CURRICULM VITAE
DAVID SHRIGLEY
Born: 17 September 1968. Macclesfield, England.
Education: Glasgow School of Art 1988-91.
David Shrigley
Born: 1968, Macclesfield, UK
Lives and works in Brighton, England
Education
1988-91
Glasgow School of Art, BA Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Kindness: Prints & Drawings by David Shrigley, Newstead Abbey Historic House & Gardens, Nottinghamshire Do it (do not do it), Museo de arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico David Shrigley: To Be of Use, Art Omi, Ghent, New York, USA Exhibition of Inflatable Swan Things and Other Things, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Fluff War, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA David Shrigley, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
2018 Power Station of Art & Design, Shanghai, China Life Model II, Fabrica, Brighton, UK Laughterhouse, Deste Foundation Project Space, Hydra, Athens, Greece Exhibition of Inflatable Swan Things, Spritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan Skip Gallery, London Hall Art Foundation, Reading Anton Kern Gallery, New York
2016-2018 Really Good, The Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London,uk
2016 Printemps en Septembre, Toulouse
Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Mass, USA
MAC, Santiago, Chile
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
BQ, Berlin
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
2015 Instituto Cultural Cabanas,Guadalajara, Mexico
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Two Rooms, Auckland
2014-2018 Sketch, London, England
2014 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Pinakothek, Munich
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
2013 Anton Kern Gallery, New York
BQ, Berlin
2012 Hayward Gallery, London
Stephen Friedman, London
YBCA, San Francisco
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
2011 BQ, Berlin
Yvon Lambert, Paris
Turku Art Museum, Finland
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
2010 Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Museum M, Leuven
2009 Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich.
Kunsthall, Bergen.
Kunsthall, Mainz.
2008 BQ Galerie, Cologne.
Ludwig Museum, Cologne
Baltic, Gateshead, England
CASM, Barcelona
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
2007 CAB, Burgos, Spain
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
Malmo Konsthalle, Malmo, Sweden
Stephen Friedman, London.
2006 Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
DCA, Dundee
Neils Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin.
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
2005 BQ Galerie, Cologne.
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
Anton Kern Gallery, New York.
2004 Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
Stephen Friedman, London.
Francesca Pia, Bern.
2003 Galerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
BQ Galerie, Cologne.
Kunsthaus, Zurich.
2002 Anton Kern Gallery, New York.
Domaine de Kerguehennec, France.*
Camden Arts Centre, London.
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
2001 Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
CCS Museum, Bard College, New York*
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.
2000 Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
1999 Francesca Pia, Bern.
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.
1998 Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam.
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
1997 Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee.
CCA, Glasgow.
Francesca Pia, Bern.
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
Photographers' Gallery, London.
1996 Catalyst Arts, Belfast.
1995 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2011 Placement, Oriel Mostyn, Wales
2010 The More I Draw, Museum Für Gegenwartkunst, Siegen, Germany
2009 Fumetto, Luzern.*
2008 Laughing In A Foreign Language, Hayward Gallery,
London.*
Life On Mars, 55th Carnegie Biennale, Pittsburgh.*
Irony and Gesture, Kukje Gallery, South Korea.*
Slightly Unbalanced, Chicago Cultural Center.*
Order, Desire, Light, Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Dublin.*
2007 Parasol Unit, London
Off The Wall, Aspen Museum Of Art
2006 Defamation of Character, PS1, New York
Under God's Hammer; William Blake versus David Shrigley, Art Gallery of Wqestern Australia, Perth*
Humor Me, Kansas City Art Institute*
The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, Museum of
Modern Art, New York
2005 Situation Comedy, MCA, Chicago *
Emotion Pictures, MUHKA, Antwerp *
2004 Needful Things: Recent Multiples, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
Living Dust, Norwich Gallery, Norwich *
State of Play, Serpentine, London.*
Britannia Works, Xippas Gallery, Athens.*
2003 Splat,Boom,Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art,
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.
2002 Reality Check, (Various venues) *
Jokes, MAMCO, Geneva.
Sudden Glory, CCAC, San Francisco.*
2001 Rendezvous III, Collection Lambert, Avignon.*
Out of Line, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, CSU, Los Angeles.
Televisions, Kunsthalle, Vienna*
Under Bridges and Along The River, Casino Luxembourg. *
The Fantastic Repetition of Certain Situations, Isabel II,
Madrid (+tour).*
2000 Open Country, Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne.*
The British Art Show 5, City Art Centre, Edinburgh (+tour).*
Beck's Futures, ICA, London (+tour).
1999 Love Bites, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (+tour).
Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester.*
Zac 99, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.*
Green, Exedra, Hilversum (NL).
Bildung, Kunstverein, Graz.*
Common People; British Art Between Phenomenon & Reality,
Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo Per L'Arte,
Guanine D'Alba (Italy).
1998 Surfacing, ICA, London.*
Habitat, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.*
Works on Paper, Alexander & Bonin, New York.
Real Life, Galleria SALES, Rome.
1997 Tales of the City, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh.*
Blueprint, De Appel, Amsterdam.*
Caldas Biennale, Caldas da Rainha. (Portugal)*
About Life in the Periphery, Wacker Kunst, Darmstadt.*
Young British Photography, Stadthaus, Ulm.*
Appetiser, Free Parking, Toronto.
Slight, Norwich Gallery, Norwich.
1996 Sarah Staton Superstore, Up & Co, New York.
Absolute Blue & White, Imverleith House, Edinburgh.
The Unbelievable Truth, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam/
Tramway, Glasgow. *
1996 Fucking Biscuits and other drawings, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam.
Big Girl/Little Girl, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh.
White Hysteria, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia,
Melbourne.*
Toons, Gallerie Cambells Occaisionally, Copenhagen.
