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Varda Caivano (Argentine/Italian, 1971)
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Varda Caivano
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Varda Caivano
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Varda Caivano
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Varda Caivano
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Biography |
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1971 |
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Born in Argentina (Italian citizenship) |
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1994 - 1998 |
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University of Buenos Aires, BA History of Art, Argentina |
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2000 - 2001 |
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Goldsmiths College, Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, London |
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2002 - 2004 |
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Royal College of Art, MA Painting, London |
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Lives and works in London |
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Awards |
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2004 Parallel Prize, Royal College of Art, London |
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2004 Nominated for Becks Futures 2004 |
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2003 Nominated for The Paul Hamlyn Awards for Artists 2003. |
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2002 Antorchas Grant for Postgraduate Studies (fees and maintenance) |
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1997 1999 Guillermo Kuitca International residence program for young artists, Borges Cultural Centre |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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M25 Around London, CCA Andratx Art Centre, Majorca |
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2008 |
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Busan Biennale, Korea |
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2008 |
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Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London |
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2008 |
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Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract and Figurative Painting, Max Wigram Gallery, Temporary Exhibition Space, London |
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2008 |
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Rose Tinted Glasses, Gavin Brown passerby, New York |
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2007 |
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Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London (curated by Jens Hoffmann) |
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2007 |
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Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf (solo) |
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2007 |
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Chisenhale Gallery, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (solo) |
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2006 |
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World-Gone-Mad, (curated by Bob Matthews) Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, Jan 20 – Feb 25, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester , 21 Apr – 04 June and Limehouse Art Foundation, London 17June – 22 July, 2006. |
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2005 |
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London in Zurich (curated by Gregor Muir), Hauser & Wirth, Zurich |
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2005 |
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Expanded Painting - Prague Biennale 2 (curated by Helena Kontova and Giancarlo |
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2005 |
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Mourning (curated by Varda Caivano), Galerie Sies & Höke, Düsseldorf |
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2005 |
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Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo) |
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2004 |
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Group Show Kerlin Gallery, Dublin |
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2004 |
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Arrivals 2004, Pump House Gallery, London |
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2004 |
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Revenge of Romance, Temporary Contemporary, London (Included assume vivid astro focus and Jimmy Roberts) |
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2004 |
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TwentyfourThirty, Keith Talent Gallery, London (Curated by Danny Rolph and included Chris Ofili) |
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2004 |
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Painting 2004, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
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2004 |
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Group show, Hamish McKay Gallery |
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2003 |
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Three person show, with Phil Allen and Christian Ward. Millefiori ArtSpace, Athens, Greece |
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2003 |
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Selected Paintings curated by Max Wigram, with Merlin James, Federico Herrero, BernhardMartin, Richard Ward, among others. MW projects, London, United Kingdom. |
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2003 |
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Beca Kuitca, curated by Sonia Becce, Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid |
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2003 |
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Dirty Pictures curated by Jake Miller, with Mamma Anderson, Nigel Cooke, Michael Raedecker, Paul Noble, Neal Tait, among others, The Approach Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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2002 |
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POT, curated by Erika Verzutti, with Ernesto Neto, Sara Lucas, Tunga, Grayson Perry,Rivane Nueuenschwander among others, Galeria Camargo Fortes Villaca, Sao Paulo, Brasil |
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2002 |
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Liverpool Biennial, POT curated by Erika Verzutti, with Shay Kun, Ernesto Neto, Sarah Lucas, Helio Oiticica, Urs Fisher, Grayson Perry, Ceal Floyeramong others, Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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2002 |
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Notably, selected by Paul Hedge (Hales Gallery), Catriona Warren (Art Review), David Shrigley Only Way Forward, curated by Mustapha Hulusi and Max Wigram, with Dee Ferris, Francis Upritchard, (artist) and Martin Coomer (Time Out), Pump House Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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2002 |
