BIOGRAPHY
Desmond Church. Born 1986, Scotland. Lives and works in Copenhagen
EDUCATION
2013-2015 MFA – Malmö Art Academy
2005-2009 BA (Hons) – The Glasgow School of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Der er Rottegift i Haven, KHM Gallery, Malmö [SE]
2014 Hard Landscapes, CirkulationCentralen, Malmö [SE]
2012 Caves, Green Is Gold, Copenhagen [DK]
2011 Objects Are As They Appear, Detroit Gallery, Stockholm [SE]
2011 Notes for an exhibition, Crate, Margate [UK]
2011 ON GO ON, Galleri Stald, Copenhagen [DK]
2009 Desmond Church, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland [UK]
2009 4.6, Artur Galleri, Copenhagen [DK]
2009 Mid-flight, The Cell, Glasgow [UK]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Magick, Celsius Projects, Malmö [SE]
2018 Materias Primas, PADA, Lisbon [PT]
2018 Chair, chair, chair, lamp, table, bed, sofa, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen [DK]
2017 Castello di Lajone – International Art Exhibition, Castello di Lajone, Quattordio [IT]
2017 Feast of the Red Herring, Moderna Museet, Malmö [SE]
2016 The Appel-Haken Proof, Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen [DK]
2015 Kenosis, Halmlageret, Copenhagen [DK]
2015 Finite Project Altered When Open, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow [UK]
2015 We will push the ship from shore and let it drift toward the darkest of oceans, Malmö
Konstmuseum, Malmö [SE]
2015 Peripheral Vision, Slottet, Copenhagen [DK]
2015 Ugly Ducklings, Westwerk, Hamburg [DE]
2015 Årsutställning, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö [SE]
2014 Everything Is Connected, Neter Proyectos, Mexico City [MX]
2014 Årsutställning, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö [SE]
2013 Tiger Balm Sensation, Projektrum 1, Malmö [SE]
2013 NYA, KHM Gallery, Malmö [SE]
2013 Unspecified Objects, Malgras|Nauget & The Royal Standard, Manchester & Liverpool [UK]
2013 Auto Archive, Enclave, London [UK]
2011 To pay respect to the generosity of the three-minute punk rock song, Crate, Margate [UK]
2011 There is no there there: Desmond Church and Lyndsey Wardrop, Rhubaba, Edinburgh [UK]
2011 Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena [IT]
2010 The Mutual, The Glue Factory, Glasgow [UK]
2010 White, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow [UK]
2010 Atypical Root, Public Art Trail, GI Festival, Glasgow [UK]
2009 Drawn Together, The Pentagon Gallery, Glasgow [UK]
2009 Kill Your Darlings, Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London [UK]
2009 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Mackintosh Building, Glasgow [UK]
2009 Make Do, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow [UK]
2008 Forgotten To Agree, Wasps Studios, Glasgow [UK]
2007 Blixt, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow [UK]
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2017 Statens Kunstfond, Production Grant
2017 Artist in residence, Castello di Lajone [IT]
2017 Artist in residence, Skaftfell, Seydisfjordur [IS]
2016 Statens Kunstfond – Working Grant
2016 Artist in residence, CCA Creative Lab, Glasgow [UK]
2016 Statens Kunstfond – Open Residency Funding
2011 Artist in residence, Stald, Copenhagen [DK]