Christian Mieves Recent Paintings 2016
Context Brief
Hubris 1, 2016, oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm
Encounter, 2016, oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm
contact, 2016, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Retreat, 2016, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
fight, 2016, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Dominance, 2016, oil on canvas, 180 x 100
Greek1, 2016, oil on paper, 140 x 80 cm
Greek2, 2016, oil on paper, 140 x 80 cm
Greek3, 2016, oil on paper, 140 x 80 cm
Dr Christian Mieves is a painter and Senior Lecturer at Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, UK. He received his PhD in Fine Art from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK). Research themes in Mieves’ work to date have included the beach and other border spaces as metaphors for semantically uncertain fields. His paintings have been shown in exhibitions in Germany, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom Recent publications include journal articles on Luc Tuymans, Dana Schutz, Peter Doig and the Beach in Contemporary Art. He has been co-editor of the special edition of the Journal of Visual Art Practice 9.3 (2010). He is co-editor of the book Wonder in Contemporary Artistic Practice (Routledge, 2016), he has contributed to the book Teaching Painting: How Can Painting Be Taught in Art Schools? (Black Dog 2016) and is editor of the special journal issue ‘Erosion and Illegibility of Images’( Journal of Visual Art Practice, forthcoming 2017)
2015 Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, June 2015 2013/14Galerie der Stadt Mainz, Mainz, Germany, 29 Nov 2013 - 4 Jan 2014 (Solo). 2012 St Cuthbert’s College, Durham University, 14 Nov-15 Dec 2012 (Solo). 2012 Duckett & Jeffreys Gallery, Malton, 31 Oct-30 Nov 2012 (Solo). 2011 Constantine Gallery, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, 10 Nov-16 Dec 2011 (Solo). 2010 Xunta de Galicia, Lugo, Spain, Sept 2010 (Solo). 2010 Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington, UK, 4 June-30 July 2010 (Solo). 2009 South Square Gallery, Bradford, UK, 7-29 Nov 2009 (Solo). 2009 Ex-Libris Gallery, Newcastle, UK, 3-17 July 2009. 2009 Long Gallery, Newcastle University, UK, 28 April-4 May 2009 (Solo). 2008 Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City, Mexico, 3-29 March 2008 (Solo). 2008 ArtSway, Sway, UK, 6 Dec 2008 - 15 Feb 2009. 2008 Phoenix Gallery, Exeter, UK, 18 Sept-5 Nov 2008. 2008 University Gallery, Northumbria University, UK, Newcastle, 30 Aug-13 Sept 2008. 2008 Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston-Super-Mare, UK, 25 Jan-22 Feb 2008. 2007 St Aidan’s College, Durham University, Durham, UK, 26 Nov-16 Dec 2007 (Solo). 2007 Red Wire, Liverpool, UK, 17 Nov-30 Nov 2007. 2006 The Gallery, Gateshead, UK, edddd14 July-25 Aug 2006 (Solo). 2005 Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK, 2-18 Sept 2005. 2004 School of Architecture, Newcastle University, UK, May 2004 (Solo) 2003 Kunstverein Walpodenstrasse, Mainz, Germany, Sept 2003. (Solo). 2001 Kunstverein (Art Association) Dreieich, Frankfurt, Germany, May 2001. 2000 Kunstverein Eisenturm (Art Association), Mainz, Germany, Jan 2000.