Richard Wright
Born 1960, London; Lives in Glasgow.
Education
| 1995 | MFA, Glasgow School of Art |
| 1982 | BA (Hons) Painting, Edinburgh College of Art |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | Gagosian, Davies Street, London |
| 2022 | BQ, Berlin |
| The Modern Institute, 14–20 Osborne Street, Glasgow | |
| 2019 | ‘Richard Wright’, Gagosian Gallery Park & 75, New York |
| 2017 | The Modern Institute, Aird's Lane Bricks Space |
| 2015 | Gagosian Gallery, Rome |
| 2014 | The Modern Institute, 3 Aird's Lane, Glasgow |
| ‘Nine Chains To The Moon (Chapter 1)’, BQ, Berlin | |
| 2013 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Theseus Temple, Vienna |
| 2012 | ‘Works on Paper’, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2012) |
| 2010 | The Modern Institute, 14–20 Osborne Street, Glasgow |
| 2009 | BQ, Berlin |
| Gagosian Gallery, London | |
| 2006 | BQ, Cologne |
| 2005 | Gagosian Gallery, New York |
| Domaine de Kerguèhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan | |
| 2004 | DCA, Dundee |
| 2003 | BQ, Cologne |
| The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow | |
| 2002 | Gagosian Gallery, London |
| Kunstverein für die Rhinelande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf | |
| 2001 | Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
| 2000 | Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes |
| 1999 | BQ, Cologne |
| Inverleith House, Edinburgh | |
| 1994 | CalArts, Los Angeles |
| Transmission, Glasgow |
Group Exhibitions
| 2024 | ‘Planet Venus in Full Daylight’, BQ, Berlin |
| 2022 | ‘The Love of Print’, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow |
| 2020 | ‘Rohstoff Pouquoi’, BQ, Berlin |
| 2019 | ‘The TURNER’, The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Glasgow |
| ‘State of the Arts’, Selfridges, London | |
| 2018 | ‘Why are my friends such finks’, BQ, Berlin |
| ‘Open House’, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco | |
| 2016 | ‘I still believe in miracles’, Inverleith House, Edinburgh |
| ‘The Scottish Endarkenment’, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh | |
| 2015 | ‘The Grass is Singing’, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo |
| ‘Nine Chains to the Moon (Chapter 3)’, BQ, Berlin | |
| 2014 | ‘Horror vacui’, Gagosian Gallery, Athens |
| ‘Drawing Biennial 2014’, QB Gallery, Oslo | |
| ‘GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland’, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh | |
| ‘Nine Chains To The Moon (Chapter 2)’, BQ, Berlin (With John Latham, Tony Swain and Josef Albers) | |
| ‘Post-Op’, Galerie Perrotin, Paris | |
| ‘Abstract Drawing’, The Drawing Room, London (Curated by Richard Deacon) | |
| 2013 | ‘The Show is Over’, Gagosian Gallery, London |
| ‘Valise’, BQ and Pavillon der Volksbühne, Berlin (The Glasgow Weekend) | |
| ‘For The Time Being Wall Paintings Painted Walls’, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld | |
| ‘In-between’, Skarstedt Gallery, London | |
| ‘Tactility’, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen | |
| 2011 | ‘Kunst und Philosophie’, NBK Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
| ‘Space Oddity’, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca | |
| ‘Still Life: Between Image and Object’, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore (Curated by Polly Staple) | |
| 2010 | ‘Made in Britain — Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection 1980-2010’, Sichuan Museum, China (Touring) |
| ‘The Sleeping Congregation’, Tate Britain, London | |
| 2009 | ‘Turner Prize 2009’, Tate Britain, London (Winner) |
| ‘TONITE’, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow | |
| ‘Votive’, CCA, Glasgow | |
| 2008 | ‘Richard Wright & Samuel Beckett’, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh |
| ‘Draw A Straight Line and Follow It’, Tate Modern, London | |
| ‘Life on Mars - 55th Carnegie International’, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh | |
| ‘Wenn ein Reisender in einer Winternacht. Variationen über Max Bill’, Museum MARTa Herford, Herford | |
| 2007 | ‘Every Day Is Saturday’, Tbilisi 4, Nato Vachnadze, Tbilisi |
| ‘JARDINS PUBLICS’, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh (26 London Street & St. George’s Well, Water of Leith) | |
