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David Thorpe

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Born 1972, London
Lives: Currently lives and works in London

Education
1991-94 Humberside University, BA (Hons) Fine Art
1996-98 Goldsmiths University, MA Fine Art

Solo Exhibitions
2005 303 Gallery, New York
2004 �The Colonists�, artnow, Tate Britain, London
Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
2003 Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo
2002 Maureen Paley Interim Art, London
1999 Maureen Paley Interim Art, London

Group Exhibitions
2005 "Desire Worlds - New Romance in the Art of the Present", Schirn Arts Center,
Frankfurt, Germany
2004 Into My World: Recent British Sculpture, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,
Ridgefield, CT
2003 Bootleg, Spitalfields Market, London
2002 �We all love ��, The Mission, London
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, MoMA QNS, New York
Per Saldo, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tailsliding, Bergen Centre for Contemporary Art, Norway, Vilnius Centre of
Contemporary Art, Lithuania ,
Rotermann Salt Storage, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia,
CASA, Salamanca, Spain, Turku Art Museum, Finland,
2002 Brno House of Arts, Czech Republic
The Necessary Enemy, Bart Wells Institute, London
Beyond Barbizon, Elias Fine Art, Allston, MA
Painted, Printed and Produced in Great Britain, Grant Selwyn Fine Art,
New York
2001 Futureland 2001, Museum Abteiberg, M�nchengladbach
Sages, Scientists and Madmen, One in the Other, London
Extended Painting, Monica de Cardenas, Milan
Future Perfect: art on how architecture imagined the future,
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Salon, Delfina Project Space, London
Twisted. Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting,
Van AbbeMuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Future Perfect: art on how architecture imagined the future,
Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff
The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery, London
2000 Wooden Heart, AVCO, London
1999 The Sea, The Sea, Murray Guy, New York
Heart & Soul, 60 Long Lane, London
Idlewild, The approach, London
1998 Die Young Stay Pretty, ICA, London
Cluster Bomb, Morrison Judd Gallery, London
Ruislip, De Pracktijk, Amsterdam
Post Neo-Amatuerism, Chisenhale Gallery, London
Futures for the Young, Axel Morner Gallery, Stockholm
Printemps, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft
1998 Sunshine Breakfast, Michael Janssen Gallery, Cologne
Sociable Realism, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
1997 David Thorpe and Simon Periton, Habitat, Kings Road, London
Need for Speed, Grazer Kunstverein Steirischer herbst 97, Graz, Austria
B.o.n.go, Bricks and Kicks Gallery, Vienna
David Thorpe and Simon Hollington, City Racing, London
1996 Angels, Standpoint Gallery, London

Bibliography
2005 Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemproary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle
Frankfurt, essay by Ralf Christofori,pp 257-271
Morton, Tom, �Call of the Wild�, frieze issue 88. Jan/Feb, pp.82-85.
2002 Gronlund, Melissa, Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Contemporary,
issue 47/48
Downey, Anthony, Utopia Remembered, Contemporary, No.51, June 2003
Pollack, Barbara, Drawing Now: eight Propositions, Art Monthly, February
2001 Hoptman, Laura, drawing happiness, drawing now: eight propositions, The
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Herbert, Martin. David Thorpe Interim Art, Time Out, N� 1676 October 02-10
Lafuente, Pablo, A Room of Their Own, ArtReview, November
Beatrice, Luca. Extended Painting, Monica De Cardenas, Milan,
Flash Art, Vol.XXXIV N� 219 July-September
Chung, Karen. Cut-and-Paste Poet, wallpaper*, 36, March
2000 Prince, Nigel. Future Perfect, Untitled, N� 23
Williams, Gilda. David Thorpe, Twisted, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven (cat.)
Thorpe, David. David Thorpe, Inter Vista, Vol. IV N�23 Summer
Art: David Thorpe @ Maureen Paley.Interim Art, Tank 6#
Gellatly, Andrew. David Thorpe, Interim Art, frieze, Issue 52 May
Williams, Gilda. Profile: Paper Moon, Art Monthly, N� 233 February
Herbert, Martin. David Thorpe, Interim Art, Time Out, N�1543 January 12-19
Dates: Art, David Thorpe, Blueprint, January
Herbert, Martin. David Thorpe at Interim Art, London, london.co.uk magazine
1999 von Planta, Regina, David Thorpe bei Interim Art, Kunst-Bulletin 12, December
Essential Art: David Thorpe, The Big Issue
McLaren, Duncan. David Thorpe, The Independent on Sunday, 12 December
Grant, Simon. Housing estate art, The Guardian Guide, 11-17 December
1999 Sumpter, Helen. Galleries: Choice,
The Evening Standard Hot Tickets, 03-09 December
Beard, Alan. The Lookout, frieze, Issue 47 July August
Johnson, Ken, The Sea, The Sea, The New York Times, 16 July
Morrison, Paul, Bonjour Monsier Caulfield, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 22
Judd, Ben, The Lie of the Land, Flash Art, Vol. XXXII N� 205 March April
Windsor, John, The Independent Collector, The Independent, 12 January
1998 Garnett, Robert, Die Young Stay Pretty, Art Monthly, N� 222, 98-99
Collings, Matthew, Being Entertained, Modern Painters, December
the new wave of top art, Elle Decoration, December
Urban Art, International Textiles, N� 799 December
Cumming, Laura. Louise Bourgeois/Die Young Stay Pretty, The Observer
Searle, Adrian. Dumb and Dumber, The Guardian, 01 December
Morley, Simon. The Friedrich Factor, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 19
Artclub Quarterly, Habitat, London, autumn edition
The New Neurotic Realism, The Saatchi Gallery, London (catalogue)
Maloney, Martin. The art of David Thorpe, Frank, June
Beech, Dave. Sociable Realism, Art Monthly, N� 214 March
1997 B.o.n.go, Artist Newsletter, July
1996 Owen, Peter, Is it a fact?, Creative Camera, April May

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