Building Material 19 Art & Architecture excerpts: Various States by Toby Paterson

Toby Paterson
Toby Paterson was born in Glasgow in 1974. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating from the former in 1995. In Glasgow he is represented by The Modern Institute and in London by Sutton Lane. Paterson won the 2002 Beck’s Futures prize and received a Creative Scotland award in 2006. Recent projects include solo shows in The Hague, London, Glasgow and Derry; group exhibitions in San Francisco, Belgrade, Madrid and Middlesborough; commission of permanent works at Tramway in Glasgow, BBC Scotland’s new headquarters and at Warwick University campus. He is also developing work for the seven stations that constitute the Docklands Light Railway’s Stratford International extension. Paterson’s interest in cities and their architecture is manifested in the form of painting, sculpture and photography. He currently lives and works in Glasgow.