Biography

www.hannahcollins.net

London, 1956
Lives and works between London and Barcelona

Education
Associated Professor in the Royal College of Art, London
1993 Turner Prize Finalist, London
1991 European Photography Award, Berlin
1978 - 1979 Fulbright - Hays Grant
1974 - 1978 Slade School of Fine Arts, London

Solo exhibitions
2017 The Interior and the Exterior, Noah Purifoy - Anglim Gilbert Gallery / Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, California
2016 École supérieure des beaux-arts Tours Angers Le Mans - École du Mans, Le Mans
2015 BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Camden Arts Centre, London
SPECTRUM International Prize for Fotography, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2013 Piedra, papel o tijera, Galería Javier López, Madrid
2012 El festín frágil, Fundació Suñol, Barcelona
The Fragile Feast, Wall Street Gallery, Deutsche Bank, Nueva York
Begin Anywhere (John Cage), Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
The Fragile Feast, Galerie de l’Hôtel Scribe, París
The Fragile Feast, Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris
El festín frágil. Rutas a Ferran Adrià, Fundación Valentín de Madariaga, Sevilla
Hannah Collins: The Fragile Feast, Ivory Press Art+Books, Madrid
2011 El festín frágil. Rutas a Ferran Adrià, Sala de Exposiciones Banco Herrero, Oviedo
2010 Shadow and Clouds, Galería Javier López, Madrid
Solitud and Company, Casa de La Volta, La Panera, Lleida
La revelación del Tiempo / Time will Reveal it alll, Museo de arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
2009 Historia en curso. Películas y fotografías, CaixaForum, Madrid
Beshencevo a Current History, the Theater Gallery, Colby Museum, Waterville, Maine
Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris
Solitude & Company, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2008 Historia en curso. Películas y fotografías, CaixaForum, Barcelona; and ARTIUM Centro - Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria
Esculpir en el tiempo - Homenaje a Tarkovsky, Palma Dotze, Vilafranca del Penedés
Solitude & Company, Le Fresnoy, France
Parallel, La Laboral - Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón
2007 True Stories, Bilbao, Galería Javier López, Madrid
Moving Image, Gering & López Gallery, New York
Hannah Collins, CaixaForum, Barcelona (travelling), curated by Marc Nash
2006 A Future Life, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona
2005 El Olor del Jazmín, Galería Javier López, Madrid
2004 La calle, CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga
La Mina, Forum 2004, Barcelona
La Mina, VOX contemporary image, Montreal, Quebec
2003 Supermarket, California, Galería Javier López, Madrid
Another City Not My Own, Peer Foundation, London
Medir la Verdad, CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga
La Mina, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
La Mina, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
2002 Hotel of being, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
Obra reciente, Galería Javier López, Madrid
Mirror, Galería Lei, Barcelona
2000 Signs of Life, Tate Gallery, London
Galerie Arlogos, Paris
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Valencia Biennial, Valencia
1999 1000 German Books, permanent installation, university library, Munich
La Vida en película, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
1998 True Stories, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1997 Filming Things, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
Selected Works, Galerie Arlogos, Nantes
In the Course of Time, A Worldwide Case of Homesickness, Sala Parpalló, Valencia
Edition, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
1996 New Works, Galerie Laage Salomon, Paris
In the Course of Time, Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastián; Fundació Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca
A Worldwide Case of Homesickness, IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
The Hunter’s Space, Chisenhale Gallery, London; Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester; Contemporary Art Center, Glasgow
Shopping, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
1995 Luminous Liquid Breaths, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
Still - Lives, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
The Hunter’s Space, The Village, L’Aquarium, Valenciennes
Slow Time, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
1994 Signs of Life, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1993 The Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
In the Course of Time, Vjazdowski Castle, Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw; Centre d’Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona
1992 Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
Galerie Arlogos, Nantes
Regeneration, Power Plant, Toronto
Signs of Life, 3rd International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
1991 Stonefree, Tinglado II, Tarragona
Paley Wright Gallery, London
S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto
Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
1990 Galerie Arlogos, Nantes
Tanit Galerie, Cologne
1989 Viewpoints, Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis
Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels
New Works, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Stairway to Heaven, Hacienda Club, Manchester
1988 Heart and Soul, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Large Scale Photoworks, T’Venster Gallery, Rotterdam
Galerie Arlogos, Nantes
1987 Film Stills, Matt’s Gallery, London
Shelf, Situation, Shrine, Colindale Hospital, Public Art Development Trust, London
1986 Evidence in the Streets, Interim Art, London
1984 Maureen Paley, Londron

