Goldsmiths - University of London

Chris Hammond

Chris Hammond is the founder and director of MOT, now MOT INTERNATIONAL, and his practice as a curator and artist is grounded in the core structure and strategies of the gallery.

Chris Hammond has curated more than 50 exhibitions and worked with established artists such as Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Rodney Graham, Paul McCarthy, Liam Gillick, Martin Creed, Sarah Lucas, Franz West, Jon Thompson, Sonia Boyce, Mark Wallinger, Ben Nicholson, Derek Jarman, Stephen Willats, Louise Lawler, Ulrich Strothjohann, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool, Mark Titchner, Omer Fast, Rachel Harrison Runa Islam, Jeremy Deller and Matthew Higgs.

His projects have attracted an International audience with many of his exhibitions receiving critical acclaim in the pages of frieze, Flash Art, Art Forum, Art Monthly, Untitled, Contemporary, Art Review, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, Big Issue, AN, and Time Out.

Experience 

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR MOT INTERNATIONAL, 2006
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR MOT, opened April 2002
VISITING LECTURER 2003-2007 Ruskin School of Art, Stanley Picker public lecture, Kingston University, Royal College of Art MA Painting, Goldsmith’s Public Lecture, Goldsmiths Creative Curating & Fine Art MA, Arts Council England, Goethe Institute, Serpentine Gallery, University of Westminster BA, Goldsmiths BA, Chelsea school of art MA and BA, Wimbledon school of art MA, BA Painting, KIAD BA, Pilot 2005, South Bank University BA Curating/Arts Management, Arts Council of England, London

Mentoring & consultancy

Advisor and consultant for Arts Council of England, North East, 2007, NAB selector 2007, Birmingham City Council, SPACE Studios Gallery programme, education and International residencies, Gallery start ups West Midlands, University of the Arts

DIRECTOR AND CURATOR FOR SHOCK CORRIDOR May 1999 - Nov. 2000

VIDEO & LIVE ART CURATOR OMSK 1997-2001

MOT PROGRAMME, (UNDER DIRECTORSHIP CHRIS HAMMOND)

All exhibitions curated solely by Chris Hammond unless otherwise indicated.

