Born 1976 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Lives and works in London |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2020 |
Big Fish Eat Little Fish, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium |
2019 |
Centaurs and Sea Creatures, Ivan Anothony, Auckland, New Zealand |
2018 |
Wetwang Slack, The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK |
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Francis Upritchard: Pots, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A |
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Francis Upritchard, LUX Art Institute, Encinitas, CA, U.S.A |
2017 |
Jealous Saboteurs, Touring exhibition: Christchurch Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand |
2016 |
Solo presentation at Frieze Art Fair, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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Jealous Saboteurs, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand |
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Francis Upritchard: Dark Resters, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Jealous Saboteurs, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne, Australia |
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Francis Upritchard, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, U.S.A |
2014 |
Francis Upritchard, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A |
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Whitechapel Gallery Children’s Art Commission: Francis Upritchard, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK |
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Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2013 |
Mandrake, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
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War Dance, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, U.S.A |
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Potato Poem, MIMOCA, Kagawa, Japan |
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Francis Upritchard, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
2012 |
A Hand of Cards, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK |
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A Long Wait, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, U.S.A |
2011 |
Echo, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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Echo, Amersfoort Kunsthal, The Netherlands |
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Methusalem, Ivan Anthony, Auckland, New Zealand |
2010 |
In die Höhle, Secession, Vienna, Italy |
2009 |
Save Yourself, 53rd Venice Biennale – New Zealand national representation |
2008 |
Rainwob II, Artspace Sydney and Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
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Rainwob I, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
2007 |
Bogagnome, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
2006 |
Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2005 |
Francis Upritchard, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, U.S.A |
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Solo project for Salon 94, New York, U.S.A |
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Francis Upritchard, The Bakery, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Doomed, Doomed, All Doomed, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand |
2004 |
Artist in Residence, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK |
2003 |
Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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New Work, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, UK |
2001 |
Ich Dien, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, UK |
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Boxing Arms, Rear View, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand |
2000 |
Prince Charles, warehouse space, London, UK |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2018 |
The Public Body, Art Space, Sydney, Australia |
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Objects Like Us, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A |
2017 |
FIFTEEN, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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Marching to the Beat, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
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Entangled: Threads & Making, curated by Karen Wright, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK |
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pǝr-‘sō-nae, Klemm’s Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
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Viva Arte Viva, 57th Venice Biennale, curated by Christine Macel, Venice, Italy |
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Things that Soak you, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2016 |
Ulla von Brandenburg, Haris Epaminonda & Francis Upritchard, Galerie Art Concept, Paris, France |
2015 |
Dead, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK |
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STATION TO STATION: A 30 Day Happening, Barbican Centre, London, UK |
2014 |
HOUSE PARTY with Dzek, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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Selected by…, curated by Michael Mariott and Jesse Wine, Limoncello, London |
2013 |
The Upritchard Family Collection, Small collections, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK |
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Freedom Farmers, Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand |
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Mad Bad and Sad, Woman and the Mind Doctors, Freud Museum, London, UK |
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Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, Visual: Center for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland |
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O Chair O Flesh, Treignac Projet, Treignac, France |
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Stereoscope, Christchurch City Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, New Zealand |
2012 |
Lilliput, New York High Line, New York, U.S.A |
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Bush of Ghosts: Nathan Mabry, Djordie Ozbolt and Francis Upritchard, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, U.S.A |
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Everybody knows this is nowhere?, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France |
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Contact, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany |
