Since 2004, Charles Avery has devoted his practice to the description of a fictional Island, which he continues to elaborate with its own population, customs and cosmology, nature and architecture, expressed in the form of large-scale drawings, sculptures, installations, texts and moving images. This on-going body of work created within a specific framework is rooted in Avery’s own life and upbringing on the Isle of Mull, off the West coast of Scotland. The Island is located at the centre of an archipelago of innumerable constituents. The gateway to the Island is the town of Onomatopoeia—once the stepping off point of the pioneers who first came to the place, turned colonial outpost, turned boom town, bustling metropolis, depression ravaged slum, to regenerated city of culture and tourist destination.
Born in Oban, Scotland in 1973, Charles Avery lives and works in London. The first most comprehensive presentation of The Islanders project, The Islanders: An Introduction was exhibited at Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London in 2008 and toured to The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; and Museum Boijamas Van Beunigan, Rotterdam in 2009. The most recent survey show, showcasing the last five years of Avery’s Islanders project, was held in 2015 at the Gemeente Museum in The Netherlands. Recent solo exhibitions include: Study #15: Charles Avery, David Roberts Art Foundation, London (2017); The People and Things of Onomatopoeia: Part 2, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (2017); Charles Avery: The People And Things of Onomatopoeia, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (2015); What’s the matter with Idealism?, Gemeente Museum, The Hague (2015); fig-2 2/50 Charles Avery, ICA Studio, London (2015); What’s so great about Happiness? The people and things from Onomatopoeia, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam (2014); It Means It Means! – A Drawn Exhibition by Charles Avery & Tom Morton at the Museum of Art, Onomatopoeia and Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (2013); It Means, It Means! – A Drawn Exhibition by Charles Avery & Tom Morton at the Museum of Art, Onomatopoeia and Galerie Perrotin, Paris, Galerie Perrotin, Paris (2013); Vitrines: Charles Avery, L’Antenne, Le Plateau, FRAC Ile de France, Paris; and Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome (2013); Place de la Revolution, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (2011); Onomatopoeia, Part 1, EX3- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Florence; Kunstverein Hanover; and FRAC île-de-france Le Plateau, Paris (2010).
Recent group exhibitions include: Art Night 2017, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2017); Drawing Conclusions, RISD Museum, Providence (2016); The Improbable City, Edinburgh Art Festival 2015, Edinburgh (2015); Feels like Heaven, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2014); The Great Acceleration: Art in the Anthropocene, Taipei Biennial (curated by Nicholas Bourriaud), Taipei (2014); Intenzione Manifesta, Castello di Rivoli (curated by Beatrice Merz and Marianna Vecellio), Turin (2014); GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2014); Year After Year: Works on paper from the UBS Art Collection, Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM), Milan (2014); Drawing Room 2013, Carre St Anne, Montpellier (201)3; The World is Almost Six Thousand Years Old, Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincoln (2013); Imagining Islands: Artists and Escape, The Courtauld Gallery (2013); Haunts and Follies, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne (2012); Altermodern, 4th TATE Triennial, London (2009); Life Forms, Bonniers Konsthalle, Stockholm (2009); A Walk in Your Mind, Hayward Gallery, (2009); A Duck for Mr Darwin, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2009).
Avery represented Scotland at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, participated in the British Art Show 7 and Folkestone Triennial in 2011, and was included in the 2014 Taipei Biennial.
