Francis Gomila
Biography
Born 1954 Gibraltar
1969-73 Gibraltar Technical College Engineering & Electronics City & Guilds Hons.
1973-75 Morley College London Electronic Music Composition Studies.
Solo Exhibitions
2007
WE ARE US AND THEM Northern Stage Gallery, Newcastle UK.
2005
KIELDER SONGS Queens Hall Hexham, (Kielder Forest Art & Architecture residency)
2004
Franklin Art Works Video Gallery, Minneapolis. USA. Curated by Tim Peterson.
2002
PROJECT SPACE 1 Artists Space New York. Curated by Lauri Firstenberg.
SHOT IN THE DARK Waygood Gallery, Newcastle England. UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
ZEMOS98 Festival Audiovisual, Sevilla Spain. (March 2008)
International Munich Art Film Festival 2008
2007
MADRID ABIERTO 07 Madrid Spain. Curated by Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes
CONNECTING PRINCIPLE Culture Lab, Newcastle UK.
FALSE WITNESS Workplace Gallery, Gateshead UK.
2006
VIDEO DRAWINGS Espace Gerard Philippe, Cannes, France.
FORMAL DINING Hales Gallery London. Curated by Workplace.
VAD International Digital Arts Festival. Gerona Spain.
VIDEOMEDEJA FESTIVAL Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Serbia.
2005
TONIGHT WE ARE GOLDEN video touring show: ICA London. FACT Liverpool. Spike Island.
BOREALIS Flowers East gallery London. Curated by Cat Newton - Groves.
Signes traces et autres gestes, Centre International d'Art Contemporain du Chateau de Carros. France.
VIDEOPOLIS 2005 Veneto, Italy.
DISORIENT Hit Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia. Curated by Zuzana Hruskova.
THE WORLD IS A SAFER PLACE Globe City Gallery Newcastle. with artists Taysir Batniji. Mariam Ghani. Damien Hirst. Bruce Nauman. Santiago Serra. Roman Signer. Curated by Francis Gomila.
2004
PRESENCE et apparitions / un visite particuliere, Chåteau d'Avignon. France
LEGAL - ILLEGAL (Art beyond the Law) NGBK Berlin. with artists Chris Burden, Aurthur Craven, Abbie Hoffman, George Maciunas, Ann Messner, Denis Oppenheim. Curated by Helen Adkins & Hans Winkler.
2003
ANGLES de VUES Espace Leon Chiris, Grasse. France. Curated by France Paringaux.
THE URBAN SALON Globe Gallery North Shields UK. Curated by Alessandro Vincentelli
ANALISIS DEL ESPACIO, NUEVAS GEOGRAFIAS. Madrid.
PRAGUE BIENNAL 1 Veletrzni Palace Museum, Prague.
New York Video Festival Lincoln Center New York.
PEOPLE DIE OF EXPOSURE Smart Project Space, Amsterdam. Curated by Una Henry & Thomas Peutz.
PERMANENT TRANSIT Video programme, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam. Curated by Francis Gomila.
SPACE BETWEEN US VANE Newcastle UK.
2002
NAVIGUER ENTRE LES LIGNES Centre Gérard Philippe Avignon. France.
LIVING PROOF An international exhibition of multimedia arts. Newcastle UK, curated by Francis Gomila & Simon Jones.
2001
MANIPULER JOUER 3bisF Aix-en-Provence France. Curated by Marie-Louise Botella with artists; Claude Closky. Richard Fauguet. Saverio Lucariello. Didier Marcel. Stephane Steiner.
2000
UN MONDE DANS UNE COQUILLE DE NOIX FRAC Marseille France. Curated by Eric Mangion with artists; Michel Francois. Thomas Hirschhorn. Richard Monnier. Philippe Parreno. Roman Signer.
1999
XIV FESTIVAL DE VIDEO INTERNACIONAL Vitoria Spain.
