Francis Upritchard - Biography

Born in New Zealand
Lives and works in London

EDUCATION
2005
Artist and Residence, Camden Arts Center, London, January-February 2004

2004
Residency at Belem Contemporary Art Flux, Belem, Brazil

1994-7
Ilam, Canterbury University of Fine Arts, New Zealand

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005
Francis Upritchard, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, September 7, 2005
Salon 94, New York, September
Francis Upritchard, The Bakery, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, April
Doomed, Doomed, All Doomed, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand, February-March

2003
Francis Upritchard, Kate MacGarry, London
New Work, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2001
Ich Dien, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Untitled (Boxing arms), Rear View, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand

2000
Prince Charles, Antichrist, Warehouse space, London

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
Hot Spots 05, The Essl Collection, Vienna, November 2005-January 2006
The Way We Work Now, Camden Arts Centre, London, July-September

2004
The Secret History of Clay, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
The Death of Romance, London, May
Ika and thanks for all the Ika, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand, February
The Bart Wells Institute of London, Harrish McKay Gallery, New Zealand, March
Prospect, Wellington City Art Gallery & Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, May

2003
New Blood, The Saatchi Gallery, London, March
Becks Futures, ICA London, Southampton City Art Gallery, & CCA Glasgow
Curiosity Kills the Gab, ARtspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Peter Blake Sculpture, The London Institute, London
Lost Collection, Laing Gallery, Newcastle
Picture Room, curated by Goshka Macuga, Gasworks, London
Rollout, curated by Ricky Swallow, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Bart Wells Institute, Kapinos Gallery, Berlin

2002
+64, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Another Shitty Day in Paradise, Bart Wells Institute, London
Break, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand
The Only Way Forward, Neon Gallery, London

2001
The Bart Wells Gang, Bart Wells Institute, London
Group Show, Neon Gallery, London
Enough Or Too Much, Shop Tactics Gallery, London
Teeth & Trousers, Cell Project Space, London

2000
Outcome of Probability: Francis Upritchard and Saskia Leek, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Stuffed, Stuff Gallery, London

1999
Hobby Core, Stripp Gallery, curated by Ricky Swallow, Melbourne, Australia

1998
Group Show, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

1997
Bland, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
An Attic and Two Rooms, Deans' House, Historic Trust, Christchurch, New Zealand
Rutherford was a Teenage Sculptor, Science Alive, Christchurch, New Zealand
Accidents, Hungry Eyes Series, Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

1996
Identikit Series, High Street Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand