Artists

Born 1975, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Lives and works in London

Solo Exhibitions: 

2009 ELEVATION, Hales Gallery, London.
2008 TETRATOPIA Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis.
XENOLITH, Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome.
2007  CLUSTER WORKS, Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo.
2006 REVISIONARY, Hales Gallery, London.
2005 RICHARD GALPIN, Roebling Hall Gallery, New York.
 RICHARD GALPIN, Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo.
2003  RICHARD GALPIN, Hales Gallery, London.

Group Exhibitions:

2009 OBSESSION, Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds, UK

TELL IT LIKE IT IS Galerie Jones, Cologne, Germany

2008 WHEN IT'S A PHOTOGRAPH, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
UNDER ERASURE, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
WORKING SPACE II, Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, Switzerland.
CONSTRUCTED REALITIES - STRETCHING THE TRUTH.
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Wisconsin, USA.
 WORKING SPACE University of the Arts Gallery, London.
2007 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS:RECENT ACQUISITIONS The British Museum, London.
RICHARD GALPIN, MARTINA GECCELLI, VALERIE STAHL VON STROMBERG,
CLAUDIA TERSTAPPEN Jones Truebenbach Gallery, Cologne.
THE GREAT ESCAPE: NEW ART FROM LONDON White Flags Projects, St. Louis, USA.
THE END BEGINS The Hospital, London.
2006 CITYSCAPES Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo.
 THE NEW COLLAGE Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York. (cat.)
2005 THE PHOTOGRAPH IN QUESTION  Von Lintel Gallery, New York.
PHOTO-MUTO. Hales Gallery, London.
CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING Roebling Hall, New York .
INFRASTRUCTURE Studio Voltaire, London.
2004 INAUGURAÇÃO. Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo.
HAPPY DARKNESS. Galeria Andre Viana, Porto.
MICROWAVE, FOUR. Cristinerose | Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York.
2003 URBAN SPACE AND WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.  Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
ATTACK: ATTRACTION. Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco.
EAST WING COLLECTION No.5 Courtauld Institute of Art, London (cat.)
2002 BY HAND, THE OUTER LIMITS OF DRAWING. Hales Gallery, London
ELOISE CALANDRE & RICHARD GALPIN. Inside Space Gallery, London
SALE Inside Space Gallery at Selfridges, London
2000  OFF THE MAP. SevernShed, Bristol, UK
1999  ERASURES. 4 Berkeley Square, Bristol.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER. Former Cornishman Offices, Penzance, UK
WW UK @ RWA Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK. (cat.)
1997 INSTALLATION FOR THE NEPALI ART COUNCIL. Kathmandu, Nepal
TWO WEEKS, THREE DAYS. The Old Leadworks, Bristol, UK. (cat.)
1994 FORM AND IMAGE. Stamford Arts Centre Gallery, Cambridgeshire, UK. (cat.)

Education:

2000-1    GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE. London. MA Fine Art
1994-8    UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND. Bristol, UK. BA(Hons) Fine Art in Context
1993-4    ISLE COLLEGE. Cambridgeshire, UK. Art Foundation

Collections:

British Museum, London
British Government Art Collection
Deutsche Bank Collection
The Lodeveans Collection, London
David Roberts Collection, London
Zabludowicz Collection, London
John Jones Collection, London
Derwent London PLC Collection
Banque Heritage, Geneva
Collection of Ricardo de Paulo, Geneva
Javier Lopez Madrid Collection, Madrid
Gonzalo Parodi Collection, Madrid
Juan Varez Collection, Madrid
Berenson/Barzilay Collection, USA
Collection of Time Warner, Inc. New York
Collection of Andrew and Amy Weinstein, New York
Collection of Richard J. Massey, USA
Collection of Ninah and Michael Lynne, New York
Sapetnitzky Collection, Miami 
Andrea e Jose Olympio Pereira Collection, São Paulo
Jorge Guinle Collection, São Paulo 

Bibliography:

Surface to Surface: Richard Galpin. Essays by David Thorp, Richard Galpin, Published by Hales Gallery, Galeria Leme, 99 Publishers, the Netherlands. 2008. ISBN: 978-90-78670-03-2.

Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art. Blanche Craig (Editor). Published by Black Dog Publishing, London. 2008. ISBN13: 978 1 906155 39

Welcome to the Geometric Imaginarium, exhibition review by Christina Schmid, The Rake, Minneapolis, June 2008.
Cinq Anglais dans l'espace exhibition review Le Temps, May 28th 2008.
Richard Galpin - A cura di Selva Barni.  Portfolio and interview, Rodeo Magazine, Italy. No.44, February 2008.
The Devil's in the Details, Freire Barnes, Bon International no. 11, Spring 2007
Die Watchlist de luxe für 2007, Richard Galpin by Ossian Ward, Monopol: Magazin Kunst und Leben nr.1, January 2007
Artforum Critics Picks - Richard Galpin at Hales Gallery, exhibition review by Eugenia Bell, Artforum.com, October 2006
Futurism - Ten artists set for success in the next ten years, Wallpaper*, October 2006
Richard Galpin at Roebling Hall, exhibition review by Minna Proctor, Art Review Vol X, February 2006
100 Future Greats - Bright Young Things, Art Review Vol IX, December 2005
Less is More - Reena Jana on Richard Galpin, Art on Paper Vol.9 No.4, March/April 2005
Richard Galpin at Galeria Leme, Arte Y Parte, April 2005
Galeria Leme abre as portas para a arte, O Estado de São Paulo, November 18th 2004
Arte Contemporânea, Casa Vogue Brasil, November 2004
Microwave, Four - Minimalism and magic realism intersect, The New Yorker, October 13th 2003
Urban Space and What to Make of it, exhibition review, The Guardian Guide, May 10th 2003
Urban Space Age, exhibition review, Evening Post, May 2nd, 2003
Hard Labour - Paul Hedge celebrates the return of the artisan, Art Review Vol LII, Dec/Jan 2002
Eloise Calandre and Richard Galpin, exhibition review by Mark Wilsher, What's On In London, Jan 23-30 2002
Eloise Calandre and Richard Galpin - Inside Space, exhibition review by Fisun Guner, London Metro, January 10th 2002
Richard Galpin - Erasures, exhibition review by Lucy Steeds, Artist's Newsletter, April 1999