Introduction
Petry has a one man show - The Touch of the Oracle - at the Palm Springs Art Museum from March 17 - July 29 this year (http://www.psmuseum.org/index.php). Thames & Hudson will distribute the accompanying book on the last 10 years of his work.
Petry was the first artist in residence at the Sir John Soane’s Museum (http://www.soane.org) last year, and his two shows there Touching the Neoclassical and the Romantic, and Bad Seed are published as Smoke & Mirrors and is available as a free download from his website.
His new book - The Art of Not Making, the new artist artisan relationship published in hardback by Thames & Hudson in April 2011 has now globally sold out and a paperback edition will be available from February 6, 2012 (http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500290262.html). He has written two books on Installatiopn Art for Thames & Hudson and his most recent book for Artmedia press is Hidden Histories: 20th century male same sex lovers in the visual arts.
Biography
Michael Petry (born El Paso, Texas, 1960) has lived in London since 1981. He studied at Rice University, Houston (BA), London Guildhall University (MA), and has a Doctor in Arts from Middlesex University. Petry is an internationally exhibited artist, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) London, Curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery and Associate Director at Futurecity. He co-founded the Museum of Installation, and was Guest Curator at the Kunstakademiet, Oslo, and Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton. Petry co-authored Installation Art (1994), and Installation in the New Millennium (2003), and authored Abstract Eroticism (1996) and A Thing of Beauty is…(1997). The Trouble with Michael, a monograph of his practice, was published by Art Media Press in 2001. Petry’s book Hidden Histories: 20th century male same sex lovers in the visual arts (2004) is the first comprehensive survey of its kind, and accompanied the exhibition Hidden Histories he curated for The New Art Gallery Walsall. His two-volume book Golden Rain (2008) accompanied his installation for the On the Edge exhibition for Stavanger 2008, European Capital of Culture. Petry’s new book, The Art of Not Making: The New Artist Artisan Relationship for Thames & Hudson was published in April, 2011. Petry was the first Artist in Residence at Sir John Soane’s Museum (2010/11) exhibiting two bodies of work, published in Smoke & Mirrors (2011). He will have a one man show The Touch of the Oracle at the Palm Springs Art Museum in March 2012.
UPCOMING
2013
Multiple Exposures, group show at the Museum of Arts & Design, New York
The Art of Not Making, Hå gamle prestegard, Norway
2012
The Touch of the Oracle, Palm Springs Art Museum, one-man show and book
CRAFTY: The Art of Not Making, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London
One Man Exhibitions
2011
Bad Seed, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, Artist in Residence
2010
Touching the Neoclassical and the Romantic, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, Artist in Residence
2009
The Revenge of the Florist, Westbrook Gallery, London
The NETWORK, a commissioned installation at the IVY Restaurant, London
KALI, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2007
A New Love, Westbrook Gallery, London
True Love, Muzeum Mierdzi, Legnica, Poland
True Love, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
Extract, GX Gallery, London
America the Beautiful, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
In the Garden of Eden, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2006
The Treasure of Memory, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
True Love, Westbrook Gallery, London
2005
The Space Between: Superstring Installation II, Mathematics, Art and Cultural Industry, Cetraro, Italy
The Space Between: Superstring Installation, Art, Complexity & Technology, I.S.I Foundation, Turin, Italy
2004
WAS: white as snow, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
The Milky Way and other Fairy Tales, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
2003
The Sound of Breaking Glass, Prowler Project Space, London
2001
Barely Legal, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2000
Laughing at Time, Hå gamle prestegard, Norway
