Artworks by Stephen Willats at Victoria Miro Gallery on artnet

Stephen Willats

(British, born 1943)

Stephen Willats

Conceptual Tower Series No. 40, 2006

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Stephen Willats

Strange Attractor Series No. 18, 2013

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Stephen Willats

Omni Directional Search Engine Drawing No. 1, 2018

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Stephen Willats

Omni Directional Search Engine Drawing No. 4, 2018

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Stephen Willats

Omni Directional Search Engine Drawing No. 8, 2020

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Biography

Timeline

1943: Born in London, UK
1962 - 1963: The Ground Course, Ealing School of Art
1965: Editor and publisher of "Control Magazine"
1972 - 1973: Director of the Centre of Behavioural Art, Gallery House, London
1979 - 1980: D.A.A.D. Fellowship, West Berlin
1990: Convenor of the Symposium, "Art Creating Society," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1991: "Stephen Willats Printed Archive" established at Victoria and Albert Museum
: Lives and works in London, UK

Exhibitions

2012: Secret Language The Code Breakers , Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2010: Modernologies: Contemporary Artists Researching Modernity and Modernism, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
: The World As It Is And The World As It Could Be, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (solo)
: In Two Minds, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
: Moving Images: Artists & Video/Film, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
: Ground Level: Hayward Touring Curatorial Open II, QUAD, Derby, UK
: Counterconsciousness, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)
2009 - 2010: Unresolved Matters: Social Utopias Revisited, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
: An Eye For An Eye, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, UK
: Oppositions & Dialogues, Kunstverein Hanover, Germany
: At The Edge: British Art 1950-2000, Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, UK
: My Yard, British Council Collection exhibition (curated by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane), Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
: Assumptions And Identity Identity And Assumptions, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
: In And Out The Underworld, European Kusthalle, Cologne, Germany
: The Ideological Diagram, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
: Cybernetic Still Life, BaliceHertling, Paris, France
: Die Moderne als Ruine: Eine Archäologie der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
: Modernologies: Contemporary Artists Researching Modernity and Modernism, MACBA Museum d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
: Die Moderne als Ruine: Eine Archäologie der Gegenwart, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
2009: 7 x 14: Jubiläumsausstellung, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
: Manifesta 7 - Trentino / Tyrol, Rovereto, Italy (group)
: Soziale Diagramme. Planning Reconsidered, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (group)
: The Art of Participation, San Francsico Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
: Be(com)ing Dutch, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
: Sammlung/Collection, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
: Person to Person/ People to People, Milton Keynes Gallery, Buckinghamshire, UK (solo)
: Democratic Mosaics and Conceptual Towers, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Mondo e Terra: La collezione del FRAC Corsica, MAN - Nuoro, Museo d’arte Provincia
: The Speculative Diagram, Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory, London, UK (solo)
: Punk. No One is Innocent. Kunst-Stil-Revolte, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
: A Town (Not A City), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzwerland
: No One is Innocent. Kunst-Stil-Revolte, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2008: Building Dwelling Thinking, Laura Bartlett Gallery (curated by John Slyce), London, UK
: The Architecture of Stephen Willats, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany (solo)
: The Speculative Diagram, CASCA, Utrecht, Netherlands (solo)
: The Secret Public. The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 - 1988, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
: Centre of the Creative Universe. Liverpool and the Avantgarde, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
: Oh Girl, It´s A Boy!, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
: What does the jellyfish want?, Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne, Germany
: The Secret Public. The last days of the British Underground 1978- 1988, ICA-Institute of Contemportary Arts, London
: Stephen Willats. Just between People, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
2007: Person to Person. People to People. Stephen Willats, Milton Keynes Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, Great Britain
: Beyond the Wall, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany
: Going Home, MOT International, London
: Medium Fotografie, Galerie Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
: Art Link, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
: From My Mind to Your Mind, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
: Stephen Willats Multiple Clothing: Message - Interaction - Exchange (1965-1998), Tate Modern, London
: The Secret Public. The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 - 1988, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
2006: Publishing Interventions, Connor Donlon Books, Herald Street Gallery, London (solo)
: Wie die Welt ist und wie sie sein könnte: Stephen Willats, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany
2005: Stephen Willats-Street Talk Amsterdam, LUMEN TRAVO, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Kritische Gesellschaften, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
: Faltering Flame, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
: Wie Gesellschaft und Kunst ins Bild kommen, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
: Ordering the Ordinary, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
: Barents Art Triennial, Kirkenes, Norway
: MULTICHANNEL LIFE, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
: L´Air du Temps - collection printemps/été 2004, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich
: Messages From The Polemical City, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
: Berlin Biennale, Berlin
: Engagierte Kunst, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremburg, Germany
: Vanishing Points: Landscape Art Beyond the Horizon, Southhampton city Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
: Re:Location. 1-7 Shake, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
: Art & The 60’s. This Was Tomorrow, Birmingham City Art Museum, UK
: Art & The 60’s. This Was Tomorrow, Tate Gallery, London, UK
2004: Streets, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: La Collection Continue, FRAC Corse, Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia, Korsika
: Art For Networks, Turnpike Gallery, Leith. Nr. Manchester, UK
: Air Guitar. Reconsidering Rock Music, Tulie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, UK
: Urban Codes, coder/decoder, Espace de l’Art Concret, chateau de Mouans, Mouans-Sartoux, France
: In Portraiture Irrelevance Is Ugliness, Museum Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert-Neviges
