1968	born in Macclesfield, England
1988–91	Glasgow School of Art

 

Lives and works in Glasgow

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2011	Galleri Nicolia Wallner, Insects, Copenhagen
2010	Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, in connection with the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art , Glasgow
2009	Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
	Kunsthalle Mainz, New Powers-Neue Kräfte, Mainz
	Fumetto International Comic Festival, Lucern
	Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
	Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
	Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
2008	BQ, Cologne
	Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
	BAWAG Foundation, Vienna
	Anton Kern Gallery, NYC
	Baltic, Gateshead, UK
	CASM, Barcelona
2007	Stephen Friedman Gallery, I’Am Dead, London
	CAB, Burgos, Spain
	Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
	Malmö Konsthall, Everything must have a Name, Malmö, Sweden
2006	DCA, See all this and more, Dundee
	Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin
	Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris.
	Edinburgh Printmakers, David Shrigley. Recent Prints, Edinburgh
	Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin
	Galleri Nicolai Wallner
2005	BQ Galerie, Cologne
	Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
	Anton Kern Gallery, New York
2004	Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
	Stephen Friedman, London
	Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
2003	Galerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
	BQ Galerie, Cologne
	Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
2002	Anton Kern Gallery, New York
	Domaine de Kerguehennec, Bignan [cat.]
	Camden Arts Centre, London
	UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2001	Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
	CCS Museum, Bard College, New York [cat.]
	Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
2000	Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
1999	Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
	Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
	Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
1998	Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
	Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
	Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
1997	Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee
	CCA, Glasgow
	Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern
	Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
	Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
	Photographers’ Gallery, London
1996	Catalyst Arts, Belfast
1995	Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2011	Traffic, Dubai, THE STATE: Uppers and Downers at Traffic, Dubai
2010	Wonderland Art Space, Best of Wonderland, Copenhagen
	Gallery of Modern Art, Hertie Querty, Glasgow
	Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Je mehr ich zeichne. Zeichnung als Weltentwurf, Siegen
	Cornerhouse Manchester, Unrealised Potential, Manchester
	South London Gallery, Nothing is Forever, London
	Museum Ludwig Köln, Gesehen & Geliebt *2: Pots & Paper – Kölner Privatsammlung, Köln
2009	Art Unlimited, Basel
	Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, The Tragic and the funny Meet Again, Amsterdam
	Den fri, Forårsudstillingen 2009, Copenhagen
	hausbrokshows, Collected things connected, (cur. by Jonathan Monk), Berlin
	Galeri Nicolai Wallner, While we are Waiting, with Jonathan Monk, Copenhagen
2008	Carnegie Museum, Life On Mars, 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
	Hayward Gallery, Laughing In A Foreign Language, London [cat.]
	Chicago Cultural Center (touring),Slightly Unbalanced, Chicago [cat.]
2007	Parasol Unit foundation for contemporary art, Momentary Momentum, London
	Six Feet Under, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
	Cult Fiction, Hayward Gallery touring exhibition, New Art Gallery, Walsall; touring to Nottingham Castle, Nottingham; Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds; Aberystwyth Art Gallery, Aberystwyth; Tullie House, Carlisle
	Level 2 Gallery, Tate Modern, Learn to Read,  London
	Southbank Centre, Cult Fiction, London (touring) [cat.]
2006	PS1, Defamation of Character, New York
	Art Gallery of Western Australia, Under God's Hammer: William Blake versus David Shrigley, Perth [cat.]
	Museum Abteiberg, Strange, I've Seen That Face Before, Moenchengladbach [cat.]
	Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Chers Amis, Bignan
	Kansas City Art Institute, Humor Me, Kansas City [cat.]
	Museum of Modern Art, The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, New York
2005	MCA, Situation Comedy, Chicago [cat.]
	MUHKA, Emotion Pictures, Antwerp [cat.]
2004	Cleveland Museum of Art, Needful Things: Recent Multiples, Ohio
	Norwich Gallery, Living Dust, Norwich [cat.]
	Serpentine, State of Play, London [cat.]
	Xippas Gallery, Britannia Works, Athens [cat.]
2003	Contemporary Arts Museum, Splat,Boom,Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, Houston
2002	Reality Check, (Various venues) [cat.]
	MAMCO, Jokes, Geneva
	CCAC, Sudden Glory, San Francisco [cat.]
2001	Collection Lambert, Rendezvous III, Avignon [cat.]
	Luckman Fine Arts Complex, CSU, Out of Line, Los Angeles
	Kunsthalle Wien, Televisions, Vienna [cat.]
	Casino Luxembourg, Under Bridges and Along The River, Luxembourg [cat.]
	Isabel II, The Fantastic Repetition of Certain Situations, Madrid (+tour) [cat.]
2000	Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Open Country, Lausanne [cat.]
	City Art Centre, The British Art Show 5, Edinburgh (+tour) [cat.]
	ICA, Beck’s Futures, London (+tour)
1999	Ikon Gallery, Love Bites, Birmingham (+tour)
	Cornerhouse, Diary, Manchester [cat.]
	Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Zac 99, Paris [cat.]
	Exedra, Green, Hilversum
	Kunstverein Graz, Bildung, Graz [cat.]
	Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo Per L’Arte, Common People; British Art Between Phenomenon & Reality, Guarene D’Alba
1998	ICA, Surfacing, London [cat.]