DAVID SHRIGLEY OBE
Born 1968 in Macclesfield, UK
Lives and works in the UK
OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Education
| 1988 – 1991 | Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland |
Solo exhibitions (selected)
| 2024 | People Reveals Themselves Slowly, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2022 | Proposals for Record Covers, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2021 | Sayaka Murata’s Utopias-Violence and the Structure of Normality: David Shrigley & Teppei Kaneuji in Dialogue with Murata’s Worldview, Gyre, Tokyo, Japan MAYFAIR TENNIS BALL EXCHANGE, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England Before the Lawn Takes It’s Revenge…, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France K Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2020 | Fond Memories of Giant Bug, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic Do Not Touch the Worms, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark BQ Galerie, Berlin, Germany (upcoming) |
| 2019 | EXHIBITION OF INFLATABLE SWAN-THINGS AND OTHER THINGS, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Don’t (No Lo Hagas), MACG Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil – Fundación AMMA, Mexico City, Mexico FLUFF WAR, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA TO BE OF USE, Art Omi, New York, USA Works on Paper, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand Kindness. Prints and Drawings by David Shrigley, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, UK |
| 2018 | Guest Director at the 2018 Brighton Festival David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China Laughterhouse, Deste Foundation, Hydra, Greece Exhibition of Inflatable Swan Things, Spritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden Sketch, London, UK |
| 2017 | Problem Guitars, Anton Kern Gallery, Independent New York, NY Lose Your Mind, CoCA, Christchurch, New Zealand Look at this, Skip Gallery, London, UK Memorial, The Fields Sculpture Park, OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, USA New Drawings, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan; Centre of Contemporary Art / Toi Moroki, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| 2016 | Song for the Rat, BQ, Berlin, Germany Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK COLOURED WORKS ON PAPER, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, Museo De Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile; Storage by Hyundai Card, Seoul, South Korea David Shrigley: Life Model II, Lower Rose Gallery, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachussets, USA Memorial, Public Art Fund, Central Park, New York, USA Really Good, Fourth Plinth Commission, Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, UK |
| 2015 | David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Guadalajara, Mexico |
| David Shrigley, La Batie, Festival de Geneve, Bibliotheque Municipale De La Cite. Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Light Switch, Glow Winter Arts Festival, Third Drawer Down, Melbourne, Australia | |
| David Shrigley, Anton Kern Gallery, New York City, NY,USA | |
| David Shrigley, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland Arts Festival, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| 2014 | David Shrigley: Life and Life Drawing, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (through March 2015) |
| Life Model, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| David Shrigley, The Peanut Gallery, New York City, NY, USA | |
| David Shrigley at Sketch, Sketch, London, UK | |
| David Shrigley. Drawing, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany | |
| Life Model, The Young Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 2013 | Turner Prize 2013, Ebrington, Derry-Londonderry, UK |
| Big Shoes, BQ, Berlin, Germany | |
| Signs, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2012 | Animations, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Bradford 1 Gallery, Bradford, UK | |
| Arms Fayre, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK | |
| David Shrigely: Brain Activity, Hayward Gallery, London, UK | |
| David Shrigley: Brain Activity, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA | |
| HOW ARE YOU FEELING?, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, UK | |
| High Line Art (commissioned billboard), New York, USA | |
| Beginning, Middle and End, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Drawings, Mumbai Art Room, Pipewala Building, Mumbai, India | |
| 2011 | Insects, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| David Shrigley, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland | |
| New Drawings + Eggs, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France | |
| David Shrigley, BQ, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2010 | David Shrigley, Museum Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
| David Shrigley, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA | |
| David Shrigley at Kelvingrove, Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 2009 | Drawings and Sculptures, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| David Shrigley, Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland | |
| David Shrigley, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich, Switzerland | |
| David Shrigley, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway | |
| 2008 | David Shrigley, books, prints and ephemeras, Christoph Daviet-Thery, Paris, France |
