Biography

2025 Artist in Residence, Askeaton Contemporary Arts (With Niamh Schmidtke & Stuart Whipps) (Cur: Michele Horrigan & Sean Lynch)

2024 ‘On Top of the World’ John Wardle Architects & Spacecraft Studio, Melbourne (Cur: Stewart Russell)

2020 ‘Castlegate Drawing School’, Peacocks Visual Arts, Aberdeen (Cur: Nuno Sacramento)

2019 ‘Das Hexagon Fußballfeld’ Urbane Künste Ruhr, Oberhausen (Cur: Britta Peters)

2018 Trails and Tales Commission, East Dunbartonshire (cur: Esmee Thompson)

2017 From Scotland to Corby and Back, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art (cur: James Steventon)

2016 ‘Understanding versus Sympathy’, Edinburgh Art Festival Commission (cur: Sorcha Carey)

2015 ‘Moving Targets’ Poise + Pace, (with Fergus Byrne) Thurles Art Centre (cur: Annette Mahoney)

2014 ‘Thomas Muir Help Desk’ Randolph House, Edinburgh. Edinburgh Art Festival (Residency with ECA)

2013 ‘Slow Prototype, Vacant shop, Donside Road Alford, (cur. Nuno Sacramento. Scottish Sculpture Workshop)

2012 ‘Legacy’, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (cur. Julie Lawson)

GRID 2012, International Photography Biennial, Amsterdam (cur. Anna Davi Markus)

2011 ‘Legacy’, Imperial War Museum, London (cur. Ulrike Smalley & Roger Tolston)

2010 ‘Inspace’, Edinburgh Film Festival (cur. Central Station)

2008 ‘Beyond Use’, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, (cur. Robert Peters)

2007 ‘From a City of One Million’, La Criee, Rennes (cur. Jean Marc Huitorel)

‘History Painting’ Musee des beaux-arts, Rennes (cur. Jean Marc Huitorel)

‘Histrionics’, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. (cur. Sean McGlashan)

2006 Ards Arts Center, Northern Ireland (with Aisling O’Biern) (cur. Robert Peters)

Words and Pictures’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. (with Douglas Gordon) (cur Ben Harman)

2005 ‘History Painting’, Victorial Memorial Hall, Kolkata. (cur. Caroline Douglas)

‘Film, Video & 18th Century Politics’, Camden Arts Centre. (cur. Bruce Haines & Jenni Lomax)

‘History Painting’ 11th Indian Triennial, NGMA, New Delhi. (cur. Caroline Douglas) British Council

2003 Galerie Praz-Devallade, Paris. (cur. Bruno Delavallade)

‘83/03’, Aberdeen City Art Gallery. (cur. Jason Williamson & Deirdre Grant)

2002 ‘Unofficial Envoy of the Tartan Army’ Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan Bienalle. (cur. Kim Airyung)

Goodwater Gallery, Toronto. (cur. Roger Bywater)

‘Demo’, Aarhus, Kunstmuseum, Aarhus. (cur. Anna Krogh-Nielsen)

2001 ‘Inside out’, Lisson Gallery, London. (cur. Pilar Corrias)

‘Players’, Uppsala Konstmuseum. (cur. Anna Livion-Ingvarsson)

Verkligheten, Umea (with Jacqueline Donachie) (cur. Gerd Aurell & Karin Frennesson-Westblad)

2000 ‘Players’ Dundee Contemporary Arts. (cur. Katrina Brown & Andrew Nairn)

Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris. (cur Bruno Delavallade)

1999 Frac Languedoc Roussilon. (cur. Ami Barak)

‘Turnaround’, Hayward Gallery, London. (cur. Susan May)

Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris. (cur. Bruno Delavallade)

‘Play & Record’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast (with Fanni Niemi-Junkola) (cur. Dan Shipsides)

1997 Lotta Hammer Gallery, London. (Cur. Lotta Hammer)

YYZ Gallery, Toronto (cur. Dai Skuse & Kim Kossi)

1996 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York (with Jacqueline Donachie)

‘Work in Progress’, Mai de la Photo, Reims. (cur. Jean Marc Huitorel)

1995 City Racing, London (with David Allen)

Glasgow Print Studio. (cur. John Mackechnie)

‘Work in Progress’, The Project Room, Tramway, Glasgow. (cur. Katrina Brown & Charles Esche)

1994 Knoll Galeria, Budapest (with Ross Sinclair) (cur. Hans Knoll)

1993 Knoll Galerie, Wien (with Ross Sinclair) (cur. Hans Knoll)

2025 ‘Welcome to the Neighbourhood’ Askeaton Contemporary Arts (Cur: Michele Horrigan & Sean Lynch)

2024 ‘L’Heure de gloire’ Frac Sud, Marseille (Cur: Jean Marc Huitorel)

‘Trophées et reliques’, Mucem, Marseille (Cur: Jean Marc Huitorel)

‘Du jeu dans les formes’, la Chapelle des Jésuites, Saint-Omer

2022 ‘l’enfance dans la collection agnès b. La Fab, Paris.