Ulrich Strothjohann, 14 February – 15 March 2008
Alan Brooks, Dan Rees, 5 January – 3 February 2008
The Ballad Of Gunpowder Joe, 17 November - 16 December 2007,
Simon & Tom Bloor
First Moment of Truth, 6 October - 10 November 2007,
Eva Weinmayr
Life As You Like It, August 25 - September 29 2007,
Clunie Reid
Klever Strasse, June 22 - July 21 2007,
Tom Ellis, Back Room Project by Richard Parry
PROPAGANDA MACHINE Part of Local Operations at the Serpentine Gallery,
June 31/July 1 2007
PHLIGHT, 2007 - 2008. An installation of an aeroplane in an apartment by Simon Tyszko + publication with Will Self, Ian Sinclair, JG Ballard, Michael Moorcock, Geoff Dyer and James Fox, edited by Slavoj Zizek, ACE funded.
YOUTUBISM May 5 - June 10 2007,
Marc Bijl, Beagles & Ramsay, Joe Walsh
DC DUSSELDORF CONTEMPORARY, 19-22 April 2007,
Amanda Beech, Simon Bedwell, Simon & Tom Bloor, John Clayman, Tom Ellis, Richard Parry, Elizabeth Price
THE RECEIVERS 23 March - 28 April 2007,
Simon Bedwell
DETOURIST Leo Fitzmaurice featuring Tim Machin
Curated by Marie-Anne McQuay
GOOD RIDDANCE. 3 february – 10 march 2007,
brown sierra, john clayman, paul davis, jem finer, leo fitzmaurice, miles thurlow, lawrence weiner, curated by claire davies and sam gathercole
AN EXHIBITION IN THREE CHAPTERS 22nd September – 27 January 2007
Matthew Thompson (Casper David Friedrich), Stephan Willats (Going Home), Amanda Beech (Falk)
THE END OF THE WEST, in association with Artprojx at Prince Charles Cinema, 13th September, Rodney Graham, Shezad Dawood.
AND YET IT MOVES! 12. August to 16. September,
John Heartfield, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Lisa Kirk, Mark Titchner, curated by Hans Askheim
DAISYCHAIN 12/05/06 - 17/05/06,
Richard Forster, Rachel Harrison, Franz West, Rudolph Polanszky, begun by Bruce Haines
NOT QUITE TEN YEARS WITHOUT MARTIN KIPPENBERGER 01/04/06 - 06/05/06, Martin Kippenberger, Günther Brus, William Copley, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Louise Lawler, Nichole Neufert, AR Penck, Ulrich Strothjohann,
Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool
DENNIS OPPENHEIM: RECALL 18/02/06 - 25/03/06, Dennis Oppenheim,
curated by Lisa Le Feuvre
INTIMATE SPACE 07/01/06 - 11/02/06
Anish Kapoor, Yuko Shiraishi, FAT, curated by Rajesh Punj
ELIZABETH PRICE 16 ,17, 18/12/05 Book Launch
THE ARTIST WITH TWO BRAINS Offsite project for NEW ART BIRMINGHAM 2005 9th & 10th December, St Paul's Church, St Paul's Square Birmingham B3 1QZ, Fischli & Weiss, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Paul Harrison & John Wood, Colin Lowe & Roddy Thomson, Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexsander Vinogradov, Artlab, Juneau Projects, Mark and Stephen Beasley, Paulmart, Beagles & Ramsay, Shaun Doyle & Mally Mallinson, Allsopp & Weir, Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkácová, Leah Elsey and Sonia Uddin, Simon & Tom Bloor, Reuben Henry & Karin Kihlberg, Yoke & Zoom, Leesa & Nicole Abahuni
THE PROP MAKERS 05/11/05 - 10/12/05
Mark Beasley & Russell Oxley
PERISTROMA DOLOROSA 24/09/05 - 29/10/05
Doyle & Mallinson
TALL STORIES 13th August - 17th September 2005
