David Shrigley

Shrigley is a Glasgow-based artist with a vast and broad following.

Selected Biography
Born: 1968, Macclesfield
Solo Exhibitions
2009  
David Shrigley, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland (24 January - 28 February)
2008    
David Shrigley, Monotypien, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Estrany De La Mota, Barcelona, Spain
David Shrigley, books, prints and ephemeras, Christoph Daviet-Thery, Paris, France
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
2006
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005
BQ Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
2003
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
2002
Camden Arts Centre, London, travelling to Mappin Gallery, Sheffield
Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
2001
CCS Museum, Bard College, New York, USA
2000
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
CCA, Glasgow
Photographers’ Gallery, London
1995
Map of the Sewer, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2008  
Fuck You Human, Maribel López Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Lots of Things Like This, apexart, New York, NY
Laughing in a Foreign Language, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Overkill, Wonderland Art Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
Cult Fiction, Hayward Gallery touring exhibition, New Art Gallery, Walsall; touring to Nottingham Castle, Nottingham; Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds; Aberystwyth Art Gallery, Aberystwyth; Tullie House, Carlisle
Learn to Read, Level 2 Gallery, Tate Modern, London
2006
Spank The Monkey, Baltic, Gateshead, UK
Under Gods Hammer: William Blake versus David Shrigley, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2005
Situation Comedy, MCA, Chicago, USA
Emotion Pictures, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2004
State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London
Needful Things: Recent Multiples, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
2003
Love Over Gold, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
The Unhomely, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
The Square Show, Bloomberg SPACE, London
Splat, Boom, Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA, touring to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA
2002
The Galleries Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Out of Line, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, CSU, Los Angeles, USA
The Fantastic Recurrence of Certain Situations: Recent British Art and Photography, Consejéria de Cultura, Madrid, Spain
2001
Rendezvous III, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
Televisions, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
2000
The British Art Show 5, Edinburgh (touring to Southampton, Cardiff and Birmingham)
Beck’s Futures, ICA, London, (touring to Cornerhouse, Manchester and CCA, Glasgow)
Personal History, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester (touring)
1999
Love Bites, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Zac 99, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1998
Surfacing–Contemporary Drawing, ICA, London
1997
Young British Photography, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany
Caldas Biennale, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
1996
Absolut Blue and White, Inverleith House, Edinburgh
Big Girl/Little Girl, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
White Hysteria, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Melbourne, Australia
1995
Scottish Autumn, Bartok 23 Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
1994
Some of My Friends, Gallerie Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark
New Art in Scotland, CCA, Glasgow
1992
In Here, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

Publications and Catalogues
2007
David Shrigley, Centro De Arte Caja De Burgos, Burgos, Spain
2006
Under God’s Hammer: William Blake versus David Shrigley, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
2005
The Book of Shrigley, Redstone Press/Chronicle Books, London
Worried Noodles-The Empty Sleeve, Tomlab, Cologne
2004
Kill Your Pets, Revolver, Frankfurt/ Redstone Press, London
Let’s Wrestle, Redstone Press, London
2003
Yellow Bird With Worm, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Who I Am and What I Want, Redstone Press, London
Human Achievement, The Redstone Press, London
2002
Evil Thoughts, 24 Postcards, The Redstone Press, London
David Shrigley, Camden Arts Centre, Mappin Art Gallery
2001
Do not bend, The Redstone Press, London
Collaboration with Yoshitomo Nara in Bijutsu Techo
2000
Weekly cartoon in the Independent on Sunday
Grip, Pocketbooks, Edinburgh
Blank Page and Other Pages, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
1998
Centre Parting, The Little Cockroach Press, Toronto, Canada
Order of Service, The Armpit Press, Glasgow
Why We Got the Sack From The Museum, Redstone Press, London (Reprinted 2002)
1996
Err, Book Works, London (Reprinted 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003)
Drawings Done Whilst On The Phone To Idiot, The Armpit Press, Glasgow
Let Not these Shadows Fall Upon Thee, Tramway, Glasgow
1995
Enquire Within, The Armpit Press, Glasgow
Magazine Projects
2007
Art World Magazine, Issue II December, Insert
2005-ongoing Guardian (weekly cartoon every Saturday)
2001
Cabinet Magazine, Issue 2
1999/2000 Independent On Sunday Review (Weekly Cartoon 1/1999 to 2/2000)