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Press

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, 28/08/2010

Hoyle, Ben: 'Edinburgh The weekend starts here…and here…and here', The Times, 13/08/2010

Dorment, Richard: 'Scotland shows the world how its done', The Daily Telegraph, 10/08/2010

Cumming, Laura: 'Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchel', The Observer, 08/08/2010

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

Jonathan, Jones: 'Arts Visual Arts', The Guardian G2, 05/08/2010

Doubal, Rosalie: 'Profusion of painting at 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Art Festival', The List, 04/08/2010

Patience, Jan: 'One Moment in Time', Home and Interiors Scotland Issue 73, 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, 01/07/2010

'Making a lasting impression', The Herald, 01/07/2010

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

Charlotte Higgins: '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-Johnston, Rachel: 'All that glitter is not sold in this glimmering world', The Times, 09/12/2009

Higgins, Charlotte: 'There’s too much stuff in the world', The Guardian, 09/12/2009

Godwin, Richard: 'This Turner is proof we yearn for honest art', Evening Standard, 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', Metro, 08/12/2009

Jones, Jonathan: 'Art v Books: a critical double standard', The Guardian (on Art Blog), 08/12/2009

Aspden, Peter: 'Decorative painter wins turner', Financial Times, 08/12/2009

Phil Miller: 'Glasgow artist scoops Turner Prize', The Herald, 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

Moira Jeffrey: 'Interview :Richard Wright, Turner Prize winner artist', Scotsman, 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

Arifa, Akbar: 'What a shock! Painting wins Turner', The Independent, 08/12/2009

'Wright Strikes Gold', Metro, 08/12/2009

Higgins, Charlotte: 'Wright wins with ephemeral fresco', The Guardian, 08/12/2009

Glover, Micheal: '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', Guardian.co.uk, 07/12/2009

Fincher, Christina: 'Fresco painter Richard Wright wins Turner Prize', Reuters.com, 07/12/2009

David Sillito: 'interview with Richard Wright) Artist Wright wins Turner Prize', BBC Scotland News (Online), 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', Telegraph, 07/12/2009

Adams, Stephen and Moore, Matthew: 'Turner Prize awarded to painter Richard Wright', Telegraph, 07/12/2009

Macmillan, Duncan: 'Art Review: The Turner Prize 2009 Exhibition', The Scotsman, 01/12/2009

Searle, Adrian: 'Here Come the Egg Men', The Guardian, 06/11/2009

Darwent, Charles: 'A terribly polite Turner Prize? What a nice change…', The Independent on Sunday, 11/10/2009

Januszczak, Waldemar: 'A Turner full of surprises', The Sunday Times, 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: 'Putting an End to the Shock Tatics', The Metro, 06/10/2009

Dorment, Richard: 'The favorite 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

Jones, Jonathan: 'The Big Dig', The Guardian G2, 30/04/2009

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

Degen, Natasha: 'Richard Wright', frieze

'Richard Wright’s Most Complex Painting to Date Unveiled at the Dean Gallery', Art Knowledge News

2007

Jones, Jonathan: 'Paradise regained', The Guardian, 13/08/2007

2006

Dorn, Anja: 'Richard Wright - Psychedelic Wall Drawings', Metropolis M

2005

Frankel, David: 'Richard Wright', Artforum, 05/2005

Smith, Roberta: 'Richard Wright', New York Times, 05/02/2005

Wright, Richard: 'Artist’s project', INTERVIU Issue 04

Pécoil, Vincent: 'Dossier: Richard Wright, a Rebours', O2

2004

Mansfield, Susan: 'Opening your mind', The Scotsman, 18/04/2004

Domke, Graham: 'backs to the wall', The List, 04/2004

2003

Esche, Charles: 'A conversation between Charles Esche and Richard Wright, (interview)', Afterall Issue 7

Thompson, Mungo: 'Viva Baja', Afterall Issue 7

2002

Archer, Michael: 'Richard Wright', Artforum, 12/2002

Backhaus, Catrin: 'Richard Wright', Kunstbulletin, 09/2002

Dorn, Anja: 'Wandstärke 7', Texte zur Kunst Issue 47, 09/2002

Weiss, Matthais: 'Sieben Stufen an der Wand', Westfälischer Anzeiger, 11/07/2002

Schappert, Roland: 'Treppe ins Nichts', Die Zeit, 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

2001

Groos, Ulrike: 'Totenkopf und Arabesque', Kunstbulletin, 10/2001

Farquharson, Alex: 'Back to the wall', frieze Issue 58, 04/2001

Dalrymple, Clarissa: 'Richard Wright', Artforum, 01/2001

2000

Usherwood, Paul: 'Alison Turnbull/ Layla Curtis/ Richard Wright', Art Monthly, 10/2000

1999

Chilver, John: 'Paul Morrison/ Richard Wright', Art Monthly, 09/1999

Jeffrey, Moira: 'Wonder walls', Sunday Herald, 20/06/1999

1998

Esche, Charles: 'Charles Esche in conversation with Richard Wrigh', an, 11/1998

1997

Feldman, Melissa E.: 'At First Site', Art Monthly, 10/1997

Publications

2009

Richard Wright, Gagosian Gallery, London

2005

VITAMIN D, Phaidon Press, London/ New York

2002

Art Now, Taschen, Cologne

The Garden of Violence, (exhibition catalogue), Murten Historisches Museum, Switzerland

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

2011

Still Life, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore

2006

Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach

Richard Wright, BQ, Cologne

Richard Wright, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

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 Gallery Publishing, London

1999

Richard Wright, BQ, Cologne

1996

Sugarhiccup, Tramway, Glasgow

1994

New Art in Scotland, CCA, Glasgow