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The Girls: Andrea Blood & Zoë Sinclair
1975 Andrea Blood born, UK
1976 Zoë Sinclair born, UK
1992 Blood and Sinclair meet at Parkstone Girls Grammar School
1996 Blood and Sinclair begin collaborating as The Girls during their first year at Central Saint Martins
1999 The Girls begin a hiatus
2006 The Girls reform
2011 The Girls live and work in London and Bournemouth
EDUCATION
1995-1998 Central Saint Martins, London (both)
1994-1995 Arts University College at Bournemouth (AUCB), formerly The Arts Institute (both)
COMMISSIONS
2011
Grand Grotesque Parade - film & performance, a special commission for Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival. Directed by and featuring The Girls, associate directors - We 3. Festival Manager - Carol Maund
Vauxhall Art Car Commission - installation and performance. POSTED Projects (curator Julia Royse / postedprojects.co.uk) and The Girls transformed one of four sponsored vehicles at the seventh Art Car Boot Fair. Curated by Karen Ashton. Old Truman Brewery, London
2010-2011
‘The Paper Eaters Do Bargate!’, installation, residency and magazine publishing; commissioned by Millais Gallery Off-Site Projects, Southampton. Curated by Bridget Cusack
‘The Paper Eaters’ magazine by The Girls – issues 4 and 5 (forthcoming), published by Millais Gallery Off-site Projects
2010
‘The Girls Studio’ a special commission by Tate Britain as part of Loud Tate 2010, ‘SUPERminitinyBIG’, in response to the Tate's ‘Rude Britannia’ exhibition. Tate Britain, London
‘The Paper Eaters – Long Live the Photo-Story’, installation, residency and magazine publishing; commissioned by Selfridges in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery (UK). Selfridges’ Ultralounge, Oxford Street, London
‘The Paper Eaters’ magazine by The Girls – issues 1, 2, 3 and collectable box, published by Selfridges in association with The Photographers’ Gallery
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2011 'Diamonds & Toads', 'I am a Fantasy' – PayneShurvell Gallery, London – Margaret Harrison & The Girls, curated by Beverley Knowles
2011 Valentine's Day performance, 'Please Write' show at POSTED Projects, London; directed and curated by Julia Royse
2010 ‘Postcard Hawkers’, Art Car Boot Fair, Truman Brewery, London
2009 ‘Garden Party’, Vintage Festival launch, Goodwood Estate, UK; curated by Wayne Hemingway, Geraldine Hemingway and Morag Myerscough
2008 ‘Garden Party’, Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London; curated by Beverley Knowles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
‘In Bed With The Girls’, Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London. Curated by Beverley Knowles
2007
‘Raised by Wolves’, Burlington Club, London. Curated by Stephen Mahoney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
'Interplanetary' – Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast; curated by Ben Crothers. Ends 24.3.12
2011
'I am a Fantasy' – PayneShurvell Gallery, London – Margaret Harrison & The Girls, curated by Beverley Knowles
'Mass: Tomorrow Never Happened' – Aubin Gallery, London; curated by Genevieve Jones
'Please Write' at POSTED Projects, London; directed and curated by Julia Royse
2010
Feminism in London Postcard Auction, curated by Sarah Maple, Aubin Gallery, London
'This is England', UNO+UNO Gallery, Milan; curated by Stuart Semple
'This is England', Aubin Gallery, London; curated by Stuart Semple
2009
‘Mind the Gap’, Crypt Gallery, London; curated by Marie Maynard
Lead artists, ‘Cradle’, off-site exhibition, Arts University College at Bournemouth (AUCB)
‘Take-Out’, ArtWash, Oxford
2008
‘Crème Egg Show’, Publicis, London
2006
‘Bitscapes’, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, USA
1998
Lethaby Gallery, London; curated by Andrew Watson
D&AD award exhibition, London
