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Education and Exhibition Biography

Education

1988 - 1989

Syracuse University, New York, USA. DIPA scholarship.

1987 - 1990

Central St. Martins School of Art, London. BA Hons. Printmaking. Collaboration began.

Selected Solo Shows

10 November 2009

kaktovik 70 degrees North. Eleven Fine Art. London

20 November 2008

68 degrees North. Simon Dickinson gallery . NYC , USA.

November 2007 - January 2008

"Wild Dog", Eleven fineart, London

March 2006 - April 2006

"Life in Antarctica - death in the bush" Charing X gallery, London

May 2005 - June 2005

"New Elements", Briggs Robinson Gallery, New York, USA. (Catalogue)

May 2003 - June 2003

"Arctic Desert Ocean Jungle" Briggs Robinson Gallery, New York, USA. (Book Launch)

July 2001 - May 2002

"Olly & Suzi Untamed", The Natural History Museum, London. (catalogue)

December 1998

"Tortugas" National Gallery of the Cayman Islands. (catalogue)

April 1998

"Raw" Blains Fine Art, London. (catalogue)

November 1997

"World Art" Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York City, USA.

June 1997 - July 1997

Artists in residence, Gallery Vayhinger, Konstanz, Germany.

March 1996

"Africa", Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York City, USA.

June 1992 - September 1992

"Art Recycling" Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany. Curated by Mathias Arndt and Hans Jurgen Muller

March 1991

"The Diary of Olly & Suzi", Galerie Kolon, Cologne, Germany.

December 1990

"Olly & Suzi", Galerie Artlantis, Hans Jurgen Muller, Stuttgart, Germany.

Selected Group Shows

21 November 2010

Eleven fine art - christmas salon-9th December 2010

21 November 2010

Olly and Suzi's  drawing : "4 wilddogs"  sold above reserve benefitting The Kevin Spacey Foundation auction;  GrandHotel Du cap Ferrat. France.

07 November 2008 - 13 December 2008

Raising ground, Bearspace, London

30 April 2008

Animal magic , Eleven Fine Art

November 2005 - December 2005

Eleven elements Eleven.
London.

August 2005 - October 2005

Animal Nature, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg.

April 2005

"Art Brussels", Eric Franck Fine Art.

February 2005

"ARCO", Madrid. Eric Franck Fine Art

November 2004

"Alice Neel auction" - Robert Miller Gallery, NYC.

November 2004

"Paris Photo", Paris, exhibiting with Eric Franck Fine Art, London

May 2004

"Photo London", Eric Franck Fine Art

April 2004

"Art Brussels", Eric Franck Fine Art

June 2003 - September 2003

"Human Zoo", Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, (catalogue)

May 2002

Briggs Robinson Gallery, NYC, Inaugural opening.

November 2001

"Paris Photo", Paris, exhibiting with Eric Franck Fine Art, London.

June 2001

"Art Fair, Basel",  exhibiting with Eric Franck Fine Art, London.

November 2000

"Paris Photo", Paris, exhibiting with Eric Franck Fine Art, London.

September 1999

"Nerve", ICA, London, (catalogue). Showed short film "Instinct".

April 1997

"Art of the Living World", Bonhams Auction, Raffles Hotel, Singapore. (catalogue)

February 1997

"Landscape as Abstraction", James Graham & Sons, New York, USA.

December 1996

"Hidden Worlds", Blains Fine Art, London.

April 1994

New Drawings, Galerie Kolon, Cologne, Germany.

June 1993

"Fussballbilder",  International group show for Stuttgart FC, Galerie Artlantis, Hans Jurgen Muller, Germany. (catalogue)

May 1992

"The Crucifix as Symbol" International exhibit including works by Antonio Tapies and Francesco Clemente. Hospitalhof Museum, Stuttgart, Germany. (catalogue)

November 1991

"Neue Bilder", selected drawings. Galerie Kolon, Cologne, Germany.

Residencies

May 2001 - May 2002

Artists in Residence - The Natural History Museum, London, England.

May 1997 - July 1997

Artists in Residence - Gallery Vaghinger, Konstantz, Germany

Film Pieces

02 February 2009

Wild Art: Olly & Suzi Paint Predators' shown on BBC4 at 10pm on 2 February. www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/'

 

February 2005

"Antarctica"

January 2001

"Galapagos"

September 1999

"Instinct",  16mm, Beta High 8, Super 8, DVD & 35mm stills. 8 mins.

July 1998

"Ellesmere Island", 16mm, Beta High 8, Super 8, DVD & 35mm stills. 8 mins. 

March 1998

"Raw", 16mm, Beta High 8, Super 8, DVD & 35mm stills. 13 mins.

Selected Criticism

2002

What does becoming-animal look like? in; Representing Animals- edited by Nigel Rothfels (Bloomington; Indiana university press 2002) written by Dr Steve Baker

September 2001

Animal rights and wrongs, Tate Magazine. By Steve Baker

15 July 2001

Olly and Suzi Untamed at the Natural History Museum, Sunday Times Culture; The Art Review
by Waldemar Januszczak

March 2000

The Postmodern Animal, by Dr. Steve Baker (Reaktion Books)

Corporate Collections and Museums

The Damien Hirst collection, The UBS collection (London) Goldman Sachs (London)/Astra Zeneca, Holland & Holland (London), Hospitalhof Museum (Stuttgart), Landrover (UK), National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (BWI), Rolex HQ (Asia), Stella Artois HQ (Belgium), The Natural History Museum, London.

Selected Talks

May 2009

Olly and Suzi at the Hay festival 25/5/09 at 7pm www.hayfestival.com/p-1122-olly-suzi.aspx

 

November 2007


Olly & Suzi and Tony Fitzjohn present the G.H. Mumm champagne lecture at the Royal Geographical Society , London.

November 2005

Olly and Suzi chair "the conversation" at the  Royal Institution, London with guests Dr steve Baker and Tony Fitzjohn OBE.

May 2001 - May 2002

"Lecture series at The Natural History Museum"
5 part lecture series with invited guests.

June 2000

"The Postmodern Animal" with Dr. Steve Baker.
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA.

For more information on the artists and their work please contact lisa@ollysuzi.com