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Anna Boggon, born in Edinburgh, Scotland

Education

1992-1994

Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art

1989-1992

Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, 1st Class Hons. Painting

Exhibitions

2023

Distractions, 106 Askew Road, London, Branch Arts 
Cure3 Artwise, Bonhams, London
In Darkness Let Me Dwell, commissioned to create a film to accompany music by John Woolrich

2022

Once Upon a Time, 23-25 Chiltern Street, London

2022

Climate, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London

Once Upon a Time, a group exhibition exploring folklore, myths, fairytales  23-25 Chiltern Street, London

2021

Behind the Scenes, Shop Window/Window Shop, 59 Tontine Street, Folkestone, as part of Sub Plot Folkestone Triennial Fringe

2020

The Beginning, Shop Window/Window Shop, 59 Tontine Street, Folkestone

2019

We are not amused, works on paper by contemporary British artists, Baca Art Centre, Beijing

2018

Take Two, A Seasonal Disorder project, 7 Dials Club, Covent Garden, London.V&A&A, studio 1.1 Gallery, London

2017

Who What Where, Studio 13, Kiev, UkraineAll For Show, V22, Louise House, London

2016

Glaze my Cave, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London

2014

VAS:T Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

One Place Two, Chelsea College of Art

Froward, The Drawing School Gallery, Eton College

2011

The 2011 Sovereign European Art Prize, Winner of the public vote prize Istanbul.

2010

Future Movement, City States, Liverpool Biennial.
Invisible City, Shanghai South Railway Station, Shanghai.
Flashback, Officina Gallery, Beijing.

2009

The Other Shadow of the City, Jerusalem.
Heart of Glass, Shoreditch Town Hall, London.

2008

Map Games, Dynamics of Change, Today Art Museum Beijing, Birmingham Museum, and CAOS, Terni, Italy.

2007

Ten, Deutsche Bank, London.
Salon 2007, New British Painting and Works on Paper, Artworks, London.
Hoot, Studio 1.1 gallery, London E2.

2006

Material World, 1918 ArtSPACE, Shanghai, China.
Less Travelled, Island 6 Art Centre, Shanghai, China.
Case Study, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, UK.
The wrong end of the telescope, Three Colts Gallery, London.

2005

Little by Little, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London. Solo exhibition.
All For Show, New Video Works UK Retrospective, tour: Edgezones World Arts Building Miami, Florida, USA, Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, USA, Mighty Screenland Theatre, Kansas City, USA, Fahrenheit Gallery Kansas City, USA.
Mementos and other Curiosities, Families Building, London, part of the Architectural Biennale and Art Fortnight London, Curated by Measure and Flora Fairbairn.
Playing Cards, Marine Stewardship Council, London.

2004

Put ‘em up, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London. Solo Exhibition.
Plan B, Drawing Show, Studio 1.1 gallery, London E2.
Pilot:1, Limehouse Town Hall, London.
Six Thousand Chairs, Crystal Palace, London.
A Year in the Life, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
Tempered Ground, Museum of Garden History, London, Curated by Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan, Philip Norman.

2003

Mirador/Viewpoint, Gabinete Florian Pauke del Museo del Barro, Asuncion, Paraguay. Hoja de Ruta, Centro Cultural Cencar, Asuncion, Paraguay.

Il palazzo delle libertà, Palazzo Delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy, curated by Lorenzo Fusi.
Mirrors, Signals, Manoeuvres, Art and New Technology, Swiss Cottage Central Library Gallery, organized by Camden Arts Centre, London.
Somewhere, Places of Refuge in Art and Life, Towner Art Gallery Eastbourne, UK.

2002

Asuncion Habita, Asuncion, Paraguay.
Incubator, Hackney City Farm, London.
Somewhere, Places of Refuge in Art and Life, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
Pause, Lounge Gallery, London.
A2B, The David Young Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Inaugural, K3, Zurich, Switzerland.

2001

KMO Taller International, Las Barreras, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Incorporate 4, Arts & Business, London.
Braziers International 2001, Ipsden, Oxfordshire, UK.

2000

The Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries (invited artist).
Out of Sight, 49 Broadway Market, London.

1999

Glitch, Film Screening, The Cockpit, Leeds.
Incorporate, Arts & Business, London.
Quarantine, Lux Cinema, London, film screening.

1998

Braziers International 1998, Oxfordshire.
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London.

1994

Braziers International 1998, Oxfordshire.
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London.

