EDUCATION |
2004 - 2007 | Post-Graduate Diploma Fine Art | Royal Academy Schools, London |
2000 - 2003 | BA (Hons) Fine Art | Middlesex University, London |
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
2023 | Retrospective: Fifteen Years (curated by Zavier Ellis) | GIANT GALLERY, Bournemouth |
2023 | Correspondences | Galerie Isabelle Gounod, Paris |
2022 | Autumn Song | Gramercy Park Studios, London |
2021 | Collaborators | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2019 | Chronicles | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2018 | RUN TO ME (with Derek Ridgers | curated by Faye Dowling) | Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt |
2017 | RUN TO ME (with Derek Ridgers | curated by Faye Dowling) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2014 | Colossal Youth (Part 2) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2014 | Colossal Youth (Part 1) | VOLTA, New York |
2011 | The Fearful Joy | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2009 | Vas Deferens | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2008 | The Cabinet | BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt |
2008 | Boundaries | Thomas Williams Fine Art, London |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2024 | Sometimes Always (collaborative paintings with Zavier Ellis) | Gramercy Park Studios, London |
2023 | Rose Garden | Terrace Gallery, London |
2022 | An eXhibition of SMALL things with BIG ideas (curated by Paul Carey-Kent) White | Conduit Projects, London |
2022 | DELTA GAMMA (curated by Zavier Ellis) | Saatchi Gallery, London |
2021 | Repetition | The Depot x CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2020 | Picture Palace | Transition Gallery, London |
2020 | Words that transform, vibrate and glow: 13 paintings inspired by the lyrics of Nick Cave (curated by Angela Koulakoglou) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2019 | 10 Years | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2019 | Plan B | David Zwirner Gallery, New York |
2018 | Total Eclipse of The Heart - Paintings about Women (curated by Dan Coombs) | Watson Farley & Williams, London |
2018 | Making and Breaking the Rules: Royal Academy 250 | Russel-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth |
2018 | Pleasure Drive (curated by GSL Projekt and CAVE 3000) | GSL Projekt, Berlin |
2017 | In Memoriam Francesca Lowe | Old Truman Brewery, London |
2017 | Part I: Street Semiotics (curated by Zavier Ellis) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2016 | A Promise of Truth - the Contemporary Portrait | Galerie Robert Drees, Berlin |
2016 | Black Paintings | Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt |
2016 | Semiotic Guerilla Warfare (Part 2) | Dean Clough Museum, Halifax |
2015 | Semiotic Guerilla Warfare (Part 1) | PAPER Gallery, Manchester |
2015 | Black Paintings | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2015 | Black Paintings : CHARLIE SMITH LONDON & Heike Strelow Gallery | Positions, Berlin |
2015 | REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting | Walker Art Museum, Liverpool |
2015 | Die English Kommen! - New Painting from London (curated by Zavier Ellis) | Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt |
2014 | Idolatry | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2014 | Saatchi’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca | B1, Victoria House, London |
2014 | Cultus Deorum (curated by Zavier Ellis) | Saatchi Gallery, London |
2014 | REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting (curated by Chris Stevens) | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich |
2013 | Gallery Artists: Director’s Selection | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2013 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) | B1, Victoria House, London |
2013 | Porträts | Galerie Rigassi, Bern |
2012 | The Id, the Ego and the Superego (curated by Zavier Ellis) | BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt |
2012 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) | B1, Victoria House, London |
2012 | The Serpent’s Tail | Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam |
2012 | Polemically Small (curated by Zavier Ellis & Edward Lucie-Smith) | Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham |
2012 | The Id, the Ego and the Superego (curated by Zavier Ellis & Marcela Munteanu) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2011 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) | B1, Victoria House, London |
2011 | Charlie Sierra Lima | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2011 | Everyday (curated by Tony Benn) | University Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge |
2011 | Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Klaipeda |
2011 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small (curated by Zavier Ellis, Edward Lucie-Smith & Simon Rumley) | Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles |
2011 | Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | Garboushian Gallery, Beverley Hills |
2010 | Pokerface | Koraalberg Contemporary Art Gallery, Antwerp |
2010 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Shoreditch Town Hall, London |
2010 | Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
2010 | Ray Lowry London Calling | Idea Generation, London |
2010 | New British Painting (curated by Zavier Ellis & Pilvi Kalhama) | Gallery Kalhama & Piippo, Helsinki |
2010 | Call to Arms | BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt |
2009 | British Art Now (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | Werkstatt Galerie, Berlin |
2009 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Old Truman Brewery, London |
2009 | New London School (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Galerie Schuster, Berlin |
2008 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Old Truman Brewery, London |
2008 | The Smallest Art Fair in the World | Anna Kustera Gallery, New York |
2008 | A Stain upon the Silence (curated by Chris Shilling, Chris Page & Gaboy Gaynor) | St. Martins College of Art, London |
2008 | Anticipation (curated by Kay Saatchi & Catriona Warren) | Selfridges, London |
2008 | UK Best Graduates | White Box Gallery, New York |
2008 | The Past is History Part II (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Changing Role Gallery, Napoli |
2008 | The Past is History Part I (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Changing Role Gallery, Rome |
2008 | Icon (curated by Hugh Mendes) | Primo Alonso Gallery, London |
2008 | New London School (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles |
2007 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Atlantis Gallery, London |
2006 | RA 5 | Lennon Weinberg, New York |
2006 | Royal Academy Show | Wisniez Castle, Krakow |
2005 | 50 Selected artists | Hollow Salon, London |
2004 | 12 Award Winners Show | Florence Trust, London |
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES |
2007 | Chelsea Arts Club Travel Award | |
2005 | Sturdley Award | |
2004 | British Institute Award | |
2003–2004 | Florence Trust Studio Award | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
2017 | RUN TO ME | Exhibition Catalogue |
2017 | The Book of Black, Faye Dowling (ISBN 978-1786270429) | Laurence King Publishing |
2014 | REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting, Chris Stevens (ISBN 978-1786270429) | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts |
2013 | 100 London Artists Vol. 1, Zavier Ellis & Edward Lucie-Smith | iArtBook |
2013 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
2012 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
2011 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
2010 | New British Painting, Timo Valjakka | Artforum |
2009 | British Art Now, Travis Jeppesen | Artforum |
2009 | Sexuality in Art | Modern Edition.com |
2008 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
2008 (Jul) | Saatchi after Saatchi, Ginny Dougray | The Times Magazine |
2007 (Oct) | Oh You Pretty Things, Derwent May | The Times |
2007 (Aug) | Guide to the Fairs, Richard Clayton | Sunday Times |
2007 | 15 Young Masters, Freire Barnes | Bon International (No.12) |
2007 | Miser & Now (Issue 10), Q&A | Miser & Now |
COLLECTIONS |
Javier Baz, Denver |
Carlos Fragoso, New York |
Glen Luchford, New York |
David Roberts, London |
Sir Norman Rosenthal, London |
Kay Saatchi, Los Angeles |
Private collections in Belgium, Columbia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom & United States |