Lucy McKenzie
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Lucy McKenzie is an artist based in Brussels, Belgium.
McKenzie studied for her BA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/ Dundee
from 1995–1999 and at Karlsruhe
Kunstakademie http://www.kunstakademie-karlsruhe.de/ in Germany in 1998.
McKenzie first came to prominence when she won the EAST award at EASTinternational
in 1999 which was selected by Peter Doig
and Roy Arden
. She has since shown work in many exhibitions “The Dictatorship of the Viewer” at the Venice Biennale
http://www.labiennale.org/en/, Becks Futures http://www.becksfutures.co.uk/index.php 2000 in London
, Manchester
and Glasgow and “Happy Outsiders” at Zacheta Gallery http://www.zacheta.art.pl/ in Warsaw
. She has exhibited internationally at galleries and museums including Tate Britain
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/ in London, Kunsthalle Basel http://www.kunsthallebasel.ch/ in Switzerland
and the Walker Art Center
http://www.walkerart.org/index.wac in Minneapolis. She is represented by Cabinet in London and Daniel Buchholz http://www.galeriebuchholz.de/ in Cologne
.
She is currently a professor of painting at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie.
McKenzie studied for her BA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/ Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
from 1995–1999 and at Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
Kunstakademie http://www.kunstakademie-karlsruhe.de/ in Germany in 1998.
McKenzie first came to prominence when she won the EAST award at EASTinternational
EASTinternational
EASTinternational is an open submission exhibition that was launched in 1991 and takes place at the Norwich University College of the Arts. Applications from over 1,000 contemporary artists are received each year with approximately 25-30 artists selected to exhibit...
in 1999 which was selected by Peter Doig
Peter Doig
Peter Doig is a contemporary artist born in Scotland. In 2007, a painting of Doig's, entitled White Canoe, sold at Sotheby's for $11.3 million, then an auction record for a living European artist.-Early life:...
and Roy Arden
Roy Arden
Roy Arden is a Vancouver artist.Arden has had solo exhibitions at the Ikon Gallery, Galerie Tanit and Vancouver Art Gallery. Other exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp . His work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art - was featured in...
. She has since shown work in many exhibitions “The Dictatorship of the Viewer” at the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
http://www.labiennale.org/en/, Becks Futures http://www.becksfutures.co.uk/index.php 2000 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and Glasgow and “Happy Outsiders” at Zacheta Gallery http://www.zacheta.art.pl/ in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. She has exhibited internationally at galleries and museums including Tate Britain
Tate Britain
Tate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank in London, and part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.-History:It...
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/ in London, Kunsthalle Basel http://www.kunsthallebasel.ch/ in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and the Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn...
http://www.walkerart.org/index.wac in Minneapolis. She is represented by Cabinet in London and Daniel Buchholz http://www.galeriebuchholz.de/ in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
.
She is currently a professor of painting at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie.