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1997-1999          MA in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Art , London.
1994-1997          BA (Hons) Fine Art. First Class . Byam Shaw School of Art , London.
1993-1994          BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies in Art & Design. Distinction.
                          Newham College of Further Education, London.

Solo Exhibitions

2007                 ‘Counterweight' . Film Premiere & launch of DVD edition about Chris Burden's
                        ‘The Flying Steamroller'. South London Gallery, London.
2005                  Launch of www.GPSdiary.org . Online archive of year-long GPS project.

Recent Group Exhibitions & Screenings

2007/2008          Metalandscapes, Fundaci ó Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2007                   Phase Space, Brunswick Gallery, London.
                          Rozamira 07, Festival of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia.
                          Dream Home. Novas Gallery, London.
                          The Cinema Machine. Metro Cinema, Derby, UK.2006
                          Arcade. Westbourne Studios, London, UK
                          lEXiff 2002-2022
. The Fourth and the Last Experimental International Film Festival.
                          Sydney, Australia.
                          Can We Break The Speed Of Light ? Hastings, UK.
                          Haiku Film Festival. Nantes, France.
                          EcoPoetics. Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival. Ithaca College, NY, USA.
2005                   The Flag Project. 254 Bethnal Green, London.
                          Antimatter Film Festival. Open Space. Victoria, BC Canada.
2004                   SHOP! Space-twotentwo, London.
                          Shot by the Sea. Film & Video Festival. Electric Cinema, Hastings.
                          60-seconds. Video Show. Screenings at space-twotentwo, 291 Gallery, London
                          and Darklight Film Festival, Dublin.
                          Like beads on an abacus designed to calculate infinity. Rockwell, London.
                          The Deceleration Project. Spital Square, London.

Selected Articles & Reviews, etc. [PRINT]

2007                   ‘Counterweight' – Chris Burden's The Flying Steamroller & Chris Burden in conversation
                           with Thorsten Knaub. Limited DVD Edition (250). Short film (DVD) & Interview (inlay).
                           Published by the South London Gallery, UK.
                           Time Out London . Review of short film ‘Counterweight'.
                           Issue October 31st - November 6th, No. 1941, p 102.
                           Metapaisatges - el paisatge a traves de l'art digital . Exhibition catalogue,
                           published by Fundaci ó Pilar i Joan Mir ó a Mallorca.
                           El País – Ciberpaís . “La Fundación Miró de Palma revisa el concepto de paisaje”
                           - R. Bosco, S. Caldana [translation: “The Miró Foundation in Palma revisits the concept of landscape”]
                           08.11.2007, p. 9.
                           “Malerei auf Schritt und Tritt” . [translation: “Painting step by step”]  
                           (Interview with Thorsten Knaub) – Brigitte Kramer Mallorca Zeitung, issue no390, November 2007.
                           “Dragonera desaparece del mapa” – Susana López Lamata
                           [translation: “Sa Dragonera disappears of the map”] ADN Mallorca, 05.10.2007, p. 22.
                           “La crítica ecológica de Thorsten Knaub a través del arte digital en la Dragonera”
                           – Laura Jurado [translation: “The ecological critic of Thorsten Knaub by means of digital art on
                           Sa Dragonera”] El Mundo, 26.09.2007.
                           “Thorsten Knaub recorre Sa Dragonera para borrarla virtualmente en ‘Metapaisatges'”
                           – Mateu Cuart [translation: “Thorsten Knaub walks on Sa Dragonera to virtually erase it in                            ‘Metapaisatges'”] Diario de Mallorca, 26.09.2007. p.65.
                           “L'illa de Sa Dragonera s'esborra sota les passes de l'artista Thorsten Knaub” – N. Martí
                           [translation: “The island of Sa Dragonera disappears under the footsteps of artist Thorsten Knaub”]                            Diari de Balears,  26.09.2007, p. 41.
                           “Sa Dragonera, objeto de una investigación plástica para la Fundació Miró” – M. Garcias
                           [translation: “Sa Dragonera is the subject of an artistic research carried out for the Miró Foundation”]                            Ultima Hora , 26.09.2007, p.73.
                           “Dragonera borrada del map a ” – Susana López Lamata
                           [translation: “Sa Dragonera erased from the map”] ADN Mallorca, 26.09.2007, p. 4.
                           Ultima Hora . “La Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró inaugura una colectiva sobre el paisaje en el arte digital”
                           – M. Garcias [translation: “The Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation opens a group exhibition about landscape
                           in digital art”] 05.10.2007, p. 74.
                           Diari de Balears . “La reinvenció del paisatge: tema central de la mostra ‘Metapaisatges'”
                           – M.M.Rayó [translation: “The reinvention of landscape, main subject of the exhibition                             ‘Metapaisatges'”] 05.10.2007, p. 18.
                            El Mundo . “El paisaje retocado por el arte digital” – M. Torío
                            [translation: “Landscape recreated by digital art”] 05.10.2007.
                            In Palma. Special Issue on Contemporary Art . “Más allá del paisaje / Beyond Landscape”
                            – Azucena de la Rocha [Spanish/English] No. 12, 2007, p. 74/75.
                            Cultura Mallorca – La revista cultural.   ‘Metapaisajes' – Pau Waelder   No.7, p. 6-9.
                            Rozamira 07 . ‘The Doors!!!' . Exhibition catalogue. Published by Marka FF, Moscow.
                            Untitled Magazine , Review of ‘The Cinema Machine'. Spring Issue, No 40, p 24/25.
2006                     The Sunday Telegraph , Sunday arts review supplement. 10.12.06, p. 3
                            The Guardian , The Guide, Preview of ‘The Cinema Machine' . 11.11.2006.
                            Chart Art. BRIGHT 08 Magazine, April/May 2006, p. 25.
2005                      My Most Personal Latitudes and Longitudes. Online review of GPS Diary project.
2004                     Umelec. Magazine for Contemporary Art & Culture. International Edition,
                            02/2004, p. 26. Image of GPS diary/drawing.
                            Art Monthly. Review of  ‘Like beads on an abacus designed to calculate infinity' exhibition. No. 277.
2003                     Frieze Art Magazine. Review of ‘ Anglo Ponce' Exhibition. October issue, no 78.
2001                     Theme and Variation in the Work of Thorsten Knaub.Essay for Exhibition ‘
                            Between Fast-Food and Eternity' by Peter Suchin.
                            Fakten und Fiktion, Erlanger Nachrichten, 06.04.2001.
                            Ironie im Spiel mit der Illusion, Erlanger Nachrichten, 18.04.2001.
                            Television Report on regional TV. (FrankenFernsehen, 17.04.2001).

