Mark Fairnington (British, born )

Timeline

1957
Born in London
1979–1981
St. Martin's School of Art, London, UK
1987–1989
Goldsmith's College, London, UK
1997–1998
Imperial War Museum, London
1999
Sargant Fellowship, British School at Rome, UK
1999–2002
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK
1999–2002
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK
2003–2005
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Awards
2003 AHRB - Research Leave Award
2003 London Arts - Individual Artists Award
2001 sciart consortium - Research Award
1995 British Council - Exhibition Award
1993 Arthur Anderson Award - Figurative Painting Award
London Arts Board - Individual Artists Award
1989 British Council - Exhibition Award
1986 Greater London Arts - Individual Artists Award
Lives and works in London

Exhibitions

2014
Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
2014
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
2013
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
2012
Unnatural History, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
2011
Flora, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
2011
London Calling, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
2010
Bull Market, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk, UK (solo)
2010
miscellaneous, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim Germany
2009
Private Collection, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
2008
Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
2008
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
2007
Accrochage, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
2007
Dynasty, Art Agents, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
2007
DC Dusseldorf Contemporary 2007, (Fred) London showing Abetz/Drescher, Nayland Blake, Simon English and Mark Fairnington
2007
London Assembly, Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria curated by Jasper Sharp
2006
Zoo Art Fair, London, UK
2006
Art Berlin, FRED (London), UK
2006
Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
2006
Pulse NY, New York, FRED (London), UK
2006
Art Rotterdam, Holland, FRED (London), UK
2006
Art Basel 06, Liste, FRED (London), UK
2006
The Raft, Fred (London), UK (solo)
2006
VOLTA 02, Basel, Fred (London), UK (solo)
2006
Galerie Jiri Svestka, Prague, Czech Republic
2006
Galerie Moncada, Rome, Italy
2005
Medieval Modern, London, UK (solo)
2005
Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2005
Pulse, Miami, FRED (London), UK
2005
Young Masters, 148a John Street, London, UK
2005
Blumenstück.Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2005
A history of flower painting including James Ensor, Claude Monet, Marc Quinn, Fiona Rae, Gerhard Richter
2005
Infallible in Search of the Real George Eliot, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2004
John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2004
Fabulous Beasts, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
2004
The Goat, Medieval Modern, with Olivier Richon
2004
Transmission Portfolio, Domo Baal Gallery, London, UK
2004
Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
2004
Wunderkammer II, Wunderkammer I, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany (solo)
2004
Artlab, Imperial College, London, UK (solo)
2003
Mobile Home Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2003
Transmission Portfolio, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2003
The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2003
Infallible in Search of the Real George Eliot APT Gallery, London, UK
2003
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, UK
2003
Chockerfuckingblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, UK
2002
Like gold dust, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2002
Alessandra Bonomo Gallery, Rome, Italy
2002
History Revision, Plymouth Arts Centre, UK
2002
No One Begins a Lunatic, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, UK
2002
Intimacy, Russel-Cotes Museum, Bournmouth, UK
2002
Dead or Alive, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK(solo)
2002
Dead or Alive, Harewood House, UK (solo)
2001
Staying Alive, Mobile Home, London, UK (solo)
2001
Intimacy, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales
2001
Bittersweet, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, UK
2001
Foil, The Gallery, Falmouth College of Arts and The Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, UK
2000
Foil, Gallery Westland Place, London, UK
2000
Green Green Grass, Mobile Home
2000
British School at Rome
2000
The Saatchi Gift, Art Institute, the gallery, Bournemouth, UK
2000
The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
2000
Staying Alive, Mobile Home, London, UK (solo)
2000
Mantidae, Oxford University Museum, UK (solo)
2000
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
2000
Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany (solo)
1999
Peepshow, Mobile Home, London, UK (solo)
1999
Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany
1999
Saatchi in Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, UK
1999
The Flower Show, Harewood House, England
1999
Wigmore Fine Art, Mark Fairnington and Sharon Kivland, London, UK
1998
Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany (solo)
1998
Heavier Than Air, Imperial War Museum, London, UK (solo)
1998
Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, USA
1998
Postcards on Photography, Cambridge Darkroom, touring to John Hansard Gallery, Camerawork and Stills Gallery
1998
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
1998
Relative Values, Harris Museum, Preston, touring to The Rangers House, London, UK
1997
WHAT, Trinity Bouy Wharf, London, UK
1997
Todd Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1995
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
1995
Connaught Brown Gallery, London, UK
1995
London Stories, Galerie Edition Marie-Louise Wirth, Switzerland

