Finlay Clark
b. 1995, London
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Interdisciplinary Artist and multi-instrumentalist | Lives and works in Glasgow
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Upcoming
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18/6: Keiji Haino and Charles Hayward LP launch, hosted by 33-33, London
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Composing OST for Revista de la Vagancia en Cuba (Laziness in Cuba), w/ artists Florrie James, Lester Alvarez Meno, to be premiered at The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA). Supported by Twin Cities, Glasgow City Council, and British Embassy Havana—Glasgow, UK
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Recent
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Still House Plants supported by multi-instrumentalist Sholto Dobie
7/5: Alice, Copenhagen (Denmark)>Promotional mix for ResonanceFM
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November―December 2018 | Long Play UK tour:
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Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle―supporting Hen Ogledd; FUSE Art Space, Bradford―Ailie Ormston support; Café Kino, Bristol―O YAMA O + EP/64 support; Rose Hill Arts, Brighton―Ashley Paul support; The Glad Café, Glasgow―Ashley Paul, Ailie Ormston support, Hill52 DJs; Servant Jazz Quarters, London―Ashley Paul, Ailie Ormston support]
June 2018 | Cuerpos Hechos – Bodies Made
>Group show w/ Florrie James, Lester Alvarez Meno, Camila Ramírez Lobón, Roman Gutiérrez Aragoneses, Haider Al-Shybani, Tom Marshallsay and Sophie Pitt. Curated, facilitated, and performed at ARSENAL gallery, Havana, Cuba. Supported by Twin Cities, Glasgow City Council, and British Embassy Havana
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Still House Plants selected performances
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February 2018 | Performance—Thank You Very Much, The Modern Institute—Glasgow, UK
July 2016 | Still House Plants tour [FUSE Art Space, Bradford; Café OTO, London]
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April 2016 | Counterflows Festival
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April 2016 | Performance and exhibition—Pavilion, Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow International—Glasgow, UK
February 2016 | Supporting Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano, The Poetry Club, Glasgow, UK
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June 2015 | The Glad Café supporting Selvhenter
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Discography
October 2018 | Long Play
>BBC Radio 3 Late Junction; NTS Radio
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June 2017 | Assemblages EP
>Accompanying text by Sulaïman Majali
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July 2016 | Live at Cafe OTO
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July 2016 | Still House Plants EP
>Accompanying text by Peter Gajewski
>Greater Lanarkshire Auricular Research Council (GLARC)
>BBC Radio 3 Late Junction; BBC Radio 6 Music
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Video
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>Music video for Fist Fight directed by Florrie James
>Music video for The House Sound of Chicago
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Writing
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The Experimental Library 2: Octavia E. Butler
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Spring 2017 | Yes & No magazine
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December 2015 | Finlay Clark in تماس with Ruslana Lichtzier
Low Company Best of 2018 by Carla del Forno
KRAAK Best of 2018 by De Neus van God
The Wire, release of the year by critic Frances Morgan
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Residencies
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CCA/AC Projects Music Residency, The Centre for Contemporary Arts—Glasgow, UK
>w/ Still House Plants collective & Thomas Leyland-Collins
>We made hydrophones in a workshop w/ Tara Pattenden
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Talk To The Barking Dogs, The Pipe Factory—Glasgow, UK
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Education
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Ongoing | The Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S.)—Brussels, Belgium
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August—December 2015 | The School of The Art Institute of Chicago—IL, US
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2013—2017 | BA(Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking, The Glasgow School of Art—Glasgow, UK
>Graduated with Essay Prize for Body Language; essay digitally archived due to popular demand
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2007—2013 | Alleyn's School, London
>Graduated with Painter-Stainers’ Prize, Mansion House, (London); Intuitive Art Prize; Music Prize; Art Scholarship
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Reference
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Simon Gowing
Director at Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin
e: simon@tanyaleighton.com t: (+49) 1573-603-5430
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