London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Bitvert has a shotgun approach to art that includes projection, painting audio and moving image. ...
About the artist
Joined In 2018
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About the artist
Joined In 2018
(3 Followers)
Bitvert has a shotgun approach to art that includes projection, painting audio and moving image.
He has exhibited and performed in galleries and venues around the world.
He started his career as a painter and has created a varied body of work exploring found image and optical colour. His paintings are informed by printing techniques and images at the borders of recognition. The recent black and white series of work is an attempt to paint digital states and print error.
Recent projects include music production and large-scale projection. His work with architectural images evolved from a stint of guerrilla publicity stunts, including the infamous projection of Gail Porter onto the Houses of Parliament in 1995.
His large-scale projection developed with a commission for the Turin Biennale in 2000 with a commission to project images onto landmark buildings in the city. The images derive from medical equipment sourced at the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
This was followed with an Audio/Visual installation for the ICA in London,commissioned for the Playtime film festival. The resulting video projection had a performance aspect where filmed images are mixed to to an audio soundtrack.
Since 2008 he has been worki...
School of Hard Nox
Solo exhibitions
2016 - Sedition - Digital Art Gallery - https://www.seditionart.com/malcolm-litson/artworks
2014 - Transmission,Lebenson Gallery.Paris.
2008 - Flogging Live Horses, Spitalfields Shoreditch, London
2005 - From a slap to a gun, ICA, London
2000 - BIG TORINO - Turin Biennale, Turin Architecture, Turin
Group exhibitions
2012 - Home Office of the Fan Fiction Empire, Residence Gallery, London
2011 - Print Show, http://www.lebensongallery.com, Paris
2010 - Melt Exhibition, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
2009 - Sense worldwide, Sense Loft Gallery, 68-70 Wardour St.London.W1F0TB
2007 - Climate of Change - Curator - Mark Hammond, 235-241 Union St, London
2004 - Hype Gallery, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane London
1994 - David John Mooney, Waterman's Art Gallery, London
1992 - True Stories, ICA, London
Curated projects
2010 - Illumini - 'Advent', The Crypt, St Pancras Church , London Euston Rd
2006 - AVTV, Dreambagsandjaguarshoes, London
Live/Performance
2014 - Shangri-la, Glastonbury Festival
2014 - Black and White Festival.Portugal
2013 - AVTV - Hackney Wicked Festival, Glass Factory, Hackney Wick
2012 - Blinc Festival - Syntax, Conwy Castle, Conwy
2012 - Looking Sound, The Finsbury, Lo...
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