Tris Vonna Michell

Tris Vonna-Michell (born 1982) is a British artist who performs narratives and constructs installations through the layering of these narratives, photographs and mementos, presented using antiquated technologies and slide projection. Vonna-Michell lives in Southend, UK, and Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2005 and continued studies at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main.

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010 No more racing in circles — just pacing within lines of a rectangle, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
2009 Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg
2009 Finding Chopin: Endnotes, Jeu de Paume Satellite, Paris
2009 Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
2009 Auto-Tracking: Ongoing Configurations, Jan Mot, Brussels
2009 Tris Vonna-Michell, X-initiative, New York
2009 Auto-Tracking-Auto-Tracking, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich
2009 Studio A: Monumental Detours / Insignificant Fixtures, GAMeC, Bergamo
2008 Cabinet Gallery, London
2008 Auto-Tracking, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich
2008 The Trades of Others, T293, Naples
2007 Tall Tales and Short Stories, Cubitt, London
2007 Puzzlers, Kunstverein Braunschweig Cuboid, Braunschweig
2007 Tris Vonna-Michell, Witte de With, Rotterdam
2006 Faire un effort, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
2006 Down the Rabbit-Hole, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm

Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances

2009 Cologne Kunstverein, Cologne
2009 Blinding the ears, Artissima, Turin
2009 5 x 5 Castelló 09. Premi Internacional d'Art Contemporani, Espai d'art contemporani de Castelló EACC, Valencia
2009 This World & Nearer Ones, Creative Time, New York
2009 ars viva 08/09. Inszenierung / Mise en scene, Atelier Augarten Contemporary, Wien
2009 Spatial Works, Färgfabriken, curated by Theodor Ringborg, Stockholm
2009 Critical applause 3: Tris Vonna-Michell, CCA, Glasgow
2009 Finding Chopin, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburger
2009 Art Cologne / Open Space (with Cabinet, London)
2009 The Generational: Younger than Jesus, New Museum, New York
2009 Just in the dark/Solo al buio, Mercati di Traiano, Rome
2009 The Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis
2009 ars viva 08/09. Inszenierung / Mise en scene, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
2009 The Space of Words, Mudam Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2009 I Repeat Myself When Under Stress, MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit
2009 IASPIS Open House, IASPIS, Stockholm
2009 Altermodern: Tate Triennial, 2009, Tate Britain, London
2009 A spoken word exhibition, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead, Gateshead
2008 Speak and Spell, performance at Vienna Art Week, Wien
2008 Storyteller – Organizing Time and Space, 0047, Oslo
2008 Lieber Künstler, erzähle mir!, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim
2008 Stone-Paper-Scissors, Hebbel am Ufer (HAU), Berlin
2008 Kunst Im Heim, Capitain Petzel, Berlin
2008 ars viva 08/09. Inszenierung / Mise en scene, Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, Würzburg
2008 Bending the Word / MATRIX 226, BAM/PFA - UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
2008 Time Crevasse, Yokohama Triennale 2008, Yokohama
2008 ICA:60 Past, Present and Future, performance at ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
2008 Fia Backström: That social space between speaking and meaning, performance at White Columns, New York
2008 The Store, Tulips & Roses, Vilnius
2008 Experiment Marathon Reykjavík, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík
2008 Oral Culture, performance at Jan Mot, Brussels
2008 Tate Triennial 2009 Prologue 1, Tate Britain, London
2008 Self-Storage, CCCA - California College of the Arts, Metro Self Storage, San Francisco
2008 Of this Tale, I cannot Guarantee A Single Word, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
2008 5th berlin biennial for contemporary art, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2007 The Affirmation, Chelsea Space, London
2007 Monumental Detours / Insignificant Fixtures, performance at KW, Berlin
2007 Performa 07, The second Visual Art Performance Biennal, New York
2007 Playground, Stuk Performance Festival, Leuven
2007 The Year of the Human Sciences, performance at Hebbel am Ufer (HAU), Berlin, Berlin
2007 Experiment Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London
2007 Floating Territories, Evens Foundation, Transbiennial Project, Istanbul and Athens
2007 The Present Order, Museum de Hallen, Haarlem
2007 The Moment You Realise You Are Lost, Johann König, Berlin
2007 KölnShow2, European Kunsthalle, Cologne

Prizes and Awards

2008 Statements Art 39 Basel (with T293, Naples), Bâloise Art Prize
2008 Ars Viva Prize

Residencies

2009 Focal Point Gallery Residency, Southend-on-Sea
2008 IASPIS Residency, Stockholm

Curated Installations

2008 Three Minutes, Cubitt, London

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