APPAU JNR BOAKYE-YIADOM
BORN: LONDON, ENGLAND LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON
Using everyday objects as characters, Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom creates performance environments in his studio. These objects are activated during brief performances. The events are documented through the medium of film, photography and installation. In his studio he creates a test/experiment that establishes the work of Art. Boakye-Yiadom invests in his work humor, absurdity and a poetic poise that through the wide range of materials he chooses to use, a unique situation for the viewer to encounter. His installations are a record or reminiscence of this act performed.
EDUCATION
• 2005- 2008: ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS (POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA)
• 2002- 2005: WINCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART (BA (HONS) FINE ART PAINTING)
• 08.02.07 – 18.02.07: ‘PREMIUMS’, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, MAIN GALLERIES
SELECTIVE SHOW OF SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
11.08.11 – 09.11 GROUP SHOW, FORT Gallery, 34-38 Provost St, London, N1 7NG
EXHIBITIONS
• 08.07.11- 06.08.11 ‘RESTRIKE’ POPPY SEBIRE GALLERY, 6 COPPERFIELD ST, LONDON SE1 0EP, GROUP SHOW SHOWCASING UPCOMING SCULPTURE ARTIST INCLUDE: JOSH BAUM, SARAH PAGER, ROB PRATT, LUCIA RIVERO, AMY STEPHENS, JONATHAN TRAYTE
• 30.06.11- 13.08.11 ‘Peacock Trousers’ JOSH LILLEY GALLERY, 44-46 RIDINGHOUSE ST, LONDON W1W 7EX, TWO MAN SHOW WITH ARTIST GABRIEL HARTLEY
• 06.11 ‘THE LAST ADVETURE OF THE GREAT ALONSO’ GALLERY PRIMO ALONSO, 395-397 HACKNEY RD GROUP SHOW MARKING THE CLOSING OF THE GALLERY.
• 02.11 ‘Smaller Than a lemon’ PROJECT (BNU), Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 2JZ
• 11/10-12/10 Program 5:’The Moving Index’ www.artoffice.org, Curated by Courtney J Martin, Creating an intersection between art screenings and video-sharing websites.
• 04.11.10- 24.12.10 ‘Heavenly Creatures’, AUBIN GALLERY , 64-66 REDCHURCH ST, LONDON E2 7DP, A group exhibition by Artnesia at The Aubin Gallery, Animals in Contemporary Art
• 21.09.10- 23.10.10 ‘THIS IS ENGLAND’, UNO+UNO, Via Ausonio, 18 Milano, Italy Group exhibition shown earlier this year in June. Taken to Milan
• 28.08.10- 22.09.10 ‘TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY’, The Old Police Station 114 – 116 Amersham Vale London, SE14 6LG TWO MAN SHOW WITH ARTIST DORIS DAY both ARTIST play with double-meanings, twists of phrase and slight of hand applied to visual presentation.
• 04.06.10- 26.06.10 ‘MISGUIDED WARRIOR’, SQUID & TABERNACLE, HARTWELL ST, HACKNEY, LONDON, E8. SOLO EXHIBITION FORMING PART OF A THE GALLERY’S SHORT TERM SITE SPECFIC INSTILLATION/INTERVENTION PROGRAMME STAGED WITHIN THE A SHIPPING CONTAINER.
• 21.05.10- 21.06.10 ‘THIS IS ENGLAND’, AUBIN GALLERY , 64-66 REDCHURCH ST, LONDON E2 7DP CURATED BY STUART SEMPLE BRINGING TOGETHER ARTISTS PLAYFULLY UNTANGLING CONVENTIONS OF BRITISH CULTURE. ARTISTS INCLUDE RICHARD GALLOWAY, NICKY CARVELL, THE GIRLS.
• 29.01.10- 28.03.10 ‘LIKE LOVE’ PART ONE & TWO + ACTION’ THE BLUECOAT, SCHOOL LANE, LIVERPOOL L3 3BX CURATED BY SONIA BOYCE ARTIST INCLUDE: SONIA BOYCE BEVERLEY BENNET, ROBIN DEACON, GRACE NDIRITU. LIVERPOOL AND THE BLACK ATLANTIC IS A CITYWIDE SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS THAT EXPLORE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CULTURES AND CONTINENT.
