Edward Clydesdale Thomson Bio
CALM BEFORE THE STORM Radius, Delft, The Netherlands 2022
Where Shall We Plant the Placenta? A Tail of a Tub, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2022
spellbound CBK Zeeland, Middelburg, The Netherlands 2022
rivier, boot, stad Dordrecht’s Museum, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ongoing
bound to the miraculous online ongoing
Grazer Kunstverein is moving Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria ongoing
Microplastics Rain Down from the Sky Division of Labour, Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2020
Buffer zones Paradise Works, Manchester, UK 2019
landfall O&O funding, CBK, Rotterdam 2019
An exhibition of posters Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2018
wild care tame neglect - exhibition Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2018
below the soil, between the branches, above the clouds Into Nature, biennial, Drenthe 2018
how to kill a tree Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam 2018
Tuin van Toorop Jan Tooropstraat, Amsterdam 2018
noon Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland 2017
the necessity of art Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria 2017
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Plumbing Subverter’, painted steel hosepipe stand, hose-pipe, hose reel, 2.2m by 1.5m by 1.3m, 2.2m, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Plumbing Subverter’, painted steel hosepipe stand, hose-pipe, hose reel, 2.2m by 1.5m by 1.3m, 2.2m, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘Reluctant Soft Furnishings’,Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, , steel eyelets, 200cm by 300cm by 25cm, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘Reluctant Soft Furnishings’,Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, , steel eyelets, 200cm by 300cm by 25cm, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Distracted Gardener & The Plumbing Subverter’, painted steel hosepipe stand, , hose-pipe, hose reel, 3d printed hose pipe nozzle, Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, painted steel prop, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Distracted Gardener & The Plumbing Subverter’, painted steel hosepipe stand, , hose-pipe, hose reel, 3d printed hose pipe nozzle, Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, painted steel prop, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Distracted Gardener & The Plumbing Subverter’, painted steel hosepipe stand, , hose-pipe, hose reel, 3d printed hose pipe nozzle, Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, painted steel prop, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Distracted Gardener’, painted steel props, Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Distracted Gardener’, painted steel props, Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘Reluctant Soft Furnishings’,Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, , steel eyelets, 200cm by 300cm by 25cm, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘Reluctant Soft Furnishings’,Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, , steel eyelets, 200cm by 300cm by 25cm, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘Reluctant Soft Furnishings’,Marimekko patterned textiles knotted into rope, , steel eyelets, 200cm by 300cm by 25cm, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘The Distracted Gardener’, painted steel, patterned textile, steel eyelets, 10.5m by 1.8m, 2013
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘inflatable paradise’, flower chain, latex tube, timer, steel chain, steel rod, plaster hands, greenhouse fan, 4m by 4m by 0.3m, 2016
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘inflatable paradise’, flower chain, latex tube, timer, steel chain, steel rod, plaster hands, greenhouse fan, 4m by 4m by 0.3m, 2016
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘inflatable paradise’, flower chain, latex tube, timer, steel chain, steel rod, plaster hands, greenhouse fan, 4m by 4m by 0.3m, 2016
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘inflatable paradise’, flower chain, latex tube, timer, steel chain, steel rod, plaster hands, greenhouse fan, 4m by 4m by 0.3m, 2016
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘inflatable paradise’, flower chain, latex tube, timer, steel chain, steel rod, plaster hands, greenhouse fan, 4m by 4m by 0.3m, 2016
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘In a green shade (Butterfly house)’, Sphere 90cm diameter with one image across its entire surface, 2011
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘In a green shade (Butterfly house)’, Sphere 90cm diameter with one image across its entire surface, 2011
the necessity of art
Documentation, ‘In a green shade (Butterfly house)’, Sphere 90cm diameter with one image across its entire surface, 2011

Edward Clydesdale Thomson is plotting out a garden for the Grazer Kunstverein – it will become a real, living environment that will gradually grow, flourish and decay throughout the coming years. The first iteration of this long-term project is presented for the Summer Season of 2017. Tools and ropes, fans and hoses lay the groundwork in a sculptural garden planted around the concrete galleries. This installation combines sculptural works in which abstracted tools bridge a transition between house and garden, from the realm of the domestic and personal, to the symbolic and collective. With this he investigates the notion of landscaping as an activity that has resonance with art making in being able to sculpt and delimit a space of both production, experience and care.

