Education

Since Oct 2018
Dphil In Fine Art (part-time) Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.

Sept 2001- July 2003
MA Fine Art, Royal College of Arts, London.

Sept 1998- July 2001
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central St Martins, London.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions are marked with (solo)
Exhibition with accompanying publication (catalogue, pamphlet) are marked with (publ.)

2020

-Make your own exhibition, Group show, Kunsthalle Zurich, (Aug)
-Kunststipendien der Stadt Zurich 2020 Austellung, Helmhaus, Zurich (july-Aug) (publ.)
-Art Cabinet at Studio K3, Zurich (june-Sept)
-Apotheoses, Shedhalle, Rote Fabrik (postponed to unspecified further date) (solo)
-Character Building part 2, Kulturfolger, Zurich (Feb) (solo)
-Character Building part 1, Kulturfolger, Zurich (Jan-Feb) (solo)

2019
-The Pannacottas, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford (Dec-Jan)
-Catch of the year(s), Dienstgebäude, Zurich (Dec-Jan)
-Finaleminimale, Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Luzern (Dec-Jan)
-UND…UND… Kunststipendien der Stadt Zurich Austellung, Helmhaus, Zurich (july-Sept) (publ.)
-Being and optimisation, Dolphin Gallery, St John College, Oxford (June)
-The Art of Noise, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (may) (publ.)

2018
-Kunstankäufe der Stadt Zürich 2011 – 2018, Helmhaus, Zurich
-Kunstszene Zurich 2018, Kulturbahnhof, Zurich (publ.)
-Great Expectations, Dienstgebäude, Zurich (solo)
-Great Catholic Rebukes, with Leila Peacock, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich (solo)
-Transcendental stuff, KulturFolger, Zurich (solo)
-The Fitzcarraldo Principle, Lokal-int, Biel (solo)

2017
-Catch of the year 2017, Dienstgebäude, Zurich
-Flatline Switzerland (with Marcel Meury) SBB network, Switzerland
-Intervention in OFF-Print book fair, TATE Modern, London

2016
-Catch of the year 2016, Dienstgebäude, Zurich
-Grösse Regionale, Kunst(zeug)haus, Rapperswil-Jona
-Ha Ha Crystal launch, PEER, London (publ.)
-RGB street, 24hrs Projects, Tart, Zurich (solo)
-Leaving on a jet plane, Cabaret der Künstler, Manifesta 11, Zurich (solo) (publ.)
-Brightness cuts, Kunsthalle Waedenswil, Waedenswil (solo)
-Transactions, parallel program Manifesta 11, UZH, Zurich (publ.)
-Art Athina. guest projects (with Dienstgebäude), Athens
-???, Edition project for Dienstgebäude, Zurich (solo)
-Fail again. Fail better. (with Michael Hiltbrunner) Reto 11, Zurich (solo)
-Godzilla S.O.P, Curated video program, Este Arte, Punta del Este, Uruguay (publ.)

2015
-Afterburner, AlpineumProduzentgalerie, Luzern
-Fil rouge, Galerie Le point Fort, Strasbourg (solo) (publ.)
-Hmn 2, curated by Chris Fite Wassiliak et Anne Tallentire, London
-Sea, Forest, Sun, exposition collective, Galerie Le point Fort, Strasbourg
-Supermarket 2015, with Dienstgebäude, Stockholm
-Involvement requires perception, Museum Bärengasse, ­Zurich (publ.)

