CV
- Solo Shows
- Selected group exhibitions
- Selected screenings and festivals
- Awards & Residencies
- Curatorial Projects
- Talks & Conferences
- Teaching and Research
- Education
Solo Shows
| 2012 | Uriel Orlow | Centre PasquArt | curated by Felicity Lunn | |
| 2012 | Terrain Vague | Persistent Images | Oslo Kunstforeningen | with Céline Condorelli, curated by Marianne Hultman | |
| 2012 | The Short and the Long of it 9.0 | Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto | curated by Scott McLeod | |
| 2012 | Spectrography | Saint Gervais, Geneva | with Anna Barseghian & Stefan Kristensen | |
| 2011 | There is Nothing Left | Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Egypt | with Céline Condorelli, curated by Bassam el Baroni | |
| 2011 | The Short and the Long of It 4.0 | la rada, Locarno | curated by Patrick Gosatti & Noah Stolz | |
| 2010 | Sounds from Beneath | Videotank, Zürich | curated by Nadja Baldini & Anna Kanai | |
| 2010 | The Short and the Long of it 2.0 | Campagne Première, Berlin | ||
| 2010 | Remnants of the Future | Laure Genillard, London | ||
| 2009 | In These Great Times | Habres & partner, Vienna | ||
| 2009 | Neither Fish nor Fowl | Les Complices*, Zürich | curated by Andrea Thal | |
| 2008-9 | Uriel Orlow: 1942 (Poznan) | Jewish Museum, New York | curated by Andrew Ingall | |
| 2008-9 | In These Great Times | Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva | ||
| 2008 | In These Great Times | ICIA, Bath | curated by Danel Hinchcliffe | |
| 2008 | Uriel Orlow: New Works | London Gallery West, London | ||
| 2008 | Blackbox: Uriel Orlow | Argos, Brussels | curated by Andrea Cinel | |
| 2006 | Performance | Wings Project Space, St Prex | curated by Victoria Preston | |
| 2004 | Mnemoscapes | Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Geneva | ||
| 2002 | Deposits | Brighton Media Centre Gallery, Brighton | curated by Monica Ross |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2012 | Survival Techniques | Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago | curated by Natasha Egan and Davide Quadrio |
| Au loin, une île | Fondation Ricard, Paris | curated by Marie Canet and Vanessa Desclaux | |
| 2011 | Hydrarchy: Power and Resistance at sea | CIC, Cairo | curated by Mia Jankowicz and Anna Colin |
| One caption hides another | Bétonsalon, Paris | curated by Mélanie Bouteloup and Anna Colin. | |
| Déjouer l'espace | Transpalette, Bourges | curated by Jérôme Cotinet-Alphaize & Damien Sausset | |
| Au loin, une île | Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux | curated by Marie Canet & Vanessa Desclaux | |
| Welt-Bilder 4 | Helmhaus, Zürich | curated by Andreas Fiedler & Simon Maurer | |
| Essays on Geopoetics | 8th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil | curated by José Roca, Alexia Tala, Paola Santoscoy and Cauê Alves | |
| Chewing the Scenery | 54th Venice Biennale / Swiss Off-Site Pavilion | curated by Andrea Thal | |
| Selected | UK tour incl. CCA Glasgow, Brighton Festival and Whitechapel Gallery, London | ||
| Air, Guitar, and Boots | Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle | ||
| Hidrarquia | Loop, Barcelona | curated by Anna Colin | |
| The Mirage of History | LiveInYourHead, Geneva | curated by Yann Chateigné Tytelman and students from the Work.Master | |
| 2010 | Atlas: Truths, Details, Intervals and the Afterlives of the Image | Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva | curated by Katya Garcia-Anton |
| Cross Fades: Reconstructing the Future | Shedhalle, Zürich | curated by Anke Hoffmann & Yvonne Volkart | |
| Hydrarchy | Gasworks, London | curated by Anna Colin and Mia Jankowicz | |
| Over the Counter | Kunsthalle Budapest | curated by Eszter Lazar | |
| The Revenge of the Photographic Archive | Centre for Contemporary Photography, Geneva | curated by Jörg Bader | |
| Us | South African National Gallery, Cape Town | curated by Bettina Malcomess and Simon Njami | |
| Central Anywhere | Raum No, Bern | curated by Ba Berger and Andreas Wagner | |
| Paradise is Somewhere Else | Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt | ||
| Our Time | Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga | curated by Berit Fischer and Joao Mourao | |
| 2009 | Calling all the Stations | The National Art Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina | curated by Michele Robecchi |
| Jerwood Drawing Prize | Jerwood Space, London + 5 UK touring venues | ||
| Presque Rien III | Laure Genillard, London | ||
| Noble Intent | Five Years, London | curated by Michelle Deignan | |
| Hollywood Wonderland | Seventeen Gallery, London | curated by Claire Staunton | |
| Zulu and Other Fantasies | Museum Nachum Gutman, Tel Aviv | curated by Tali Tamir | |
| Our Time | SmallBox, Lisbon | ||
| Swiss Art Awards | Art Basel, Basel | ||
| Translation Paradoxes | Shedhalle, Zürich | curated by Katharina Schlieben & Sønke Gau | |