‘Football: Designing the Beautiful Game, Design Museum, London (cur: Elly Watson & Rachel Hajek)

2020 GSA; Then and Now, presented on GSA website and Instagram account. (cur: Aleksandra Niveri)

2019 ‘Throw Up’ Camanachd Association & Highland Print Studio, Inverness City Art Gallery (cur: Alison McMenemy)

‘Next Top Model’ Govan Project Space, Glasgow (cur. Alex Allan)

2018 ‘Artists who do Music / Musicians who do Art’ Queens Park Railway Club, Glasgow (cur. Ross Sinclair)

‘Collective Failure’ presented by OOF magazine, J. Hammond Projects, London (cur. Eddy Frankel)

2017 Salon de Montrouge 2017, Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris (cur. Marie Gautier & Ami Barak)

‘It’s more Fun To Compete’, Marseilles Contemporary Art Museum, (cur. Thierry Ollat)

‘Une Forme olympique/Sur l’art, le sport, le jeu. Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris (cur. Jean Marc Huitorel)

2016 ‘Favela e Planta’, Macquinho Rio de Janerio (cur. Nuno Sacramento)

2015 ‘Usumacinta Song Exchange’, Campeche, Mexico (cur. Jon Bonfiglio)

2014 ‘Generation’, Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. (cur. Simon Groom)

2013 ‘Stadium’, Arc en reve, centre d’architecture, Bordeaux. (cur. Jean marc Huitorel)

‘Spectator Sport’ Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (cur. Allison Grant)

‘Stately, yes’, Galerie d’ollone a l’ecole superieure des beaux-arts, Angers.

2012 ‘Everything Flows’, De la waar Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea.

‘In Pursuit of Perfection’, South London Gallery

‘Sport in Art’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow.

2011 ‘L’Art est un sport de combat’ Musee des beaux art, Calais

‘Hors Pistes 2011, un autre mouvement des images’, Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Key works from the artist in residence program, Glenfiddich.’ Fleming Gallery, London.

2010 ‘Flow’, 9 British Council Centres India. Video program curated by Film and Video Umbrella, London

‘Hertie Querty’ GoMA, Glasgow

2009 ‘‘Running Time: Artists films in Scotland, 1960 to now’. Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.

‘Hit the ground’, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle.

‘Archive’ Display of PADT material, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

’18 Reasons why we still need Superman’, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.

‘Inspired’ Mitchell Library, Glasgow.

2008 ‘Within’, Bloomberg Space, London

‘Artfocus 5’, Talpiot Beit Benit Congress Centre, Jerusalem

Taipei Biennial. Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

‘Architecture et Humanite, Episode 3, GMTT-CK’Centre Culturel, Civoin, France.

‘Scottish Contemporary art from Glasgow Museums’, Limerick City Gallery of Art.

‘Bread and Soccer: In the Arena of Art’ Austrian Cultural Forum, New York.

‘South by Southwest’, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock.

‘Arena: The art of Hockey’ Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax.

‘The Local’, Glasgow International, Studio Warehouse SWG3.

2007 ‘‘Experimental Playground’, Blackbox Art Centre, Melbourne.

‘Intrusions au Petit Palais’, Paris.

‘Offside’, School of Art and Design, Auckland.

‘Models as Muse’, Addison Gallery Andover.

2006 ‘‘Experimental Playground’, Blackbox Art Centre, Melbourne.

‘We all laughed at Christopher Columbus’, Stadelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam & Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul.

‘Die Schonheit der Chance’ Institute of Modern Art, Nuremberg.

‘Dada’s Boys: Identity and play in Contemporary Art’, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh.

‘You never walk alone – Fan and football culture’ OK Centrum Gegenwartskunst, Linz

‘The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Futbol’ Roebling Hall, New York.

‘ARTCUP’, Huntly

‘The Human Game’ Stazione Leopolda, Florance

‘We all laughed at Christopher Columbus’ Stadelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

‘Game On’ Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne

2005 2nd Triennial of Contemorary Art, Mauritius.

Rundlederwelten’ Martin-Gropius-Bau.

2004 ‘Move your body! Stretch your mind’, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein.

‘Contested Fields’ Des Moines Art Centre

Collection Agnes B, Les Abattoirs, Frac Midi, Pyrenees.

