CV
Born 1969 in Plymouth, UK and lives in London and Valencia (Spain)
Contact
- josie@josiemccoy.co.uk
- @josiemccoyart
Education
- 1998-1999
- MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
- 1995-1997
- BA (Hons) Fine Art, Solihull College, Birmingham
- 1991-1993
- HND Illustration, Swansea Institute, Swansea
- 1988-1989
- Foundation Studies, Plymouth College of Art and Design, Plymouth
Solo Exhibitions
- 2024
- Contemporary Icons, Gloucester Room, London
- 2022
- Shades of Limelight, Fresco Gallery, Almancil, Portugal
- 2021
- Musas, Madres, Magas y Asesinas, Centro Cultural Melchor Zapata, Benicássim
- Las Musas de Josie McCoy, Sala de Exposiciones El Oscurico, Buñol
- Íntimas desconocidas, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia
- 2017
- Glow and Celebrity: The Philosophy of Josie McCoy, ATM Gallery, Gijón
- 2016
- New Work, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia
- 2014
- Reflections, 10 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London
- 2012
- Paint3d, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia
- 2007
- Las Chicas de Almodóvar, DF Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostella, Spain
- 2006
- New work, Eyestorm Britart Gallery, Exeter, Ipswich and Milan
- 2004
- New Paintings, Britart/Eyestorm Gallery, London
- 2001
- The Royle Variety Show, Notting Hill Arts Club, London
- 2000
- EastEnders, The Centre of Attention, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2024
- Unearthed, Joseph Wales Studio, Margate
- RBSA Portrait Prize 2024, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
- Rondo, Casa del Popolo La Montanina, Florence
- 2023
- Reimagined Realities, Arteria Gallery, Barcelona
- A Generous Space 3, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
- The Fifth Element, Tourist Office, Ulldecona, Tarragona, Spain
- 100 x 100 Piccolo Formato, Sincresis, Empoli, Florence
- 2022
- Cartography of Care, Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh
- Dirty Pink, Il Conventino Firenze, Florence
- Palinopsia, a two-person show with Francesca Ricci, The RW Project, Valencia
- A Woman's Place is Everywhere Ldn, The Cello Factory, London
- 2021
- RA Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary
- 2020
- John Lennon is Not Dead, Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenees, London
- Home-works, Spilt Milk exhibition and zine
- 2019
- re:birth, Gallery One, Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh
- 'Paint', PS Mirabel 2019 Painting Prize, Manchester
- 2018
- The Ghost Tide, curated by Monika Bobinska and Sarah Sparkes, Thames Side Studios Gallery, London
- Face to Face, Kunsthalle Hense, Gescher, Germany
- Russafart Exposicion Colectiva, Imprevisual Galería, Valencia
- 2017
- Political Poetical, Petra Lossen Fine Art, Zurich
- Refugiarte, Centre del Carmen, Valencia
- McCoy, Gingles, Picazo: Works on paper, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia
- 2016
- Sporting at Standard, Standard Gallery, Valencia
- La Bohemia, Castellón
- 2015
- Intimate Strangers: Politics as Celebrity, Celebrity as Politics, Matucana 100, Santiago de Chile
- Rites of Passage - Ritos de Transición, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia
- 2014
- Additionen der Gegenwart - Zeitgenössische Kunst us der Sammlung Frank Hense, Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany
- Russafart, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia
- 2013
- From madonna to Madonna, Domus Artium (DA2), Salamanca
- At Home with the Ludskis, Rio Cinema, Dalston, London
- 2012
- Dreaming of a Black and White Christmas, A-side B-side Gallery, London
- Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Collection: The Next Generation, Kings Place Gallery, London
- Albert Square... the artists move in, A-side B-side Gallery, London
- Mothers, Chester University, Chester
- 2011
- Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition, Kings Place Gallery, London
- RCA Secret 2011, Royal College of Art, London
- 11:11, East Gallery, Brick Lane, London
- 2010
- RCA Secret 2010, Royal College of Art, London
- Dalston Underground Studios: Ten Years, The Boys Hall, Dalston, London
- Hammerson Artist Initiative, former London Stock Exchange building, London
- When Central Met Saint Martins, Lethaby Gallery, London
- 2009
- Visiones de Anhelo, Galería Espacio, Valencia
- Perfect Present, 242 Cambridge Heath Road, London
- Lo que cuenta(s), Galería Espacio, Valencia
- 2008
- Face Value, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
