Gregor Wright
Born 1975, Glasgow; Lives in Glasgow.
Education
2001 | BA (Hons) Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art |
Solo Exhibitions
2022 | ‘Grayscale Acid’, The Modern Institute, 3 Aird's Lane, Glasgow |
2019 | ‘Gregor Wright’, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago |
2018 | ‘Magic Stuff’, The Modern Institute, Aird's Lane Bricks Space |
‘Username Unavailable’, Inventory Space, Glasgow | |
2016 | ‘Spooky Action At A Distance’, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow |
2014 | ‘Dinosaur Expert I'm Feeling Lucky’, CCA, Glasgow |
‘Unstable Matter Situations’, 7 Buchanan Street, Glasgow | |
2012 | The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow |
‘Gravity Blues’, Upstairs at The Modern Institute Osborne Street, Glasgow | |
‘Everything Brighter Than Everything Else’, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow | |
2010 | ‘Your Clock Will Never Fade Like A Flower’, Dependance, Brussels |
2009 | ‘Out of Space Out of Time’, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow |
‘Clipping Roses’, The Duchy Gallery, Glasgow | |
2007 | Galerie Ben Kauffman, Berlin/Munich |
2006 | ‘EYEAGAINSTEYE’, Raum 45, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany |
2004 | ‘All Your Base Are Belong To Us’, Transmission, Glasgow |
Group Exhibitions
2019 | ‘Mark-making: Perspectives on Drawing’, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow |
2018 | ‘Extinction Event’, PUPS Gallery, London |
‘Abstract Domestic’, Project Ability gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow | |
2015 | ‘Queen's Park Music Club volume II’, Queen’s Park Railway Club, Glasgow |
‘A Slowly Built Burner’, Good Press, Glasgow | |
2014 | ‘Project Ability Christmas Auction’, Project Ability gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow |
‘Mediating Landscape’, Sala Murat, Piazza del Ferrarese, Bari, Italy (curated by Flip Project Space) | |
2013 | ‘NITEFLIGHTS’, CCA, Glasgow |
‘Valise’, BQ and Pavillon der Volksbühne, Berlin (The Glasgow Weekend) | |
‘Never More Alone’, Standards, Rennes | |
2012 | ‘Special Effect’, The Glue Factory, Glasgow |
‘Midnight Sun’, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow | |
2011 | ‘The Cockeyed Turkey and a Paper Pudding’, The Lighthouse, Glasgow |
2010 | ‘HIMP Sunday Services’, The Arches, Glasgow |
‘Pecha Kucha 2: Sound and Fury’, Tramway, Glasgow | |
2008 | ‘How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck if a Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood’, Kunstverein Glasgow, Allison Street |
‘run run’, Collins Gallery, Glasgow | |
‘In Pieces’, Myddleton Square, London | |
2007 | ‘Tender Scene’, The Changing Room, Stirling |
‘Fall Selections - Non-Declarative Art’, The Drawing Center, New York | |
2006 | ‘Death And The Compass’, FOUR, Dublin |
2005 | ‘Beyond, Beneath, Behind’, Codex, Munich |
‘Gregor Wright-Damien Deroubaix-Thomas Palme’, Dependance, Brussels | |
‘The Excitement Of Platonic Power’, Factor 44, Antwerp | |
‘RCCA Spring Animal Show’, Park Circus, Glasgow | |
‘Drawing 200’, The Drawing Room / Tannery Arts, London | |
2004 | ‘Rheinschau’, Art Cologne Projects, Cologne (with Alan Michael and Karla Black) |
‘Spacemakers’, Lothringer Dreizehn, Munich | |
‘Three Person Show’, Switchspace at The Factory, Dennistoun | |
‘Publish and be Damned’, Cubitt, London | |
‘Country Grammar’, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow | |
2003 | East International 2003, Norwich Gallery |
‘The Drawing Room’, Gasworks Gallery, London | |
Lloyd Jerome Gallery, Glasgow | |
‘Cells Out’, Old Bridgegate Court, Glasgow | |
2002 | ‘Transmission at Maschenmode’, Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin |
‘Hampstead Achieved’, Kay Jackson's, Edinburgh | |
‘Wormhole’, Lloyd Jerome Gallery, Glasgow | |
2001 | 3rd Austrotel Contemporary Art Fair, Vienna |
Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art | |
Independent Studios, Glasgow | |
2000 | ‘Lifestyle Telly’, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow |
Bibliography
Press
2015 | Hunger, #8 We've Got Issues 19/02/2015 |
2014 | ‘Polystyrene Men And Dinosaurs In The Rubble’, Evening Times, 24/09/2014 |
2013 | ‘ArtMen in Glasgow’, ArtMen (Dutch television), 09/2013 |
2010 | ‘Brussels - Gregor Wright at Dependance’, Mousse, 13/05/2010 |
2009 | Gavin, Francesca: ‘Gregor Wright on Anti-Games’, Dazed and Confused, 01/2009 |
Exhibition Reviews
2014 | Jeffrey, Moira: ‘Visual Art Review: Wright/Messe/Michael’, The Scotsman, 25/10/2014 |
Clark, Robert: ‘Gregor Wright’, Guardian Guide, 20/09/2014 | |
Taylor, Rhona: ‘Gregor Wright: Dinosaur Expert I‘m Feeling Lucky’, The List, 09/2014 | |
2009 | ‘Critics’ Choice; Art Shows Worth Seeing’, Metro, 18/02/2009 |
Mclean-Ferris, Laura: ‘Untitled’, The Guardian Website, 23/01/2009 | |
Mansfield, Susan: ‘Ethereal Sculptures Make their Mark‘, The Scotsman, 16/01/2009 | |
Garner, James: ‘Art Review - Gregor Wright: Out of space out of time’, Metro, 15/01/2009 | |
2008 | Kennedy, Alexander: ‘The art of science’, The List, 04/2008 |
2007 | ‘Tender Scene’, Map, 08/2007 |
‘Tender Scene: Group Show’, The List, 05/07/2007 | |
Mottram, Jack: ‘Works that Fizz with Unexpected Connections’, The Herald, 2007 | |
2004 | Kennedy, Alexander: ‘Visual Art’, The List, 07/10/2004 |
Black, Catriona: ‘This is a Modern World’, Sunday Herald, 03/10/2004 | |
Gale, Ian: ‘Revolution In Their Heads’, Scotland on Sunday, 25/09/2004 | |
Jeffery, Moira: ‘When a picture paints‘, The Herald, 17/08/2004 |
Publications
2020 | Cyborg Drawings, Self-published, Glasgow |
2018 | Blackk Faxxx, Self-published, Glasgow |
2016 | Spooky Action At A Distance, Self-published, Glasgow |
Wondermeat sampler, Self-published, Glasgow | |
2012 | Drawing Paper #6, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
1999 | Terraform, Self-published, Glasgow |
Timber Maniacs, Self-published, Glasgow |