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| LEE HOLDEN |
Lee Holden has adopted the term "We Neither Confirm Nor Deny" to refer to
issues of power surrounding the definition of the public's position towards the
mainstream mass media and other forms of technological control. Anyone who
has witnessed his installation and performance work knows the seriousness
with which this artist launches his critique of the dishonesty and the ethical
failure of humanity in western culture. In the introduction to the exhibition
catalogue EAST International 2005, Curator Lynda Morris writes: "In his
performance work Holden pushes himself and his audiences to the extreme
edge experienced by the losers who are marginalized and alienated and
pushed to the edge of our cities. The connection of the abuse of drugs and
alcohol, violence and homelessness, poverty and unemployment and the
material celebration of glamour, advertising, speed, success and winning wars
are explored and made visible in Holden's work."
issues of power surrounding the definition of the public's position towards the
mainstream mass media and other forms of technological control. Anyone who
has witnessed his installation and performance work knows the seriousness
with which this artist launches his critique of the dishonesty and the ethical
failure of humanity in western culture. In the introduction to the exhibition
catalogue EAST International 2005, Curator Lynda Morris writes: "In his
performance work Holden pushes himself and his audiences to the extreme
edge experienced by the losers who are marginalized and alienated and
pushed to the edge of our cities. The connection of the abuse of drugs and
alcohol, violence and homelessness, poverty and unemployment and the
material celebration of glamour, advertising, speed, success and winning wars
are explored and made visible in Holden's work."
Education and Qualifications
1997 - 99 MFA (Masters in Fine Art)
University of Reading
1991 - 94 BA (Hons) Fine Art
Cumbria College of Art & Design
1989 - 91 B-TEC General Art & Design
Accrington & Rossendale College
Solo Exhibitions / Screenings / Performances
3rd March 2006
Tate Britain, London Late at Tate Britain
Film screening as part of, “Truth Machine”, a night event of experimental
music, installation and film. Presented by Martin Sexton.
7th October - 6th November 2005
Three Colts Gallery, London We Neither Confirm Nor Deny
Multi-media Installation, as part of USUK Show, co-curated by Anne-Sophie Dinant (London), Koan Jeff Baysa and Artist
Ryan S. Lemke (NY). Artists include: Bernd Behr, Godron Cheung, Young Chung, Fred Fleisher, Stanislao di Giugno, Emma
Hedditch, Jan Hofmann, Immo Klink, Ryan S. Lemke, Amanda Mattles, Hugh Mendes, Sladjan Nedeljkovic, Gail Pickering,
Dafna Shalom.
2nd July - 20th August 2005
EAST International 05, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk. EAST International 05: Selector Gustav Metzger
We Neither Confirm Nor Deny
Multi-media Performance, part of EAST International.
Performance 8pm, Sat 2nd July 2005. Artists include: Simon Faithfull, Doug Fishbone, Simon Morris, Simon O’Sullivan &
David Burrows, Mustafa Hulusi & JJ Charlesworth and Sarah Pickering.
16th - 18th October 2004
Zoo Art Fair, Flaca Gallery, London Zoo, London. Spin Programming
Video screening as part of a weekend arts event, “Zoo Art Fair”, held at London Zoo.
21st August 2004
Redux, Commercial Street, London Yelp & Wail
Film screening as part of, “Vinyl 2 - Siren Song : the Undialectic” Vinyl is a series of collaborations in the context of a
nightclub that calls into question the synchronicity of sound and image. Artists: Ellen Cantor, Mark Dean, Claire Hooper,
Melanie Manchot, Douglas Park, Mark Ariel Waller.
16th March 2003
Atlantis Gallery, London. The Omega Point
Performance and film screening as part of, “The World's First Congress on Fork-Lift Trucks” : Current Art and its Objectives
– a congress that coincided with the exhibition "100,000 Newspapers" by Gustav Metzger. Artists, writers and curators
involved included Anthony Auerbach, Iwona Blaswick, Tim Brennan, Clare Carolin, Neil Cummings, Michael Hampton,
Stewart Home, Wolfe Lenkiewicz, Marysia Lewandowski, Simon Morris, Gavin Wade, Eva Weinmayer.
19th October 2002
The Foundry, London Tetelosmenos
Film screening as part of, “The Error is Media” : A six night event of experimental music, readings of political text and film;
featuring Mattin, Mathew Hyland, David Mitchel, Anthony Iles Cameron Vain.
18th May 2002
Illuseum, Amsterdam. Unto its Riddle Oedipus (Part 3)
Film screening as part of, “Tweeduister - Betwixt & Between 2 worlds” : An evening of film and poetry readings.
23rd March- 6th April 2002
ACAVA Central Space, London
Unto its Riddle Oedipus (Part 3)
Solo Performance, installation and film screening.
6th December 2001
The Klinker, Sussex Pub, London. Unto its Riddle Oedipus (Part 1)
Video Screening.
21st September 2001
36-40 York Way, London.
