Mark Wright British, b. 1962
Mark Wright holds his MFA from the Royal College of Art, and his BFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London.
Two person show with Henry Ward, Lost In Abstraction 1,2,3, Aleph Contemporary at the In & Out, 4 St James's Square, London, 2021
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:
Carnevale - Friendly Little Monsters, 2023-2024 Vivienne Roberts Projects
Don't Look Back, 2023, Vivienne Roberts Projects
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 .
