DARREN MARSH


BIOGRAPHY

b. 1971 Salford.

Archives and Collections
abcD
University of Dundee Museum Collections, Scotland.
Archiv Anonymer Zeichnugen
Berlin, Germany.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
California, USA.
Australian Library of Art | State Library of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Cynthia Sears Collection
Washington, USA.
Baylor University, Central Libraries, Special Collections
Texas, USA.
Biblioteca de Arte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisboa, Portugal.
Bower Ashton Library Special Collections | Centre for Fine Print Research
Bristol, England.
British Library
London, England.
Bury Art Museum | Text Art Archive
Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, England.
Carnegie Mellon University | Hunt Library
Pittsburgh, USA.
Drawing Room
London, England.
ETH Zürich | ETH-Bibliothek
Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Franklin Furnace Artists' Book Research Resource
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
Getty Research Institute | Special Collections
Los Angeles, USA.
Jaffe Centre for Book Arts
Florida Atlantic University, USA.
Jen Library | Special Collections
SCAD-Savannah, USA.
Lafayette College | Skillman Library
Pennsylvania, USA.
MICA | Decker Library
Maryland Institute College of Art, USA.
MIT Libraries | Rotch Library
Massachusetts, USA.
MoMA/Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection
New York, USA.
Otis College: Millard Sheets Library
Los Angeles, USA.
RikArt Artists´ Book Collection | Rikhardinkatu Library
Helsinki, Finland.
Swarthmore Book Arts & Private Press Collection
Pennsylvania, USA.
Tate Library | Special Collections
London, England.
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Miami Beach, USA.
UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, Special Collections
California, USA.
UCLA Art Library
Los Angeles, USA.
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | Universitätsbibliothek
Vienna, Austria.
University of Miami | Otto G. Richter Library
Florida, USA.
University of Michigan Library (AAEL) Special Collections
Michigan, USA.
Winchester School of Art Library | Special Collections
Winchester, England.
Yale University | Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library Special Collections
New Haven, USA.

Selected Exhibitions
2019 MCBA New Editions
Minnesota Center For Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA
2019 Ding / Unding. Die Entgrenzung des Künstler*innenbuchs
Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zurich
2019 ANONYME ZEICHNER ARCHIV
Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany
2016 DRAWN
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA.
2015/16 Anonyme Zeichner No.15
Kunstverein Tiergarten | Galerie Nord , Berlin, Germany
Galerie Artq13, Rome, Italy
GEYSO20, Braunschweig, Germany
Kunstverein Rüsselsheim, Germany.
2015 Total Recall [TEXTfestschrift Festival]
Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, England.
2015 A5 Platform Projects | Lubomirov-Easton
Art Athina, Faliro Pavilion, Athens, Greece.
2015 DRAWN
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA.
2014 From Here & There
Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado, USA
elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales.

2014 The Dark Would Volume 3
International Text Festival, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, England.
2013/14 The Dark Would
Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2013/14 SKETCH Sketchbook Drawing Prize
Rabley Drawing Centre, Wiltshire, England
Black Swan Arts Centre, Frome, England
Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, England.
2013 Anonyme Zeichner No.13
Kunstverein Tiergarten | Galerie Nord , Berlin, Germany
2011 Drawing Connections
Sienna Art Institute, Sienna, Italy.
2010/11 The Moment of Privacy Has Passed
The Usher Gallery, Lincoln, England.
2009/10 Anonyme Zeichner No.10
Kunstraum Kreuzberg | Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
the grin variations
Bury Art Gallery & Museum UK,
International School Hague & Stroom Gallery, Holland.

2009 DAF09
Novus Gallery, Manchester, England.
2009 Drawn In
Sidcot Arts Centre, Winscombe, England.
2009 Different Drummer [SOLO]
Wowie Zowie, Manchester, England.
2008 Leeds Art Fair
Leeds, UK.
2007 All Beginning With...
Bankley Studios Gallery, Manchester, England.
2007 12th Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, England.
2007 Black & White
Claire Galleries, Birmingham, England.
2004 inFusion [SOLO]
Rhubarb, Manchester, England.
2004 Just because it’s beautiful... [SOLO]
Tmesis Gallery, Manchester, England.
2004 Process and Presence [SOLO]
Temporary Space, Manchester, England.
2004 Breaking Spaces IV
Vernon Mill Gallery, Stockport, England.
2003 Breaking Spaces III
Vernon Mill Gallery, Stockport, England.
2000 Just because it’s beautiful... [SOLO]
Black Sheep Gallery, North Wales, England.
1999 Annual Open [PRIZE WINNER]
Black Sheep Gallery, Wales, England.
1998 Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
Bury Art Gallery, Manchester, England.
1997 North Wales Open
Theatr Clwyd, Wales, England.
1997 Arddangosfa Agored Wrecsam
Wrecsam Arts Centre, Wales, England.

Bibliography
2023 INDA15 International Drawing Annual
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA
2021 MEA Season 12
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA
ISBN 978-1-94086231-6.
2020 MEA Season 11
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA
ISBN 978-1-94086227-9.
2020 to think in tongues / Dr. Mahmoud Moawad Sokar / Darren Marsh
Text Art Archive, Bury Art Museum.
2020 [TALKING] with Barzun ...
Conversation with karl kempton for Synapse International.
2019 DING / UNDING. DIE ENTGRENZUNG DES KUNSTLER*INNENBUCHS
Exhibition Catalogue, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich.
2018 A CONSTELLATION OF EUROPE
Synapse International.
2018 The Blue Notebook: Volume 12 No.2
Journal for artists' books published by Wild Conversations Press
ISSN 1751-1712 | ISSN 1751-1720.
2016 Conversation with Márton Koppány
Otoliths Magazine: ISSN 1833-623X.
2016 INDA10 International Drawing Annual
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA
Hardcover: ISBN 978-1-940862-12-5 | Softcover: ISBN 978-1-940862-13-2.
2015 INDA9 International Drawing Annual
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA
Hardcover: ISBN 978-1-940862-07-1 | Softcover: ISBN 978-1-940862-08-8.
2014 From Here & There
Catalogue.
2014 Drawing Paper #7
Drawing Publication.
2014 The Dark Would [Bury Art Gallery and Museum]
Catalogue.
2013 The Dark Would [Summerhall]
Catalogue.
2013 SKETCH Sketchbook Drawing prize
Catalogue.
2013 Anonyme Zeichner No.13
Catalogue.
2011 The Bury Poems
applepie-editions: ISBN 978-0-9539367-9-3.
2010 ekleksographia : William Blake and the Naked Teaparty
Review by Kirstie Gregory, Henry Moore Institute.
2008 Pushing Out The Boat
Independent Arts Publication: Issue 7.
2008 Leeds Art Fair
Catalogue
2007 bob
Independent magazine feature.
2004 Darren Marsh
Exhibition review, Manchester Evening News.
2004 The Art of Darren Marsh
Text by Tim Birch.
2004 Just because it's beautiful...
Exhibition review, City Life magazine.
2003 Darren Marsh
Interview, City Life Magazine.