STEPHEN HARWOOD

CURRICULUM VITAE

Stephen Harwood, born Shropshire, 1972.
MA Fine Art, Central St Martins, 2010.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Future Ghosts
Benjamin Rhodes Arts, London (2024)—solo show
Fierce Scandal
Lido Stores, Margate (2024)—curated by Kristen Healy
DROP IT!
BcmA Project Space, Berlin (2024)—curated by Cedric Christie and Pascal Rousson
Tiny Landscapes
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK (2024)
The Fronteer Open
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK (2023)—curated by Michael and Sharon Borkowsky
Missives
Platforms Art Fair, Athens (2023)—curated by Alison Whitmore / JAW
The Lido Open
Lido Stores, Margate, UK (2023)—curated by Charles Williams and Kristen Healy
This Year’s Model
Studio1.1, London (2023)
SHOT PINT RIOT
Studio1.1, London (2023)—curated by Stephen Harwood
Animus Anima
The Stash Gallery, London (2022)—curated by Sophie Parkin
British Painting 3
Bermondsey Project Space, London (2022)—curated by Andrew Etherington
Amazing Things Happen Everyday
The Stash Gallery, London (2022)—curated by Sophie Parkin
This Year’s Model
Studio1.1, London (2022)
London Fields
Finch Cafe / Gallery, London (2022)—solo show
Gone Tomorrow
Studio1.1, London (2021)—solo show
This Year’s Model
Studio1.1, London (2021)
The Filmhuiskamer
Galerie de Jaloezie, Rotterdam (2021)
Dark Times
Three Colt Gallery, London (2020)—solo show
Stay Home / Mail Art!
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany (2020)
Picture Palace
Transition Gallery, London (2020)—curated by Cathy Lomax
Nothing is Square Part 2
Shipton Street Gallery, London (2020)
Mycorrhiza and Extancy
Sluice @ AMP Gallery, London (2020)—curated by Karl England
Christmas Show
Three Colt Gallery, London (2019)—curated by George Pringle
Osmans Bazaar & 2020 Calendar Winners
Studio 1.1, London
Open Projections 3
Coventry Cathedral, Coventry (2019)—curated by Martin Green
Nothing is Square
Shipton Street Gallery, London (2019)
Drawing Down the Land
Well Street Kitchen, London (2019)—solo show
Store/Room
Studio 1.1, London (2019)
Limehouse Open Salon
Three Colt Gallery, London (2019)—curated by George Pringle
Utopia
Anglia Square, Norwich (2019)—curated by Alex Day
Tales of the Iconic
Town Hall, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire (2019)—curated by ARTbound
A Moveable Feast
Platforms Project Art Fair, Athens with Darling Pearls & Co (2019)—curated by Alessandra Falbo
YooTOHpeea
Lady Beck Studios / Project Space, Leeds (2019)—curated by Wes Foster
Osman’s Bazaar
Studio 1.1, London (2018)—curated by Daniel Devlin
Local Anywhere
Sluice Gallery / HQ, London (2018)—curated by Karl England
Osman’s Bazaar
Studio 1.1, London (2017)—curated by Daniel Devlin
Second Floor Studios Painting Open
No Format Gallery, London (2017)
Summer Salon
Lubomirov Angus-Hughes Gallery, London (2017)—curated by Alessandra Falbo
Summer Salon Screening
Lubomirov Angus-Hughes Gallery, London (2017)—curated by Warren Garland and Alessandra Falbo
Marc Almond / Addicted to Excess
The Gallery, Liverpool (2017)
Orchid & the Metal
Chisenhale Studios, London (2017)
Distant Fires
Studio 1.1, London (2017)—solo show
All-in-One, a Projected Only loop-group show
Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Chiari, Italy (2016)—curated by Linda Alborghetti and Marco Bellini
Osman’s Bazaar
Studio 1.1, London (2016)—curated by Daniel Devlin
Diffusion
The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, London (2016)
Mews #2: Routes
JakBox Gallery, London (2016)
Digital Wasteland
Eiger Studios, Leeds (2016)
Film Night 25:8:16
Hackney Picturehouse, London (2016)—curated by Stephen Harwood and Warren Garland
Summer Salon
