Mark Wright

Elevation, 2020 / 54 x 35.5 cm

2020

Mark Wright holds his BFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London and his MFA from the Royal College of Art, London. Two person show with Henry Ward, Aleph Contemporary 2021 at the In & Out, 4 St James's Square, London. Select solo exhibitions The D’Arcy Thompson Museum, University of Dundee, 2013 Seven Seven Gallery, London, 2008 Carter Presents, London, 2008 Metropole Galleries, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, 2005 I-Level Gallery, London, 2003 Rhodes + Mann Gallery, London, 2000 Jason and Rhodes Gallery, London, 1996 Lannon Gallery, New York, 1994 Galeria Alda Cortez, Lisbon, 1993 Anderson O’ Day Gallery, London, 1992 Winchester Gallery, Hampshire, 1991 Select group shows: Edinburgh College of Art, 2019 Coombs Contemporary: Watson Farley & Williams, London, 2019; University of Brighton, 2018 University of Northampton, 2017 Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 2016 D’Arcy Thompson Art Collection, Edinburgh City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 2016 Mall Galleries, London, 2016 James Freeman Gallery, London, 2016 Darbyshire Gallery, London, 2016 James Freeman Gallery, 2015 and 2014 Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK, 2015 The D’Arcy Thompson Museum, University of Dundee, 2014 Transition Gallery, London, UK, 2014 H Project Space, Bangkok, Thailand, 2014 Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, 2013 Lion and Lamb Gallery, London, 2013 Pippy Holdsworth Gallery, London, 2012 Galeria Cadaques, Spain, 2012 Carter Presents, London, 2012 Gallery Stock Berlin, Berlin, 2012 Wimbledon College of Art, London Phoenix Gallery, Exeter Charlie Smith Gallery, London, 2012 Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, 2012 Wright’s work is found in various private collections as well as a number of prominent corporate and public collections including British Airways, Deutsche Bank; Dundee Museums Collection; Merrill Lynch; Montpellier Chapter Art Collection; Pfizer’s Art Collection; Royal College of Art; Slade School of Art; Sony International; TI Group Collection and the Wellcome Trust Collection. The artist has served as a lecturer at numerous universities and art schools over the last twenty years including the University of Brighton; Loughborough University School of the Arts, English and Drama; The Glasgow School of Art; Parsons Paris School of Art and Design; Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University; University College for Creative Arts, Canterbury, Kent; University of Northumbria and the Wimbledon School of Art among others. Wright is the recipient of various awards and honours including The Montpellier Chapter Art Collection Commission, 2010; Research Awards, Loughborough University School of the Arts, 2000,2003 and 2008; and Research Sabbatical, Loughborough University, 2007-2008; Wellcome Trust Commission, 2001; Research Fellow in Fine Art Painting, Kent Institute of Art & Design, 1998-2001; British Council Awards, 1994 and 1995; Visiting Fellow in Painting, Winchester School of Art, 1990-1991 and the Boise Travel Award, New York, 1990. Selected collections: British Airways, David Roberts Collection, Deutsche Bank .