Contagion, Gardner Centre for the Arts, Brighton Festival, BN1
1999
The History of the World, Rice Art Gallery, Houston
The Fluid Man, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
1998
Nothing Changes: London, Pride Arts Festival, Strike Gallery, London
1996
You see what I mean, BN1 Event 3, Fabrica, Brighton
1994
The Garden of Enlightenment, South London Gallery
The Chemistry of Love III, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
1993
The Chemistry of Love II, Atlantis Gallery, London
1992
The Chemistry of Love, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham
1991
North, True North: Part 1, Nine Elms Cold Store, London
The Skirting Boards, Gallery Mangisch, Zurich, Switzerland
1990
Flight From Technology: The Sexuality of the Universe Part 2, Museum of Installation, London
1989
Hollywood Portraits, Zero One Gallery, Los Angeles
1988
International Monument to the Unknown Civilian, Slaughterhouse Gallery, London
More Paperwork, Bellerive Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Chaos Human Atomica: The Birth of the Parallel Universe, Unit 7 Gallery, London
Parallel Works, Adam Gallery, London, 1988
1987
Kunster und Schmuckler, Amerika Haus, Gallery Geilsdorfer, Cologne, Germany
This Human Earth, Unit 7 Gallery, London
1985
The Golden Age, Gallery Geilsdorfer, Gallery Mattar, and Tanzprojekte Koln, Cologne
The Spring Collection, Coracle Press Gallery, London
Group Shows
2011
RAW: Peter Bailey | Jaap De Vries | Erik Sommer | Michael Petry | Eric Butcher, Pertwee , Anderson & Gold, London
Sagacity, Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, London
Meister der Moderne, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern , Munich
2010
Small Show Huge Talent, Sotheby’s, London
Inspired By Soane, Sir John Soane ‘s Museum, London
Es perlt… Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern , Munich
Glasswear, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, USA
LINGAM, Museum Catharijne Convent, Utrecht, Holland, Place de la Grande Pecherie, Mons, Belgium
Shop, Shop, London
2009
DOGMA, HDLU (Croatian Association of Artists) Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Glasswear, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile Alabama
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
LINGAM, Konstfack, Stockholm
Here and Now, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
Crime & Punishment – The Sequel, Kortil Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
2008
ESCAPE, Galerija Meno Nisa, Vilnius, Lithuania
Sculpture & Touch, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Treasure of Memory in Glasswear, Glazen Huis Vlaams Centrum voor Hedendaagse Glaskunst, Lommel, Belgium
Trans- Atlantic Pride Exhibition, Clifford Chance Gallery, London
Golden Rain, in On the Edge exhibition,Stavanger 2008, Ha gamle prestegard, and at the Eigeroya Lighthouse, Egersund, Norway
Four Bits of Scarlet for George the Second, Borders + Identities, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, London
2007
Treasure of Memory in Glasswear, Toledo Museum of Art
UNBOUND, Contemporary Art Platform, London
Leben Lieben, Rise Gallery, Berlin
Yeehaw!, Vegas Gallery, London
2006
First Sudden Gone the One First Sudden Back, Project 133, London
Next Level, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
2005
Erotic Pioneers, Antebellum, Hollywood
Natvar Bhavsar, Stan Gregory, Nathan Slate Joseph, Michael Petry, Sohan Qadri, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New
York
The Binary Tower, “Incantations”, South Presentation Convent, ART Trail, Cork, Ireland
2004
Hidden Histories: 20th Century Male Same Sex Lovers in the Visual Arts, (curated by Petry), The New Art Gallery Walsall,
2003
Sex for Sale, ‘Independence Show’, South London Gallery
The Axis, ‘In the Gloaming’, ArtOMI, Hudson New York, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa
Pearl Paintings, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
2002
Blood Line: Passage, ‘Lysis’, Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa
Zero Carat: Works from the Donna Schneier Collection, American Museum of Craft, New York
2001
Self Portrait 2001, ‘The Difference between you & us’, Five Years, London
Fears, ‘Blackout’ (curated by Petry), Brixton Art Gallery, London
2000
