Thomas Trevor (curator)

Thomas Trevor

Trevor in 2011
Born

1962 (age 53–54)

Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Curator, writer

Thomas Trevor (born 1962) is a curator and writer on contemporary art.[1]

Trevor was Artistic Director of the 4th Dojima River Biennale[2] in Osaka, Japan. He was Director of Arnolfini, the centre for contemporary arts in Bristol, UK, from 2005–13.[3] He was also Associate Curator of the Art Fund International collection from 2007–12, working in partnership with Bristol Museum.[4] Previously he was Director of Spacex (1999–2005) in Exeter, UK, and an independent curator based in London (1994–1999), initiating projects for institutions such as Camden Arts Centre, the Freud Museum and InIVA.[5]

Since the 1990s, Trevor has curated more than 100 exhibitions, placing a particular emphasis upon experimental, interdisciplinary practice and context-led projects.[6] Solo exhibitions include Cosima von Bonin,[7] Matti Braun,[8] Angus Fairhurst,[9] Jutta Koether,[10] Joelle Tuerlinckx,[11] and Lois Weinberger.[12] Group exhibitions include The Visible & the Invisible (1996),[13] the Home Series (2000–04), Port City (2007),[14] Far West (2008),[15] Museum Show (2011),[16] No Borders (2012)[17] and Version Control (2013).[18]

Biography

Trevor studied Fine Art at the Ruskin, University of Oxford and Goldsmiths College, University of London. As an artist based in London, in the 1990s, he participated in various group exhibitions, such as East Country Yard Show (1990), with contemporaries including Liam Gillick, Michael Landy, Sarah Lucas and Gillian Wearing.[19] In 1996 he co-curated a multi-site project, The Visible & the Invisible: representing the body in contemporary art & society, produced by InIVA, that took place in non-art locations around Euston, London, including first UK presentations by Tania Bruguera and Doris Salcedo, along with site-specific installations by Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono, Donald Rodney and others.[20]

At Spacex, from June 1999, Trevor curated over 50 exhibitions and 'off-site' projects, placing a particular emphasis upon socially-engaged, context-based work.[21] Multi-site projects included Patterns (2001), with Samta Benyahia and Zineb Sedira, and Homeland (2004), presenting site-specific work by 44 artists in 8 different everyday locations.[22] He also curated projects for the Liverpool Biennial; Generator (2002),[23] Hortus (2004)[24] and, later, Far West Metro (2008);[25] and for Frieze Art Fair (2005) (with new film commissions by Yang Fudong, Mark Leckey, Daria Martin, Jimmy Robert, Imogen Stidworthy and Mika Taanila).

From October 2005 Trevor was Director of Arnolfini, overseeing a visual arts-led multidisciplinary programme of exhibitions, performance, dance, music and film, with a public programme of talks, seminars and learning & participation activities. In 2011, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Sir Nicholas Serota described Arnolfini as "one of a handful of the most significant contemporary cultural centres in Europe".[26] Long-term context-led projects in the city of Bristol include Maria Thereza Alves' Ballast Seed Garden (2007 ongoing)[27] and Suzanne Lacy's University of Local Knowledge (2009 ongoing).[28] Trevor left Arnolfini in October 2013, after 8 years, to focus on developing curatorial projects internationally.[3] The first of these, Black Sun (co-curated with Shezad Dawood), opened at the Devi Art Foundation, in Delhi, India, in November 2013.[29]

Trevor is currently Artistic Director of the 4th Dojima River Biennale[30] in Osaka, Japan, taking place in July 2015. He is also Guest Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and developing a new art biennial in Denmark for Aarhus 2017, European Capital of Culture, with ARoS Kunstmuseum. Recent projects include John Akomfrah's Vertigo Sea for All The World's Futures at the 56th Venice Biennale, and a large-scale architectural commission by Do Ho Suh for Bristol Museum. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter (UK) (2014-17), where he was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (DLitt) in July 2014. [31]

Trevor has lectured widely, including talks in Aarhus, Beijing, Beirut, Bridgetown, Faenza, Seoul, Tehran, Venice, Yokohama and Zurich.[32] In 2012 he was a visiting lecturer on the Gwangju Biennale International Curators Course,[33] and in 2013 he gave the 4th ARKO lecture in Seoul, South Korea.[34] He has written numerous articles and produced more than 30 publications. He founded the Concept Store journal in 2008.[35]

