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David Thorpe (British, born 1972)

Timeline

1972: Born in London
1991–1994: BA hons., Fine Art Hunberside University
1996–1998: Goldsmiths University, MA Fine Art
: Currently lives and works in London

Exhibitions

2012: Maureen Paley, London (solo)
2012: The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield (solo)
2009: A Weak Light Flickering, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany. (solo)
2008: Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany. (solo)
2007: Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany. (solo)
2007: The Defeated Life Restored, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland; (solo)
2007: Camden Arts Centre, London; Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany, (C) (solo)
2007: Three for Society, 303 Gallery, New York
2006: China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
2006: Sleep of Urlo, curated by Goshka Macuga, A Foundation, Liverpool
2006: Toutes Compositions Florales, Counter Gallery, London
2006: A meeting of Friends, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, U.K. (solo)
2005: Maureen Paley, London, U.K. (solo)
2005: 303 Gallery, New York, U.S.A. (solo)
2005: Blake & Sons – Alternative Lifestyles and Mysticism in Contemporary Art, The Lewis
2005: Gluksman, Gallery, University College, Cork
2005: Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. (C)
2005: The British Art Show 6, Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition. (C)
2005: The triumph of painting, The Saatchi gallery, London. (C)
2004: The Colonists, Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany. (solo)
2004: The Colonists, Art Now space, Tate Britain, London, U.K. (solo)
2004: Rubell Family Collection, Not Afraid, Wynwood Art District, Miami Florida, USA. (C)
2004: Into My World, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
2004: Edge of the Real - A Painting Show, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2003: Bootleg, Spitalfields Market, London
2003: Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. (solo)
2002: Maureen Paley Interim Art, London, U.K. (solo)
2002: We all love …, The Mission, London
2002: Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, MoMA QNS, New York. (C)
2002: Per Saldo, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
2002: Tailsliding, Bergen Centre for Contemporary Art, Norway; Vilnius Centre of Contemporary Art, Lithuania; Rotermann Salt Storage, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia; CASA, Salamanca, Spain; Turku Art Museum, Finland; Brno House of Arts, Czech Republic
2002: The Necessary Enemy, Bart Wells Institute, London
2002: Beyond Barbizon, Elias Fine Art, Allston, MA
2002: Painted, Printed and Produced in Great Britain, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York
2002: A collection, ABNAmro Bank, (C)
2001: Futureland 2001, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
2001: Sages, Scientists and Madmen, One in the Other, London
2001: Extended Painting, Galleria monica De Cardenas Milano, Italy
2000: Future Perfect: art on how architecture imagined the future, Cornerhouse Manchester, England
2000: Salon, Delfina London, England
2000: The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery London, Enlgand
2000: Manchester; Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff
2000: Twisted. Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, (C)
2000: Wooden Heart, AVCO, London
1999: The Sea, The Sea, Murray Guy, New York
1999: Heart and Soul, 60 Long Lane London, England
1999: Maureen Paley Interim Art London, England (solo)
1999: Idlewild, The Approach London, England
1998: Die Young Stay Pretty, ICA, London
1998: Cluster Bomb, Morrison Judd Gallery, London
1998: Ruislip, De Pracktijk, Amsterdam
1998: Post Neo-Amatuerism, Chisenhale Gallery, London
1998: Futures for the Young, Axel Morner Gallery, Stockholm
1998: Printemps, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London
1998: Sunshine Breakfast, Michael Janssen Gallery, Cologne
1998: Sociable Realism, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
1998: The new neurotic realism, The Saatchi Gallery, London. (C)
1997: David Thorpe and Simon Periton, Habitat, Kings Road, London
1997: Need for Speed, Grazer Kunstverein Steirischer herbst 97, Graz, Austria
1997: B.o.n.go, Bricks and Kicks Gallery, Vienna
1997: David Thorpe and Simon Hollington, City Racing, London
1996: Angels, Standpoint Gallery, London