2014
-Catch of the year 2014, Dienstgebäude, Zurich
-An-suite, La Secu, Lille, France (publ.)
-Ticking Sunsets, for Edition Paradise, Zurich/Bern (solo)
-NJIAF international art festival, section curated by Ying Yang, Nanjing, China (publ.)
-Picaresque, Ha gamle prestegard, Stavanger, Norway
-Eternal September, Aksioma Institute for Contemporary art and Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana (publ.)
-Half Full. Half Empty, Dienstgebäude, ­Zurich (solo)
-59ème Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France (publ.)
-Les Echos de la Nature, Annex 14, Zurich

2013
-Catch of the year 2013, Dienstgebäude, Zurich
-Werkschau, Kanton Zurich Werkbeiträge, F+F Schule, Zurich (prizewinner)
-Werkstipendium Stadt Zürich Austellung, Helmhaus, Zurich
-Swiss Art Awards 2013, Basel (publ.)
-In Search of Coherence, with B. Dätwyler und A. Storchenegger, SIC!, Luzern
-Un signe à l’horizon, Annex 14, Bern (dual)

2012
-Catch of the year 2012, Dienstgebäude, Zurich
-Transform 2, project by Franz Krähenbühl and Sybille Heiniger, Bern (publ.)
-Werkschau, Kanton Zurich Werkbeiträge, F+F Schule, Zurich
-Die Fabrik ruft, Old cement factory, Brunnen
-accidentalpurpose.net, online project of Accidentally on Purpose, Quad, Derby
-Alice, Lecture-Performance, at G R U P P E temporary structure, Basel (solo)
-Things that have interested me, Waterside Contemporary, London (publ.)
-Grösser als Zürich, Kunst in AusserSihl, Helmhaus, Zurich (publ.)
-Minimal Structures/The New Existentialism part 5, curated by Alexandra Blättler, Rapperswil-Jona (publ.)

2011
-Stuff on the wall... curated by Angela De La Cruz, Guest Projects, London
-Group Exhibition the Essential Collection, Zurich and Basel
-Merz World, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich (publ.)
-Ueberleben, Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswill-Jona
-The Ha Ha Crystal, Maria Stenfors Gallery curated by Chris Fite-Wassiliak, London
-An exchange with Sol Lewitt, Cabinet Gallery, New York (publ.)
-The collective show, (with Gibs Mir Family), Los Angeles

2010
-Catalogue presents, screening, South London Gallery, London (publ.)
-Back Yard, Lucy MacIntosh Gallery, Lausanne
-Project for The Two Jonnys, web-based project space WackyBacky (solo)
-The Magic Show, Hayward Touring, (Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool/Tullie House, Carlisle/Chapter, -Cardiff/Pump House gallery, London) (publ.)

2009
-The Magic Show, Hayward gallery touring exhibition (Quad, Derby)
-The Voice and its Double, curated by Michael Hiltbrunner (publ.)
-Boule to Braid, Lisson Gallery curated by Richard ­Wentworth

2008
-Going to Ouessant, (with tank.tv) curated by Laure Prouvost, Finis Terrae, France
-Group exhibition and screening, CASZuidas, Amsterdam (screening solo)
-King Fisher’s Tales, Union Gallery, London

2007
-Intraveloving, www.tank.tv, London (publ.)
-Dark Glasses, Standpoint, London
-Fils de..., Plouec du Trieux, Brittany, France (publ.)
-Itchy park IV, The Old Limehouse Town Hall, London

2006
-Small Mischiefs, Pump House Gallery, London
-Exposed–Black Box and Cristal Ball, curated by Jiyoon Lee, London (publ.)

2005
-Without Boundaries, Waino Altonnen Museum, Turku, Finland
-Siege, Group show, Commercial Road, London
-BLOC, County Hall Gallery, organized by Bowieart (publ.)
-Poster project with Platform for art, Charing Cross station, (in conjunction with BLOC exhibition)
-Itchy Park II, The Old Limehouse Town Hall, London
-Group Show, Werst Gallery, London

2004
-Mum Is Not At Home, VIA, Turku, Finland
-Itchy Park I (with Rory Macbeth), The Old Limehouse Town Hall, London
-Fleamarket, Temporary Contemporary, London

2003
-Common Fields, Studio Voltaire, London
-Nth Art, OLS & co Gallery, London
-MA Fine Art Degree Show, RCA, London
-Timeshare, Bargehouse, London (publ.)