1995 Scottish Autumn, Bartok 32 Galeria, Budapest.*
1994 Some of My Friends, Galerie Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen.
New Art in Scotland, CCA, Glasgow.
1992 In Here, Transmission, Glasgow.
(*catalogue)
PUBLICATIONS
2014 Weak Messages Create Bad Situations, Canongate
2012 How are You Feeling?, Canon gate
2011 Fragments of Torn Up Drawings, BQ, Berlin
2010 What The Hell Are You Doing?, Canon gate
2009 Red Book, Redstone Press
2008 Grip (New Edition), Redstone Press
Man In A Room, Blue Q, USA
Hand, BQ, Cologne
2007 Ants Have Sex In Your Beer, Redstone Press/Chronicle
2006 Shrigley Forced To Speak With Others, Azuli, London (spoken word recording 12" Vinyl & CD)
This Is A Paper Trinket For You To Wear, Bywater Bros. Editions, Toronto
Worried Noodles (The Empty Sleeve), Tomlab, Cologne
2005 Photographs With Text, BQ, Cologne
The Book of Shrigley, Redsone Press/ Chronicle Books
2004 Blocked Path, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
Let's Wrestle, Redstone Press, London.
Rules, Redstone Press, London (book of postcards).
Kill Your Pets, Redstone Press, London.
Kill Your Pets, Revolver, Frankfurt.
Joy, Chronicle Books, San Francisco.
2003 Yellow Bird With Worm, Kunsthaus Zurich.
Who I Am And What I Want, Redstone Press, London.
Leotard, BQ, Cologne.
Joy, Redstone Press, London (book of postcards).
Evil Thoughts, Chronicle Books, San Francisco (book of postcards).
2002 Human Achievement, Redstone Press, London.
Evil Thoughts, Redstone Press, London (book of postcards).
2001 Do Not Bend, Redstone Press, London.
2000 Grip, Pocketbooks, Edinburgh.
Hard Work, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
1999 The Beast is Near, Redstone Press, London.
Fel, Ruins, Sweden (Swedish translation of Err).
1998 Why We Got The Sack From The Museum, Redstone Press, London.
To Make Meringue You Must Beat The Egg Whites Until They Look Like
This, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
Centre Parting, The Little Cockroach Press, Toronto.
Blank Page and Other Pages, The Modern Institute, Glasgow.
1996 Drawings Done Whilst On Phone To Idiot, The Armpit Press. Glasgow.
Err, Bookworks, London.
Let Not These Shadows Fall Upon Thee, Tramway, Glasgow.
1995 Enquire Within, Armpit Press, Glasgow.
1994 Blanket Of Filth, The Armpit Press, Glasgow.
1992 Merry Eczema, Black Rose, Glasgow.
1991 Slug Trails, Black Rose, Glasgow.
REVIEWS (Selected)
2005 The Guardian, September 10, Laura Barton.
2004 The Observer, September 12, Miranda Sawyer.
The Independent, November 8, Deborah Orr.
The Scotsman, November 8, Ajay Close.
2003 ArtForum, January.
Flash Art, May/June, Craig Garrett.
2001 Art Monthly, April, Mark Wilshire.
2000 Creative Review, October, Helen Walters.
Time Out, Oct 11, Sophie Davies.
Flux, August, Jim Medway.
1999 Les Inrockuptibles, Sept 16-23, Jade Lingaard.
The Guardian, 23 Mar, Adrian Searle.
Time Out, 31 Mar-7 Apr, Martin Coomer.
1998 The Guardian, 5 Dec, Michael Bracewell.
Arena, Dec, Anna Chapman.
The Independent, 19 Nov, Judith Palmer.
New York Times, 10 July, Roberta Smith.
1997 Time Out, 2-9 April, Sarah Kent.
Art Monthly, March, David Beech.
1996 Flash Art, Nov/Dec, Lars Bang Larsen.
Circa, winter, Mike Wilson.
Art & Design, Public Art, Judith Findlay.
Flash Art, Jan/Feb, Judith Findlay.
1995 Zing Magazine, winter, Judith Findlay.
Frieze, Nov/Dec, Michael Bracewell.
MAGAZINE PROJECTS (Selected)
2009-2011 New Statesman (bi-weekly political cartoon)
2005-2009 Guardian (weekly cartoon every Saturday)
2005 The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
2001 Cabinet Magazine, Issue 2.
1999 Independent On Sunday Review (Weekly Cartoon 1.99 to 2.00)
1998 Parkett, Number 53, Insert.
MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION (Selected)
Arena (UK)
Du (Switzerland)
The Stranger (USA)
Esquire (UK)
Esquire (Japan)
Harpers & Queen (UK)
The Walrus (Canada)
Third Bed (USA)
Maisonneuve (Canada)
Saturday Night (Canada)
Donna (Italy)
ANIMATIONS
2012 Headless Drummer (Self-produced)
2011 Sleeper (Self-produced)
2010 A Short Film About Pringle of Scotland (commercial)
An Important Message About The Arts (commission)
The Letter, (Self-produced)
2009 Ones, (Self-produced)
Conveyor Belt, (Self-produced)
2008 Sleep, (Self-produced)
2007 The Door (Commission for Frieze Film/ Channel 4)
The Flame, (Self-produced)
Lightswitch, (Self-produced)
2006 Laundry, (Self-produced)
New Friends, (Self-produced)
Hallam Foe (feature film title sequence)
2005 'Who I Am And What I Want' Animate! Commission for
Channel 4 (Collaboration with Chris Shepherd)
2004 BBC.co.uk/collective (ongoing weekly animation)
Bonnie Prince Billy 'Agnes Queen of Sorrow' promo
2003 Blur 'Good Song' promo (collaboration with Shynola)
2002 What Happens After You're Dead Channel4.com biro project