Group exhibitions
2017 Pongamos que hablo de Madrid, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara
Escenas: acción y representación, MUPAM - Museo del Patrimonio Municipal de Málaga, Málaga
Olor de Málaga. Percepciones olfativas de colección olorVISUAL, Salas de La Coracha, Málaga
Burdened Landscapes, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2016 Parcours, Galerie Dominique Fiat, París
Seeing Round Corners: The Art of the Circle, Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
Fora da ordem. Obras da Coleção Helga de Alvear, Pinacoteca de Sao Paulo
2015 Lo que no se ve, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Ciudad de México
Prova rebutjada (Tout va bien), Galería Joan Prats Artgràfic, Barcelona
Bar Humo, Trastero 109, Palma de Mallorca; curated by Daniel Silvo, in collaboration with Addaya Col·lecció i Addaya Centre d’Art Contemporani
2014 Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing, Freud Museum, London
A Crossroads of Collections, CAAM - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; curated by Omar - Pascual Castillo
La piel translúcida. Obras de la Colección Iberdrola, Patio Herreriano – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español, Valladolid
Blütezeit, Art Foyer der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt / Main
Las lágrimas de las cosas, Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres
Resonance(s), Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels
Presència, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
2013 A Cop d’Ull. Cultura visual fotográfica en Barcelona, La Virreina - Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona
Tesoro público. Colección Artium, ARTIUM - Centro - Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria - Gasteiz
Arquitectura inadvertida, Museo - Casa de la Asegurada, Alicante
Medusa Caravage Salon, Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris
El Arte del Presente. Colección Helga de Alvear. Mecenazgo al servicio del Arte, CentroCentro - Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid
Des Images comme des oiseaux, Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseille
Territórios de Transição # 11—A experiência do Silêncio. BES Arte & Finança, Lisbon
Stadt in Sicht - Werke aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank. Von Feininger bis Gursky, Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund
Viatge Extra-ordinari. El viaje y el arte, dos formas de conocimiento, Bòlit - Centre d'Art Contemporani, Girona
5 años, CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles - Madrid
Invitation A L’imaginaire, L´Imagerie, Lannion
2012 La Ville magique, LaM Lille Métropole musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Villeneuve-d’Ascq
Extended Minismalism, Galería Javier López, Madrid
With An Apple I will Astonish, Large Glass, London
El vacío es un lugar donde apoyarse, Museo - Casa de la Asegurada, Alicante
Carnaza para los dioses. Imaginario y transcendencia en la colección del CAAM, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Religion & Riten, Art Foyer der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main
2011 Singulier(s)/Pluriel. Le Cnap au LaM, LaM - Lille métropole musée d’art moderne , d’art contemporain et d’art brut; featuring Hair with Eyes
Beyond Conventions, Auditorium Foyer, Ford Foundation, New York; featuring The Road to Mvezo
La Memoria del ‘Otro’ en la Era de lo Global, Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana; curated by Anna Maria Guasch, featuring Beshencevo a Current History
54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Roma Pavillion, collateral event, Venice; featuring Beshencevo a Current History
Midnight Party, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; featuring Life for Life
L’art de menjar (De la natura morta a Ferran Adrià), Caixa Catalunya La Pedrera, Barcelona; curated by Cristina Giménez
Figuras de la exclusión, Patio Herreriano - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español, Valladolid
La travesía de una colección. Los Bragales, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
Collector, Tri Postal, Lille
Songs of the Swamp / Lieder aus dem Morast, WUK | Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna; curated by Hilary Koob - Sassen and Rosie Cooper
2010 Nosotras, CAAC - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla
“La Memoria del Otro” en la Era de lo Global, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Santiago de Chile; featuring A Current History
Miradas singulares, voces plurales, Claustro de Exposiciones Palacio Provincial, Cádiz
Le Meilleur des Mondes, MUDAM Luxemburg, curated by Enrico Lunghi
2009 Cartografías Disidentes, featuring La Mina, Centro de Artes Provinciales, Holguín, Cuba; Encuentro Iberoamericano de Juventud ‘Cartajoven 2009’, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia; Centro Cultural de España, Mexico; Centro Cultural San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
La Memoria del Otro, Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota
Frontiera. Paesaggi Metropolitani, featuring Solitude & Company, Bergamo Film Meeting 2009, organised by the Associazione Millepiani and GAMEC - Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
New York Roma / Gipsy Human Rights Film Festival, featuring Beshencevo: a current history, 3rd edition, New York
Strange Places, Urban Landscape Photography, featuring Paseo Cameron 5, Stanley Picker Gallery, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
Impacto! Obras de la Colección olorVISUAL, Fundació Vall Palou, Lleida
2008 Collection Art Foundation Mallorca, CCA Andratx, Balearic Islands
Cartografías Disidentes, featuring La Mina, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas; Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro; MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Facultad de Artes, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
BesArt - O presente: uma dimensão infinita, Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
Darkside Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Aquilo Sou Eu, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon
Panorama 9 - 10, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing
2007 La vida privada, Colección Josep Civit, Huesca
Objeto de réplica, ARTIUM Centro - Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria
Time Present, Time Past, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
Barcelona 1947 - 2007, Fondation Maeght, Saint - Paul
Lisbon Images, Museo Municipal de Faro
De leur temps(2) Art Contemporain Et Collections Privées, Musee de Grenoble
les temps modernes, Domaine de Kerguéhennec Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan
2006 Seville Biennial (BIACS'2), curated by Okwui Enwezor
Glaskultur - ¿Qué pasó con la trasparéncia?, Centre d’Art la Panera, Lérida
Peintres de la vie moderne. Modern - life painters – Donation, Caisse des Dépôts' photograph collection, Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
Cross - referenced messages. Talk with reality in time, ARTIUM Centro - Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria - Gasteiz
2005 Wunderkammer, The Artificial Kingdom, The Collection, Usher Gallery City and County Museum, Lincolnshire, curated by Edward Allington
Miradas de Mujer. 20 Fotógrafas Españolas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia
Nueva tecnología, nueva iconografía, nueva fotografía,- Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca
b. a. - ba un choix dans la collection du Frac Bretagne, Domaine de Kerguéhennec - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan
2004 International Film Festival, Rotterdam
Forum 2004, Barcelona
El somni eròtic, Centre d’Art la Panera, Lérida
De leur temps. Collections privées Francaises, Musee des Beaux Arts Tourcoing, Tourcoing
Nueva tecnología, nueva iconografía, nueva fotografía, Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani (Fundación Juan March), Palma de Mallorca
1984 - 2004. 20 years Portfolio,- Galeria Luis Serpa Projectos, Lisbon
2003 After The News, CCCB - Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona , Barcelona
printemps de septembre, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
Summer Group Show. Corner of Mine, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
2002 Colección Falcón - Ordoñez, San Sebastián
Seeing Things, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Group Show, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Buscando La Vida, 35 mm. feature film, Sitges Film Festival
Acquired Works, IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Grace And Gravity, Gallery Estrany, de La Mota, Barcelona
Peinture et photographie, Gabrielle Salomon - Art Conseil, Paris
Recent Works on Paper, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Aproches Critiques : l’expérience esthétique, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes
The Unblinking Eye, IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Los grabados también son obra original,- Camilla Hamm, Barcelona
2001 Ahí donde vivimos, Ayuntamiento de Pamplona
La Mirada compartida, Ayuntamiento de Pamplona
Trois Photographes: Hannah Collins, Fariba Hajamadi, Tracey Moffatt, Gabrielle Salomon - Art Conseil, Paris
The Language of Things, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Obras recientes, MNCARS - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Recent Works on Paper, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Group show, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Giorgio Morandi, Artist’s contribution, Tate Gallery, London
2000 Galería Fúcares, Almagro
Història de la Fotografía a Catalunya, MNAC - Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
Opening Exhibition, Tate Gallery, London
Evidence: Portraits by Hannah Collins, Frank Egloff, Craigie Horsfield and Sa Schloff, The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Façons de Peindre, Gabrielle Salomon - Art Conseil, Paris
Commsisioned print selection, Tate Modern, London
Deutsche Bank Collection, Deutsche Bank, London
1999 Dobles vidas, Institud de Cultura de Barcelona, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona; Museo Textil, Barcelona
Insite 98 - Mysterious Voyages: Exploring the Subject of Photography, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore
Ragtime, Estrany de la Mota, Barcelona, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Sublime. The Darkness and the Light, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Angel Row Gallery
Fora de Camp, Mètronom Gallery, Barcelona
Four Walls Film Programme, National Theatre London
Invisible Museum, House, Cairo
1998 Chime. Thinking Aloud, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; Cornerhouse, Manchester; Camden Arts Centre, London
Fictions in times, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Espace Elektra, Paris
De Composition - Photography Group Show, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
De Compostion - Photography from Britain, MMCA - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Contact, City Poster Project, Cardiff
1997 Surroundings, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
The City and the Stars, Galería Luís Serpa Projects, Lisbon
Paved with Gold, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge
Landscape. The Pastoral to the Urban, Centre for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, New York
1996 Prospect 96, Frankfurt
Absolute Landscape, Yokohama Museum, Yokohama
Exergue, FRAC Normandie, Caen
Constructions, Galerie Laage Salomon, Paris
Le monde aprés la photographie, Villa Arson, Nice
Warworks, Canadian Centre for Photography, Toronto
Photography. Art Vehicle / Art Material, Contemporary Art Gallery, Cracovia
Desert, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; SLG South London Gallery, London
1995 Warworks, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (travelling)
Sites of Being, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
British Sculpture, Welkunst Collection, IMMA - Irish Museum of modern art, Dublin
Le monde aprés la photographie, Musée d’Art Moderne, Villeneuve - d’Ascq
Vues Intérieures, FRAC Bretagne, Chateaugiron
Incidentes, Xunta de Galicia, Casa de Parra, Santiago de Compostela
1994 Image / Image, Museum of Ghent, Belgium
A Positive View, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Los Géneros de la Pintura, Museo Español de Arte Moderno, Madrid
CAAM - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria
1993 Salón de los 16, Palacio Velázquez, Madrid; Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela
1992 In Vitro, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
The Last Days, Salas del Arenal, Expo’92, Seville
Twelve Stars, Arts Council Gallery, Belfast; City art Centre, Edinburg; Barbican Art Gallery, London
1991 European Photography Award Exhibition, Künstler Werkstatt Banhoff, Berlin
Out of Limbo, Fundación Luis Cernuda, Seville
De - Composition, British Council, touring exhibition
Portraits, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Art et essai, Université de Rennes
1990 Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles
To Be or Not to Be, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona
British Artists in Russia, Kiev, Ukraine, Moscow
Images in Transition, Modern Art Museum, Kyoto
The Sybilline Eye, Künstlerwerstatten, Munich
1989 That Which Appears is Good…, Tanja Grunaert Gallery, Cologne
Une Autre Objectivité, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris
Malasia, Galería la Máquina Española, Madrid
Portraits, Contemporary Art Foundation, Amsterdam
Shifting Focus, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol; Serpentine Gallery, London
Polaroid Works, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
L’invention d’un Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1988 Australian Biennale, Sydney and Melbourne
Aperto ’88, Venice Biennial, Italy
A British View, Für Gestaltung Museum, Zurich
Another Objectivity, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Matter of Facts, Musée des Beaux - Arts, Nantes; Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint Étienne
Nobody’s Fool, De Appel Gallery, Amsterdam
The Revenge of Recollection, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
1987 The British Edge, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Towards a Bigger Picture, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Big Picture, The New Photography, John and Mable Ringling Museum, Florida (touring)
Under the Sign of Saturn, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
1986 Antidotes to Madness, Riverside Studios, London
1985 Window, wall, ceiling, floorshow, Maureen Paley, London