: Personal Encounters in your Imagination, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
: Liverpool Biennal of Contemporary Art, Liverpool
: Random Networks, ARTLAB 27 at Imperial College, London
2003: Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich
: Collection 001, Frac Rhone-Alpes. Institut d’art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
2002 - 2003: In Portraiture Irrelevance is Ugliness, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
2002: Through your symbolic world, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
: Blast to Freeze: Britische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
: Cognition Control. From The Archives of Stephen Willats, Institute of Visuel Culture Fritzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Uk (solo)
: Private Views, London Print Studio, London, UK
: The Gap Show, Museum am Ostwald, Dortmund, Germany
: Air Guitar, Milton Keynes Gallery and then touring
: Art For Networks, Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff and then touring
: Works on Paper, Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
: Video Evidence, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, USA
: Man From The Twenty First Century, Nottingham 1970 – 1971 Clinique, London, Uk (solo)
: Selbst Portrait, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg. Germany
: Stadsgezichten. Amsterdam vereeuwigd 1901-2001, Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Video Project Space, Anthony Wilkins Gallery, London, UK
: Rencontres et Co-operations 1979-2000, Galerie Gabriell Maubrie, Paris, France (solo)
: Conception. Conceptual Documents 1968-72, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK
: The Map is not the Territory, England & Co., London, UK
2001: Arbeit Essen Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany
: City Racing. A Partial Account, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
: Traces and Signs, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
: Double Vision, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
: Antagonisms, Musee d’Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona, Spain
2000: Democracy, Royal College of Art, London, UK
: Protest And Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
: Raw, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
: Macro To Micro, Gallery Laure Genillard, London
: Live in your Head, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1999: Multichanel Vision, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
: Nur Wasser Lasst Sich Leichter Schneiden, Hamburg, germany
: Bildung, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Switzerland
: Borderline PILOT, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Netherlands
: Blind Date With Reality, Galerie Bandstetter & Wyss, Zurich
: Addressing the Century, 100 Years of Art & Fashion, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
: Concepts, Strategies & Models 1962 - 65, Gimpel Fils, London, UK (solo)
: Random Encounter, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
: Creative Force, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK (solo)
: Multicult Berlin, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1998: Changing Everything, South London Art Gallery, UK (solo)
: MULTICULT, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
: Street Talk, Gallery Victoria Miro, London, UK (solo)
: Photographie d’une Collection 3/97, de la Caise des Depots et Consignations, Paris, France
: C’est ici que nous vivons (2), FRAC Rhones-Alpes, Lyon, France
1997: Between Me And You, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough
: The Grand Design, The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
: Sous le manteau, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
: In Every Moment Everywhere, Porin Taidemuseo, Finland
: Les Contes de Fees se terminent bien, Frac Haute-Normandie, Chateau du Val, France
: Freneuse, Sotteville-sous-le-Val, France
: Radikale Images, 2nd Austrian Triennale for Photography, Neue Galerie, Graz, Switzerland
: Everybody’s Talking, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
: Du Hasard A l'Accord, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris
1996: In Response To Each Other, Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
: Paste-Up, Past & Present, Kent Gallery, New York, USA
: Imprint 93, City Racing, London, UK
: The Edge of Town, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Conn., USA
: La Transparence Dans L’Art Du XXe Siecle, Museum des Beaux-Arts Malraux, Le Havre, France
: Ideal Standard Summertime, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
: Temples, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
: Ars 95 Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
: Mapping Knowledge, The Minories Gallery, Colchester, UK
: Writing on the Wall, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
: Writing on the wall, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
: Living together, Tramway Visual Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
1995: A State Of Agreement, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin
: I don’t actually have to go, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Taking The Short Cut, St. Church Hall, Roydon/Essex, England
: Into the infrastructure, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Private Journeys, Heston Farm Estate, The Comunity Hall, Fenton House, Biscoe Close, Heston, Middlesex, West London
: Random Life, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
: Museum Mosaic, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England
: Fateful combinations, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
: Lesezimmer II, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
: Looking at Words: Reading Pictures, Elms Lester Painting Rooms, London, UK
: Conceptual Living, Rhizome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Sarah Staton Super Store Boutique, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, UK
: Visione Britannica, Valentina Moncada, Rome, Italy
1994: Outsiders, Camerawork, London, UK
: Multiple Clothing, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
: Walking Between Objects, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: The Ideal Place, HCAK, Den Haag, Netherlands
: Public and Private, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
: Sixties Art Scene in London, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
1993: Buildings and People, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
: Buildings and people - Berlin, 1979 - 1993, Goethe Institut, London, UK
: Meta Filter - A State of Agreement, The Tate Gallery, London
: Multiple Clothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
: The Ideal Place, HCAK, Den Haag, Netherlands
1992: Wasteland, Photographic Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands
: Real Stories, Museet fur Photokunst, Odense, Denmark
: Instructions and Diagrams, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
: Signs of Living, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
1991: Oikos, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
: Excavating the Present, Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge, UK
: Past Continuous, Artsite Trust, Bath Festival
: Shocks to the System, ACGB Touring Exhibition, South Bank Centre, London, UK
: Publishing Interventions, 1963 - 1991, National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Uk (solo)
1990: Mosaics, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
: Stephen Willats, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)