AoP award exhibition, the Association Gallery, London
The Observer/Hodge Photographic Award exhibition, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
The John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London (now the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize)
1997
‘Belladonna’, ICA, London
MAGAZINE PROJECTS
2010 ‘Runaround Sioux’, photo-story, commissioned by Diva Magazine (UK)
2009 Front cover (self-portrait as the Obama daughters), commissioned by Trespass Magazine (UK)
TALKS / WORKSHOPS / CURATORIAL
2011 Photography workshop, 'Obsession', Millais Off-Site Projects, Southampton
2010 Artist talk, Millais Off-Site Projects, Southampton
2010 Portrait workshop, Sketchbook Magazine’s Carnaby Street pop-up shop, London
2010 Artist talk, The Girls in conversation with Karen McQuaid, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2010 Curatorial panel, ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’ exhibition, Arts University College at Bournemouth
2009 Curatorial panel, ‘Cradle’ exhibition, Arts University College at Bournemouth
1999 Judging panel, The Observer/Hodge Photographic Award, London
COLLABORATIONS
2011 Documentary (forthcoming)
2011 Armoire for ‘Diamonds & Toads’ performance, Hannah Stanton
2011 ‘Paper Eaters’ wall for online boutique SupermarketSarah.com, photographed by Philip Hartley
2011 'Paper Eaters' denim jacket, Natasha Talliadoros
2010-2011 ‘The Paper Eaters’ installation and magazines – multiple collaborators
2010 Laura Heckford, Hattie Hignell
2010 Untitled ‘Paper Eaters’ video – Anthony Hopwood, YAAARD
2010 ‘The Paper Eaters Explore Selfridges’ video – Sibling, Wideangleken
BOOKS & CATALOGUES
2011 ‘The A-Z of Ideas’ by John Ingledew, published by Laurence King (UK), ISBN 978-1856697149 (forthcoming – 2011)
2010 Limited edition postcard pack, published by The Girls (UK)
2005 ‘Photography’ by John Ingledew, published by Laurence King (UK), ISBN 978-1856694322
2005 ‘The Creative Photographer’ by John Ingledew, published by Abrams (USA), ISBN 978-0810992412
2000 The Observer/Hodge Award book, published by Vision On Publishing (UK), ISBN 978-1903399033
1998 D&AD Awards Annual (UK)
1998 Zoo Annual (Germany)
1998 The John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award book, published by Zelda Cheatle Press (UK), ISBN 978-1899823055
SELECTED AWARDS
2008 Inside Out NESTA
1999 Marie Claire Photography Awards (Blood)
1998 The Observer/Hodge Photographic Award, first prize (Sinclair)
1998 Association of Photographers Sixteenth Awards (Sinclair)
1998 British Design & Art Direction (D&AD) Student Awards, first prize (both)
1996 Central Saint Martins/Dermott Golding Photographic Award, first prize & second prize (both)
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE
2011 Saatchi Magazine (UK), Una Buena Barba (Spain), Urban Junkies (UK), FAD (UK), Grazia (UK), Spoonfed (UK), Flavorpill (UK), Bellyflop Magazine (UK), OZON Magazine (Greece), Aesthetica Magazine (UK), Art Licks (UK), Twin Magazine (UK), Le Cool London (UK)
2010 ‘Loud Tate 2010’, a film by Chocolate Films for Tate Britain (UK), 125 Magazine, Art Issue (UK), DIVA Magazine (UK), Art of England Magazine (UK), London Evening Standard (UK), Time Out (UK), Creative Review (UK), Le Petit Journal (France), Gay Times (UK), Amelia’s Magazine (UK), The Guardian (UK), Dazed Digital (UK), Fashion Insider Magazine (UK), Moda Magazine (Russia), Jotta Magazine (UK), Idol Magazine (UK), Double Magazine (UK), Spoonfed (UK), Nude Magazine (UK), FAD (UK), BBC Radio Solent (UK), Urban Junkies (UK)
2009 Love is the Law Magazine (UK), Trespass Magazine (UK), Chroma Journal (UK), BBC Radio Solent (UK), Urban Junkies (UK)
2008 Lexposure (Germany), Nude Magazine (UK), Amelia’s Magazine (UK), Diva Magazine (UK), Londonist (UK), London Le Cool (UK)
1998 The Observer (UK), The Guardian (UK), British Journal of Photography (UK), Hotshoe Magazine (UK), Creative Review (UK)