Simon Patterson, David Batchelor, Matt Golden, Curated by Rajesh Punj
SIX SITES FOR SOUND 01/07/05 - 31/07/05
M j Schumacher, curated by Anna Colin and Tobi Maier
PARADISE ROW 16/05/05 - 10/07/05 Off-site project with Shezad Dawood
AESTHETICS OF VIOLENCE 21/05/05 - 25/06/05
Alejandro Vidal
BEACHED 09/04/05 - 14/05/05
Ben Nicholson, Derek Jarman, Nicholas Symes
INTERZONE Off-site Project for the Milano Flash Art Show 8-10 April 2005 ATA Hotel Executive via don Sturzo, 45 - 20154 Milano. Artlab (Cullinan + Richards), Fabienne Audeoud & John Russell, Shezad Dawood, International Necronautical Society, Tom McCarthy, Elizabeth Price, Matthew Thompson
INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC 26/02/05 - 02/04/05
ARTLAB sci-fi 07/01/05 - 11/02/05 MOTMEN, Chris Cunningham, Gordon Dalton, Rod Dickinson, Shez Dawood, Brian Reed, Tim Baily, Paul Riley, Martin Sexton, Steve Colson, Russell Oxley, Stephen Kenny
FARBE 18/11/04 - 24/12/04
Mark Brogan, Emma Holmes, curated by Floyd Varey
TOTEM 08/10/04 - 12/11/04
Simona Brinkmann, Amy Clarke, Tom Ellis, Lee Reagan
I AM THE WRATH OF GOD 27/08/04 - 01/10/04
Rodney Graham, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Paul McCarthy
LILITH 09/07/04 - 13/08/04
Sonia Boyce, Steve Colson, Louise Harris, Runa Islam, Melanie Stidolph
PCP 28/05/04 - 02/07/04
Paul Becker, Michael Jackson, Ben McLaughlin, Floyd Varey, curated by Floyd Varey
RUSSIAN DOLL 16/04/04 - 21/05/04
Martin Creed, Liam Gillick, Elizabeth Price, Giorgio Sadotti, Peter Suchin
PAULMART 05/03/04 - 09/04/04
CRUEL FAT 23/01/04 - 27/02/04
Shaun Doyle, Colin Lowe, Sarah Lucas, Mally Mallinson, Roddy Thomson
RENDER RED NOSE 28/11/03 - 11/01/04 anonymous drunks
ROUND TABLE 17/10/03 - 21/11/03
Emma Biggs/Matthew Collings, Matthew Higgs, Jon Thompson with texts by Colin Lowe, Jeremy Deller, Roddy Thompson, Mark Wallinger
FULL ENGLISH 05/09/03 - 10/10/03
Kiera Bennett, Louis Harris, Pat O’Conner, Nicola Ollis, Russell Oxley, Audrey Reynolds, Nicholas Symes, Vicky Wright
SCRAMBLED 01/08/03 - 29/09/03
Simona Brinkmann, Maria Fusco, Melanie Stidolph
STEALTH 27/06/03 - 26/07/03
Anna Barham, Steve Colson, Tony peakal, Julian Wild Karl Lydon 23/05/03 - 20/06/03
SPACEMEN 04/04/03 - 11/05/03
The artists who run Hoxton Distillery, Cell, Jeffrey Charles, Keith Talent, 1000000mph, Five Years.
FUN 07/03/03 - 30/03/03
Floyd Varey
OTHER THAN 07/02/03 - 28/02/03
Shaun Doyle, Jimmy Dyer, Alistair Payne, Clunie Reid
CUL-DE-SAC 10/01/03 - 31/01/03
Nicholas Symes, Steven Kenny
WINTER PROJECTS 05/12/02 - 23/12/02
Mark Croxford Russel Oxley
TRAINING CAMP 08/11/02 - 01/12/02
Vic Bigoire
CHAMOIS 11/10/02 - 01/11/02 Carol Ho, Ben Ford Smith, Mari Sunna
THE HISTORY OF FEAR 13/09/02 - 04/10/02
Mally Mallinson
SUMMER PROJECTS 15/08/02 - 06/09/02
Louise Harris Steve Colson
PANTING 19/07/02 - 11/08/02
Mark Pearson, Kwai Lau, Andrew Ekins
WHILE U WAIT 14/06/02 - 07/07/02
Roddy Thomson & Colin Lowe, Omer Fast, Jason Coburn
CORE 10/05/02 - 02/06/02
Steve Colson, Mark Croxford, Shaun Doyle, Chris Hammond, Louise Harris, Stephen Kenny, Sharon Leahy-Cark, Simon Leahy-Clark, Mally Mallinson, Russell Oxley, Nicholas Symes, Floyd Varey

