Patrick Waterhouse
Patrick Waterhouse (born August 13, 1981) is a British artist. His work involves photography, drawing and graphic design. He has published books of his work and been exhibited internationally. Since 2011 he has been editor-in-chief of Colors magazine. In the same year he won the Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d'Arles for Ponte City, a collaboration with Mikhael Subotzky.
Life and work
Waterhouse graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2001. After working in London for some years he began a residency at Fabrica research centre in Italy. While at Fabrica he created a fully illustrated version of Dante's Inferno[1] with notation by Walter Hutton, that was published by Mondadori.
In 2007 he and Mikhael Subotzky began a 6 year collaboration photographing and documenting Ponte City Apartments,[2] a 54 story building in Johannesburg, during its failed development and the subsequent aftermath. It won the Discovery Award at Rencontres d'Arles In 2011.[3] Their book Ponte City (2014),[4] published by Steidl,[5] won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015.[6]
In 2011 Waterhouse became Editor in Chief of Colors magazine. During this time he created a new editorial direction for the publication, the Colors Survival Guides.[7]
Publications
- L’Inferno di Dante Luna Storia Naturale. Milan: Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 8804601418. With notation by Walter Hutton.
- Ponte City. Göttingen: Steidl; Walther Collection, 2014. ISBN 9783869307503. With Mikhael Subotzky, edited by Ivan Vladislavic.
- Catalog of an exhibition held at Le Bal, Paris,[8][9] Fotomuseum, Belgium in 2014 and Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh in 2015.[10]
Colors magazine
ISSN 2227-2992 (Australia/New Zealand/UK Edition); ISSN 2227-2984 (Hong Kong/Taiwan/China Edition).
- Colors 81: Transport - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2011.
- Colors 82: Shit - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2011.
- Colors 83: Happiness - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012.
- Colors 84: Apocalypse - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012.
- Colors 85: Going to Market - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012.
- Colors 86: Making the News - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013.
- Colors 87: Looking at Art - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013.
- Colors 88: Protest - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013.
- Colors 89: Moving House - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2014.
- Colors 90: Football - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2014.
Awards
- 2011: Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d'Arles, with Mikhael Subotzky for Ponte City.[3]
- 2015: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.[6]
Exhibitions
- 2010:
- Recent Works, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, 2010 with Mikhael Subotzky.[11]
- 2011:
- Appropriated Landscapes, The Walther Collection in Neu Ulm, Germany.[citation needed]
- Transport, Hong Miao Gallery, Shanghai, China.[citation needed]
- 2012:
- The Unexpected Guest, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool.[citation needed]
- Happiness and other survival techniques, Design Museum, London.[12]
- DOC Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil. With Projeto Quixote and Unhate Foundation.[citation needed]
- 2013:
- A Different Kind of Order, International Center of Photography Triennial, New York.[13]
- My Jo'burg, La Maison Rouge, France.[citation needed]
- L'inferno, Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Cassino (CAMUSAC), Italy.[citation needed]
- 2014
- Ponte City, Le Bal, Paris, January–April 2014. With Mikhael Subotzky.[9]
- Ponte City, FOMU, Antwerp, June–November 2014. With Mikhael Subotzky.[citation needed]
- Ponte City, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, December 2014–April 2015.[10]
References
- ^ L’Espresso, 16 September 2010.
- ^ Foam Magazine Ponte City Report(Summer 2011)
- ^ a b O'Hagan, Sean (11 July 2011) "Tower blocks and tomes dominate the Rencontres d'Arles", The Guardian
- ^ Law-Viljoen, Bronwyn (2014) on Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse,Aperture.
- ^ Steidl, Gottingen,Germany.
- ^ a b ”Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015", Photographers' Gallery London.
- ^ Magazine of the week: COLORS 86 Magculture Blog (19th April 2013)
- ^ Armon Azoulay, Ellie. ArtForum Review, ArtForum Magazine, New York.
- ^ a b "Ponte City", Le Bal, Paris (January 2014).
- ^ a b “Ponte City”, National Galleries Scotland (December 2014).
- ^ Recent Works, Goodman Gallery Cape Town with Mikhael Subotzky 2010.
- ^ Happiness & Other Survival Techniques, Domus, Italy, April 2012.
- ^ A Different Kind of Order, International Center of Photography Triennial, New York, 2013.