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Drawing Biennial 2017
Exhibition & online fundraising auction of over 200 unique works on paper
Exhibition: 2 March – 26 April · Auction: 12 April 10am – 26 April 9pm
Caroline Achaintre
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Katharine Stout, Deputy Director ICA, London, Shanay Jhaveri, Assistant Curator of South Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fatos Üstek, Curator, Art Night 2017 |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Medium | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 30 x 21 cm |
| Bidding Open | Wed 12 April, 2017 at 10:00am |
| Bidding Ended | Tue 26 March, 2019 at 9:30pm |
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Caroline Achaintre:
Born 1969 Toulouse, Caroline Achaintre lives and works in London. Graduated from Vordiplom Fine Art at Kunsthochschule in Halle/Saale (1998); Postgraduate Studies Fine Art in Combined Media, Chelsea School of Art & Design, London (2000); and MA Fine Art Goldsmiths College (2003).
Achaintre's works are held in public and private collections including the Saatchi collection.
Selected solo exhibitions include Permanent Wave, Belvedere Museum, Vienna (2019); Scanner, Arcade, London (2019); Dissolver, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund (2018); Duo Infernal, Art:Concept, Paris (2018); Caroline Achaintre, BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2016); Caroline Achaintre, Tate Britain, London (2015); and Present/Future, Illy Prize, Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2014). Selected group exhibitions include 16th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textile Industry, Łódz (2019); Another Banana Day for the Perfect Fish, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018); BALTIC Trienniale, curated by Vincent Honore, Lithuania (2018); Entangled: threads and making, Turner Contemporary, Margate (2017); The British Art Show 8, UK touring exhibition (2016); Making & Unmaking, Camden Arts Centre, London (2016); and Deep One Perfect Morning, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (2014).
Awards include the illy Present/Future Prize (2013). Residencies include Fondation Albert-Gleizes, Sablons (2017); and Camden Arts Centre, London (2014).