• 13.11.09- 13.12.09 ‘EVERYDAY ALTERED’ GALLERY PRIMO ALONSO, 395-397 HACKNEY RD, LONDON E2 8PP ARTISTS USING THE READY-MADE WHO ATTEMPT TO DECIPHER THE WORLD THROUGH THE ROUTINE OF THE EVERYDAY. ARTISTS INCLUDE JAMES HOWARD & ROBERT PRATT
• 14.10.09- 18.11.09 ‘A BROKEN FALL’ JOSH LILLEY GALLERY, 44-46 RIDINGHOUSE ST, LONDON W1W 7EX TITLE IS A VARIATION ON BAS JAN ADER’S ‘FALLS’ SERIES FROM THE EARLY 1970’S – HIGHLIGHTING COMMON ASPECTS ON NOTIONS OF THE IDEALISTIC AND THE IRRATIONAL, ELEMENTS OF ODYSSEY, NOBLE FAILURE. ARTIST INCLUDING. BENEDETTO PIETROMARCHI,CONRAD SHAWCROSS, DANIEL WALLIS
• 09.09 ‘FRANKS-SUSS COLLECTION’ CAMDEN, LONDON CURATED BY TAMAR ARNON AND ELI ZAGURY, AN EXHIBITION FEATURING SELECTED WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION. ALL ARTIST INCLUDED FROM COLLECTION, INCLUDING WANG QINGSONG, OS GEMEOS, BOO RITSON, RUUD VAN EMPEL, JON PYLYPCHUCK
• 29.05.09- 3.07.09 ‘PAPERVIEW’ JOHN JONES THE PROJECT SPACE, 4 MORRIS SPACE, LONDON N4 3JG ARTIST AND CURATOR DANNY ROLPH BRING INTO FOCUS PLAY, SUBJECTIVE REFLECTIVE AND ONGOING INTRIGUE IN THE MEDIUM OF PAPER WITH WORKS ALSO SHOWN BY INVITED ARTISTS INCLUDING CHRIS OFILI, RAQIB SHAW, JULIE MEHRETU AND LAURA OWENS ALONGSIDE WORKS SELECTED FROM THE THE ZABLUDOWICZ COLLECTION, THE LODEVEANS COLLECTION AND THE JOHN JONES COLLECTION
• 05.02.09- 01.03.09 ‘BACKWASH’ GALLERY PRIMO ALONSO, 395-397 HACKNEY RD SOLO EXHIBITION OF NEW WORKS AS A RESULT OF A TWO MONTHS RESIDENCY IN THE GALLERY, ALL WORKS SELECTED AND CURATED BY ARTIST.
• 10.08 ‘FUTURE CAN WAIT’ TRUMAN BREWERY, BRICK LANE, E2 SELECTED GROUP SHOW OF UP AND COMING CONTEMPORARY ARTIST.
• 26.05.07- 15.06.07 ‘LES FLUEURS DU MAL’ GALLERY PRIMO ALONSO, 395- 397 HACKNEY ROAD, CURATED BY JOHN STARK, GROUP SHOW INCLUDING YAISON BANAL, MIKKO CANINI, TESSA FARMER, JOHN STARK, ROMAN VASSEUR, MUIR VIDLER
• 05.04.07- 10.04.07 ‘INFLUX’ NOLIAS GALLERY, 201 LIVERPOOL RD, N1 1LX GROUP SHOW SELECTED FROM STUDENT HANNAH BIRKETT AND NICKY CARVELL, SHOWING AN INSIGHT OF DIVERSE PRACTISE WITHIN THE ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS
• 22.02.07- 28.02.07 ‘STRAIGHT EDGE’ LA VIANDE GALLERY, OLD ST COLLABORATED AND CURATED SHOW ARTISTS SAM ADAMS, CHRIS DANIELS, GABRIEL HARTLEY, ALEXANDER SCARFE
• 11.12.06- 05.01.07 ‘CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION’ LA VIANDE GALLERY, OLD ST SELECTIVE SHOW OF VARIOUS ARTISTS PRINTS
• 05.06- 06.06 ‘ILLUSIONS & SEMIOTICS’ WESTBOURNE STUDIOS, WESTBOURNE PARK SELECTIVE SHOW OF EIGHT YOUNG ARTISTS, GRADUATES FROM ST MARTINS, GOLDSMITHS, CHELSEA, SLADE, ROYAL COLLEGE, ROYAL ACADEMY
PRIZES
• 01.07- VINCEN HARRIS PRIZE, SCULPTURE AWARD
• 06.05- R K & BURT PAPER PRIZE
• 06.08- PATRICIA HARDING SCULPTURE PRIZE