Blue Curry (b. Nassau,

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, 1974) is a Bahamian artist living and working in

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, specialising in sculptural assemblage and

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Education

Curry is a graduate of the MFA Fine Art program at

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, London, where his final show was listed as one of the ten best in the country by a former editor of ''

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''.

Career

Curry was profiled in a

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documentary ''Goldsmiths: But is it Art?'' which charted his progress through art college and his experiences on the London contemporary art scene. In one of his earliest works, Curry transported almost a ton of sand to Germany for exhibition and then returned it to the beach it came from in the Bahamas for the group show "Funky Nassau" at the Nassauischer Art Association, Germany. He has also shown work at

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Miami Beach, the

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, Washington D.C. and the Musée International des Arts Modestes, France. He has work in the collections of the

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, the Principal Art Group and many private collections. He has been a member of the Popop collective of artists since 2000.

Reception

Curry was selected for inclusion in the Catlin Guide to the 40 important emerging artists in the UK in 2010 and listed as one of ''

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''s "Future Art Stars".

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, chief art critic of ''

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'' said that Curry's "swanky electric-blue cement mixer" installation filled with coconut sun cream might be a place for him to stick his head to soothe away his doubts about the 2010

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l.Adrian Searle
"Back in Business at the Liverpool Biennial"
''The Guardian''. September 20, 2010.

Exhibitions

*2021 , Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now.

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. *2021 , When the Globe is Home, Imago Mundi -

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Collection, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy. *2021 , Here Be Dragons:a Reprise, Copperfield, London. *2020 , Mutadis Mutandis - 24 Pavilions, Giardini Projects, Studio Giardini, Venice, Italy. *2020 , The Frangenberg Collection Exhibition,

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. *2020 , Featured artist, MOCA London Web Exhibitions. *2020 , Visual Life of Social Affliction, a

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, NEST, Rotterdam. *2019 , Visual Life of Social Affliction, a

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. *2019 , Visual Life of Social Affliction', a

, The Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami. *2019 , The Empire Remains Shop, Grand Union, Birmingham. *2019 , Foreign Matter, duo exhibition with Fernando Martin Godoy, SCAN, London. *2019 , Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago,

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. *2019 , Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago,

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, Portland, Oregon. *2019 , Decoys and Deadheads, Werft 77, Dusseldorf, Germany. *2019 , Single-Use Planet, The International Development Bank Cultural Center, Washington D.C. *2018 , J Bar, NLS, Kingston, Jamaica. (solo) *2018 , Designer Exotics, FABRIKKEN, Copenhagen, Denmark. *2018 , I’m Not Who You Think I’m Not, Akademie de Kunste Studio, 10th

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event curated by Chris Cozier. *2018 , Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, The Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York. *2018 , New Relics, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London. *2017 , Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, The

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, Miami, Florida. *2017 , Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago,

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, Long Beach, California. *2017 , Übersee, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany. *2017 , TRIGGERED, Casa Quien, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. *2017 , Full Service, Five Years, London. *2016 , Dimensión Caribe, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic. (solo) *2016 , Solo Presentation, Platform 102, Brussels, Belgium. (solo) *2016 , out of place, Alice Yard, Port of Spain, Trinidad. *2016 , The Empire Remains Shop, Baker Street, London. *2016 , 2nd Gran Bienal Tropical, curated by Marina Reyes Franco and Pablo Leon de la Barra, Kiosko La Comay, Puerto Rico. *2016 , Open Air Prisons: Las Antillas por los Antillanos, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, California. *2016 , The Explorers, Shoreditch Gallery Space, London. *2015 , Sunscreen, an online commission by EM15 for the

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. *2015 , The Presence of Absence, Berloni, London. *2015 , Studio Voltaire Open, selected by

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and Hanne Mugaas,

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, London. *2014 , Souvenir, Vitrine Gallery, Bermondsey. (solo) *2014 , Unsettled Landscapes: New Perspectives on Art of the Americas, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico. *2014 , Jamaica Biennial,

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, Kingston, Jamaica. *2014 , Numbered Days, duo exhibition with Aglae Bassens, CONVOY, London. *2014 , Show Off, LeandaKateLouise Projects, London. *2014 , Future Memories, 14°N 61°W, Martinique. *2014 , Curated by

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& Friends', Paul Smith, No. 11 Albemarle Street, London. *2014 , RE002_We Were All Rocks Once, Sorbus Gallery, Helsinki. *2013 , Duo show with Ingo Gerken, LoBe, Berlin. *2013 , 40 years of Bahamian Art,