EGO : An Examination into the Poetic Theology of Failure
Multi-media Performance.
6th- 30th September 2000
Stuff Gallery, London. One Hundred Pounds of Clay
Performance as part of the group show, “Stuffed”. A programme of performances, promoted by Gustav Metzger.
10th-11th August 1999
Leeds Waterways Festival 99, Leeds. The Domestic Familiar
Performance as part of a weekend arts event, “Hidden Energies”.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 USUK Show Three Colts Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
2005 East International 05 Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk.
2004 Zoo Art Fair Flaca Gallery, Zoo Art Fair, London Zoo, London.
2001 Late Arrivals 36-40 York Way, Kings Cross, London.
2000 Stuffed The Stuff Gallery, Bethnal Green, London.
1997 Anima Semplicetta Mill Gallery, Shaddon Mill Visual Arts Centre, Carlisle.
1996 Accrington Revivals Globe Gallery, Rossendale, Lancashire.
1995 West Walls Art Group William Howard Centre, Brampton, Cumbria.
1995 West Walls Art Group Isis Gallery, Melmerby, Penrith, Cumbria.
1995 National Print Show Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall.
1994 Cumbrian Artists Gulbenkian Gallery, People’s Theatre, Newcastle.
1994 Northern Graduates 94 Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland.
1994 Northern Graduates 94 Royal College of Art, London.
1994 Fresh Art 94 Business Design Centre, Islington, London.
1993 Seconds Out 93 Isis Gallery, Melmerby, Penrith, Cumbria.
Publications
2004 Bookworks Publication
Wonderful, Visions of the Near Future
Bookwork’s Commision, edited by Maria Fusco.
Mundus Vult Deicpi Ergo Decapitar, prose text by Lee Holden, Spring 2004. Curated by Clare Cumberlidge.
Wonderful: Visions of the Near Future is a major project comprising national touring exhibition, new commissions, live
work, education project, conference, publication and interpretative film. The project will showcase work that has emerged
from collaborations between artists and scientists, including work by: J.G. Ballard, Mark Beasley, Jeni Bougourd, Adam
Chodzko, Equator, Vincent Fusco, Liam Gillick, Lavinia Greenlaw, Lee Holden, Eduardo Kac, Gayle Markovitz, Craig Martin,
Jane Prophet, Karen Rader, Peter Ride, Martin Rees and David Toop.
Bibliography
2005 “East 05 Catalogue” Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk. July 2005
2002 “Unto its Riddle Oedipus" Central Space, text by Martina Anagnostou, March 2002
2000 “Stuffed”, Review of Show The Stuff Gallery Website, September 2000.
1999 “Artwork, Exports and Imports” AN (Artists Newsletter), November 1999, pg 40.
1996 COMA (Autumn Newsletter) Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs.
1996 “Cumbria Visual Arts Festival” Visual Arts UK 96. (Catalogue).
1995 “Spark” Arts Programme Border Television ITV, Broadcast: 24th April 1995.
1995 “National Print Show” Falmouth College of Arts. (Catalogue).
1994 Radio Interview BBC Radio Cumbria, Broadcast: 10th December 1994.
1994 “Northern Graduates 94” New Academy Gallery, (Catalogue).
1994 Local Arts Section Cumberland News, 5th July 1994.
1997 - 99 MFA (Masters in Fine Art)
University of Reading
1991 - 94 BA (Hons) Fine Art
Cumbria College of Art & Design
1989 - 91 B-TEC General Art & Design
Accrington & Rossendale College
Solo Exhibitions / Screenings / Performances
3rd March 2006
Tate Britain, London Late at Tate Britain
Film screening as part of, “Truth Machine”, a night event of experimental
music, installation and film. Presented by Martin Sexton.
7th October - 6th November 2005
Three Colts Gallery, London We Neither Confirm Nor Deny
Multi-media Installation, as part of USUK Show, co-curated by Anne-Sophie Dinant (London), Koan Jeff Baysa and Artist
Ryan S. Lemke (NY). Artists include: Bernd Behr, Godron Cheung, Young Chung, Fred Fleisher, Stanislao di Giugno, Emma
Hedditch, Jan Hofmann, Immo Klink, Ryan S. Lemke, Amanda Mattles, Hugh Mendes, Sladjan Nedeljkovic, Gail Pickering,
Dafna Shalom.
2nd July - 20th August 2005
EAST International 05, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk. EAST International 05: Selector Gustav Metzger
We Neither Confirm Nor Deny
Multi-media Performance, part of EAST International.
Performance 8pm, Sat 2nd July 2005. Artists include: Simon Faithfull, Doug Fishbone, Simon Morris, Simon O’Sullivan &
David Burrows, Mustafa Hulusi & JJ Charlesworth and Sarah Pickering.
16th - 18th October 2004
Zoo Art Fair, Flaca Gallery, London Zoo, London. Spin Programming
Video screening as part of a weekend arts event, “Zoo Art Fair”, held at London Zoo.
