Born 1967 in Pembury, UK
1986-89 Saint Martins School of Art, London
Lives in Shepperton, works in London and Berlin
2024
Career Best Auction, Peles, Berlin
Mutiny, bbberlin in collaboration with Borgenheim Rosenhoff, Oslo
Stress Busters, Kunstraum Schwaz, Austria
2023
Circuits, Palette Terre, Paris
Good, Leech, Berlin (with Georgie Nettell)
Room Based, Guzzler, Rosanna, Victoria, Australia
2022
Grunge, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Room Based, KUNSTHALLE FREEPORT, Porto (with Tomas Rydin)
Room Based – The Paintings, JUBG, Cologne
2021
Room Based, Le Bourgeois, London (with Tomas Rydin)
Steam Engine, Longtang, Zurich
Room Based, Guzzler, Rosanna, Victoria, Australia
2020
archive élastique, Centre d'art contemporain - la synagogue de Delme, France
Circuits, Palette Terre, Paris
Circuits, dépendance, Brussels
Paint-It-Yourself, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
2019
Simon Lee Gallery, London
2018
De Streepschilderijen — L.A. HUB, Overduin & Co., Los Angeles
De Streepschilderijen, Overduin & Co. Amsterdam
Not Doing a Show in FPÖ Austria, NOUSMOULES, Vienna
2017
Do Not Open Until 2081, Simon Lee Gallery, London
Title of Show, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
Business Women, Galerie Neu, Berlin
2016
Blogs of the Near Future, dépendance, Brussels
2015
Hands Against Hands, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
MIDCAREER PAINTINGS, Kunsthalle Bern
Poor Leatherette, MD 72, Berlin
Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami
2014
London, London
DECADES, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
MD 72 booth, Art-O-Rama, Marseille
MERLIN, Overduin & Co., Los Angeles
2013
DECADES, Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto
Support nightclub experience Nightclub, Uma Certa Falta de Coerência, Porto
Solo Show II - All Power to the Factory Outlets, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn, Estonia
POLICE, dépendance, Brussels
2012funky house, Limazulu Project Space, London
Au Café, Bar de la Victoire / Bureau Capan-Bordes, Nice
TATE CAFÉ, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
2011
TATE CAFÉ, Simon Lee Gallery, London
„Heroes“, MD 72, Berlin
Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles
2010
Solo Show, Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami
Ballard in Narnia, the interzone, London (with Richard Parry)
2009
The Opening, dépendance, Brussels
The Opening, Simon Lee Gallery, London
2008
The Opening, Galerie Mitterrand + Sanz, Zürich
The Opening, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin (at Mercedes-Welt am Salzufer & The Corner Berlin)
The Opening, Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles
2007
The Opening, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Relax It's Only a Bad Cosima von Bonin Show, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Vienna
2006
Sounds of War, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva
2005
A Roaring RAMPAGE of Revenge, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
Look What You Made Me Do, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
2004
Nueva Generación, Distrito 4, Madrid
Take It Easy Default, M-Project, Paris
2003
Children of the Projects, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
When in Doubt Blame the Victim, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz (with Jeremy Glogan)
2002
The Making of 1945, 1997, (screening) The McAllister Institute, New York
Militant, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
2001
My Father, the Castaway, WhiteCube, Kunstakademi Bergen, Norway
2000
When You Drain the Pool, You Don't Consult the Frogs First, Magnani, London
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
As a Painter I Call Myself the Estate of, Secession, Vienna
VOLVO, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz
1999
Survivors, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
1998
Doppelganger, The Top Room, London
Chant No 1, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
1996
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
1995
Voluntary Effort, Tom Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles
1994
Friedrich Petzel/Nina Borgmann, New York
1993
Meet You by the Strange Twisted Old Oak Tree on the Secluded Knoll at Dawn in Your Swimming Trunks and I'll Tell You Something Secret. (Don't Be Late). (With Nils Norman), Galerie Z, Göttingen.
