Duncan McAfee, born in Hertforshire, UK, 1976, is a London-based, British artist, and Turps Off Site painter 2021-22.

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Biog:

2021/22 – Turps Off Site painter, Turps Banana Art School
2000/01 – PGCE Art and Design, Institute of Education
1997/2000 – BA Hons, Chelsea College of Art and Design

Selected Exhibitions:

2023 – The Ebbing Curve of Forgetfulness, solo show, Ben Oakley Gallery, London
2023 – Art on A Postcard, group exhibition Soho Review Gallery, London/on-line
2023 – Turps Off Site Painters, group show, Thamesside Gallery, London, UK
2023 – Blackbird Singing in The Dead of Night, on-line, Blackbird Rook on SuperRare
2022 – Art Car Boot Fair This is a Pattern Edition, on-line, London/on-line
2022 – Live Drawing Performance, Pop Brixton, London UK
2022 – It’s Not Over Yet, Solo Exhibition 303 Projects and The Art Gallery 102, Lowestoft, UK
2022 – Art Car Boot Fair Electric Edition, London live and on-line, UK/Global
2022 – All The Same Age at Different Times, Group Exhibition, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
2021 – Art Car Boot Fair Queen and Country Edition, on-line, UK/Global
2021 – The Brixton Mix, live draw, Brixton Art Club, London, UK
2021 – Art Car Boot Fair, London/on-line International
2021 – Pause/Play, Brixton Art Club, London, UK
2021 – Kyle Marks, online exhibition with Kyle Marks Projects, Calgary, CA
2021 – Felix H Wilkinson, online sales of Exploding Heads prints,
2020 – Art Gazette, commercial collection, London/Cape Town
2017 – Nostalgia, solo exhibition, Blue Elephant Theatre, London, UK
2017 – Seven Counties Open, selected exhibition, OVADA, Oxford, UK2016 2017 – Paperwork, selected exhibition, Hastings Art Forum, Hastings UK
2016 – Revolving Gallery, group exhibition, GX Gallery, London UK
2014 – Loughborough Creatives, 198 Gallery, SE London
2013 – Brewster’s House, Testbed#1, Battersea, London
2012 – Nostalgia, solo exhibition, Studio 73, Brixton, London
2012 – An History of Chorus, The Wapping Project, London
2012 – Cley Open, invitation exhibition, North Norfolk, UK
2012 – Your Voice Travels, solo exhibition, Home Front, London
2012 – TITEOTB / TITBOTE, Home Front / Moor House, London
2011 – Exquisite Corpse, group sonic art exhibition, Soundfjord, london
2010 – Salon Art Prize, selected exhibition, Mat Roberts Arts, London
2010 – Dragonfly Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010 – No Soul For Sale, (with i-cabin), Tate Modern, London
2010 – Supermarket Art Fair, with X-Ray at The Perseverance, Stockholm
2009 – Mix-Tape, curated event for X-Ray at The Perseverance, London
2009 – A Bargeman’s Tale, public installation, Canal Basin, Chichester
2009 – Entry Points, Subvision Festival, group exhibition, Hamburg
2009 – (In) Parentheses, commission exhibition, Whitechapel, London
2009 – Forest Friends, installation or woodland sensory trail, Beaconsfield
2008 – Tou Works 2, exhibition, Stavanger, Norway
2008 – The End of The Beginning, i-cabin, London
2008 – ‘SIRKUS’ Kling and Bang (with Barry Sykes), Frieze Art Fair, London
2008 – SoundProof, E:vent Gallery, London
2008 – Play On Words, selected exhibition, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
2008 – KIOSK, ICA Philadelphia / Bonner Kunstverein / Bucharest Biennia
2007 – I’m Human Now, You’re Human Later, i-cabin, London
2007 – Ambulatiuncula, audio installation, Forbury Gardens, Reading
2007 – Me-mo-ran-da, ArtOffice audio commission, Islington, London
2007 – KIOSK, touring exhibition, Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis
2006 – 23456, NIMR residency installation, London
2006 – Sounds of Praise, St Laurence’s Church, Reading
2006 – Talking Shop, Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2006 – Saison Video, selected exhibition, Mons en Baroeul, France
2006 – Concrete Mass, group show, RampART, London
2005 – Deptford X: Ephemeral Cities Open Exhibition, London
2005 – Thirteen Stories, Whitechapel Project Space, London
2005 – All For Show, touring international group show of video work
2005 – Mobile, selected group show, Arena Gallery, Liverpool
2005 – Kiosk, international touring exhibition of independent publishers
2004 – Violins/Violence, 1000000mph Gallery, London
2004 – XS, f a projects, London
2004 – Songs For the Workers, solo show, Henry Peacock Gallery, London
2004 – Art Jokes (Deutsche Edition), Berlin Book Fair, Berlin
2003 – Two Audio Works, solo show, Henry Peacock Gallery, London
2003 – Turpentine, Studio Voltaire, London
2002 – To the Glory of God: New Religious Art, Liverpool Biennial
2002 – Club, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
2002 – Us and Them, Great Eastern Hotel, London
2002 – New Religious Art, Henry Peacock Gallery, London
2001 – Club, Beaconsfield, London

Publications/Podcasts:

2023 – Ministry of Arts, podcast Bonus Episone 31, with Gary Mansfield, https://open.spotify.com/…
2022 – Ministry of Arts, long-format podcast with Gary Mansfield, https://open.spotify.com/…
2022 – The Flying Fruit Bowl Podcast, long-format interview, https://open.spotify.com/…
2022 – The Flying Fruit Bowl, on-line feature, https://theflyingfruitbowl.co.uk
2021 – The Curator’s Salon Magazine, feature in curator Gita Joshi’s art magazine
2021 – Dialogues, interview for Spanish website, https://artcultureinside.com/dialogue/
2021 – Felix H Wilkinson, Cool World…, article about painting influences, www.felixhwilkinson.co.uk
2020 – Felix H Wilkinson, long format interview for website, www.felixhwilkinson.co.uk
 2013 – 2018 Warrior Press, collaborative publications, Warrior Studios
2014 – Undersong, Audio CD and booklet, Belfry Arts Centre
2013 – Brewster’s House, paperback book, Warrior Press
2008 – Ytterst Mot Norden, 12” Vinyl Record, edition of 3
2007 – I’m Human Now, You’re Human Later, published by i-cabin(texts)
2007 – Me-mo-ran-da, Memorial CD, published by ArtOffice
2005 – Thirteen Stories, book of short stories by 12 Authors
2006 – Valhalla, Suite of 16 prints, Edition of 3
2004 – Art Jokes (Deutsche Edition), Berlin Book Fair, Berlin
2004 – Songs for the Workers, exhibition pack,
2004 – Songs for the Workers, audio CD
2004 – bibLIOGRAPHY, publication of booklet written by Paul Millen
2004 – Samba Rumble, compilation CD
2004 – Michael Upton, exhibition pack
2004 – Public Address System, exhibition pack
2003 – 6 for 5, audio CD
2003 – Gereon Krebber, exhibition pack
2002 – SAMBA, compilation CD
2002 – 101 Art Jokes (Edition Française), Club, Poitiers, France
2000 – 101 Art Jokes, in the British Library Collection

Awards, Residencies and Commissions:

2016 – What Is Done Cannot Be Undone, residency, OVADA, Oxford, UK
2014 – The Undersong, permanent installation, North Norfolk, UK
2013 – Queen Elizabeth Woods Commision, East Anton, Andover, UK
2012 – Talking Trail, Aston Rowant nature reserve, Buckinghamshire, UK
2011 – 2012 – Cocheme Fellow AIR, Byam Shaw Fellowship, London
2011 – Your Voice Travels, five-part radio series for Resonance FM, London,
2010 – The Museum Suite, Museum collections, UCL, London
2009 – A Bargeman’s Tale, public art commission, Chichester, UK
2009 – Burnham Beeches, ACE Funded commission, Beaconsfield
2008 – 2009 Whitechapel Art Gallery, Creative Connections, London
2008 – Tou Works 2, residency, Tou Scene, Stavangar, Norway
2008 – SoundProof, Sonic Arts Commission, E:vent Network, London
2007 – Me-mo-ran-da, ArtOffice Commission, London
2006 – Ambulatiuncula, Artists In The City commission, Reading
2005 – 2006 NIMR, artists in residence, London
2003 – Grants for the Arts Award, funding award, Arts Council England

Representation:

2007 – 2011 i-cabin, Clarendon Buildings, 11 Ronalds Road, London N5 1XJ
2002 – 2005 Henry Peacock Gallery, 38a Foley Street, London W1P 7LB

Education Work:

2005 – 2014 The Kitchen School of Music, Workshop Leader, London, UK
2013 – Sonic workshops with Belfry Arts Centre, North Norfolk, UK
2013 – Workshops with Overstrand and Northreps Schools, Norfolk, UK
2012 – Participatory Project, Endeavour Primary School, Andover, UK
2012 – Talking Trail, workshops 3 schools + adult groups, Oxfordshire, UK
2011 – Creative Partner, Queen’s Park Lower School, Bedford, UK
2010 – The Tattle Tree, sonic art project, Portfield Primary, Chichester
2010 – A Level Workshop Leader, Latymer School, London
2009 – INSET Training, Outdoor Culture/Creative Partnerships, Bucks
2009 – Chichester High School For Girls; workshop leader, Chichester
2009 – Farnham Common Junior School, Burnham Beeches, Beaconsfield
2008 – 2009 Whitechapel Art Gallery, Mulberry School, London
2008 – A Level Workshop Leader, Latymer School, London
2008 – Workshop Leader, East Festival, The Barbican Centre, London
2007 – So What is Inclusion resource pack for Youth Clubs UK, National
2007 – Program Development, The Kitchen School of Music, London
2006 – Outreach Project Leader, Artists in the City, Reading, UK
2006 – Participatory Project Leader, Islington War Memorial, London
2006 – Crash Course in Art and Design 2, NIMR, London, UK
2005 – Unravelling Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2005 – Crash Course in Art and Design, NIMR, London, UK
2002 – 2005 Tutor in Art and Design (0.6), B6 Sixth Form College, London
2004 – Visiting Lecturer, Brighton School of Arts and Communications
2003 – Visiting Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University
2001 – Art Teacher (part time), St. Dunstan’s College
2000 – Tutor in Fine Art (part time), Camberwell College of Art and Design

You can see an archive website of old work HERE

Please also visit www.themmpress.com and www.warriorstudios.org for further information on collaborative projects