1975 Andrea Blood born, UK
1976 Zoë Sinclair born, UK
1992 Blood and Sinclair meet at Parkstone Girls Grammar School
1996 Blood and Sinclair begin collaborating as The Girls during their first year at Central Saint Martins
1999 The Girls begin a hiatus
2006 The Girls reform
2011 The Girls live and work in London and Bournemouth
EDUCATION
1995-1998 Central Saint Martins, London (both)
1994-1995 Arts University College at Bournemouth (AUCB), formerly The Arts Institute (both)
COMMISSIONS
2011
Grand Grotesque Parade - film & performance, a special commission for Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival. Directed by and featuring The Girls, associate directors - We 3. Festival Manager - Carol Maund
Vauxhall Art Car Commission - installation and performance. POSTED Projects (curator Julia Royse / postedprojects.co.uk) and The Girls transformed one of four sponsored vehicles at the seventh Art Car Boot Fair. Curated by Karen Ashton. Old Truman Brewery, London
2010-2011
‘The Paper Eaters Do Bargate!’, installation, residency and magazine publishing; commissioned by Millais Gallery Off-Site Projects, Southampton. Curated by Bridget Cusack
‘The Paper Eaters’ magazine by The Girls – issues 4 and 5 (forthcoming), published by Millais Gallery Off-site Projects
2010
‘The Girls Studio’ a special commission by Tate Britain as part of Loud Tate 2010, ‘SUPERminitinyBIG’, in response to the Tate's ‘Rude Britannia’ exhibition. Tate Britain, London
‘The Paper Eaters – Long Live the Photo-Story’, installation, residency and magazine publishing; commissioned by Selfridges in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery (UK). Selfridges’ Ultralounge, Oxford Street, London
‘The Paper Eaters’ magazine by The Girls – issues 1, 2, 3 and collectable box, published by Selfridges in association with The Photographers’ Gallery
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2011 'Diamonds & Toads', 'I am a Fantasy' – PayneShurvell Gallery, London – Margaret Harrison & The Girls, curated by Beverley Knowles
2011 Valentine's Day performance, 'Please Write' show at POSTED Projects, London; directed and curated by Julia Royse
2010 ‘Postcard Hawkers’, Art Car Boot Fair, Truman Brewery, London
2009 ‘Garden Party’, Vintage Festival launch, Goodwood Estate, UK; curated by Wayne Hemingway, Geraldine Hemingway and Morag Myerscough
2008 ‘Garden Party’, Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London; curated by Beverley Knowles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
‘In Bed With The Girls’, Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London. Curated by Beverley Knowles
2007
‘Raised by Wolves’, Burlington Club, London. Curated by Stephen Mahoney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
'Interplanetary' – Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast; curated by Ben Crothers. Ends 24.3.12
2011
'I am a Fantasy' – PayneShurvell Gallery, London – Margaret Harrison & The Girls, curated by Beverley Knowles
'Mass: Tomorrow Never Happened' – Aubin Gallery, London; curated by Genevieve Jones
'Please Write' at POSTED Projects, London; directed and curated by Julia Royse
2010
Feminism in London Postcard Auction, curated by Sarah Maple, Aubin Gallery, London
'This is England', UNO+UNO Gallery, Milan; curated by Stuart Semple
'This is England', Aubin Gallery, London; curated by Stuart Semple
2009
‘Mind the Gap’, Crypt Gallery, London; curated by Marie Maynard
Lead artists, ‘Cradle’, off-site exhibition, Arts University College at Bournemouth (AUCB)
‘Take-Out’, ArtWash, Oxford
2008
‘Crème Egg Show’, Publicis, London
2006
‘Bitscapes’, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, USA
1998
Lethaby Gallery, London; curated by Andrew Watson
D&AD award exhibition, London
AoP award exhibition, the Association Gallery, London
