FRANCIS UPRITCHARD
Selected Works
Press
- OCULA, 2016(pdf)
- Sydney Morning Herald, 2016(pdf)
- Too Much, 2014(pdf)
- Art News New Zealand, 2013(pdf)
Born in New Plymouth, NZ, 1976
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Solo presentation at Frieze Art Fair, London, Kate MacGarry, 2016
Jealous Saboteurs, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand, 2016
Francis Upritchard: Dark Resters, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2016
Jealous Saboteurs, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne, Australia, 2016
Francis Upritchard, Anton Kern Gallery, NY, U.S.A, 2016
Francis Upritchard, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A, 2014
Whitechapel Gallery Children’s Art Commission: Francis Upritchard, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 2014
Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London, UK, 2014
Mandrake, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2013
War Dance, Anton Kern Gallery, NY, U.S.A, 2013
Potato Poem, MIMOCA, Kagawa, Japan, 2013
Francis Upritchard, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zeland, 2013
A Hand of Cards, Nottingham Contemporary, UK, 2012
A Long Wait, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, U.S.A, 2012
Echo, Kate MacGarry, London, U.S.A, 2011
Echo, Amersfoort Kunsthal, The Netherlands, 2011
Methusalem, Ivan Anthony, Auckland, New Zealand, 2011
In die Höhle, Secession, Vienna, Italy, 2010
Save Yourself, 53rd Venice Biennale – New Zealand national representation, 2009
Rainwob II, Artspace Sydney and Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia, 2008
Rainwob I, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2008
Bogagnome, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2007
Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London, UK, 2006
Francis Upritchard, Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY, U.S.A, 2005
Solo project for Salon 94, NY, U.S.A, 2005
Francis Upritchard, The Bakery, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2005
Doomed, Doomed, All Doomed, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005
Artist in Residence, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK, 2004
Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London, UK, 2003
New Work, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, UK, 2003
Ich Dien, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, UK, 2001
Boxing Arms, Rear View, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand, 2001
Prince Charles, warehouse space, London, 2000
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Viva Arte Viva, 57th Venice Biennale, curated by Christine Macel, Venice, Italy, 2017
Ulla von Brandenburg, Haris Epaminonda & Francis Upritchard, Galerie Art Concept, Paris, France, 2016
Dead, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 2015
STATION TO STATION: A 30 Day Happening, Barbican Centre, London, UK, 2015
HOUSE PARTY with Dzek, Kate MacGarry, London, UK, 2014
Selected by…, curated by Michael Mariott and Jesse Wine, Limoncello, London, 2014
The Upritchard Family Collection, Small collections, Nottingham Contemporary, UK, 2013
Freedom Farmers, Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand, 2013
Mad Bad and Sad, Woman and the Mind Doctors, Freud Museum, London, UK, 2013
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, Visual: Center for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland, 2013
O Chair O Flesh, Treignac Projet, Treignac, France, 2013
Stereoscope, Christchurch City Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2013
Lilliput, New York High Line, NY, U.S.A, 2012
Bush of Ghosts: Nathan Mabry, Djordie Ozbolt and Francis Upritchard, Cherry and Martin, LA, 2012
Everybody knows this is nowhere?, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France, 2012
Contact, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 2012
Day Dream Believers, Institute of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, 2012
Gesumptkunsthandwerk, with Martino Gamper and Karl Fritsch, Dowse, Wellington, Australia, 2012
Une légende en cache una autre/One caption hides another, Bétonsalon, Paris, 2011
H x W x D, Galerie Wentrup, Berlin, Germany, 2011
The Royal Family, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 2011
Behind Closed Doors, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2011