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Day Dream Believers, Institute of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia |
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Gesumptkunsthandwerk, with Martino Gamper and Karl Fritsch, Dowse, Wellington, Australia |
2011 |
Une légende en cache una autre/One caption hides another, Bétonsalon, Paris, France |
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H x W x D, Galerie Wentrup, Berlin, Germany |
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The Royal Family, Hayward Gallery, London, UK |
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Behind Closed Doors, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Stealing The Senses, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
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New Zealand at the Venice Biennale 2009, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand |
2010 |
Simon Starling: Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts Centre, London, UK |
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Out of Joint, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany |
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House of Voltaire, Upstairs at 9 Bruton Place, London, UK |
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Bart Wells Boutique, 235 Brompton Road (co-organised with Luke Gottelier), London, UK |
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Ashes to Ashes, AMP, Athens, Greece |
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The Library of Babel/ In and Out of Place, 176 Project Space/Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK |
2009 |
Feierabend (with Martino Gamper and Karl Fritsch) Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2008 |
Free Radicals, Artnews Projects Berlin, Germany |
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Life is a Funny Old Dog, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich, Germany |
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The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, UK |
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Dadadandy Boutique, Artprojx Space, London, UK |
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The Institute of Psychoplasmics, Pump House Gallery, London, UK |
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Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK |
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TarraWarra Biennial 2008: Lost & Found, An Archeology of the Present, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Australia |
2007 |
The Crown Jewels, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, U.S.A |
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Of Deities and Mortals, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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An Archaeology, 176 -Zabludovicz Collection, London, UK |
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Reboot, The Jim and Mary Barr Collection, Christchurch Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu and City Gallery Wellington Re/ Trato, Travelling Gallery, Scotland, UK |
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Metrosideros Robusta, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany |
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Tiere II, Overbeckgesellschaft Lübeck, Germany |
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Effigies, Stuart Shave/ Modern Art |
2006 |
Six Feet Under – Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, Germany |
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Le Nouveau Siécle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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The Walters Prize 2006, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand |
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Around The World In Eighty Days, South London Gallery, London, UK |
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Pasifika Styles – Artists inside the museum, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, UK |
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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, Austria |
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Brutal Ornamental, Galerie Kosak Hall, Vienna, Austria |
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Schmuck, with Karl Fritsch, Luitpold Lounge, Munich, Germany |
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The Way We Work Now, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK |
2004 |
The Secret History of Clay, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
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The Death of Romance, London, UK |
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Ika and thanks for all the Ika, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Albino, (with Rohan Whellans), Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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The Bart Wells Institute of London, Hamish McKay Gallery, New Zealand |
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New Blood, The Saatchi Gallery, London |
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Prospect, Wellington City Art Gallery & Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
2003 |
Beck’s Futures, ICA London, Southampton City Art Gallery, & CCA Glasgow, UK |
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Curiosity Kills the Gab, Artspace, Auckland, UK |
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Peter Blake Sculpture, The London Institute, London, UK |
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Lost Collection, Laing Gallery, Newcastle, UK |
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Picture Room curated by Goshka Macuga, Gasworks, London, UK |
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Rollout, curated by Ricky Swallow, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A |
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Bart Wells Institute, Kapinos Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
2002 |
+64, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany |
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Another Shitty Day in Paradise, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK |
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Break, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
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The Only Way Forward, Neon Gallery, London, UK |
2001 |
The Bart Wells Gang, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK |
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Enough Or Too Much, Shop Tactics Gallery, London, UK |
2000 |
