David Powell 1969, Cardiff, Wales
1987-1988 Cardiff College of Art & Design, Wales
1988-1992 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London: B.A. (Hons)
1994-1996 De Ateliers, Amsterdam

Group exhibitions

1994 EAST, Norwich Gallery (curators: Jan Dibbets & Rudi Fuchs)
1996 Karaoke 2, South London Gallery, London, (curator: Georg Herold)
1997 Rational Behaviour ,The Tannery, London
1997 The Cabinet of Digital Experiences, Internet Project, Amsterdam (with Waling Boers)
1997 Recent Work, Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Brussels
1997 Summer Exhibition, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
1998 Morning Glory (5 years of De Ateliers), De Ateliers, Stadhouderskade, Amsterdam
1998 Places to Stay, Büro Friedrich, Waling Boers, Berlin
1999 Maximum Diversity, Galerie Krinzinger in den Berger Fabrik, Vienna
1999 Recent acquisitions, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2000 Threesome, Begane Grond (BAK), Utrecht (project with Michiel Kluiters and Maria Pask)
2001 Casino-photography & art. Sabine Wachters Fine Arts. Brussels
2002 Cross eyed birds on beds, The Consultancy, Amsterdam (collaborative project with Maria Pask & Yael Davids)
2003 Emmanuelles Annual Manual, (artists book project with Maria Pask), Amsterdam
2003 Too Blessed to be Depressed, (book project/collaboration with Crimson, Architectural Historians, Rotterdam
2003 Up to now, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2003 Grachten Festival, Haartensgracht, Amsterdam
2004 The survival cocktail bar (event/performance with Maria Pask), BAK, basis, Utrecht
2004 Secrets of the ‘90’s- keuze uit de collectie van het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, museum of modern art, Arnheim
2005 Familie Sterren!, Maria Pask. Imagine IC, Bijlmerplein, Amsterdam
2005 Music for the artists, or you can’t curate music, you have to adore it! De Veemvloer, Amsterdam
2006 Knokke-Zoute Summertime. Sabine Wachters Fine Arts

Solo exhibitions

1996 Propping up the Bar, Me and My Big Gob, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1997 Even the word ‘hopeless’ has hope in it, Stichting Exedra, Hilversum
1997 Bulging, Sadie Coles HQ, London
1998 Riddled with it, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam
1998 Racket, 6-7 St, Cross Street, London in association with Sadie Coles HQ
1999 Another Place, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam
2001 Central Screening, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2001 The Insider, Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
2004 Copyright David Powell, Display Gallery, Prague
2005 Betty and Nancy, Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Knokke, Belgium

Publications

1995 Chris Dercon & David Powell; ‘Helden van onze tijd’, Facts & Fiction, Rotterdam, collaborative text & image project 1995
1996 Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, ‘David Powell – two installations’, Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, Nov 1996
1996 David Powell, ‘The Day I Met Gilbert and George’, Wiederhall 19, Rotterdam
1998 UK Maximum Diversity - Text Brian Muller
1999 Come Together, Galerie Van Gelder Editions, Amsterdam
2001 Threesome, David Powell, Maria Pask, Michiel Kluiters, Begane Grond, Utrecht, 2001 Texts by Wouter Van Stiphout and Cassandra Wilkins
2001 Art-pop-city, Buro Friedrich, Waling Boers, Revolver editions, Berlin
2001 Exedra 1997-2001 tuseen lijn, feit en fictie. Stichting exedra, Hilversum
2003 Blue Tuesdays. De Ateliers1963-2003
2006 Rudi Fuchs collection at the Stedelijk Museum, cat. Stedelijk Museum

Selected Articles & Reviews

1996 Time Out, 6 Nov, London; ‘Rational Behaviour’, Martin Coomer
1996 De Volkskrant, 26 Nov, Amsterdam; ‘Toonbeelden van goede voornemens’, Wilma Suto
1996 Springer, Bd III, Heft 1, Amsterdam; ‘David Powell & Imi Knoebel’, Dierk Schmidt
1997 Time Out, 20-27 Aug, London; ‘David Powell’, Mark Currah
1997 Hilversum Dagblad, 11 Sept; ‘De brutale absurdistische humor van David Powell’, Margriet van Seumeren
1997 Het Parool, 12 Sept, Amsterdam; ‘Weeffouten van de schepping’, Catherine van Houts.
1997 Metropolis M, nummer 6, Dec 1997, Amsterdam; ‘David Powell’, Jan van Adrichem
1998 Contemporary Visual Arts, issue 19, London; ‘Intimate Distance - Art in a Confessional Culture’, Joanna Lowry
1998 Time Out, Nov., London; ’David Powell’, Mark Currah
2000 De Volkskrant, 18 Oct 2000; ‘Spanning op de plek waar een bandje begint’
2000 De Telegraaf, 20 Oct 2000; ‘House of Horror inspireerde kunstenaars tot ‘Threesome’’
2000 De Architect interieur, issue 3, Nov 2000; ‘ Programmatische analyses belangrijker dan stijldiscussies’, Janny Rodermond
2003 Het Parool, 22 Aug 2003, ‘De kunstraat van Amsterdam’, Arjan Reinders

Work experience

1995 Chris Dercon & David Powell, “Facts & Fiction”, collaborative text & image project, publication, Rotterdam
1996 Visiting artist Den Bos acadamy
1998 Assistant to Sarah Lucas, London
1999 Assistant to Angus Fairhurst, London
1998 Onwards, assistant to Gilbert & George, London
2001-2002 ‘Threesome’ guest designers for Crimson architectural historians, “Too blessed to be depressed”, publication, Rotterdam
2001 Guest teacher Frank Mohr Institute, post graduate painting, Groningen
2002-2003 February-April, guest teacher Den Bos academy, undergraduate painting/media, Hogeschool’s-Hertogenbosch
2002 Emmanuelles Manual Annual. Collaborative book project with Maria Pask
2002-2003 English press-release writer for Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
2002-2003 December-March guest teacher AKI Academy, monumental art, Enschede
2003 September-December guest teacher AKI Academy, monumental art, Enschede
2003 “3 photo works by Michiel Kluiters”, text assignment, Kanton Gerechtsegbouw, Enschede
2004 Guest teacher Den Haag Akadamie,undergraduate painting/media
2004 Guest teacher Den Bos academy, undergraduate painting/media, Hogeschool’s-Hertogenbosch
2004 Guest participant, Starhawk! The musical, Maria Pask, BAK, Utrecht,april/may
2005 Guest teacher Den Haag Akadamie,undergraduate painting/media
2005 Design contributor, ‘De familie Band’, mamakash prize, Amsterdam, Maria Pask
2006 Guest teacher, Den Haag Akadamie, undergraduate painting/media