Stealing The Senses, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2011
New Zealand at the Venice Biennale 2009, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand, 2011
Simon Starling: Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts Centre, London, UK, 2010
Out of Joint, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany, 2010
House of Voltaire, Upstairs at 9 Bruton Place, London, UK, 2010
Bart Wells Boutique, 235 Brompton Road (co-organised with Luke Gottelier), 2010
Ashes to Ashes, AMP, Athens, Greece, 2010
The Library of Babel/ In and Out of Place, 176 Project Space/Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK, 2010
Feierabend (with Martino Gamper and Karl Fritsch) Kate MacGarry, London, UK, 2009
Free Radicals, Artnews Projects Berlin, Germany, 2008
Life is a Funny Old Dog, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich, Germany, 2008
The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, 2008
Dadadandy Boutique, Artprojx Space, London, UK, 2008
The Institute of Psychoplasmics, Pump House Gallery, London, UK, 2008
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK, 2008
TarraWarra Biennial 2008: Lost & Found, An Archeology of the Present, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Australia, 2008
The Crown Jewels, Salon 94 Freemans, NY, U.S.A, 2007
Of Deities and Mortals, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2007
An Archaeology, 176 -Zabludovicz Collection, London, UK, 2007
Reboot, The Jim and Mary Barr Collection, Christchurch Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu and City Gallery Wellington Re/ Trato, Travelling Gallery, Scotland, UK, 2007
Metrosideros Robusta, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany, 2007
Tiere II, Overbeckgesellschaft Lübeck, Germany, 2007
Effigies, Stuart Shave/ Modern Art, 2007
Six Feet Under – Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, Germany, 2006
Le Nouveau Siécle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2006
The Walters Prize 2006, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, 2006
Around The World In Eighty Days, South London Gallery, London, UK, 2006
Pasifika Styles – Artists inside the museum, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, UK, 2006
HIGH TIDE: new currents in art from Australia and New Zealand, Zaçheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw & CAC – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2006
Hot Spots 05, The Essl Collection, Vienna, Austria, 2005
Brutal Ornamental, Galerie Kosak Hall, Vienna, Austria, 2005
Schmuck, with Karl Fritsch, Luitpold Lounge, Munich, Germany, 2005
The Way We Work Now, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK, 2005
The Secret History of Clay, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, 2004
The Death of Romance, London, UK, 2004
Ika and thanks for all the Ika, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand, 2004
Albino, (with Rohan Whellans), Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2004
The Bart Wells Institute of London, Hamish McKay Gallery, New Zealand, 2004
New Blood, The Saatchi Gallery, London, 2004
Prospect, Wellington City Art Gallery & Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2004
Beck’s Futures, ICA London, Southampton City Art Gallery, & CCA Glasgow, UK, 2003
Curiosity Kills the Gab, Artspace, Auckland, UK, 2003
Peter Blake Sculpture, The London Institute, London, UK, 2003
Lost Collection, Laing Gallery, Newcastle, UK, 2003
Picture Room curated by Goshka Macuga, Gasworks, London, UK, 2003
Rollout, curated by Ricky Swallow, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, LA, U.S.A, 2003
Bart Wells Institute, Kapinos Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2003
+64, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2002
Another Shitty Day in Paradise, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK, 2002
Break, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2002
The Only Way Forward, Neon Gallery, London, UK, 2002
The Bart Wells Gang, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK, 2001
Enough Or Too Much, Shop Tactics Gallery, London, UK, 2001
Outcome of Probability: Francis Upritchard and Saskia Leek, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000
Hobby Core, Stripp Gallery, curated by Ricky Swallow, Melbourne, Australia, 1999
Group show, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 1998
