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| MARK WRIGHT |
Mark Wright “…paintings that take up directly what might be called the beauty issue. There is a
sweetness and light pervading the painting, candy or electric colours and a high finish. The imagery is
layered, concealed behind the varnish. There is a micro–symmetry within the motifs and a macro-
dysymmetry in the composition of each painting. It is a mannerist elevation of artifice within the frame
of painting which, despite its references, never quite gives in to landscape. These paintings are rather
screens which carry wholly artificial signs towards the remnants of another image of a natural world.
There are pointers to particular epistemic systems, to sciences for example, which have drifted too far to
be accessible any longer.” White Window, Jane Lee (2005)
Education.
1982-85 Central School of Art and Design, London.
1988-90 Royal College of Art, London.
Selected Solo Exhibitions.
2005 Metropole Galleries,The Leas, Folkestone, Kent
2003 i-Level Gallery, London
2000 Rhodes + Mann Gallery, London
1996 Jason & Rhodes, London
1994 Lannon Gallery, New York
1993 Galeria Alda Cortez, Lisbon
1992 Anderson O’ Day Gallery, London
1991 Winchester Gallery, Hampshire
Selected Group exhibitions.
2006 Kamikaze Blossom, Fieldgate Gallery, London
2005 For and From, The Metropole Galleries, The Leas, Folkestone
2005 Truth and Beauty, Life Science Centre Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2005 Marvels of the World, Dunkirk Museum of Fine Arts, Dunkirk, France
2005 Pencil(a drawing show) Carter Gallery, London
2002 Growth and Form, The Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
2002 The Pfizer Collection, Pfizer Gallery, Tadworth, Surrey
2001 Growth and Form, Two-10 Gallery, Wellcome Trust, London
2000 Inroads, Museum of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2000 Fusion, Inaugural Group Show, Rhodes+Mann Gallery, London
2000 Surface Tension, Two-person show with Robert Davies, MAC, Birmingham
2000 The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery, London
1999 Near, Museum of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1999 Group show, Andrew Grassie, Ashley Elliot, Paul Huxley, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, 1998 Tech,
Galerie eof, Paris, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1998 Nine Artists, Jason and Rhodes Gallery, London
1998 Vauxhall Gardens, curated by Peter Fillingham, Norwich Gallery
1997 “inside, outside, above, below” Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
1997 Double Life, curated by Peter Lewis and Esther Windsor, The Waiting Room, University of Wolverhampton
1997 On paper, Robert Davies, Andrew Grassie, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1996 Snuff, Gallery Krista Schubbe, Dusseldorf
1996 Group show, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
1995 Points Forward, selected by Paul Huxley, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1995 The Question of Scale, curated by John Gillet and Rebecca Fortnum, Winchester Gallery, Hampshire,
Gosport Museum, Hampshire and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1994 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1994 Group show, Anderson O’ Day Gallery, London
1994 The Bridge Show, Lannon Gallery, New York
1994 An American Passion (Robert and Susan K.Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting)
McLennanGalleries, Glasgow and Royal College of Art, London
1993 Cubitt Artists, The Eagle Gallery, London
1993 An Undiscovered Country, curated by Charles Hall, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1992 Inside a Microcosm, curated by Gareth Jones, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
1992 Group show, Andrew Bick, Peter Doig, Roger Clarke, The Leather Market Gallery, Bermondsey
1992 After Haeckel, Twenty –Four Monotypes, Southampton Art Centre, Southampton
1992 Bruise, Painting for the 90’s, Ikon Gallery, Cornerhouse Gallery and Cleveland Art Gallery
1989 Into the 90’s, Mall Galleries, London
1989 John Moores 16 Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, London
Awards & Fellowships
1986-7 Northern Arts Awards
1989 Sir James Knott Scholarship, Royal College of Art
1990 Boise Travel Award ( New York)
1990-1 Visiting Fellow in Painting, Winchester School of Art
1994-5 British Council Awards
1998-2001 Research Fellow in Painting, Kent Institute of Art & Design
sweetness and light pervading the painting, candy or electric colours and a high finish. The imagery is
layered, concealed behind the varnish. There is a micro–symmetry within the motifs and a macro-
dysymmetry in the composition of each painting. It is a mannerist elevation of artifice within the frame
of painting which, despite its references, never quite gives in to landscape. These paintings are rather
screens which carry wholly artificial signs towards the remnants of another image of a natural world.
