Machiko EDMONDSON
1965, England

Cyan Dee professionally know as MACHIKO EDMONDSON


Machiko Edmondson (British, b.1965) was educated at the Tama Arts University in Tokyo, the Camberwell College of Art in London, and the University of London's Goldsmiths College. Upon completion of her studies, she immediately began to show her paintings at exhibitions in the United Kingdom and cities across Europe. Over the next decade, her creations reached Cyprus, Brazil, and the United States.

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1993-1995 MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK
1989-1992 BA in Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
1981-1985 BA in Fine Art and Cultural Studies, Tama Arts University, Tokyo, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 The Atrium, 65 Alfred Rd, London, UK
2010 Nicholas Robinson Gallery, NY, USA
2007 Marksman Gallery, Reading, UK
2006 Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 the apartment, 'Is This Desire?', Athens, Greece
2001 Habitat Art Space, 'Taut', Kings Rd, London, UK
2000 Axel Theime Gallery, Darmstadt, Germany
1998 Laurent Delaye Gallery, 'Behind Disguise', London, UK
1995 Circuit Gallery by HardWork, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 ‘Accrochage’, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
2013 ‘Outside Outside‘, Curated by Elizabeth Wright, Giorgio Sedotti, Clair Joy
Mecklenburgh Square London WC1, UK
2010 'Plastic Culture -Legacies of Pop 1962-2008', Part 3,
Bradford1-Bradford Museum, Bradford, UK
2009 'Plastic Culture -Legacies of Pop 1962-2008', Part 2,
The Exchange-Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, UK
'Plastic Culture -Legacies of Pop' 1962-2008, Part 1,
Harris Museum, Preston, UK (Rachal Bradley, Nicola Carvell, M Edmondson, Faile, Gajin Fujita,
James Howard, KAWS, Richard Kirwan, Jeff Koons, Mariko Mori, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara,
Jack Newling, Tony Oursler, Monique Prieto, Fiona Rae, Miho Sato, Cindy Sherman, Bridget Smith,
Hiam Steinbach, Daniel Sturgis, Andy Warhol, Gary Webb)
2007 'Group show', Sander Collection, Berlin, Germany,
(John Currin, Marlene Dumas, M Edmondson, Kiki Smith)
2007 'Group show', Baro Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Carl Andre, George Baselitz,
Alighiero Boetti, Michael Craig-Martin, Jason Martin, Yoshimoto Nara, Thomas Scheibitz.)
2006 'Salon Connections', 20 Rivington Street Gallery, London, UK
2006 'Crossing the Borders', Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2006 'Sweetness & Light', Marksman Gallery, Reading, UK (Patrick Caulfield, Brain Donnely,
M Edmondson, Matt Franks, Brian Griffiths, Gerard Hemsworth, Paula Kane, Yoshitomo Nara, Cindy Sherman,
Daniel Sturgis)
2005 'London Painting' (cat), Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice, Italy
2003 'Faces', Mark Jason Gallery, London, UK
2004 'Show Down', Hengrove Art Space, Bristol, United Kingdom
‘Cinderella’, Trailer, London, UK
2003 'Painting Per Se' Part 2(cat.), Oscar Cruz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Painting Per Se Part 1 (cat), Andre Millan Gallery, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2002 'Painting as A Foreign Language', Centro Brasileiro Britanico, Sao Paolo, Brazil
curated by Gerald Hemsworth ( Liz Arnold, Glenn Brown, John Chilver, Peter Davies, Machiko Edmondson,
Jane Harris, Richard Kirwan, Simon Linke, Brad Lochore, Alain Miller, Paul Morrison, Michael Readecker,
Perry Roberts, D.J. Simpson, Daniel Sturgis, Bob & Roberta Smith, Mark Wallinger, Clare Woods)
'Soul Windows', curated by Roy Exley, DomoBaal, London, United Kingdom
'The Most Dangerous Game', Rhodes and Mann Gallery, London, UK
2001 'It’s a Wonderful Life', the apartment, Athens, Greece
'Group Show', Galeria Mário Sequeira, Porto, Portugal
2000 ‘Signs’ Axel Thieme Gallery, Darmstadt, Germany
1999 'superNATURAL', Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
'Group Show', Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Cyprus
1998 'Relative Values', Part 1, Rangers House Museum, London, UK
Relative Values Part 2, Harris Museum, Preston, UK
'Alice', Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
'Alice', Part 2, The Nunnery, London, UK
1997 'What' (cat.), Trinity Wharf Art Space, London, UK ( Including: Yinka Shonibare)
1996 'Face to Face', Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
( Including: John Currin, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Peyton)
1995 'British Art in America'Raw Gallery, NY, NY, US
1994 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
1994 Unplugged, Unit9 Space, London, UK
(M Edmondson, Richard Kirwan, Jane Ormerod, Daniel Sturgis, Neal Tait)
1994 Pet Show, Union Street Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
David Teiger Collection, USA
Felicity Waley-Cohen Collection, UK
Birgid Hanson collection, UK
Joao Tovar collection, USA/ Monaco
Walker Art Center(Ralph W Burnet), USA
The Seavest Collection, USA
Sander Collection, Germany
Frank Cohen Collection, UK
Keith Tyson Collection, UK
Polly Robinson Gaer, UK
Warren Miro, UK
Finklestein Collection, NY, USA
Bill Roedy (MTV Europe)
Charles Diamond, UK
Roberto Marziale, Switzerland
Groucho Club, UK
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
'It's a wonderful life', αθνωοπαμα, 2001
Αρφαρα, Κατια, It's a wonderful life, ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ, 2001
Jones Jonathan, 'superNatural', The Guardian, January 1999
Clerk, Robert, 'Alice', The Guardian, August 1998
Cypriano, Fabio, 'Painting as Foreign Language', Folha De S. Paulo 2002
The Cyprus Weekly, Group show at Archimede Staffolini Gallery, 1998
Coomer, Martin, 'What', Time Out, 1997
Dent, Adam, The London High Art Socio-Cultural Observatory Art Gang Resister, Art
Review, 3003
de Ville, Nick, Malcolm Morley- Life After Death, Modern Painters, 2001
Doupas, Vassilios, Machiko Edmondson: 'Behind Disguise', KLIK, March 1999
Duff, Helen, Childhood Innocence is Adult Bliss, The Guardian, July 1998
E, C, 'Soul Windows', Art Review, 2001
'It's a wonderful life', EΟΝΟΣ, 2001
Foster, Stephen, 'Painting as Foreign Language', Contemporary, 2002
Gayford, Martin, The New Face of Paint, The Telegraph, July 2001
Gerogianni, Irene, 'Is This Desire?' Contemporary, April 2006
Guha, Tania, Alice, Time Out, September 1998
Guha, Tania, 'Unplugged', Time Out, 1994
'Home', Art Monthly, 1997
Hubbard, Sue, 'Face to Face, Time Out, 1997
Hubbard, Sue, Solo show at Circuit Gallery, Time Out, 1996
Kathimerini, Alexandra, 'It's a wonderful life', The Guide(Greek), 2001
Kend, Sarah, Whitechappel Open, Time Out, 1994
Leris, Sophie, Mad For It: The Frank Cohen Collection, Art Review, March 2003
Lillington, David, 'Pet Show', Time Out, 1994
Looking At Music, Special Issue, Modern Painters, Summer 2003
Maison & Decoration, 2002
Mahoney, Elisabeth, 'superNatural', The Guardian, June 30, 1999
Μαρκολπ, Μαρια, 'It's a wonderful life', ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 2001
Nutting, Victoria, THE FACE Magazine, September 1998
'It's a wonderful life', Playboy (Greek) 2001
'Soul Windows', Pluk, 2002
Group show at Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Poltis, 1999
PULP, September 1998 *
Saraiva, Renata, 'Painting as Foreign Language', Valor, 2002
Smith, Caroline, Wonderland, Attitude, May 2001
The Times, Art 98, 1998
Time Out, 'Relative Values', 1998
Tozer, John, 'Home', Art Monthly, 1997
Zefkili, Despina, Young British Artists in αθνωοπαμα , March 2001
Wilson, Andrew, Whitechapel Open, Art Monthly, 1994

