David Thorpe  (British, 1972) 

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David Thorpe Biography
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
Selected 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.