CV
Juan Bolivar
born in Caracas, Venezuala
lives and works in London, UK
Exhibitions
2023
On The Road Again, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Art Karlsruhe with Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin Gallery, Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2022
Call me a Horse, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2021
Powerage, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Bauhaus Centenary Exhibition, curated by Katharina Wendler and Daniel Sturgis, Weimar University, Weimar, Germany
Circling the Square, Thames-Side Studios, London, United Kingdom
2020
The Collector’s Room, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019
Bauhaus 100: Utopia in Crisis, curated by Daniel Sturgis, Camberwell Space, London, United Kingdom
Bauhaus Centenary Festival, Bauhaus Museum, Dessau, Germany
London Art Fair with JGM Gallery, London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Rules of Freedom, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2018
The Waiting Room, Wimbledon Space, London, United Kingdom
Malevolent Eldrich Shrieking, Attercliffe TM, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2017
High Voltage, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
It’s a Long Way To The Top, Nomas projects, Dundee, Scotland
2016
Marmite Prize, Block 336, London, United Kingdom
Various Species, Greystone Industries, Suffolk, United Kingdom
2015
Back in Black, Horatio Junior Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Nanjing International, Nanjing Museum of Contemporary Art, China
2014
I Heart New York, C&C Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Castaway, Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Battlefield III, Anglia Ruskin University Gallery, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Zero Tolerance, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013
Law & Order, Tim Sheward Projects, London, United Kingdom
Art Basel Miami, Lion & Lamb Gallery, Miami, USA
2012
Temples 2 The Domestic, Clifford Chance, London, United Kingdom
2011
Bat Out of Hell, Jacobs Island Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2010
Misfits, DS Contemporary Art, Belgium
Tag: New London Painting, Brown Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2009
Three by Three, Yinka Shonibare’s Studio, London, United Kingdom
Fringe MK: Painting Prize, The Centre MK, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
2008
Geometry Wars, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
Home Alone, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerland
Voewood Projects, Voewood, Norfolk, United Kingdom
2007
EAST International 2007, Norwich University College of the Arts, Norwich, United Kingdom
EauSauvage Part II, Fieldgate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006
EauSauvage Part I, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerland
Recess, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerlan
2005
News From Nowhere, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerland
2004
New Exhibits: The Government Art Collection, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
New British Painting II, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
2003
Lexmark European Art Prize, Eyestorm Gallery, London, United Kingdom
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom
Grants and Residencies
2015 Prize Winner Nanjing International Exhibition, China
2011 Jacobs Island Annual Artist in Residence Award
2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
2007 Selected for EASTinternational 2007
2005 Nominated for the first round for Beck’s Futures 2005
2003 UK finalist, The Lexmark European Prize
2000 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
lives and works in London, UK
Exhibitions
2023
On The Road Again, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Art Karlsruhe with Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin Gallery, Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2022
Call me a Horse, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2021
Powerage, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Bauhaus Centenary Exhibition, curated by Katharina Wendler and Daniel Sturgis, Weimar University, Weimar, Germany
Circling the Square, Thames-Side Studios, London, United Kingdom
2020
The Collector’s Room, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019
Bauhaus 100: Utopia in Crisis, curated by Daniel Sturgis, Camberwell Space, London, United Kingdom
Bauhaus Centenary Festival, Bauhaus Museum, Dessau, Germany
London Art Fair with JGM Gallery, London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Rules of Freedom, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2018
The Waiting Room, Wimbledon Space, London, United Kingdom
Malevolent Eldrich Shrieking, Attercliffe TM, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2017
High Voltage, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom
It’s a Long Way To The Top, Nomas projects, Dundee, Scotland
2016
Marmite Prize, Block 336, London, United Kingdom
Various Species, Greystone Industries, Suffolk, United Kingdom
2015
Back in Black, Horatio Junior Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Nanjing International, Nanjing Museum of Contemporary Art, China
2014
I Heart New York, C&C Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Castaway, Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Battlefield III, Anglia Ruskin University Gallery, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Zero Tolerance, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013
Law & Order, Tim Sheward Projects, London, United Kingdom
Art Basel Miami, Lion & Lamb Gallery, Miami, USA
2012
Temples 2 The Domestic, Clifford Chance, London, United Kingdom
2011
Bat Out of Hell, Jacobs Island Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2010
Misfits, DS Contemporary Art, Belgium
Tag: New London Painting, Brown Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2009
Three by Three, Yinka Shonibare’s Studio, London, United Kingdom
Fringe MK: Painting Prize, The Centre MK, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
2008
Geometry Wars, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
Home Alone, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerland
Voewood Projects, Voewood, Norfolk, United Kingdom
2007
EAST International 2007, Norwich University College of the Arts, Norwich, United Kingdom
EauSauvage Part II, Fieldgate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006
EauSauvage Part I, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerland
Recess, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerlan
2005
News From Nowhere, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerland
2004
New Exhibits: The Government Art Collection, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
New British Painting II, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
2003
Lexmark European Art Prize, Eyestorm Gallery, London, United Kingdom
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom
Grants and Residencies
2015 Prize Winner Nanjing International Exhibition, China
2011 Jacobs Island Annual Artist in Residence Award
2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
2007 Selected for EASTinternational 2007
2005 Nominated for the first round for Beck’s Futures 2005
2003 UK finalist, The Lexmark European Prize
2000 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
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