Presentations and exhibitions

Performance & actions

Super Supper at EATOMSK Toynbee Studios, London21.10.01
Art isn’t Working Three Quays Walk London, 20.01.01

Grants & awards

London Arts Ralp(EatOMSK) 2001,
Arts council of England 2004 Grant for the Arts (I am the Wrath of God)
Arts council of England 2005 Grant for the Arts (Independent Republic),
Arts council of England 2005, Grant for the Arts (Tall Stories),
Arts council of England 2005/6, Research and Development Grants for the arts,
Elephant Trust, Oppenheim, Recall
Henry Moore Foundaton, Oppenheim, Recall
Arts council of England 2006, Grant for the Arts (Not Quite 10 Years Without Martin Kippenberger),
Arts council of England 2006, Grant for the Arts (An Exhibition in Three Chapters)
Elephant Trust, And Yet It Moves

Collections

Tate Britain Archive, University of the Arts Library Archive, Larissa Hilbig & Harald Falckenberg, Steve Burke, George Enoch & Georgina Stead, Cable & Wireless, Dai Jenkins

Selected publications

Stephen Willats Catalogue, MKG 2007
The Alpine Fantasy of Victor B and Other Stories, Serpent’s Tail, 2006
Falk, Amanda Beech, MOT International 2006
Going Home, Stephen Willats, MOT International 2006
Casper David Friedrich, Matthew Thompson, MOT International 2006
Empty Frames – with John Clayman, MOT International 2006
Paradise Row, MOT 2005

Selected press

Art Review, February 2008, The Ballad Of Gunpowder Joe review, Sally O Reilly
Art Monthly, June 2007, Simon Bedwell review, Andy Hunt
Frieze, May 2007, Good Riddance review
Time Out, January 10th-16th, Falk review
Guardian, 6th Jan, Review of Alpine Fantasy of Victor B, Adrian Searle
Art Monthly, Dec 2006, Review of Alpine Fantasy of Victor B, Ian Hunt
Time Out, November 22 – 29 2006, Going Home Review, Sally O Rielly
Art Monthly, June 2006, The Institution Within, Lisa Le Feuvre
Exit, May 2006 Martin Kippenberger, Tobi Maier
Contemporary, May 2006, Artist with Two Brains review, Rosie Spencer
Frieze, Propmakers review, March 2006, Kim Dhillon
a-n Magazine, July 2005, Energy and Overspill: Artist-Led Spaces in London’s East End, Peter Suchin
Time Out, June 2005 No.1819, Paradise Row Review, Sarah Kent
The Independent on Sunday June 19 2005, Welcome to Paradise, Chloe Grimshaw
The Big Issue, June 2005 No.646, Paradise Row Review, Helen Sumpter
The Independent on Sunday June, Paradise Row Review
Frieze, May 2005, Independent Republic review, Dan Fox
Contemporary, issue 72, Stress Positions review,
Time Out, April 2005 No.1810, Beached Review, Helen Sumpter
Metro, 12/01/05, sci-fi review, Fisun Guner
Art Forum, Dec 2004, London art Scene, Martin Herbert
Flash Art, Nov/Dec 04, I am the Wrath of God review, Sinisa Mitrovic
Contemporary, issue 68, I am the Wrath of God review, Dan Smith
The Times 14/09/04, First Choice, I am the Wrath of God
Time Out, Sept 8-15 2004, I am the Wrath of God review + Critics Choice, Martin Herbert
Metro, 2/09/04, I am the Wrath of God review, Fisun Guner
The Guardian, 30/08/04, I am the Wrath of God, Picks of the Week
Guardian Guide, 28thth August 2004, I am the Wrath of God, Jessica Lack
Guardian Guide, 10th July 2004, Lilith, Jessica Lack
Untitled Summer 2004 issue PAULMART review, Peter Suchin
Time Out, May 12 – 19 2004 Russian Doll Review, Helen Sumpter
Guardian Guide, 10th April Russian Doll, Jessica Lack
Time Out, 31st March –7th April PAULMART review, Rebecca Geldard
Time Out, Cruel Fat review, Martin Herbert
a-n Magazine, Feb 04, Collaborative relationships
Frieze, Jan 04, Full English review, Andrew Hunt
Art Review Oct 03, Imaging London Review, Duncan Mclaren
Guardian Guide 25/07/04, Imaging London review, Jessica Lack
New Statesman, Imaging London review
Contemporary, issue 53, Spacemen review, Nina Krieger
100 Reviews 2003, Spacemen review, David Mollin
Guardian Guide 08/03/03 Fun preview, Jessica Lack
Art Review Oct 02, The best of Fest, Charlotte Edwards
Art Monthly Sept 02, Panting review, Dan Smith
Guardian Guide 22/08/02, Summer Projects review, Jessica Lack
Hottickets,22/08/02, Summer Projects review, Helen Sumpter