Born 1973 in Oban, Scotland
Lives and works in London and Mull
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Solo Commission: The First Art Bus in Israel, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-IS
Study #15: Charles Avery, David Roberts Art Foundation, London – UK
The People and Things of Onomatopoeia: Part 2, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London – UK
2015
Charles Avery: The People And Things of Onomatopoeia, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh – UK
What’s the matter with Idealism?, Gemeente Museum, The Hague – NL
fig-2 2/50 Charles Avery, ICA Studio, London – UK
2014
Billboard for Edinburgh, Edinburgh – UK
Charles Avery, Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome – IT
What’s so great about Happiness? The people and things from Onomatopoeia, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam – NL
2013
It Means It Means! – A Drawn Exhibition by Charles Avery & Tom Morton at the Museum of Art, Onomatopoeia and Pilar Corrias, London, Pilar Corrias, London – UK
It Means, It Means! – A Drawn Exhibition by Charles Avery & Tom Morton at the Museum of Art, Onomatopoeia and Galerie Perrotin, Paris, Galerie Perrotin, Paris – FR
Vitrines: Charles Avery, L’Antenne, Le Plateau, FRAC lle de France, Paris – FR; Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome – IT
2012
New Works from the Islanders Project (Concerning the Qoro-Qoros, The Jadindagadendar and the Eternal Dialectic), Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam – NL
2011
Place de la Revolution, Pilar Corrias, London – UK
New Drawings of Onomatopoeia, Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome – IT
2010
Onomatopoeia, Part 1, EX3 – Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Florence – IT; Kunstverein, Hanover – DE; Frac Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris – FR
Onomatopoeia, Part 2: The Port, Pilar Corrias, London – UK
2009
Onomatopoeia, Part 1: Creeds, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin – IT
2008
The Islanders: An Introduction, Parasol Unit, London – UK; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam – NL; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh – UK
2007
Maquette of the Eternity Chamber, Faye Fleming & Partner (former Galerie Arquebuse), Geneva – CH
The Islanders: An Introduction – part III, Faye Fleming & Partner (former Galerie Arquebuse) – CH
2006
Charles Avery & Keith Wilson, Alexandre Pollazzon, London – UK
The Plane of the Gods, Cubitt Gallery, London – UK
The Islanders: An Introduction – part II, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin – IT
2005
The Islanders: An Introduction, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh – UK
Hunting The Noumenon, Galleria Archimede Staffolini, Nicosia – CY
AVATARS, Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome – IT
2004
The Hunter, Man in the Holocene, London – UK
It thinks, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin – IT
2003
The Square Root of 2, Sleeper, Edinburgh – UK
The Freedom of the Universe, S.A.L.E.S., Rome – IT
2002
The Truth about the Truth, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh – UK
Triangle Land, Dee Glasoe, New York – USA
2001
The Palace of the Gulls, Percy Miller Gallery, London – UK
2000
The Last Yolk, Sonia Rosso Gallery, Pordenone – IT
The Riddle of Pooch Avery, Dee Glasoe Gallery, New York – USA
The Ghost of Scirribin, Nylon Gallery, London – UK
1999
Charles Avery, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles – USA
The Life and Times of Nancy Haselswon, Tablet Gallery, London – UK
1998
The Creation of the Omniverse, Nylon, London – UK
Portraits of People Who Never Existed, Entwistle Gallery, London – UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Plurivers- 4 imaginary ethnological studies, La Panacee Centre D’Art Contemporain – FR
Art Night 2017, Whitechapel Gallery, London – UK
Glasstress 2017, Fondazione Berengo, Palazzo Franchetti, Venice – IT
Exhibition paintings, Kunst Meran, Merano – IT
2016
Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi Biennale Foundation, Kunnumpuram – IN
The Science of Imaginary Solutions, Breese Little, London – UK
Drawing Conclusions, RISD Museum, Providence – US
2015
The Improbable City, Edinburgh Art Festival 2015, Edinburgh – UK
2014
Feels like Heaven, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv – IL
Intenzione Manifesta, Castello di Rivoli (curated by Beatrice Merz and Marianna Vecellio), Turin – IT
The Great Acceleration: Art in the Anthropocene, Taipei Biennial (curated by Nicholas Bourriaud), Taipei – TW
GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh – UK
Year After Year: Works on paper from the UBS Art Collection, Galleria D’Arte Moderna di Milano (GAM), Milan – IT
Huidige zaken, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam – NL
Potent Wilderness, curated by Sarit Shapira, Igal Ahouvi Art Collection, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv – IL
2013
Drawing Room 2013, (curated by Ami Barak) Carre St Anne, Montpellier – FR
Mijn Derde Land [My Third Land], Frankendael Foundation (curated by Nathanja van Dijk & Carolyn H Drake), Amsterdam – NL
Revealed2: CollectorSpace, Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia – AU
The World is Almost Six Thousand Years Old, (curated by Tom Morton) Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincoln – UK
Imagining Islands: Artists and Escape, The Courtauld Gallery (curated by MA Curating the Art Museum students and The Courtauld Institute of Art), London – UK
