Richard Wathen

(British, born 1971)

untitled by richard wathen

Richard Wathen

Untitled, 2023

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green eyes by richard wathen

Richard Wathen

Green Eyes, 2023

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1971
Born London, England
1992 - 1995
BA Fine Art, Winchester School of Arts, Winchester, England
1995 - 1996
MA Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, London, England
1995
Direct Art Prize
1996
Lina Garnade Memorial Award
Lives and works in Norfolk, England

Exhibitions

2010
Salon 94, New York, NY, USA (solo)
Dawnbreakers, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, England
2009
Young/Old Masters, Robillant + Voena, London, England
Max Wigram Gallery, London, England (solo)
2008
Go For It, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
2007
Max Wigram Gallery, London, England (solo)
Old School, Hauser & Wirth, London, England
Eau Savage Part II, Fieldgate Gallery, London, England
L&M Arts, New York, USA (solo)
2006
Max Wigram Gallery, London, England (solo)
The Monty Hall Problem, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
Eau Sauvage, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
2005
Threshold, Max Wigram Gallery, London, England
Silent Stories, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria
New Figuration, Christina Wilson Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Faux Realism, Rockwell Gallery, London, England
The Valley is Broken, Salon 94, New York, USA (solo)
2004
Unpeacable Kingdom, MWprojects, London, England (solo)
Expander, Royal Academy of Arts at 6 Burlington Gardens, London, England
Year Zero Vanitas, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England
She’s come undone, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, USA
Britannia Works, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre & Xippas Gallery, Athens, Greece
I, Assassin, Wallspace gallery, New York, USA
2003
Godzilla, SODA Space, London, England
Selected Paintings, MWprojects, London, England
The Rocca Pistola Collection, New Inn Gallery, London, England
Flora and Fauna, The Beehive, London, England
2002
Viva Pablo, Bart Wells Institute, London, England
1998
Critical Faculty, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston, England

Literature

2009
Martin Coomer, Richard Wathen, TimeOut, April 2-8 2009, p. 46
Ana Friel Honigman, Richard Wathen, Artforum, March 2009 http://artforum.com/picks/section=uk#picks22288
Neal Brown, Touching Greatness, The First Post, 25 March 2009 http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/46795,arts,art-richard-wathen-touches-greatness
David Yu, Weird Wanderings and Wonderings, ARTslant London, March 2009-03-25 http://www.artslant.com/lon/articles/show/5470
2007
Ilaria Porotto, A Laboratory of Research on Youngest Artists, Art Key, Special Edition, 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
Rachel Campbell-Johnson, Old Masters, Young Pretenders, Times2, 8th May 2007, p. 14
Freire Barnes, Home Sweet Home, Editor Art Review, bbcCollective, Issue #275, 26th Oct
2006
Jessica Lack, Preview, The Guardian (Guide supplement), London, 27th May, p. 37