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Born in 1971, London UK. Lives and works in Suffolk.0
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EDUCATION0
1995-1996 MA Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, London1992-1995 BA Fine Art, Winchester School of Art
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS0
2022 The Wait – ANOTHER Gallery, NYC2022 Nobody wants to do nothing – 57W57Arts, NYC
2021 Woolgathering – (works on paper) FransKasl Projects, Eindhoven
2020 New Eyes Every Time – MOSTYN Gallery, Wales, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti
2019 Futures and Pasts – Atlas House, Ipswich
2015 Annalisa Stevens, London
2011 Max Wigram Gallery, London
2009 Max Wigram Gallery, London
2007 Max Wigram Gallery, London
2007 L&M Arts, New York
2006 Max Wigram Gallery, London
2005 The Valley is Broken – Salon 94, New York
2004 Unpeacable Kingdom – MW Projects, London
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS0
2022Double Trouble – ANOTHER Gallery, Paris
Everywhere was nowhere and nowhere everywhere – Pi Artworks, London, curated by Mustafa Hulusi
Men who paint flowers – Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Escape from New York – ANOTHER Gallery, LA
Be like water my friend – Another Place, NYC
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2021American Psycho – Volery Gallery, Dubai, co-curated by Massine Benoukaci
Public Intimacy – Confer-Karnac, London, curated by Hayley Lock
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2020The Collector’s Room – JGM Gallery, London, curated by Karen David
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2019MOSTYN Open 21 – MOSTYN Gallery, Wales, selected by Alfredo Cramerotti, Hannah Conroy, Katerina Gregos and Jennifer Higgie
Preparing For Darkness, Vol. 3 – Kühlhaus, Berlin, curated by Uwe Goldenstein
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20183-5 Silent Street – Ipswich, curated by Adam Thompson
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2016Collateral Drawing – Waterfront Gallery UCS, Ipswich
El dorado – Horatio Junior, London
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2015Tutti Frutti – Turps Banana Gallery, London
Love: The First of the 7 Virtues – Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York
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2014States of Mind – Maison Particulière, Brussels
Summer Salon – Lion & Lamb Gallery, London
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2013The Opinion Makers – Lubomirov-Easton, Enclave Gallery, London
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2012Wonderful - Humboldt, Crocodile & Polke – The Olbricht Collection, ME Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Paintings - Max Wigram Gallery, London
The Mechanical Hand 25 years of Print making at Paupers Press – Group show, Kings Place Gallery, London
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2011Angels and Urchins – 400 Years of Children’s Portraits – Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
From the Recent Past: New Acquisitions – The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Memories of the Future – The Olbricht Collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris, curated by Wolfgang Schoppmann
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2010Bigminis – Fetishes of Crisis – CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, France
Lust of Life and Dance of Death: Works from The Olbricht Collection – Kunsthalle Krems , Austria
Karl Fritsch + Takeshi Miyakawa + Richard Wathen – Salon 94 , New York
Dawnbreakers – John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
Passion Fruits - picked from the Olbricht Collection – ME Collectors Room, Berlin
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2009Young/Old Masters – Robillant+Voena, London
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2008Park Avenue – Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
Go For It – Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
No End in Sight – Galerie Polaris, Paris
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2007Old School – Zwirner & Wirth, New York
Old School – Hauser & Wirth, London
Eau Savage Part II – Fieldgate Gallery, London
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2006The Monty Hall Problem – Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, curated by Slater Bradley
Eau Sauvage – Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne
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2005Threshold – Max Wigram Gallery, London
Silent Stories – Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
New Figuration – Christina Wilson Gallery, Copenhagen
Faux Realism – Rockwell Gallery, London
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2004Expander – Royal Academy of Arts at 6 Burlington Gardens, London, curated by Mustafa Hulusi
Year Zero `Vanitas` – The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
She’s Come Undone – Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, curated by Augusto Arbizo
Britannia Works – Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre & Xippas Gallery, Athens, curated by Katerina Gregos
I, Assassin – Wallspace gallery, New York
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2003Godzilla – SODA Space, London
Selected Paintings – MW Projects, London
The Rocca Pistola Collection – New Inn Gallery, London
Flora and Fauna – The Beehive, London
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2002Viva Pablo – Bart Wells Institute, London
Guns and Roses – Brick Lane, London, curated by Juan Bolivar
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1998Critical Faculty – Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS0
Museum of Contemporary Art – Los AngelesThe Olbricht Collection – Berlin
The Saatchi Gallery – London
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2021Richard Wathen, New Eyes Every Time – DISTANZ, May
2011
Jackie Wullschlager “Critics Choice” – Financial Times, 23rd-24th April
Felicity Shaw “Richard Wathen’s Self Portraits” – Dazed Digital online, 26th April
2009
Martin Coomer “Richard Wathen” – TimeOut London, 2nd-8th April, p.46
Ana Finel Honigman “Richard Wathen” – Artforum, March
Neal Brown “Touching Greatness” – The First Post, 25th March
David Yu “Weird Wanderings and Wonderings” – ARTslant London, 25th March
2007
Freire Barnes “Home Sweet Home” – bbcCollective online, Issue No. 275, 26th October
Ilaria Porotto “A Laboratory of Research on Youngest Artists” – Art Key, pp. 38-39
Matthew Fisher “Matthew Fisher Reviews Old School” – Matthew Fisher Eyes and Ears of the North Blogspot, 14th July
John Goodrich “Gallery-Going: Traditions & Their Uses” – The New York Sun, 12th July
2006
Rachel Campbell-Johnson “Old Masters, Young Pretenders” – Times2, 8th May, p. 14
Jessica Lack “Preview” – The Guardian Guide London (supplement), 27th May, p. 37
Bill Roberts “Richard Wathen at Max Wigram Gallery” – Saatchi Reviews online, 31st May
Fisun Güner “Threshold” – Metro London, 4th August, p. 24
Roberta Smith “Making An Entrance At Any Age” – The New York Times, 6th May, pp. 26-27
Helen Sumpter “Faux Realism II” – Time Out London, 20th – 27th April, p. 54
Neil Mulholland “Expander” – Frieze, Issue 88, January/February, p. 125
Trine Ross “Genbrugsgenre” – Kultur, 23rd September, p. 8
Kinga Santus “Nye tendenser I ungt figurativt maleri” – Kunstavisen, August, p. 16
2004
Gaynor Aaltonen “A View from Here” – The National Trust Magazine, Issue 103, September, p. 59
Jessica Lack “Unpeaceable Kingdom” – The Guardian Guide London (supplement), May Hepzibah Anderson, London, May
“Unpeaceable Kingdom” – Evening Standard Magazine (supplement), London, May
Martin Coomer “Unpeaceable Kingdom” – Time Out London, 26th May – 2nd June, p. 50
2003
Sally O`Reilly “Selected Paintings” – Frieze, Issue 79, November, pp. 105-6
2002
Fisun Güner “Guns And Roses” – Metro London, 10th July, p. 1