Beastly Hall, (curated by Artwise) Hall Place, Bexley – UK
A Parliament of Lines, The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney – UK
2012
Galicia: Topographies of Myth, SOKOL, Nowy Sacz – PL
A Parliament of Lines, The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney; ECAC, Scotland; City Art Centre, Edinburgh – UK; The RMIT University Gallery, Melbourne – AU
Hedendaagse Surreele Tekeningen Uit Rotterdam, Collectie Boijmans van Beuningen, curated by Marieke Wiegel, Institut Neerlandais, Paris – FR
Le miroir et l’encyclopedie, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris – FR
Haunts and Follies, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne – AU
Machines for Living, Yaffo 23, Jerusalem – IL
The Comic Side of Art, Nest, Den Haag – NL
2011
A Million Miles from Home, The Folkestone Triennial, Folkstone – UK
As The World Turns: New Art From London, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney – UK
British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton, Hayward Touring Exhibition. Nottingham: Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, New Art Exchange; London: Hayward Gallery; Glasgow: Centre for Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Tramway; Plymouth: Peninsula Arts Gallery, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, The Slaughterhouse, Plymouth College of Arts Gallery – UK
2010
British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton, Hayward Touring Exhibition. Nottingham: Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, New Art Exchange – UK
Recent British Sculpture, curated by Tom Morton, GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam – NL
Languages and Experimentations, Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero, Trento – IT
2009
Altermodern, 4th TATE Triennial, London – UK
Walking in My Mind, Hayward Gallery, London – UK
A Duck for Mr Darwin, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead – UK
Life Forms, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm – Sweden
2008
Made Up, International Festival of Contemporary Art, 5th Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool – UK
Scotland & Venice 2003, 2005, 2007, Charles Avery, Simon Starling and Cathy Wilkes, The Pier, Orkney – UK
Irony and Gesture, Kukje Gallery, Seoul – KO
2007
Scotland & Venice, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice – IT
The Lyon Biennale, Lyon – FR
The Athens Biennale, Athens – GR
Timer, Triennial Bovisa, Milan – IT
Every Eye Sees Differently as The Eye, The Drawing Room, London – UK
Welcome to My World, Alexandre Pollazzon, London – UK
2005
Sculpture Garden, Jonathan Viner, London – UK
Memphis Flaca, London – UK
Theoroma, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Avignon – FR
2004
Premio del Golfo, La Spezia – IT
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004, London and touring trailer – UK
Trailer, Man in the Holocene, London – UK
Io Mi Ricordo, Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome – IT
2003
Il Premio per la Giovane Arte Italiana, Padiglione di Venezia, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice – IT
Love Over Gold, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow – UK
Necessary Kids: Charles Avery, Piotr Uklanski, Costa Vece, Gallerie Civico d’Arte Contemporanea di Siracusa, Sicily – IT
Dark Shadows, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles – USA
Works on Paper, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus – GR
Prospects Drawing Prize, Truman Brewery, London – UK
2002
Contemporary Art Project, Museum of Modern Art, Seattle – USA
A measure of distance, Magnani, London – UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London; MAC Birmingham; Glasgow School of Art; EICH Gallery, Hull; The Lowry, Manchester – UK
Prospects Drawing Prize, Truman Brewery, London – UK
Supersonic and Alien, S.A.L.E.S., Rome – IT
Flights of Reality, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge – UK
2001
Ghosty, Mille Eventi, Milan – IT
Works on Paper, S.A.L.E.S, Rome – IT
2000
Made Space, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; Changing Room, Stirling – UK
Drawing, Percy Miller Gallery, London – UK
Innuendo, Dee/Glasoe Gallery, New York – USA
Made Space, Pekao Gallery, Toronto – CA
1999
Surveying the Landscape, Lombard Freid Gallery, New York – USA
Selection from the Files, Nylon, London – UK
The British on Paper, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Pordenone – IT
Untitled, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus – GR
DRAW, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago – USA
Fine Line, Duncan Cargill Gallery, London – UK
AWARDS
2017
Shortlisted for the Daniel and Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation’s Drawing Prize, Les Mesnuls
2004
Shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize, London
2003
Prospects Drawing Prize, London
2002
Shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize, London
Shortlisted for the Prospects Drawing Prize, London
CHARLES AVERY AT ART NIGHT LONDON
1 July, 2017 6pm – 4am Art Night is a free contemporary arts festival that puts art into extraordinary locations around London for one night a year, encouraging the public to experience art and their city through entirely fresh eyes. … More
Charles Avery—Glastress 2017, Venice
