Tris Vonna-Michell (born 1982) is a British artist
who performs narratives and constructs installations through the layering of these narratives, photographs and mementos, presented using antiquated technologies and slide projection. Vonna-Michell lives in Southend in the United Kingdom and Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated from the
Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and ...
in 2005 and then continued his studies at the
Städelschule,
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
On 7 May 2014, it was announced that he was one of the four nominees for the
Turner Prize
The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible (this restriction was removed for the 2017 award) ...
.
Notable solo exhibitions
*2010 No more racing in circles — just pacing within lines of a rectangle, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
*2009 Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg
*2009 Finding Chopin: Endnotes, Jeu de Paume Satellite, Paris
*2009 Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
*2009 Auto-Tracking: Ongoing Configurations, Jan Mot, Brussels
*2009 Tris Vonna-Michell, X-initiative, New York
*2009 Auto-Tracking-Auto-Tracking, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich
*2009 Studio A: Monumental Detours / Insignificant Fixtures, GAMeC, Bergamo
*2008 Cabinet Gallery, London
*2008 Auto-Tracking, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich
*2008 The Trades of Others, T293, Naples
*2007 Tall Tales and Short Stories, Cubitt, London
*2007 Puzzlers, Kunstverein Braunschweig Cuboid, Braunschweig
*2007 Tris Vonna-Michell, Witte de With, Rotterdam
*2006 Faire un effort, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
*2006 Down the Rabbit-Hole,
Milliken Gallery
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Milliken Gallery is a Swedish art gallery specializing in emerging and mid-career artists with an international perspective. It was opened in February 2004 by American dealer, Aldy Milliken.
Milliken Gallery selects exhibitions based on an artis ...
, Stockholm
Prizes and awards
*2008 Statements Art 39 Basel (with T293, Naples),
Baloise Art Prize
The Baloise Art Prize is a prize awarded to two people each year at "Art Statements" sector of the international Art Basel fair.
The prize is awarded by the Bâloise group (insurance and banking), a company that works to promote contemporary, eme ...
*2008 Ars Viva Prize
Residencies
*2008 IASPIS Residency, Stockholm
*2009 Focal Point Gallery Residency, Southend-on-Sea
Curated installations
*2008 Three Minutes, Cubitt, London
References
External links
Witte de Withart factsdegree criticalReview of Tris Vonna-Michell ''Not a Solitary Sign or Inscription to Even Suggest an Ending'' at Overduin and Kite, ''The Brooklyn Rail''
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Living people
1982 births
British performance artists
Bâloise Prize winners
British contemporary artists