Biography | Douglas White

Education

2003-2005: Royal College of Art, London, MA Sculpture
1997-2000: Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, BFA Fine Art

Solo Exhibitions


2017: Portraits of my Father as a Horseshoe Bat, Galerie Valerie Bach, Brussels
2014: Splendor Solis, Eden Rock Gallery, St Barth *catalogue
2013: Song of the Roustabouts, Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam
2011: New Skin for an Old Ceremony, Paradise Row, London
2010: Black Sun, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2009: Masquerade, Malta Contemporary Art, Valletta; Elephant Totem Song, Paradise Row, London
2008: Hartrot, Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam
2007: Black Palm, Galerie Nuke, Paris; Lilith, Paradise Row, London

Group Exhibitions

2018: Islands, Annely Juda Fine Art, London; Magic and Method, Frestonian Gallery, London; La Saga, Double V Gallery, Marseilles
2017: Iconoclasts: Art out of the Mainstream, Saatchi Gallery, London; Summer in the City, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels; Sparkling like the Surface of the Ocean at Night, Garage, Rotterdam; Force of Nature II, Art Pavilion, London
2016: Theatre de l’absurde, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam; Force of Nature, Galerie Valerie Bach, Brussels
2015: Finding Form, Art First, London; Evolution, Asia House, London
2014: Moon, Art First, London; Feito por Brasilieros, Cidade Matarazzo, Sao Paolo; Brand New Second Hand, Vigo Gallery, London; Network Clay, Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle, NL; Stand and See, UAL Wimbledon, London
2013: Island, Dairy Art Centre, London
2012: Specimens, Domaine de Chamarande, Paris; Intersections: Science in Contemporary Art, Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv; London Twelve, City of Prague Gallery, Prague; Bouvard and Peuchet’s Compendious Quest for Beauty, David Roberts Art Foundation, London
2011: THE STATE: The Coming Insurrection, Traffic, Dubai; Con Amore, ARoS Museum, Denmark; Freies Material, Weltraum, Munich; Natalia Stachon and Douglas White, NEXT Visit, Berlin; Duel…Man kann auch Flohe und Lause haben, Christinger De Mayo, Zurich
2010: AIR 6, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam; New Symphony, Simon Oldfield Gallery, London; REHAB, Espace Electra, Fondation EDF, Paris
2009: Drawn from Life, Green Cardamom, London; Natural Wonders, New Art from London, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow; Il Faut Etre Absolument Moderne, Paradise Row, Istanbul
2008: Nathaniel Rackowe and Douglas White, The Russian Club, London; Flight of the Dodo, Project Arts Centre, Dublin; Gothic, Fieldgate Gallery, London
2007: Unholy Truths, Initial Access, Wolverhampton; Anticipation, One.One.One. London; Forbidden Spectacle, Museum of Fine Arts, Malta; Welcome to Paradise, Nuke Gallery, Paris
2006: Cannibal Ferox, Paradise Row, London; New Contemporaries 2006, The Coach Shed, Liverpool and Tour
2005: Peculiar Encounters, EC Arts Space, London; Jerwood Drawing Prize 2005, Jerwood Space, London and Tour; Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2005, Jerwood Space, London and Tour; Man Drawing Prize 2005, Royal College of Art, London
2004: Art School, Bloomberg Space, London; New Contemporaries 2004, The Curve Gallery, Barbican, London

Residencies / Awards / Commissions

2014: AA2A Residency, Camberwell College of Art, London; Vent de Forets, Residency and site-specific installation, France; Art Saint Barth, Production residency and solo exhibition, St Barth
2012: EKWC, Production residency, NL
2011: NEXT Visit, Residency and exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2010: AIR Residency, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009: Napoleon Garden Commission, Holland Park, London, UK; Malta Contemporary Art, Residency and solo exhibition, Malta
2007: Poustinia Land Art Park Residency, Belize; Paul Hamlyn Award (Shortlist)
2006: Commission for Cass Sculpture Foundation, UK
2005: Winner Man Group Drawing Prize; Jerwood Drawing Prize (Shortlist); Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award; Man Group Drawing Prize; Jerwood Sculpture Prize (Shortlist)

Selected Bibiography

Caroline Mangez “Soigne l’Art Brasilien”, Paris Match, 18/09/14
Antonio G Filho “Hospital das Artes”, O Estado de Sao Paolo, 03/09/14
Robin Blake “Island, Dairy Art Centre- review”, Financial Times, 21/09/13
Kees Keijer “Herinneringen aan een Dode Olifant” Het Parool, 15/02/13
Eric Bryant “Elephant In The Room” Modern Painters, 21/09/11
John Gayer “Review: Black Sun, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery” Sculpture Magazine, 01/07/11
Emmanuelle Lequeux “REHAB: Les plastciens poetisent le plastic” Beaux Arts Magazine, 20/02/11
Philippe Piguet “Vive le Récup” L’Oeil, 15/04/10
“Les Francais Tiennent Salon a Bruxelles” Le Figaro, 24/04/10
Monika Bielskyte “Douglas White: Re-enchantment” Someslashthings, 12/04/10
Aidan Dunne “Black Sun- Review” Irish Times, 10/09/10
Olivia Cole “Smart Art” Evening Standard, 17/07/09
Aidan Dunne “Ingeniously Recycling Our World as a Failed Utopia” The Irish Times, 06/08/08
Kees Keijer “Manen Van Gestolde Was” Het Parool, 12/06/08
Andrew Graham-Dixon “Wide Open Spaces” The Sunday Telegraph, 02/09/07
Terry Grimley “Global Gathering of the Bizarre” The Birmingham Post, 11/09/07
Bronwyn Cosgrave “Want New Sensations? Here’s 25” The Independent, 16/05/07
Mary Wakely “Inspiration to Young Artists” The Spectator, 05/07
“The Saatchi Show” Evening Standard, 04/07
Sarah Douglas “Lilith- Preview” Total:Spec, 03/07
Dany Louise “Review: New Contemporaries” Art Monthly, 11/06
Phil Hewitt “Foundation Year” The Observer Magazine,10/08/06
James Westcott “Liverpool Bienniele: Sinking Towards Wishy Mountain” Art Review, 19/9/06
Sarah Douglas “Review: New Contemporaries” Total:Spec, 10/06
“Cannibal Ferox” Time Out, 4/11/06
“New Sculpture at Goodwood” The Observer, 10/08/06
Nick Hackworth “Strange Fruit” Dazed and Confused, 06/06
“Brit Young Things” Evening Standard, 21/04/06
“Next Years’s Next Big Things” Evening Standard, 30/12/05
Nick Hackworth “Show and Tell” Dazed and Confused, 09/05
Charlotte Edwards “Top 25 Graduates” Art Review, 01/07/05
Michael Glover “Return of the Space Invaders” The Times, 15/06/05
“It’s all about context for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize” The Times, 9/04/05
“Sculptors with big ideas get chance to fulfil their dreams” The Independent, 6/04/05