Solo Exhibitions

2012

Francis Upritchard, Nottingham Contemporary

Francis Upritchard, Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati

2011

Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry

Echo, Amersfoort Kunsthal, The Netherlands

Methusalem, Ivan Anthony, Auckland

2010

In die Höhle, Secession, Vienna

Solo presentation, Open Space, Art Cologne

2009

Save Yourself, 53^rd Venice Biennale - New Zealand national representation

2008

Rainwob II, Artspace Sydney and Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Rainwob I, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

2007

Bogagnome, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2006

Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London

2005

Francis Upritchard, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

Solo project for Salon 94, New York

Francis Upritchard, The Bakery, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam

Doomed, Doomed, All Doomed, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand

2004

Artist in Residence, Camden Arts Centre, London

2003

Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London

New Work, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2001

Ich Dien, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Untitled (Boxing arms), Rear View, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand

2000

Prince Charles Antichrist, warehouse space, London, 2000

Group Exhibitions

2012

Lilliput, New York High Line, New York

2011

H x W x D, Wentrup, Berlin

Stealing The Senses, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

2010

Simon Starling: Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts Centre, London

Out of Joint, Galerie Kamm, Berlin

Bart Wells Boutique, 235 Brompton Road (co-organised with Luke Gottelier)

Ashes to Ashes, AMP, Athens, Greece

The Library of Babel/ In and Out of Place, 176 Project Space/Zabludowicz Collection, London

2009

Feierabend: Francis Upritchard, Martino Gamper, Karl Fritsch, Kate MacGarry

2008

Free Radicals, Artnews Projects Berlin

Life is a Funny Old Dog, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich

The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire

Dadadandy Boutique, Artprojx Space, London

The Institute of Psychoplasmics, Pump House Gallery, London

Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London

2007

The Crown Jewels, Salon 94 Freemans, New York

Of Deities and Mortals, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, New Zealand

An Archaeology, 176 -Zabludovicz Collection, London

Reboot, The Jim and Mary Barr Collection, Christchurch Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu and City Gallery Wellington Re/ Trato, Travelling Gallery, Scotland

Metrosideros Robusta, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany

Tiere II, Overbeckgesellschaft Lübeck, Germany

Effigies, Stuart Shave/ Modern Art

2006

Six Feet Under – Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern

Le Nouveau Siécle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam

The Walters Prize 2006, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Around The World In Eighty Days, South London Gallery

Pasifika Styles – Artists inside the museum, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

HIGH TIDE: new currents in art from Australia and New Zealand, Zaçheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw & CAC - Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

2005

Hot Spots 05, The Essl Collection, Vienna

Brutal Ornamental, Galerie Kosak Hall, Vienna

Schmuck (with Karl Fritsch), Luitpold Lounge, Munich

The Way We Work Now, Camden Arts Centre, London

2004

The Secret History of Clay, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool

The Death of Romance, London

Ika and thanks for all the Ika, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand

Albino, (with Rohan Whellans), Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

The Bart Wells Institute of London, Hamish McKay Gallery, New Zealand

New Blood, The Saatchi Gallery, London

Prospect, Wellington City Art Gallery & Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2003

Beck’s Futures, ICA London, Southampton City Art Gallery, & CCA Glasgow

Curiosity Kills the Gab, Artspace, Auckland

Peter Blake Sculpture, The London Institute, London

Lost Collection, Laing Gallery, Newcastle

Picture Room (curated by Goshka Macuga), Gasworks, London

Rollout, curated by Ricky Swallow, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles,

Bart Wells Institute, Kapinos Gallery, Berlin, Germany,

2002

+64, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

Another Shitty Day in Paradise, Bart Wells Institute, London

Break, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand

The Only Way Forward, Neon Gallery, London

2001

The Bart Wells Gang, Bart Wells Institute, London

Group show, Neon Gallery, London

Enough Or Too Much, Shop Tactics Gallery, London

Teeth & Trousers, Cell Project Space, London

2000

Outcome of Probability: Francis Upritchard and Saskia Leek, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Stuffed, Stuff Gallery, London

1999

Hobby Core, Stripp Gallery (curated by Ricky Swallow), Melbourne, Australia

1998

Group show, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

1997

Bland, George Fraser Gallery Auckland, New Zealand

An Attic and Two Rooms, Deans’ House, Historic Trust, Christchurch, New Zealand

Rutherford was a Teenage Sculptor, Science Alive, Christchurch, New Zealand

Accidents, Hungry Eyes Series, Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Education, Residencies and Awards

2008 Residency at Artspace, Sydney

2007-8 Residency at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

2006 The Walters Prize 2006, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

2004 Residency at Camden Arts Centre, London

2004 Residency at Belem Contemporary Art Flux, Belem, Brazil

1999 Bickerton Widderson Memorial Trust Scholarship

1994-7 Ilam, Canterbury University of Fine Arts, New Zealand

Publications

Francis Upritchard: In die Höhle, Wiener Secession, essay by David Mitchell, Walther König, Cologne, 2010

Francis Upritchard: Save Yourself (exhibition catalogue, New Zealand national representation, 53^rd Venice Biennale), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, 2009

Francis Upritchard: Every Colour by Itself, Dent-De-Leon, London, 2009

Bart Wells Institute, Luke Gottelier and Francis Upritchard, Dent-De-Leon, London, 2009

New Zealand Sculpture: A History (updated Edition), Michael Dunn, Auckland University Press, 2008

Vitamin 3D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, introduction by Anne Ellegood, Phaidon Editors, London 2009

Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2008-9, Sam Thorne, Frieze, London

Expatriate Voyager; Concerning Works by Francis Upritchard, Marcus Moore, LANDFALL 217 (New Zealand), Autumn 2008, Flung 'ex-pat' issue, pp. 120-136

Cranford Collection 1, Cranford Collection, London 2008

Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Francesco Manacorda, Merrell, 2008

Pasifika Styles – Artists inside the museum, edited by Rosanna Raymond and Amiria Salmond, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2008

Of Deities and Mortals, Ken Hall, Catalogue for Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetu, 2007

Speculation, NZ Venice Project 2007, Edited by Brian Butler, Artspace, 2007

An Archaeology, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London

Francis Upritchard: Human Problems, text by Hari Kunzru, published by Kate MacGarry/Veenman, 2006

Reboot, The Jim and Mary Barr Collection, Justin Paton, 2006

The Way We Work Now, Camden Arts Centre, London, 2005

Doomed, Doomed, All Doomed, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005

Heads of Yesteryear, Francis Upritchard, ed. of 100, Neives, 2005

File Note #04 Francis Upritchard, Camden Arts Centre, January – April 2004

Centerfold (3), Artists’ book, ed. of 20, 2004

Centerfold (1), Artists’ book, ed. of 60, 2003

Becks Futures, exhibition catalogue, ICA, London 2003

Selected Press

Hippie Happening, Coline Milliard, Modern Painters, September 2011, pp.54-56

What is your favourite dystopia? Answers by Francis Upricthard, Kaleidoscope, issue 09, winter 2010-11, pp.184-5

Parade, Mariuccia Casadio, Vogue Italia, January 2010, pp. 254-9

Martino Gamper puts five questions to Francis Upritchard, Modern Painters, October 2009, pp.78-9

The 53rd Venice biennale: A User's Guide- City Pavilions, Ben Luke, Vici MacDonald, Anny Shaw, Art World, August/September 2009, p.105

Venice Biennale- National Participations,  Roberto Croci, L’Uomo Vogue, May/June 2009;

Dreaming in Colour, Virginia Were, Artnews New Zealand, Winter 2008, pp. 78-80;

Francis Upritchard- Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Anthony Gardner, Artforum, December 2008, pp. 371-2

Francis Upritchard, Natasha Conland, Art World (UK edition), August/September 2008, pp. 92-5

Mixed Feelings, Francis Upritchard’s 1970s show, Justin Paton, Art & Australia, Vol.46, Spring 2008, pp.96-103

Francis Upritchard, Natasha Conland, Art World (Australian edition), April/May 2008, pp. 52-57

Rainbow Connection, Paula Booker, NZ Listener, 10-16 May, 2008

Commune Creatures, Bruce Phillips, Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 2008

Sitting comfortably? Frieze Art Fair begins, Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, Thursday 11 October 2007, p.5

Looking Back 2006, Emerging Artists, Alex Farquharson, Frieze Jan-Feb 2007, p.136

