1967Born Glasgow, Scotland

1998Glasgow School of Art
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

1996Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2015About a work #9: Coup de Mall, Galleria Zero, Milan, Italy
London Foam, LONDON, London

2014Syn, Tramway, Glasgow
P.A., Vilma Gold, London

2013Calvinistic Girls, HIGH ART, Paris, France
The Manual xx, 0HI0, Glasgow

2011Res Gestae, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles

2010Silhouette Formulas, HOTEL, London

2009In a Rotterdam Cell, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin

2008It’s A British Sound, Schürmann Berlin
Mood: Casual, Art Now: Tate Britain, London
Touch Void, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

2007Decamp, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Space to Squabble, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin

2005Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London

2003Burlesque Schematic, HOTEL, London

2002Entwistle, London
Damage (with works by William Copley), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2017"The Painting Show", Limerick City Gallery of Art
All Men By Nature Desire to Know, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

2016honey;love;pheromones, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece
Dead Ends, 1001, 44th Street, New York, US
The Painting Show, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania (Travelling to Musee Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium and Musee des Beaux Arts Nantes, France) Presented by British Council Touring)

2015Integration, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
Oeuvre Sans Valeur a Vendre Cher, Stems, Brussels
Group Show, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin

2014Let's Destroy the Earth But Keep Humans, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
Somewhat Abstract: Selections from the Arts Council Collection, Nottingham Contemporary, UK

2013Attachments & Assignations, Cubitt, London
Note to Self, (with Lucy Mckenzie), The Artist's Institute, New York, / Maggs Bros. London
All Masters at the Swing Door’, ReMap, Athens
Evil Under The Sun, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli, Italy

2012Construct, Mary Mary, Glasgow
Spelling the Image, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York

2011Space Oddity, CCA Andratx, Mallorca

2010BigMinis: Fetishes of Crisis, CAPC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux
Real Estate, Galleria Zero, Milan
Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin

2009Depression, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, Nederland
Why Painting Now?, Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva
White Wallet, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris

2008Sphinxx, Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London
Studio Voltaire Portfolio 2008, Studio Voltaire, London
Legend, Domain Chamarande, Paris

2007Gallery Swap: HOTEL at Guido W. Baudach, Guido W. Baudach Galerie, Berlin

2006Faces, Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva
If it Didn’t Exist You’d Have to Invent It: A Partial Showroom History, The Showroom, London
The Figs Play Fox Dead, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Tate Triennial 2006: New British Art, Tate Britain, London

2005Jaybird, Galleria Zero, Milan

2004Eye of The Needle, Roberts &Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
Year Zero, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Sovenir, HOTEL, London
Haute Street, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam

2003The Moment of Fiction, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee.
Put Out More Flags, Sutton Lane, London.
Dirk Bell, Kate Davis, Alan Michael, The Changing Room, Stirling

2002Alan Michael and Vangelis Vlahos, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens
Jean-Luc Blanc, Alan Michael, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin

2001Here And Now: Scottish Art 1990-2001, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

2000Panache, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens
Die Gefahr Im Jazz, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, Berlin
Sweet Dreams, Exedra, Hilversum, Netherlands

1999Shake The Disease, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee.
Horseriding, Painting and Lovemaking, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London.

Publications

'Unlawful Assembly', Lucy McKenzie, Alan Michael, foreward by Ed Atkins and Martin McGeowan, Fiorucci Art Trust, Milan / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne / London, 2013
'Alan Michael', Dominic Eichler, Lucy McKenzie, HOTEL / David Kordansky Gallery, London, 2011

Curated project

1999'Misty In Roots’, (with Alex Frost) Fly Gallery, Glasgow.

Bibliography

2016Young, Linsey, (ed), Stonard, John Paul, "The Painting Show" (cat), The British Council, London, 2016.

2015D’Aurizio, Michele, “Painting It, Touching It”, Flashart, Milan, July - September 2015, p. 72 - 79

2013Gander, Ryan (ed), “Artists’ Cocktails”, Dent-de-Leone, London, October 2013
Higgie, Jennifer, “Volcano Extravaganza”, Frieze, London, October 2013, p.271
Yablonsky, Linda, "Volcano Lovers, Stromboli," Artforum.com, Scene & Herd, September 5, 2013

2012Reviews: Alan Michael, David Kordansky – Los Angeles, Vranken, Judith, Flash Art, March-April 2012, p. 93

2011Timeliness, Archey, Karen, in MAP, Glasgow, Summer 2011, p.22-25.
I’m In, Eichler, Dominic, HYPERLINK “http://www.moussemagazine.it” www.moussemagazine.it, January.
Alan Michael, HOTEL, London, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, January (cat).

