Cedric Christie lives and works in London. His work is a critical appraisal of colour and modernism as well as the exploration of the journey to form and meaning. After completing an apprenticeship in welding, Cedric used his knowledge of metal to make sculptures, which started the journey of his investigation of art and what it means to be an artist. His signature artworks, noted for their use of steel, scaffolding tube, snooker balls, cars, chalk lines, graphic text and the commercial fabrication process, have resulted in a string of solo shows and public art commissions both in the UK and internationally.
Cedric began working as a sculptor in the mid 1990’s, initially inspired by friendships struck up with artists who had moved into the area of East London where was working as a steel fabricator. Cedric is a true autodidact – he has one of the best libraries of philosophy and art history that you are likely to find in any factory anywhere, and his appetite for learning and his areas of interest have no limits. A conversation with Cedric might take you from Guy Debord, to the best local cafes, via Brancusi, and ending up at the primal spectacle of arena boxing, all while crackling classical records echo past beautiful old steel rollers, benders and grinders. It is this magpie nature that has always informed his art: taking a found or familiar object and combining inspiration from constructivism or minimalism and adding his own distinct voice and humour, as seen in his iconic snooker ball and scaffold works. The thread that pulls together these eclectic interests is the artist's intuition for restraint and a pitch perfect understanding of form in space.
Solo exhibition
2017
Dagenham Opus at WBG Projects, William Benington Gallery
Becomes a Beautiful Colour, Flowers Gallery, London
Massive Retrospective – Up to Now, Sydney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
2014
When Dreams Become Promises, UpDown Gallery, Ramsgate
2013
Rope, Herrick Gallery, London
When Painting Collapses, You Have Beautiful Sculptures, Flowers East, London
2011
Color Movement, Flowers New York, USA
2010
Credit Card Project, Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp
How Plato became Pluto ...., Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp
2009
Love Me or Fuck Me But Don't Do Both, Flowers East, London
2008
Triumph & Consumption, Carter Presents, London
2007
Disciples of History, European Tour, Documenta, Kassel
Icons, Galerie Frederic Desimpel, Brussels
Hollywood Philosophy, Eleven, London
2006
Kiss Your Own Arse Coz I’m not Sorry Anymore, 1,000,000mph Gallery, London
I did but Touch the Honey of Romance, Carter Presents, London
2004
Repeat Performance, Anthony Grant, New York
Objects, Werz, Tübingen
Solo Project with Le Salon for art Collectors/ Vanessa Suchar at Scope Art Fair, New York
2003
½ empty or ½ full?, Rocket Gallery, London
2001
What's the Point of Looking but not Touching?, Rocket Gallery, London
1997
I Could've Done That, Commercial Gallery, London
1995
Cedric Christie, Commercial Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Contemporary sculpture, Fulmer
Cut at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop
Autumn 2016 Sculpture at Regents Place
2016
All Change at William Benington Gallery
Minimalism/Arte Povera NY/Rome, La Dame Gallery, London
Found, Foundling Museum, London
VIP lounge of the fair ARTROOMS
Colourform, Candida Stevens Fine Art, Chichester
All Change, William Benington Gallery
2015
Painting is Out of the Question, Tranformers, Brussels
Kind of Blue, Candida Stevens Fine Art, Chichester
Silent Movies, Q Park, Chinatown, London
Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 56th Venice Biennale
Club Banger, Updown Gallery, Ramsgate
Sunday in the Park with Ed, Display Gallery, London
Chinese Open, Q-Park, Chinatown, London
2014
Eleven Gallery Exhibition, Cock & Bull, Shoreditch, London
Susak Expo 2014, Croatia
The Chinese Open, Q Park, Chinatown, London
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
The Social Bases of Abstract Art, UpDown Gallery, Ramsgate
What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me, The Fine Art Society, London
Deptford Stories, hARTs, London
Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
Two, UpDown Gallery, Ramsgate
Small is Beautiful, Flowers New York
Black, White & One, Updown Gallery, Ramsgate
2013
Why not… /Pourquoi pas.., Biennale d'art non objectif Les Moulins de Villancourt, Pont-de-Claix, France
The Art Southampton Pavilion, Art Southampton, Southampton, NY, USA
Let me introduce you..., Updown Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent
The Things of Life, Flowers, London
2012
CITY SCREEN, Espacio de Projecto Sant Pere, Loop, Barcelona
Moby Dick Big Read, Plymouth University
Susak Expo (rt) Translation, Change Mutation, Galeria Fritzy, Croatia.
