keef@keefwinter.com

In my work I explore the aesthetic potential of stock building materials through constructions inspired by extreme spaces of order and chaos in the City, made in the style of the handyman or bricoleur. Between the extraction of objects from rogue office squats to the mimicry of glimmering high-rise, I aim to present a symbiotic relationship between State and Rebel, glory and tragedy, purity and filth, where one cannot exist without the other.

My work intends to show how the abstraction of formal architectures and the presentation of constructed debris can break down superstructures into their basic modules. Often my palette consists of shattered glass, scaffold timber, cardboard, concrete, black plastic stretch film and tarpaulin. Although a qualified architect I choose to work outside of that profession in a more anti-architectural manner parodying its methodology and process, but arriving at more experimental and open-ended outcomes.

Keef Winter received an Masters in Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art in 2006 and is currently undertaking a visual arts Phd at the University of Ulster (Susan Philipsz, Willie Doherty, Phil Collins). He works in sculpture, performance and independent publishing between London and Belfast. He co-founded Space Delawab & Not Squares in 2008 and Allotrope Press & Rubashov in 2011.

He is the recipient of an ACES award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 2011. Recent exhibitions include London Art Fair January 2012, I'm Squatting In Your Condo at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo (2011), 'Hide Those Dirty Hands' at The Joinery, Dublin (2011), 'Monkey Wrench' at Ormston House, Limerick (2011), 'Arcade Park' at Brooklyn Fireproof & Scope Art Fair, New York (2010), 'Scopophobia' at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast (2009), 'Speed Towerz' at Bahrain Fort Museum (2009).

> London Art Fair, Business Centre Islington, London, 18-23rd January 2012

> 'I'm Squatting in your condo', Chiyoda 3331 Gallery, solo show, Akihabara, Tokyo, October 27th - 12th November 2011.

> 'Monkey Wrench', Ormston House, group show curated by Mary Conlon, Limerick, October 20th - November 26th, 2011.

> 'Hide Those Dirty Hands', The Joinery, solo show, Dublin, September 22nd - Oct 02nd 2011.

> 'Sterile Environments', group show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, June 2011.

> 'Arrivals', Ormeau Baths Gallery, 'Battle Drums Galactica', August 2010.

> Scope Art Fair, Lincoln Centre, NYC, 3-7th March, 2010.

> ‘Scopophobia’, Golden Thread Gallery, solo show, Belfast, November, 2009.

> ‘ARCADE PARK’, Brooklyn Fireproof, Beta Spaces ‘09, New York, November, 2009.

> ‘Red Hand’, 2009 ARC Brisbane Biennale, Brisbane, Sept/October, 2009.

> ‘Speed Towerz’, Bahrain Fort Museum, Bahrain, May, 2009.

> ‘Critical Humdrum’, PS2 Gallery, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast, May 2009.

> ‘An Open Operation’ curated by Clementine Deliss & Oscar Tuazon, Edinburgh, June 2006.

Tokyo  Mori Art Museum, Future Academy Symposium Sept 2006
Tokyo  3331 Arts Chiyoda Oct 2011

Edinburgh  SOOT Cuboid, May 2007

Bahrain   Elham Arts Festival, May 2009

> The Handyman Aesthetic The International Journal of the Arts in Society, Vol. 6, Issue 2, p. 151 - 170, 2011.

> Allotrope issues 01, 02 & 03, Co-Editor (with Emma Dwan O'Reilly)
  (ISSN 2046 - 2859)

> Co-Author, Across the Gulf, Metasenta Publishing International, Melbourne
   (ISBN – 978-0-646-51698-1)

> City Supplements, PS2 Publications, Belfast, May 2008
  (ISBN - 978-0-9555358-1-9)

> Private Places in Public Spaces, Feature, Perspective Magazine, Nov, 2007

> Co-Editor Bloid, Zine 01-07, Published in slashseconds.org., 2006 – 2009.

> Contributor to Metronome No. 10 & 11, documenta XII magazine issues.

    Arts Council Northern Ireland Aces 2011
     Arts Council Northern Ireland 2009

> Allotrope Press

> Space Delawab

> Rubashov

> Not Squares

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