MEDIATHEK Medienhaus, Hannover Germany. Curated by Ekkehard Kahne.
1998
AUX ARMES... ETCAETERA Kunstlerwerkstatt, Munich Germany. Curated by Dirk Snauwaert & Ulrich Wilmes with artists; Thierry Agnone. Maria Thereza Alves. Gilles Barbier. Sophie Boursat. Yannick Gonzalez. Olivier Menanteau. Mark Quer. Jean-Claude Ruggirello.
VIDEOTHEK AUF ZEIT 8th VIDEONALE. International video art festival Bonn Germany.
1997
ALMADRABA Gibraltar-Tangiers-Algeciras.
PASARSE DE LA RAYA Expoarte, Mexico.
1996
LIFE / LIVE Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris France.
1995
IMMAGINI IN PROSPECTTIVE XI GRANCIA Serre, Sienna,Italy.
PUENTE DE PASAJE Bilbao, Spain.
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Marseille.
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK) Berlin.
Galerie Helen Adkins Berlin.
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Awards
2008 Arts Council England Eye Tracking Digital Imaging Research Funding Award
2007 Arts Council England Travel and Professional Development Funding Award
2005 Northern Film Media Feature Screenplay Development Award
2004 Arts Council England Film Development Award
1992 National Arts Collection Fund UK, Nomination for an Outstanding Contribution to the Visual Arts
1993 National Arts Collection Fund UK, Nomination for an Outstanding Contribution to the Visual Arts
1988 Royal Town Planning Institute Award for a Significant Contribution to Town Planning in the West Midlands
1987 Wapping Arts Trust 'Art & Work Awards' - Award for Sandwell Public Art Programme
Bibliography
SELECTED CATALOGUES
Madrid Abierto 07. 2007
SIGNES, TRACES ET AUTRES GESTES. Centre International d'art contemporain Chateau de Carros, 2005
THE WORLD IS A SAFER PLACE. Globe Gallery Newcastle. 2005
THE WORKPLACE. Newcastle. 2005
LEGAL / ILLEGAL. NGBK Berlin. 2004
PRAGUE BIENNALE 1. 2003
'SPACE BETWEEN US' Vane 2003
BALTIC: The Art Factory 2002
'a place called OXMOOR' Huntingdon UK. 2001
FRAC Collection 1989 / 1999. Edition 2000.
'XIV FESTIVAL DE VIDEO INTERNACIONAL' Vitoria Spain. 1999.
'ALMADRABA' Carta Blanca / BNV Sevilla Spain. 1998.
'AUX ARMES... etcaetera' Kulturreferat Munich Germany. 1998.
'FAIT SUR MESURE' Musées de Marseille France. 1998.
PASARSE DE LA RAYA. Expoarte Guadalajara Mexico1997.
LIFE / LIVE. Musèe d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris France.1996.
COLISIONES. Arteleku. Spain1996.
'IMMAGINI IN PROSPETTIVE' Siena, Italy.1995.
SELECTED ARTICLES
The Journal CULTURE Magazine (September issue2005) Newcastle. UK
KUNSTFORUM INTERNATIONAL. Berlin. January 2005
TIME OUT New York. July 2003
Art in Review New York Times 2002.
BALTIC Review No.7 & No.12. 2000 -01. UK
ARCO 20th Century Contemporary Art Agenda (No.10) Madrid 1998
ART & DESIGN' UK ( No. 46) 1997
Journal de l'Institut Français de Bilbao Spain (June issue) 1996
ARCHITECTS JOURNAL UK (January issue) 1996
L' ESPRESSO Magazine Italy (july issue)1995
HYBRID UK. 'Under Spaghetti junction' 1993
ART MONTHLY UK 'Under Spaghetti Junction' 1993
PERFORMANCE Magazine UK. Fine Rats and the Post Industrial Society 1992
LES DOSSIERS DE L'ART PUBLIC (No.6) Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris 1991