. *2013 , Creekside Open selected by

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, A.P.T., London. *2013 , The West 10th Window, Time Equities Art in Buildings Program, New York. (solo) *2013 , Misuse: Creating Alternatives, Cass Gallery, London. *2013 , Legacy: Five Schemes, First Variation, KARST Projects, High Cross House, Devon. *2012 , Zu Hause/At Home, LoBe, Berlin. *2012 , Confined, NEST, The Hague, the Netherlands. *2012 , Friday Late: Flying High,

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, London. *2012 , Earth Works, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York. *2012 , The Global Caribbean, Foundation Clément, Martinique. *2012 , Year One, Toomer Labzda, New York. *2012 , New Works, AF Projects, London. (solo) *2012 , Tryouts, Down Stairs Gallery, Great Brampton House, Herefordshire. *2012 , Into the Mix,

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, Louisville, Kentucky. *2012 , Mad March Hares, Vegas Gallery, London. *2012 , Powerless Structures, Schwartz Gallery, London. *2011 , Stranger than Paradise, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany. (solo) *2011 , Solo Presentation, Toomer Labzda, New York. (solo) *2011 , Emergency5, Aspex, Portsmouth. *2011 , About Change in the Caribbean and Latin America,

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, Washington DC. *2011 , Wrestling with the Image,

, Washington DC. *2011 , Terms of Decision, Visual Arts Platform, Austrian Cultural Forum, London. *2011 , Caribes Globales, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Puerto Rico. *2011 , Trove, Deptford X, London. (solo) *2011 , Modern Frustrations, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London. *2011 , Vessel, Stonehouse, Plymouth. *2011 , Assembly, Bearspace, London. *2011 , Dragging Anchor, Low&High, Folkestone Triennial Fringe, Folkestone. (solo) *2011 , So Here We Are, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany. *2011 , Duo Exhibition, Nextex, St. Gallen, Switzerland. *2010 , City States, 6th

, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool. *2010 , 1st Triennial of Caribbean Art, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dominican Republic. *2010 , Anticipation, Selfridges Ultralounge, London. *2010 , NE5: Fifth National Exhibition,

. *2010 , Nowhere in Peculiar, Five Hundred Dollars Gallery, London. *2010 , Stardust Boogie Woogie, Monica Bobinska Gallery, London. *2010 , Global Caraïbes, Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, France. *2010 , The Assistant, Bearspace, London. *2009 , The Global Caribbean,

Miami Beach. *2009 , Rockstone and Bootheel,

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, Connecticut. *2009 , SoShow!, ShopAt34, London. *2009 , I Know a Friend That Knows a Friend, Het

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, Rotterdam. *2009 , Hack Gold, (Space) Project Space, London. *2009 , Group Grope, Area 10, London. *2009 , R.I.P, Peacock Projects, London. *2009 , Collections Within Collections,

. *2008 , 4th National Exhibition,

. *2008 ,

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, Caribbean Festival of the Arts, Georgetown, Guyana. *2008 , Setups Situations Solutions, Popopstudios, Bahamas. *2007 , Into Position, Bauernmarkt 9, Vienna. *2007 , Work!, Diaspora Vibe Gallery,

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.Carlos Suarez De Jesus (August 23, 2007
"Pop! Go the Easels"
''Miami New Times''. Retrieved 2013-09-11. *2007 , The Next Level Guerilla Show,

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, London. *2007 , Domesticalia: The Politics of Repression’, Standpoint Gallery, London. *2007 , Bahamian Art: Pre-Columbian to the Present,

. *2006 , Funky Nassau: Recovering an Identity, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Germany &

. *2006 , Exit, Popopstudios, Bahamas. *2006 , 3rd National Exhibition,

. *2006 , Debris, (with Heino Schmid) Nassau, Bahamas. *2005 , Alumni Art Exhibition, Tang Gallery,

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, New York. *2005 , Interim, The Muse Gallery, London. *2005 , National Collection Exhibition,

. *2005 , Love, Popopstudios, Bahamas. *2004 , 2nd National Exhibition,

. *2004 , Survey of Contemporary Bahamian Art,

Bibliography

*''A-Z of Caribbean Art'', Robert & Christopher Publishers, Trinidad & Tobago, 2019. *''Beyond Representation in Contemporary Caribbean Art: Space, Politics and the Public Sphere'', Carlos Garrido Castellano, Rutgers University Press, 2019. *''PRŌTOCOLLUM - Global Perspectives on Visual Vocabulary'', 2015/16 edition, Dickersbach Kunstverlag, 2015. *''The Sense of Movement: When Artists Travel'', BMW Art Journey series, Hatje Cantz, 2015.
"Island Life"

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, No 162, April 2014.
"Blue Curry: When the Ships Come In"
Michael Abatemarco, ''

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'', July 18, 2014. *"Conceptual Materialism: Installation Art and the Dismantling of Caribbean Historicism", Carlos Garrido Castellano, ''

Third Text ''Third Text'' is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal covering art in a global context. After founder and editor Rasheed Araeen's earlier art magazine ''Black Phoenix'', which started in 1978 and published only three issues, ''Third Text' ...