| Hidden Traces | Felix Nussbaum Museum, Osnabrück | ||
| 2008 | Trace Evidence | White Space, West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Historians of the Present 2 | Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva | ||
| Vienna Café | Royal College of Art, London | ||
| Third Guangzhou Triennial | Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou | curated by Sarat Maharaj, Gao Shiming, Johnson Chang Tsong-zung | |
| Swiss Art Awards | ART Basel, Basel | ||
| Tempo, Tempo | Opelvillen, Rüsselheim | ||
| ARTfutures | Bloomberg Space, London | ||
| IDEAL #10 | Espace Croisé, centre dÕart contemporain, Roubaix | ||
| Borders & Identities | Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London | ||
| The Whole World | tank.tv | curated by Ian White | |
| 2007 | Transmission | Arts Gallery, London | |
| Videonale | Museo Nacional Centro del Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid | ||
| Visual Dislocation | Museum of Contemporary Art, Banja Luka | ||
| Retracing Territories | Fri-Art, Kunsthalle Fribourg | ||
| To be continued..., | Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt | ||
| New Lands | BFI Southbank, London | ||
| Swiss Art Awards | Art Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Visions in the Nunnery | Nunnery Gallery, London | ||
| Videolounge | Galerie Gillian Morris, Berlin | ||
| Videonale | Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany | ||
| The Bigger Picture | Cornerhouse / BBC Big Screen, Manchester | ||
| 2006 | Recent Acquisitions | Ben Uri Gallery, London | |
| Videoland | Artneuland, Berlin | ||
| Four Questions | Ben Uri Gallery, London | ||
| A Shelter in the Time of Storm | Lichfield Cathedral, England | ||
| Repatriating the Ark | Museum of Garden History, London | ||
| Swiss Art Awards | ART Basel, Basel | ||
| Around the World in Eighty Days | ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London | curated by Jens Hoffman | |
| History | City Gallery Leicester | ||
| 2005 | Stets gern für Sie beschäftigt | Kunstverein Rosenheim, Germany | |
| Dash Art Festival | 291 Gallery, London | ||
| GBS | Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski, Geneva | ||
| State of Mind | London School of Econcomics, London | ||
| Always glad to be of service | ifa-Galerie, Berlin | ||
| 2004 | Something Strange | Aine Art Museum, Tornio | |
| The Well | Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London |
Selected Screenings & Performances*
| 2012 | Fokus Festival | Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre | ||
| 2012 | Aide-Mémoire 8.0* | Fondation Ricard, Paris | ||
| 2011 | International Documentary Film Festival | Amsterdam | ||
| 2011 | Hantologie des colonies | Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris | curated by Vincent Meessen | |
| 2011 | The Mirage of History | Whitechapel Gallery London | curated by Yann Chateigné Tytelman | |
| 2011 | The Mr. Freedom Summit* | Artissima, Torino | ||
| 2011 | Aide-Mémoire 7.0* | Wysing Arts, Wysing - Cambridge | ||
| 2011 | Aide-Mémoire 6.0* | University of Bern | ||
| 2011 | Loop at SH-Contemporary | SH-Contemorary, Shanghai | ||
| 2011 | Aide-Mémoire 5.0* | Chewing the Scenery Live, 54th Venice Biennale | ||
| 2011 | A Reflection on Revolution in Egypt | Tate Modern, London | with Céline Condorelli | |
| 2010 | The Mirage of History | Kaleidoscope Space, Milan | curated by Yann Chateigné Tytelman | |
| 2010 | International Comptetition | 27th Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival | ||
| 2010 | Aide-mémoire 4.0* | Les Complices*, Zürich | ||
| 2010 | Place Memory II | Mezz at the Nunnery, London | curated by Louisa Fairclough | |
| 2010 | Marcia Farquhar's 12 Shooters | Arnolfini Bristol, Bluecoats Liverpool, Chapter Cardiff, Colchester Arts Centre, Nottingham Contemporary | ||
| 2010 | International Competition | Videoex, Zurich | ||
| 2010 | Helvetiques | Visions du Réel, Nyon | ||
| 2010 | Remnants of the Future | Zico House, Beirut | ||
| 2010 | Remnants of the Future | Darb 1718, Cairo | ||
| 2010 | Deep Opacity* | Laure Genillard, London | ||
| 2009 | Aide-Mémoire 1.0* | David Roberts Art Foundation, London | ||
| 2008 | The Whole World | Tate Modern, London | curated by Ian White | |
| 2008 | Longest Day of the Year Film Festival | Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable | ||
| 2008 | African Adventures | Tatton Park Biennial, London | curated by Lucy Reynolds | |
| 2008 | Double Vision | BFI Southbank, London | ||
| 2008 | curated programme | Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany, | ||
| 2007 | Marcia Farquhar's 12 Shooters | South London Gallery, Exeter Phoenix | ||
| 2007 | Historians of the Present | Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva | ||
| 2007 | New Work UK | Whitechapel Gallery, London | curated by Lina Dzuverovic | |
| 2007 | Play Forward | Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland | ||
| 2006 | Ghosting | Arnolfini, Bristol | ||