Les Jeunes, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin
1992
Meadow/Wiese, Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne
1991
Electric, Pavillon Ryszard Varisella, organised by Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, Frankfurt
To the extreme, Fettstrasse 7A (Birgit Küng), Zürich
1990
Crusade, Münzstrasse 10, Hamburg
2024
What Are We In Now?? The Wig, Berlin
Working Title: The Workers, Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
TRUE GRIT, Linn Lühn, Düsseldorf
evil or stupid, Le Bourgeois, London
ZONE, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
'It Rains, it Snows, it Paints', Clementin Seedorf, Cologne
Mannheim Miami. The Left-Over-Collection. Part One., Crone Berlin
Hoi Köln - Teil 3: Albtraum Malerei, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
2023
Hoi Köln - Teil 2: Im Bauch der Maschine, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Hoi Köln - Teil 1: Begrüßung des Raumes, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
The Backend, Montclair State University Galleries, New Jersey
the Café, O'Flaherty's, New York
Repeater, The Wig, Berlin
We Smell Gas, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
In Defense of Symbolic Value: Artistic Procedures in the Resort, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
"SUPPER CLUB", As It Stands, LA
MISERY: The English, Centre D'editions, Melbourne
Una colección privada, DARDO, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2022
The Patriot, O'Flaherty's, New York
2021
Jahresgaben, The Wig, Berlin (due to Covid this was digital only)
&zines, Zarinbal Khoshbakht, Cologne
The Party, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Austria
Sarah Staton: Supastore Southside, Slingbacks & Sunshine, South London Gallery, London
Stop Painting, Fondazione Prada - Venezia, Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venice
A Decade that Exploded, Rialto6, Lisbon
Os Conviventes (Curated by Pedro De Llano), Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto
PARTY DE CAMPAGNE, Centre d'art contemporain - la synagogue de Delme, France
2020
Faktura (For a Nervous Spirit), Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
The Sewers of Mars, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Words, Simon Lee Gallery, London (online exhibition with IRL version)
2019
9KG DE OXIGÉNIO, Galeria Municipal Do Porto, Portugal
Die Bucklige Verwandtschaft, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne
The Estate, Tobias Kaspar, Salacgrava, Latvia; and Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2018
TRANCE, curated by Albert Oehlen, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut (catalogue)
The Vitalist Economy of Painting, curated by Isabelle Graw, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Relevelations, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Rome
Elevations / curated by_ROBERT MÜLLER, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Mad World, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles
READYMADES BELONG TO EVERYONE, Swiss Institute, New York
DEATH LOLZ Presents..., Peak, London
The Church Painting Show, Blackwing Studios, London
Optik Schröder II, mumok, Vienna (catalogue)
Sad Movie, Kunsthalle Freeport, Bangkok (with Tobias Kaspar)
Distropical Encounters, In extenso offsite at TARS Gallery, Bangkok (with Tobias Kaspar)
2017
in search of characters..., Galerie Neu, Berlin
New Pleasure, Simon Lee Gallery, New York
The Painting Show, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Seoul
PAINTING | OR | NOT, The KaviarFactory, Henningsvær, Norway
Peace Love and Anarchy = Freedom and Fun Forever, The Horse Hospital, London
Pje. Corina Ka, booth at Feria de Arte Contemporaneo Argentino, Hipodromo de Palermo, Buenos Aires
TISCH, Kiefholzstrasse 401, Berlin
'All Day Breakfast', Munchees Café, Reading, UK
Control 20, Laure Genillard, London
The Painting Show, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
Readymade, Eva Presenhuber House, Vnŕ, Switzerland (catalogue)
2016
Multiplier, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
THE GEO POLITICS OF MONETIZED AIRSPACE — Come Fly with Me, I Meet You by the Airside Gucci Concession at 4, Fox Fur Hat, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis
The Squatter, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
Putting Rehearsals to the Test, VOX, the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, and SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, Montréal
Fora da ordem – obras da Coleção Helga de Alvear, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
Convergence, Stonescape, Calistoga, USA
Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, mumok, Vienna (catalogue)
La Collection Thea Westreich Wagner et Ethan Wagner, Centre Pompidou, Paris (catalogue)
On Limits: Estrangement in the Everyday, The Kitchen, New York
Le Bourgeois, 3236RLS, London
Paris - Bruxelles, dépendance, Brussels
Frenemies: Art Versus Commodity, University Art Museum - California State University Long Beach, California (catalogue)
The Painting Show, CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania (catalogue)
International Fun, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn, Estonia
2015
Mega Por No, Colmegna Spa, Buenos Aires
Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (catalogue)
Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich (catalogue)
Faux Amis, Simon Lee Gallery, London
wow! Woven? Entering the (sub) Textiles, Künstlerhaus, Graz (catalogue)
Macumba Night Club éditions - Merlin Carpenter / Jérôme Robbe, Artothèque de Villeurbanne, France
Please respond-, M/L Artspace, Venice
Selbstjustiz Durch Fehleinkäufe, Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg
The 60s, watch it gallery, London
MUSEUM SHOW by Nang Gallery, Centre Pompidoo-doo, 2 Lansdowne Rise, London
Call and Response, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
2014
Excerpts from / How They Met. Part 1: Mother and Her House / Supastore / The Issues of Our Time (1&3) / Fille/Garçon / In the Middle of Affairs, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Frieze Art Fair, booth of dépendance, Brussels
