Tate Britain | Past Exhibitions | Art Now: Jamie Shovlin

Jamie Shovlin: In Search of Perfect Harmony

4 February – 7 May 2006

BIOGRAPHY

Jamie Shovlin, Installation View © Tate 2005

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Jamie Shovlin, Installation View © Tate 2005

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Jamie Shovlin, Installation View © Tate 2005

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1978	Born in Leicester
1998–2001	Loughborough University School of Art & Design
2001–03	Royal College of Art, London Lives and works in London

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006	Lustfaust: A Folk Anthology, Freight & Volume, New York Aggregate, The City Gallery, Leicester, ArtSway, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
2005	Fontana Modern Masters, Riflemaker, London
2004	For Some Other Cause, Ibid Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania Naomi V. Jelish, Riflemaker, London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006	Beck’s Futures, ICA, London, Arnolfini, Bristol and CCA, Glasgow
2005	After the Fact, Tullie House Museum, Carlisle London Attractions, Riflemaker, London
2004	Galleon & Other Stories, The Saatchi Gallery, London This Much is Certain, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
2003	Inside Out – Investigating Drawing, Milton Keynes Gallery Bloomberg New Contemporaries, 14 Wharf Road, London and Cornerhouse, Manchester

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Sigrid Holmwood, Caroline Gale of Exeter University, Department of Conservation, British Museum, Hannah Gummett, Alan Hayes, Murray Ward, the Riflemakers, Rachel Tant, Suzanne Tatham of Brighton University, Ben Tufnell, Paper Conservation Department, Tate, Shuja Rahman, Ken Graham and the Tate Art Handling Team, Denis Shovlin and, most of all, Valerie Hayes.

In Search of Perfect Harmony is from a larger body of work called Aggregate which will tour to The City Gallery, Leicester, ArtSway, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Hatton Gallery, Newcastle from summer 2006 – summer 2007