William Easton (artist)
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William Easton is Scottish artist and curator and writer, His performances, films and art works have been shown extensively including exhibitions at the ICA
1984, London, Bornholm Art Museum in Denmark 2004, Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw at the Ujazdów Castle
1991, Bronx Museum of the Arts
in New York 1992, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
in Kansas city 2002 and at The Kitchen
, in NY.2001
As a curator he has presented programs of art and design at a number of places including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, Skulpturens Hus, The Baltic Art Centre in Visby and The Centre of Contemporary Art in Szczecin Poland. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the Anna Louise Raymond Fellowship, William Townsend Memorial Scholarship and the Betty Park Award For Critical Writing.
Easton has been teaching in art, design, advertising, and philosophy for more than 20 years at graduate and undergraduate levels in Sweden the US, the UK, Canada and Poland. he was rektor at Berghs School of Communication 2004-2008 and until 2010 was the head of Tensta Konsthall
in Stockholm.
He is the author of the book Play and a contributor to the work The Bio-apparatus. As well as having written several artist monographs he has published for numerous magazines internationally. He has worked as English editor for magazines such as Material in Stockholm and the international magazine of Baltic arts Mare Articum His work “Playing Polo with Pinter” was published in the anthology Common Ground in 2007.
in London
1989 and a Merit Scholar, MFA from The School of the Chicago Art Institute
1991 The Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York.
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
1984, London, Bornholm Art Museum in Denmark 2004, Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw at the Ujazdów Castle
Ujazdów Castle
Ujazdów Castle is a castle in the historic Ujazdów district, between Ujazdów Park and the Royal Baths Park , in Warsaw, Poland.-History:...
1991, Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a cultural institution located in the New York City borough of The Bronx. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th century works created by American artists, and it has hosted exhibitions of art and design from Latin America, Africa and Asia...
in New York 1992, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1994 in Kansas City, Missouri. The core of the museum's permanent collection is the Bebe and R. Crosby Kemper Jr. Collection, a gift of the museum's founders. The collection includes works created after the 1913 Armory Show to works by present-day...
in Kansas city 2002 and at The Kitchen
The Kitchen
The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
, in NY.2001
As a curator he has presented programs of art and design at a number of places including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, Skulpturens Hus, The Baltic Art Centre in Visby and The Centre of Contemporary Art in Szczecin Poland. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the Anna Louise Raymond Fellowship, William Townsend Memorial Scholarship and the Betty Park Award For Critical Writing.
Easton has been teaching in art, design, advertising, and philosophy for more than 20 years at graduate and undergraduate levels in Sweden the US, the UK, Canada and Poland. he was rektor at Berghs School of Communication 2004-2008 and until 2010 was the head of Tensta Konsthall
Tensta Konsthall
Tensta Konsthall is a centre for contemporary art on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1998, the art centre has exhibited works by international artists which include: Wolfgang Tillmans, Julian Opie, On Kawara, Shirin Neshat, Susan Hiller, Tracey Moffat, Kutlug Ataman, Mark Wallinger...
in Stockholm.
He is the author of the book Play and a contributor to the work The Bio-apparatus. As well as having written several artist monographs he has published for numerous magazines internationally. He has worked as English editor for magazines such as Material in Stockholm and the international magazine of Baltic arts Mare Articum His work “Playing Polo with Pinter” was published in the anthology Common Ground in 2007.
Education
1984 First Class BFA honours degree from Slade School of Fine ArtSlade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
in London
1989 and a Merit Scholar, MFA from The School of the Chicago Art Institute
1991 The Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York.
BOOKS
- Gifts of Intimacy Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm 2011 ISBN 978-91-7437-140-6
- Gil & Moti Totally Devoted to You Editors William Easton, Gil & Moti, Hans Günter Golinski, Elisabeth Delin Hansen, Peter S. Meyer, Stella Rollig, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-7757-2847-8
- Cut My Legs off and call me shorty Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm 2009 ISBN 978-91-633-4754-2
- Polyglottolalia Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm 2009 ISBN 978-91-633-4391-9
- Business Superbrands ed. Louisa Skylderman SuperbrandsSuperbrandsThe Superbrands organization is an independent arbiter on branding. Its membership programmes pay tribute to the world's leading brands, as selected by experts and consumers. The organization also publishes a series of brand-focused books and publications...
, Stockholm 2008 ISBN 978-1-905652-46-4 - Common Ground Around Britain With Thirty Writers Editor: Simmons, John, CYAN BOOKS 2006 ISBN 9781904879930
- Piper Sheperd Telos Art Publishing, 2003 ISBN 1902015819
- Play, Arena, 1997 ISBN 91-7843-122-0