BAR DREI, 681 Morgan Ave, Greenpoint, New York
Hard Words, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
Concept Store, Nest, The Hague
kim? Salon, kim?, Riga, Latvia
Merlin and Isabelle Bankside Launch - A Graduate Exhibition by Sabrina Tarasoff, Paris
Coming of Age for Ages, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
The Hawker, dépendance at Carlos/Ishikawa, London
2013
The November Issue, Mathew, Berlin
Performance, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
„Why Painting Now?“ Cover Up Curated by Antony Hudek, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
Please Come to the Show, Part II (1980-Now), The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
2012
Redundanz, Dependance der Galerie für Landschaftskunst Hamburg in der Wandelhalle Bad Tölz, Germany
Port, Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto
Context Message, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York
POST MoDERN (curated by Clayton Deutsch), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
2011
Mathew, Berlin
The Institute of Mental Health is Burning, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Wales
Rituals of the Art World, Ludlow 38, New York
Rebus, Simon Lee Gallery, London
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
2010
Novel, dépendance, Brussels
Barbaric Freedom, Simon Lee Gallery, London
2009
Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
Paintings By, Simon Lee Gallery, London
Untitled (History Painting), University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, USA
WIR VERBESSERN IHRE ARBEIT, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin (show by Instituto Divorciado)
2008
The Coma Lounge Edinburgh, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Congratulations You Are Represented By Nang Gallery, Nang Gallery, London (and other Nang shows late 2008)
Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix, LIFE, Saint-Nazaire, France; then 2008-2010 toured to Museion, Bolzano, Italy; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Malmö Konsthall; CA2M, Madrid (catalogue)
Buy No Wino Buy Lino By Bono, Hats Plus, London
Painting: Now and Forever, Part II, Greene Naftali Gallery / Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
How Can You Represent When You Can't Pay The Rent, The New Dome, Cable St. Studios, London
Zodiac 3000, International Project Space, Birmingham, UK
DO WHAT THY WILLT, Nang Gallery, London
2007
Élégance, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Genesis I'm Sorry, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York (collaboration with Melanie Gilligan)
2006
LIVE HUMANS, The George Tavern, London
Make Your Own Life, Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; then toured to The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.
slow burn (curated by Jonah Freeman), Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva
2005
Painters Without Paintings & Paintings Without Painters, Orchard, New York
The Top Room: A Retrospective, Chelsea Space, London
TOTAL ASBO, Pogo Cafe, London
Miradas y conceptos en la colección Helga de Alvear, MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain
Islands of Glory In Streets Caked With the Fæces of Decadence, Nang Gallery, London
2004
Werkleitz Biennale, Halle, Germany
Edge of the Real, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2003
Wild Nights: Remembering Colin de Land, CB's 313 Gallery, New York
Messe in der Galerie, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
Frieze Art Fair, booth of Galerie Christian Nagel, London
Haupt- und Nebenwege, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
Malerei II Ausstellung Nulldrei, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
2002
Art Crazy Nation Show, MK G, Milton Keynes, UK
2001
Favoritin, Danzigerstr. 44, Berlin
Jewels-in-Art, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz
Works on Aluminum Selected by Paper, WhiteCube, Kunstakademi Bergen, Norway
Musterkarte, Goethe-Institut, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Galería Elba Benítez, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid
2000
Girlfriend, (Curated by Sarah Morris), Galerie für Zeitgenössiche Kunst, Leipzig
Walk 2000, Succession (furniture), London
21st Gear, The Top Room, London
It May be a Year of Thirteen Moons But it's Still the Year of Culture, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Drawings, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels
Part One, Magnani, London
1999
Painting Lab, Entwistle Gallery, London
Malerei, INIT Kunsthalle, Berlin
Richter, Bohlen, Koether, Galerie Freund - Wind, Vienna
How will we behave? Robert Prime, London
Between London and New York, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels
1998
Art Club Berlin, Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barcelona
Art Club Berlin, Berlin Art Forum
1995
The Message is the Medium, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle
1994
The Ideal Place, Haags Centrum Voor Aktuelle Kunst, The Hague
AUTOS als Wechselrahmen (Parken mit Kunst), car park next to Kunstverein in Hamburg
Sarah Staton's Supastore Boutique, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
Untitled Group Show, Metro Pictures, New York
Sammlung Volkmann, Berlin
Museum auf Zeit, Fridericianum, Kassel
1993
The Big Summer Group Show: The London Photo Race - U.S.Videos - Einladungskarten, Friesenwall 120, Cologne
Galerie Fettsack, Friesenwall 120, Cologne
1992
A Show by Kiron Khosla, The Long Gallery, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin
1991
Paris Bar, Berlin
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
Fallen und Fallen Lassen, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz
1990
Peace and anarchy & I love form but she doesn't love me & strange flowers & homage to Schnabel equals freedom and fun forever, 64-65 Guilford St., London
Heimspiel, Kunstverein in Hamburg
Rotation - Art Critic's Art, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne
2013
2010-
salon 4, London
2005-2015
Nang Gallery, London
2001-04
merlinstore, merchandising website
1998-
1994-96
Poster Studio, London