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Sam Winston

Place of birth Halifax, UK
Country of residence United Kingdom

From an early age our taught response is to look at language and unpack the meaning behind it - so even when it is used in an image there is still that pull to read what the text says. This creates a conflict - the image being something you 'look' at whereas the text is something you 'read'. It doesn't sound like much but the process is done in completely different parts of the brain. And it is around this gap that Sam Winston bases most of his work.

Winston's typographic stories became widely collectable after he started selling them through London's ICA. His books can now be found in the special collections of MoMA New York, the Tate Galleries London, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the British Library. Winston is also a visiting lecturer at various universities including The Royal College of Art and Camberwell College of Art. He has written for Baseline magazine and worked on various design projects, most recently the third Muse album, and typographic consultancy work for Ogilvy & Mather.

Winston studied at Camberwell College of Art - BA hons Graphic Design and Plymouth College of Art National Diploma. He lives and works in London.

Selected exhibitions and commisions:
2007
Colette Paris. My 2007. Group Show
Quay Arts Isle of white, UK, Six Sacred Sites, Solo Show
2006
The New York Times, Nov. 5th NY, Two page artwork/commissions; Courtuald Institute of Art, London; Culture Bound - East Wing Collection VII, Group Show; COMME des GARCONS Guerrilla Store, Honk Kong, Group Show; ICA London, London Artist Book fair, Group Show; Portsmouth Cathedral, Art and Sacred Places, Group Show; Bloomberg Gallery Space with The Contemporary Art Society, London, Group Show; Works on Paper, University Of The South, USA, Group Show; Into The Storm & BMW, Online artwork/commission;
2005
Contemporary Art Projects, London, Summer Exhibition, Group Show; ICA London, London Artist Book fair, Group Show; The Gallery at Pentagram, London, New Blood at Circle Press, Group Show
2004
The Gallery at Pentagram, London, Dictionary with Oxford University Press, Solo Show; Zembia Magazine, issue 2 London, 8 page artwork/commission; Bow Arts, The Nunnery, London; The Book Show, Group Circles Press, London, Artist in residence; Baseline Magazine, issue 36 UK, 4 page artwork/commission;

 

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