Biography

Please click on the following link to view my full CV – Michael Craik | Full CV

 

Born, Edinburgh, 1972

 

Education

 

1999 – 2000 MA European Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, Barcelona / Winchester

1992 – 1996 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen

 

Selected Solo and Joint Exhibitions

 

2022

Nov   Ebb & Flow, solo exhibition at &Gallery, Edinburgh

Mar   Interlude, solo exhibition at Janknegt Gallery, Laren, The Netherlands

 

2021

Apr   Breathing Space, joint exhibition with Eric Cruikshank at Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo, Barcelona

 

2020

Oct   ECHO, solo exhibition at &Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2018  

Aug   Continuum, Two person exhibition with Gisela Hoffmann at Galerie Schmidt & Schütte, Cologne

Jun   Solo exhibition at Zembla Gallery, Hawick

Apr   Percezione, Two person exhibition with Sonia Costantini at THECA Gallery, Milan

Mar   Joint exhibition with Jeffrey Cortland Jones at &Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2017  

May   The Relative Medium (with Eric Cruikshank), Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg

 

2016  

Oct   Intime, Galerie Weissraum, Kyoto

 

2015  

Apr   Ways of Seeing (with Eric Cruikshank), Howden Park Centre, Livingston

 

2013

Build (with Merja Herzog-Hellsten), Galerie Salon 13, BOK, Offenbach

Malerei (with Eric Cruikshank), Galerie Albrecht, Berlin

 

2007  

Razed To The Ground, Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Edinburgh

 

2006  

Plate Tectonics, Galería Alonso Vidal, Barcelona

Solo Exhibition, An Tuireann Arts Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye

 

2005  

Solo Exhibition, Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Edinburgh

 

2004  

Solo Exhibition, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2023

Dec   Winter Exhibition&Gallery, Edinburgh

Jan   30:30&Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2022   

Dec   Here, NowVictor Lope Arte Contemporáneo, Barcelona

Jan   On Paper&Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2021

Dec   Forma y Color – Lo Spazio, Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo, Barcelona

Dec   Winter Exhibition&Gallery, Edinburgh

Mar   Orbit, Group Exhibition at Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 

Feb   Tiny Yet Mighty, Group exhibition at &Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2020

Apr   Art Matters, online exhibition at Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne 

 

2019

Nov   Beneath the Surface, Group exhibition at City Art Centre, Edinburgh

Nov   &Gallery Winter Exhibition, &Gallery,  Edinburgh 

Sep   Bauhaus – alles unter einem Dach, Group exhibition at Galerie Kirbach, Dusseldorf

Sep   Art Check-in, group exhibition at Taneri Showroom, Seto Japan

Aug   PAPIER – FARBE – MALEREI, Group exhibition at Verein für aktuelle Kunst/Ruhrgebiet e.v. (VfaKR), Oberhausen

Apr   Kunstkonzept SZA, Group exhibition at Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, Frankfurt

Jan   In The Stillness, group exhibition at Freudmonk Gallery, Online

 

2018

Dec   Unrestricted, group exhibition at &Gallery, Edinburgh

Nov   Three person exhibition with Thomas Jacobi & Charles Poulsen at The Hughson Gallery, Glasgow

Apr   On Narrow Paths, group exhibition with Max Cole & Abraham David Christian at Galerie Kirbach, Dusseldorf

 

2017  

Dec   Charity Postcard Exhibition, Zembla Gallery, Hawick

Dec   Connection, group exhibition at &Gallery, Edinburgh

Jun   Hydrophil, group exhibition at Galerie Schmidt & Schütte, Cologne

May   Three person exhibition with Gisela Hoffmann and Jan Scharrelmann at Verein für aktuelle Kunst/Ruhrgebiet e.v. (VfaKR), Oberhausen

 

2016

The Lite Bothy, DOK Artist Space at Freemason Hall, Edinburgh

 

2015

The Memory of Time, Wootdali Cultural Village, Pyeongtaek, South Korea

Sommersalon 2015, Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne

Kunstkonzept SZA, Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, Frankfurt

 

2014

The Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

 

2012  

RSA Open 2012, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

 

2011

Reflection: Contemporary Visual Arts & Crafts in Edinburgh, City Art Centre, Edinburgh

Materials, Galerie P13, Heidelberg

 

2010  

Scottish Summer Exhibition, The Fleming Collection, London

 

2009

Paint Can, Travelling Gallery, Various locations in Scotland

Strata, Sarah Myerscough, London

The Drawing Room, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

 

2008

WASPS Exhibition, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

 

2007

Open, Cube, Manchester

 

2006

ArtSway Open 06, ArtSway, Sway, Hampshire

 

2005

Works on Paper, Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Edinburgh

Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, London

 

2003

Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

 

2002

Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, London

Mostyn Open 12, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno

 

2001

Revolution, Bellevue Gallery, Edinburgh

 

2000

Big Small New, Houldsworth, London