2002
-Trivial Pursuit, CZKD, Belgrade (publ.)
-Knotproject_1, 99 Friary Road, London
-Group Show, Los 29 Enchufes, Madrid
-Group Show, Morcilla gallery, Barcelona
-Sledge, The Jam Factory, London
-Think Big, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London (solo)
-Meantime, Bargehouse, London

2001
-Mint, 204 Upper Street, London
-BA Fine Art Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London
-A Quick One, Front Studio, London

2000
-Skool’s in for Summer, Central Saint Martins, London
-Aurel Project, curated by Laure Prouvost, Aurel, France
-£150p/w, House Gallery, London (solo)
-Beck’s Future Film and Video, ICA, London. Touring to: ­Cornerhouse, Manchester, CCA, Glasgow
-Directions, Lethaby Gallery, Southampton Row, London

Award/ Public Collections

-Stadt Zürich Werkbeitrag (2020)
-Kanton Zürich Werkbeitrag (2013)

-Stadt Zürich Kunstsammlung
-Colette et Michel Poitevin, France
-Credit Suisse Kunstsammlung

Bibliography (on my artistic work).

-Conversation with Daniel Morgenthaler, curator Helmhaus, Zurich, Stadt Zurich Kultur podcast. July 2020

-Great Expectations, Text by Leila Peacock, Dienstgebäude, Sept 2018

-Six questions: Colin Guillemet, Tique Magazine 2017

-New Existentialism, Fucking Good Art issue 35, by Robert Hameljinck and Nienke Terpsma, edition Fink, 2016

-Fil Rouge de Colin Guillemet, COZE MAgazine, Sept 2015

-Colin Guillemet, Ed. Le Point Fort. Text by Chris Fite Wassilak and interview with Florence Jung, 2015 (monograph)

-Art week Stockholm round-up, Artlyst, (April 2015)

-Episode 516, Bad at Sports, July 2015 (podcast)

-Art-Up 2015 catalogue, galerie Valerie Lefevre, March 2015

-(An)suite 2014, LaSécu pbl. Lille.Text Valerie Lefevre, Nov 2014

-Half Full. Half Empty. Text by Aoife Rosenmeyer, Dienstgebäude, Sept 2014

-Eternal September Colin Guillemet, article, ArtTribune, Oct 2014

-Eternal September, catalogue, text by Valentina Tanni, Link Editions, 2014

-Time and Motion – Materialism and New Media, text by Mike Stubbs, Kinectica 14, 2014.

-Colin Guillemet, profile, highlike.org, Sept 2014

-Coup de cimaise, Romain Semeteys Le Chassis, May 2014

-59eme Salon de Montrouge catalogue, text by Bernard Marcadé, April 1014

-Ways of Worldmaking, Gioia Laura iIannilli/University of Bologna, May 2012

-Issue “g” like “glühbirne”, der:die.das magazine, summer 2012

-Minimal Structures, Anna Francke, Kunstbulletin 4/2012

-Die Verführung der Reduktion, NZZ, 21/3/12

-Review, The Ha-Ha Crystal, Oli Sorenson and Miwa Kojima, MKos,13 May 2011

-An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, by Regine Basha with Cabinet, NY, 2011

-Diseased Chairs, Triangulation blog, nov 2010

-Colin Guillemet, ilikethisart.com contemporary art blog, Nov 2010

-Time Out n°2095, What’s on, Art, The Magic Show, 2010

-A Better World, Catalogue Magazine, Coline Milliard, 2010

-Colin Guillemet, The Magic Show catalogue, text by Sally O’Reilly, Hayward Pbl., 2009

-The Magic show, text by Wayne Burrows,, Nottingham visual arts, 2 December 2009

-Boule to Braid, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 4 August 2009 (podcast)

-Fils de... Exhibition catalogue, Artevisa, 2007