Bland, George Fraser Gallery Auckland, New Zealand, 1997
An Attic and Two Rooms, Deans’ House, Historic Trust, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1997
Accidents, Hungry Eyes Series, Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 1997
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
MONOGRAPHS/ARTIST’S BOOKS
Hutchinson, John, Mandrake, Douglas Hyde Exhibition Catalogue, Dublin 2013
Starling, Simon, David Mitchell and Katsura Kunieda, Francis Upritchard: Potato Poem, Exhibition Catalogue, MIMOCA, Foil, Japan, 2013
Smith, Ali, Francis Upritchard: A Hand of Cards, Exhibition Catalogue, Nottingham Contemporary, 2012
Francis Upritchard: Echo, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
Palffy, Andras; David Mitchell and Jeannette Pacher, Francis Upritchard: In die Höhle, Wiener Secession, Walther König, Cologne/ Secession, Vienna, 2010
Francis Upritchard: Save Yourself (exhibition catalogue, New Zealand national representation, 53rd Venice Biennale), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, 2009
Francis Upritchard: Every Colour by Itself, Dent-De-Leon, London, 2009
Gottelier, Luke and Francis Upritchard, Bart Wells Institute, Dent-De-Leon, London, 2009
Kunzru, Hari, Francis Upritchard: Human Problems, published by Kate MacGarry/Veenman, 2006
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
PUBLICATIONS
Conland, Natasha, Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas, exhibition newsprint, Auckland Art Gallery, 2013
Bruderlin, Markus, Silvia Eiblmayr, Rainer Metzger, Andras Palffy, Annette Sudbeck, and Thomas D. Trummer, Ich Möchte Ein Teil Einer Judendstilbewegung Sein–Der Beethovenfries, Secession, 2012
Booth-Clibborn, Edward, and Jonathan Barnbrook, Fashion and Art Collusion, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London, 2012
Ellegood, Anne (introduction by), Vitamin 3D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, Phaidon Editors, London, 2009
Dunn, Michael, New Zealand Sculpture: A History (updated edition), Auckland University Press, 2008
Cranford Collection 1, Cranford Collection, London 2008
Raymond, Rosanna and Amiria Salmond (editors),Pasifika Styles – Artists inside the museum, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2008
Hall, Ken, Of Deities and Mortals, Catalogue for Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetu, 2007
Manacorda, Francesco, Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Merrell, 2008
Butler, Brian (editor), Speculation, NZ Venice Project 2007, Artspace, 2007
An Archaeology, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London, 2007
Paton, Justin, Reboot, The Jim and Mary Barr Collection, 2006
The Way We Work Now, Camden Arts Centre, London, 2005
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
“Francis Upritchard,” The New Yorker, August 2013
Tipton, Gemma, “Francis Upritchard,” Vault Magazine, Issue 4, August 2013
Laster, Paul, Francis Upritchard “War Dance”, Time Out New York, August 2013
“Notions of Freedom in Question,” Art News New Zealand, Summer 2013
Lockhart, Katie, “Full Immersion,” Home New Zealand, The Art Issue, February 2013
Paton, Justin, “Francis Upritchard: Believer,” Christchurch Art Gallery Bulletin Magazine, Summer 2013
Margalejo, Isabel, “Yo Me Lo Creo,” Architectural Digest España, June 2013
“Francis Upritchard,” Vogue, December 2012
Biswas, Allie, “Culture Talks: Valeria Napoleone and her Catalogue of Exquisite Recipes,” Anothermag.com, 27 September 2012
Seda-Reeder, Maria, “Meditations on Emptiness: Francis Upritchard’s, ‘A Long Wait’ at the CAC,” AEQAI, 17 June 2012
Cashdan, Marina, “Project Space,” New York Times Style Magazine, 3 May 2012
“Francis Upritchard: Rising Star,” Phaidon, 11 May 2012
Rosen, Stephen, “Francis Upritchard: A Long Wait,” City Beat, 8 May 2012
“Francis Upritchard: A Long Wait and Jannis Verias,” Cincinatti Magazine, May 2012
Art Forum, May 2012
Pilger, Zoe, “Francis Upritchard,” Frieze, January 2012
Taguchi, Satoshi, “Martino Gamper and Francis Upritchard,” Huge Magazine, Issue 97, December 2012
“A Conversation between Martino Gamper & Francis Upritchard,” It’s Nice That, Issue 6, 2011
Milliard, Coline, “Hippie Happening,” Modern Painters, September 2011, 54-56
“What is your favourite dystopia? Answers by Francis Upricthard,” Kaleidoscope, issue 09, winter 2010-11, 184-5
“Francis Upritchard: IN DIE HOHLE,” Secession Magazine, April – June 2010