Nothing Changes: Stavanger,‘UTOPIA’, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
1999
54x54x54, (curated by Petry), Museum of Contemporary Art, London Financial Times Building
1998
TWISTOR, Commissioned for the ‘7th Papier Biennale - Electric Paper’, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany, Twistor won 2nd prize
The Wormhole, ‘Dark Matter’, Turnpike Gallery (Leigh), Angel Row Gallery (Nottingham), and Howard Gardens Gallery (Cardiff)
Nothing Changes: Amsterdam, The Gay Games Art Festival, Vrieshuis and Art Kitchen, Amsterdam
1997
Nothing Changes, ‘Partie 5’, Brandenburgische Kunsttage, Internationales Kunstforum Drewen, Germany
1996
Constellations, Commissioned for Mercedes Benz at the Birmingham Motor show
The Wormhole, Peterborough Museum of Art, Derby Museum, Wooster Museum of Art
1995
63 foot painting, ‘Southwark Open’, London
65 inch sculpture, ‘Eigen + ART/Berlin at The Independent Art Space’, London
1994
The Blizzard, Commissioned for the ‘5th Papier Biennale’, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany
1993
Measuring Up, ART LA/93, the Convention Centre, Los Angeles
North - True North: A Question of Scale, ‘ACER pseudoplatunus’, Sydenham Hill woods, London
The Uncle Mikey Fine Art Game Show, ‘Venice Biennale’ (Progretto Container), Venice
1991
Elemental Sensuality: The Sexuality of the Universe Part 4, ‘Excavating the Present’ at Kettles Yard and the Corn Exchange, Cambridge
1990
The Pin-Up, ‘Simulationists Exhibition’, Submarine Gallery, London
1989
International Monument to the Unknown Civilian: PFORZHEIM, ‘ORNAMENTA 1’, Rathaus, Pforzheim, Germany
1988
The Invisible Man, curated by Kate Smith and Kate Love. Goldsmith’s Gallery, London
1986
Three Weeks of the Truth, ‘1st International Biennale fur Papierkunst’. Leopold Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany
Auto Didactic Painting, Coracle Gallery, London
Books/Texts
2012
The Touch of the Oracle: Michael Petry Works 2003/12, Michael Petry, Palm Springs Art Museum, MOCA London
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9569116-1-2
The Art of Not Making: the new artist/artisan relationship, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson, London
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-500-29026-2
2011
The Art of Not Making: the new artist/artisan relationship, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson, London
Hardback ISBN: 978-0-500-23882-0
Smoke & Mirrors, Michael Petry, MOCA London and Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
Paperback: ISBN: 978-0-9559453-5-9
Identity/Identiteetti, Michael Petry, MOCA London and the Royal Academy Schools, London
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9569116-0-5
One Spirit Showcase: The Art of Seeing, Michael Petry and Hines UK, London
Hardback ISBN: 978-0-9557699-9-3
Design Behind Desire, Lisa Morgan (ed.), texts and works by Petry, Farameh Media, NewYork,
Hardback ISBN: 978-0-9830831-5-3
2010
Gender, Sexuality, and Museums: a Routledge Reader, Amy K. Levin, Ed., Hidden Histories: The Experience of Curating a Male Same Sex Exhibition and the Problems Encountered essay by Petry, Routledge, 322 pages, colour, Paperback ISBN: 978-0-415-55492-3
Silvano Rubino, In equilibrio tra due punti sospesi, The Complexity of Production essay by Petry (text in Italian and English), Damiani, Bologna
Paperback ISBN: 978-88-6208-149-8, 96 pages, full colour
Jungles, Jungle Love essay by Petry (text in German and English), Galerie Maurer, Frankfurt,32 pages, full colour
2009
The Revenge of the Florist, Michael Petry, Westbrook Gallery, London
Paperback: ISBN 978-0-9559453-4-2,16 pages, full colour
Anima Mundi, The Waiting Game essay in English and Dutch, Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium
Paperback ISBN: 9789490212001, 56 pages, colour and black and white
2008
Golden Rain Volumes 1& 11, MOCA London and Ha gamle prestegard
Paperback: ISBN: 978-0-9557699-3-1
Fin Serck-Hanssen: Normalizing Judgement, Teknisk Industri AS, Oslo
Hard back SBN: 978-82-997894-0-0
Contemporary Glass, Blackdog Publishing, London
Paperback ISBN: 978 1 906155 360
2004
Hidden Histories: 20th Century Male Same Sex Lovers in the Visual Arts, Artmedia Press, London
Paperback ISBN: 1-902889-10-X
2003
Installation Art in the New Millennium, Thames and Hudson, London
