Patrick Waterhouse

Patrick Waterhouse (born 13 August 1981) is a British artist. His work involves photography, drawing and graphic design. He has published books of his work and been exhibited internationally. Since 2011 he has been editor-in-chief of Colors magazine. In the same year he won the Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d'Arles for Ponte City, a collaboration with Mikhael Subotzky.

Life and work

Waterhouse graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2001. After working in London for some years he began a residency at Fabrica research centre in Italy. While at Fabrica he created a fully illustrated version of Dante's Inferno^[1] with notation by Walter Hutton, that was published by Mondadori.

In 2007 he and Mikhael Subotzky began a 6 year collaboration photographing and documenting Ponte City Apartments,^[2] a 54 story building in Johannesburg, during its failed development and the subsequent aftermath. It won the Discovery Award at Rencontres d'Arles In 2011.^[3] Their book Ponte City (2014),^[4] published by Steidl,^[5] won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015.^[6]

In 2011 Waterhouse became Editor in Chief of Colors magazine. During this time he created a new editorial direction for the publication, the Colors Survival Guides.^[7]

Publications

L’Inferno di Dante Luna Storia Naturale. Milan: Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 8804601418. With notation by Walter Hutton.
Ponte City. Göttingen: Steidl; Walther Collection, 2014. ISBN 9783869307503. With Mikhael Subotzky, edited by Ivan Vladislavic.
Catalog of an exhibition held at Le Bal, Paris,^[8]^[9] Fotomuseum, Belgium in 2014 and Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh in 2015.^[10]

Colors magazine

ISSN 2227-2992 (Australia/New Zealand/UK Edition); ISSN 2227-2984 (Hong Kong/Taiwan/China Edition).

Colors 81: Transport - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2011.
Colors 82: Shit - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2011.
Colors 83: Happiness - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012.
Colors 84: Apocalypse - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012.
Colors 85: Going to Market - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2012.
Colors 86: Making the News - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013.
Colors 87: Looking at Art - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013.
Colors 88: Protest - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2013.
Colors 89: Moving House - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2014.
Colors 90: Football - a Survival Guide. Hong Kong: IdN Magazine; Treviso, Italy: Fabrica, 2014.

Awards

2011: Discovery Award, Les Rencontres d'Arles, with Mikhael Subotzky for Ponte City.^[3]
2015: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.^[6]

Exhibitions

2010:
- Recent Works, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, 2010 with Mikhael Subotzky.^[11]
2011:
- Appropriated Landscapes, The Walther Collection in Neu Ulm, Germany.^{[citation needed]}
- Transport, Hong Miao Gallery, Shanghai, China.^{[citation needed]}
2012:
- The Unexpected Guest, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool.^{[citation needed]}
- Happiness and other survival techniques, Design Museum, London.^[12]
- DOC Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil. With Projeto Quixote and Unhate Foundation.^{[citation needed]}
2013:
- A Different Kind of Order, International Center of Photography Triennial, New York.^[13]
- My Jo'burg, La Maison Rouge, France.^{[citation needed]}
- L'inferno, Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Cassino (CAMUSAC), Italy.^{[citation needed]}
2014
- Ponte City, Le Bal, Paris, January–April 2014. With Mikhael Subotzky.^[9]
- Ponte City, FOMU, Antwerp, June–November 2014. With Mikhael Subotzky.^{[citation needed]}
- Ponte City, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, December 2014–April 2015.^[10]

References

↑ L’Espresso, 16 September 2010.
↑ Foam Magazine Ponte City Report(Summer 2011)
1 2 O'Hagan, Sean (11 July 2011) "Tower blocks and tomes dominate the Rencontres d'Arles", The Guardian
↑ Law-Viljoen, Bronwyn (2014) on Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse, Aperture.
↑ Steidl, Gottingen, Germany.
1 2 "Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015" Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Photographers' Gallery London.
↑ Magazine of the week: COLORS 86 Magculture Blog (19 April 2013)
↑ Armon Azoulay, Ellie. ArtForum Review, ArtForum Magazine, New York.
1 2 "Ponte City" Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Le Bal, Paris (January 2014).
1 2 "Ponte City", National Galleries Scotland (December 2014).
↑ Recent Works, Goodman Gallery Cape Town with Mikhael Subotzky 2010.
↑ Happiness & Other Survival Techniques, Domus, Italy, April 2012.
↑ A Different Kind of Order, International Center of Photography Triennial, New York, 2013.

[L’Espresso-1] L’Espresso, 16 September 2010.

[Ponte_City-2] Foam Magazine Ponte City Report(Summer 2011)

[The_Guardian-3] 1 2 O'Hagan, Sean (11 July 2011) "Tower blocks and tomes dominate the Rencontres d'Arles", The Guardian

[Ponty_City_Book-4] Law-Viljoen, Bronwyn (2014) on Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse, Aperture.

[steidl-5] Steidl, Gottingen, Germany.

[DBprize-6] 1 2 "Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015" Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Photographers' Gallery London.

[MagcultureNews-7] Magazine of the week: COLORS 86 Magculture Blog (19 April 2013)

[leBal2-8] Armon Azoulay, Ellie. ArtForum Review, ArtForum Magazine, New York.

[leBal-9] 1 2 "Ponte City" Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Le Bal, Paris (January 2014).

[NGS-10] 1 2 "Ponte City", National Galleries Scotland (December 2014).

[Goodman-11] Recent Works, Goodman Gallery Cape Town with Mikhael Subotzky 2010.

[Domus-12] Happiness & Other Survival Techniques, Domus, Italy, April 2012.

[ICP-13] A Different Kind of Order, International Center of Photography Triennial, New York, 2013.

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