Decima Gallery - Exhibitions and Projects

Exhibitions and Projects

A selection of exhibitions and projects organised by or involving Decima Gallery. Most dates are approximate: where an accurate date is shown, this refers to the launch date.

1997 and earlier

Related projects which pre-date Decima:

• 1995: The Jack Duckworth Memorial Clinic.
• 1996: A.R.T. A Reasonable Thought Zine Project.
• 1996: The Dennis Nilsen Tour Company.
• 1997: August 9: The Live Stock Market London. Offered Pantomime Cow rides. Organised by Gavin Turk and the Factual Nonsense Trust.

1998

All 1998 events held at Decima Gallery, London SE1, UK unless otherwise stated.

• 1998: February: Scott - the inaugural show (reviewed in Time Out 25 February 1998). Curated by Matthew John Andrew and Philip Hunt.
• 1998: March: 290¼ pounds - the first solo exhibition of Matt Calderwood. Curated by Alex Chappel & Amy Plant.
• 1998: April: Fuckart & Pimp - a conceptual media hoax event by Alex Chappel and David C. West - launched 17 April 1998.
• 1998: 29 May: VOIDance - a performance by Gitta Wellbe. Curated by Philip Hunt.
• 1998: 29 May: Instrument - a performance by Angelica Fernando. Curated by Philip Hunt.
• 1998: 29 May: Vibrating Wall - site specific installation by Philip Hunt.
• 1998: Split - group show by St. Martins graduates. Curated by Matthew John Andrew and Philip Hunt.
• 1998: June:Lost and Found - a group show including Simon Starling. Curated by Annalise Hollis by invitation of Matthew John Andrew.
• 1998: Marginal Platform solo installation by Wendy Bornholdt.
• 1998: The Decima Banquet featuring the Blue Museum's Jack Diamond, Rart & Sete's penis casserole and make up artist to the stars Sharon Dowsett
• 1998: The Sofa Show - Matt Calderwood and Louise Camrass.
• 1998: Summer: Inter-gallery 5-a-side art football tournament against White Cube Gallery, Victoria Miro Gallery and others. Organised by Sam's Salon and held at Spitalfields Market, London.
• 1998: 21 August: Daisy The Pantomime Cow goes to the Tate Gallery performance outside the Tate Britain Gallery, Millbank, London.
• 1998: 31 August: The Diana Weekend
• 1998: October Framed - The Media as Canvas.
• 1998: December: Arsed - a group show by Rart and Sete, Derrick Welsh and Alison Chan.

1999

All 1999 events held at Decima Gallery, London SE1, UK unless otherwise stated.

• 1999: 12 February: Laura White - Decima Gallery.
• 1999: The Arts Club Exhibition No.2
• 1999: The Windy Nook Chip Shop at the Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• 1999: Gavin Turk's Rubbish by the "Little Artists", John Cake and Darren Neave. Solo show.
• 1999: The Arts Club Exhibition featuring The Little Artists.
• 1999: April: Was Jesus a Homosexual included Gilbert & George, Piers Wardle, Rart & Sete, Jayaram Khadka and Charles Sayer.
• 1999: 8 June: The Leeds 13 Degree Show - Decima exhibited as an "artist" in this show in Leeds, doing a "Diana the Dancing Cow" performance alongside Bank, Barbara Hepworth, The Chapman Brothers, Damian Hirst, Georgina Starr, Jeff Koons, Jo Spence, Kurt Schwitters, Marcel Duchamp and Sam Taylor-Wood among others.
• 1999: July: Susan Mihalski's All-new Adoption Agency - solo show.
• 1999: August: Diana Goes to the Seaside performance at Cap d'Agde Resort, France.
• 1999: September The Time Has Come as part of the Articultural Show, South Bank, London. Featuring Piers Wardle and organised by Gavin Turk.

2000–2007

• 2000: Derrick Welsh - The F@ c@ s@ on the m@ at Bacon Street Studios, London. Organised by Alex Chappel & Lynn Wilson.
• 2001: September Maslen & Mehra - Drift, the film at 291 Gallery, Hackney, London.
• 2002: Micalefalob at 291 Gallery, Hackney, London.
• 2002: Daykinisms at Tinsy Space, Brick Lane, London.
• 2004: The Joke's on Us - Although not organised by Decima, this Show at De-luxe Arts, Hoxton Square, London, was organised by Robert Urquahart and Anna Lewis and featured a video by Alex Chappel, an installation by David C. West, a photograph by Decima and rude embroidery by Derrick Welsh.
• 2005: May: Piers & Micalef - Are You Thinking What We're Thinking? at Upstairs Gallery, Clerkenwell, London. Organised by Alex Chappel & Fiona Watson to coincide with United Kingdom general election, 2005;
• 2005: June: Dead Derrick - a Derrick Welsh retrospective at Upstairs Gallery, Clerkenwell, London.
• 2007: May: The Surrealist's Ball at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. "Sad Fan Raffle" performance by David C. West and Stephen Micalef. Organised by Rosie Cooper.
• 2007: 30 June: The Last Puff at the Golden Heart pub, London. Exhibition to mark the last day upon which it was legal to smoke in public places in England. Included drawings of cigarettes by many notable figures and celebrities, including Jarvis Cocker, David Hockney, Sarah Lucas, Dinos Chapman, Vic Reeves and Malcolm McLaren.

2008

All 2008 events held at Decima Gallery, Hackney Wick, London E3, UK (unless otherwise stated).

• 2008: February: The Famous, the Infamous and the Really Quite Good.The opening show at Decima Gallery, Hackney Wick, London. Including Gilbert and George, Gavin Turk, and even Primrose Hill socialite Sadie Frost.
• 2008: April: Micalef for Mayor project.
• 2008: April: The Decima Easter Auction compered by actress and singer Paloma Faith.
• 2008: 17 May: Piers & Micalef - Banksy versus Barksy.
• 2008: 28 May: Shiv Mishra Solo show of the Indian artist.
• 2008: 31 May: The Decima Editions Launch & Art Fair.
• 2008: May: Decima TV presents an interview with Bob & Roberta Smith interviewer Aaron Barschak.
• 2008: May: Decima TV presents an interview with Mark McGowan interviewer Aaron Barschak
• 2008: 5 June: Mind the Step - Camberwell College Drawing MA show.
• 2008: 7 June: Decima TV presents an interview with Franko B interviewer Aaron Barschak
• 2008: Illegal Dog Fight at the Elevator Gallery, Hackney Wick, London.
• 2008: 13 June: Iceberg Enters Obelisk at the Whitechapel Gallery, London. Screening of film 'Illegal Dog Fight'.
• 2008: 21 June: The Decima Artists Show with live music by Paloma Faith.
• 2008: 19 July: The Decima Arts Club featuring Piers Jamson.
• 2008: 9 August: The Art Olympics. Featured Stephen Micalef, Piers Wardle and Stephen Gill.
• 2008: August: The Hackney Wicked Festival - co-founders and co-organisers of the first festival in 2008. Various venues around Hackney Wick.
• 2008: Summer: The Cowboy Art Fair. Organised by Geraldine Ryan. Featuring Piers Wardle, Stephen Micalef, Spiritwo and others
• 2008: Condensation 08 show curated by Robson Cesar.
• 2008: 6 September: Decima at Bestival showed with Stranger than Paradise Club at the Polka Tent, dressed as dogs, at the Bestival Festival 08, The Isle of Wight, UK.
• 2008: 13 September: Decima at Stranger than Paradise at Dex Club, Brixton, London. Dog Dancing performance.
• 2008: 8 November: Decima at "A Night of Hackney Adventures" at the Round Chapel, Clapton, London. Organised by Stephen Gill.
• 2008: 4 December: Decima TV presents Byron Pritchard v East End Lights filmed at Beyond Retro, London
• 2008: 13 December: The Decima Christmas Art Fair & Nativity Play Organised by Kate Kotcheff, daughter of Ted Kotcheff. Art fair featured Carlo Zenone.

2009

• 2009: 18 January: An Afternoon of Hardcore Porn project. Held in Clapton, London.
• 2009: 24 January: Micalef for Poet Laureate project, launched at Pages of Hackney bookshop, Clapton, London.
• 2009: 17 April: Decima on Resonance FM radio broadcast, London.
• 2009: 23 May: Decima Charity Fundraising Ball held at McGinity Hall, Hackney, London.
• 2009: June: The Art Car Boot Fair at Brick Lane, London. Dressed as dogs.
• 2009: 24 July: It's All Over Banksy Mark Reeves and the Decima Dogs at Ghetto Gallery, Split, Croatia.
• 2009: 1 August: Come Back Decima, all is forgiven as part of the Hackney Wicked Festival, Hackney Wick, London.
• 2009: 11 September: Britain's Rubbish Fundraiser live event held at the George Tavern, Whitechapel, London, in association with La Bouche Magazine. Featuring Tymon Dogg, The Coolness, The Fucks, Stephen Gill, Simon Ould, Mark McGowan, Paul Sakoilsky, Nova, Tricity Vogue, Stephen Micalef, Piers Wardle, Mark Reeves, cApStAn StRiNg, Vicki Gold & David C West.
• 2009: October: Asphalt Handbag, a rave in Berlin. Co-organised by Private Lives
• 2009: 30 October: Britain's Rubbish at Molecular Studio, Berlin, Germany. Featuring over 50 artists including Gilbert & George, Featherhouse, Piers Wardle, Darren Coffield and Gavin Turk. Co-organised by Molecular Studio.
• 2009: 21 November: We're Dreamin' of a Rubbish Xmas! live music event held at the George Tavern, Whitechapel, London, in association with La Bouche Magazine. Acts included Beastellabeast, Nova, Douce Angoisse and The Annual Decima Nativity Play, in its second year, again directed by Kate Kotcheff.
• 2009: November: Xmas Rubbish art fair event, London.
• 2009: 19 December: Smash & Grab - Louise Camrass & Nelly Dimitranova - opening event at 97 Clerkenwell Road, Camden, London. Assisted by Camden Council.
• 2009: 12 & 13 December: The Decima Turnip Prize at the Tate Modern Gallery, as part of Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, itself part of the exhibition "Pop Life: Art in a Material World".
• 2009: 4 December: What Happens After the Ball? at Decima Clark West, Piccadilly, London. Organised by Decima, Nomad Galleries and Jackie Clark.

2010

• 2010: 7 January: Pop Up - Louise Camrass & Nelly Dimitranova - closing event at 97 Clerkenwell Road, Camden, London. Assisted by Camden Council