- Pulse New York, with Houldsworth, New York
- Suburbia, The Foreign Press Association, London
- Seduced, The Windows Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London
- 2007
- Dorian Gray Project, John Jones, London
- The Dream of Putrefaction, The Metropole Galleries, Folkestone and The Fieldgate Gallery, London
- Stone.Plate.Grease.Water, Museum for Modern Art for Wales, Machynlleth and Bankside Gallery, London
- Two Faced, book launch and exhibition, Hong Kong and London. http://www.wearitwithpride.com/twofaced
- 2006
- scope LONDON with Lounge Gallery, Truman Brewery, London
- Sensuous Panorama, Lounge, London
- Castellon Painting Prize, Municipal Art Centre of Alcorcon, Madrid
- 2005
- RCA Secret 2005, Royal College of Art, London
- II International Painting Prize of the Castellon County Council, Espai D'Art Contemporani De Castello, Spain
- 2004
- Bob's Your Uncle, Eyestorm, 547 West 27th Street, New York
- Vector Vecteur, L'Espace d'animation des Blancs Manteaux, Paris
- Mothers, Oxford House, London
- Love N Bullets, Transition, London
- 2003
- Reduced, Century Gallery, London
- Science Fiction: Double Feature, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Birmingham
- Lexmark European Art Prize, Eyestorm Gallery, London
- Josie McCoy and Mimei Thompson, QUODart, Brighton
- BP Portrait Award 2003, National Portrait Gallery, London, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
- Pop Culture, Beatrice Royal, Eastleigh
- Don't you forget about me, Studio Voltaire, London
- New Directions: Art vs Mainstream Visual Culture, New Directions, The Cube, Leeds
- Faces, Mark Jason Fine Art, 71 New Bond Street, London
- 14 x 14, Century Gallery, London
- 2002
- The Painting Class, The Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London
- BP Portrait Award 2002, National Portrait Gallery, London, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
- Beauty's where you find it, Britart Gallery, London
- Golden, Britart Gallery, 60-62 Commercial Street, London
- Viva la Republique, The Centre of Attention, London
- Hunting Art Prize 2002, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London
- 2001
- 14 x 14, Mafuji Gallery, London
- Art is Dead, Britart Gallery, London
- RWA Open Painting Exhibition 2001, RWA, Bristol (commended)
- BP Portrait Award 2001, National Portrait Gallery, London, Sheffield Galleries, Sheffield
- Art 2001, Britart at the Design Centre, London
- Salon The Centre of Attention Painting Prize, Identity UK, London
- 2000
- Artfutures, The Barbican Centre, London
- Mighty Real, Dazed and Confused Gallery, Old Street, London
- BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery and Aberdeen Art Gallery
- Directions 2000, The Lethaby Gallery, London
- 1999
- Artfutures, Royal Festival Hall, London
- MA Degree show, Central Saint Martins, London
- Secret Lives, Axion Arts Centre, Cheltenham
Selected Bibliography
- 2017
- Lorena Kloosterboer, 'Idiosyncratic Monochromes', PoetsArtists Volume 85
- 2011
- Sandy Nairne, '500 Portraits: BP Portrait Award', National Portrait Gallery publication
- Antonio Nodar, 'From Portrait to Self Portrait Vol. 1'
- 2010
- Emma Wall 'Graduate art: make an art of your investments', The Telegraph, 21 August 2010
- Lee Morgan, 'Workspace: Josie McCoy', ArtsCulture, June 2010
- 2009
- Ethan Bodnar, 'Creative Grab Bag'
- 2007
- Systems Design Ltd, 'Two Faced: The Changing Face of Portraiture'
- 2004
- Illera, Lotte. 'Second Glance: Paintings by Josie McCoy' Bolz, Issue 6 2004
- 2002
- Edwards, Charlotte. 'Dalston Underground Studios' Art Review, July/August 2002
- Aitch, Iain. 'Soap on Canvas' Wish, April 2002
- Dunning, Matthew. 'A Brush with Fame' Fable, February 2002
- 2001
- Greenstreet, Roseanna. 'Questionnaire - Q & A Josie McCoy', The Guardian (Weekend magazine), 12 May 2001
- 2000
- 'Mighty Real' Dazed and Confused, November 2000
Prizes and Awards
- 2002
- Woo Charitable Foundation Arts Bursary
- 2001
- Royal West of England Academy Open Painting Exhibition 2001 - commended
- The Centre of Attention Painting Prize
Commissions
- 2011
- BBC commission to paint 'Pat Butcher' as a leaving gift for Pam St Clement
- 2007
- BBC commission to paint 'Cindy Beale' for an episode of EastEnders
Collections
- Jeremy Mogford Collection
- Colección Ofelia Martín & Javier Núñez
- BBC
- Collection of University of Wales
- Standard Chartered
- The Borchard Collection of British Self-Portraits in the 20th Century
- The Centre of Attention Permanent Collection