21st August 2004
Redux, Commercial Street, London Yelp & Wail
Film screening as part of, “Vinyl 2 - Siren Song : the Undialectic” Vinyl is a series of collaborations in the context of a
nightclub that calls into question the synchronicity of sound and image. Artists: Ellen Cantor, Mark Dean, Claire Hooper,
Melanie Manchot, Douglas Park, Mark Ariel Waller.
16th March 2003
Atlantis Gallery, London. The Omega Point
Performance and film screening as part of, “The World's First Congress on Fork-Lift Trucks” : Current Art and its Objectives
– a congress that coincided with the exhibition "100,000 Newspapers" by Gustav Metzger. Artists, writers and curators
involved included Anthony Auerbach, Iwona Blaswick, Tim Brennan, Clare Carolin, Neil Cummings, Michael Hampton,
Stewart Home, Wolfe Lenkiewicz, Marysia Lewandowski, Simon Morris, Gavin Wade, Eva Weinmayer.
19th October 2002
The Foundry, London Tetelosmenos
Film screening as part of, “The Error is Media” : A six night event of experimental music, readings of political text and film;
featuring Mattin, Mathew Hyland, David Mitchel, Anthony Iles Cameron Vain.
18th May 2002
Illuseum, Amsterdam. Unto its Riddle Oedipus (Part 3)
Film screening as part of, “Tweeduister - Betwixt & Between 2 worlds” : An evening of film and poetry readings.
23rd March- 6th April 2002
ACAVA Central Space, London
Unto its Riddle Oedipus (Part 3)
Solo Performance, installation and film screening.
6th December 2001
The Klinker, Sussex Pub, London. Unto its Riddle Oedipus (Part 1)
Video Screening.
21st September 2001
36-40 York Way, London.
EGO : An Examination into the Poetic Theology of Failure
Multi-media Performance.
6th- 30th September 2000
Stuff Gallery, London. One Hundred Pounds of Clay
Performance as part of the group show, “Stuffed”. A programme of performances, promoted by Gustav Metzger.
10th-11th August 1999
Leeds Waterways Festival 99, Leeds. The Domestic Familiar
Performance as part of a weekend arts event, “Hidden Energies”.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 USUK Show Three Colts Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
2005 East International 05 Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk.
2004 Zoo Art Fair Flaca Gallery, Zoo Art Fair, London Zoo, London.
2001 Late Arrivals 36-40 York Way, Kings Cross, London.
2000 Stuffed The Stuff Gallery, Bethnal Green, London.
1997 Anima Semplicetta Mill Gallery, Shaddon Mill Visual Arts Centre, Carlisle.
1996 Accrington Revivals Globe Gallery, Rossendale, Lancashire.
1995 West Walls Art Group William Howard Centre, Brampton, Cumbria.
1995 West Walls Art Group Isis Gallery, Melmerby, Penrith, Cumbria.
1995 National Print Show Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall.
1994 Cumbrian Artists Gulbenkian Gallery, People’s Theatre, Newcastle.
1994 Northern Graduates 94 Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland.
1994 Northern Graduates 94 Royal College of Art, London.
1994 Fresh Art 94 Business Design Centre, Islington, London.
1993 Seconds Out 93 Isis Gallery, Melmerby, Penrith, Cumbria.
Publications
2004 Bookworks Publication
Wonderful, Visions of the Near Future
Bookwork’s Commision, edited by Maria Fusco.
Mundus Vult Deicpi Ergo Decapitar, prose text by Lee Holden, Spring 2004. Curated by Clare Cumberlidge.
Wonderful: Visions of the Near Future is a major project comprising national touring exhibition, new commissions, live
work, education project, conference, publication and interpretative film. The project will showcase work that has emerged
from collaborations between artists and scientists, including work by: J.G. Ballard, Mark Beasley, Jeni Bougourd, Adam
Chodzko, Equator, Vincent Fusco, Liam Gillick, Lavinia Greenlaw, Lee Holden, Eduardo Kac, Gayle Markovitz, Craig Martin,
Jane Prophet, Karen Rader, Peter Ride, Martin Rees and David Toop.
Bibliography
2005 “East 05 Catalogue” Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk. July 2005
2002 “Unto its Riddle Oedipus" Central Space, text by Martina Anagnostou, March 2002
2000 “Stuffed”, Review of Show The Stuff Gallery Website, September 2000.
1999 “Artwork, Exports and Imports” AN (Artists Newsletter), November 1999, pg 40.
1996 COMA (Autumn Newsletter) Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs.
1996 “Cumbria Visual Arts Festival” Visual Arts UK 96. (Catalogue).
1995 “Spark” Arts Programme Border Television ITV, Broadcast: 24th April 1995.
1995 “National Print Show” Falmouth College of Arts. (Catalogue).
1994 Radio Interview BBC Radio Cumbria, Broadcast: 10th December 1994.
1994 “Northern Graduates 94” New Academy Gallery, (Catalogue).
1994 Local Arts Section Cumberland News, 5th July 1994.
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