Rupert Norfolk (UK) is an artist based in London. His work is mainly sculptural and investigates the perceptual and conceptual possibilities of concrete and depicted things. Norfolk uses a wide range of processes, such as drawing, Tapestry weaving, stone carving, airbrushing, casting and computer aided technologies.
Education
He received his BA from Chelsea School of Art and Design in 1996.
Selected exhibitions
| 2015 | Museum of Stones, Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, US*
Drawing Biennial 2015, The Drawing Room, London, UK |
| 2014 | The Crime Was Almost Perfect, curated by Cristina Ricupero, Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL*
Annals of the 29th Century, curated by Gareth Bell-Jones, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge UK The Drawing Show, AIR, Pittsburgh, US |
| 2013 | systems, curated by das programm, Walter Knoll, London, UK
Novecento mai visto, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, IT IMAGE/OBJECT, Furini Contemporary, Rome, IT Andratx on Paper, curated by Patricia Asbaek, CCA Kunsthalle, Andratx, Mallorca, ES Drawing Biennial 2013, The Drawing Room, London, UK |
| 2012 | The Curator's Egg, Altera Pars, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK
Landscapes Cities People, Netwerk/Center for Contemporary Art, Aalst, BE |
| 2011 | Painting Show, curated by Sophie von Hellermann & Gavin Wade, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
Secret Societies, curated by Cristina Ricupero and Alexis Vaillant, CAPC – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, FR* Lustwarande 2011, curated by Chris Driessen, Fundament Foundation, Park de Oude Warande, Tilburg, NL* Secret Societies, curated by Cristina Ricupero and Alexis Vaillant, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE Space Oddity, curated by Friederike Nymphius, CCA Kunsthalle, Andratx, Mallorca, ES In – and Outside – Writing, Voorkamer, Lier, BE* Drawing Biennial 2011, The Drawing Room, London, UK |
| 2010 | Big Minis, curated by Alexis Vaillant, CAPC – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, FR*
Minimalism and Applied II, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, DE* Boom, Hotel, London, UK Newspeak: British Art Now – Part 1, Saatchi Gallery London, UK* Altogether Elsewhere, curated by Rob Tufnell, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, TR Library of Babel / In and Out of Place,176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK* |
| 2009 | May/June, Stella Lohaus, Antwerp, BEDrawing Sculpture, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, DE
Drawing Biennial 2009, The Drawing Room, London, UK |
| 2008 | M25 Around London, curated by Barry Schwabsky, CCA Kunsthalle, Andratx, Mallorca, ES
Novel, Anne-Catharina Gebbers Bibliothekswonhning, Berlin, DE Featuring, Chez Valentin, Paris, FR Henry Coleman & Rupert Norfolk, curated by Charlotte Moth, Balice Hertling, Paris, FR Los Vinilos, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, London, UK |
| 2007 | Abstraction: Extracting from the World, curated by David Thorp, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK*
Counterfacture: William Daniels, David Musgrave, Rupert Norfolk, Alex Pollard, curated by Marc Foxx, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City* George Longly, Rupert Norfolk, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, FR |
| 2006 | Rockridge, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Crivelli's Nail, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, UK |
| 2005 | Les Merveilles du Monde, curated by Peter Fillingham, Musee des Beaux Arts de Dunkerque, France, FR*
Waste Material, curated by David Musgrave, The Drawing Room, London, UK* Doubtful Works and Copies: Alasdair Gray, Rupert Norfolk, Jane Topping, Transmission, Glasgow, UK |
| 2004 | Living Dust, curated by David Musgrave, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art and Design, UK* |
| 2002 | Exchange, Richard Salmon Gallery, London UK
Like Beads on an Abacus Designed to Calculate Infinity, curated by Andrew Hunt, Rockwell, London, UK |
| 2001 | Animations, PS1, New York City, touring to Kunstwerke, Berlin, DE |
| 2000 | Light Industrial Magic, Platform, London, UK
Medium-Sized Objects, curated by David Musgrave, One in the Other, London, UK |
| 1999 | Father Apollinaris Said…, Vilma Gold, London, UK
Heart and Soul, Long Lane Studios, London, UK |
References
- Team, University of Arts London, Web. "Rupert Norfolk – BA Drawing & Contextual Studies Associate Lecturer – Camberwell College of Arts – UAL". arts.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Residencies Archive – Wysing Arts Centre". wysingartscentre.org. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- "Biography | Rupert Norfolk". www.rupertnorfolkstudio.com. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
External links
- Article from TheFreeLibrary.com
- Images, texts and biography from the Saatchi Gallery
- Rupert Norfolk on ArtFacts.net
- Waste Material at The Drawing Room