| 2006 | ‘Thread’, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh |
| ‘Strange I've Seen That Face Before’, Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach | |
| ‘The subversive charm of the bourgeoisie’, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven | |
| 2005 | ‘ShowCASe’, City Art Centre and Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh |
| ‘Art Futures’, Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg Space | |
| MOCA, San Diego | |
| ‘No Manifesto’, Galleria D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo | |
| ‘Supernova’, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow (British Council touring exhibition. Touring to Tallinn Kunstihoone, Estonia; CCA, Vilnius, Lithuania; City Gallery, Prague; Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava, Slovakia) | |
| 2004 | ‘Werke aus der Sammlung Boros’, Museum für neue Kunst, ZKM Karlsruhe |
| ‘What is in my apartment when I am not there’, Berlin | |
| ‘Sodium & Asphalt’, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (British Council exhibition. Touring to Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Monterrey, Mexico) | |
| 2003 | ‘Drawings’, Gagosian Gallery, London |
| ‘Killing Time and Listening Between the Lines’, Jumex Foundation, Mexico | |
| 2002 | ‘Drawing Now: Eight Propositions’, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| ‘FAIR’, Royal College of Art, London | |
| ‘Sphere’, Sir John Soane's Museum, London | |
| ‘My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love’, Charlottenborg Museum, Copenhagen | |
| ‘The Garden of Violence’, Murten Historisches Museum, Meyriez (Swiss Expo 2002) | |
| 2001 | Kunsthalle Bern, Bern |
| ‘Painting at the Edge of the World’, Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis | |
| ‘Here and Now: Scottish Art 1990-2001’, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen | |
| 2000 | ‘Amateur/Eldsjäl’, MOCA, Gothenburg |
| Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh | |
| ‘Intelligence’, Tate Britain, London | |
| ‘Home...’, Van Loon Museum, Amsterdam | |
| Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (British Art Show touring exhibition. Touring to Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton) | |
| 1999 | ‘Xn 1999’, Espace des Arts, Chalon |
| ‘Creeping Revolution’, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw | |
| ‘de coras(i)on’, TeclaSala, Barcelona | |
| The Drawing Center, New York | |
| ‘A Radiant Future’, Forde, Geneva | |
| ‘Free Coke - Contemporary Drawing’, Greene Naftali, New York | |
| ‘In The Midst of Things’, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Bournville, Birmingham | |
| 1998 | ‘Netverk’, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo |
| Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh | |
| ‘Manifesta 2’, Luxembourg | |
| ‘Salon 3’, London | |
| ‘Roundabout’, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, Warszaw | |
| ‘Surfacing: Drawings by 20 Contemporary Artists’, ICA, London | |
| 1997 | ‘Correspondences: Art from Scotland and Berlin’, Berlinische Gallerie im Martin-Gropius-Bau and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh |
| Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh | |
| ‘Pictura Britannica’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney | |
| ‘Pure Fantasy: Inventive Painting of the 90s’, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno | |
| ‘Wish You Were Here Too’, 83 Hill Street, Glasgow | |
| ‘Material Culture: The Object in British Art of the 1980s and 90s’, Hayward Gallery, London | |
| 1996 | ‘Loaded: A Contemporary View of British Painting’, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham |
| ‘No Tell Hotel’, Moat House Hotel, Glasgow | |
| ‘Absolut Vision: New British Painting in the 1990s’, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford | |
| ‘Sugarhiccup’, Tramway, Glasgow | |
| ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris | |
| ‘Stepping Out’, 33 Great Sutton Street, London | |
| ‘insanestupidphatfuctpervert’, Concrete Skates, Glasgow (Touring exhibition. Touring to Cubitt, London) | |
| ‘Live/Life’, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris | |
| 1995 | ‘Landscape Show’, CalArts, Los Angeles |
| Waygood Gallery, Newcastle | |
| ‘The Belmont Hotel Installation Project’ | |
| ‘30 Secs + Title’, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto | |
| ‘About Place’, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh | |
| 1994 | ‘New Art in Scotland’, CCA, Glasgow and Aberdeen City Art Gallery |
| 1993 | City Racing, London |
| ‘Pure Fiction’, Intermedia, Glasgow | |
| ‘Transmission in Belfast’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast (Exchange Show with Transmission, Glasgow; Catalyst Arts, Belfast) |
Commissions
| 2018 | Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line Station, London, Commissioned by Crossrail Programme (Permanent commission ) |
| 2013 | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Permanent Commission) |
| 2010 | ‘The Stairwell Project’, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (Permanent Commission) |
| 2007 | ‘Richard Wright’, MCASD Downtown, San Diego (Permanent Commission) |
| Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough (Permanent Commission) | |
| 2000 | Gagosian Gallery, New York (Permanent Commission) |
Bibliography
Press
| 2022 | Peter Nilson: ‘The art of the Elizabeth Line gives stations an identity’, Railway Technology, 01/06/2022 |
| Helen Stoilas and Benjamin Sutton: ‘In Pictures: our pick of Frieze Los Angeles’, Art Newspaper, 18/02/2022 | |
| 2011 | Lowndes, Sarah: ‘Slow Dazzle’, Spike Art Quarterly, 02/2011 |
| 2010 | Patience, Jan: ‘One Moment in Time’, Home and Interiors Scotland, Issue 73 08/2010 |
| Nardi, Sarah: ‘This Painting will self-destruct’, Adbusters, 22/03/2010 | |
| ‘Painting Is Something Made Out Of Nothing, An Interview With Richard Wright’, RES, 03/2010 | |
| 2009 | Higgins, Charlotte: ‘There’s too much stuff in the world’, The Guardian, 09/12/2009 |
| Jones, Jonathan: ‘Art v Books: a critical double standard’, The Guardian (on Art Blog), 08/12/2009 | |
| Jones, Jonathan: ‘The Big Dig’, The Guardian G2, 30/04/2009 | |
| 2006 | Dorn, Anja: ‘Richard Wright: Psychedelic Wall Drawings’, Metropolis M, 2006 |
| 2005 | Pècoil, Vincent: ‘Dossier: Richard Wright, a Rebours’, O2, 2005 |
| 2004 | Wright, Richard: ‘Artist’s project’, INTERVIU, Issue 04 30/11/2004 |
| 2003 | Esche, Charles: ‘A conversation between Charles Esche and Richard Wright, (interview)’, Afterall, Issue 7 2003 |
| Thompson, Mungo: ‘Viva Baja’, Afterall, Issue 7 2003 | |
| 2001 | Groos, Ulrike: ‘Totenkopf und Arabesque’, Kunstbulletin, 10/2001 |
| Farquharson, Alex: ‘Back to the wall’, Frieze, Issue 58 04/2001 | |
| Dalrymple, Clarissa: ‘Clarissa Dalrymple on Richard Wright’, Artforum, No.240 01/2001 | |
| 1998 | Esche, Charles: ‘Charles Esche in conversation with Richard Wright’, an, 11/1998 |
| 1997 | Feldman, Melissa E: ‘At First Site’, Art Monthly, No.210 10/1997 |
Exhibition Reviews
| 2017 | Jones, Jonathan: ‘Five of the Best’, Guardian Guide, 03/06/2017 |
| 2013 | Teutsch, Therese: ‘Sight and Memory – Turner prize winner Richard Wright speaks about his art’, British Counil Germany, 02/10/2013 |
| Weh, Vitus: ‘Richard Wright, Theseustempel Vien’, Frieze, No. 10 06/2013 | |
| Jones, Jonathan: ‘Richard Wright‘s stellar art shines next to Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum’, The Guardian Online, 08/04/2013 | |
| Roscam Abbing, Laura: ‘Richard Wright and the Ciuypers Star’, Rijksmuseum Bulletin, 2013 | |
| 2012 | Miller, Phil: ‘Bewildered and beguiled‘, Sunday Herald, 22/04/2012 |
| Cumming, Laura: ‘The New Review’, The Observer, 22/04/2012 | |
| Miller, Phil: ‘Hanging out with friends‘, The Herald, 13/04/2012 | |
| ‘The Realist‘, The List, 28/03/2012 | |
| 2010 | Clegg, James: ‘Richard Wright’, Art Monthly, No. 340 10/2010 |
| McLean-Ferris, Laura: ‘Richard Wright A different Frame of Mind’, The Independent, 20/09/2010 | |
| McCracken, Edd: ‘The Wright Way’, Sunday Herald, 29/08/2010 | |
| Hoyle, Ben: ‘Edinburgh The weekend starts here...and here...and here’, The Times, 13/08/2010 | |
| Dormet, Richard: ‘Scotland shows the world how its done‘, Daily Telegraph, 10/08/2010 | |
| Cumming, Laura: ‘More small steps for a man on a mission’, The Observer, 08/08/2010 | |
| Jeffrey, Moira: ‘The 1061 Steps’, Scotland on Sunday, 08/08/2010 | |
| Jones, Jonathan: ‘Arts Visual art’, The Guardian G2, 05/08/2010 | |
| Doubal, Rosalie: ‘Profusion of painting at 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Art Festival’, The List, 04/08/2010 | |
| Campbell-Johnson, Rachel: ‘Art festival The grass is always greener in the gallery‘, The Times, 30/07/2010 | |
| Hartley, Keith: ‘Ceiling painting that demands we look up to artists latest work’, The Scotsman, 07/2010 | |
| ‘Making a Lasting Impression’, The Herald, 07/2010 | |
| ‘Richard Wright’s Most Complex Painting to Date Unveiled at the Dean Gallery‘’, Art Knowledge News, 30/06/2010 | |
| Higgins, Charlotte: ‘Richard Wright Turner Winner Erased‘, The Guardian, 12/01/2010 | |
| 2009 | ‘My Week Richard Wright: The better the picture, the more I long to destroy it‘, The Sunday Times, 13/12/2009 |
| Devine, Rachel: ‘The art of shunning posterity‘, The Sunday Times Scotland, 13/12/2009 | |
| Campbell-Johnson, Rachel: ‘All that glitter is not sold in this glimmering world‘, The Times, 09/12/2009 | |
| Godwin, Richard: ‘This Turner is proof we yearn for honest art’, Evening Standard, 09/12/2009 | |
| Sooke, Alastair: ‘Turner Prize: Art is beautiful again‘, The Telegraph Online, 09/12/2009 | |
| Dorment, Richard: ‘A Turner Prize winner whose work is beautiful - what a surprise’, The Daily Telegraph, 08/12/2009 | |
| ‘All that Glitters’, The Metro, 08/12/2009 | |
| Aspden, Peter: ‘Decorative painter wins turner‘, Financial Times, 08/12/2009 | |
| Miller, Phil: ‘Glasgow artist scoops Turner Prize’, The Herald, 08/12/2009 | |
| Jeffrey, Moira: ‘Interview: Richard Wright, Turner Prize winner artist’, The Scotsman, 08/12/2009 | |
| Hoyle, Ben: ‘I’d like him to do my living room. Wall artist wins the Turner prize’, The Times, 08/12/2009 | |
| Jones, Jonathan: ‘Richard Wright: A new Renaissance for the Turner Prize‘‘, The Guardian (on Art Blog), 08/12/2009 | |
| Ellicott, Claire: ‘Scots artist takes gold at the Turner‘, Scottish Daily Mail, 08/12/2009 | |
| Jury, Louise: ‘Temporary wall painting strikes gold at Turner Prize’, Evening Standard, 08/12/2009 | |
| Akbar, Arifa: ‘What a shock! Painting wins Turner‘, The Independent, 08/12/2009 | |
| ‘Wright Strikes Gold’, The Metro, 08/12/2009 | |
| Higgins, Charlotte: ‘Wright wins with ephemeral fresco’, The Guardian, 08/12/2009 | |
| Glover, Michael: ‘You could call Wright’s art minimalist, but it is also luxurious’, The Independent, 08/12/2009 | |
| Searle, Adrian: ‘All that Glitter is not Gold’, The Guardian Online, 07/12/2009 | |
| Sillito, David: ‘Artist Wright wins Turner Prize‘‘, BBC Scotland News (Online), Interview with Richard Wright 07/12/2009 | |
| Fincher, Christina: ‘Fresco painter Richard Wright wins Turner Prize’, Reuters.com, 07/12/2009 | |
| Nayeri, Farah: ‘Painter Richard Wright, Who Wrecks Own Work, Wins Turner Prize’, Bloomberg.com, 07/12/2009 | |
| Dorment, Richard: ‘Richard Wright: Turner Prize 2009 winner’, The Telegraph, 07/12/2009 | |
| Adams, Stephen, Moore, Matthew: ‘Turner Prize awarded to painter Richard Wright’, The Telegraph, 07/12/2009 | |
| Macmillan, Duncan: ‘Art Review: The Turner Prize 2009 Exhibition’, The Scotsman, 12/2009 | |
| Searle, Adrian: ‘Here Come the Egg Men‘, The Guardian, 06/11/2009 | |
| Degen, Natasha: ‘Richard Wright’, Frieze, Issue 127 11/2009 | |
| Darwent, Charles: ‘A terribly polite Turner Prize? What a nice change...‘, The Independent on Sunday, 11/10/2009 | |
| Jeffrey, Moira: ‘Art review: Turner Prize 2009, Tate Britain’, The Scotsman, 11/10/2009 | |
| Basciano, Oliver: ‘The Turner Prize, now taking bets’, Art Review, 07/10/2009 | |
| Lubbock, Tom: ‘Are we losing the art of surprise?’, The Independent, 06/10/2009 | |
| Hoyle, Ben: ‘History repeats itself as late addition to the Turner Prize proves a little too diverting’, The Times, 06/10/2009 | |
| Pill, Steve: ‘The Big Interview The Turner Prize 2009: Putting an End to the Shock Tactics’, The Metro, 06/10/2009 | |
| Dorment, Richard: ‘The favourite versus the dazzling outsider’, The Daily Telegraph, 06/10/2009 | |
| Lewis, Ben: ‘Yes, it’s the best of British art’, Evening Standard, 06/10/2009 | |
| Schappert, Roland: ‘Treppe ins Nichts‘, Die Zeit, 11/07/2009 | |