Filmography
2008 Solitude & Company, 60mm film HD 35mm Dolby Sound, 60 min.
Solitude and Company, Le Fresnoy, France
Parallel, La Laboral - Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón
2007 Parrallel, 3 channels HD projection, 28 min. Super 16mm., a Basilisk Communication Production sponsored by the Arts Council of England
Beshencevo A Current History, BFI screening, National Film Theatre, London
Current History, Cambridge Film Festival, United Kingdom; Gering & López Gallery, New York
2006 Current History, 30 2 channels HD projections, 34 min. Super 16mm., a Basilisk Communication Production with the collaboration of a Grant by the Film London, Wexner Center Media Arts Program, The Ohio State University, and Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona
Beshencevo A Current History, Seville Biennial
2004 La Mina, Rotterdam Film Festival
2003 La Mina, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, California
La Mina, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
La Mina, CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga
2002 Buscando la Vida, Sitges Film Festival, Sitges
2001 La Cantante, Cambridge Film Festival
La Cantante, Fourth Wall, Nacional Theatre, London

Public collections
Albright - Knox Museum, Buffalo
Ayuntamiento de Logroño
Ayuntamiento de Pamplona
Banco de España, Madrid
Caja La General, Granada
Centro de Cultura, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Colby College Museum of Art
Cultural Rioja
Dallas Museum of Art
Deutsch Bank Collection, London
Diputación de Almería
Diputación de Cádiz
Diputación de Murcia
FNAC (Fonds National d’Art Contemporain), France
FRAC Basse - Normandie
FRAC Rhône - Alpes
FRAC Bretagne
Fundación Banesto, Madrid
Fundación Botin, Santander
Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
Luxembourg Museum, Luxemburg
MACBA - Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Museo de Álava, Vitoria
Musée des Beaux - Arts, Nantes
Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
MNCARS - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Polaroïd International
Quinta da Encosta, Portugal
Sprengel Museum Hannover
The Arts Coucil of Great Britain, London
The British Council, London
The European Parliament, Strasbourg
The Tate Gallery, London
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis
Weltkunst Foundation, Dublin