Stephen GILL
スティーブン・ギル
(b. 1971, Bristol, UK) became interested in photography in his early childhood, thanks to his father and interest in insects and initial obsession with collecting bits of pond life to inspect under his microscope.
Stephen’s photographs are held in various private and public collections and have also been exhibited at many international galleries and museums including London’s National Portrait Gallery, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Museum of London, Agnes B, Victoria Miro Gallery, Christophe Guye Gallery, Sprengel Museum, Tate, Centre National de l’audiovisual, Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Archive of Modern Conflict, Gun Gallery, The Photographers’ Gallery, Palais des Beaux Arts, Leighton House Museum, Haus Der Kunst and has had solo shows in festivals including – Recontres d’Arles, The Toronto photography festival, Festival Images – Vevey and PHotoEspaña.
Publications
2021 - Please Notify the Sun – Nobody
2019 - The Pillar – Nobody
2019 - Pond Life – Salon Verlag
2018 - Look Both Ways – Salon Verlag / Museum of Photography Braunschweig
2017 - Night Procession – Nobody
2014 - Pigeons – Nobody
2014 - Hackney Kisses – Archive of Modern Conflict
2014 - Best Before End – Nobody
2014 - Talking to Ants – Nobody
2013 - Not in Service – Nobody
2011 - Coexistence – Nobody / CNA
2011 - Off Ground – Nobody
2010 - B Sides – Nobody
2010 - Coming up for Air – Nobody
2010 - Outside In – Archive of Modern Conflict / Photoworks
2010 - Birds – Nobody / Super Labo
2009 - 44 photographs, Trinidad – Nobody
2008 - The Hackney Rag – Nobody / GP Gallery
2008 - Warming Down – Nobody
2008 - A Series of Disappointments – Nobody
2007 - Anonymous Origami – Nobody
2007 - Hackney Flowers – Nobody
2007 - Archaeology in Reverse – Nobody
2006 - Buried – Nobody
2005 - Hackney Wick – Nobody
2005 - Invisible – Nobody
2004 - Field Studies – Boot Books
2019 - The Pillar – Nobody
2019 - Pond Life – Salon Verlag
2018 - Look Both Ways – Salon Verlag / Museum of Photography Braunschweig
2017 - Night Procession – Nobody
2014 - Pigeons – Nobody
2014 - Hackney Kisses – Archive of Modern Conflict
2014 - Best Before End – Nobody
2014 - Talking to Ants – Nobody
2013 - Not in Service – Nobody
2011 - Coexistence – Nobody / CNA
2011 - Off Ground – Nobody
2010 - B Sides – Nobody
2010 - Coming up for Air – Nobody
2010 - Outside In – Archive of Modern Conflict / Photoworks
2010 - Birds – Nobody / Super Labo
2009 - 44 photographs, Trinidad – Nobody
2008 - The Hackney Rag – Nobody / GP Gallery
2008 - Warming Down – Nobody
2008 - A Series of Disappointments – Nobody
2007 - Anonymous Origami – Nobody
2007 - Hackney Flowers – Nobody
2007 - Archaeology in Reverse – Nobody
2006 - Buried – Nobody
2005 - Hackney Wick – Nobody
2005 - Invisible – Nobody
2004 - Field Studies – Boot Books
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 - Field Studies, The State Centre of Architecture, Moscow
2004 - Field Studies, Recontres d’Arles Photography festival, Arles
2004 - Hackney Wick, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2005 - Invisible and Lost, PhotoEspaña, Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid
2005 - Stephen Gill Photographs, The Architectural Association, London
2006 - Toronto Photography Festival, Toronto
2008 - Anonymous Origami and Buried, Leighton House Museum, London
2008 - Anonymous Origami, New York Photography Festival, New York
2009 - A Series of Disappointments, Gun Gallery, Stockholm
2009 - Hackney Flowers, Gaain Gallery, Seoul
2010 - Hackney Flowers, G/P Gallery, Tokyo
2010 - Outside In, Brighton Photo Bienalle, Brighton
2011 - Outside In, Gun Gallery, Stockholm
2011 - Coming up for Air – GP Gallery, Tokyo
2012 - Coexistence, CNA, Luxembourg
2012 - Outside In, GP Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Best Before End, GP Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Series Photographs, Galeri Image, Aarhus
2013 - Talking to Ants, Shoot Gallery, Oslo
2013 - Best Before End, Foam Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam
2014 - Series Photographs, Galleri Image, Aarhus
2015 - Buried flowers coexist with disappointed ants, Christophe Guye Gallery, Zurich
2015 - London Chronicles, Pôle Image, Rouen
2016 - Fatigue Laboratory, Christophe Guye Gallery, Zurich
2016 - Myeyefellout, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2016 - Talking to Ants, Dillon Gallery, New York
2017 - Stephen Gill, La Filature, Mulhouse,
2018 - Stephen Gill From document to experiment, Museum of Photography, Braunschweig
2018 - Nobody’s library, STEPHEN GILL’S PHOTOBOOKS & Young PhotoBook, The PhotoBookMuseum Braunschweig
