• solo exhibitions
2022 Postscript, Atelier Concorde, Lisbon
2021 Plant Data, Galeria da Biodiversidade
MHNC–UP, Museu de História Natural
e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto
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
2022 myoo-choo-uh-liz-uhm, Espaço Pontes,
Fundão with Inês Teles. Curated by Dose
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
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 and 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 of Acoustic Emission Research 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
• biography
William Handley is a visual artist from
Aotearoa New Zealand, currently living and
working in Porto, Portugal. His recent practice
of painting, drawing and sculpture is informed
by non-narrative, strict simplicty and the
study of emptiness in line and form. From
2019-2024 he worked under the anonym Yota Ayaan.
Handley was an artist-in-residence at the Faculty
of Science, FC-UP, University of Porto, Portugal
in 2021, and awarded a Mobility Research Residency,
at Cripta747, Turin, Italy in 2020 and a Research
Residency on Data of Acoustic Emissions at the
Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Belgium in 2019.
His work has been shown in exhibitions
including, Super Natural Voices, Mono Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal (2024), Human is a Cosmic
Plant, Frappant e.V, Hamburg, Germany (2023),
Postscript, Atelier Concorde, Lisbon, Portugal
(2022), myoo-choo-uh-liz-uhm, Espaço Pontes,
Fundão, Portugal (2022), Plant Data, Galeria da
Biodiversidade, MHNC–UP, Porto, Portugal (2021),
Duplex AIR, Lisbon, Portugal (2021), Two Queens,
Leicester, United Kingdom (2019), Century, London,
United Kingdom (2015, 2016), Melbourne Art Fair,
Australia (2014), Tape Modern, Berlin, Germany
(2010), City Art Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
(2008), Bridge Art Fair,Berlin, Germany (2008),
Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand, (2007, 2008)
and Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland,
New Zealand (2006-2014).
• studio
contact: info @ williamhandley.net
Praça de Lisboa, Porto, 4050-161
• links
Order of Interbeing (OI), Tiep Hien
https://orderofinterbeing.org/
Yota Ayaan
https://yotaayaan.org/