Selected Reviews & Blogs, etc. [WEB only]

2008                      Vernissage TV
                             <http://vernissage.tv/blog/2007/12/31/metalandscapes-at-the-miro-foundation-mallorca-spain>
2007                       ”Drawing in the Emptiness of Space“ – Pau Waelder 
                             <http://www.ciac.ca/magazine/archives/no_29/oeuvre4.htm>
                             Rhizome . “Metalandscapes at the Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation”  
                             <http://rhizome.org/editorial/fp/reblog.php/3997>
                             Andre Lemos – Carnet de Notes. “MetaPaisagem”                                                                                          <http://www.facom.ufba.br/ciberpesquisa/andrelemos/2007/10/metapaisagem.html>
                             "Maps for Maps' Sake"   – Scott Taylor
                              <http://scotttaylor.info/Graticule/Musings%202.html>
2006                       A discussion between Robert Filby and Thorsten Knaub Outpost 29.10.2006.                               <http://www.norwichoutpost.org/artist_pages/27_thorsten_knaub/thorsten_knaub.html>
                              "¿Por dónde te mueves?" –   Alfonso de la Fuente Ruiz   
                              <http://alfonsoycia.blogspot.com/search?q=GPS+diary>
2005                      "GPSDIARY: la vita di un uomo convertita in linee"   – Luca Barbeni
                             <http://www.teknemedia.net/magazine/plaid/dettail.html?mId=753>
                             "My Most Personal Latitudes and Longitudes"   –   Ryan Griffis
                             <http://rhizome.org/editorial/news/story.php?timestamp=20051125>  

Awards & Residencies

2005/06                  Digital Arts Residency at Henry Compton School, London.
2002                       LabCulture. Lighthouse Media Centre, Brighton. Short residency & digital workshop.
2000 -2001              Artist Access to Art Colleges (AA2A). Residency at Barnet College, London.
1999                       Project Award from Slade School of Art.
1997 -1999              Professional & Vocational Award. The British Academy and Humanities Research Board.

Visiting Artist / Lecturing

Camberwell College of Art & Design, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Byam Shaw School of Art,
Kingsway College & Barnet College, London.