2018 - Stephen Gill Night Procession, Jojuin, Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto
2019 - Three Nature Studies: Stephen Gill, IMA Gallery, Tokyo
2021 - Stephen Gill, Coming up for Air: A Retrospective, Arnolfini, Bristol
2022 - Stephen Gill, Unfold, Shiogama City Art Museum, Japan
2004 - Field Studies, Recontres d’Arles Photography festival, Arles
2004 - Hackney Wick, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2005 - Invisible and Lost, PhotoEspaña, Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid
2005 - Stephen Gill Photographs, The Architectural Association, London
2006 - Toronto Photography Festival, Toronto
2008 - Anonymous Origami and Buried, Leighton House Museum, London
2008 - Anonymous Origami, New York Photography Festival, New York
2009 - A Series of Disappointments, Gun Gallery, Stockholm
2009 - Hackney Flowers, Gaain Gallery, Seoul
2010 - Hackney Flowers, G/P Gallery, Tokyo
2010 - Outside In, Brighton Photo Bienalle, Brighton
2011 - Outside In, Gun Gallery, Stockholm
2011 - Coming up for Air – GP Gallery, Tokyo
2012 - Coexistence, CNA, Luxembourg
2012 - Outside In, GP Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Best Before End, GP Gallery, Tokyo
2013 - Series Photographs, Galeri Image, Aarhus
2013 - Talking to Ants, Shoot Gallery, Oslo
2013 - Best Before End, Foam Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam
2014 - Series Photographs, Galleri Image, Aarhus
2015 - Buried flowers coexist with disappointed ants, Christophe Guye Gallery, Zurich
2015 - London Chronicles, Pôle Image, Rouen
2016 - Fatigue Laboratory, Christophe Guye Gallery, Zurich
2016 - Myeyefellout, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2016 - Talking to Ants, Dillon Gallery, New York
2017 - Stephen Gill, La Filature, Mulhouse,
2018 - Stephen Gill From document to experiment, Museum of Photography, Braunschweig
2018 - Nobody’s library, STEPHEN GILL’S PHOTOBOOKS & Young PhotoBook, The PhotoBookMuseum Braunschweig
2018 - Stephen Gill Night Procession, Jojuin, Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto
2019 - Three Nature Studies: Stephen Gill, IMA Gallery, Tokyo
2021 - Stephen Gill, Coming up for Air: A Retrospective, Arnolfini, Bristol
2022 - Stephen Gill, Unfold, Shiogama City Art Museum, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 - Click Double Click, Haus Der Kunst, Munich
2005 - Photography 2005, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2006 - European Eyes on Japan, Kagoshima Museum of Art2006 Says the Junk in the Yard, Flowers East, London
2006 - Something That I’ll Never Really See, The V &A, London
2008 - Anonymous Origami and Disappointments, St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York
2008 - Parrworld, Haus Der Kunst, Munich
2009 - London Calling, James Hyman Gallery, London
2009 - Sound Escapes, Space, Hackney London
2009 - After Color, Bose Pacia, New York
2009 - Borderspaces, Schwartz Gallery, Hackney Wick
2009 - What You See Is What You Get, CNA, Luxembourg
2010 - Outside In / Strange & Familiar, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton
2011 - Photography Calling, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2012 - Thresholds, Belfast Exposed, Belfast
2012 - Residual Traces, Photofusion, London
2012 - Juxtaposition, See Studio, Hackney Wick, London
2012 - Retrospex, Elevator Gallery, Hackney Wick, London
2012 - Et Cetera, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
2012 - No Exit – Off Ground, Helsinki Photography Biennial, Helsinki
2013 - Hackney Wick, Belfast Exposed, Belfast
2014 - The Return to Reason, Wendi Norris, San Francisco
2014 - Talking to Ants, Bienne Festival of Photography, Zurich
2014 - Urban Spirit, Chistophe Guye Gallery, Zurich
2015 - Beneath the Surface, Somerset House from V&A collection, London
2015 - British Photography from the 1960’s to Today, Oct Loft, Shenzhen
2015 - Beastly, Winterthur Fotomuseum, Winterthur
2015 - Hackney Flowers, Fotografia Europea Earth Effect, Reggio Emilia
2016 - Images festival, Vevey
2016 - Water, Pondy Photo, Pondicherry
2016 - The State I am in, Internationale Photoszene Köln
2017 - Festival de l’image possible, Liège
2017 - Hackney Flowers, Goa Photography Festival, Panjim
2005 - Photography 2005, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2006 - European Eyes on Japan, Kagoshima Museum of Art2006 Says the Junk in the Yard, Flowers East, London
2006 - Something That I’ll Never Really See, The V &A, London
2008 - Anonymous Origami and Disappointments, St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York
2008 - Parrworld, Haus Der Kunst, Munich
2009 - London Calling, James Hyman Gallery, London
2009 - Sound Escapes, Space, Hackney London
2009 - After Color, Bose Pacia, New York
