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ISHA  BØHLING

I see my paintings as fragments of a bigger picture. Beyond the observed lies the observer, also being observed. Like a nested set of Russian dolls that goes on forever. Representations of self similarity, like in chaos patterns. The outcome is a landscape of infinities. I do not predetermine the outcome of paintings. I do not have a system, but beyond my control it appears that there is. Random decisions become ordered into a structure. Ie a cluster or bubbles    The paintings, and sculpture evolve as some natural law of mathematics takes over. Patterns merge in and out of each other multiplying and mutating, like a plant or virus, or like life itself, continually evolving and eating away at the landscape as it looks for new territory.

Education: 2001-02         MA Fine Art. Central St Martin College of Art & Design. London 1994-97         BA Honours Fine Art. University of Plymouth, Exeter, Devon. 1989-91         HND Visual Communications. Portsmouth University, Hants. 1988-89         Foundation in art & Design. Falmouth School of Art. Cornwall Selected Solo Exhibitions 2005                Space, The Triangle. London 2002                Ma Show. Centrals St Martins. London 1999                The Mercer Gallery. Omaha. NE. USA Selected Group exhibitions 2006  Gongju International Arts festival.  Limlip Museum, Gongju. South Korea  ‘Marte e Aqui’(Mars Now) Rua Sympatica, Sao Paulo. Brazil  ‘8X8X8’ The Soap Factory. Minneapolis. USA  ‘Art Car Boot fair’ 1000,000 MPH. Brick Lane. London.  ‘Double Happiness’ Hollow Contemporary. London 2005  ‘Flat Files’ Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn. New York.  ‘Flat files' Pierogi Gallery, Miami Design District. Miami. USA   ‘ArtSway Open 05’ Artsway Gallery. New Forest. Hampshire. 2004 ‘Chaim Soutine’ Happy Sailor. London  ‘Cinderella’ Trailer, Tower Bridge Business Complex. London  ‘Starf**ckers’ Overtones. Los Angeles  ‘Careful what you wish for’ Soup Projects, Seven Seven London  ‘Transit’ Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires. Argentina  ‘Motorcity’ Spital Square. London  ‘Sneeze’ Arch Gallery. London* 2003 ‘Flat Files’ Pierogi Gallery. Brooklyn. New York.  ‘Reduced’ Century. London*  ‘Godzilla’ Trailer.  Hertford Rd. London  ‘Sense& Sensibility: Artists take on art history’ Transition. London  ‘Rsvp’ 5 Cork St.London. Curated by Tom Morton& C Patha          ‘Blondes Buy More Peroxide’ Trailer. 1000,000MPH. London 2002  ‘The Red Mansion Spero Prize’ The Millbank Gallery. London  ‘Five’ 5 Cassland Rd. London. Curated by Catherine Patha.  ‘Save or delete’ Notting Hill Arts Club. London  ‘Ford’ Oxford House, Ashley Gardens and I&I. Bethnal Green. London.   Curator: Shaheen Meralli. 2001  ‘Art Below Zero.’ Notting Hill Arts Club. London  ‘Flat Files’ Brooklyn. New York  ‘Three Rivers Art festival’ Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.USA  ‘Percival Gallery’ Des Moines. Iowa. USA  ‘The Bentley Gallery’ Scottsdale. Arizona. USA 2000  ‘Chelsea Meat Market Art Fair’ Pierogi Gallery. NY. New York  ‘Hunter Museum’ Chattanooga, Tennesse.USA  ‘Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts & Sciences.NJ USA 1999 ‘Sioux City Art Museum’ Iowa. USA  Creighton University. Omaha Nebraska. USA 1998 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Omaha. Nebraska. USA  Burton Marinkovich. Washington DC. USA. 1997 Spacex Gallery, Exeter. England  The Foyer Gallery, Plymouth University. Exeter. England