# Boo Saville

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{{Short description|British contemporary artist (born 1980)}}
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thumb|Boo Saville at ''True Colours'', Newport Street Gallery, London, 12 June 2018
'''Boo Saville''' (born 15 January 1980) is a [contemporary artist](/source/contemporary_artist). 

== Early life ==
Saville was born in Norwich, and has a  sister, also an artist [Jenny Saville](/source/Jenny_Saville). She graduated with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) from [Slade School of Fine Art](/source/Slade_School_of_Fine_Art) in 2004.<ref name="eyeball">{{Cite web|url= https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/meet_the_artist/boo-saville-i-want-to-create-an-experience-where-you-are-hit-in-the-eyeballs-with-intensity-57192 |title= Boo Saville: I want to create an experience where you are hit in the eyeballs with intensity |work= artspace.com |date= October 5, 2022 }}</ref>

== Career ==
Saville has been known to do detailed drawings using Biros as her main material, her work focusing on the decomposition of the body after death. Her work includes  ''Jericho'' (2009),<ref name="eyeball"/> ''Dissected Head'' (2014),<ref name="eyeball"/> ''Snakes'' (2014),<ref name="eyeball"/> ''Cry'' (2018),<ref name="eyeball"/> ''One Thing After Another (Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night)'' (2022).<ref name="eyeball"/>

She has exhibited widely in London and Europe. She received attention when her work was selected by [Nicholas Forrest](/source/Nicholas_Forrest) as Critics Choice at [Saatchi Online](/source/Saatchi_Online).<ref>[http://artmarketblog.com/2007/11/04/nicks-top-ten-artists-from-the-saatchi-online-gallery/ Nick Forrest's Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318220337/http://artmarketblog.com/2007/11/04/nicks-top-ten-artists-from-the-saatchi-online-gallery/ |date=March 18, 2008}}</ref> and had work exhibited in ''Black Dog- Yellow House,'' a group show curated by [Rachel Howard](/source/Rachel_Howard).

Her work has been associated with [New Gothic Art](/source/New_Gothic_Art).<ref>Gavin, Francesca. ''Hell Bound: New Gothic Art''. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2008</ref> and she runs a blog collecting images and quotes from the internet about death www.bonesanddust.blogspot.com

Boo Saville is represented by Davidson Gallery in New York, and [TJ Boulting](/source/TJ_Boulting) Gallery in London.

In 2018, she was commissioned by [Damien Hirst](/source/Damien_Hirst) to produce artworks for his exhibition ''True Colours''.<ref name="true">{{Cite web|url= https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/06/06/a-saatchi-for-the-next-generation-damien-hirst-commissions-21-works-by-emerging-artists-for-new-show |author= Anny Shaw |title= A Saatchi for the next generation? Damien Hirst commissions 21 works by emerging artists for new show |work= theartnewspaper.com |date= June 6, 2018}}</ref>

==Solo exhibitions==
*2008: ''Laid Bare,'' Martin Summers Fine Art, London
*2009: ''Ghost/Ghost Proof,'' [Other Criteria](/source/Other_Criteria), London
*2009: ''Butter Sunk,'' [Trolley Gallery](/source/Trolley_Gallery), London
*2021-2022: ''The Smoke Detector and the Watchtower''  Davidson Gallery, New York <ref name="eyeball"/>
*2022: ''Ma'' TJ Boulting gallery, London <ref name="eyeball"/>

==Group exhibitions==
*2018: ''True Colours'' [Damien Hirst](/source/Damien_Hirst)’s Newport Street Gallery <ref name="eyeball"/><ref name="true"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/425275634/boo-saville.html Saville featured on Art Net]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080124120601/http://www.ms-fineart.com/site/stock/stock.php?artist=1192722515 Saville on Martin Summers Fine Art]
* [http://www.cartridgesave.co.uk/news/16-astonishingly-intricate-ballpoint-pen-art-creations/ 16 Astonishingly Intricate Ballpoint Pen Art Creations]

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