Curriculum Vitae

1973 Born Heather Ann Peak, Desborough, UK
1974 Born Ivan William Morison, Istanbul, Turkey

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2006
Earthwalker, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
I lost her near Fantasy Island. Life has not been the same. Commissioned by Situations, Bristol
Camden Arts Centre Tree Tour, Camden Arts Centre, London

2005
Starmaker, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver
South London Gallery Dendrology Field Trip and Tree tour, South London Gallery
Chinese Arboretum, Q Arts, Derby

2004
Heather & Ivan Morison
do not understand it, IPS, Birmingham (link to catalogue essay by Nigel Prince)*
Heather & Ivan Morison
are spellbound, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery *
Heather & Ivan Morison,
Chinese Arboretum / I put you on a mile long string but still you broke away, S1 Artspace, Sheffield *
Heather & Ivan Morison
hired an aeroplane, New Art Gallery Walsall *
Heather & Ivan Morison
are confused, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London (link to catalogue essay by Morgan Falconer)*
Still Life, Resonance 104.4fm, series of eight weekly radio programmes
Birmingham International Film Club, Springhill Institute, Birmingham

2003
Global Survey commissioned by Vivid in Birmingham. Partners included Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Metapod, Birmingham, IPS, Birmingham, Harris Museum, Preston, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, IBID Projects, Vilnius Lithuania , A2 Radijo Stotis, Vilnius, Lithuania, Helsinki City Art Gallery, Finland, DEPO, Novosibirsk, Russia, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA and New Museum, New York, USA
Mr & Mrs Morison would like to inform you that..., LED installation, commissioned by Nigel Prince at IPS, Birmingham
Mr & Mrs Morison would like to inform you that..., LED installation, commissioned by Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston

2002
Shrewsbury International Tree Tour, commissioned by Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Flower Stall, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Colours and Sounds..., Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Selected Group Exhibition and Projects

2007
And so it goes, representing Wales at the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007, Italy
Zoorama, part of Thin Cities, Piccadilly Line, Platform for Art, London
Artfutures, Bloomberg Space, London
Salon 2007, Portabello Road, London

2006
Passionate Collectors, New Art Gallery, Walsall
British Art Show 6, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol*
Supernova, Reims, Pommery, France*
Everything Must Go, VTO Gallery, London
Crystal Worlds, New Generation Arts, Birmingham
The Starry Messenger, Compton Verney, Warks*
Archipeinture, Camden Arts Centre, London
When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang, Bodgers' and Kludgers' Co-operative Art Parlour, Vancouver

2005
British Art Show 6, Baltic Gateshead, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol (link to catalogue essay by Clare van Loenen)*
Human Nature, Pump House Battersea (link to catalogue essay by Erica Burton and Victoria Preston)*
Gathering Moss, Q Arts, Derby
Spectator T: Art Sheffield 05, Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum
ARTfutures Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg Space, London
Public structures, Guanzhou Triennial, China
Art of the Garden, Ulster Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery
Forest, Nottingham Castle Gallery, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales and York Art Gallery
The Real Ideal, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Launch Programme, Vivid, Birmingham

2004
The Art of the Garden, Tate Britain, London, includes new commissioned card, touring in 2005 to Ulster and Manchester *
Clash, Fused magazine, Birmingham, includes new commissioned poster *
Tempered Ground, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art London / Museum of Garden History, London, includes new commissioned card *
Pleasure Garden, Nottingham Castle Gallery, Nottingham.
Everything's Gone Green: Photography and the Garden, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, includes new commissioned card
Forest, Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, touring in 2005 to Nottingham Castle Gallery, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newport, Wales and York Art Gallery. Includes new commissioned card *
Pistols and Petals, Fundació Espais d'Art Contemporani of Girona, Spain*

2003
Going a Journey, Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, includes new commissioned card *
Exhumed, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art / Museum of Garden History, London, includes new commissioned card *
Fly, Kirov House of Culture, Novosibirsk, Russia
Innocence, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury

2002
Colours in Ivan Morison’s..., Museum of Garden History, London
Slim Volume, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
Deliberate Regression, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London *
Platforms 1, commissioned by Jubilee Arts, West Bromwich
Outwardbound, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich

2001
Bring and Buy, Transit Space, London
Record Collection, VTO, London touring to International 3 Gallery, Manchester and Forde Gallery, Geneva

Awards

2005
Grants for Artists, Arts Council England
Grants to Artists Scheme, British Council

2004
National Touring Programme, Arts Council England

2003
Grants to Artists Scheme, British Council
European Regional Development Fund

2002
Hothaus Bursary, Vivid, Birmingham
Go See Award, West Midlands Arts, Birmingham

1990
Sniper, first class, Loughborough

Residencies

2006
Drowned Worlds, Camden Arts Centre, London

2004
New Art Gallery Walsall

2003
Vivid, Birmingham
IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania
DEPO, Novosibirsk, Russia
Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China

Memberships

Ramblers Association, UK
Gun and Rifle Club, Wednesbury
Skyline Gym and Sauna (men only), Birmingham
Royal Horticultural Society, UK
Scimitar Owners Club, UK
Alberto Scallitarisoni Pool and Snooker Club, Palmero, Sicily

* denotes catalogue