Cally Spooner was born 1983 in Ascot. She lives and works in London.

EDUCATION

2006 - 2008 MFA, Goldsmiths
2001 - 2004 BA Philosophy, University of Sussex

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2011 - 2012
Collapsing In Parts, International Project Space, Birmingham

2011
It's 1957, and the press release still isn't written (footnote three) A project by Cally Spooner with Adam Gibbons, Lewis Ronald and Jesper List Thomsen, Hermes und der Pfau Project Space for Contemporary Art, WCW Gallery, Hamburg

2010
At Five to Ten, Neue Alte Bruecke, Frankfurt

2009
A Solo Event For Thinking, Basso, Berlin

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2012
Les Ateliers de Rennes, Biennale D'art Contemporain, Rennes, France
In The Belly Of The Whale (Act II), Montehermoso, Spain
The Starry Rubric Set, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
An Exhibition To Hear Read, curated by Mathieu Copeland, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia

2011
The Observer's guide to the Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon - Compilled in One Voice, Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, with Will Holder, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, London
Events, Happenings, Performance, David Roberts Art Foundation, curated by Vincent Honore, London
Summer Show, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London
Outrageous Fortune , Curated by Andrew Hunt, Hayward Touring Exhibition
Summer Fair, Norwich Outpost, Norwich, with Am Nuden Da
Double Bill with Thai Shani , LOOP Festival, Antic Theatre, Barcelona
Fluxus Event, French Cultural Institute, London
The Department of Wrong Answers , Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire.
Café Curio , Simon Starling’s Never The Same River, Camden Arts Centre, London

2010
Perform A Lecture! , The Office, Arsenale, Berlin. Curated by Ellen Blumenstein and Dieter Roelstraete
Cally Spooner + Seth Pick , MOT International, London
Session_10_Untitled + Words , Four Boxes Gallery, Denmark
IPS Radio , International Project Space, Birmingham. Curated by Andrew Bonacina and Vic Brookes
Something Blue; A Curiosa of Contemporary Erotica, Pilot, Landings , Oslo, curated by Neue Alte Bruecke
Une Exposition (du) Sensible, Synagogue Du Delme, France
Two Dialogues , Occasionals, London
Should I Stay or Should I Go? , Chelsea SPACE London
With Words Like Smoke , Chelsea Space and Resonance FM, London
Stutter , The Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb

2009
Session_7_Words , Am Nuden Da, London
Single Plural Multiple , Occasionals, London
Session_6_Lecture, Am Nuden Da, London
December 1952, CHELSEA Space, London

2008
Two Lectures , Neue Alte Bruuke Gallery, Frankfurt
A Lecture On Translation, Miss Micks, Berlin
The Witness, Plan B Gallery, Amsterdam

TALKS
On Ventriloquism , Construction of a Character - Philip Parreno, Serpentine Gallery, London, 2011
Janice Kerbel’s - Kill the Workers , Exhibition Tour, Chisenhale Gallery
On Action , Wysing Art Centre, The Department of Wrong Answers Public Presentations 2011
On Action , Arcade Gallery, London, Jeremiah Day’s Hannah Arendt research group, 2011
On pop music - Miss B’s Cocktail Salon, Form Content, London, 2010
An Attempt to Evolve Part 6 , with Will Holder, Bold Italic Design conference, Voorduit Theatre, Ghent, 2007

PUBLISHING
Act 5, Indirect Language, F.R David, Edited by Will Holder and Mike Sperlinger
Act 2 (Part 1) - Indirect Language, ‘Une Chorégraphie Polyphonique & Une Exposition à Etre Lue’. Curated byMathieu Copeland
The Erotics of Public Possibility, for ‘Something Blue’, published by Neue Alte Bruecke, and Archive Cabinet, Berlin, 2010
December 1952. By Earl Brown , Published by CHELSEA Space in collaboration with the Earle Brown foundation,
2010. Designer - Will Holder. ISBN 978-1-906203-35-1
The Task of The Translator: A Fine Red Line . A Curatorial Miscellany. IM press, London, July, 2008 Edited by Yannis Arvanitis, Ilaria Gianni, Nazli Gurlek, Isobel Harbison, Rosa Lleó, Gaia Tedone. ISBN 978-1-906424-05-3

RADIO AND PRODUCING
The Moveable Column , Ongoing radio series on Kurt Schwitters Merzbau, Produced and presented with Jesse
Ash for Resonance Fm, 2011
The Transcription Programme , Resonance fm, London. Produced and performed with Patrick Coyle for ‘Should I
Stay or Should I Go?’ (curated by RUN Gallery), 2010
December 1952 , Chelsea Space, London (Produced and Directed). With Alice Channer, Will Holder, Stuart Bailey, Lizzie Kew Ross and David Ryan, 2009

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
The Elephant Trust grant, 2012
Cite Des Arts residency, Paris, in collaboration with the French Cultural Instiute and the British Council, 2012
Department of Wrong Answers, Wysing Arts Centre, 2011
Henry Moore Foundation Publication & Lecture Grant, 2009
Westminster Arts: Live Event Grant, 2009

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mousse Magazine, September 2011
500 Words, Artforum, September 2011
Future Greats, Artreview. Nominated by Andy Hunt, March 2010
The Department of Wrong Answers , Art Monthly, May 2011