| 2005 | Prog:Me | Centro Cultural Telemar, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 2004 | LaIsle: Ulisses | Teatro Odisséa, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 2003 | 10th Biennale of the Moving Image | Centre d'Image Contemporaine, Geneva |
Awards & Residencies
| 2011 | Loop/MACBA Acquisition Award | |||
| 2010 | Pro Helvetia residency in Cairo | |||
| 2009 | Utopiana residency in Yerevan, Armenia | (supported by Pro Helvetia and British Council) | ||
| 2009 | Sommerakademie, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern | curated by Tirdad Zolghadr | ||
| 2009 | Swiss Art Award, Ministry of Culture, Switzerland | |||
| 2008 | Swiss Art Award, Ministry of Culture, Switzerland | |||
| 2007 | Individual Artist Award, Arts Council England | |||
| 2006 | Individual Artist Award, Arts Council England | |||
| 2006 | Publication Award, Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Switzerland | |||
| 2006 | Henry Moore Foundation Award | |||
| 2005-8 | Fellowship for the Creative and Performing Arts, Arts and Humanities Research Council | |||
| 2004 | Individual Artist Award, Arts Council England | |||
| 2002 | Exhibition Grant, Arts Council of England, South East | |||
| 2000 | Year of the Artist Residency Award, Arts Council of England, London | |||
Curatorial Projects
| 2011 | The Presidents: Remix | Salt, Istanbul | ||||||
| 2011 | The President: Remix | LUX online | ||||||
| 2010 | The Presidents: Remix | Blancpain Art Contemporain | ||||||
| 2004-9 | Betsey's Salon | London, quarterly inter-disciplinary arts salon, co-run with Michal Sapir | ||||||
| 2008 | Ghosts of Buildings | Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva | ||||||
| 2007 | Historians of the Present | Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva | ||||||
| 2005 | The Trouble with Talkies | ADI Project Space, London, co-curated with Double agents | ||||||
| 2005 | Still Moving - Moving Still | Photographers' Gallery, London, co-curated with Catherine Yass |
Talks & Conferences
| Ongoing | Invited speaker at numerous art colleges | Academy of Arts Zürich (ZHdK), Hochschule der Künste Bern, Art Institute Bournemouth, Brighton University, Byam Shaw School of Art London, Camberwell College of Art London, Goldsmiths College London, Loughborouh University, Royal College of Art London, Surrey Insitute of Art & Design, University of Westminster | |
| 2010 | Text in Context | Southbank Centre, London | |
| 2010 | Artist Presentation and Screening | Zico House, Beirut | |
| 2010 | Artist Presentation and Screening | Darb1718, Cairo | |
| 2009 | The Eagle Document | Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London | |
| 2008 | Pleasure and Persuasion in Lens-based Media | Tate Britain, London | |
| 2008 | Cultural Memory Conference | University of Kent | |
| 2008 | Ping Pong Art Space | Guangzhou | |
| 2008 | ICIA | University of Bath | |
| 2008 | Talking Pictures | London School of Economics (LSE), London | |
| 2008 | Vicissitudes | School of Advanced Study, University of London | |
| 2007 | The Archival Impulse | Tate Britain, London | |
| 2007 | Inventing Methodologies, symposium | Goldsmiths College, Univeristy of London | |
| 2006 | Historia Ð Memoria Ð Amnesia | Centre CATH congress, University of Leeds | |
| 2006 | Archive Study Day | Watershed, Bristol (organised by Picture This) | |
| 2006 | Useful Theory? Critical Practice, symposium | Birkbeck College, University of London | |
| 2005 | On Time, symposium | The National Academy of Fine Art Oslo, Norway | |
| 2005 | Still Moving Ð Moving Still | Photographers' Gallery, London | |
| 2004 | Unleashing the Archive | Senate House, School of Advanced Study, University of London | |
| 2004 | Challenging the Frame | Elia 8th Biennial Conference, Lucerne, Switzerland | |
| 2002 | Moving Images | Tate Modern, London | |
| 1999 | Chris Marker: Silent Movie | Beaconsfield, London |
Teaching & Research
| Ongoing | Visiting lecturing | Academy of Arts Zurich (ZhdK), Birkbeck College -University of London, Byam Shaw School of Art, Camberwell College of Art, Goldsmith College | |
| 2005- | Senior research fellow | University of Westminster | |
| 2000-5 | Lecturer BA and MA Fine Art | Goldsmiths College, University of Londono | |
| 1997-2005 | Lecturer BA Fine Art | Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London | |
| 1998 | Visiting lecturer BA Fine Art | The Slade School of Art, UCL |
Education
| 1999-2002 | PhD in Fine Art | University of the Arts, London | |
| 1997-1998 | Mphil in Fine Art | The Slade School of Art, UCL | |
| 1996-1997 | DES in Aesthetics & Philosophy | University of Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 1993-1996 | First Class BA (Hons.) in Critical Fine Art Practice | Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London | |
| 1990-1993 | Art and Design studies | Schule für Gestaltung, Zürich & Wimbledon School of Art,London |