# Gary Webb (artist)

Gary Webb (born 1973 in Bascombe, Dorset) is a British artist. He makes sculptures out of industrial materials, often achieving comic effects with the use of sound.
He studied at Goldsmiths College between 1994 and 1997.

## Exhibitions

Webb's solo debut was an exhibition entitled "Gary Webb plays Gary Webb" at The Approach in 1998. In 2000 he collaborated with Keith Farquhar on a sculptural installation at the Approach, and in 2001 he curated the group show "Brown," for the same gallery.
Webb participated in "Early One Morning", a group exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, in 2002. Reviewing the show, Richard Dorment described him as "the most original young artist I've come across in almost 15 years of writing art criticism." His first solo exhibition in a public gallery was at the Chisenhale Gallery in 2004.
Webb's work is in the collection of the Tate.

## Education

1997 BFA Goldsmiths College, London

## Solo exhibitions

2012
* Mr. Jeans. deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
2011
* Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010
* Key Largo, The Approach, London
2009
* Other Criteria, London
* Diamond Standard, Bortolami Gallery, New York
2008
* Euro Bobber, Galeria Parra-Romero, Madrid
* Revolution Oil, The Approach W1, London
* Export, Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea
2007
* Gary Webb, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg
2006
* Gary Webb, Bortolami Dayan, New York
2005
* Mirage of Loose Change, Kunsthaus, Glarus; Le Consortium, Dijon; Centre d’Arte Contemporain, Geneva
* British Art Show 6, BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
* Still Life – Naturaleza muerta arte contemporaneo britanico y peruano, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru
2004
* Deep Heat T Reg Laguna, The Chisenhale, London, touring to Mead Gallery, Warwick ‘05
* It’s All an Illusion. A Sculpture Project, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
2003
* Evan Holloway and Gary Webb - Art Statements, Art Basel 34, The Approach London
2002
* Ringer, MW Projects, London
2000
* Nouveau Riche with Keith Farquhar, The Approach, London
1998
* Gary Webb plays Gary Webb, The Approach, London

## Commissions

2010
* Frieze Projects East, London 2012 Festival, London, UK
2009
* Snowy Farr memorial artwork public commission, City of Cambridge, UK
* British Arts Council, Regents Park, London (permanent installation)
2007
* Anyang Public Art Projecy, Anywang, South Korea
2006
* Swallow Street, Public sculpture (commissioned by Modus Operandi)
2005
* Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy
* Christian Dior, Dior Homme, Paris (25 Rue Royale)
* Home Office Building (Curated by Liam Gillick)

## Publications

2012 'Gary Webb Mr. Jeans' Exhibition catalogue from the 2012 show at deCordova. Paperback, January 1, 2012 ISBN 978-0945506683
2007 ‘Mirage of Loose Change’, Les Presses Du Réel, Dijon published in 2008 bilingual edition (English / French) 20,5 x 26,2 cm (hardcover) 176 pages (82 colour ill.) ISBN 978-2-84066-149-8
2005 ‘British Art Show 6’, Hayward Gallery Touring, London
2003 ‘The Moderns’, published by Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino
2002 ‘Early One Morning’ published by the Whitechapel Art Gallery
2001 ‘Tail Sliding’, The British Council ‘Casino 2001: 1st quadrennial of Contemporary Art’, S.M.A.K. Publications
2000 ‘The Saatchi Decade’, Booth Clibborn Publications
1999 ‘Die Young Stay Pretty’, Catalogue, ICA Publications

## Awards

2000 Two year ‘Delfina’ Award for studio space

## Public Collections

* TATE Gallery Collection, UK
* Arts Council Collection, UK
* British Council, UK
* Government Art Collection, UK
* S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
* Collection Musée départemental d'Art contemporain, Rochechouart, France
* Collection of Fonds regional d'Art contemporain des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France

## Gallery

* Billy Bob and Meshki in London
* Memorial to Snowy Farr in Cambridge