Charles Avery will be participating in the 2017 edition of Glasstress, an exhibition of glass works at the Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, curated by Dimitri Ozerkov, Herwig Kempinger, and Adriano Berengo. Returning to Venice for the 57th Venice Biennale, Glasstress brings together 33 … More
Charles Avery in conversation with Oliver Basciano at DRAF – David Roberts Art Foundation
Charles Avery discusses his work with writer Oliver Basciano, on the occasion of his exhibition Study #15. Untitled (The Ninth Resort) at DRAF. Avery has since 2005 dedicated his practice to ‘The Island’, an epic fiction, whose geography and anthropology … More
Charles Avery shorlisted for the 2017 Drawing Prize of the Daniel & Florence Guerlain Foundation
The Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation has announced the names of three selected artists for the 2017 Drawing Prize. Charles Avery was selected as one of the artists alongside Ciprian Muresan and Didier Trenet. The selected artists will … More
Charles Avery at David Roberts Art Foundation, London
Study #15 Study #15 looks in depth at a drawing by British artist Charles Avery from the David Roberts Collection. The artist presents a selection of additional works in the exhibition, including sculptures, drawings and items from his studio. A new text by writer and … More
Charles Avery at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
To draw from mythical accounts of the land of seven rivers, set amidst seven seas, anchored by a mountain at its navel. The river breathes life into the land as they are fed by countless tributaries rivers which change course, … More
Charles Avery at RISD Museum, Providence
Visual art can transmit meaning and tell stories. Exploring the multi-valence of narrative in contemporary art, Drawing Conclusions features works on paper by artists such as Larry Day, Marcel Dzama, Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker, and Charles Avery — and includes … More
Artist Talk: Charles Avery in conversation with Simon Groom at Parasol Unit, London
Scottish artist Charles Avery will discuss his epic project, The Islanders and his intriguing new sculpture, Tree no. 5 (from the Jadindagadendar), as part of Parasolstice – Winter Light at Parasol unit. Charles will be in-conversation with Simon Groom, Director of the Scottish National … More
Charles Avery “Tree no. 5 (from the Jadindagadendar)” at Parasol unit, London
Parasol unit is delighted to present a newly commissioned work by Scottish artist Charles Avery as its Parasolstice – Winter Light 2015 project. Charles Avery’s Tree No. 5 (from the Jadindagadendar) is the latest addition to the ongoing Winter Light … More
Charles Avery at Edinburgh Art Festival 2015
For the Edinburgh Art Festival The Improbable City commissions programme, Avery will realize a tree from the Jadindagadendar. Over five metres tall and ripe with strange fruit, it is cast in bronze, and draws entirely on mathematical equations (including the square root of … More
Charles Avery at the ICA, London
fig-2 presents 50 projects over 50 weeks in the ICA Studio, in association with Outset. fig-2 is a revival of the project fig-1, which was conceived and developed by Mark Francis and Jay Jopling in 2000. Experimental in its nature, each project was programmed … More
Charles Avery speaks at The Hepworth Wakefield
Charles Avery will take part in a panel discussion led by Frances Guy as part of the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle’s 2014 programme: a collaboration between the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Art Gallery, The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The … More
Charles Avery at the Billboard for Edinburgh Project
Charles Avery is the 25th artist to contribute to the unique public art project, Billboard for Edinburgh. The project was originated from Ian Hamilton Finlay’s thoughts about the communications of ideas, believing the best ideas could be conceived in any … More
Charles Avery, Tala Madani & other recently exhibited artists at Taipei Biennial 2014
Charles Avery, Tala Madani, along with artists recently exhibited in our Phantom Limbs group show – Alisa Baremboym, Ian Cheng, and Rachel Rose – are all included in the 2014 Taipei Biennial, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud. The Biennial focuses upon the topic Art … More
Charles Avery at GAM, Milan
Charles Avery’s drawings are included in the exhibition Year After Year, curated by Francesco Bonami for UBS Art Collection at Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan. The exhibition draws works on paper from the UBS Art Collection to examine artistic production … More
Charles Avery at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Charles Avery will be included in the forthcoming group exhibition, GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, on view at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. GENERATION is comprised of a two-part exhibition at Modern One and the Scottish National Gallery, examining … More
Charles Avery in Conversation at the Drawing Room, London
Charles Avery participates in the Drawing Room’s Drawing making – Making drawing series, a sequence of talks, conversations, discussions, and workshops conceived of an devised by artist, writer, and educator Jack Southern. Since 2004 Scottish artist Charles Avery (Oban, 1973) has dedicated … More
Pilar Corrias at Artissima, Turin
