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Phillip Lai Biography
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1969 |
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Born in Kuala Lumpur
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1988 - 1989 |
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Foundation Course, Middlesex Polytechnic
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1990 - 1993 |
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BA Fine Art (sculpture), Chelsea College of Art & Design
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1993 - 1994 |
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MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design
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1997 |
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Phillip Lai, The Showroom – exhibition catalogue (ISBN 1-899846-12-3) essay by Francis McKee, interview by Karina Daskalov
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1998 |
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Advisor to London Arts (formerly London Arts Board)
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1998 |
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London Exhibitions and Events Fund – Medium and Small scale Projects & Research and Development
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1999 |
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Contribution to Bent Aura (STOPSTOP Vol.2) (ISBN 1-902052-01-3)
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2001 |
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Invited Speaker at ‘Li Yuan Chia’ exhibition talk, Camden Arts Centre, London
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2001 |
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Visiting Tutor in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College University of London (to 2005)
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2006 |
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Research and Development visit to Armenia (supported by British Council)
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2006 |
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Artists Lecture Series, Arnolfini Bristol (organised by UWE)
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2008 |
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Lecturer in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College University of London, since 2006
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2008 |
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Associate Lecturer in MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, since 2002
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Lives and works in London
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Open Container, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (solo)
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2008
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Seven Times Two or Three, Cubitt, London
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2008
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Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (solo)
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2007
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Galerie Franco Noero, Turin (solo)
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2007
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Free To Meet For Coffee Sometime Soon, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London (solo)
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2007
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Republic, L’est, London
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2006
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In The Poem About Love You Don’t Write The Word Love, Artists Space, New York
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2006
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John Frumism, Phillip Lai, Paul Thek, Mike Nelson, Hotel, London
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2006
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If It Didn’t Exist You’d Have To Invent It: a partial Showroom history, The Showroom, London
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2005
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In The Poem About Love You Don’t Write The Word Love, CCA, Glasgow
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2005
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Drawing Two Hundred, The Drawing Room, London Tannery Arts Exhibition, part of Artists Studios Open Weekend, Tannery Arts, London
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2004
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Uscita Pistoia, SpazioA, Pistoia
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2004
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Strange Weather, Modern Art, London
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2004
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Tag Team Experiment, two-person relay exhibition, alternative project space, Edinburgh
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2003
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Drawing One Hundred, The Drawing Room, London
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2002
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We Want Out, CityLights Project, Melbourne
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2000
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Senselessness-lessness, Tramway, Glasgow
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2000
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Death Race 2000, Threadwaxing Space, New York *
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2000
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Drawing Exhibition, Herefordshire College of Art & Design
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2000
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His Divine Grace, Modern Art, London (solo)
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1999
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Cities on the Move, Hayward Gallery, London (included as part of Nasubi Gallery project)*
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1999
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Black Box, (continued screenings) venues inc: Angel Row, Nottingham, Artezium/Luton
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1999
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New Video from Great Britain, (British Council tour to South America) venues inc: Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Museo Carillo Gil, Mexico City
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1998
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Black Box, (commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella) venues: Open Eye, Liverpool (ISEA), Lift (Pandæmonium festival), London, Aspex, Portsmouth, ARC, Stockton-on-Tees *
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1998
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New Video from Great Britain, MOMA, New York
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1998
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Bed and Workshop, alternative space, Rennes
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1998
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Grey Area, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham
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1997
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Phillip Lai, The Showroom, London commissioned by The Showroom in collaboration with inIVA (solo)
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1996
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Deep Signal, Gasworks, London
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1996
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Deep Signal, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
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1996
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Off Camp/On Base (Pimple Life), Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Centre, Japan
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1996
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I beg to differ, Milch, London
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1996
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Update 96, The Old Turbine Hall, Copenhagen
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1995
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Institute of Cultural Anxiety, ICA, London *
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1995
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Fresh, (continued screenings) venues inc: Video Positive 95, Liverpool, Tate, London
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1994
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Weirdos, SAGA Basement, Copenhagen
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1994
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Fresh, (Film & Video Umbrella touring programme) venues inc: ICA, London, CCA, Glasgow, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham *
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1994
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Miniatures, The Agency, London
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1994
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No Vacancies, alternative venue, Frankfurt
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*denotes exhibition publication (pamphlet, catalogue or video-catalogue)
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| Literature |
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2009
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Del Vecchio, Gigiotto. Aseptic Cosmic Spaces, Mousse Magazine, February/March issue, p.34-36
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2009
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Cairns, Steven. The Function of Objects, MAP Magazine, Spring, p.52-55
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2008
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Cairns, Steven. Turin: Phillip Lai, MAP Magazine, Spring, p. 44
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2007
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Griffin, Jonathan. Phillip Lai, Frieze, April, p. 167
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2007
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ART: Phillip Lai, Kultureflash, January 31
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2000
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Currah, Mark. Phillip Lai, Time Out London, April 19-26, p.54
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1998
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Grey Area, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 17, p.89
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1997
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Hubbard, Sue. Phillip Lai, Time Out London, March 19-26
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