CATALOGUES/PUBLICATIONS
Two Faced -The changing face of portraiture, 2007 London (includes: Rankin, David
Shrigley, Nico)
Painting Per Se, 2003. Oscar Cruz Gallery, Brazil.
‘Colour it!' (Save the Children) publication supported by Modern Painters & The
Guardian.
Space Cook, (Recipe books by artists. Edited by Stephen Hepworth in aid of Space
Studios, London 2002)
Painting as A Foreign Language, 2002. Essay by Suhail Malik
Relative Values, Harris Museum, 1998
WHAT, 1997. Essay by Mark Gisbourne
PROJECTS / AWARDS
2014 “Women on Women’ A fund raising auction for Eve’s appeal at Christie’s, London
2009 A fund raising auction for Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation at Sotheby's NY
2008 US O-1 visa (US visa for Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement)
2003 Musician Peter Gabriel’s 'Baby Man' promotion image
1998 Promotion image for posters and catalogues for WOMAD Festival requested by
Peter Gabrial
1998 London Arts Board Award
1994 Project of (musician) Nick Cave
ART FAIRS
2010 The Armory Show with Nicholas Robinson Gallery
2009 Solo presentation at VoltaNY with Nicholas Robinson Gallery
2005 Melbourne Art Fair with Rebecca Hossak Gallery
2003 Frieze with Art Group
2002 NADA with the apartment
2001 Art Frankfurt with Axel Thieme Gallery
2000 Art Cologne with Axel Thieme Gallery
2000 Miami Art, Palm Beach, Blue Gallery
2000 London Art Fair with Blue Gallery
1998 ARCO with Laurent Delaye Gallery
1997 Chicago Art with Laurent Delaye Gallery
1996 Artissima with Laurent Dalaye Gallery
1995-2000 London Art Fair every year with Laurent Delaye Gallery
Auctions:
Since 2007, Edmondson's paintings have been regularly featured in Contemporary Art Auctions at both Sotheby's and
Christie's.

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