Melanie Jackson - Biography

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006/7

Road Angel, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (Dec 06 – Jan 2007), with free publications and Gallery talk

2005

Made in China, Matt’s Gallery, London with free publication. Gallery Talk

Videotage, Hong Kong with free publication. Gallery Talk

BizArt, Shanghai with free publication. Gallery Talk

2004

A Westerly Wind and A Clear Night Sky

Film, Eden Project, Cornwall

2003

Some Things You Are Not Allowed To Send Around The World, Matt’s Gallery, London (installation of sculpture, video and publications) with publication

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

Far West, Arnolfini, Bristol and Turner Contemporary, Margate

Mundos Locais Centro Cultural de Lagos, Portugal

The Drawing and Animation Show Cornerhouse, Manchester

Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London

Variable Capital Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool

2007

Shanghype, Cinema Programme ‘Artissima’ Museum of Cinema, Turin and touring Shanghai, Prague

Jerwood Drawing Prize (winner), Jerwood gallery and Touring. Gallery Talk

Human Cargo, Plymouth City Museum and Gallery Gallery Talk and Participant in Symposium

Port City, group exhibition Arnolfini, Gallery, Bristol, John Hansard, Gallery, Southampton and A Foundation Liverpool 2008 with catalogue. Participant in Symposium

Locale, A1 Contemporary Art Space, Hong Kong with Paul Rooney, Becky Shaw and Dereck Tyman, Emma Rushton. Gallery Talk

2006

Made In China, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Gallery Talk

2005

Art News, (Group show including Gillian Wearing, Gordon Cheung) 3 Colts Lane Gallery, London

2004

Fascinations, hanartTZ Gallery, Hong Kong

60 seconds a Light reading event – launch of n.o.where 60 second screenings by artists including Martin Creed, Malcolm le Grice, Jon Wozencraft

Urban Networks East Wing Collection, Courtauld Institute

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Bibliography

2008

Human Cargo publication based on exhibition and symposium Plymouth City Museum

Variable Capital published Liverpool University Press/Bluecoat Gallery

Port City ed Tom Trevor

2007

Art in The Age Of Terror (ed. Graham Coulter Smith)

The Newpaper (edited by Eleanor Brown)

2005

Made In China Matt’s gallery Publication/British Council publication with academic essay by Mark Harris

2003

Happy Pappy , Artist Project Art Magazine Published by Milch ed. Mahlin T. Stahl, November 2003

Some Things You Are Not Allowed to Send Around The World, Matt’s Gallery free publications: booklet, postcards, poster

Spreading Like Wildfire, e-book published by proboscis www.diffusion.org

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Awards

2009 Rome Scholarship (British Academy)

Shortlisted Max Mara Award 2007/8

Winner Jerwood Drawing prize 2007

Arts Council International Fellowship 2006

Artist’s Links Arts Council/British Council Award 2005

AHRC Small Grant 2006, 2003

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Public Collections

Tate Gallery

Government Art Collection