Nick Hornby

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b. 1980. Lives and works in London, England.

 

EDUCATION

2007 MA, Chelsea College of Art
2003 BA, Fine Art, Slade School of Art
The Art Institute of Chicago
1999 Foundation, Wimbledon College of Art

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 Nick Hornby, Churner and Churner, New York
Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra, One Canada Square, London
2011 Matthew Burrows & Nick Hornby, The Solo projects, Basel
2010 Atom vs Super Subject, Alexia Goethe Gallery ,London
2008 Tell Tale Heart, Camley Street Natural Park, London
Clifford Chance Sculpture Award 2008, Clifford Chance, London
2005 Sound Track, Ada St, London

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

2012 Polish Biennale: Meditations – The Unknown, Poznan, Poland
Sculptors Drawings, Pangolin, London
I HEART 3D, Christies, London
This Is London, Shizaru, London
Detour, Wimbledon College of Art, London
2011 Aggregate, Churner and Churner, New York
Multiplied 2011 Contemporary Editions Fair, Christies, London
House of the Nobleman: The Return, 2 Cornwall Terrace, London
Lights Are On But Nobody’s Home, Standpoint Gallery, London
Non-Objectif Sud 2011 Fundraiser and Silent Auction, Bortolami Gallery, New York
Open Prototyping, Eyebeam, New York
Trajector Art Fair, Brussels (with Union Gallery / Jari Lager)
Are pictures always Paintings? Alexia Goethe Gallery, London
2010 Patrons, Muses and Professionals, Eyebeam, New York
Volume One: Props, Events and Encounters. The Hub, Athens, Greece.
Spitalfields Sculpture Prize Shortlist Exhibition, London
Sculpture Promenade, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Olympiad, Leighton House, London
2009 RPG Residency Exhibition, Mumbai, India
ArtBarter, Rag Factory, London
RBS Busary Award Exhibition, RBS London
Walking in Our Mind, Royal Festival Hall / Southbank, London
West London Studio Project – prologue, London 2012 Olympiad
The Ghost in the Machine, Visual Dialogues, Tate Triennial, Tate Britain
The Voice and Nothing More, Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square, London
2008 Make Believe, Concrete & Glass, Cordy House, London, EC2
Gatti, London Canal Museum, Curated by Brooke Lynn McGowan
Anticipation, Selfridges, London
Clifford Chance Sculpure Award, Clifford Chance PLC, London
2007 Future Map 07, The Arts Gallery, University of Arts London
MA Show Chelsea College of Art, London
How We May Be, Late at Tate, August, Tate Britain, London
Camberwell Arts Festival, Various Locations, London
I Am Your Worst Nightmare, Arnolfini, Bristol
Late Nights, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Late at Tate, February, Tate Britain, London
2006 Digital Space, Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
Hayward Nights, Hayward Gallery, London
BlindArt, Bankside Gallery, London
Arctic Circle, ICA, London
Monstrous Tales, APT Gallery, London
Arctic Circle, Hayward Gallery, London
NODE.London, Media Arts London, Slade Woburn Square, London
2003 BA Show, Slade School of Art

 

PRIZES, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2012 Residency at The IIFA (International Institute of Fine Arts), New Delhi, India
2011 Residency at Eyebeam, New York
2010 Awarded RBKC Artists’ Professional Development Bursary
2009 Awarded Deidre Hubbard Sculpture Award
RPG Residency – Institute of Contemporary Art (ICIA House), Mumbai, India
Selected for 2009 / 2010 AA2A Scheme
Shortlisted for £45,000 Spitalfields Sculpture Prize
Courvoisier The Future 500, in partnership with The Observer
RBS Sculpture Bursary Award
Shortlisted Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2009, Guest Selector: Cornelia Parker
2008 Clifford Chance Sculpture Award 2008
2006 £5,000 BlindArt Prize
2003 University College London Convocation Travel Award

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011 A New York hotel[...], Sara Staples,  Globe  and  Mail,  Jun.  24,  2011
Start in ART, Jack Wakefiedl, The Spectator, A guide to Luxury and Style Autumn 2010, 6th November
Cultural Life: Nick Hornby, sculptor, Charlotte Cripps, The Independent, Friday, 8 October 2010
Video: Lifo TV, The Hub, Athens
Sculpture as Narrative, Simon Todd, Artnet
A Drink With: Artist Nick Hornby, Paul Brady, Conde Nast Traveler
Critic’s Picks, Kathleen Madden, Artforum.com
Nick Hornby, Atom vs Super Subject, Dazed Digital, May 2010
Nick Hornby, Atom vs Super Subject, FAD, May 2010
Nick Hornby, Atom vs Super Subject, Paul Carey Kent
Artfully Adaptable, The Secret Agent, Financial Times, 30.05.2010
Classic Treasure, Sculpture Promenade 2010, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Harry Mount. The Spectator, May 2010
Who to watch in 2010, Evening Standard, 05.01.10
2009 Walking in Our Mind, FAD, August 2009
Walking in Our Mind, SLAMXHYPE, August 2009
Courvoisier The Future 500, in partnership with The Observer
Introducing… a new Gormley, Deborah Feldman, ES Magazine, 19.06.09
2008 London’s Got Talent, Ossian Ward, Time Out
Best of Britain’s Young Artists in Saatchi Show, Louise Jury, Evening Standard
Anticipation, Whitehot Magazine
China: Innovation From London, Zhuangshi
Playing to the Gallery, Giles Morris, The Guardian
Untitled, after Nick Hornby, Brooke Lynn McGowan
Joining the Dots, Platform DVD, Live Art Development Agency, London
Bridging the Gap, Gaynor aaltonen, University of the Arts London Magazine
2007 Future Reflections, Catalogue
2006 In Touch, Interview with Gary O’Donaghue, BBC Radio 4
More than a Feeling, Peter White, The Times T2
BlindArt, Mark Drinkwater, The Guardian
Please Touch the Exhibits, Charlotte Cripps, The Independent
Critics Choice, Artic Circle ICA, John L Walters, The Guardian
2005 Critics Choice, Herbert, Martin. Time Out
Sound-Track, Critics Choice. Independent on Sunday
Raggi, Valentina. On Sound Art, D magazine, La Repubblica, Italy

 

COLLECTIONS
Clifford Chance
Richard Greer
David Roberts
Selfridges
Sony BMG

 

VISITING LECTURER AND ARTS EDUCATOR
Slade School of Art, London
Chelsea College of Art, London
Wimbledon College of Art, London
Westminster Kingsway, London

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    marble resin composite
    94.5 x 49.3 x 15.2 inches, edition 2 of 3

  • The Horizon Comes (Ted Hughes), 2011
    bronze
    16.1 x 12.6 x 2 inches, edition 1 of 6

  • Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief (Jane Austen), 2011
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    17 x 7 1/4 x 8 inches, edition of 6

  • Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief (Jane Austen), 2011
    bronze
    17 x 7 1/4 x 8 inches, edition of 6

  • Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief (Jane Austen), 2011
    bronze
    17 x 7 1/4 x 8 inches, edition of 6

  • router for Dado Loos rail, 2011
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