Literature

2012
Mark Fairnington. Unnatural History, Texts in German and English by Martin Stather, Darian Leader und Mary Madden. Mannheimer Kunstvereins and Galerie Peter Zimmermann, 2012.
2006
Bethnal Green Boogie, Sarah Kent, Time Out, No. 1883
2006
Death Becomes Him, Jane Neal, The Independent on Sunday, ABC, 27.08.06
2006
Experience and Experiment, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2005
Insect Poetics,edited by Eric Brown, University of Minnesota Art and Science, Sian Ede, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2005
Blumenstück.Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Infallible, In Search of the Real George Eliot, ARTicle Press
2004
John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery
2004
Gross Anatomy, Callum McGeoch, Dazed and Confused, June
2004
Creatures Small and Great, John Russell Taylor, The Times Review, 19/05/04
2004
Interview on the Robert Elms Show, BBC Radio London, 11/05/04
2004
Revive, Tank, Volume 3, Issue 8
2004
Fabulous Beasts, Jessica Lack, The Guardian Guide, May 8, 2004
2004
Bitten by the science bug, Charlotte Cripps, The Independent Review, May 4, 2004
2004
The Natural Gallery, Sebastian Smee,The Daily Telegraph, May 1, 2004 Unstuffed Animals, Jane Neal,Art Review, May 2004
2004
Olivier Richon, Mark Fairnington, Sara Harrison, Time Out, No.1752
2004
Mark Fairnington: Staying Alive, Jane Neal, Contemporary No.59
2003
London News, Richard Dyer, Contemporary, November
2003
Transmission Portfolio, Sheffield Hallam University
2003
Transmission: Speaking and Listening Volume 2, Sheffield Hallam University/ Site Gallery
2003
Experiment:conversations in art and science, The Wellcome Trust Dog Publishing
2003
The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery
2003
Like gold dust, Angel Row Gallery
2002
Like Gold Dust, Contemporary, November
2002
Dead or Alive,The Art Newspaper No. 126
2002
Dead or Alive, Rich Jevans ,The Leeds Guide, June
2001
Audio Arts Magazine, November 2001
2001
Game Boy’s Animal Magic, Helen Sumpter, The Big Issue, No. 456
2001
Staying Alive, Sally O’Reilly, Time Out, No.1627 (review)
2001
Mark Fairnington, Duncan Mclaren, Art Review, October 2001
2001
The Reality Bug, Charlotte Mullins, World of Art Newspaper, Thames and Hudson
2001
Foil 3, Eugene Tan, Art Review, March 2001
2001
Foil (catalogue), Michael Phillipson, Dr Jim Mooney
2000
Mark Fairnington (catalogue) Galerie Axel Thieme
2000
Oculus Imaginations From the Photograph to the Real, Mark Gisbourne
2000
Contemporary Visual A rts (issue31)
2000
FAZ (December) Katherina Deschka, Insekten aus der Schublade
2000
Main-Echo (26 October) Horst Roland, Mark Fairnington bei Galerie Axel Thieme
2000
Darmstadter Kulturnachrichten (October and November) Galerie Thieme
2000
The British Journal of Photography, Mantidae
2000
The Guardian Guide, Robert Clark, Mantidae
2000
Realism in 20th Century Painting, Brendan Prendeville
1999
nu critiques painting, Rachel Withers, nu Art Magazine, May 2000
1999
Fine Arts 1999-2000, The British School at Rome
1999
The Wreck of Hope, Izi Glover, Time Out, 05/04/00
1999
The Wreck of Hope, Neal Brown, Independent on Sunday, 26/03/00
1999
The Wreck of Hope, Andrew Wilson, Art Monthly, May 2000
1999
The Wreck of Hope, Stuart Glass, Artist Newsletter, May 2000
1999
The Wreck of Hope, Studio Magazine (Israel), May 2000
1999
Mattresses, Monros and the story of an eye, Duncan Maclaren
1999
The Independent on Sunday, 14/11/99 (review)
1999
The Flower Show (catalogue), Jane Sellars
1998
Postcards from the Edge, Chris Townsend, Ronnie Simpson, Naomi Salaman
1998
Hotshoe International, No. 101
1998
Postcards on Photography, Valerie Reardon, Art Monthly, No. 223 (review)
1998
Postcards on Photography (catalogue), Transparency Transposed, Naomi Salaman
1998
Infiziert von YBA, Dorothee Baer-Bogenschutz, Kunstzeitung 26/1 Heavier than Air (catalogue), The Surrealist War, Simon Morely
1998
Relative Values (catalogue), James Green, Richard Kirwan
1998
Whitechapel Open, Sotiris Kyriacou, Art Monthly No. 216 (review)
1998
Whitechapel Open, Marina Benjamin, Evening Standard 9/4/98
1998
Whitechapel Open, Martin Coomer, Time Out No. 1431 (review)
1998
Postcards on Photography – photorealism and the reproduction Cambridge Darkroom Gallery
1997
WHAT, Martin Coomer, Time Out 23/4/97 (review)
1997
WHAT (catalogue), Mark Gisbourne
1997
Sacha Craddock, The Times 30/12/97
1996
Peter Schauer, Art Review, Autumn 1996
1996
Whitechapel Open, Martin Coomer, Time Out 7/8/96 (review)
1996
Close the door on the Open, Brian Sewell, Evening Standard 1/8/96 (review)
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