Outcome of Probability: Francis Upritchard and Saskia Leek, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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 |
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An Attic and Two Rooms, Deans’ House, Historic Trust, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Accidents, Hungry Eyes Series, Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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EDUCATION, RESIDENCIES, AND AWARDS |
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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 |
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Residency at Belem Contemporary Art Flux, Belem, Brazil |
1999 |
Bickerton Widderson Memorial Trust Scholarship |
1994-7 |
Ilam, Canterbury University of Fine Arts, New Zealand |
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MONOGRAPHS/ARTIST’S BOOKS |
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2013 |
Hutchinson, John, Mandrake, Douglas Hyde Exhibition Catalogue, Dublin |
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Starling, Simon, David Mitchell and Katsura Kunieda, Francis Upritchard: Potato Poem, Exhibition Catalogue, MIMOCA, Foil, Japan |
2012 |
Smith, Ali, Francis Upritchard: A Hand of Cards, Exhibition Catalogue, Nottingham Contemporary |
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Francis Upritchard: Echo, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort |
2010 |
Palffy, Andras; David Mitchell and Jeannette Pacher, Francis Upritchard: In die Höhle, Wiener Secession, Walther König, Cologne/ Secession, Vienna |
2009 |
Francis Upritchard: Save Yourself (exhibition catalogue, New Zealand national representation, 53rd Venice Biennale), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand |
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Francis Upritchard: Every Colour by Itself, Dent-De-Leon, London |
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Gottelier, Luke and Francis Upritchard, Bart Wells Institute, Dent-De-Leon, London |
2006 |
Kunzru, Hari, Francis Upritchard: Human Problems, published by Kate MacGarry/Veenman |
2005 |
Doomed, Doomed, All Doomed, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Heads of Yesteryear, Francis Upritchard, ed. of 100, Neives |
2004 |
File Note #04 Francis Upritchard, Camden Arts Centre, January – April |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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2013 |
Conland, Natasha, Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas, exhibition newsprint, Auckland Art Gallery |
2012 |
Bruderlin, Markus, Silvia Eiblmayr, Rainer Metzger, Andras Palffy, Annette Sudbeck, and Thomas D. Trummer, Ich Möchte Ein Teil Einer Judendstilbewegung Sein–Der Beethovenfries, Secession |
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Booth-Clibborn, Edward, and Jonathan Barnbrook, Fashion and Art Collusion, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London |
2009 |
Ellegood, Anne (introduction by), Vitamin 3D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, Phaidon Editors, London |
2008 |
Dunn, Michael, New Zealand Sculpture: A History (updated edition), Auckland University Press |
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Cranford Collection 1, Cranford Collection, London |
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Raymond, Rosanna and Amiria Salmond (editors),Pasifika Styles – Artists inside the museum, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
2007 |
Hall, Ken, Of Deities and Mortals, Catalogue for Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetu |
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Manacorda, Francesco, Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Merrell |
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Butler, Brian (editor), Speculation, NZ Venice Project 2007, Artspace |
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An Archaeology, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London |
2006 |
Paton, Justin, Reboot, The Jim and Mary Barr Collection |
2005 |
The Way We Work Now, Camden Arts Centre, London |
2004 |
Centerfold (3), Artists’ book, ed. of 20 |
2003 |
Centerfold (1), Artists’ book, ed. of 60 |
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Becks Futures exhibition catalogue, ICA, London |
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SELECTED PRESS |
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2013 |
“Francis Upritchard,” The New Yorker, August |
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Tipton, Gemma, “Francis Upritchard,” Vault Magazine, Issue 4, August |
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Laster, Paul, Francis Upritchard “War Dance”, Time Out New York, August |
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“Notions of Freedom in Question,” Art News New Zealand, Summer |
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Lockhart, Katie, “Full Immersion,” Home New Zealand, The Art Issue, February |
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Paton, Justin, “Francis Upritchard: Believer,” Christchurch Art Gallery Bulletin Magazine, Summer |
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Margalejo, Isabel, “Yo Me Lo Creo,” Architectural Digest España, June |
2012 |
“Francis Upritchard,” Vogue, December |
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Biswas, Allie, “Culture Talks: Valeria Napoleone and her Catalogue of Exquisite Recipes,” Anothermag.com, 27 September |
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Seda-Reeder, Maria, “Meditations on Emptiness: Francis Upritchard’s, ‘A Long Wait’ at the CAC,” AEQAI, 17 June |
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Cashdan, Marina, “Project Space,” New York Times Style Magazine, 3 May |
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“Francis Upritchard: Rising Star,” Phaidon, 11 May |
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Rosen, Stephen, “Francis Upritchard: A Long Wait,” City Beat, 8 May |
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“Francis Upritchard: A Long Wait and Jannis Verias,” Cincinatti Magazine, May |
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Art Forum, May |
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Pilger, Zoe, “Francis Upritchard,” Frieze, January |
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Taguchi, Satoshi, “Martino Gamper and Francis Upritchard,” Huge Magazine, Issue 97, December |
2011 |
“A Conversation between Martino Gamper & Francis Upritchard,” It’s Nice That, Issue 6 |
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Milliard, Coline, “Hippie Happening,” Modern Painters, September, 54-56 |