The Observer/Hodge Photographic Award exhibition, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
The John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London (now the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize)
1997
‘Belladonna’, ICA, London
MAGAZINE PROJECTS
2010 ‘Runaround Sioux’, photo-story, commissioned by Diva Magazine (UK)
2009 Front cover (self-portrait as the Obama daughters), commissioned by Trespass Magazine (UK)
TALKS / WORKSHOPS / CURATORIAL
2011 Photography workshop, 'Obsession', Millais Off-Site Projects, Southampton
2010 Artist talk, Millais Off-Site Projects, Southampton
2010 Portrait workshop, Sketchbook Magazine’s Carnaby Street pop-up shop, London
2010 Artist talk, The Girls in conversation with Karen McQuaid, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2010 Curatorial panel, ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’ exhibition, Arts University College at Bournemouth
2009 Curatorial panel, ‘Cradle’ exhibition, Arts University College at Bournemouth
1999 Judging panel, The Observer/Hodge Photographic Award, London
COLLABORATIONS
2011 Documentary (forthcoming)
2011 Armoire for ‘Diamonds & Toads’ performance, Hannah Stanton
2011 ‘Paper Eaters’ wall for online boutique SupermarketSarah.com, photographed by Philip Hartley
2011 'Paper Eaters' denim jacket, Natasha Talliadoros
2010-2011 ‘The Paper Eaters’ installation and magazines – multiple collaborators
2010 Laura Heckford, Hattie Hignell
2010 Untitled ‘Paper Eaters’ video – Anthony Hopwood, YAAARD
2010 ‘The Paper Eaters Explore Selfridges’ video – Sibling, Wideangleken
BOOKS & CATALOGUES
2011 ‘The A-Z of Ideas’ by John Ingledew, published by Laurence King (UK), ISBN 978-1856697149 (forthcoming – 2011)
2010 Limited edition postcard pack, published by The Girls (UK)
2005 ‘Photography’ by John Ingledew, published by Laurence King (UK), ISBN 978-1856694322
2005 ‘The Creative Photographer’ by John Ingledew, published by Abrams (USA), ISBN 978-0810992412
2000 The Observer/Hodge Award book, published by Vision On Publishing (UK), ISBN 978-1903399033
1998 D&AD Awards Annual (UK)
1998 Zoo Annual (Germany)
1998 The John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award book, published by Zelda Cheatle Press (UK), ISBN 978-1899823055
SELECTED AWARDS
2008 Inside Out NESTA
1999 Marie Claire Photography Awards (Blood)
1998 The Observer/Hodge Photographic Award, first prize (Sinclair)
1998 Association of Photographers Sixteenth Awards (Sinclair)
1998 British Design & Art Direction (D&AD) Student Awards, first prize (both)
1996 Central Saint Martins/Dermott Golding Photographic Award, first prize & second prize (both)
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE
2011 Saatchi Magazine (UK), Una Buena Barba (Spain), Urban Junkies (UK), FAD (UK), Grazia (UK), Spoonfed (UK), Flavorpill (UK), Bellyflop Magazine (UK), OZON Magazine (Greece), Aesthetica Magazine (UK), Art Licks (UK), Twin Magazine (UK), Le Cool London (UK)
2010 ‘Loud Tate 2010’, a film by Chocolate Films for Tate Britain (UK), 125 Magazine, Art Issue (UK), DIVA Magazine (UK), Art of England Magazine (UK), London Evening Standard (UK), Time Out (UK), Creative Review (UK), Le Petit Journal (France), Gay Times (UK), Amelia’s Magazine (UK), The Guardian (UK), Dazed Digital (UK), Fashion Insider Magazine (UK), Moda Magazine (Russia), Jotta Magazine (UK), Idol Magazine (UK), Double Magazine (UK), Spoonfed (UK), Nude Magazine (UK), FAD (UK), BBC Radio Solent (UK), Urban Junkies (UK)
2009 Love is the Law Magazine (UK), Trespass Magazine (UK), Chroma Journal (UK), BBC Radio Solent (UK), Urban Junkies (UK)
2008 Lexposure (Germany), Nude Magazine (UK), Amelia’s Magazine (UK), Diva Magazine (UK), Londonist (UK), London Le Cool (UK)
1998 The Observer (UK), The Guardian (UK), British Journal of Photography (UK), Hotshoe Magazine (UK), Creative Review (UK)