Hard back: ISBN 0-500-23808-1
Paper back: ISBN 0-500-28451-2
Installation II l’empire des sens, De Oliveira, Oxley, Petry, Thames and Hudson, Paris
Paperback ISBN: 782878 112320, 208 pages, full colour
2001
The Trouble with Michael, Artmedia Press, London
Paper back: ISBN: 1-90288903-7
1997
Installation l’art en situation, Thames and Hudson, London
Paper back ISBN: 2-87811-119-2
A Thing of Beauty is…., Art and Design, Academy Editions, London
Paper back ISBN: 0-471-97684-9
1996
Installation Art, Thames and Hudson (Reprints 1997, 2000), London
Paperback ISBN: 0-500-27828-8
Abstract Eroticism, Art and Design, Academy Editions, London
Paperback ISBN: 1-85490-231-8
1994
Installation Art, Thames and Hudson, London Hard back ISBN: 0-500-23672-0 and Smithsonian, Washington DC
Hardback ISBN: 1-560-98-347-7
Works in the following Collections
The National Collection, UK http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk
Museum of Arts and Design, New York http://www.madmuseum.org
Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston http://www.mfah.org
Toledo Museum of Art, USA http://www.toledomuseum.org
British Museum, London http://www.britishmuseum.org
The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk
The Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland http://www.galeria.legnica.pl
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, Texas http://www.stia.org
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama http://www.mobilemuseumofart.com
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina http://www.secca.org
Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway http://www.rkm.no
Leopold Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany http://www.museum-dueren.de
Bellerive Museum, Zurich http://www.museum-bellerive.ch
Private collections
Performances
2000
Brothers, St Mathew’s Tower, The London Biennale
1997
Flowers, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Duren, Kunst und Austellungshalle Bonn, Gothaer Kunstforum, Koln, Stadt Museum, Mulheim, Zaal de Unie, Rotterdam, Transmedia Video Fest, Berlin, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
1995
An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Frenchman, a performance art opera Direction, design and libretto by Petry, Music by Gavin Greenaway and John Powell, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany. Sponsors:The British Council, Escada, Pesch,
Uncle Mikey’s Lover’s Tea, World Tea Party, Media Park, Cologne, Germany
1987
Deceptions, National Review of Live Art, Riverside Studios, London, 3rd Eye Arts Centre, Glasgow, Music: Greenaway/Powell.
...Turns Modern Figurative Sculpture Out with the Trash, Victoria Miro Gallery London
1986
Potentially Dangerous Scenarios, Commissioned by New Music America, Houston, and Chisenhale Studios, London
1985
The Working Week, Commissioned by the Houston Festival. Interfirst Bank, Square One Gallery, Houston, Music: Mark Fraser
1984
Movements in Jewellery, Electrum and Aspects Galleries, Commissioned by the Goldsmith’s Hall, London
1983
Stone Dancing Parts 1 and 2 of 3, Elgin Marbles Room (Duveen Gallery of the Marbles of the Parthenon), British Museum, London
Walking in the Ruins, Royal Academy, Cork Street, London
Contact details
Work tel: 44.0207.771.9778
Website: http://www.michaelpetry.net or http://www.dbhbg.com or http://www.sundaramtagore.com
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Image Gallery
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Title: Bad Seed 1
Media: Murano Glass
Description: Bad Seed 1, Sir John Soane's Museum, London
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Title: Bad Seed 3 Corner
Media: blown glass
Description: Bad Seed 3, Sir John Soane's Museum, London
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Title: Bad Seed 4
Media: blown glass
Description: Bad Seed 4, Sir John Soane's Museum, London
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Title: Bad Seed Corner
Media: blown glass
Description: Bad Seed 2, Sir John Soane's Museum, London
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Title: BB115
Media: poured glass
Description: Collection of Guy Burch & Richard Ayre
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Title: BB108
Media: poured glass
Description: work installed in the Breakfast room