| David Shrigley, Monotypien, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany | |
| David Shrigley, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, New York, USA | |
| David Shrigley, BQ, Cologne, Germany | |
| Jonathan Monk & David Shrigley Corroborative Paintings, Galeria Estrany De La Mota, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2007 | Monotypes, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Everything must have a name, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden | |
| CAB, Burgos, Spain | |
| Stephen Friedman, London, UK | |
| 2006 | New Etchings & Woodcuts, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| David Shrigley, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK | |
| David Shrigley: Recent Prints, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| David Shrigley, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France | |
| David Shrigley, Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2005 | I’m exhausted, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| BQ Galerie, Cologne, Germany | |
| Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2004 | Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland |
| Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France | |
| Stephen Friedman, London, UK | |
| 2003 | Antidepressants, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| BQ Galerie, Cologne, Germany | |
| Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2002 | Camden Arts Centre, London, England, travelling to Mappin Gallery, Sheffield, UK |
| UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Domaine de Kerguehennec, France | |
| Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA | |
| FRAC, Bretagne, France | |
| 2001 | CCS Museum, Bard College, New York, USA |
| Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France | |
| Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2000 | Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1999 | Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France |
| Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland | |
| Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK | |
| 1998 | Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France | |
| Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 1997 | Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland | |
| CCA, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, USA | |
| Stephen Friedman, London, UK | |
| Photographers Gallery, London, UK | |
| 1996 | Contents of the Gap….., Luxus Cont.e.V., Berlin, Germany |
| Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland | |
| 1995 | Map Of The Sewer, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland |
Group exhibitions (selected)
| 2022 |
The Horror Show!, Somerset House, London, England |
| 2021 | Summer Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Joy: On Happiness, The Wellcome Collection, London, England Where we are now, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Sunderland, England SKIP Gallery’s Bums, Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, Greece Grayson’s Art Club, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England |
| 2020 | Animals in Art, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark State of the Arts, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany David Shrigley, Teppei Kaneuji, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2019 | Summer Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Playmode, MAAT Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal 4 Bed Detached Home of Metal (curated by Alan Kane), The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK Stance & Fall. A Wavering World, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany Drawn World, Galerie Ludorff, Dusseldorf, Germany Dog Show. Contemporary Art Chosen By Dogs, For Dogs and Humans, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK Bêtes de Scène, Villa Datris, Paris, France The Stage is Yours, KIASMA The Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland The Lie of the Land, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK All We Have Is What Our Childhood Gave Us, Untilthen, Paris, France Drawn Together Again, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA Collecting in the 21st century, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France |
| 2018 | Imagine a world where the opposite is not dark, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej Gallery, Szczecin, Poland Sweats & Tears, Animationsfilmfest, Frankfurt, Germany Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK Here & Now, Peter Harrington Gallery, London, UK TYPE, Hang-Up Gallery, London, UK Collaborationism, Peter Harrington Gallery, London, UK BRIT ART, Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London, UK Sweats & Tears, Saasfee Pavilion, Berlin, Germany And I Will Take You To Paradise, Kunstmuseet Kube, Ålesund, Norway |
| 2017 | AKG On The Move, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA You are not alone, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Folkstone Triennial, Folkstone, England Partizipation Als Künstlerisches Prinzip, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany JUMP, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2016 | The Natural Order of Things, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico City Lights, Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (Mima), Brussels, Belgium The Scottish Endarkenment: Art and Unreason 1945 to the Present, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh, UK ConTexto: palabra, escritura y narración en el arte contemporaneo, Museo Universidad de Antioquia (MUUA), Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia La collection Lambert – un nouveau regard, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection: From Soga Shohaku and Kitaoji Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan |
| 2015 | Private Utopia: Contemporary Art From The British Council Collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand Freedom Culture, curated by Graham Collins, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA Old News (Again), Cneai, Chatou, France Free Play, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC, Canada I Dropped the Lemon Tart, Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York City, USA Idiot Box, Kate MacGarry, London, UK Drawing Now, Albertina, Vienna, Austria Eyes on the Prize, The Travelling Gallery in association with Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland Dismaland Bemusement Park, Somerset, UK The Secret Self, Nest, The Hague, The Netherlands Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION, The House of St. Barnabas, London, UK All Of Us Have A Sense Of Rhythm, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK Below another Sky, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, Scotland A Man Walks into a bar … , me Collectors Room Berlin, Berlin, Germany Donde Esta La Playa? The Summer Show – Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2014 | Private Utopia: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection, Touring: Tokyo Station Gallery, Itami City Museum of Art, Itami, The Museum of Art, Kochi, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan |
| Study from the Human Body, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK | |
| GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| J’En Veux Plus, Toujours Plus! /// And I Still Want More!, Galerie Thomas Henry Ross Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada | |
| Draw Me A Sheep, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France | |
| ARCHIVE FEVER! Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada | |
| A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR…, Landshuter Strasse 49, Mainburg, Germany | |
| Le Mur, La collection Antoine de Galbert, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France | |
| Friendly Takeover, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany | |
| Positivilly Marvillainous, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, USA | |
| Additionen der Gegenwart – Zeitgenossische Kunst aus der Sammlung Frank Hense, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany | |
| Bielefeld Contemporary – Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Bielefelder Privatsammlungen, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany | |
| What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me, FAS Contemporary, London, UK | |
| 1984-1999. La Decennie, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France | |
| Late Harvest, Nevada Museum of Art NMA, Reno, USA | |
| PAUSE, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA | |
| Early Man, The Hole NYC, New York City, USA | |
| 2013 | Old School Anachronism in Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany |
| Turner Prize, Edbrington, Derry-Londonderry, UK | |
| Lightness of Being, Public Art Fund, New York, USA | |
| The Cat Show, White Columns, New York, USA | |
| Danish and International Art after 1900, Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Ordinary/Extra/Ordinary, The Public, West Bromwich, UK | |
| Contour 2013 – 6th Biennial of Moving Image, Contour – Biennial for Video Art, Mechelen, Belgium | |
| The Roving Eye: Aura and the Contemporary Portrait, Oakland University Art Gallery, Michigan, USA | |
| Sobre Papel / On Paper, Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain | |
| Doug Fishbone and Friends: Adventureland Golf, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK | |
| Homelands, V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan | |
| Homelands, British Concil Touring Exhibition, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, India | |
| A Parliament of Lines: Aspects of Scottish Contemporary Drawing, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia | |
| B.A.B.E – The Best Artists Books and Editors, Immanence, espace d’art contemporain, Paris, France | |
| SUPER Visions – Drawing and Being, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany | |
| Generation, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| In Deed, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| (Con)Text, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, USA | |
| The System of Objects, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece | |
| All You Need IS LOVE, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
| For My Eyes Only, Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia | |
| Sous influences – arts plastiques et psychotropes, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France | |
| Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, USA | |
| News/Prints: Printmaking & the Newspaper, International Print Center New York, New York City, USA | |
| Turquoise Heid, Traveling Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Oeuvres De La Collection Philippe Cohen 20 Ans D\’acquisitions, Passage de Retz, Paris, France | |