Literature

2008: Dirksen, Jens, Bildschön, wie gemalt, NRZ, 26 January 2008, p.7.
2008: Grass, Von Matthias, Visionen – nicht Wirklichkeit, Rheinische Post, 26 January 2008, p.6.
2008: Sumpter, Helen, Ward, Ossian, Fresh Set of Eyes, Time Out, 23 October 2008, pp.20-23.
2008: Wood, Catherine, Focus London, Artists Directory: David Thorpe, Flash Art, October 2008, p.97.
2007: Buck, Louisa, In Vogue: It’s showtime, Vogue, May 2007, pp.73-74.
2007: The Defeated Life Restored, Camden Arts Centre, London. (solo)
2007: Barnes, Freire, David Thorpe: Looking after the environment, www.bbc.co.uk, 17 May 2007.
2007: Knoll, Valérie, Reviews: David Thorpe, Kunsthaus Glarus, Artforum, Summer 2007, pp.
2007: Miguel, Victoria, Three for Society, MAP, Autumn 2007, p.55.
2007: O’Reilly, Sally, Reviews: David Thorpe, Camden Arts Centre, Art Review, Issue 13, July - August 2007, p.128.
2007: Coomer, Martin, Exhibition of the Week: David Thorpe, Camden Arts Centre, Time Out, 09 May 2007.
2007: Morris, Jane, Maureen Paley: Gallery Profile, Art World, December 2007, pp.52-55.
2007: Wood, Catherine, On the ground: London, Artforum, December 2007, pp. 292-293.
2006: Row, D K, Ovitz collection takes on an adventurous dimension, Sunday Oregonian, 19
2006: Top 100 Artists, Flash Art, October 2006, pp.68-69.
2005: Dorment, Richard, When Beauty shocks you into silence, Telegraph, 27 September 2005.
2005: James, Sarah, British Art Show 6, Art Monthly, Nº291, November 2005, p20 - 21.
2005: Lafuente, Pablo, Display - Recent installation photographs from London galleries and venues, Rachmaninoff’s , p 31.
2005: Williams, Eliza, David Thorpe, Flash Art, Nº243, p78.
2005: Jodidio, Philip, Architecture : Art, Editor , Prestel, pp 196 – 197.
2005: Caspar David Friedrich ist auch Kitsch, ART Das Kunstmagazin, May
2005: Pietsch, Von Hans, Hinter dem Rucken der Zivilisation, Art das kuntsmagazin, February 2006, p4 & 50-55.
2005: Morton, Tom, Call of the Wild. Frieze, Nº 88, January/February
2004: A Rendezvous with my Friends of Liberty, Revolver, Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt. (solo)
2004: Sweet, Matthew, Outsider Art, The Independent Magazine, 23 October
2004: Wood, Catherine, David Thorpe: Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Frieze, No. 84, June - August
2004: Thorpe, David. The Kingdom of Seekers, Metropolis M, Nr. 2 April/May
2003: Gronlund, Melissa, Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Contemporary, issue 47/48
2003: Downey, Anthony, Utopia Remembered, Contemporary, No.51, June 2003
2003: Pollack, Barbara, Drawing Now: eight Propositions, Art Monthly, February
2002: Hoptman, Laura, drawing happiness, drawing now: eight propositions, The
2002: Lafuente, Pablo, A Room of Their Own, ArtReview, November
2002: Temin, Christine, A dozen options in landscape at ‘Beyond Barbizon’, Boston Sunday Globe, 14 April 2002, p8.
2002: Vuori, Jyrki, Nuori brittitaide rullala, Turun Sanomat, 16 November 2002.
2001: Ad. M, La pittura: un remake o un bisogno fisiologico, Giornale Dell’Arte, April
2001: Beatrice, Luca. Extended Painting, Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Flash Art, Vol.XXXIV Nº 219 July-September 2001.
2001: Chung, Karen. Cut-and-Paste Poet, Wallpaper, 36, March
2001: Dell’Orso, Silvia, Da Haring a Linke per i dritti dell’uomo, Tutto Milano, March 2001, p40.
2001: Hamre Dagsland, Sissel, Lek og moro I Kunstforeningen, Bergens Tidende, 12 October 2001, p23.
2001: Hovedsalene: Tailsliding, Bergens Kunstforening, 12 October 2001.
2001: Da Londra e New York ecco il nuovo figurative, Arte, June 2001.
2001: Extended painting, Arte e Criteria, June 2001.
2001: Extended painting, Time Out Milano, March 2001.
2001: La pittura per estensionne, Kult, 2001.