Lubomirov Angus-Hughes Gallery, London (2016)
Europa
Transition Gallery ShopSpace, London (2016)—curated by Luci Eyers
Film Night 21:4:16
Hackney Picturehouse, London (2016)—curated by Stephen Harwood and Warren Garland
Alternative Nature
Electric Picture House, Congelton, Cheshire (2016)
Film Night 21:4:16
Hackney Picturehouse (2016)—curated by Stephen Harwood and Warren Garland
ArtConverters III
Studio 1.1, London (2016)
Postcardwall—365 at Stourspace
Stourspace, London (2015)—curated by Sophie Hill
Summer Salon
Angus Hughes Gallery, London (2015)
The Red Files
Schwartz Gallery, London (2015)—curated by Ismail Erbil
Wotever Film Festival
Cinema Museum, London (2015)
Lotus Land Video Evening
Changing Spaces, Cambridge (2015)—curated by Philip Cornett and Paul Kindersley
Postcard Gardens
Oxford House Gallery, London (2015)—curated by Sophie Hill
Film Night 29:5:15
Hackney Picturehouse (2015)—curated by Stephen Harwood
Red Xmas
Studio 1.1, London (2015)
Common Ground:
Studio 1.1, London (2014)
Andrew Graves / Stephen Harwood
Visions of England
Atlantis Bookshop, London (2014)—solo exhibition
The Male Figure V
Kunstbehandlung KG, Munich (2014)
ArtConverters II
Studio 1.1, London (2014)
Atomic
60 Ravenscourt Road, London (2013)—Transition Gallery off-site project
IMG-TXT-MSG
Studio 1.1, London (2013)
Programme of events included a talk by Stephen on his painting
A Northern Sensibility
Strata Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery (2013)—with Philips Contemporary Art
Owl Service
Transition Gallery, London (2013)
A Foreign Country
Studio 1.1 at Braziers House, Oxfordshire (2012)
Stephen Harwood / Craig Andrews / Dai Roberts
Get Carta
Karin Janssen Project Space, London (2012)—curated by Stephen Harwood
Equinox
Transition Gallery, London (2012)
Postcardwall
Mall Galleries, London (2012)
Vegas Gallery, London (2012)
Idle Worship
Centre for Recent Drawing, London (2012)—curated by Paul Kindersley
ArtConverters
Studio 1.1, London (2012)
Cephalopod Salon
159 Cassland Rd, London (2012)—curated by Mark Green and Guy Oliver
The Postcard Show
Surface Gallery, Nottingham (2012)
Pulp Fictions
Transition Gallery, London (2011)
Local
Karin Janssen Project Space, London (2011)
Survivors UK
Candid Arts Gallery, London (2011)
Heartlands
DownStairs Gallery, Great Brampton House, Herefordshire (2011)
Art Blitz
Transition Gallery, London (2010)
MA Degree Show
Central St Martins, London (2010)
Necessary Illusions
The Bargehouse, London (2010)
PolyTek
Water Lane, Exeter (2009) with fellow MA Fine Art students
The Damned and the Saved
Studio 1.1, London / Standpoint Gallery, London (2008)
The Marmite Prize
Studio 1.1, London (2008)
Awopbopaloobop
Transition Gallery, London (2008)—curated by Alex Michon
The Painting Room
Transition Gallery, London (2008)
Notting Heaven
Sartorial Contemporary Art, London (2007/8)
Progression
Ferreira Projects, London (2007)
Peer Esteem
Five Years, London (2007)
The Doctor Who Project
Nancy Victor Project Space, London (2007)—solo exhibition
Private Prop
Residence Gallery, London (2007)—curated by Ingrid Z
Gallery Artists
Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester (2007)
Images of Lost Content
Nancy Victor Project Space, London (2006)—solo exhibition
The Marmite Prize
Residence Gallery, London (2006)
Grotto
Studio 1.1, London (2006)
Peace Camp
Brick Lane Gallery, London (2006)—curated by Bob and Roberta Smith
Summer Show
Contemporary Art Projects, London (2006)
Childhood, An Exploration
Indo, London (2005)—solo exhibition
Acid Drops & Sugar Candy
Transition Gallery, London (2005)
Contemporary Art Projects / FosterArt, London (2005)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

