Ever Grainger
Recent work has built on a long-standing interest in art histories and the entangled ramifications of the range of artists’ tools and materials at play: from the basic pencil to the recent advancements of 3D scanning and prototyping.
With current computer technology removing the need for any physical interaction, I instead return to more basic tools where spontaneous overrides, and responsive control in the moment are still possible as a way of attempting to retain contact and negotiate this dilemma.
Education:
2003, BA(Hons) Fine Art, Birmingham City University
Selected Exhibitions:
2003, ‘New Contemporaries’, Manchester Cornerhouse & Victoria Miro, London
2004, ‘Now You’ve Seen It’, (solo installation), New Art Gallery Walsall
2004, ‘Curious’, Occupy my Time, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2004, ‘Imprint of The Orient/The West’, Gallery Works, Osaka, Japan
2004, ‘The Turner Prize Show’, Space Banana, Birmingham
2005, ‘Living Rooms’, (residency solo), ESC Gallery/Cultural City Network, Graz, Austria
2005, ‘Urbanbodies’, Occupy my Time, 27 Brick Lane, Whitechapel, London
2005, ‘Last Chickens of Sainsburys’, Glasgow International Art Festival
2006, ‘Unravelling Photography’, Quay Arts Centre IOW
2008, ‘Spectre’, Brighton Media Centre, Brighton Photo Biennial Fringe
2010, ‘Here/There’, installations, Ryde Arts Festival, Isle of Wight
2010, 'Nature Rewritten', Wieden + Kennedy, Jotta Contemporary, London
2010, ‘Re: Landscape’, Viewfinder Gallery, London
2011, ‘Print Now’, Bearspace, London
2011, ‘Close Your Eyes and Tell Me What You See’, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden
2011, 'Second Nature' Crane Kalman, Brighton
2015, ‘Belief’, group show curated by Jo Hummel, Foal Arts, Ryde
2012, ‘Is That It’, Phoenix Gallery, Photo Biennial Fringe, Brighton
2012, ‘The World in London’, The Photographers Gallery, London
2015, ‘Blancmange by Day, Jelly by Night’, installation, sea caves, Freshwater
2016, ‘Pair Shaped Show’ group show, my shed, Freshwater,Isle of Wight
2017, ‘Cairns’ flash installations, Freshwater Bay and Compton Beach, Isle of Wight
2018, ‘Building’, joint exhibition with Lisa Traxler MRSS, Sculpture Network, Bunker Gallery, Ventnor
2018- 2022, works and installations devised for own home garden/gallery space open to public, Brighstone Isle of Wight
2022, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, selected by Rana Begum and Alison Wilding, RA, London
2022, Royal Society of Sculptors, Summer Show, curated by Isabella de Vasconcellos, Cromwell Place, London
2022, Wells Art Contemporary (installation), Wells Cathedral, Somerset
2022, Royal West of England Academy Annual Open, Bristol
2023, ’Made You Look’, group show, Helm Gallery Brighton
2023, ’Wish You Were Here’, group show curated by Jo Hummel, Ventnor Fringe
2023, ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
2024, ‘Reality Check’, Royal Society of Sculptors, Summer Show, curated by David McAlmont, Dora House, London
2024, ‘Reality Disrupted’, group show, curated by Joanna Kori, Art_House_Life, Ventnor Fringe Festival
Residencies:
2004, New Art Gallery Walsall
2005, Cultural City Network, Graz, Austria
2010-12, Residency and lead artist, heritage and workshops, Julia Margaret Cameron Trust.
Projects/Curation:
2005- 2007, Image Archive Curator for the Stereoscopic Society of Great Britain
2012, Curator of the Permanent Collection, Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, Isle of Wight
2016, ‘Pair Shaped Show’ My Shed, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
2018- 2022, Home garden/gallery space open to public, with guest artists, Brighstone, Isle of Wight.
Prizes/Awards:
2003, Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2005-2010, Arts Council and Heritage Lottery funding awards (practice and projects)
2021, Elected Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
2022, Pangolin Digital Ltd Sculpture Prize
Public Collections:
National Science & Media Museum, Bradford
University of the Arts, London
Note:
Name pronunciation as in ‘ever since'
Preferred pronouns She/They (either or rolling use)