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Films & Television

2025
Broken English — Director and co-writers. Rustic Canyon and Phantoscopic
2024
The Extraordinary Miss Flower — Distiller, Anti-Worlds and Phantoscopic
2020
Live from the Centre of the Earth. Live concert film for Jarv Is… commissioned by Rough Trade
2017
The Dali & The Cooper — Director. Me + You Productions for Sky Arts. Written by Roger Drew & Ed Dyson
2016
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories — Director and co-writer. Sid Gentle Films for Sky Arts. Written by Kevin Lehane
Murder: The Big Bang — Director. Touchpaper TV for BBC2. Produced by Kath Mattock, written by Robert Jones
2015
Who is Gil Scott-Heron? Feature commissioned by XL Recordings in memory of Gil Scott-Heron
Paradise Lost? Three part re-telling of Milton's Paradise Lost for Channel 4's Random Acts
2014
20,000 Days on Earth — Director and co-writers. Pulse Films, JW Films, Film4, BFI, Corniche Pictures

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018
Multigraphs. Kate MacGarry, London
Doublethink. Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield
2016
Requiem for 114 Radios. Colston Hall, Bristol
2014
20,000 Days on Earth (feature film with Nick Cave). World premiere at Sundance Film Festival, USA
European premiere at Berlinale, Berlin Film Festival and UK premiere at Somerset House Summer Screen
2013
Bish Bosch: Ambisymphonic (with Scott Walker). Sydney Opera House
Jumpers (What must I do to be saved). Live at LICA, Lancaster
2011
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Kate MacGarry, London
Romeo Echo Delta. FACT, Liverpool and BBC Radio Merseyside
Soon. Nuit Blanche, Toronto
PUBLICSFEAR. South London Gallery, London
2010
Silent Sound. AV Festival, Middlesbrough Town Hall
2009
Radio Mania: An Abandoned Work. BFI Gallery, London
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Void Gallery, Derry
Performer. Audience. Fuck Off. Site Gallery, Sheffield
2008
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Kate MacGarry, London
Run For Me. ArtProjx at Prince Charles Cinema, London. Introduced by Andrew Graham-Dixon
Run For Me. Baltic, Gateshead
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Lawrence Eng, Vancouver
Re-Performance Piece. Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemborug
2007
Silent Sound. Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach
The 24 seven. Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
Precious Little. MIC Toi Rerehiko, Auckland touring to Physics Room, Christchurch
Kiss My Nauman. Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London
2006
Silent Sound (installation). A Foundation at Greenland Street, Liverpool
Silent Sound (live performance). St. George's Hall, Liverpool
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Jerwood Space, London
2005
Anyone else isn't you. Kent Institute of Art and Design, Maidstone
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Kate MacGarry, London
Anyone else isn't you. The Hospital, London
2004
Everybody else is wrong. Pavilion, Montreal
2003
File under Sacred Music. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1998
A Rock 'N' Roll Suicide. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
The kids are alright. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1997
The Smiths is dead. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Doing it for the Kids. Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool
1996
The World Won't Listen. Underwood Street Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026
Miseris Succurrere Disco. Fitzrovia Chapel, London (curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard)
2026
Souvenir. Fitzrovia Chapel, London (curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard)
2024
Love is Louder. BOZAR, Brussels
2024
Seeing Sound. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York
2022
The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain. Somerset House, London (curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard with Claire Catterall)
2020
Possessed. MO.CO.Panacée, Montpellier
Stranger Than Kindness. Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen
2019
Unfold. LIMA, Amsterdam
24/7: A Wake Up Call For Our Non-Stop World. Somerset House, London
2017
Fifteen. Kate MacGarry, London
Different Trains 1947. Barbican, London
2016
Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick. Somerset House, London
2015
Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening by Doug Aitken. Barbican Art Gallery, London
2013
Take Two. FMAC – Fonds d'art contemporain, Geneva
2012
Hear it! Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Thank You For The Music. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland
Samsung Art+ Prize. British Film Institute, London
2011
Replay. Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2010
Now Showing II. Arts Council Collection recent acquisitions (touring)
In The Long Run. Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne
Talking Heads. Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin
2009
Recent Acquisitions. De Hallen Haarlem, Netherlands
Pete and Repeat. 176, London
Desiring Necessities. John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
The Communism of Forms. The Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
2008
This Is The Gallery And The Gallery Is Many Things. Eastside Projects, Birmingham
In the space of elsewhere. Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston upon Thames
Affectionate Homages and Hostile Takeovers. The Power Plant, Toronto
Into The Music. Kunstraum Muenchen, Munich
Popshop. MU, Eindhoven
Past Forward. Works from the Zabludowicz Collection. 176, London
History Will Repeat Itself. HMKV, Dortmund touring to Kunst-Werke, Berlin and CCA, Warsaw
Medium Cool. Art in General, New York
2007
A Second Life. Stadtgalerie, Bern
The Communism of Forms. Vermelho Gallery, Brazil
Overtake: The Reinterpretation of Modern Art. Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
2006
Street: Behind The Cliché. Witte de With, Rotterdam
Neo-Con: Contemporary Returns to Conceptual Art. Apex Art, New York touring to the British School at Rome
Switch on the Power! Noise and Policies on Music. Museum of Contemporary Art, Vigo
Metropolis Rise: New Art from London. CQL Design Center, Shanghai touring to Dashanzi, Beijing
Surfing the Surface. Galleria Paolo Bonzano, Rome
2005
Video London. Espai Ubú, Barcelona
2004
Yugoslav Biennial. Vrsac, Serbia & Montenegro
Faraway So Close. Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, New York
This Much Is Certain. Royal College of Art, London
2003
File under Sacred Music. Schaufenster, Oslo
Shooting Live Artists. Site Gallery, Sheffield
2001
Modern Love. hobbypopMUSEUM, Düsseldorf touring to VTO Gallery, London
Century City. Tate Modern, London
1999
Kill Yr Idols. Laure Genillard Gallery, London
1997
Victoria. Laurent Delaye, London
Beck's New Contemporaries '97. Cornerhouse, Manchester touring to Camden Arts Centre, London and Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow (selected by Sarat Maharaj, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Gillian Wearing)
1996
Yerself is Steam. 85 Charlotte Street, London (curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard)
1995
The Hanging Picnic. Factual Nonsense. Hoxton Square, London