Public Collections

: Caisse de depots et Consignations, Paris, France
: The Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
: Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, UK
: The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
: The Tate Gallery, London, UK
: De Beyerd Centrum voor Actuelle Kunst, Breda, Netherlands
: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
: Contemporary Art Society, London
: Porin Taidemuseo, Pori
: Frac Haute-Normandie
: Middlesborough Art Gallery, UK
: South London Art Gallery
: Frac Poitou Charentes
: Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
: Frac Languedoc-Roussillon
: Art Gallery of Bew South Wales, Sydney, Australia
: Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands
: Southampton City Art Gallery & Museum
Kunstmuseum Zürich, Switzerland
: Documentation on the West London Social Resource Project commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain housed at Osterley Library
: Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
: Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Germany
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Utrecht, Netherlands
: The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
: Helsingen Kaupungin Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland
: Stichting Volkshuisversting in de Kunst, Den Haag, Netherlands
: Victoria & Albert Museum (Artist’s Book Collection, archive of writings and publications)
: Hounslow Borough Counicl, London, UK
: Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
: Museum de Beaux Arts, Le Havre, France
: Cleveland Gallery, Cleveland, USA
: The Arts Council of Great Britain
: Gimpel Fils Galery, London, Uk
: Victoria & Albert Museum, Drawing Dept., London, UK
: The British Museum, Prints & Drawings Dept., London
: National Gallery, Gdansk
: Wadsworth Athenaeum, Conneticut, USA
: Frac Course Centre of Contemporary Art, Corsica
: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland

Literature

2000: "Art and Social Function" (Reprint of 1976 original) Elipsis, London
: "Multiple Clothing", Walther Konig, Köln
: Spring Art and Social Foundation. "Stephen Willats." Reprint of book first published in 1976 by Ellipsis. London. September.
1998: "Random Encounter", Southampton Art Gallery
1997: "The Art Museum in Society. Collected Writings", Middlesbrough Art Gallery
1996: "Between Buildings and People", Academy Editions, London

Stephen Willats

(British, born 1943)

Stephen Willats

Stephen Willats

Stephen Willats

Stephen Willats

Stephen Willats

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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