There are pointers to particular epistemic systems, to sciences for example, which have drifted too far to
be accessible any longer.” White Window, Jane Lee (2005)
Education.
1982-85 Central School of Art and Design, London.
1988-90 Royal College of Art, London.
Selected Solo Exhibitions.
2005 Metropole Galleries,The Leas, Folkestone, Kent
2003 i-Level Gallery, London
2000 Rhodes + Mann Gallery, London
1996 Jason & Rhodes, London
1994 Lannon Gallery, New York
1993 Galeria Alda Cortez, Lisbon
1992 Anderson O’ Day Gallery, London
1991 Winchester Gallery, Hampshire
Selected Group exhibitions.
2006 Kamikaze Blossom, Fieldgate Gallery, London
2005 For and From, The Metropole Galleries, The Leas, Folkestone
2005 Truth and Beauty, Life Science Centre Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2005 Marvels of the World, Dunkirk Museum of Fine Arts, Dunkirk, France
2005 Pencil(a drawing show) Carter Gallery, London
2002 Growth and Form, The Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
2002 The Pfizer Collection, Pfizer Gallery, Tadworth, Surrey
2001 Growth and Form, Two-10 Gallery, Wellcome Trust, London
2000 Inroads, Museum of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2000 Fusion, Inaugural Group Show, Rhodes+Mann Gallery, London
2000 Surface Tension, Two-person show with Robert Davies, MAC, Birmingham
2000 The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery, London
1999 Near, Museum of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1999 Group show, Andrew Grassie, Ashley Elliot, Paul Huxley, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, 1998 Tech,
Galerie eof, Paris, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1998 Nine Artists, Jason and Rhodes Gallery, London
1998 Vauxhall Gardens, curated by Peter Fillingham, Norwich Gallery
1997 “inside, outside, above, below” Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
1997 Double Life, curated by Peter Lewis and Esther Windsor, The Waiting Room, University of Wolverhampton
1997 On paper, Robert Davies, Andrew Grassie, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1996 Snuff, Gallery Krista Schubbe, Dusseldorf
1996 Group show, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
1995 Points Forward, selected by Paul Huxley, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
1995 The Question of Scale, curated by John Gillet and Rebecca Fortnum, Winchester Gallery, Hampshire,
Gosport Museum, Hampshire and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1994 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1994 Group show, Anderson O’ Day Gallery, London
1994 The Bridge Show, Lannon Gallery, New York
1994 An American Passion (Robert and Susan K.Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting)
McLennanGalleries, Glasgow and Royal College of Art, London
1993 Cubitt Artists, The Eagle Gallery, London
1993 An Undiscovered Country, curated by Charles Hall, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1992 Inside a Microcosm, curated by Gareth Jones, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
1992 Group show, Andrew Bick, Peter Doig, Roger Clarke, The Leather Market Gallery, Bermondsey
1992 After Haeckel, Twenty –Four Monotypes, Southampton Art Centre, Southampton
1992 Bruise, Painting for the 90’s, Ikon Gallery, Cornerhouse Gallery and Cleveland Art Gallery
1989 Into the 90’s, Mall Galleries, London
1989 John Moores 16 Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, London
Awards & Fellowships
1986-7 Northern Arts Awards
1989 Sir James Knott Scholarship, Royal College of Art
1990 Boise Travel Award ( New York)
1990-1 Visiting Fellow in Painting, Winchester School of Art
1994-5 British Council Awards
1998-2001 Research Fellow in Painting, Kent Institute of Art & Design
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