| Akbar, Arifa: ‘Diamonds, crystals and bare backsides-it’s Turner time!’, The Independent, 29/04/2009 | |
| Hoyle, Ben: ‘The draughtswoman, surrealist, graffiti artist and alchemist who rescued the Turner Prize’, The Times, 29/04/2009 | |
| Cornwell, Tim: ‘Turner Prize Shock-Nominated Artists can Draw and Paint‘, The Scotsman, 29/04/2009 | |
| Januszczak, Waldemar: ‘A Turner full of surprises‘, The Sunday Times, 11/01/2009 | |
| 2007 | Jones, Jonathan: ‘Paradise Regained‘, The Guardian, 13/08/2007 |
| 2005 | Frankel, David: ‘Richard Wright’, Artforum, 05/2005 |
| Smith, Roberta: ‘Richard Wright’, New York Times, 05/02/2005 | |
| 2004 | Mansfield, Susan: ‘Opening your mind’, The Scotsman, 18/04/2004 |
| Domke, Graham: ‘backs to the wall’, The List, 04/2004 | |
| 2002 | Archer, Michael: ‘Richard Wright’, Artforum, 12/2002 |
| Backhaus, Catrin: ‘Richard Wright’, Kunstbulletin, 09/2002 | |
| Dorn, Anja: ‘Wandstärke 7’, Texte zur Kunst, 09/2002 | |
| Weiss, Matthais: ‘Sieben Stufen an der Wand’, Westfälischer Anzeiger, 11/07/2002 | |
| Fricke, Christiane: ‘Wie ein schooner Traum’, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 08/07/2002 | |
| Imdahl, Georg: ‘Betonmauern gegen Spiessergebrösel...’, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 06/07/2002 | |
| 2000 | Usherwood, Paul: ‘Alison Turnbull/ Layla Curtis/ Richard Wright‘, Art Monthly, No. 240 10/2000 |
| 1999 | Chilver, John: ‘Paul Morrison/ Richard Wright’, Art Monthly, 09/1999 |
| Jeffrey, Moira: ‘Wonder Walls’, Sunday Herald, 20/06/1999 |
Publications
| 2018 | Richard Wright, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow |
| 2009 | Richard Wright, Gagosian, London |
| 2006 | RW, BQ, Cologne |
| 2005 | VITAMIN D, Phaidon Press, London/ New York |
| 2002 | Art Now, Taschen, Cologne |
| VITAMIN P, Phaidon Press, London/ New York | |
| 2000 | home is where the heArt is, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam |
| In the Midst of Things, August Media Ltd, London | |
| Intelligence: New British Art 2000, Tate Publishing, London | |
| Richard Wright, Milton Keynes Art Gallery and Locus+, Milton Keynes and Newcastle | |
| 1999 | de coras(i)on, TeclaSala, Barcelona |
| 1998 | Nettverk Scotland, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo |
| 1997 | Correspondences: Twelve artists from Berlin and Scotland, Berlinische Galerie im Martin Gropius Bau and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Berlin and Edinburgh |
| Glasgow: A Presentation of the Art Scene in the 90’s, The Institute For Research Within International Contemporary Art (ForArt), Oslo | |
| Pitura Brittanica, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney | |
| 1996 | Absolut Vision: New British Painting in the 1990s, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford |
| Live/Life, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris |
Exhibition Publications
| 2013 | Richard Wright in the Rijksmuseum, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| 2011 | Still Life, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore |
| 2006 | Richard Wright, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee |
| Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach | |
| 2005 | Showcase, City Art Centre and Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh |
| Supernova, British Council, London | |
| 2004 | Sodium & Asphalt, Museo de arte Contempoánea de Monterrey, Mexico |
| 2003 | Richard Wright, BQ, Cologne |
| 2002 | Fair, Royal College of Art, London |
| My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen | |
| Ornament and Crime: Toward Decoration, in Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, MOMA, New York | |
| Richard Wright, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf | |
| The Garden of Violence, Murten Historisches Museum, Switzerland | |
| 2001 | Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis |
| Scottish art 1990-2001, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee | |
| 2000 | Amateur/Eldsjäl, Konsthallen Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden |
| The British Art Show 5: National Touring Exhibitions, Hayward Publishing, London | |
| 1999 | Richard Wright, BQ, Cologne |
| 1996 | Sugarhiccup, Tramway, Glasgow |
| 1994 | New Art in Scotland, CCA, Glasgow |