2000: Blotkamp, Carel, Het broene hart van Global City, De Volkskrant, 28 September.
2000: Dates: Art, David Thorpe, Blueprint, January
2000: Geerling, Let, Mr. DOB meets Mr. Darwin: Geschilderde natuurbeelden, Metropolis M, December 2000, p24-28.
2000: Gellatly, Andrew. David Thorpe, Interim Art, frieze, Issue 52 May
2000: Hartog Jager, Hans den, Het paradijs is ongenietbaar, Trippy landschapen in Eindhoven, Handelsblad, 29 September 2000.
2000: Herbert, Martin. David Thorpe at Interim Art, London, london.co.uk magazine
2000: Herbert, Martin. David Thorpe, Interim Art, Time Out, Nº1543 January 12-19
2000: De tijdgeest betrapt, Algemeen Dagblad, 26 September 2000.
2000: Prince, Nigel. Future Perfect, Untitled, Nº 23
2000: Roos, Robert, Figuratie Met Eeen draai, Kunstbeeld, No. 10, October 2000, p24&25.
2000: Spaniniks, Angelique, Hadeendaagse hallucinaties, Eindhovens Dageblad, 28 September 2000
2000: Spijkerman, Sandra, Een verzameling bijzondere landschappen, Trouw, 01 November 2000.
2000: Thorpe, David. David Thorpe, Inter Vista, Vol. IV Nº23 Summer
2000: Art: David Thorpe @ Maureen Paley.Interim Art, Tank 6#
2000: Van de Velde, Paola, Romantiek vermengd met Walt Disney, Telegraaf, 04 October.
2000: Van Neerven, Gabriel, Fotografische landschappen in het Van Abbe. 06 November 2000
2000: Verstraten Meggie, ‘Verdraaide’ Landschappen, Vereniging Vrienden Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, November 2000, p4-6.
2000: Williams, Gilda. Profile: Paper Moon, Art Monthly, Nº 233 February
2000: Williams, Gilda. David Thorpe, Twisted, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven (cat.)
2000: Eindoven, Volkskrant, 21 September, 2000.
2000: Eindoven, Volkskrant, 28 September, 2000.
2000: Exhibition: Twisted, Expats Magazine, 16 October 2005, p40.
2000: Twisted. Urban and visionary landscapes in Contemporary Painting, De, November 2000.
2000: Twisted: International jonge kunstenaars in Van Abbe, Weekend voor Deurne, 21 September 2000.
2000: Wakker in een nieuwe wereld, moderne media doen intrede in figurative kunst, Spits, 21 September 2000.
1999: von Planta, Regina. David Thorpe bei Interim Art, Kunst-Bulletin 12, December
1999: __. Essential Art: David Thorpe, The Big Issue
1999: McLaren, Duncan. David Thorpe, The Independent on Sunday, 12 December
1999: Grant, Simon. Housing estate art, The Guardian Guide, 11-17 December
1999: Sumpter, Helen. Galleries: Choice,
1999: The Evening Standard Hot Tickets, 03-09 December
1999: Beard, Alan. The Lookout, frieze, Issue 47 July August
1999: Johnson, Ken. The Sea, The Sea, The New York Times, 16 July
1999: Morrison, Paul. Bonjour Monsier Caulfield, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 22
1999: Judd, Ben. The Lie of the Land, Flash Art, Vol. XXXII Nº 205 March April
1999: Windsor, John. The Independent Collector, The Independent, 12 January
1999: Smith, Robert, More Space for Young Artists, New York Times, 1999.
1998: Garnett, Robert. Die Young Stay Pretty, Art Monthly, Nº 222, 98-99
1998: Collings, Matthew. Being Entertained, Modern Painters, December
1998: __. the new wave of top art, Elle Decoration, December
1998: Urban Art, International Textiles, Nº 799 December
1998: Cumming, Laura. Louise Bourgeois/Die Young Stay Pretty, The Observer
1998: Searle, Adrian. Dumb and Dumber, The Guardian, 01 December
1998: Morley, Simon. The Friedrich Factor, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 19
1998: Artclub Quarterly, Habitat, London, autumn edition
1998: The New Neurotic Realism, The Saatchi Gallery, London (catalogue)
1998: Maloney, Martin. The art of David Thorpe, Frank, June
1998: Beech, Dave. Sociable Realism, Art Monthly, Nº 214 March
1997: __. B.o.n.go, Artist Newsletter, July
1996: Owen, Peter. Is it a fact?, Creative Camera, April May.