'', vol 28 Issue 2, 2014.
"Blue Curry and his Paradox Machine"
Juan Carlos Betancourt, Arte Por Excelencias, Issue 16, 2013. *''De los últimos creadores de mapas: Pensamiento crítico y exposiciones colectivas de arte caribeño contemporáneo (1990-2011)'', Dominique Brèbion and Carlos Garrido Castellano, Alpedrete (Madrid), 2012.
"Blue Curry: Art, Image, and Objecthood"
Dr. Erica James, ''

ARC Magazine ''ARC Magazine'' is an art magazine covering contemporary Caribbean art and culture. It was founded in 2011 as a non-profit print and digital magazine publication with an active web following. ''ARC'' profiles established and emerging artists li ...

'', October 2012. *"Hinter der Schlangenhaut", ''

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'', 6 June 2011.
"Stranger than Paradise"
''

Caribbean Review of Books ''The Caribbean Review of Books'', or ''CRB'', is a literary magazine based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, reviewing books of Caribbean interest—by Caribbean authors or about the Caribbean—and publishing original fiction, poetry, and other liter ...

'', November 2010.
the Tropical Veneer: Sun Cream and the Aesthetics of Leisure''
NN rbeitstitelNN orking Title Forum Stadtpark Publications, Graz, Austria, 2010. *''The Catlin Guide 2010: New Artists in the UK''. Justin Hammond ed., Catlin Ltd., 2010. *''Art in the Caribbean: An Introduction'',

Anne Walmsley Anne Walmsley (born 1931) is a British-born editor, scholar, critic and author, notable as a specialist in Caribbean art and literature, whose career spans five decades. She is widely recognised for her work as Longman's Caribbean publisher, and ...

Stanley Greaves Stanley Greaves (born 1934)Rupert Roopnarine"Master Maker: Stanley Greaves" '' Caribbean Beat'', Issue 72 (March/April 2005). is a Guyanese painter and writer who is one of the Caribbean's most distinguished artists. Writing in 1995 at the ti ...

, London: New Beacon Books, 2010.
"World-Class Exhibit Focuses on the Art of the Caribbean"

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, January 14, 2010.
"New Caribbean Art by 23 Artists Showcased During Art Basel Fair"
Jennifer Kay,

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, December 4, 2009.
"Colorful, Witty, Noisy: A West Indies Mélange"
''

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'', December 6, 2009. *"Repairwork, Artist Contribution", ''Small Axe'', vol 12 no. 2, June 2008. *"Bahamian Art Goes Beyond Tourist Trade", ''

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'', August 19, 2007. *"When Art Offends", ''The Nassau Guardian'', July 14, 2007. *"No Abstract Art Here: The Problem of the Visual in Contemporary Anglo-Caribbean Art", ''Small Axe'', Vol. 11, No. 2, June 2007.

Self Publication (with Heino Schmid), Susak Press, London, 2006.
"Like Taking Sand to the Beach"
''Next Level'', May 2006. *"Blut, Sand, Wasser", ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', April 12, 2006. *"Relax? Just do it", ''Spike Art Quarterly'', Summer edition, 2006.

References

External links

Artist's website
* This is Tomorro
Profile: Blue Curry
* Caribbean Artists A-Z , Petrine Archer Strawbr>
* Goldsmiths Degree Show 200

* Conceptual Materialism: Installation Art and the Dismantling of Caribbean Historicism. Castellano, Carlos Garrido. Third Text Vol. 28, Is. 2, (March 2014): 149-162. DOI:10.1080/09528822.2014.896493 * SITElines.2014: unsettled landscapes. Smith, William S. Art in America Vol. 102, Is. 10, (November 2014): 182-183. *"Unsettled Landscapes". Hagel, Caia. Border Crossings; Winnipeg Vol. 33, Is. 4, (Dec 2014-Feb 2015): 108-109. {{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, Blue 1974 births Living people Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of the University of Westminster Bahamian artists People from Nassau, Bahamas Bahamian emigrants to the United Kingdom