Born 1976 in New Zealand, lives and works in London.

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Francis Upritchard, Secession, Vienna

2009
Save Yourself, 53rd Venice Biennale, New Zealand national representation, Palazzo Mangilli- Valmarana, Cannaregio

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

2009
Feierabend: Francis Upritchard, Martino Gamper, Karl Fritsch, Kate MacGarry, London

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, London

2006
Six Feet Under- Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern
Le Nouveau Siecle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam
The Walters Prize 2006, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Around The World In Eighty Days, South London Gallery, London
Pasifika Styles- Artists inside the museum, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge
HIGH TIDE: new currents in art from Australia and New Zealand, Zacheta 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

2008 Residency at Artspace, Sydney
2007-8 Residency at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
The Walters Prize 2006, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
2004 Residency at Camden Arts Centre, London and Belem Contemporary Art Flux, Belem, Brazil
1999 Bickerton Widderson Memorial Trust Scholarship
1994-7 Ilam, Canterbury University of Fine Arts, New Zealand

Publications

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

Every Colour by Itself,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

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

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, exhibition catalogue, Camden Arts Centre, London, 2005
Doomed, Doomed, All Doomed, exhibition catalogue, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005
Heads of Yesteryear, Francis Upritchard, ed. of 100, Neives, 2005
Francis Upritchard, File Note #04, residency publication, 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

Press

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

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