Karla Black
Born in Alexandria, Scotland, 1972
Lives & works in Glasgow
Education
2002-2004 Masters Degree in Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
1999-2000 Master of Philosophy (Art in Organisational Contexts),
Glasgow School of Art
1995-1999 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Sculpture, Glasgow School of Art
Forthcoming / Current Exhibitions
2010
Group show, Andrea Rosen, New York (May)
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg (June) - solo
Profusion, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (July)
Capitain Petzel, Berlin (Nov) - solo
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Karla Black: Sculptures with paintings by Bet Low (1924-2007), Inverleith House, Edinburgh
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
Migros Museum, Zurich
Mary Mary, Glasgow
2008
West London Projects, London
Catch This: New Works from the Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
2007
IBID Projects, London
2006
Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin
Mary Mary, Glasgow
Outpost, Norwich
Have Him Be Her, Broadway 1602, New York
2004
Mary Mary Project Space, Glasgow
2002
Robert, Glasgow Project Room
Group Exhibitions
2009
Kunstverein im Hamburg (with Kostis Velonis & Karen Sargsyan), Hamburg
Black Hole, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca
Material Intelligence, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge & Huddersfield Art Gallery
Reduction & Suspense, Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria
Nothing to say and I am saying it, Kunstverein Freiburg
Dont Expect Anything, Galleria Francesca Minini, Milan
Contemporary Scottish Art: New Acquistitions & Loans, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
2008
Brussels Biennial, Brussels
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg - curated by Heike Munder
Wollust – the presence of absence, Columbus Art Foundation, Leipzig
Strange Solution, Art Now, Tate Britain, London
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2007
Ultramoderne, Hall Paul Wurth, Luxembourg
What Remains, Lambretto Art Project, Milan
Poor Thing - Karla Black / Robert Breer / Martin Heldstab / Knut Henrik Henriksen / Dagmar Heppner / Karin Hueber / Ian Kiaer / Kilian Rüthemann, Kunsthalle Basel
Open Space presentation (Mary Mary), Art Cologne
Special Presentation, Broadway 1602, New York
Untitled - Works on Paper, Art:Concept, Paris
Planting the tele, (group show curated by Hayley Tompkins), Mary Mary, Glasgow
2006
Karla Black / Sally Osborn / Sue Tompkins, Flaca, London
Karla Black / Dean Hughes / Duncan Marquiss / Jonathan Owen / Hanneline Visnes, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh
2005
Pilot 2, London
Like It Matters, CCA, Glasgow
Exile, New York is a Good Hotel, Broadway 1602, New York
Not Yet Night, Studio Voltaire, London
Karla Black / Babak Ghazi, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
2004
Spacemakers, Lothringer Dreizhen, Munich
MFA Degree show, Tramway, Glasgow
Rheinschau Art Projects, Cologne (with Transmission)
Synth, Kunstraum B/2, Leipzig
Cheyney Thompson / Karla Black, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2003
Pallas, The Changing Room Gallery, Stirling
East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art & Design
An American Conversation (with Alex Frost), Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee
2002
The Châteaux, Switchspace, Glasgow
Half the World Away, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York
2001
Man Dancing, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
October: Contemporary Art in St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
Hi-Civics, Market Gallery, Glasgow
2000
Louder than Love, De Zeyp, Brussels
Someone, Somewhere…., Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow