Darren Almond b. 1971
Darren Almond has developed a practice that evocatively deals with time and duration as well as personal and historical memory. The frequently enigmatic register of Almond’s work belies an investigatory and exploratory process, often involving periods of extended travel to remote locations. In this process Almond develops discrete portraits of place that question geographical limits, the activity of journeying and culturally specific notions of arrival and departure. The resonance of these locations, climates and geographies are also partly traced in narratives of human experience, including Almond’s own personal and familial history. A constant for the artist is a concern for understanding time, in myriad means and forms, in spite of its inexorable passing.
He was born in 1971 in Wigan, UK and lives and works in Norfolk. His recent major solo exhibitions include Museo Cappella Sansevero, Naples, Italy (2025) ,“In Light of Time” Jesus College, Cambridge (2019); “Timescape” MUDAM, Luxembourg (2017); “The Amalfi Sketchbook” Kunsthaus Graz (2015); “Second Thoughts” Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan (2013) and he has participated in numerous group exhibition including Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France (2023); Parasol Unit, Venice (2022); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2022); Getty Center, Los Angeles (2021); Fondation Van Gogh, Arles, France (2020); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2019); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (2018); Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna (2017); Centre Pompidou-Metz, France (2016); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2015; 2000); Nottingham Contemporary, UK (2015); Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland (2011); 6th Biennale de Curitiba, Brazil (2011); Miami Art Museum (2011); Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sûr-Seine, France (2010); Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London (2009); Frac Lorraine, Metz, France (2009); 2nd Moscow Biennale (2007); SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico (2007); The Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London (2005); and 50th Biennale di Venezia (2003).