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Telecom Prospect 2004 NEW ART
NEW ZEALAND exhibition...
Francis Upritchard Adam Art Gallery
29 May - 25 July 2004
Curatorial Statement | Artist's Résumé


Born in New Plymouth, 1976
Lives in London

Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury (1997)



Selected solo exhibitions

2004 Artist in Residence, Camden Arts Centre, London
   
2003 Francis Upritchard, Kate Macgarry Gallery, London
  New Work, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
   
2001

Untitled (Boxing Arms), REAR View, Dunedin Public Art Gallery

  Ich Dien, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland


Selected group exhibitions

2004

New Blood, Saatchi Gallery, London

  Moon Absinthe, Noname Gallery, Rotterdam
  Bart Wells, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
  IKI and thanks for all the IKA, Artspace, Auckland
  Albino, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Wellington
   
2003 Becks Futures, ICA, London
  Curiosity Kills the Gap, Artspace, Auckland
  Curiosity Kills the Gap, Artspace, Auckland
  The Bart Wells Institute, Kapinos Gallery, Berlin
  Lost Collection, Laing Gallery, Newcastle
  Picture Room by Goshka Macuga, Gasworks, London
  Rollout, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
  New Work, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
  Reaching Out: Calling New Age Power, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington; The Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin
   
2002 +64, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
  Another Shitty Day in Paradise, Bart Wells Institute, London
  Break, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
  The Only Way Forward, Neon Gallery, London
   
2001 The Bart Wells Gang, Bart Wells Institute, London
  Group show, Neon Gallery, London
  Enough Or Too Much, Shop Tactics Gallery, London
  Teeth and Trousers, Cell Project Space, London


Residencies and awards

2004

Camden Arts Centre, London

1999 Bickerton Widderson Memorial Trust Scholarship


Selected bibliography

Jon Bywater, 'Auckland review', Art New Zealand 95, Winter 2000, pp. 40-41

Jon Bywater, 'Get your trinkets here', New Zealand Listener, 22 February 2003, p. 62

Cumming, 'He's gotta have it', The Observer, 21 March 2004, available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1174272,00.html

Megan Dunn, 'Mummy dearest', Pavement, February-March 2003, p. 54

Larissa Hjorth, 'Interesting Drudge', LOG Illustrated 5, Spring 1998, pp.10-11

Hari Kunzru, 'Useful Magic: Francis Upritchard in the Attic' in Francis Upritchard, (exhibition catalogue), Camden Arts Centre, London, 2004, available online at http://harikunzru.com/hari/franny.htm

Tessa Laird, 'The UnHeimlich Manoeuvre: Outcome of Probability, Saskia Leek and Francis Upritchard', Eyeline 42, Autumn/Winter 2000, available online at http://fusionanomaly.net/tessa/saskiafrancis.html

Harry Pye, 'Interview with Harry Pye', LOG Illustrated 14, May 2001, available online at http://www.physicsroom.org.nz/log/archive/14/francisupritchard

Adrian Searle, 'Any answers?', The Guardian, 26 February 2004, available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/critic/feature/0,1169,1156552,00.html

Adrian Searle, 'Same again Saatchi', The Guardian, 23 March 2004, available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1175610,00.html


Additional links:

http://www.katemacgarry.com/francis_upritchard_01.html