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Richard Wright Biography
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1978 - 1982 |
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BA (Hons) Painting, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
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1984 |
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Major Prize Winner, Scottish Young Contemporaries
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1985 - 1986 |
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Amsterdam Studio Residency, Scottish Arts Council
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1994 |
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California Institute of the Arts, (exchange residency)
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1993 - 1995 |
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MFA, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
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1997 |
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Scottish Arts Council Award
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1997 |
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STOPSTOP, Volume 1, Glasgow, 1997, (artwork in publication)
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1998 |
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Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Award for Visual Arts
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2000 - 2001 |
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Visiting Professor, CalArts, Los Angeles
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2006 |
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MCASD, San Diego, (residency)
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2007 |
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Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, (commission)
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Lives and works in Glasgow
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow, April, (solo)
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2008
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Richard Wright & Samuel Beckett, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
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2007
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Richard Wright, MCASD Downtown, San Diego (solo)
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2007
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JARDINS PUBLICS, (26 London Street & St. George’s Well, Water of Leith), Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh
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2006
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Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before, Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach
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2006
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Thread, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
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2006
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The subversive charm of the bourgeoisie, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
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2005
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Centre d'Art contemporain, Le Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France (solo)
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2005
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Gagosian Gallery, (uptown), New York (solo)
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2005
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Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg Space, London
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2005
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No Manifesto, GAMeC, Bergamo
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2005
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Supernova, (British Council touring show), Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland; Tallinn Kunstihoone, Estonia; CCA, Vilnius, Lithuania; City Gallery, Prague; Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava, Slovakia
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2004
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What is in my apartment when I’m not there?, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
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2004
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Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum für neue Kunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe
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2004
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Sodium and Asphalt, British Council exhibition at Museo Tamayo Arte
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2004
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Contemporáneo, Mexico City and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey
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2003
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Drawings, Gagosian Gallery, London
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2003
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Killing Time and Listening Between the Lines, La Colección Jumex, Mexico
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2003
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The Modern Institute, Glasgow (solo)
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2002
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Gagosian Gallery, London (solo)
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2002
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Kunstverein für die Rhinelande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (solo)
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2002
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Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2002
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Sphere, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
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2002
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FAIR, (with BQ, Cologne), Royal College of Art, London
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2002
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My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen
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2002
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The Garden of Violence, Swiss Expo 2002, Murten Historisches Museum, Switzerland
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2001
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Here and Now, Scottish Art 1990-2001, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
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2001
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Tate Gallery, Liverpool (solo)
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2001
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Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (solo)
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2001
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Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis
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2000
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Home, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam
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2000
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Intelligence, Tate Britain, London
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2000
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The British Art Show 5, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, and touring to Cardiff, Birmingham and Southampton
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2000
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Amateur/Eldsjäl, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg
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2000
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Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton Keynes (solo)
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2000
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Gagosian Gallery, (Chelsea), New York (solo)
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1999
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Inverleith House, Edinburgh (solo)
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1999
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A Radiant Future, Forder Gallery, Geneva
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1999
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Creeping Revolution, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw
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1999
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In The Midst of Things: Art, Architecture and Design, Bournville, Birmingham
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1999
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de coras(i)on, TeclaSala, Barcelona
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1999
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XN 1999, Espace des Arts, Châlon-sur-Soane, Paris
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1999
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Free Coke: Contemporary Drawing, GreeneNaftali Gallery, New York
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1999
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The Drawing Centre, New York
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1998
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Roundabout, Centre For Contemporary Art, Warsaw
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1998
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Surfacing Contemporary Drawing, ICA, London
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1998
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Manifesta 2, Luxembourg
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1998
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Nettverk, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
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1997
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Correspondences: Art from Scotland and Berlin, Berlinische Galerie im Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
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1997
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Pictura Britannica, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
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1997
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Pure Fantasy: Inventive Painting of the 90s, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
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1997
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Material Culture: The Object in British Art of the 1980s and 90s, Hayward Gallery, London
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1997
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Wish You Were Here Too, 83 Hill Street, Glasgow
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1996
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Absolut Vision: New British Painting in the 1990s, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
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1996
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Loaded: A Contemporary View of British Painting, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
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1996
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Live/Life, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
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1996
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Stepping Out, 33 Great Sutton Street, London
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1996
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Insanestupidphatfuctpervert, Concrete Skates, Glasgow; Cubitt Street, London
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1996
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No Tell Hotel, Moat House Hotel, Glasgow
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1996
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Sugarhiccup, Tramway, Glasgow
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1995
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30 Secs + Title, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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1995
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The Belmont Hotel, Installation Project, Glasgow
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1995
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Landscape Show, CalArts, Los Angeles
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1995
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About Place, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
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1994
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New Art in Scotland, CCA, Glasgow; Aberdeen City Art Gallery
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1994
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CalArts, Los Angeles (solo)
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1994
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Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (solo)
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1993
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Transmission in Belfast, Exchange Show with Transmission Gallery, Glasgow and Catalyst Arts, Belfast
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1993
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Pure Fiction, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
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1993
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City Racing Gallery, London
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