DAVID BIRKIN

Birkin's work is informed by the history of photography and its relationship to performance in contemporary art.

Education:

1999 BA Anthropolgy, University of Oxford

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibit

2010: Holster Projects

2008: Hold, Paradise Row, London

2008: Form, Galerie Nuke, Paris

2007: The Letting Go, T1+2 Gallery, London

Group Exhibit

2009: Play, Paradise Row, London

2009: Starting with a Photograph, Saatchi / Michael Hoppen Gallery

2009: Gods and Rituals, Holster Projects, London

2009: Natural Wonders: New Art from London, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow

2009: Photocinema, Format 09 Festival, Derby

2009: Wallis Dies, Paradise Row

2009: A Foundation, Rochelle School/Tate Triennial 2009

2008: Heart of Glass, Contemporary Art Society, London

2008: The Wasteland (Zoo Art Fair), Paradise Row, London

2008: 4 Hours (live performance), Phillips de Pury, London

2008: The Body Beyond Death, Trolley Books Gallery, London

2008: Object as Muse, UK Crafts Council

2007: ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2007: Zoo Art Fair, T1+2 Gallery, London

2007: Zelda Rubenstein, Paradise Row, London

2007: Avatar of Sacred Discontent, Flora Faibairn Projects, London

2007: United Nations H.C. for Refugees, Paradise Row, London

2007: Masterdrive, Wallis Gallery, London

2007: Welcome to Paradise, Galerie Nuke, Paris

2006: Vanishing Point, Madder 139, London

2006: ’06 Art Fair, Ingalls & Associates, Miami

2006: The End of Civilisation, Port Eliot Literary Festival

2005: Afghanistan: The Boneyard, Eleven Fine Art, London

Collections, Nominations and Awards:

2009: Bursary, National Media Museum

2009: Sovereign European Art Prize

2007: ING Discerning Eye (Drusilla Beyfus & Charles Saumarez Smith)

Tosca Photography Fund (Zelda Cheatle)