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“What is your favourite dystopia? Answers by Francis Upricthard,” Kaleidoscope, issue 09, winter 2010-11, 184-5 |
2010 |
“Francis Upritchard: IN DIE HOHLE,” Secession Magazine, April – June |
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Parade, Mariuccia Casadio, Vogue Italia, January, 254-9 |
2009 |
“Martino Gamper puts five questions to Francis Upritchard,” Modern Painters, October, 78-9 |
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Walsh, Claire, “Francis and Martino,” B Magazine, A/W, 18-21 |
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Luke, Ben, Vicki MacDonald,and Amy Shaw, “The 53rd Venice biennale: A User’s Guide- City Pavilions,” Art World, August/September, 105 |
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Croci, Roberto, “Venice Biennale- National Participations,” L’Uomo Vogue, May/June |
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Moore, Marcus, “Expatriate Voyager: Concerning works by Francis Upritchard,” LANDFALL 217 (New Zealand), Autumn, Flung ‘ex-pat’ issue, 120-136 |
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“Francis Upritchard: Save Yourself,” ArtWorld, Issue 12, August/September, 109 |
2008 |
Were, Virginia, “Dreaming in Colour,” Artnews New Zealand, Winter, 78-80 |
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Eggleton, David, “Raider of the Lost Ark: Francis Upritchard in Taranaki,” Art New Zealand, Winter, 34 – 37 |
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Gardner, Anthony, “Francis Upritchard- Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces,” Artforum, December, 371-2 |
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Conland, Natasha, “Francis Upritchard,” Art World (UK edition), August/September, 92-5 |
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Paton, Justin, “Mixed Feelings, Francis Upritchard’s 1970s show,” Art & Australia, Vol.46, Spring, pp.96-103 |
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Conland, Natasha, “Francis Upritchard,” Art World (Australian edition), April/May, 52-57 |
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Booker, Paula, “Rainbow Connection,” NZ Listener, 10-16 May |
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Phillips, Bruce, “Commune Creatures,” Taranaki Daily News, 8 March |
2007 |
Higgins, Charlotte, “Sitting comfortably? Frieze Art Fair begins,” The Guardian, Thursday 11 October, p.5 |
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Farquharson, Alex, ”Looking Back 2006:Emerging Artists,” Frieze, Jan-Feb, 136 |
2006 |
“Britart: The Next Generation,” The Independent, 1 December |
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Eggleston, David, “Are you Being Severed?,” NZ Listener, 11 November |
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Feeney, Warren, “Seeing the Human Problem,” Christchurch Press, 8 November |
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Dale, Richard, “In the Field, Mind in Tatters,” Sunday Star Times (NZ), 2 November |
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Liard, Tessa, “Dr Deans, I Presume?,” NZ Listener, 4 November |
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Liard, Tessa, “Swimsuit Issue,” NZ Listener, 30 September |
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Wood, Andrew, “Works with Provocative Intent,” Christchurch Press, 25 October |
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Hubbard, Sue, “A Global Tour Going Nowhere,” The Independent, 1 June, 20 |
2005 |
Smith, Nick, “Colony Strikes Back,” NZ Listener, 13 December |
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“Future Greats,” Art Review, December, 81 |
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“5 hot artists,” Sunday Star Times Magazine, Sep 18 |
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Kember, Olivia, “Art Throbs,” Sunday Star Times (NZ), 18 September |
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Lack, Hannah, “Karl Fritsch Jewellery,” Another Magazine, Issue 8, Spring/Summer, 78 |
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Henderson, Derek, “The Empire Strikes Back,” i-D Magazine, Issue 52 March, 88 |
2004 |
“Francis Upritchard, The New Clutter,” Vogue, October, 115-119 |
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Hill, Amelia, “Leading British Artists put their work on sale,” The Observer, 16 May, NEWS 17 |
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Cumming, Laura, “He’s Gotta Have It,” The Observer, 21 March, 12 |
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Henderson, Derek (photographer), “Francis Upritchard,” Dazed & Confused, April, 137 |
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Searle, Adrian, “Same Again Saatchi,” The Guardian, 23 March, 12-13 |
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Lubbock, Tom, “Is It All Your Own Work?,” The Independent, 23 March, 12-13 |
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Hackworth, Nick, “Exorcising the Demons,” Evening Standard, 30 January |
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Upritchard, Francis, “Some dreams and observations regarding the sloth creature and/or pootie,” Artist’s Story, AN, January |
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Coomer, Martin, “Francis Upritchard,” Time Out, Jan |
2003 |
“Camden Arts Centre,” Vogue, December |
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Buck, Louisa, “Francis Upritchard,” The Art Newspaper, Aug |
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Glover, Michael, “Francis Upritchard,” The Independent Review, July |
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Herbert, Martin, “Francis Upritchard,” Time Out, June |
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Gibbons, Fischra, “Bedtime for Saatchi, Good Art is DIY,” The Guardian, 2 April |
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Leitch, Luke, “Saatchi’s new gallery is a Ninties museum,” Evening Standard, 1 April |
2002 |
Seymour, Ben, “The Bart Wells Gang,” Frieze Magazine #66, March |
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Hering, Tobias, “Inseln in der Schwarze,“ Die Tageszeitung, 23 April |
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Currah, Mark, “The Bart Wells Gang,” Time Out Reviews, 16-23 January |
2001 |
Lack, Jessica, “The Bart Wells Gang,” Guardian Guide, 22-28 December |
2000 |
Laird, Tessa, “The UnHeimlich Maneuver: Outcome of Probability: Saskia Leek and Francis Upritchard,” Eyeline Magazine, #42 Autumn/Winter |
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Bywater, Jonathan, “Auckland,” Art New Zealand #95, Winter |
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O’Rorke, Imogen, “Art Start,” Strapt.co.uk, Winter |
1999 |
Bragge, Vanessa, “More Than a Hobby,” Melbourne Herald Sun, 25 July |