Selected exhibitions

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

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2007

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1999

1996

Selected writings & publications

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who. A & C Black. 2009. p. 2351. ISBN 9 781408 102480.
  2. ↑ e-flux. "Dojima River Biennale 2015". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 A-N (31 October 2013). "International Moves: Tom Trevor leaves Arnolfini". Artists Newsletter. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Bristol Museum (29 November 2012). "No Borders, first exhibition of the Art Fund International collection". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. ↑ KWMC. "Demanding Conversations". www.kwmc.org.uk. Knowle West Media Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Aesthetica (1 April 2010). "Tom Trevor". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  7. 1 2 Morrison, Harun (4 May 2011). "Cosima von Bonin". This is Tomorrow. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Perry, Colin (March 2013). "Matti Braun". Frieze D/E. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  9. 1 2 Jones, Jonathan (6 February 2009). "Angus Fairhurst". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  10. 1 2 Sam, Sherman (September 2013). "Jutta Koether". Artforum. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  11. 1 2 Searle, Adrian (11 December 2013). "Joelle Tuerlinckx: the artist who makes puzzles out of meteorites and Sellotape". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  12. ↑ Culture 24 (13 December 2006). "Weinbergers Home Voodoo". 24 Hour Museum. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  13. ↑ InIVA. "The Visible & the Invisible". www.iniva.org. Institute of International Visual Arts. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  14. 1 2 Mahoney, Elisabeth (19 September 2007). "Port City". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  15. 1 2 Mahoney, Elisabeth (4 July 2008). "Far West". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  16. 1 2 Papachlimitzou, Regina (19 October 2011). "A Mosaic of Collective Unconscious". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  17. 1 2 Evans, Jenifer (13 January 2013). "No Borders?". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  18. 1 2 Clarke, Leela (February 2013). "Version Control at Arnolfini". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  19. ↑ Curatorial Network. "Tom Trevor". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  20. 1 2 Tawadros, Gilane (March 2007). "Feminism: Three Views". Frieze. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  21. ↑ InIVA. "Tom Trevor". www.iniva.org. Institute of International Visual Arts. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  22. ↑ Art Daily (15 October 2005). "New Director appointed for Spacex". Art Daily. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  23. ↑ Generative. "Generator". generative.net. Spacex | Star. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  24. ↑ Spacex. "Hortus". spacex.org.uk. Spacex. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  25. ↑ Art in Liverpool. "Far West Metro". artinliverpool.com. Art in Liverpool. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  26. ↑ Art Daily (25 September 2011). "Arnolfini celebrates 50th anniversary". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  27. 1 2 Vinter, Phil (7 August 2012). "World garden grown on barge". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  28. ↑ Arnolfini. "University of Local Knowledge". www.arnolfini.org.uk. Arnolfini. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  29. 1 2 Bajaj, Kriti (29 November 2013). "Total eclipse: The "Black Sun" across cultures". Art Radar Asia. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  30. ↑ Dojima River Biennale. "Take Me To The River". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  31. ↑ University of Exeter. "Honorary Graduates 2014-15". www.exeter.ac.uk. University of Exeter. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  32. ↑ National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul. "Rules of Engagement". British Council Korea. British Council Korea. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  33. ↑ Gwangju Biennale. "International Curators Course, 2012". www.gwangjubiennale.org. Gwangju Biennale. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  34. ↑ ARKO. "On Dialogue". ARKO website. Arts Council Korea. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  35. ↑ Arnolfini. "Tom Trevor". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  36. ↑ Art Daily (6 October 2012). "Key works by the Cologne-based artist Matti Braun at Arnolfini". Art Daily. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  37. ↑ Papachlimitzou, Regina (May 2011). "The viewer as subject". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  38. ↑ BAS7 Finale symposium. "Arnolfini in 2061". kurator.org. Kurator. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  39. ↑ Tuerlinckx, Joelle (2013). WOR(l)(D)(K) IN PROGRESS. Koln: Walther Konig. ISBN 978 3 86335 380 3.
  40. ↑ Dawood, Shezad (2013). Black Sun. Ridinghouse. ISBN 978 1 905464 84 5.
  41. ↑ van Cauteren, Philippe (2013). Lois Weinberger. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. ISBN 978 3 7757 3517 9.
  42. ↑ Baudin, Katia (2011). Cosima von Bonin, The Lazy Susan Series, Rotterdam – Bristol – Genève – Köln. Koln: Museum Ludwig / DuMont. ISBN 978 3 8321 9433 8.
  43. ↑ Zitko, Otto (2011). Me, Myself and I. Berlin: Jovis. ISBN 978 3 86859 132 3.
  44. ↑ Cummings, Neil (2011). Sel Portrait: Arnolfini. Bristol: Arnolfini. ISBN 978 0 9568886 1 7.
  45. ↑ Hegyi, Lorand (2011). Lois Weinberger. Milan: Silvana Editoriale. ISBN 9 782907 571548.
  46. ↑ Kunst-Werke (2008). Sigalit Landau. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. ISBN 978 3 7757 2104 2.
  47. ↑ Trevor, Tom (2007). Port City: On Mobility and Exchange. Bristol: Arnolfini. ISBN 0907738877.

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