Biography

Wil Bolton is an artist working predominantly with sound. His work combines electronic tones with digitally processed acoustic sounds including field recordings and musical instruments. He has produced several site-specific commissions and is particularly interested in the resonance of spaces, their history and atmosphere, and wider notions of place and memory.

He has exhibited in a number of exhibitions, including Sculpture Remixed (Tate Liverpool, 2010), SoundImageSound VII (Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, USA, 2010), A Thing About Machines (Herbert Gallery, Coventry, 2009), Trading As… (King's Lynn Arts Centre, 2009), Transfixed Motion / Transitory Still (Sheffield Institute of Art and Design Gallery, 2009), Sound:Space (South Hill Park, Bracknell, 2008), Black Powder + White Party (Kyung Hee University Museum of Arts, Korea, 2007) and Fresh Interventions (Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, 2007).

He has also released music on various record labels under the name Cheju and has performed at several events, including Late at Tate (2009), the Glade Festival (2008), Sunrise Festival (2007), and the opening for Julian Opie in the 90s (2007). His work has received airplay on radio stations including Classic FM (UK), Resonance FM (UK), and Digital::Nimbus (USA). He collaborates with Shay Nassi as Shail and has also worked on projects with video artists, choreographers and dancers.

Education

MA Arts Criticism (Distinction), City University, London, 1997
BA (Hons) History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1995

Projects/Exhibitions

Sculpture Remixed, Tate Liverpool, UK
12 November 2009 - 24 October 2010

Sonic Vigil V, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, Ireland
17 - 24 July 2010

Location Location, Stramash Space, UK
14 February 2010 - 31 March 2010

SoundImageSound VII, Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, Stockton, USA
26 March 2010

A Thing About Machines, Herbert Gallery, Coventry, UK
24 - 27 September 2009

Late at Tate: Colour Remixed, Tate Liverpool, UK
15 August 2009

Trading As...: Hanse Art Project, King's Lynn Arts Centre, UK
12 July - 8 August 2009

Transfixed Motion / Transitory Still, Sheffield Institute of Art and Design Gallery, UK
3 - 18 April 2009

Sound:Space 2008, South Hill Park, Bracknell, UK
20 September – 16 November 2008

Leap 08, Liverpool Lighthouse, UK
1 March 2008

Black Powder + White Party, Kyung Hee University Museum of Arts, Seoul, South Korea
13 September – 19 October 2007

Fresh Interventions, Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), Norfolk, UK
14 April – 28 June 2007

Detune, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, UK
10 February 2007

Julian Opie in the 90s and Kira Kim: A Palace of Mirages Opening Performance, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, UK
26 January 2007

Selected Discography

Various - Grey is the Colour of Hope, cantaudio, 2010
Shail - Patterns, Smallfish Records, 2009
Cheju - Broken Waves, Boltfish Recordings, 2009
Cheju - Homecoming/Part 1, U-Cover Records, 2008
Cheju - Homecoming/Part 2, U-Cover Records, 2008
Cheju - Diode, U-Cover Records, 2007
Cheju - Foil, U-Cover Records, 2007
Cheju - Magnesium EP, Envizagae, 2007
Cheju - Pica, Unlabel, 2006
Cheju - Shifting Focus EP, Smallfish Records, 2006
Cheju - Mechanics of Failure, Herb Recordings, 2006
Cheju - A Rainy Mile, Static Caravan, 2006
Cheju - Dreamscapes, En:peg Digital, 2005
Cheju - Taito-Ku EP, Boltfish Recordings, 2005
Cheju - Bubble Wrap, Rednetic Recordings, 2005
Cheju - A Year Apart, Boltfish Recordings, 2005
Cheju - As the Leaves Turn, Boltfish Recordings, 2004