| 2012 | Funny, Flag Art Foundation, New York, USA |
| Musique Plastique, agnes b. Gallery Boutique, New York, USA | |
| Mothers, Contemporary Art Space Chester, Chester, UK | |
| Zoo, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada | |
| Things Beyond Our Control, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA | |
| Adventureland Golf, Nova Festival of Arts and Music, London, UK | |
| Language Games. An Introduction to The Art of Our Times, Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Caceres, Spain | |
| SUPER Visions – Drawing and Being, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany | |
| Danish and International Art after 1900, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2011 | You seem the same as always, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Ceramic Connections: Wales & Scotland, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales, UK | |
| Placement, Oriel Mostyn, Wales, UK | |
| The Sculpture Show, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Relax in Peace, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 2010 | The Drawing Room, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Je crois aux miracles, Dix ans de la Collection Lambert, Collection Lambert en Avignon, Avignon, Paris, France | |
| Best of Wonderland, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2009 | While we are waiting (for the new space), Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| The Tragic and the Funny Meet Again, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Forårsudstillingen 2009, Den Fri, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2008 | 15 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 55th Carnegie International,Carnegie Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Fuck You Human, Maribel López Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| Life on Mars, 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburg, USA | |
| Pendre la Crémaillère, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin, Germany | |
| Contemplating Modern Art, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Lots of Things Like This, apexart, New York, USA | |
| Overkill, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Laughing in a Foreign Language, The Hayward, London, UK (catalogue) | |
| 2007 | Comix, Brandts, Odense, Denmark (catalogue) |
| Mad Love, Arken, Ishøj, Denmark (catalogue) | |
| Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2006 | Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples/1960 to Now, MOMA, New York, USA |
| Chers Amis, Cce d’art Contemporain Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France | |
| Under God’s Hammer; William Blake versus David Shrigley, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia | |
| Old News, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden | |
| Humor Me, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas, USA | |
| The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, MOMA, New York, USA | |
| 2005 | Situation Comedy, MCA, Chicago, USA |
| Emotion pictures, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 2004 | About Corporeality, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Needful Things: Recent Multiples, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA | |
| Living Dust, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK | |
| Brittania Works, Xippas Gallery, Athens, Greece | |
| State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2003 | Splat, Boom, Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA |
| 2002 | Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, USA |
| Reality Check, Various venues | |
| Sudden Glory, CCAC, San Francisco, USA | |
| Jokes, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Collection Lambert, Avignon, France | |
| Out of Bounds: Working from Paper, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Gymnasion, Bregenz Kunstverein, Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Austria (curated by Wolfgang Fetz and Peter Lewis) | |
| Open Country, Contemporary Scottish Artists, Le Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| The Fantastic Recurrence of Certain Situations: Recent British Art & Photography, Consejeria de Cultura, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2001 | Out of Line, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, USA |
| Group Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Rendezvous III, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France | |
| Televisions, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, Austria | |
| Under Bridges and Along The River, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg | |
| The Fantastic Repetition of Certain Situations, Isabel II, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2000 | The British Art Show 5 , Edinburgh, Scotland , touring to Southampton, Cardiff, and Birmingham, UK (catalogue) |
| Open Country, Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| David Shrigley and Ewan Gibbs, One in the Other, London, UK | |
| Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK (catalogue) | |
| Personal History, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Becks Futures, ICA, London (catalogue), UK touring to Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK and CCA, Glasglow, Scotland | |
| 1999 | Le Grand Praemiere Opening Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA | |
| Bildung-information, Communication and Didactics in Contemporary Fine Arts, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria | |
| Getting the Corners, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada | |
| Ainsi de suite 3 (deuxieme partie), Centre Regional d’art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sete, France (curated by Florence Derieux and Sabine Schaschl) | |
| Waste Management, Art Gallery of Ontario,Ontario, Canada (curated by Christina Ritchie) | |
| Plug In, Salon 3, London, UK | |
| Word enough to save a life, Word enough to take a life, Clare College Mission Church, London, UK (curated by Simon Morissey) | |
| Common People, British Art between Phenomeon and Reality, Fondazione Sandretto re Rebaudengo per L’arte, Torino, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami) | |
| Shopping, London, Exedra (Foundation for Contemporary Art), Hilversum, The Netherlands (organised by FAT GREEN) | |
| A Slip Of The Mind, Centre Regional d’art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sete, France | |
| 1998 | Young Scene, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria |
| Surfacing: Contemporary Drawing, ICA, London, UK | |
| Real Life, Galerie S.A.L.E.S., Rome, Italy | |
| Habitat, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy (Melbourne), Australia | |
| Matthew Benedict, Yves Chaudou’t, Anne-Marie Schneider and David Shrigley, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA | |
| 1997 | Art calls, Copenhagen, Denmark (curated by Jacob Fabricius) |
| CCA, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Tales of the City, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Blueprint, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Caldas Biennale, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal | |
| About Life in the Periphery, Wacker Kunst, Darmstadt, Germany | |
| Young British Photography, Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Germany | |
| Appetizer, Free Parking, Toronto, Canada | |
| Slight, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK | |
| 1996 | Sarah Staton Superstore, Up & Co, New York, USA |
| Absolute Blue and White, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| The Unbelievable Truth, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Fucking Biscuits and other Drawings, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Big Girl/Little Girl, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| White Hysteria, Contempory Art Centre of South Australia | |
| Toons, Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Upset, James Colman Fine Art, London, UK | |
| 1995 | Scottish Autumn, Bartok 32 Galeria, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1994 | Some of my friends, Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark (curated by Jonathan Monk) (catalogue) |
| New Art in Scotland, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland (catalogue) | |
| 1992 | In Here, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland (catalogue) |
Special Projects
| Shrig Shop is a shop in Copenhagen opened in Spring 2021 founded by artist David Shrigley and long-term gallerist and friend Nicolai Wallner. Together we make limited editions and other great stuff, serving as an extension of David Shrigley’s artistic practice. To visit Shrig Shop online, please click here. |
Publications
| 2016 | SERIES, Pork Salad Press, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2015 | ANIMALS, British Council, London, UK |
| 20 Years, essays by Stephen Friedman and Sarah Thornton (catalogue), Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2014 | DAVID SHRIGLEY – WEAK MESSAGES CREATE BAD SITUATIONS, Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh, UK |
| 2012 | David Shrigley – Brain Activity, Hayward Publishing, London, UK |
| 2010 | What the hell are you doing? – The Essential David Shrigley, Canongate, London, UK |
| 2005 | The Book of Shrigley, Redstone Press, London, UK |
| 2004 | Blocked Path, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Rules, Redstone Press, London, UK | |
| Kill Your Pets, Revolver, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Let’s wrestle, Redstone Press, London, UK | |
| Joy, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, USA | |
| 2003 | Yellow Bird With Worm, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Who I Am And What I Want, Redstone Press, London, UK | |
| Evil Thoughts, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, USA (book of postcards) | |
| Joy, Redstone Press, London, UK | |
| Leotard, BQ, Cologne, Germany | |
| 2002 | Human Achievement, Redstone Press, London, UK |
| Evil Thoughts, Redstone Press, London, UK | |
| 2001 | Do Not Bend, Redstone Press, London, UK |
| “Collaborations”, David Shrigley and Yoshitomo Nara, Bijutsu Techo, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2000 | Grip, Pocketbooks, Edinburgh, Ireland |
| Hard Work, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Weekly Cartoon on Sundays, The Independent, London, UK | |
| 1999 | The Beast is Near, Redstone Press, London, UK |
| Fel, Rudins, Sweden (Swedish translation of Err) | |
| 1998 | To Make Meringue You Must Beat the Egg Whites- Until They Look Like This, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Centre Parting, Little Cockroach Press, Toronto, Canada | |
| Why We Got the Sack From the Museum, Redstone Press, London, UK | |
| Blank Page and Other Pages, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 1996 | Drawings Done Whilst On Phone To Idiot, The Armpit Press, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Let Not These Shadows Fall Upon Thee, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Err, Bookworks, London, UK | |
| 1995 | Enquire Within, The Armpit Press, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1994 | Blanket of Filth, The Armpit Press, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1992 | Merry Eczema, Black Rose, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1991 | Slug Trails, Black Rose, Glasgow, Scotland |
Articles and reviews (selected)
| 2017 | “Visual artist David Shrigley named as Brighton Festival 2018 Guest Director”, Brighton Festival, October 4 |
| “David Shrigley chats about his latest public artwork in a skip in Hoxton Square”, Jenny Brewer, It’s Nice That, June 14 | |
| “David Shrigley urges government to ‘keep Britain kind’ with new Illustrations”, Alice Morby, dezeen, June 10 | |
| “Guitar Center: David Shrigley Rocks It at Independent”, John Chiaverina, Artnews, February 3 | |
| 2016 | “Public Art Fund To Install David Shrigley Sculpture in Central Park”, The Huffington Post, Augustus 30 |
| “David Shrigley: Advice to the Young”, Christian Lund, Ocula, April 25 | |
| “Public Art Fund To Install David Shrigley Sculpture in Central Park”, Artforum, May 30 | |
| 2015 | “Interview with artist David Shrigley”, Andy Butler, designboom, January 26 |
| “A conversation with David Shrigley”, Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers, Ocula, March 18 | |
| “Painting, Tongue Firmly in Cheek: David Shrigley Gets Colorful at Anton Kern”, Scott Indrisek, Artinfo, April 17 | |
| “David Shrigley: ‘Not voting is pure nihilism – it won’t do any good’”, Corrine Jones, The Guardian, April 15 | |
| “Everything Is OK at David Shrigley’s New Solo Show in New York”, Emerson Rosenthal, VICE –The Creators Project, April 20 | |
| “Art Basel Announces Unlimited: Presenting 74 Large-scale Works Spanning Five Decades”, artlyst, May 15 | |
| “‘New York – David Shrigley at Anton Kern Gallery”, O.C. Yerebakan, Art Observed, May 23 | |
| “purple DIARY – DAVID SHRIGLEY Solo Exhibition at Anton Kern, New York”, Juliana Balestin, Purple, May 22 | |
| “Review: David Shrigley”, Howard Halle, Time Out New York, May 13-19, p.66. | |
| “Before they were famous: art stars on their final degree shows” Becky Barnicoat, The Guardian, June 23 | |
| “Patrick Thistle unveil new mascot as designed by David Shrigley”, Ian McCourt, The Guardian, June 22 | |
| 2014 | ”Artist David Shrigley turns Sketch’s Gallery restaurant into a work of art”, Nick Compton, Wallpaper, June 10 |
| “David Shrigley lines sketch restaurant’s pink walls with 239 original drawings”, designboom, June 11 | |
| “Wallner udstiller urinerende dreng”, Mia Yates, Magasinet Kunst, June | |
| “David Shrigley: my art doesn’tneed explanation – it is what it is”, Oliver Milman, The Guardian, November 13 | |
| 2013 | “David Shrigley’s Signs of Life”, Nana Asfour, The New Yorker, January 18 |
| “Don’t Under-estimate the Talented Mr. Shrigley”, The Independent, October 8 | |
| 2012 | “Review”, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, USA, July 6 |
| “Interview”, David Shrigley, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, USA, June 20 | |
| 2011 | “A Music Related Event with David Shrigley + Iain Shaw”, Lucia Davies, anothermag.com, October 4 |
| 2007 | “Zwei Minuten Bilder”, Sandra Danicke, Art – Das Kunstmagazin, January 1, Berlin, Germany, p. 28-36 |
| 2006 | “Shrigley’s Simplistic Doodles Translate into Intriguing Scenarios”, Catriona Black, Sunday Herald, July 30, Glasgow, Scotland |
| “Pop Go the Cartoon Capers”, Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday, July 2, Glasgow, Scotland, p. 2-3 | |
| “Review”, David Pollock, The List Festival Magazine, August 3-10, Edinburgh, Scotland, p. 67 | |
| “Review”, The Herald, July 20, Glasgow, Scotland, p. 17 | |
| “Review”, Sunday Heralds, July 16, Glasgow, Scotland, p. 29 | |
| “Misshapes”, Printmaking Today, Summer Issue, London, UK, p. 16 | |
| 2005 | “David Shrigley: Anton Kern Gallery”, Emily Hall, Artforum, vol. 42, no. 10, Summer Issue, New York, USA |
| “Review”, Laura Barton, The Guardian, September 10, London, UK | |
| 2004 | “Review”, Eliza Williams, FlashArt, no. 239, Milan, Italy |
| “Interview with David Shrigley”, Ajay Close, The Scotsman, November 8, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| “Interview with Daivd Shrigley”, The List, June 10-24, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| “Postcard”, Art Review, June Issue, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Murray Whyte, Toronto Star, May 1, Toronto, Canada | |
| “Blog All About It”, Salam Pax, The Guardian, April 19, London, UK (image used) | |
| “Review”, Marcus Verhagen, Art Monthly, March, London, UK | |
| 2003 | “Review”, Kevin Braddock, I-D, December Issue, London, UK |
| “Interview with David Shrigley”, Helen Rumbelow, The Times, November 4, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Deborah Orr, The Independent, November 8, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Time Out, September 24 – October 3, New York, USA | |
| “Review”, Maisonneuve, Fall Issue, Montreal, Canada | |
| “Anton Kern Gallery”, Julia Caniglia, Artforum, January Issue, New York, USA | |
| “Art and Artlessness”, Craig Garrett, FlashArt, May/June Issue, Milan, Italy | |
| “Interview with David Shrigley”, Michael Krajewski, Kunstbulletin, no. 10, October Issue, Switzerland | |
