), Musée des Beaux-arts, Mulhouse, France, Contemporary Magazine
Review (written under the name of "James Pinson") of a solo exhibition of Dominique Figarella 's work, Le Quartier centre d’art contemporain de Quimper, France, Contemporary Magazine. 
2004
Review (written in the name of "James Pinson") of ‘24H Foucault’ by Thomas Hirschhorn, Paris, Contemporary Magazine
Review (written in the name of "James Pinson") of a solo exhibition of Edouard Pruhlière’s work, Paris, Contemporary Magazine
Review (written in the name of "James Pinson") of a solo exhibition of Stephen Maas’ work, Paris, Contemporary Magazine
Review (written in the name of "James Pinson") of a solo exhibition of Olivier Gourvil's painting, Marseilles, Contemporary Magazine
Article, 'Night Shift', for a special edition on the 'situation of painting', Contemporary Magazine
Review (written in the name of "James Pinson") of a solo exhibition of Pascal Pinaud's painting, galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, Contemporary Magazine. 
2003
Review (written in the name of "James Pinson") of a solo exhibition of Guillaume Paris' work, galerie Nelson, Paris, Contemporary Magazine
Review (written in the name of "James Pinson") of the Bernard Frize retrospective at the musée d'art moderne, Paris. Contemporary Magazine. 
2001
'Peinture: Trois Regards, Contemporary Visual Art Magazine. 
2000
'Daniel Buren', Contemporary Visual Art Magazine
Review of 'La peinture après l'abstraction' (MAM,Paris) and 'Tableaux: La peinture n'est pas un genre' (museum tour, France),The Burlington Magazine,
London, 'Die Marquis Von O: A painting by Frank Stella?' exhibition text for the Bonnington Gallery web site, Nottingham & Trent University, Nottingham. 
1999
Review of the 'Laboratorium' exhibition in Antwerp, Belgium. 
Contemporary Visual Art Magazine
Review of David Hockney's exhibition 'Espace et Paysage' (at the Pompidou Center, Paris). The Burlington Magazine, London 
1998
'Prime Cuts', catalogue essay for an exhibition of Nicky Hoberman's paintings. Published by the Entwistle Gallery London'Supports/Surfaces', Contemporary Visual Art Magazine
'Notes on Tech', catalogue essay for 'Tech', Jason & Rhodes, London and Galerie é.of, Paris, 'Camping Out : the work of Guillaume Paris & Malachi Farrell ', Contemporary Visual Art Magazine, 'New Technology, New Painting?', Contemporary Visual Art Magazine. 
1997
'Painting As Vigiiance', Contemporary Visual Art Magazine
‘Apparently Real’, catalogue essay for an exhibition of Torie Begg's work,Wateroren, Theo Van Doesburgcentrum, Holland
'Life /Live ', Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine, Spring 1997. 
1996
'Keeping the Dialect of the Tribe Alive
English Sculpture at the Jeu de Paume', Contemporary Art Magazine, Autumn Edition
'Conversations with van Velde & Beckett', book review, Contemporary Art Magazine, summer edition. 
1995
'François Rouan', Contemporary Art Magazine, winter edition. 
1994
'Georges Braque', Galeries Magazine N° 61, Paris
'An Endless Metamorphosis', the work of Miquel Barcelô,Contemporary Art, autumn edition
'Battle of the Giants', Contemporary Art, autumn edition
'L’Hostage par Art and Language' L’Ame du Fond, F.R.A.C. d’Ile de France
'Pulling Faces', (Review of Art and Language at the Jeu de Paume) Contemporary Art, spring edition. 

Teaching

2019- current
 Professor in Visual Art Practice at the University of the Arts, London. 
2014-current
  Reader in Visual Art Practice at the University of the Arts, London. 
2012-2019 
BA Fine Art Course Leader, CSM. 
2008–2012
2D Pathway Leader, B.A. Fine Art CSM. 
2003–2005
Project Leader and coordinator of The Arts Movement, an EU funded Interreg project between Medway Council, Kent, UK and the Ville de Valenciennes, France. The project was comprised of a series of pedagogical trips with 75 students from the Ecole des Beaux-arts de Valenciennes, the construction of a web site by the students as a document of the visits and 2 exhibitions in the Medway region. The project was funded by the European Union, the Ville de Valenciennes and Medway Council with an operating budget of €40,000. 
1999–2007
Professeur de couleur et pratiques picturales at the Ecole des Beaux-arts de Valenciennes, France. 
1998–1999
Subject Leader in Painting, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury. 
1996–1997
Chair of Foundation, Parsons School of Design, Paris, France. 

Education

2009  
Supervising Research Degrees Diploma, CLTAD, UAL, London  
1982-1985
Royal College of Art, London, MA (Fine Art) Painting 
1976-1980
Ravensbourne College of Art, BA hons (Fine Art) Painting, 1st class