Malfunction & Form, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Colorific, Ecole des Art de Braine-Alleud, Belgium
Coal and Steel, Czech Centre London
London Twelve, City Gallery Prague
London-Munich, Cul de Sac Gallery, London
Directional Forces, Artall, Bedhurg-hau, Germany
2011
East Pop West, Red Gallery, London
HOME where we belong, Weltraum, Munich
Minimum after Minimalism, Intervention Gallery, Kensal Green Cemetery
Spring Selections, Flowers New York, USA
Portability and Network, Spaces, Cleveland Ohio
Invasive Alien Spacies, Tangent Projects, Venice Biennale, Venice
2010
Rhizomatic, Departure Gallery, London
East End Promises, Londone Castle Project Space, London
What a Relief, Flowers, London
Small is Beautiful XXIII, Flowers Cork Street, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010, London
40 Years On, Flowers East, London
Cul de Sac, London Projects, London
One Shot Football Contemporary Art, B.P.S. 22 Charleroi, Belgium
House of Fairy Tales, Millennium Gallery, St. Ives Cornwall 2010
How Plato became Pluto, KORAALBERG, Antwerp/B, 2010
Fleet: Art in the Haven Port, Large Outdoor Installation, Felixstowe, Suffolk
2009
Small is Beautiful, Nursery Rhymes, Flowers East, London
New Works by Gallery Artists, Flowers Cork Street, London
Horn of Plenty, Viktor, Wynd Gallery, London
Treasure Trove, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall
Concerning Matter, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
The Kitchen Sink, The School Creative Centre, Rye
Big Deal - Botoxed 69, C22 Pop Up Shop, London
Big Deal No 2, Discovery Business Park, London
Meltdown, Flowers East, London
May Day: the Dark Times, F-ISH gallery, Hastings
‘Oysters Ain’t’ - V22Presents: The Sculpture Show, the Biscuit Factory, London
2008
Wharf Road Projects V22, Carter Presents, London
Superstratum, Koraalberg, Antwerp
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
Presque Rien ll, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
Art of Occupation, TangentProjects @ Working Rooms, London
Wharf Road Projects, Carter Presents, London
Something You Should Know, Enders Gallery, London
Art Basel with Roche Court New Art Centre, Basel
MADE-UP projects, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
10 print project, Carter Presents @ Printspace
Sculptural Proposition, Galerie Frederic Desimple, Brussels
Climate of Change 2, London
French Kiss English Snog, Mews 42, London
Artist Hand Book, S.M.A.K. Museum, Ghent
2007
Documenta Bootleg, Kassel
Monochrome White, Fine Art Society, London
Art car Boot Fair, London
Art Brussels, Galerie Frederic Desimple, Brussels
Climate of Change Part 1, London
Pas De Soucis, Rue de Visan La Barreliere, Tulette
Driven, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Back to Hackney, Hackney, London
2006
Art Basel with Roche Court, New Art Centre, Basel
Art Car Boot Fair, London
Please close the gate: Painted sculpture, Roche Court New Art Centre, Wiltshire
Monochromes, Fine Art Society, London
Illuminate, Hull Time Based Arts, Hull
X_Mass Editions & Multiples, Galerie Frederic Desimpel, Brussels
2005
POZ, Galerie Frederic Desimpel, Brussels, Belgium
Minimal Means, Kunstverein, Eislingen
Repeat Performance, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York
Frezzer, Archeus Fine Art, London
People of the World, Galerie Desimpel, Brussels
2004
Needful Things: Recent Multiples, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Group show, Galerie Desimpel, Brussels
Together, Le Salon for Art Collectors, Vanessa Suchar, Scope Miami
2003
Chockafuckingblock, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
Bootleg, Spitalfields Market, London
Art is Beautiful, Le Salon, London
2002
It`s only words, Mirror, London College of Printing, London
Kiosk, The Kiosk Project, London
Dangerous Corners, James Huntington-Whiteley, London
It’s only a game, Object 57, Manchester
Berlin/London/Minimal, Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin
Cabinet with Outfit, Galerie Andreas Brüning, Düsseldorf
Art-plus Project, Esslingen
2001
East Wing Collection 5, Courtauld Institute, London
Counting Colour, Rocket Gallery, London
Project Wax, Metropolitan Hotel, London
Art Chicago, Rocket Gallery, London
2000
Het Voetbal in de Beeldende Kunst 1900-2000, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
An Exemplary Life, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Group Show, Hoax Gallery, London
Box project, Museum of Installation, Angel Row Gallery London
Nottingham, Turnpike Gallery, Manchester
1999
Fun de Siecle, Walsall Museum & Gallery, Walsall
Group Exhibition, Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
Group Exhibition, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough
Lord Rodney’s Head, London
Perceptual Engineering, London
1998
Root, Chisenhale Gallery, London
SupaStore, Bregenz, Austria
20/20 Vision, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
1997
Glass Self Show, ICA, London
Turning the Tables, Commercial Gallery, London
20/20 Vision, Kingsgate Gallery, London
Sarah Staton’s SupaStore, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
Game Show, Belt, London
Whenever, Commercial Too (Synagogue), London
1996
Renovate, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Get Your Kit Off, Up & Co Gallery, New York
Contemporary Art Society, Foyer Galleries, Royal Festival Hall, London
Art 96, London
1994
Artist and Artisan, Merrill Lynch, London