Selected Books, Catalogues and Publications

2011
Prince, Mark. ‘Romeo Echo Delta’. Art Monthly. December/January
Forsyth, Iain and Jane Pollard. ‘Inner Sleeve: Kings of The Wild Frontier’. The Wire, March
2007
Rosenberg, Karen. ‘Art Fairs – Art Basel Miami Beach’. New York Times. 12 August
Farinati, Lucia. ‘Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard’. Audio Arts Volume 25
Sumpter, Helen. ‘Back To The Future’. Time Out. 14 March
Wark, Kirsty. ‘Interview with Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard’. Front Row on BBC Radio 4 (UK radio). 8 September
Cocker, Jarvis. ‘The Art of Pop: Connections between art schools and pop’. BBC Radio 4 (UK radio). 8 August
Lamacq, Steve. ‘My Fidelity’. The Guardian. 4 June
Momus, Steve Lamacq and JJ Charlesworth. ‘Anyone else isn’t you’. [Catalogue] London: The Hospital
Bracewell, Michael. ‘Kick The Kitsch’. The Independent on Sunday. 23 March
2002
‘I’ve built my world around you’. Art Review. February
Williams, Gilda. ‘Modern Love’. Art Monthly. February
1999
Jones, Jonathan. ‘Kill Yr Idols’. The Guardian Guide. 15 July
Sumpter, Helen. ‘Kill Yr Idols’. Evening Standard. 2 July
1998
George, Boy. ‘Star in their eyes’. The Sunday Express. 12 July
Lusher, Tim. ‘A Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’. The Evening Standard. 2 July
1997
Lusher, Tim. ‘The Smiths is dead’. The Evening Standard. 1 August
‘Interview with Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard – New Contemporaries’, BBC Newsnight (UK television). August
Barrett, David. ‘Beck’s New Contemporaries ‘97’. Art Monthly. July-August
1996
Bossé, Laurence and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. “Life/Live”. [Catalogue] Paris: Musée d’Art Moderne
Wyman, Jessica. ‘Die Karrieren der Brit-Art-Acts und ihr Medium’. Springer. September (in German)
Guha, Tania. ‘Yerself is Steam’. Time Out. 24-31 July

Talks, Lectures and Professional Memberships

Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard regularly present artist talks at galleries and museums, as well contributing to public discussions alongside speakers including Kenneth Anger, Michael Bracewell, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Tom McCarthy, Moby and Simon Reynolds.

Institutions where they have spoken include: London Film School, ICA, Royal College of Art, Manchester Art School, Sotheby's Institute of Art, BFI, Goldsmiths, Central School of Speech and Drama, Sundance London, Slade School of Art, Camberwell Art College, Byam Shaw, Christie's Education, the Roundhouse, UoT (Auckland), CCA (Glasgow), University of Kent (Canterbury), Concordia University (Montreal), Edinburgh College of Art, Winchester School of Art, Sheffield Hallam University, Staffordshire University, Brighton Film Festival, University of Chester, MUDAM (Luxembourg), Latitude Festival (Southwold), True/False (Missouri), UCCA (Maidstone), You Are In Control (Reykjavik), Tallinn Music Week (Estonia), In The City (Manchester), Tiff Bell Lightbox (Toronto), National Film School of Denmark.

Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard are members of BAFTA, BIFA and Directors UK.