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Patrick Waterhouse (born 13 August 1981) is a British artist. His work involves photography, drawing and graphic design. He has published books of his work and been exhibited internationally. Since 2011 he has been editor-in-chief of ''
Colors Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associa ...
'' magazine. In the same year he won the Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d'Arles for ''Ponte City,'' a collaboration with
Mikhael Subotzky Mikhael Subotzky (born Cape Town, South Africa, 1981) is a South African artist based in Johannesburg. His installation, film, video and photographic work have been exhibited widely in museums and galleries, and received awards including the KLM ...
.


Life and work

Waterhouse graduated from
Camberwell College of Arts Camberwell College of Arts is a public tertiary art school in Camberwell, in London, England. It is one of the six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. It offers further and higher education programmes, including postgra ...
in 2001. After working in London for some years he began a residency at Fabrica research centre in Italy. While at Fabrica he created a fully illustrated version of
Dante's Inferno ''Inferno'' (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem ''Divine Comedy''. It is followed by ''Purgatorio'' and '' Paradiso''. The ''Inferno'' describes Dante's journey through Hell, guid ...
L’Espresso
16 September 2010.
with notation by Walter Hutton, that was published by
Mondadori Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
. In 2007 he and
Mikhael Subotzky Mikhael Subotzky (born Cape Town, South Africa, 1981) is a South African artist based in Johannesburg. His installation, film, video and photographic work have been exhibited widely in museums and galleries, and received awards including the KLM ...
began a 6 year collaboration photographing and documenting
Ponte City Apartments Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Berea suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, just next to Hillbrow. It was built in 1975 to a height of , making it the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa. The 55-storey building is cylindrical, with an o ...
,Foam Magazin
Ponte City Report
Summer 2011)
a 54 story building in
Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
, during its failed development and the subsequent aftermath. It won the Discovery Award at
Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d’Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historia ...
In 2011.O'Hagan, Sean (11 July 2011
"Tower blocks and tomes dominate the Rencontres d'Arles"
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Their book ''Ponte City'' (2014),Law-Viljoen, Bronwyn (2014
on Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick WaterhouseAperture
published by
Steidl Steidl is a German-language publisher, an international publisher of photobooks, and a printing company, based in Göttingen, Germany. It was started in 1968 by Gerhard Steidl and is still run by him. Overview The company was started by Gerha ...
,Steidl
Gottingen,Germany.
won the
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Deutsch or Deutsche may refer to: *''Deutsch'' or ''(das) Deutsche'': the German language, in Germany and other places *''Deutsche'': Germans, as a weak masculine, feminine or plural demonym *Deutsch (word), originally referring to the Germanic ve ...
2015."Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015"
,
Photographers' Gallery The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London by Sue Davies opening on 14 January 1971, as the first public gallery in the United Kingdom devoted solely to photography. It is also home to the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, established in ...
London.
In 2011 Waterhouse became Editor in Chief of ''
Colors Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associa ...
'' magazine. During this time he created a new editorial direction for the publication, the Colors Survival Guides.Magazine of the week: COLORS 86
Magculture Blog (19 April 2013)


Publications

*''L’Inferno di Dante Luna Storia Naturale.'' Milan:
Mondadori Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, 2007. . With notation by Walter Hutton. *''Ponte City.'' Göttingen:
Steidl Steidl is a German-language publisher, an international publisher of photobooks, and a printing company, based in Göttingen, Germany. It was started in 1968 by Gerhard Steidl and is still run by him. Overview The company was started by Gerha ...
; Walther Collection, 2014. . With Mikhael Subotzky, edited by
Ivan Vladislavic Ivan Vladislavić (born 17 September 1957) is a South African author, editor and professor. Vladislavić's style has been described as postmodern Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhet ...
. *Catalog of an exhibition held at Le Bal, Paris,Armon Azoulay, Ellie
ArtForum Review
ArtForum Magazine, New York.
"Ponte City"
, Le Bal, Paris (January 2014).
Fotomuseum, Belgium in 2014 and
Scottish National Portrait Gallery The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. The gallery holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. It also holds the Scottish National Photography Co ...
, Edinburgh in 2015."Ponte City"
National Galleries Scotland (December 2014).


''Colors'' magazine

(Australia/New Zealand/UK Edition); (Hong Kong/Taiwan/China Edition). *''Colors 81: Transport - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy:
Fabrica Fabrica means a device in Latin, and derivative words mean "factory" in French (''fabrique''), Italian (''fabbrica''), Portuguese (''fábrica''), Romanian (''fabrica'') and Spanish (''fábrica'') among other Romance languages. It may also refer to ...
, 2011. *''Colors 82: Shit - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2011. *''Colors 83: Happiness - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012. *''Colors 84: Apocalypse - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012. *''Colors 85: Going to Market - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012. *''Colors 86: Making the News - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013. *''Colors 87: Looking at Art - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013. *''Colors 88: Protest - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013. *''Colors 89: Moving House - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2014. *''Colors 90: Football - a Survival Guide.'' Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2014.


Awards

* 2011: Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d'Arles, with Mikhael Subotzky for Ponte City. * 2015:
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Deutsch or Deutsche may refer to: *''Deutsch'' or ''(das) Deutsche'': the German language, in Germany and other places *''Deutsche'': Germans, as a weak masculine, feminine or plural demonym *Deutsch (word), originally referring to the Germanic ve ...
.


Exhibitions

*2010: ** ''Recent Works,'' Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, 2010 with Mikhael Subotzky.Recent Works
Goodman Gallery Cape Town with Mikhael Subotzky 2010.
*2011: ** ''Appropriated Landscapes,'' The Walther Collection in Neu Ulm, Germany. ** ''Transport,'' Hong Miao Gallery, Shanghai, China. *2012: ** ''The Unexpected Guest,''
Liverpool Biennial Liverpool Biennial is the largest international contemporary art festival in the United Kingdom. Every two years, the city of Liverpool hosts an extensive range of artworks, projects, and a programme of events. The biennial commissions leading ...
, Liverpool. ** ''Happiness and other survival techniques,'' Design Museum, London.Happiness & Other Survival Techniques
Domus, Italy, April 2012.
** DOC Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil. With Projeto Quixote and Unhate Foundation. *2013: ** ''A Different Kind of Order,''
International Center of Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. ...
Triennial, New York.A Different Kind of Order
International Center of Photography Triennial, New York, 2013.
** ''My Jo'burg,''
La Maison Rouge La Maison Rouge was a private contemporary art Foundation dedicated mainly to showing private art collections, monographic shows of contemporary artists' work. It was located close to the Bastille, in Paris, at 10 Boulevard de la Bastille in the 12 ...
, France. ** L'inferno, Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Cassino (CAMUSAC), Italy. *2014 ** ''Ponte City,'' Le Bal, Paris, January–April 2014. With Mikhael Subotzky. ** ''Ponte City,'' FOMU, Antwerp, June–November 2014. With Mikhael Subotzky. ** ''Ponte City,'' The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, December 2014–April 2015.


References

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