CV

Jo McGonigal

Lives and works in Manchester (UK)

Education

2014 - 2017 PhD Candidate Fine Art, University of Leeds (Amanda Burton Scholarship) (UK)
2008 - 2009 MFA Fine Art, Manchester School of Art (AHRC Award) (UK)
1996 - 1997 Post Graduate Certificate in Fine Art, University of Ulster (UK)
1988 - 1991 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Bristol Polytechnic (UK)

Solo Exhibitions

2017
(Forthcoming) SWG3 Glasgow (Produced in partnership with Patricia Fleming Projects), Glasgow (UK)
(Forthcoming) Raumx Projects, London (UK)

2016
SHIFT, Patricia Fleming Projects, Glasgow (UK)

2015
Between Painting and Place, Platform A, Middlesbrough (UK)

Group Exhibitions

2017
(Forthcoming) International Biennial of Non-Objective Art, Lyon (France)
(Forthcoming) Eccentric Geometric, Arthouse1, London (UK)

2016
From A to C; This Being B, Caustic Coastal, Salford (UK)
Ingredients, Method, Serving Suggestion, APT Gallery, London (UK)
The Marmite Prize for Painting V, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda (Ireland)
The Marmite Prize for Painting V, Block 336, London (UK)
Transparent Things, Vane, Newcastle (UK)

2015
Cascading Relevant Information, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (UK)
Gray Face, Perennial, Bristol (UK)
Real Painting, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (UK)
Poppositions 2015, Art Brussels (CePRA Award, University of Leeds) (Belgium)

2014
Something Like Now, Cardroom, Manchester (UK)
Neo Print Prize, Neo Gallery, Bolton (UK)
Society of Island Universes, Manchester (Curated by Lisa Denyer) (UK)
Straddle the Line, APT Gallery, London (Curated by Della Gooden and Catherine Ferguson) (UK)

2013
Contemporary Art Society Event, Mirabel, Manchester (UK)
Summer Show, MALGRAS l NAUDET, Manchester (UK)
Some Recent Examples, Lever Street, Manchester (UK)
Housing a Pig, Flood Gallery, Dublin (Ireland)

2012
Cabedal, Platforma Revolver, Lisbon (Portugal)
60 Drawings, Bankley Studios, Manchester (UK)

2011
We Are All In This Together, Bureau, Manchester (UK)
Untitled, FAFA GALLERY, Helsinki (Finland)

2010
Uncertain Limitations, Bankley Studios, Manchester (UK)
Hive Gallery, Manchester (UK)

2009
Kiss of a Lifetime, BEARSPACE, London (UK)
Northern Print Biennale VANE, Newcastle (UK)

2008
Future 50s, PSL [Project Space Leeds] & Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool (UK)
Economic Thought Projects, Ard Bia Gallery, Berlin (Germany)

Fairs

2015
The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester (UK)

Reviews

2015
Guardian Guide, Real Painting, Castlefield Gallery
Manchester School of Art: Art Theory and Practice, Paint for Paint’s Sake: A Dual Review of Real Painting at Castlefield Gallery
A-N, NOW SHOWING #100: The Week’s Top Exhibitions
Creative Tourist, Real Painting at Castlefield Gallery: In Pictures
REAL PAINTING - CASTLEFIELD GALLERY // JUNE 2015
Guardian Guide, Between Painting and Place, Platform A