Britart: The Next Generation, The Independent, 1 December 2006

Are you Being Severed, David Eggleston, NZ Listener, 11 November 2006

Seeing the Human Problem, Warren Feeney, Christchurch Press, 8 November 2006

In the Field, Mind in Tatters, Richard Dale, Sunday Star Times (NZ), 2 November 2006

Dr Deans, I Presume?, Tessa Liard, NZ Listener, 4 November 2006

Swimsuit Issue, Tessa Liard, NZ Listener, 30 September 2006

Works with Provocative Intent, Andrew Wood, Christchurch Press, 25 October 2006

A Global Tour Going Nowhere, Sue Hubbard, The Independent, 1 June 2006, p. 20

Colony Strikes Back, Nick Smith, NZ Listener, 13 December 2005

Future Greats, Art Review, December 2005, p. 81

The Colony Strikes Back, The Listener, Dec 3, 2005

5 hot artists, Sunday Star Times Magazine, Sep 18 2005

Art Throbs, Olivia Kember, Sunday Star Times (NZ), 18 September 2005

Karl Fritsch Jewellery, Hannah Lack, Another Magazine, Issue 8, Spring/Summer 2005, p. 78

The Empire Strikes Back, Derek Henderson, i-D Magazine, Issue 52 March 2005, p. 88

Francis Upritchard, The New Clutter, Vogue, October 2004, pp. 115-119

Leading British Artists put their work on sale, Amelia Hill, The Observer, 16 May 2004, NEWS p. 17

He’s Gotta Have It, Laura Cumming, The Observer, 21 March 2004, p. 12

Francis Upritchard photographed by Derek Henderson, Dazed & Confused, April 2004, p. 137

Same Again Saatchi, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 23 March 2004 pp. 12-13

Is It All Your Own Work?, Tom Lubbock, The Independent, 23 March 2004, pp. 12-13

Fur Flies at Camden Arts Centre, The Art Newspaper, February 2004

Exorcising the Demons, Nick Hackworth, Evening Standard, 30 January 2004

No creature comforts as fur flies at Camden Arts, Sholto Byrnes, The Independent, 16 January 2004

Some dreams and observations regarding the sloth creature and/or pootie, Artist’s Story, Francis Upritchard, AN, January 2004

Francis Upritchard, Martin Coomer, Time Out, Jan 2004

Watch the fur fly, Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian, Jan 2004

Camden Arts Centre, Vogue, December 2003

Francis Upritchard, Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper, Aug 2003

Francis Upritchard, Michael Glover, The Independent Review, July 2003

Francis Upritchard, Martin Herbert, Time Out, June 2003

The Bart Wells Gang, Ben Seymour, Frieze Magazine #66, March 2002

Bedtime for Saatchi, Good Art is DIY, Fiachra Gibbons, The Guardian, 2 April 2003

Saatchi’s new gallery is a Ninties museum, Luke Leitch, Evening Standard, 1 April 2003

Inseln in der Schwarze, Tobias Hering, Die Tageszeitung, 23 April 2002

The Bart Wells Gang, Mark Currah, Time Out Reviews, 16-23 January 2002

Interview with Francis Upritchard, Harry Pye, Log Illustrated #14, 2001

The Bart Wells Gang, Jessica Lack, Guardian Guide, 22-28 December 2001

Right Royal Send-Up, Allister Hagger, Hackney Gazette, 14 September 2001

The UnHeimlich Maneuver: Outcome of Probability, Saskia Leek and Francis Upritchard, Tessa Laird, Eyeline Magazine, #42 Autumn/Winter 2000

Auckland, Jonathan Bywater, Art New Zealand #95, Winter 2000

Art Start, Imogen O’Rorke, Strapt.co.uk, Winter 2000

More Than a Hobby, Vanessa Bragge, Melbourne Herald Sun, 25 July 1999

An Interesting Drudge, Larissa Hjorth, Log Illustrated #5, Spring 1998

Best of Old British and 1997 Highlights, Robin Ussher, The Christchurch Press, 31 December 1997

Identikit, M. Moore and L. Palmer, High Street Project Publication 1997

In Train, Pamela Zeplin, South Island Arts Project Magazine #17, November