Russell Herron

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Born: Essex 1967
Lives: London

Education
Trained in Drama, Exeter University

Worked throughout the 1990's under the name SR and/or SR LONDON.
First works under own name from 1996 onwards.


Solo Exhibitions
2009 The Names of 500 Artists, Rhythm Factory, London
2008 A One Night Stand with Russell Herron, Vinespace, London
2008 Russell Herron is a Real Artist, Rhythm Factory, London
2007 Russell Herron's 69 Magazines (Martine McCutcheon), Rhythm Factory, London
2006 Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Geri Halliwell), Rhythm Factory, London
2005 New Work, Carisbrooke Road, London
2005 Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Jayne Mansfield), Rhythm Factory, London
2004 Pages from Magazines, Carisbrooke Road, London
2004 Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Jordan aka Katie Price), Rhythm Factory, London
2003 Russell Herron's London Lighters, Norfolk Road, London
1999 (as SR) I Am Everywhere magazine issue 3 (approx 200 edition)
1998 (as SR) I Am Everywhere magazine issue 2 (approx 150 edition)
1998 (as SR) I Am Everywhere magazine issue 1 (approx 150 edition)
1997 THIS IS THE PILOT, Waterstone’s Charing Cross Road, London
1997 “It is November 1996. I am working at Waterstone’s, Charing Cross Road. These people work here too.” Waterstone’s Charing Cross Road, London
1997 (as SR) Change of address flyer mail-out (edition unknown)
1997 (as SR) I Am Everywhere stickers produced and distributed from this time on (final edition in excess of 40,000)
1997 (as SR) YOUNG BRITISH ARTIST PROMOSHEET (edition of 5000), loose insert in Art Monthly
1996 I am a Piece of Litter, edition unknown, London
1996 (as SR) SPREAD, full page ads in i-D iss 158, Dazed and Confused iss 25, Don’t Tell It iss 15, blag iss 9. Edition of 10 signed.


Group Exhibitions
2009 Free Art Fair, Barbican, London
2009 4th Annual Terrace Open, Terrace Studios, London
2009 The Noise of Art, Swanfield Yard, London
2009 Fete for the Wicked, Hackney Wicked Festival, London
2009 Trash Vortex, TangentProjects, London
2009 This Was Now: The Russell Herron Collection, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London (co-curator with Harry Pye)
2009 Travelling LIght, WW Gallery, Venice
2009 Travelling Light, WW Gallery, London
2009 American Seed, Clarke Gallery, Berlin
2008 The Worst Gift is a Fruitcake, Ferreira Projects, London
2008 Marmite Prize For Painting, Studio 1.1, London
2008 Happy First Birthday, Elevator Gallery, London
2008 Irregular Pulse, Ferreira Projects, London
2007 O Dreamland, Greatstone, Kent (August)
2007 Stick, Stamp, Fly, Gasworks, London (August)
2007 While the City Breathes, Campbell Works, London (June)
2006 Grotto, Studio 1.1, London (Dec)
2006 Gift, Museum MAN, Liverpool (Nov)
2006 Objects in Waiting, End Gallery, Psalter Lane, Sheffield, (Oct)
2006 PRIVATE: Staff Only, ICA, London (Sept/Oct)
2006 George Polke Invites, London (August)
2006 Kitson Kaleidoscope, (Curated by Mark McGowan and James Ford), London (June)
2005 Eng-er-Land (curated by Cathy Lomax), Gallery 102, London
1997 (as SR) WOTE, URBANITE, City Racing, London
1997 (as SR) crafty at MOMA, Oxford
1996 (as SR) SR Carrier Bag, Glass Shelf Show, ICA, London.
1994 (as SR) Contemporary Women Artists, Coventry Gallery, London
1993 (as SR) Leeds artists show, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
1992 (as SR) 33 Women, Wakefield Arts Centre, West Yorkshire
1992 (as SR) Leeds artists show, Leeds City Art Gallery, West Yorkshire


Bibliography
Le Cool, This Was Now, Herbert Wright, July 2009
Jotta, Russell Herron is dead… Long live Russell Herron… Stephanie Grace, July 2009
Amelia's Magazine blog, Irregular Pulse, Ferreira Projects, Tanya Geddes, August 2008
Golgonooza blog, 138 Eyes, Steve Smith, May 2007
Grafik, May 2007
Super Super, Art Blogger of the MInute, April 2007
Total Spec, Phonecalls to Artists, April 2007
Q and A, Fad website, 2007
BBC Collective, Tabloid Tales at Gallery 102, Eng-er-Land, Gemma de Cruz, August 2005
Metro, Tabloid View of England, Fisun Guner, August 10 2005
Metro, Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Jayne Mansfield), May 2005
The Face, Uncover Girl, January 2004
Marmalade, iss 3, Breast is Best, Francesca Gavin, January 2004
Front, iss 63, Make it Quick Son, You’ve Only Got a Minute, November 2003
Walthamstow Guardian, Russell Looks on the Lighter Side of Life, April 2003
Australian Art Collector, December 1998
Marie Claire Italia, Who is SR? September 1998
The Independent, If it’s fame and fortune you’re after, just stick around a bit, John Windsor, March 1998
The Guardian, Sidelines, June 1998
Harry Pye’s Frank Magazine issue 15, Oct 1997
The Guardian, Sidelines, Libby Brooks, June 1997
The Observer, Girl Overboard, Kathryn Flett, June 1997
Scene, Just what is it that makes a dead shark so appealing? Chris Townsend, December 1996
Creative Camera issue 327 pps 10, 30-33, Apr/May 1994
Time Out, Contemporary Women Artists, Coventry Gallery, Sue Hubbard, March 1994
Northern Star, 33 Women by SR, John Turner, November 1992


Grants/Awards
none.

Projects
Russell Herron's blog - a year long documentation of the London artworld, 2006-7

RUSSELL HERRON, (from 2007 - present) weekly email listing openings, performances, projects, etc in and around London.

RUSSELL HERRON LONDON (from 2007 - present). A series of adverts in independent magazines. To date: Garageland, The Rebel, Fever Zine, VAGUE Paper.

The Russellettes. (from 2008 - 2009) An occasional and irregular project. The Russellettes was a group of individuals who appeared at private views, performances, launches and other events. They wore RUSSELL HERRON branded T-shirts. Their presence lay somewhere between performance, live art, Happening, living sculpture, installation, Warholian Superstardom, Duchampian Readymade and social networking

Publications
I was The17, Garageland, issue 7, 2009
Peter Doig show, The Rebel, Sartorial Contemporary Art, 2008
Text for catalogue of show The Thinking Thing, Charlotte Hopkins Hall, Ferreira Projects, 2008
Text for catalogue of show Duchamp Played Chess; I Made Cranes, James Ford, Ferreira Projects, 2008
Russell Herron Has Left the Building - announcement in Art Monthly, July/August 2007
Text for Catalogue of group show 'Nichts weiter als ein Rendezvous' 2006
Contribution to Leisure Centre, issue 7, 2006
Contributions to Saatchi Gallery website 2006
Contributions to The Critical Friend 2006
Russell Herron, Tangent, issue 6 2006
As an artist, how do you define success? Tangent, issue 5, 2006
Brian Dennehy, published in Garageland, issue 1, 2005
Before/After, published in Arty Magazine issue 20 Aug/Sept 2005
Flaca Annual 2004 (Co-curator, Flaca Gallery, London)