Participating at Artissima Pilar Corrias will present new works by artists: CHARLES AVERY ULLA VON BRANDENBURG TALA MADANI SABINE MORITZ ELIZABETH NEEL KEN OKIISHI PHILIPPE PARRENO MARY RAMSDEN JULIÃO SARMENTO RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA ARTISSIMA Turin 8-10 November Booth: 1/2 Corridor Dark … More
Charles Avery at Whitechapel gallery, London
On Thursday 27 June Charles Avery will give a talk as part of the Whitechapel Gallery’s ‘To Make a Tree’ series. Charles will speak about the presence of trees in a body of work called the ‘Jadindagadendar’ – the name … More
Charles Avery at The Courtauld Gallery, London
Charles Avery’s work is included in the exhibition Imagining Islands: Artists and Escape, curated by the MA Curating the Art Museum students, The Courtauld Institute of Art. The exhibition responds to the Gallery’s Summer Showcase, Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in … More
Charles Avery at Hall Place and Gardens, Bexley, UK
Charles Avery will participate in the group show BEASTLY HALL curated by Artwise at Hall Place, Bexley, Kent. Inspired by the historic “Queen’s Beasts” topiaries planted in the Hall Gardens, the exhibition presents creatures imagined by contemporary artists. Participating artists: … More
Charles Avery curated by Tom Morton in Lincoln, UK
Charles Avery will participate in The World is Almost Six Thousand Years Old curated by Tom Morton across five venues in Lincoln. The exhibition brings together archaeological objects with the works of contemporary artists. Participating artists: Rupert Ackroyd, Charles Avery, … More
Frieze Art Fair 2012
Pilar Corrias is delighted to announce its participation in Frieze Art Fair 2012. The gallery will present new works by artists: Charles Avery Koo Jeong A Tala Madani Philippe Parreno Tobias Rehberger Rirkrit Tiravanija Frieze Art Fair, London 11-14 October … More
Charles Avery at Institut Neerlandais, Paris
Charles Avery will be participating in the group exhibition, Dessins contemporains surréalistes de Rotterdam- Collections du musée Boijmans Van Beuningen (Contemporary surreal drawing from Rotterdam. Collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen). The museum has over 70,000 prints and drawings in … More
Charles Avery At Folkestone Triennial
Pilar Corrias Gallery is delighted to announce Charles Avery’s participation in the Folkestone Triennial 56 -58 The Old High Street Folkestone Kent CT20 IRL 25 June – 25 September 2011
Charles Avery at British Art Show 7
Pilar Corrias is please to announce Charles Avery’s inclusion in The British Art Show 7, which will be on show as part of the Hayward Gallery touring exhibition. Exhibition dates: Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Castle Museum, New Art Exchange 23 … More
Charles Avery at Bonniers Konsthall
Work from Charles Avery’s ongoing project, The Islanders, will be featured at Bonniers Konsthall this autumn. Entitled Life Forms, the exhibition brings together a group of internationally renowned artists whose work depicts nature, the universe and the broader ecological contexts. … More
Charles Avery At Frac Ile- De – France/ Le Plateau
Pilar Corrias Gallery is Pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in France of Charles Avery’s ongoing project, The Islanders. Curated by director of Frac Ile-de-France, Xavier Franchesi, the exhibition will tour to Kunstverein, Hannover and to EX3 in Florence … More
Laura Allsop, Charles Avery Among the Islanders, Apollo magazine, February 2017 (Download PDF)
Karen Wright, Review: Charles Avery, The Independent, November 2015 (Download PDF)
Matthew McLean, Review: Charles Avery and Tom Morton, Modern Painters, April 2014 (Download PDF)
Grace Beaumont, Review: Charles Avery, Artforum, Critics’ Pick, December 2013 (Download PDF)
Ed Krcma, Charles Avery: Back to the Island, Art in America, January 2009 (Download PDF)
Brian Dillon, Review: Charles Avery, Modern Painters, January 2009 (Download PDF)
Anthony Spira, Mythologies, MAP Magazine, Winter 2008 (Download PDF)
Charles Avery: The People and Things of Onomatopoeia: Part 2
I am often asked what the islanders believe, in relation to A or B, but they’re a cosmopolitan bunch with widely ranging views, so this is a difficult question to answer. If there is a consensus, however, it is of a … More
Charles Avery: It Means It Means!
‘It Means It Means! – A Drawn Exhibition by Charles Avery & Tom Morton at the Museum of Art, Onomatopoeia and Pilar Corrias, London’ is a ‘drawn group exhibition’ staged in two locations simultaneously – once as a fiction, once as … More
Charles Avery: Place de la Révolution
Pilar Corrias Gallery is delighted to present ‘Place de la Revolution’, the latest installment in Charles Avery’s epic project, The Islanders. Since 2005, Charles Avery has devoted his practice to the perpetual description of a fictional world. Replete with its … More
Charles Avery ‘Onomatopoeia Part 2: The Port’
Pilar Corrias Gallery is delighted to announce the latest presentation of Charles Avery’s ongoing project , The Islanders. Since 2005, Charles Avery has devoted his practice to the description of a fictional world. Avery’s intricately conceived territory exists through drawings, … More
‘It’s fine as long as you draw but don’t film’
Pilar Corrias Gallery is delighted to present ‘It’s fine as long as you draw but don’t film’ (Waltz with Bashir, 2008): An Exhibition of Drawings. Directed by Ari Folman, the Golden Globe Award wining, feature-length animation Waltz with Bashir (2008) … More