2010BigMinis: Fetishes of Crisis, Vaillant, Alexis (ed), CAPC Bordeaux, November (cat).
Interview with Alan Michael, Phillips, Brad, Hunter And Cook, Toronto, issue 7, Fall, p.2-7
Roelstraete, Dieter, ‘Modernism, Postmodernism and Gleam: On the Photorealist Work Ethic’, AFTERALL, London, issue 24, Summer, p5.
The Mother And The Whore, FOXTROT ECHO LIMA TANGO, London, June, p22.
Newspeak: British Art Now, Ellis, Patricia (ed), London, April (cat.), p193-194

2009I’m Too Sad To Sell You: On “Depression” at Marres Centre, Maastricht, Vishmidt, Marina, www.textezurkunst.de
Depression in Marres, Ruyters, Domeniek, in www.metropolism. com, November.
Depression: Interview with Lisette Smits, Van Rijn, Ilse, in Metropolis M, Amsterdam. Issue 4, August / Septem ber
The Associates, Lesso, Rosie, Art Monthly, London, issue 326, May, p30.
Malerischer Rechenschieber: Alan Michael Bei Galerie Micky Schubert’, Haun, Anne, artnet.de, 1st May.
The Associates, Black, Catriona, The Herald, Glasgow, 10th April, p21
The Associates, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, (cat.)

2008Qu’est-ce Que la Peinture Aujourd’hui?, Lavrador, Judicael (ed), Beaux Arts Editions, Paris.
Legend, Vaillant, Alexis (ed), Domain Chamarande, France, (cat.)
Alan Michael: Mood: Casual, Cowcher, Kate, MAP, Dundee, issue 15, Autumn, p72
Alan Michael, Peter, Mick, Frieze, London, issue 115, May, p176
The Skinny, Gallwey, Lucy, Glasgow, 6th March.
Split Personality, Lesso, Rosie, The List, Edinburgh, 31st January.

2006Alan Michael, Stuart Shave/Modern Art + HOTEL, London, (cat.)
Tate Triennial 2006, Dorment, Richard, The Daily Telegraph, London, 7th March.
Tate Triennial 2006: New British Art, Stout, Katharine, (exhibition catalogue), Tate Publishing, London.

2005Alan Michael: The Invention of Birth Control, Mottram, Jack, The List, Edinburgh, 20th October.
Alan Michael, Lewisohn, Ceder, MAP, Dundee, issue 4, Winter, p64
The Fee of Angels, Herbert, Martin, Time Out, London, January 12-19, p58.

2004Private Eye, Morton, Tom, Frieze, London, issue 84, June/July/August, p1, 96-99.
Synth, Kunstraum B/2, Leipzig, (cat.)

2003Put Out More Flags, Pethick, Emily, Artforum.com, ‘Critics Picks’, July.
Alan Michael, Honigman, Ana Finel, Time Out, London, May 28 - June 4, p54.
Transmission 1983 - 2003, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, (cat.)
Dirk Bell, Kate Davis and Alan Michael, Lowndes, Sarah, Frieze, London, issue 74, April, p112.
Made In Scotland, Tufnell, Rob, Tema Celeste, Milan, January / February, p45.
Minerals In The Water, The Changing Room, Stirling, (cat.)

2002The Breeder, Athens, Greece.
Hero, St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, (cat.)
Half the World Away, Halls Walls, Buffalo, USA, (cat.)

2001Here And Now: Scottish Art 1990-2001, DCA Dundee, (cat.)
Brownfield, Market, Glasgow, (cat.)
British Mythic, Glasgow, p1.
If You’re Feeling Sinister, Ratnam, Niru, The Face, London, July, p153.

1999The Black Diamond No.1, Liverpool, (cat.)
Add Night To Night, The Showroom, London, (cat.)
Horseriding, Painting and Lovemaking, Herbert, Martin, Time Out, London, February 10-17, p50.

1998Divers Lieux: Automme-hive, Caussat, Pascale, Artpress, Paris, March, p78.
Olympic Village,Burrows, David, Art Monthly, London, February, p33.
Suburban Affair, Findlay, Judith, Flash Art, Milan, January - February, p66.