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The Michael Ashcroft, Neon Gallery, London United Kingdom |
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2002 |
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Primeiro do Abril, with Tonico Lemos Auad, Tiago Carneiro Da Cunha, Erika Verzutti Project Space, Sao Paulo, Brasil |
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2002 |
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Archimboldo, with Magdalena Jitrik, Benito Laren, Victor Florido, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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2001 |
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New Contemporaries, selected by Jennifer Higgie, Mike Nelson and Chris Ofili, Camden Arts Centre, London and Sunderland Museum, United Kingdom |
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2001 |
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Mujer, Centro Cultural Borges, BuenosAires, Argentina |
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2000 |
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Out House, with David Burrows, Martin Maloney, Matt Franks, Shay Kun, Anya Grzesik, Howard Dyke, Lee Campbell, Rich and Famous Gallery, London |
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2000 |
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Brainstorm, selected by the Goldmiths College curators course, London |
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1999 |
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La punta del ovillo, with Mariela Scaffati y Ariel Guatta, Contemporary Museum of Modern Art Bahia Blanca, and Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires.Argentina. |
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1998 |
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Fundacion Federico Klemm, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo) |
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Literature |
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2008 |
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Charles Darwent, Jerwood Contemporary Painters, 20 April |
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2007 |
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Gilda Williams, Varda Caivano, Artforum, October |
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2007 |
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Martin Coomer, Varda Caivano Art Review, September 20 |
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2007 |
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Sam Sherman, Letter from London, http://brooklynrail.org/2007/7/artseen/london-july-august |
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2006 |
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Paintings by Varda Caivano, Felicity Lunn & Simon Wallis, Kunstverein Freiburg, Chisenhale Gallery and Victoria Miro Gallery |
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2006 |
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Varda Caivano, (exhibition catalogue), Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Chisenhale Gallery, London and Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
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2006 |
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Martin Herbert, Modern Painters, World Gone Mad:Surrealist Returns in Recent British Art, April |
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2006 |
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World-Gone-Mad, (exhibition catalogue) Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester and Limehouse Art Foundation, London |
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2005 |
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Jennifer Higgie, Frieze, Painting as a site of struggle, doubt and pleasure, September 2005 |
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2005 |
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Serena Davies, Telegraph, The shock of the beautiful, 6 August 2005 |
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2005 |
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Martin Herbert, Time Out, Varda Caivano, 27 July – 3 August 2005 |
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2005 |
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Charlotte Edwards, Art Review, Between Ourselves, July 2005 |
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2005 |
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Michael Glover, Independent Magazine, Shooting Stars. The Faces to Watch in 2005, 1 January 2005 |
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2005 |
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London in Zurich (exhibition catalogue), Hauser & Wirth, Zurich |
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2005 |
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Observer, One Good Turn – Review of the Year 2005, 18 December |
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2005 |
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Art Review, Future Greats 2005, December |
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2004 |
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Charlotte Edwards, Independent on Sunday, Cream of the Crop, 4 July 2004 |
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2004 |
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Catriona Warren, Art Review, London’s Top 25 New Artists, May 2004 |
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2004 |
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Mike Bygrave, Independent on Sunday, Out of the Ashes – The New Stars of Brit Art, 30 May 2004 |
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2004 |
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Helen Sumpter, Time Out, Painting 2004, 14 April 2004 |
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2004 |
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The Independent, Art for Sale – Painting 2004, 14 April 2004 |
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2003 |
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Sally O’Reilly, Frieze, Selected Paintings, December 2003, issue 79 |
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2003 |
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Sally O’Reilly, Frieze, Selected Paintings, December 2003, issue 79 POT, Catalogue of Liverpool Biennal show |
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2002 |
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Rebecca Geldard, Time Out, September 11 2002 |
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2002 |
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Clarin, October 19, 2002 review of Trans-Barroso 2000 |
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2001 |
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Kunstforum Magazine International, No. 156 August October 2001 |
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2001 |
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Edgar Schmitz, review of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2001 |
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2001 |
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Clarin, July 18 2001, ‘Una Argentina premiada’ |
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2001 |
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Clarin, April 18 1998, ‘Galerias: Regreso a los objetos’ |
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