SHOT PINT RIOT
Studio1.1, London (2023)
Film Night 25:8:16
Hackney Picturehouse, London (2016)—curated by Stephen Harwood and Warren Garland
Film Night 21:4:16
Hackney Picturehouse, London (2016)
Film Night 29:5:15
Hackney Picturehouse, London (2015)
Get Carta
Karin Janssen Project Space, London (2012)

1989–2005

GROUP SHOWS

  • Coombs Contemporary,
  • ICA,
  • Gallery Fresh,
  • Drill Hall Arts Centre,
  • Battersea Arts Centre,
  • Tom Allen Arts Centre,
  • Quantum Contemporary Art—all London,
  • Art 2001—Design Centre Islington, The Common Room Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Cable Street Open Studios & Gallery, e1 Gallery, Gallery Westland Place—all London, UK,
  • Philips Art Gallery, Manchester,
  • Town Hall, Manchester,
  • Nottingham Arts Centre,
  • Phoenix Arts centre, Leicester,

SOLO SHOWS

  • Art East Gallery, Spitalfields,
  • Sutton House Art Gallery, Hackney,
  • Artbank Gallery, Clerkenwell,
  • Gallery Fresh, Greenwich,
  • Shipleys, Charing Cross Road,
  • Drill Art Arts Centre, Fitzrovia,
  • Wren at St James, London

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

  • Sir Richard Heaton KCB, London
  • Iain Sinclair FRSL
  • Jonathan Meades, Marseille, France
  • David Hockney OM CH RA, London and Los Angeles
  • Serge Etringer Collection, Hamburg and São Paulo
  • Sir Ian Mckellen CH CBE, London
  • Collection of Spencer Gunn & Sonia DeMarcos, London & Barcelona
  • Peter Ackroyd CBE FRSL, London / Devon
  • Matthew Parris, London / Derbyshire
  • Marc Almond, London
  • Utah Saints, Leeds, UK
  • Geraldine Beskin Collection / Atlantis Bookshop, London
  • Estate of Ann and David Graves
  • Estate of CJ Fox, Canada
  • David Hoyle, Manchester, UK
  • Gregory D’aguair, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Harry Borden, Devon, UK
  • Nick Griffiths, Cornwall, UK
  • Collection of William Few, Kent, UK
  • The Raven Group / Raven Russia
  • Four Temple Buildings, London
  • Collection of Nick Billingham and Stevie McGarrity, Barnes, London
  • David Powell and Phillips Art Gallery, Cheshire, UK
  • Estate of Jordan / Pamela Rooke
  • Collection of Jennifer Rademaker, London
  • Collection of Enzo Mansueto, Bari, Italy
  • Collection of Peter Jarvis, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Collection of Sheryl Cuisia, London
  • Professor Ed Wild, London
  • Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Germany
  • Julian Glover OBE
  • James Robson / Fallow Restaurant, St James’s, London
  • Mr Mark Williams, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Dave Smithers and Joshua Raffel, Sandown, Isle of Wight, UK
  • Tim Purcell / Tim Purcell Consulting, London
  • Collection of Roberto Bellomo and Nicoletta Civita, Rome, Italy

WRITING

  • Time Out,
  • The Guardian,
  • Garageland (Issue 13, Paint; Issue 23, Living British Cinema),
  • Artwednesday.com
  • Damn Magazine (Issue 83)

SELECTED PRESS

  • i-D,
  • Arty,
  • Tangent,
  • Garageland,
  • Sunday Times,
  • Art-Review,
  • The Independent,
  • Vogue,
  • Radio 5,
  • Hackney Gazette,
  • Hackney Citizen,
  • The Wick,
  • Roman Road LDN