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| CAROLINE ACHAINTRE |
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Caroline Achaintre's work has been described as 'portraiture of near monsters’,
as a result of her development of the twisted and glamourised imagery from
horror films and heavy metal graphics. In the last three years, her practice has
focused upon the production of large-scale, hand-tufted rugs, delicate digital
and watercolour drawings and most recently the introduction of woodcuts.
Since graduating from Goldsmiths MA Fine Art in 2003, Caroline Achaintre's
work has been included in a number of group shows including Until it makes
sense, Gallery Seventeen, London and Thaddeus Ropac, Paris Contropop
Vamiali's, Athens and The Unhomely, Kettles Yard, Cambridge. She has also
made solo shows for spaces including The Showroom, Lawrence O'Hana,
London and Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne.
Education
2001-03 MA Fine Art Goldsmiths College, London
1998-00 Postgraduate studies Fine Art in Combined Media, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1996-98 Vordiplom at Fine Art at Kunsthochschule in Halle/Saale, Germany
1991-96 Apprenticeship and work as blacksmith artist, Germany
Solo exhibitions
2006 Caroline Achaintre, Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2005 DEEDIE,The Showroom, London, UK
2004 Caroline Achaintre, Lawrence O’Hana Gallery, London, UK
Caroline Achaintre, Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne, Germany
QUATERS Whitechapel Project Space, London
2002 Billboard Mafuji Gallery, London, UK
2001 Kampagne Kohlenhof, Kunstverein Nuremberg
Selected Group exhibitions
2006
Until it makes sense, Seventeen Gallery, London and Thaddeus Ropac, Paris
Im Dunkel erlebt man von neuem einen kostbaren Schrecken, Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich
Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, DIAF Beijing and Shanghai, China
Group Show), Seventeen Gallery, London, UK
If it didn’t exist you’d have to invent it…A partial Showroom history,
The Showroom, London UK
Surfing the Surface, Galleria Paolo Bonzano, Rome
2005
Acid Rain, Glassbox / Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
Brief Encounter, The Reykjavik Academy, Reykjavik, Iceland
Tranfer, m-projects, Cologne, Germany
Roadsweeper Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2004
Contrapop Vamiali’s Gallery, Athens
Gastspiel Bergstuebl Projekte, Berlin
Motor City Spital Square, London, UK
2003
The Unhomely Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK
Out to Grass Galerie Koch & Kesslau, Berlin
Here you have it MZKMA, Berlin
Positionen und Tendenzen Kunsthaus, Nuremberg
2002
No Timewasters Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent, UK
Gatsby The New Landsdowne Club, London, UK
Ehai-Elua-Ekolu-Quatro Galerie Lothringer 13/Laden, Munich, Germany
Club Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Vodka Noire Galerie Corentin Hamel, Paris, France
2001 Fear it, do it anyway Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
Record Collection VTO Gallery , London (travelling to Manchester) , UK
Club Beaconsfield Gallery, London, UK
Holiday Milchhof, Berlin, Germany
2000
London Biennale 2000 291 Gallery, London, UK
Welcome Hoxton Destillery Gallery, London, UK
1999
know what I mean Goethe Institute, London, UK
kunstpreis 98 award and exhibition, Kreissparkasse Koethen, Germany
Scholarships and awards
2005 British Council, Travel Grant for Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 Arts Council, Grant for Individual Artists
Elephants Trust, Grant for Individual Artists
2003 British Council, Travel Grant for Tirana, Albania
1998 DAAD German Exchange Service scholarship to take up Postgraduate studies in London
kunstpreis 98, award and exhibition, Kreissparkasse Koethen, Germany
as a result of her development of the twisted and glamourised imagery from
horror films and heavy metal graphics. In the last three years, her practice has
focused upon the production of large-scale, hand-tufted rugs, delicate digital
and watercolour drawings and most recently the introduction of woodcuts.
Since graduating from Goldsmiths MA Fine Art in 2003, Caroline Achaintre's
work has been included in a number of group shows including Until it makes
sense, Gallery Seventeen, London and Thaddeus Ropac, Paris Contropop
Vamiali's, Athens and The Unhomely, Kettles Yard, Cambridge. She has also
made solo shows for spaces including The Showroom, Lawrence O'Hana,
London and Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne.
Education
2001-03 MA Fine Art Goldsmiths College, London
1998-00 Postgraduate studies Fine Art in Combined Media, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1996-98 Vordiplom at Fine Art at Kunsthochschule in Halle/Saale, Germany
1991-96 Apprenticeship and work as blacksmith artist, Germany
Solo exhibitions
2006 Caroline Achaintre, Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2005 DEEDIE,The Showroom, London, UK
2004 Caroline Achaintre, Lawrence O’Hana Gallery, London, UK
Caroline Achaintre, Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne, Germany
QUATERS Whitechapel Project Space, London
2002 Billboard Mafuji Gallery, London, UK
2001 Kampagne Kohlenhof, Kunstverein Nuremberg
Selected Group exhibitions
2006
Until it makes sense, Seventeen Gallery, London and Thaddeus Ropac, Paris
Im Dunkel erlebt man von neuem einen kostbaren Schrecken, Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich
Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, DIAF Beijing and Shanghai, China
Group Show), Seventeen Gallery, London, UK
If it didn’t exist you’d have to invent it…A partial Showroom history,
The Showroom, London UK
Surfing the Surface, Galleria Paolo Bonzano, Rome
2005
Acid Rain, Glassbox / Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
Brief Encounter, The Reykjavik Academy, Reykjavik, Iceland
Tranfer, m-projects, Cologne, Germany
Roadsweeper Mirko Mayer Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2004
Contrapop Vamiali’s Gallery, Athens
Gastspiel Bergstuebl Projekte, Berlin
Motor City Spital Square, London, UK
2003
The Unhomely Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK
Out to Grass Galerie Koch & Kesslau, Berlin
Here you have it MZKMA, Berlin
Positionen und Tendenzen Kunsthaus, Nuremberg
2002
No Timewasters Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent, UK
Gatsby The New Landsdowne Club, London, UK
Ehai-Elua-Ekolu-Quatro Galerie Lothringer 13/Laden, Munich, Germany
Club Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Vodka Noire Galerie Corentin Hamel, Paris, France
2001 Fear it, do it anyway Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
Record Collection VTO Gallery , London (travelling to Manchester) , UK
Club Beaconsfield Gallery, London, UK
Holiday Milchhof, Berlin, Germany
2000
London Biennale 2000 291 Gallery, London, UK
Welcome Hoxton Destillery Gallery, London, UK
1999
know what I mean Goethe Institute, London, UK
kunstpreis 98 award and exhibition, Kreissparkasse Koethen, Germany
Scholarships and awards
2005 British Council, Travel Grant for Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 Arts Council, Grant for Individual Artists
Elephants Trust, Grant for Individual Artists
2003 British Council, Travel Grant for Tirana, Albania
1998 DAAD German Exchange Service scholarship to take up Postgraduate studies in London
kunstpreis 98, award and exhibition, Kreissparkasse Koethen, Germany
