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Josie McCoy
| Education | |
| 1998-1999 | MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London |
| 1995-1997 | BA (Hons) Fine Art, Solihull College, Birmingham |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
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2009 2007 2006 2004 2001 2000 |
Josie McCoy, Gallery Off The Wall, Cardiff Contemporary Icons, Opus Gallery, Newcastle Las Chicas de Almodóvar, DF Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostella, Spain New work, Opus, 16 Shakespeare Street, Newcastle upon Tyne New work, Eyestorm Gallery, Ipswich New work, Eyestorm Britart Gallery, Exeter New work, Eyestorm Britart Gallery, Milan, Italy New Paintings, Britart/Eyestorm Gallery, London The Royle Variety Show, Notting Hill Arts Club, London EastEnders, The Centre of Attention, London |
| Exhibitions |
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 |
Give the Gift of Culture, Opus Gallery, Newcastle SCOPE Miami with Eyestorm, Soho Studios, Miami Visiones de Anhelo, Galería Espacio, Valencia Perfect Present, 242 Cambridge Heath Road, London Lo que cuenta(s), Galería Espacio, Valencia Face Value, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno RCA Secret 2008, Royal College of Art, London Kounter Kulture, Truman Brewery, London Siteshow, 31 Warwick Square, London Pulse New York, with Houldsworth, New York Mothers, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London Suburbia, The Foreign Press Association, London Seduced, The Windows Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London Dorian Gray Project, John Jones, London STONE - PLATE - GREASE - WATER, London, Belfast and MOMA WALES, Machynlleth Inspire, Opus Gallery, Newcastle The Dream of Putrefaction, The Metropole Galleries, Folkestone and The Fieldgate Gallery, London TWO FACED, The Changing Face of Portraiture, book scope LONDON, Truman Brewery, London Sensuous Panorama, Lounge, London Castellon Painting Prize, Municipal Art Centre of Alcorcon, Madrid RCA Secret 2005, Royal College of Art, London II International Painting Prize of the Castellon County Council, Espai D'Art Contemporani De Castello, Spain Art 2005, Eyestorm/Britart at the Business Design Centre, London Bob's Your Uncle, Eyestorm, 547 West 27th Street, New York Vector Vecteur, L'Espace d'animation des Blancs Manteaux, Paris Mothers, Oxford House, London Love N Bullets, Transition, London Reduced, Century Gallery, London London Art Fair, Britart at the Design Centre, London Flinch, Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London Science Fiction: Double Feature, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Birmingham Josie McCoy and Mimei Thompson, QUODart, Brighton Lexmark European Art Prize, Eyestorm Gallery, London BP Portrait Award 2003, National Portrait Gallery, London, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Pop Culture, Beatrice Royal, Eastleigh Foad Glorious Foad, Wilson Hall, Camberwell Art College, London Don't you forget about me, Studio Voltaire, London New Directions: Art vs Mainstream Visual Culture, New Directions, The Cube, Leeds Selfridges' windows with britart Faces, Mark Jason Fine Art, 71 New Bond Street, London England o England, Artjunky, London Christmas Show, Mark Jason Fine Art, New Bond Street, London The Painting Class, The Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London BP Portrait Award 2002, National Portrait Gallery, London, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Beauty's where you find it, Britart Gallery, London Hunting Art Prize 2002, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London Art 2002, Britart at the Design Centre, London Viva la Republique, The Centre of Attention, London 15, Red Gate Gallery, 209a Coldharbour Lane, London Golden, Britart Gallery, 60-62 Commercial Street, London BP Portrait Award 2001, National Portrait Gallery, London, Sheffield Galleries, Sheffield Art 2001, Britart at the Design Centre, London Salon The Centre of Attention Painting Prize, Identity UK, London 14 x 14, Mafuji Gallery, London Art is Dead, Britart Gallery, London RWA Open Painting Exhibition 2001, RWA, Bristol (commended) BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery and Aberdeen Art Gallery Rowe and Maw, Fleet Place, London Directions 2000, The Lethaby Gallery, London Artfutures, The Barbican Centre, London Mighty Real, Dazed and Confused Gallery, Old Street, London Cable and Wireless Head Office, Theobalds Road, London MA Degree show, Central Saint Martins, London Secret Lives, Axion Arts Centre, Cheltenham Artfutures, Royal Festival Hall, London Marks and Spencers Head Office Figurative Show, Baker Street, London |
| Events | |
| 2007 | Cindy Beale painting featured on EastEnders 19 September 2007 |
| 2003 | News BBC2, interviewed by Sean Brickell.16 March 2003. |
| 2002 | Dislocation with Notting Hill Arts Club, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Bulls and Bears, ITV, interviewed by Amy Gebler 2 April 2002. Centre of Attention Magazine: The Video Issue, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Galapagos, New York, The Green Room, London |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| 2004 | Illera, Lotte. 'Second Glance: Paintings by Josie McCoy' Bolz, Issue 6 2004 |
| 2003 | Ezzard, John. 'Eyes have it' The Guardian, 2 April 2003. |
| 2002 | 'Ever-increasing Artistic Circles' The Scotsman, 10 December 2002. Edwards, Charlotte. 'Dalston Underground Studios’ Art Review, July/August 2002. Cooper, John. 'Golden Wonders' Design Week, 30 May 2002. Aitch, Iain. 'Soap on Canvas' Wish, April 2002. Dunning, Matthew. 'A Brush with Fame' Fable, February 2002. |
| 2001 | 'TV Heaven’ AN for Artists, October 2001. 'As Seen on TV: The eerie paintings of Josie McCoy’ Time Out, 8-15 August 2001. Taylor, Tanis. Review Metro 30 July 2001. Greenstreet, Roseanna. 'Questionnaire - Q & A Josie McCoy’, The Guardian (Weekend magazine), 12 May 2001. 'The Big Britart’ Art Review, April 2001. 'Painting Prize’ Tema Celeste Contemporary Art, March/April 2001. 'More Prizes’ Artnotes Art Monthly, February 2001. |
| 2000 | 'Mighty Real’ Dazed and Confused, November 2000. |
| 1999 | Fletcher, Victoria. 'Bianca’s return as the face of modern art’ Sunday Express, 19 September 1999. Pugh, Simon. 'Eastend Girl’ Review (London Institute), 1999 |
| Prizes and awards | |
| 2002 | Woo Charitable Foundation Arts Bursary |
| 2001 | The Centre of Attention Painting Prize Royal West of England Academy Open Painting Exhibition 2001 - commended |
| Collections | |
| BBC Collection of University of Wales The Borchard Collection of British Self-Portraits in the 20th Century The Centre of Attention Permanent Collection |
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