• solo exhibitions
2025 Untitled, Escritório, Porto
2024 Untitled, Depot, Porto
2022 Postscript, Atelier Concorde, Lisbon
Exhibited as Yota Ayaan
2021 Plant Data, Galeria da Biodiversidade
MHNC–UP, Porto, Exhibited as Yota Ayaan
2019 Continuity Forum, Galeria do Sol, Porto
2019 Learning without language, RDC516, Porto
2019 Omega, Artes, Mota Galiza, Porto
2016 Sponsored Content, Century, London
2014 Notable Outcomes, Sanderson, Auckland
2008 Re:Vision, Sanderson, Auckland
2007 Opening, City Art Rooms, Auckland
2006 I am why, Sanderson, Auckland
• group exhibitions
2024 Super Natural Voices, Mono, Lisbon
with Alice dos Reis, Daniel Godínez Nivón,
Joana Patrão, Rosanna Helena Bach and
Solimán López. Curated by Jule Kurbjeweit
2023 Human is a Cosmic Plant, Frappant, Hamburg
with Lukas Kindermann and Paula König
Curated by Judith Hofer
Exhibited as Yota Ayaan
2022 myoo-choo-uh-liz-uhm, Espaço Pontes, Fundão
with Inês Teles. Curated by Dose
Exhibited as Yota Ayaan
2021 Trauma Response, Duplex AIR, Lisbon
with Catarina Simão, Filipe Cortez, Juliana
Matsumura, Maria Máximo, Marie Antoinette
and Theodore Ereira-Guyer
Curated by Judith Hofer
Exhibited as Yota Ayaan
2019 Omega, Via Aberta, Mota Galiza, Porto
with Xavier Paes
2019 VIA ABERTA, Mota Galiza, Porto
with Aglaíze Damasceno, Alisa Heil, Ana
Pérez-Quiroga, André Alves, António Lago,
Artristas (Joana Ribeiro, Gonçalo Araújo,
Miguel Ângelo), Avelino Sá, Celeste
Cerqueira, Cláudia Lopes, Cristina Regadas,
Cubranco, Felícia Teixeira e João Brojo,
Fernando Sebastião, Filipa Araújo, Filipe
Cortez, Francisco Babo, Francisco
Laranjeira, José Almeida Pereira, Joana Dark
e Vidente Cego, José Oliveira, Josep Maynou,
Luísa Abreu, Luísa Mota, Manuel Santos Maia,
Maria Sottomayor, Mauro Cerqueira, Max
Fernandes, Nettie Burnett, Nuno Ramalho,
Parva Música, Paulo Lisboa, Paulo Mendes,
Porto Post Doc, Ricardo Bueno, Sérgio
Leitão, Silvestre Pestana, Sónia Carvalho,
Tales Frey, Vera Mota, Vítor Israel
Curated by Luísa Mota, José Maia, José
Almeida Pereira e José Oliveira
2019 TQMS, Two Queens, Leicester
with Bogdan Anda, Lucy Andrews, Gino
Attwood, James Chantry, Daniel Cowlam, Penny
Davis, Jane Domingos, Mateus Domingos, Luke
Elson, Johnny Green, Jack Halford, Les Hayden,
Tim Hardman, Sam Harriman, Austin Higgins,
Leila Houston, Kate Jackson, Kerry Jackson,
Khush Kali, Julie Kilminster, Daniel Sean
Kelly, Ashok Mistry, Tim Neath, Tony Walker
and Emma Willis
2015 5 floors 18 artists, Century, London
Leo Babsky, BJ Broekhuizan, Jessica Dolby,
Clare Hoddinott, Cat Ingrams, Gala Knorr,
Inga Loyeva, Antonia Mckenzie, Samantha
Mogelonsky, Bethany Murray, Simao Romualdo,
Brendan Murphy, Jane Elizabeth Smith,
Rikki Turner, Su Wang, Mary Yacoob
and Jwan Yosef
2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2010 Tape Modern No.13, Tape Modern, Berlin
Guillaume Airiaud, Maxime Ballesteros,
Patrick Cierpka, Dominique Faix, Marcus
Knupp, Alexa Kreissl, Roman Kutzowitz,
Melanie Manchot, Nik Nowak, Anton Stoianov,
Tulip Enterprise, Ulrich Vogl, Kandis
Williams and Christopher Winter.
Curated by Amir Fattal
2008 Unlimited, City Art Rooms, Auckland
with Cat Auburn, Kevin Capon, Liyen Chong,
Scott Eady, Gill Gatfield, Young Sun Han,
Sam Hartnett, John Hurrell, Matt Molloy,
Jessica Pearless and Kate Woods.
Video works: Jill Kennedy, Owen Leong.
Curated by Young Sun Han
2008 Bridge Art Fair, OTA Berlin
with Cat Auburn, Kevin Capon, Liyen Chong,
Scott Eady, Gill Gatfield, Young Sun Han,
Sam Hartnett, John Hurrell, Matt Molloy,
Jessica Pearless and Kate Woods.
Curated by Young Sun Han
2008 Auckland Art Fair, Auckland
2007 Summer Exhibition, Sanderson, Auckland
Curated by Tamara Darragh
2006 POP, Sanderson, Auckland
Curated by Tamara Darragh
• education
2018 Sculpture, FBAUP, Universidade do Porto
2004 Architecture, Victoria University,
Wellington, Unitec, Auckland
• awards & residencies
2021 AE Residency, Faculty of Science, FC-UP,
University of Porto, Portugal
2020 Mobility Research Residency, Cripta747,
Turin, Italy
2019 Data Residency, Laboratory of Plant Ecology,
Ghent, Belgium
• selected reviews & articles
2023 A humanização da autonomia de uma máquina
Essay by Sara Magno, ARTECAPITAL
Published Dec–1
2022 myoo-choo-uh-liz-uhm, KUBAPARIS
Published Oct–3
2021 Plant Data, Plant Communication
Essay by Alice Bonnot, Contemporary Hum,
Published Jul–22
• studio
info @ williamhandley.net
Praça de Lisboa, Porto, 4050-161
