William Hunt
Biography
Born London.
Lives and works in London.
William Hunt is represented by IBID Projects, London.
EDUCATION
2005
Goldsmiths College, London
2000
Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
1999
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Junction: William Hunt, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK *
2009
Solo Presentation, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
William Hunt, IBID PROJECTS, London, UK
I don't believe you, you're a liar, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
I Forgot Myself, Looking At You, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
Recorded Live, Picture This, Bristol, UK
2008
Tempting Fate, Swimmng Alone, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (exh. cat.)
Even as You See Me Now, Rotwand, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Put Your Foot Down, Art Unlimited Art Basel 38, Basel, Switzerland
2006
Put Your Foot Down, IBID PROJECTS, London, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2010
In Transit, Rotwand Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (forthcoming)
Anticipation Time, Bat Yam Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat Yam, Israel
2009
Cargo Manifest, Munich Opera Festival, Munich, Germany. Curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers
The Blood of a Poet, Estuaire 2009, Nantes/Saint-Nazaire, France (exh. cat.)
SPOTLIGHT, New additions since 2006, Museum der Moderne Salzburg,
Salzburg, Austria
Excursions Performance Festival, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
Still-Film (screening), Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK; Liceu Opera, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Group Show, IBID PROJECTS (Hoxton Square), London, UK
Sound of Art. Music and Visual Arts. Les Grands Spectacles III, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (exh. cat.)
Sonic Youth, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Wallace Gallery at SUNY College, Old Westbury, USA (exh. cat.)
Mind the Gap, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
Sadlers Wells, London, UK. Curated by Sasha Craddock
Still-Film, Tate Britain, London, UK. Film screening curated by Artprojx for Late at Tate
2007
Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down to Me, Presentation House, Vancouver, Canada (exh. cat.)
Silence: Listen to the Show, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy. Curated by Francesco Bonami (exh. cat.)
KölnShow 2, Cologne, Germany. Curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen
Judith, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, USA
2006
Sleep of Ulro, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK
Long Shore Drift, The Whitstable Biennale 2006, Canterbury, UK. Curated by Sally O'Reilly and Mel Brimfield
Don Quijote, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Sophie Von Olfers
Loge, General Public, Berlin, Germany
New performance commission, Milton Keynes Gallery, London, UK
Geisai No. 9, Tokyo Young Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan. Invited international Artist by Takashi Murakami
Failure to do so is an Offence, Galerie der Hochschule fur Bildene Kunste, Hamburg, Germany
God is a Gallery, Galuzin Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2005
Nada Art Fair 05, Miami, USA
All Personal, VTO, London, UK
Rip It Up and Start Again, Villa Della Rosa, Galleria Civila D'Arte Moderna De Bologna, Italy
Let me Hear Your Body Talk, Artie et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Again, performance, Itchy Park II, Old Limehouse Townhall London, UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
London Top 10 Shows, Rebecaa Geldard, Saatchi Online, Mar 10
William Hunt, Performance bei Wentrup, Stylemag Online, Feb 17
2008
Erik van Tuijn, William Hunt (review), Map, Winter 2008/09, pp90-91
London Focus: Artist Dictionary, Flash Art International, Oct, p92
Francesca Gavin, Hanging with the ultimate performance artist, Dazed & Confused, vol. 2 issue 65, Sep
Karlijn De Jongh, Sonic Youth (review), Circa , Jun-Jul
Kate Butler, Sonic Youth, The Sunday Times , Jul 20
Natalia Huser, Eine Korperliche Grenzerfahrung, artensuite, Feb, p15
Francesco Bonami, Arte Contemporanea, Electa (Milan), p51
2007
Maria Chiara Valacchi, Take Me, Muse (Italy), Sep, pp100-102
Kevin Griffin, Fall Arts Preview, The Vancouver Sun, Sep 8, pE3
Rocco Moliterni; Il Silenzio a testa in giù, La Stampa, Jul 1, p75
2006
Anneke Bokern; Das Don Quijote Syndrom, http://www.artnet.com, Aug
Can Small Battles Change the World?, DIMI, May
Aires quijotescos en el centro Witte de With de Rotterdam, Lapiz, issue 224
Don Quijote, Metropolis M, Aug-Sep
Don Quijote, Flash Art, Jul-Sep
The Now Sound Systems, Vogue Italia, issue 665, Jan
2005
William Hunt, ArtReview, Jul
Diverse Attitudini, Flash Art, Italian Edition, Aug-Sep
Centrefold Scrapbook, Oct
Where We Have Been?, Starship Magazine
Guestroom Magazine (Munich), issue 4, Jun