Carla Busuttil
Carla Busuttil (b. 1982, Johannesburg, South Africa) makes paintings depicting the shadows of Apartheid, as well as the look and feel of power. Her style, raw and disobedient, is both a testament to resistance and a particularly florid take on the modern grotesque. A graduate of the Royal Academy, London, Busuttil was included in the significant 2010 survey Newspeak: British Art Now at the Saatchi Gallery, London, and AGSA, Adelaide, as well as the Jerwood Contemporary Painting Prize and John Moores Painting Prize exhibitions in London and Liverpool, and in solo shows at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Carla Busuttil lives and works in Birmingham.
Education
2008, Postgraduate Diploma, Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools, London
2004, BA, Fine Art, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Recent Activity, Birmingham
2020
Sunset Debris, Montresso Art Foundation, Marrakech
2019
Gentlemen, I Just Don't Belong Here, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town
2016
The Super-Suburb Defence Authority, Josh Lilley, London
Choice. Click. Bait., Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2015
Polish your speech, polish your teeth, The Workbench, Milan
Carla Busuttil, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles
2014
A Change of Tongue, Space K, Seoul
2013
Generation V, Josh Lilley, London
Post-National Bliss, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town
2012
Exit Mode, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2011
Rug & Gut & Gum, Josh Lilley, London
2009
Tuxed Fucks – And other curious outfits, Gimpel Fils, London
Group Exhibitions
2021
Ikon for Artists, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Distorted Portrait, Space K, Seoul
2019
Sir, 'Where is this Place?: 8.7832° S, 34.5085° E, A. C. Embassy Art Museum, Beijing
Rules of Freedom, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
2018
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Gallery, Liverpool
Another World Charity Postcard Sale, Frieze Art Fair, London
Scenes from a Chasm, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York
Fashion Art Commission presentation with Sadie Williams, 180 Strand, London
2017
Summer Exhibition , Curated by Yinka Shonibare, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2016
New Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Water Biscuit, Josh Lilley, London
2015
We see (in) the Dark, Museum of Africa Design, Johannesburg
Edge of Silence, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town
Figuratively Speaking, Heike Moras, London
Tutti Frutti, Turps Gallery, London
2014
It’s All Video, Video, Video, The Bioscope, Johannesburg
About Your Full-time Position, Joburg Fringe, Aerial Empire, Johannesburg
Unboxed, Nirox Residency Collection Exhibition, Museum of African Design, Johannesburg
Nirox Sculpture – Winter Show, Nirox Sculpture Park, Johannesburg
2013
Nalepastrasse, Funkhaus, Berlin
2012
Creative London, Space K, Seoul
One Giant Leap: Works from the Saatchi Gallery, Hyatt Regency, London
Transformed Human, Space K, Seoul
Advance / Notice, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
2011
Sovereign Art Prize, Haskoy Yarn Factory, Istanbul
Saatchi in Adelaide : British Art Now, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2010
Gifted, curated by Ben Street, Josh Lilley, London
Vicissitude, Kabin Collection, London
Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
Puce Moment, Transition Gallery, London
Borders, Deutsche Bank Awards Show, Saatchi Gallery, London
Review II, Gimpel Fils, London
2009
Between my Finger and my Thumb, Schwartz Gallery, London
Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Collection, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Daily Miracles, Josh Lilley, London
Jerwood Contemporary Painting Prize, Jerwood Space, London
2008
The World’s Most Dangerous Ideas, Dray Walk Gallery, Truman Brewery, London
Saatchi Online at Concrete and Glass Festival, Beach Blanket Babylon, London
Yellow Freight, Fold Gallery, London
Royal Academy Schools Summer Show, Royal Academy, London
MA Show, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
2007
Neck to Nuts, La Viande Gallery, London
Painting Music – Performance, Fringe Festival, Edinburgh
Group Show, Chelsea Arts Club, London
Influx, Nolias Gallery, London
Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2006
Group Show, La Viande, London
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Exhibition, Painters’ Hall, London
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Show, London
2004
University of Witwatersrand Degree Show, The Mills, Newtown, Johannesburg
Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
Conciliation, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
Herd – Wits University Group Show, The Bag Factory, Newtown, Johannesburg
Martienssen, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Choose Your Own, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Art Space, Northcliff, Johannesburg
Wire Sculpture: Student Show, The Gertrude Posal Gallery, Johannesburg
Press
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