2009 - Borderspaces, Schwartz Gallery, Hackney Wick
2009 - What You See Is What You Get, CNA, Luxembourg
2010 - Outside In / Strange & Familiar, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton
2011 - Photography Calling, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2012 - Thresholds, Belfast Exposed, Belfast
2012 - Residual Traces, Photofusion, London
2012 - Juxtaposition, See Studio, Hackney Wick, London
2012 - Retrospex, Elevator Gallery, Hackney Wick, London
2012 - Et Cetera, Hoxton Art Gallery, London
2012 - No Exit – Off Ground, Helsinki Photography Biennial, Helsinki
2013 - Hackney Wick, Belfast Exposed, Belfast
2014 - The Return to Reason, Wendi Norris, San Francisco
2014 - Talking to Ants, Bienne Festival of Photography, Zurich
2014 - Urban Spirit, Chistophe Guye Gallery, Zurich
2015 - Beneath the Surface, Somerset House from V&A collection, London
2015 - British Photography from the 1960’s to Today, Oct Loft, Shenzhen
2015 - Beastly, Winterthur Fotomuseum, Winterthur
2015 - Hackney Flowers, Fotografia Europea Earth Effect, Reggio Emilia
2016 - Images festival, Vevey
2016 - Water, Pondy Photo, Pondicherry
2016 - The State I am in, Internationale Photoszene Köln
2017 - Festival de l’image possible, Liège
2017 - Hackney Flowers, Goa Photography Festival, Panjim
Awards
2020 - The Pillar / Årets Bedste Bogarbejde / Best Book work / Denmark
2020 - The Pillar / National Book Art award / Sweden
2020 - The Pillar / Shortlist / Photo Espania
2020 - The Pillar / Shortlist / Svenska Fotobokpriset
2019 - The Pilar / Les Rencontres d’Arles author book award
2018 - Night Procession / Shortlist / Svenska Fotobokpriset
2017 - Night Procession / 2017 Hariban Award / Benrido Japan
2010 - PHotoEspaña Photography Boook Award – Nobody “Outstanding Publishing House of the Year”
2009 - A Series of Disappointments, Photo Eye, Best books
2008 - Hackney Flowers, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2008 - Hackney Flowers, Photobook award, Kasseler fotoforum
2008 - Anonymous Origami, runner up in Specific Object Award
2008 - Anonymous Origami, shortlisted Photo Espania Book award
2008 - Hackney Flowers, Photography Book of the year, The Times
2007 - Buried, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2007 - Hackney Wick – Winner of Photo Eye best books
2007 - Buried, Photo District News Award, Best Books
2006 - Winner of Vic Odden Award
2006 - Hackney Wick, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2006 - Invisible, Photo District News Award, Best Books
2005 - Invisible, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2004 - Field Studies, Photo District News Award, Best Books
2004 - Winner of John Kobal Book Award for “A book of Field Studies”
2003 - Field Studies, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2002 - John Kobal 10th Anniversary, National Portrait Gallery
2001 - John Kobal Portrait Award
1997 - World Press Master Class, The Netherlands
1996 - John Kobal Portrait Award
1996 - Ernst Haas Golden Light Award, USA
1986 - Kodak Pet Portrait Award
2020 - The Pillar / National Book Art award / Sweden
2020 - The Pillar / Shortlist / Photo Espania
2020 - The Pillar / Shortlist / Svenska Fotobokpriset
2019 - The Pilar / Les Rencontres d’Arles author book award
2018 - Night Procession / Shortlist / Svenska Fotobokpriset
2017 - Night Procession / 2017 Hariban Award / Benrido Japan
2010 - PHotoEspaña Photography Boook Award – Nobody “Outstanding Publishing House of the Year”
2009 - A Series of Disappointments, Photo Eye, Best books
2008 - Hackney Flowers, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2008 - Hackney Flowers, Photobook award, Kasseler fotoforum
2008 - Anonymous Origami, runner up in Specific Object Award
2008 - Anonymous Origami, shortlisted Photo Espania Book award
2008 - Hackney Flowers, Photography Book of the year, The Times
2007 - Buried, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2007 - Hackney Wick – Winner of Photo Eye best books
2007 - Buried, Photo District News Award, Best Books
2006 - Winner of Vic Odden Award
2006 - Hackney Wick, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2006 - Invisible, Photo District News Award, Best Books
2005 - Invisible, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2004 - Field Studies, Photo District News Award, Best Books
2004 - Winner of John Kobal Book Award for “A book of Field Studies”
2003 - Field Studies, Shorlisted in Arles Book Award
2002 - John Kobal 10th Anniversary, National Portrait Gallery
2001 - John Kobal Portrait Award
1997 - World Press Master Class, The Netherlands
1996 - John Kobal Portrait Award
1996 - Ernst Haas Golden Light Award, USA
1986 - Kodak Pet Portrait Award