Parade, Mariuccia Casadio, Vogue Italia, January 2010, 254-9
“Martino Gamper puts five questions to Francis Upritchard,” Modern Painters, October 2009, 78-9
Walsh, Claire, “Francis and Martino,” B Magazine, A/W 2009, 18-21
Luke, Ben, Vicki MacDonald,and Amy Shaw, “The 53rd Venice biennale: A User’s Guide- City Pavilions,” Art World, August/September 2009, 105
Croci, Roberto, “Venice Biennale- National Participations,” L’Uomo Vogue, May/June 2009
Moore, Marcus, “Expatriate Voyager: Concerning works by Francis Upritchard,” LANDFALL 217 (New Zealand), Autumn 2009, Flung ‘ex-pat’ issue, 120-136
“Francis Upritchard: Save Yourself,” ArtWorld, Issue 12, August/September 2009, 109
Were, Virginia, “Dreaming in Colour,” Artnews New Zealand, Winter 2008, 78-80
Eggleton, David, “Raider of the Lost Ark: Francis Upritchard in Taranaki,” Art New Zealand, Winter 2008, 34 – 37
Gardner, Anthony, “Francis Upritchard- Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces,” Artforum, December 2008, 371-2
Conland, Natasha, “Francis Upritchard,” Art World (UK edition), August/September 2008, 92-5
Paton, Justin, “Mixed Feelings, Francis Upritchard’s 1970s show,” Art & Australia, Vol.46, Spring 2008, pp.96-103
Conland, Natasha, “Francis Upritchard,” Art World (Australian edition), April/May 2008, 52-57
Booker, Paula, “Rainbow Connection,” NZ Listener, 10-16 May, 2008
Phillips, Bruce, “Commune Creatures,” Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 2008
Higgins, Charlotte, “Sitting comfortably? Frieze Art Fair begins,” The Guardian, Thursday 11 October 2007, p.5
Farquharson, Alex, ”Looking Back 2006:Emerging Artists,” Frieze, Jan-Feb 2007, 136
“Britart: The Next Generation,” The Independent, 1 December 2006
Eggleston, David, “Are you Being Severed?,” NZ Listener, 11 November 2006
Feeney, Warren, “Seeing the Human Problem,” Christchurch Press, 8 November 2006
Dale, Richard, “In the Field, Mind in Tatters,” Sunday Star Times (NZ), 2 November 2006
Liard, Tessa, “Dr Deans, I Presume?,” NZ Listener, 4 November 2006
Liard, Tessa, “Swimsuit Issue,” NZ Listener, 30 September 2006
Wood, Andrew, “Works with Provocative Intent,” Christchurch Press, 25 October 2006
Hubbard, Sue, “A Global Tour Going Nowhere,” The Independent, 1 June 2006, 20
Smith, Nick, “Colony Strikes Back,” NZ Listener, 13 December 2005
“Future Greats,” Art Review, December 2005, 81
“5 hot artists,” Sunday Star Times Magazine, Sep 18 2005
Kember, Olivia, “Art Throbs,” Sunday Star Times (NZ), 18 September 2005
Lack, Hannah, “Karl Fritsch Jewellery,” Another Magazine, Issue 8, Spring/Summer 2005, 78
Henderson, Derek, “The Empire Strikes Back,” i-D Magazine, Issue 52 March 2005, 88
“Francis Upritchard, The New Clutter,” Vogue, October 2004, 115-119
Hill, Amelia, “Leading British Artists put their work on sale,” The Observer, 16 May 2004, NEWS 17
Cumming, Laura, “He’s Gotta Have It,” The Observer, 21 March 2004, 12
Henderson, Derek (photographer), “Francis Upritchard,” Dazed & Confused, April 2004, 137
Searle, Adrian, “Same Again Saatchi,” The Guardian, 23 March 2004, 12-13
Lubbock, Tom, “Is It All Your Own Work?,” The Independent, 23 March 2004, 12-13
Hackworth, Nick, “Exorcising the Demons,” Evening Standard, 30 January 2004
Upritchard, Francis, “Some dreams and observations regarding the sloth creature and/or pootie,” Artist’s Story, AN, January 2004
Coomer, Martin, “Francis Upritchard,” Time Out, Jan 2004
“Camden Arts Centre,” Vogue, December 2003
Buck, Louisa, “Francis Upritchard,” The Art Newspaper, Aug 2003
Glover, Michael, “Francis Upritchard,” The Independent Review, July 2003
Herbert, Martin, “Francis Upritchard,” Time Out, June 2003
Gibbons, Fischra, “Bedtime for Saatchi, Good Art is DIY,” The Guardian, 2 April 2003
Leitch, Luke, “Saatchi’s new gallery is a Ninties museum,” Evening Standard, 1 April 2003
Seymour, Ben, “The Bart Wells Gang,” Frieze Magazine #66, March 2002
Hering, Tobias, “Inseln in der Schwarze,“ Die Tageszeitung, 23 April 2002
Currah, Mark, “The Bart Wells Gang,” Time Out Reviews, 16-23 January 2002
Lack, Jessica, “The Bart Wells Gang,” Guardian Guide, 22-28 December 2001
Laird, Tessa, “The UnHeimlich Maneuver: Outcome of Probability: Saskia Leek and Francis Upritchard,” Eyeline Magazine, #42 Autumn/Winter 2000
Bywater, Jonathan, “Auckland,” Art New Zealand #95, Winter 2000
O’Rorke, Imogen, “Art Start,” Strapt.co.uk, Winter 2000
Bragge, Vanessa, “More Than a Hobby,” Melbourne Herald Sun, 25 July 1999