​Selected Awards/Residencies

2011

Sovereign European Art Prize, Public Vote Prize Winner

2010

2009

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

1998

1994

1992

1990

South Railway Metro Station Project, sponsored by Fine Art College of Shanghai 
University, Shanghai Metropolitan Company, BBS Company by Ink Painting Shenzhen and Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation

Art School Palestine Residency, Jerusalem, 2 months

British Council Artists Link Residency, China, 2 months, this included working in
 Shanghai University

British Council Artists Link Residency, China, 3-Week Research Creative Connections. Residency, Langdon School, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

Creative Connections Residency, Langdon School, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

International Artists Fellowship Programme Arts Council of England, 2-month residency, Paraguay, South America.
Hallfield Residency, Serpentine Gallery, London

Hallfield Residency, Serpentine Gallery, London

Cass Foundation Artist Residency, Camden Arts Centre, London

KMO International Artists Taller, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 2 weeks, supported by The British Council

Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire, UK;
The Sound Arts Lab, The School of Television and Imaging, Dundee, Scotland

Paris Studio Award, Cite Des Arts, Residency, Paris, organised by The Royal College
of Art, London

The John Kinross Memorial Scholarship, Florence, Italy

The Patrick Allan of Hospitalfield Trust Residency, Scotland

Selected Review and Publications

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

1998

Vogue Magazine, UK, September, p115-116

Small is Beautiful, Review magazine, September p60 All for Show, UK video works retrospective

Tempered Ground, The Museum of Garden History/Danielle Arnaud, London

Secret Room in collaboration with the BBC, at The Saatchi Gallery, London

The Guardian, G2 P14, 6th December 2004, Pick of the Week, The Times, November 20th

Visual Art, Critics Choice. Contemporary Magazine, Issue No 66, P62-P63. Review- London: Museum of Garden History.

Time Out, August 4-11, P61

Art Preview Tempered Ground, Metro

Il palazzo delle libertà, Palazzo Delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy

Somewhere places of refuge in art and life, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham

Pause, Lounge, London

Braziers International, Oxfordshire

Braziers International, Oxfordshire

The Times, Saturday, March 21, P24 – P25 Feature, Whitechapel Open

Intervention, Radio Now, fm, Nottingham

Collections

The Government Art Collection.

British Airways.

Maramotti Collection, Max Mara, Milan.

Museo del Baro Collection, Asuncion, Paraguay.

Private Collections UK and international

Curatorial Projects

2018

2017

2016

2015

2010

2000

Seasonal Disorder 2018, Take Two 7 Dials Club, Covt Garden, London

Who What Where, Studio 13, Kiev, Ukraine.

Black Cling Film, Student Exhibition with Photography and Time-Based Media Students, CCW Foundation UAL, Finch Café, London Fields.

Students and Students from the International College of Art Palestine.

Founder member of Seasonal Disorder, a series of exhibitions co-curated with Jordan McKenzie and Munir Waked, Gransden Avenue, London.

Incorporate, Arts & Business, London.

Selected Employment

2020-2022

2014-20

2011-17

2015

2000-10

2004-05

2003-06

2003-04

2003

2000-03

2000-04

2000

2000-04

2001-02

2003

2000-18

Freelance Tutor, Portfolio Advice sessions with young people applying to art colleges.

Lead Artist Children's Art Workshops

Visiting Artist Lecturer, UK Colleges

International Academic Coordinator, Chelsea, Camberwell and Wimbledon Colleges of Art London, University of The Arts London.

Specialist Option Leader of Photography and Time-Based Media, Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon Foundation Diploma, University of the Arts London

External Examiner, International Academy of Art, Palestine

Coordinator of Braziers International Artists Workshop, Braziers, Oxfordshire.

Part of Artists Collective, studio 1.1 Gallery, London

Associate Lecturer, Wimbledon College of Art, Sculpture, Foundation Course

Creative Connections, Whitechapel Gallery, London, School Workshops and Residency programme and Commission

Hallfield Residency, Art and Architecture, The Serpentine Gallery, London

Camden Arts Centre, Cass Project, School workshops and residency programme.

Serpentine Gallery, London, Employed by the Education Department to run workshops on Bryce Marden, Chen Zhen, Rachel Whiteread, Dan Flavin, Doug Aitken, Richard Artswarger, and the State of Play.

Islington Festival, Perceptions of Monarchy, children’s art workshop and exhibition

Camden Arts Centre, Employed by Education Department to run workshops on Gordon Matta Clarke, Doris Salcedo, Sophie Ristel Heuber, Jose Davilla, Douglas Hubler, Cerith Wyn Evans, Christopher Wool, and Rachel Harrison.

Whitechapel Gallery Employed by Education Department to run workshops on Liam Gillick, Helio Oticica, and the Centenary Exhibition, Workshop Leader,

Art Project, Centrepoint Cold Weather Project, young homeless, 16 to 25 year olds

Visiting lecturer UK Art colleges

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