For Ernst Fischer mankind’s conscious control over nature was one of the most important, magical and distinguishing features of the human condition. Responding to this sentiment, the artist complicates and questions our desire to influence the natural world by intensively reflecting on our role as artists within it.

This installation combines works including The Distracted Gardener & The Plumbing Subverter (2013) and Inflatable Paradise (2016) and In a green shade (butterfly house) (2011), where Edward Clydesdale Thomsons’ abstracted tools bridge a transition between house and garden, from the realm of the domestic and personal, to the symbolic and collective. With this he investigates the notion of landscaping as an activity that has resonance with art making
in being able to sculpt and delimit a space of both production, experience and care.

grazer kunstverein

This project is supported by mondriaan fonds

wilder beings command Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland 2017
wild care tame neglect Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2016
poster club Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
The Society Machine Malmo Konstmuseum, Malmo 2016
Static Gravity Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam 2016
Crossing Borders Expanding Frontiers ramfoundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
As the lake said to the boat Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands 2015
Nothin Shakin but the Leaves on the Trees Marabouparken konsthall, Sunsbyberg, Sweden 2015
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain CCA Derry~Londonderry, Lismore Castle Arts St Carthage Hall 2015
Belief and Productivity O&O funding, CBK, Rotterdam 2014
The Non Urban Garden: tuinen van de 21e eeuw Afdh & Kunstvereniging Diepenheim 2014
iaspis Open House, spring 2014 iaspis, Stockholm 2014
The Distracted Gardener & The Plumbing Subverter Yeo Workshop, Singapore 2013
Late Nights & Early Mornings Kunstraum, London 2013
25 Years Rotterdam City Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam 2013
here is always somewhere else Forum Triangulare, Oud-Rekem, Belgium 2013
Abilities Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art, Amsterdam 2013
Lost & Found at the Flügelbus Lost & Found, Amsterdam 2013
causa finalis Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam 2012
As if an entrance is over there- Lecturis, Eindhoven 2012
Rijksakademie Open 2012 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdamm 2012
The research and destroy department of the Black Mountain College W139, Amsterdam 2012
We are rolling galerie-j, Geneva 2012
There was a Country where They were all Thieves Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art, Amsterdam 2012
Secret Gardens TENT, Rotterda, 2012
FlowerCASTLE Kasteel Keukenhof Art Foundation, Lisse 2011
Rijksakademie Open 2011 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam 2011
a green thought, in a green shade Art Amsterdam MK Gallery 2011
Prix de Rome 2011 Smart project space, Amsterdam 2011
Borderline Picturesque & the Recounting Prospect Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 2010
New Graffiti, Old Revolutions MK gallery, Rotterdam 2010
A group show Croxhapox, Ghent 2010
Done to a dead end & the dead or alive sale SD&G, Rotterdam 2010
Edward Clydesdale Thomson SECONDroom, Brussels 2009
A Leopard, Some Monkeys, Numerous Butterflies, Dozens of Peacocks and a Sublime Vista 4th Issue NOWISWERE, Contemporary Art Magazine, London 2009
Open Office for Words ADA, Rotterdam 2009
Imaginary Cinema - Discussion WDW 653, Rotterdam 2009
Residency at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam WDW 653, Rotterdam 2009
Impromptu Affairs DEK 22, Rotterdam 2009
Selbstzweck Private Collection 2008
Residency at Kysten Tromsø Kysten Tromsø 2008
Small Talk with the Janitor Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam 2008
My Travels with Barry, MA Graduation Show Tent, Rotterdamt 2008
Just what is it that makes that thing so different, so appealing? Expodium, Utrecht 2008
Observing Construction NEST, Netherlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi) Rotterdam 2007
This is how it must feel to be there Pakhuismeesteren, Rotterdam 2007