‘Em Jogo / On Side’, Centre for Visual Art, Coimbra, Portugal.

‘Recent acquisitions’ GoMa, Glasgow

ARTCUP’, (Galeria Quadrum), Lisbon

‘Sportivement Votre’ Domaine de Chamarande

2003 ‘Plunder’ Dundee Contemporary Art, Dundee

‘Love Over Gold’ Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow.

‘Orifice’ Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne Festival.

‘Art@Glenfiddich’, Dufftown.

‘Squared Circle’, Walker Art Center, Minniapolis.

‘To the care of the British Empire’, Generator, Dundee.

‘Micro/Macro’, British Council Exhibition, Kunsthalle Mucsarnok, Budapest

2002 ‘Spectator Sport’, Cornerhouse, Manchester

‘Greyscale/CMYK’, Tramway 2, Glasgow.

‘Reality Check’, British Council Exhibition, Wharf Road, London.

‘New’ recent acquisitions, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.

‘Absolute Art Holes’, The Lighthouse, Glasgow.

‘5:1’ Fotogalerie alte Feuerwache, Mannheim.

‘Happy Outsiders’, Zachenta Gallery, Warsaw.

2001 ‘Work Out’ Kunsthalle Nurnberg.

‘Black Box Recorder: The Young Video Art From Great Britain’, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland.

5th Graz Biennial on Media and Architecture

‘Space Design, Life in Zero Gravity’, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich

‘Hear + Now’ Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, McManus Gallery & Aberdeen Art Gallery.

‘Plateau of Humankind’ 49th Venice Biennale. ‘Rejouissez-Vous’, Le Parvais, Pau.

‘BIDA 2001’, Valencia

‘Video Evidence’, Southampton City Art Gallery.

‘Videonale 9’, Bonn

‘Circles’, ZKM Karlsruhe

‘Lost & Found: Critical voices in New British Design’, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

‘Open Country’, Musee Cantonal des Beaux arts, Lausanne.

2000 ‘Au-dela du spectacle’, Pompidou Centre, Paris

‘Face On’, Site Gallery, Sheffield, Milton Keynes & Stills, Edinburgh.

‘Sporting Life’, MCA, Sydney

‘La Beaute du Geste’, Centre d’Art Contemporain Vassiviere-en-Limousin.

‘Transfert’, Art dans l’espace urbain, Biel-Bienne.

‘Printemps de Cahors’, Cahors, Salon Montrouge, Paris.

‘Game On’, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York.

‘If I Ruled the World’ (Part 2), CCA Glasgow

‘Becks Futures’, ICA, London, Cornerhouse, Manchester and CCA Glasgow

‘Radio Tuesday’, Helinski.

‘Become Like Me’, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh and An Tuireann, Skye.

‘Lets Entertain’, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis. Kunstmuseum

Wolfsburg, Miami Art Museum

‘In Consistency’, Arthouse, Dublin

• City of Edinburgh Collection
• Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, France
• FRAC Languedoc Roussilon
• FRAC Pays de la Loire
• Arts Council of England
• Tate Gallery, London
• Creative Scotland
• Southampton City Art Gallery
• Bristol City Art Gallery
• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
• Musee Departmental d’Art Contemporain de Rochechouart.
• Dundee City Art Gallery
• Nottingham Art Gallery
• Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
• City of Paris Collection.
• English Arts Council Collection

2025 The Bryan Robertson Trust Award 

2020 Creative Scotland Award

2014 Creative Scotland Award

2006 Macgeorge Fellowship, University of Melbourne

2004 Hamlyn Award

2001 Scottish Arts Council Award

2000 Spirit of Scotland Award

2000 Becks Futures Prize

1994 Scottish Arts Council Award

1992 B.B.C. Billboard Commission

1989 John & Anna Laurie Bequest

2026 iMAE Field School – Tangier

2025 Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Askeaton 

2025 iMAE Field School – Rabat / Salé 

2022 IPSS, ‘Festival of Politics’ Crescent Arts centre, Belfast (Cur: Peter O’Neill)

2017 International Masters Artist Educator, Arnhem (Ongoing)

2017 From Scotland to Corby and Back, Corby

2013 Edinburgh College of Art – Charlotte Square Residency

2012/13 Cove Park Residency, Cove, Scotland. August - September

2011 Sharjah Biennial Residency UAE. March

2006 Macgeorge Fellowship, University of Melbourne. Jan – April.

2005 Glenfiddich Residency, Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown. June – August

Phillips Academy, Andover, in collaboration with the Addison Gallery

Andover USA Nov.

2002 IASPIS, Stockholm. Oct – Dec

1995 Ateliers du FRAC des pays de la loire, Saint Nazaire June – August.