| 2002 | “Review”, Time Out New York, October 31 – November 7, New York, USA |
| “Review”, Morgan Falconer, Art Review, vol. 53, March Issue, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Marie de Bugerolle, Art Press, September 1, Paris, France | |
| “Le Mamco s’offre un rire homérique”, Profil Femmes, June Issue, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| 2001 | “Review”, Mark Wilshire, Art Monthly, Apri Issue, London, UK |
| “Review”, The Big Issue, October 15-21, no. 459, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| “Review”, Michael Wilson, Art on Paper, July-August Issue, New York, USA | |
| “Review”, Helen Sumpter, The Big Issue, February-March Issue, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| “Review”, Evening Standard, April 3, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Jim Healy, What’s on in London, March-April Issue, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Art Review, vol. 53, March Issue, London, UK | |
| 2000 | “Review”, Jim Medway, Flux (UK), August Issue, London, UK |
| “Beck’s Futures”, Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, March 21, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Helen Walters, Creative Review, October Issue, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Sophie Davies, Time Out, October 11, London, UK | |
| 1999 | “Review”, Jade Lindgaard, Les Inrockuptibles, September 16-23, Paris, France |
| “Review”, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, March 23, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Martin Coomer, Time Out, March 31 – April 7, London, UK | |
| 1998 | “Review”, Judith Palmer, The Independent, November 11, London, UK |
| “Review”, Michael Bracewell, The Guardian, December 5, London, UK | |
| “Review”, Arena, December Issue, Victoria, Australia | |
| “Review”, Roberta Smith, New York Times, July 10, New York, USA | |
| 1997 | “Review”, David Beech, Art Monthly, April Issue, London, UK |
| Tate Liverpool Magazine, Issue no. 13, Liverpool, UK | |
| 1996 | “Toons”, Lars Bang Larsen, Flash Art, November/December Issue, Milan, Italy |
| “Review”, Mike Wilson, CIRCA Contemporary Art in Ireland, Winter Issue, Dublin, Ireland | |
| “Review”, Flash Art, May/ June Issue, Milan, Italy | |
| “Review”, Judith Findlay, Public Art, Art & Design | |
| “Review”, Judith Findlay, Flash Art, January/February Issue, Milan, Italy | |
| 1995 | “Review”, Michael Bracewell, Frieze, November/December Issue, London, UK |
| “Review”, Judith Findlay, Zing Magazine, Winter Issue, New York, USA |
Magazine Projects (selected)
| 2009 | New Statesman (bi-weekly political cartoon) |
| 2007 | Art World Magazine, Issue II, December, Insert |
| 2005 | The Guardian, London, UK (weekly cartoon every Saturday) |
| The Stranger, Seattle, USA | |
| 2001 | Cabinet Magazine, Issue no.1 “Mapping Conversations”, Brooklyn, USA (drawings) |
| 2000 | Sleazenation, October Issue, London, UK |
| 1999 | The Independent on Sunday, London, UK (weekly cartoon 1.99 to 2.00) |
| 1998 | Parkett no. 53, Zurich, Switzerland (insert) |
Public Collections
| Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA | |
| Cal Cego – Colleccion de Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, USA | |
| Collection Lambert, Avignon, France | |
| FRAC – Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, Marseille, France | |
| Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art – MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK | |
| MUDAM – Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | |
| Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA | |
| Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Tate Britain, London, UK | |
| The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA | |
| The British Council, London, UK | |
| Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria | |
| Zabludowicz Collection London, London, UK |
Animations
| 2010 | An Important Message About the Arts, Save the Arts Campaign, UK |
| A Short Film About Pringle of Scotland, Life Behind the Scenes, UK | |
| 2005 | “Who I am and what I want”, Animate! Comission for Channel 4 (collaboration with Chris Shepherd) |
| 2004 | BBC.co.uk/collective (weekly animation ‘Modern Thought’) |
| 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 viro project |
Awards
| 2020 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire, New Years Honours, UK |
| 2016 | Fourth Plinth Project, Trafalgar Square, London, England |
| 2014 | Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from De Montfort University |
| 2013 | Nominated for the Fourth Plinth Project in Trafalgar Square, London, UK |
| Nominated for the 2013 Turner Prize, UK | |
| 2006 | Winner of Tiger Short Film Award at Rotterdam Int. Film Festival, The Netherlands (for “Who I am and what I want”) |
| Winner of Public Choice Best Film Award at the British Animation Awards, UK (for “Who I am and what I want”) | |
| Winner of Best Animated Film at Kino Int. Film Festival, Manchester, UK (for “Who I am and what I want”) | |
| Winner of Best Comedy Film at Stuttgart Int. Animation Film Festival, Germany (for “Who I am and what I want”) | |
| Winner of Special Mention at Granada Int. Film Festival, Spain (for “Who I am and what I want”) | |
| Winner of Best Animated Film at the Wood Green Int. Film Festival, UK (for “Who I am and what I want”) | |
| Winner of Public Choice Award at Ann Arbor Int. Film Festival, USA (for “Who I am and what I want”) |
