- Showroom Gallery
The Showroom has existed as a publicly funded
art gallery since 1989. It is based in the East End of London, and forms part of the thriving community of galleries that includes The Approach, Chisenhale, Interim Art, Matt's Gallery and Modern Art. It is situated on Bonner Road and is close to both Bethnal Green tube andCambridge Heath railway station .The current Director is Emily Pethick, who has worked at the gallery since May 2008. She was preceded by Kirsty Ogg, Kim Sweet and David Thorp.
The Showroom's signature policy of offering artists a first solo show in
London was refined recently and the gallery now focuses on commissioning new works for the space. The gallery presents four shows per year, a schedule that affords artists the time to develop and realise their work on site.Solo shows at The Showroom have been a launch pad for many well known artists, including
Mona Hatoum ,Sam Taylor-Wood ,Simon Starling , Christina Mackie,Jim Lambie , Claire Barclay andEva Rothschild . A number of artists who have exhibited at The Showroom have been nominated for or have won prestigious awards such as theTurner Prize andBeck's Futures .The Showroom receives fixed-term funding from
Arts Council of England but also receives funding from other organisations and individuals.The Showroom maintains a strong
online presence, offering a wide range ofarchive materials as well as publications for sale.Exhibition Programme at The Showroom
2007-2000
* Hannah Rickards - May 2007
* [http://www.kollectiv.co.uk/ Pil and Galia Kollectiv] - March 2007
* Matti Braun (with Henrietta Hale) - November 2006
* Clare Gasson - June 2006
* "If it didn't exist you'd have to invent it: a partial Showroom history" - April 2006
* Diann Bauer - February 2006
* Caroline Achaintre - October 2005
*Patrick Martinez - July 2005
* Aaron Williamson - April 2005
* Daria Martin - January 2005
* Richard Hughes - October 2004
* Elin Wikström - June 2004
* Subodh Gupta - April 2004
* juneau/projects/ (Phil Duckworth and Ben Sadler) - January 2004
* Des Hughes - October 2003
* Dolores Zinny & Juan Maidagan - May 2003
* Matti Braun - March 2003
* Ólöf Björnsdóttir - January 2003
* Antonio Ortega - October 2002
* Barby Asante - June 2002
* Gun Holmström - March 2002
* Minna Haukka - December 2001
* Dave Allen - October 2001
* Kathrin Böhm - June 2001
* Eva Rothschild - April 2001
* Rachel Lowe - February 2001
* Alan Kane - October 2000
* FlatPack001 (Mark Beasley, Stephen Beasley and Tim Hutchinson) - June 2000
* Claire Barclay - March 20001999-1993
* Oliver Zwink - December 1999
* Andrea Mason + Philippe Bradshaw - October 1999
*Jim Lambie - June 1999
* Christina Mackie - March 1999
* Fortuyn/O'Brien - November 1998
* Stephen Murphy - July 1998
* Will Bradley, Chris Evans,Alan Michael , Joanne Tatham & Tom OSullivan, Hayley Tompkins, Cathy Wilkes - April 1998
* Pierre Bismuth - March 1998
* Keith Coventry - October 1997
*Fergal Stapleton /Rebecca Warren - June 1997
* George Barber, Clio Barnard,Alan Currall ,Tacita Dean ,Matthew Higgs , Tina Keane, Michael Maziere, Gregor Muir, Michael O'Pray and Stephen Partridge - April 1997
* Phillip Lai - February 1997
*Anya Gallaccio , Douglas Gibb, Denise Hawrysio,Georges Perec ,Daniel Spoerri , Gera Urkom & John Wilkins - October 1996
* Andrew Mount - July 1996
* Elizabeth Wright - June 1996
* Florence Paradeis - April 1996
* Stephanie Smith/Edward Stewart - November 1995
* Bum Boy (Michael Atavar, Pascal Brannan and Robert Pacitti) - October 1995
*Simon Starling - June 1995
* Freddy Contreras/Ceal Floyer - April 1995
* desperate optimists (Christine Molloy and Joseph Lawlor) - March 1995
* Adrian Schiess - October 1994
*Sam Taylor-Wood - June 1994
* Gordana Stanisic - May 1994
* Gerard Williams - February 1994
* Forced Entertainment, Hugo Glendinning & Will Waghorn - November 1993
* Francis Cape - September 1993External links
* [http://www.theshowroom.org/ The Showroom Gallery web site]
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