Douglas Gordon

Art Brokerage: Douglas Gordon Scotland Artist: b. 1966. Douglas Gordon was born 1966 in Glasgow. Douglas studied art first there (at the Glasgow School of Art) from 1984-1988 and later at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, from 1988-1990. His first solo show was in 1986. Gordon won the Turner Prize in 1996 and the following year he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. In 2005 he put together an exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin called 'The Vanity of Allegory'. In 2006 there was an exhibition of his at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, called "Timeline". In 2008, he won the Roswitha Haftmann prize. In 2006 Douglas Gordon Superhumanatural, opened at the National Galleries of Scotland complex in Edinburgh. This was Gordon's first major solo exhibition in Scotland since he presented his now celebrated work, 24 Hour Psycho, at Tramway in Glasgow in 1993. One of his latest works was on show - a cinematic portrait of the footballer Zidane. First shown at both Cannes and Edinburgh Film Festivals in 2006, a gallery version of the work was recently purchased by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.