Michael Mulvihill

Solo Exhibitions

2021
‘One Key Magic: Worldly Noise And Electronic Atmospheres’, sound installation, Kings Walk, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Counter-countermeasures’, Artsy, online exhibition

2019
‘The Unblinking Eye: 55 years of Space Operations on Fylingdale Moor’, Whitby Museum, Whitby
‘The Four Minute Warning Drawing Machine’, intervention in the SSPAR radar building at RAF Fylingdales, Pickering

2018
‘Jenny, Reggie, Tony and Cleo’, Long Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne

2015
‘A Mid-Century Modern’, The Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed
‘Standby for the New Stone Age’, York Cold War Bunker, York
‘The Means and the Instruments’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland

2013
‘The Pursuit of Happiness’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2010
‘A Time After People’, Waygood at Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne

2008
‘Energy flash’, Incubate, Chicago, USA
‘New Work’, Durham Light Infantry and Art Gallery, Durham

2007
‘Transparent Radiation’, Hanging Wall, Waygood at Harkers, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Harker Herald’, Waygood at Harkers, Newcastle upon Tyne

2006
‘Transparent Radiation’, Art Gene, Barrow in Furness

2005
‘Calling Occupants’, Function suite, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

2004
‘It’s the End of the World as we know it’, Total Kunst, Edinburgh

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
‘Worldly Noise and Electronic Atmospheres: Fylingdales Archive and One Key Magic’, film and sound event, English Heritage Cold War Bunker, York

2019
‘Pushing Paper’, Oriental Museum, Durham University, Durham

2017
‘Vicennial’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2016
‘Seeing a Who’ with Elizabeth Saveri, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne, touring to ArtHelix, Brooklyn, USA
‘The Kármán Line’, OBJECT / A, Manchester

2015
4th Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
‘NORTH’, Newcastle Pavilion, Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, Warrington
‘Ten’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘The Art Lending Library’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
‘Beyond the Goldmine Standard’, RPM, Newcastle upon Tyne (catalogue)

2014
‘They Used to Call it the Moon’, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
‘In and out of windows’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘They Used to Call it the Moon’, BALTIC 39, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Between fact and fiction’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2013
‘Multiple Choice: Contemporary Prints & Editions from Private Collections in the North’, Part 2, Queen’s Hall, Hexham (catalogue)
‘Project 04: Tip of the Iceberg: Art from Up North’, Contemporary Art Society, London (catalogue)
‘What is Drawing?’, Customs House, South Shields
‘Luminous Language’, Launch F18, New York, USA

2012
‘Day In, Day Out’, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
‘Collecting Contemporary Art’, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘«solo-show»’, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland
‘Omnia Mea Mecum Porto: Works on Paper’, the Kotti-Shop, Berlin, Germany

2011
‘A big show of little works’, The Birdcage Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Edifice’, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
‘Graphite’, Gallery North, Newcastle upon Tyne (catalogue)

2010
‘We Love New York?’, Gallery North, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘We Love New York?’, Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
‘Brick by brick: small scale wall works by 24 artists’, Xsite Architecture, Newcastle upon Tyne

2009
‘Jerwood Drawing Prize’, Jerwood Space, London, touring to Cardiff, Aberdeen, Cambridge, Bideford, and Cheltenham

2008
‘Michael Mulvihill and Joe Woodhouse’, Hanging Wall, Waygood at Harkers, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Group exhibition’, Waygood Boutique at Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Group show’, Gardenfresh, Chicago, USA
‘Waygood Boutique’, Newcastle upon Tyne

2007
‘Vane Shorts 3’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2006
‘Members’ Summer Show’, Embassy, Edinburgh
‘Multiples’, Ayling and Conroy, Nottingham

2004
‘Multiplus Reloaded’, Saltburn Artists’ Projects, Saltburn on Sea
‘Multiplus’, The Lowry, Salford

2003
‘If’, Side Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Cut and Paste’, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (catalogue)

2002
‘Nature selected them for extinction’, Disco, Newcastle upon Tyne

2000
‘Use nor Ornament’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art’, Sunderland (catalogue)
‘Centurion’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art’, Sunderland

1999
‘Butterfly’, VANE99, Newcastle upon Tyne

1998
‘RADAR’, Generator, Dundee

1997
‘Members’ Summer Show’, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

1996
‘Rocket Event’, Transmission, Glasgow

Awards and Residencies

2020
New Pioneer, N8 Research Partnership

2016
Artist in Residence, RAF Fylingdales, North York Moors

2014
Artist in Residence, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Leverhulme Trust residency programme
Artist in Residence, Paper Studio, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, supported by Arts Council England

2013
Artist in Residence, Summer Residency programme, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath

2008
Artist in Residence, ‘Incubate’, Chicago, USA, supported by Arts Council England

2007
Artist in Residence, The Contemporary Artist Centre, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Arts Council England

2005
‘AA2A’, Fine Art Print Department, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne

Curatorial Projects

2011
‘Cloud Chamber’ (curator), the Gallery of Wonder, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne

Bibliography

2022
‘Artist Story: Michael Mulvihill’, interview, Vane

2019
‘Why Cold War was a hot topic for Tynesider Michael Mulvihill’, article, Tony Henderson, Chronicle Live (Newcastle upon Tyne), 5 November
‘The Unblinking Eye: 55 Years of Space Operations on Fylingdales Moor’, exhibition catalogue, pub. Whitby Museum

2018
‘Two Minutes to Midnight’, radio documentary, Richard Clay, BBC iPlayer Radio 4 (London), 7 September

2016
‘Seeing a Who’, review, Antonia Cundy, Cuckoo Review (online arts magazine), (Newcastle upon Tyne), June
‘Seeing a Who’, preview, NARC. (Newcastle upon Tyne), May
‘Seeing a Who’, preview, Jennifer Lax, The Crack (Newcastle upon Tyne), May

2015
‘Michael Mulvihill: The Means and the Instruments’, review, This is Tomorrow (online arts magazine), (London), 13 February
‘Michael Mulvihill at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art’, Peter Cumiskey, NARC. Magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne), January

2013
‘Multiple Choice’, catalogue text, Rebecca Morrill, pub. Contemporary Art Society North (Newcastle upon Tyne)
‘The Pursuit of Happiness’, essay, Dawn Bothwell, Vane
‘The Pursuit of Happiness’, preview, Robert Meddes, The Crack (Newcastle upon Tyne), February
‘The Pursuit of Happiness’, preview, NE1 Magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne), 29 January – 13 February

2011
‘Graphite’, catalogue text (interview), Northumbria University Fine Art Press (Newcastle upon Tyne)

2010
‘Open Frequency 2010: Michael Mulvihill’, Paul Stone, Axisweb

2003
‘Cut and Paste’, catalogue text, Northumbria University Fine Art Press (Newcastle upon Tyne)

2001
‘Revealed Worlds’, essay for Liverpool Billboard Project, Burke and Dunn

2000
‘Diary of First Contact’, Essay, ‘Use nor Ornament’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (Sunderland)