TESSA WHITEHEAD
b. 1985 Lives and works The Bahamas
2007-09 MA The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
2003-07 BA Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Tessa Whitehead..there are always two deaths, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas
2016 Tessa Whitehead, VoltaNY, with POPOPstudios, ICVA,New York
2015 Paintings 2008-2013, POPOPstudios ICVA, Nassau, The Bahamas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘beginning’, The Brighton Storeroom, Barbados
Hard Mouth: From The Tongue of The Ocean, permanent exhibition, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
2017 Übersee, Halle 14, Spinnerei in Leipzig, Germany
Revisiting An Eye for the Tropics, permanent exhibition, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
This is Yours, That is Mine, The D'Aguilar Art Foundation, Nassau
2016 Something About Failure, Austin Forum, London, UK
2015 Nassau Calling, curated by Amanda Coulson and Uli Voges, HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
A Call for Drawings, project by Klaas Hoek, BAK, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2014 Video Islands Film Screeningcurated by María Elena Ortiz, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
NE7, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas
Show Off, with Heino Schmid, LeandaKateLouise, London, UK
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Central Bank of The Bahamas
The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, The Bahamas
University College London
RESIDENCIES
2019 Artist-in-Residence - The University of Leeds, UK
2014 Chisenhale Studio4 Residency, London
PRIZES & AWARDS
2016 Shortlisted for Bahamian Icon Awards for VoltaNY exhibition
2013 Shortlisted for the Well’s Art Contemproary, Well’s Museum, UK
2012 Shortlisted for The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2011 Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy, London, UK
2009 William Coldstream Memorial Prize, UCL, London
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES
2019 Tessa Whitehead….there are always two deaths, Amanda Coulson, Holly Binoe, Rose Davey & Natalie Willis, exh. cat., National Art Galllery Bahamas
2019 Reconnecting to the Devine Feminine by Blake Fox for The Nassau Guardian, May 11 2019
2019 The NAGB presents two breathtaking Exhibitions, Dr. Ian Bethel Bennet, The Nassau Guardian, May 4th
2018 New Gallery Challenges Expectations with Artistic Exchange in Assemble, Arc Magazine 2018
2016 Conceptual Art and Breaking down Caribbean Stereotypes, Royann Dean for Arc Magazine Online, March 22nd
2016 Creative Careers: Artist and Curator, Nassau Guardian newspaper 2016
2014 Ease and Passage, Tessa Whitehead, www.popopstudios.com, 13.6 2014
‘Show-Off’, London, Varala Maraj for Arc Magazine online, 23.12.2014
b. 1985 Lives and works The Bahamas
2007-09 MA The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
2003-07 BA Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Tessa Whitehead..there are always two deaths, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas
2016 Tessa Whitehead, VoltaNY, with POPOPstudios, ICVA,New York
2015 Paintings 2008-2013, POPOPstudios ICVA, Nassau, The Bahamas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 ‘beginning’, The Brighton Storeroom, Barbados
Hard Mouth: From The Tongue of The Ocean, permanent exhibition, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
2017 Übersee, Halle 14, Spinnerei in Leipzig, Germany
Revisiting An Eye for the Tropics, permanent exhibition, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
This is Yours, That is Mine, The D'Aguilar Art Foundation, Nassau
2016 Something About Failure, Austin Forum, London, UK
2015 Nassau Calling, curated by Amanda Coulson and Uli Voges, HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
A Call for Drawings, project by Klaas Hoek, BAK, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2014 Video Islands Film Screeningcurated by María Elena Ortiz, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
NE7, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas
Show Off, with Heino Schmid, LeandaKateLouise, London, UK
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Central Bank of The Bahamas
The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, The Bahamas
University College London
RESIDENCIES
2019 Artist-in-Residence - The University of Leeds, UK
2014 Chisenhale Studio4 Residency, London
PRIZES & AWARDS
2016 Shortlisted for Bahamian Icon Awards for VoltaNY exhibition
2013 Shortlisted for the Well’s Art Contemproary, Well’s Museum, UK
2012 Shortlisted for The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2011 Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy, London, UK
2009 William Coldstream Memorial Prize, UCL, London
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES
2019 Tessa Whitehead….there are always two deaths, Amanda Coulson, Holly Binoe, Rose Davey & Natalie Willis, exh. cat., National Art Galllery Bahamas
2019 Reconnecting to the Devine Feminine by Blake Fox for The Nassau Guardian, May 11 2019
2019 The NAGB presents two breathtaking Exhibitions, Dr. Ian Bethel Bennet, The Nassau Guardian, May 4th
2018 New Gallery Challenges Expectations with Artistic Exchange in Assemble, Arc Magazine 2018
2016 Conceptual Art and Breaking down Caribbean Stereotypes, Royann Dean for Arc Magazine Online, March 22nd
2016 Creative Careers: Artist and Curator, Nassau Guardian newspaper 2016
2014 Ease and Passage, Tessa Whitehead, www.popopstudios.com, 13.6 2014
‘Show-Off’, London, Varala Maraj for Arc Magazine online, 23.12.2014
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