BIOGRAPHY

Mark Fairnington makes paintings

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
* Denotes catalogue or book

2007
Art Agents, Hamburg
2006
FRED [London]
VOLTA 02, Basel, FRED [London]
2005
Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Frankfurt Art Fair*
2004
Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
Wunderkammer II, Wunderkammer I, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
Artlab, Imperial College, London
2003
Mobile Home Gallery, London
2002
Dead or Alive, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Harewood House
2001
Staying Alive, Mobile Home, London
2000
Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany*
Mantidae, Oxford University Museum, Oxford
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1999
Peepshow, Mobile Home, London
1998
Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany
Heavier Than Air, Imperial War Museum, London*
1997
Todd Gallery, London


TWO PERSON/ GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Import/Export: Painting from the USA and UK, FRED Leipzig
2007
Binz + Kraemer, Cologne
Bloedmooi, The Historic Museum Rotterdam, Rotterdam (2007-2008)
Bloody Beautiful, Ron Mondos Gallery, Rotterdam
DC Dusseldorf Contemporary 2007, FRED [London] showing Abetz/Drescher
Nayland Blake, Simon English and Mark Fairnington.
London Assembly, Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels
Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna (curated by Jasper Sharp)
2006
Zoo Art Fair, London
Art Berlin, FRED [London]
Royal Academy Summer Show
Pulse NY, New York, FRED [London]
Art Rotterdam, Holland, FRED [London]
Art Basel 06, Liste, FRED [London]
2005
Pulse, Miami, FRED [London]
Young Masters, 148a John Street, London
Blumenstück.Künstlers Glück, (A history of flower painting including James Ensor, Claude Monet, Marc Quinn, Fiona Rae, Gerhard Richter), Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany*
Infallible in Search of the Real George Eliot, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle*
2004
John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool*
Fabulous Beasts, The Natural History Museum, London*
The Goat, Medieval Modern, with Olivier Richon
Transmission Portfolio, Domo Baal Gallery, London*
2003-05
Transmission Portfolio, Site Gallery, Sheffield*
The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle*
Infallible in Search of the Real George Eliot APT Gallery, London
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre
Chockerfuckingblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
2002
Like gold dust, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham*
Alessandra Bonomo Gallery, Rome
History Revision, Plymouth Arts Centre*
No One Begins a Lunatic, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
Intimacy, Russel-Cotes Museum, Bournmouth.
2001
Intimacy, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales.
Bittersweet, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
Foil, The Gallery, Falmouth College of Arts and The Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury*
2000
Foil, Gallery Westland Place, London*
Green Green Grass, Mobile Home
British School at Rome*
Art Institute, the gallery, Bournemouth, UK, The Saatchi Gift*
The Nunnery Gallery, London, (The Wreck of Hope)
1999
Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany
Saatchi in Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery*
The Flower Show, Harewood House, England*
Wigmore Fine Art, Mark Fairnington and Sharon Kivland, London



1998
Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
Postcards on Photography, Cambridge Darkroom, touring to John Hansard Gallery, Camerawork and Stills Gallery* ‘
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Relative Values, Harris Museum, Preston, touring to The Rangers House, London*
1997
WHAT, Trinity Bouy Wharf, London*
1995
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London*
Connaught Brown Gallery, London
London Stories, Galerie Edition Marie-Louise Wirth, Switzerland

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

2006
The Museum of Other Wonders
Wimbledon School of Art, The Print Room, Cambridge
2005
Birds We Cannot See, Natural History Museum, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2003-2004
Fabulous Beasts, Natural History Museum, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, AHRB, Wimbledon School of Art, London
2001–2002
Membracidae ,The Welcome Trust and the sciart Consortium, Arts Council of England, British Council, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, NESTA, Scottish Arts Council
1999–2000
Mantidae, The Laboratory at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

AWARDS

2003
AHRB Research Leave Award
2003
London Arts Individual Artists Award
2001
sciart consortium Research Award
1995
British Council Exhibition Award
1993
Arthur Anderson Award Figurative Painting Award
London Arts Board Individual Artists Award
1989
British Council Exhibition Award
1986
Greater London Arts Individual Artists Award

FELLOWSHIPS and RESIDENCIES

2003-2005
Natural History Museum
1999-2002
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
1999
The Sargant Fellowship, British School at Rome
1997-1998
Imperial War Museum
1996
Serpentine Gallery, residency at the Jubilee Centre Gym

PUBLIC TALKS and PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS

2007
Scenery workshop with Professor Michael Corris, Professor Martin White and
Simon Morrissey, chaired by Roy Voss and hosted by Bristol University, Bush
House, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 01/05/07

Workshop in relationship to the development for the Centre for Art and Travel
at the National Maritime Museum, Tate Britain, 06/03/07

2005
Art and Nature with Janice Kerbel and Hew Locke, chaired by Ben Tufnell, Tate Britain, London.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

2007
Deckchair Dreaming, commission for the Royal Parks Foundation

BOOKS and EDITIONS

2006
Experience and Experiment, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2005
Insect Poetics, edited by Eric Brown, University of Minnesota
Art and Science, Sian Ede, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Blumenstück.Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen,
Infallible, In Search of the Real George Eliot, ARTicle Press
2004
John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery
2003
Transmission Portfolio, Sheffield Hallam University
Transmission: Speaking and Listening Volume 2, Sheffield Hallam University/ Site Gallery
Experiment:conversations in art and science, The Wellcome Trust Dog Publishing
The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery
Like gold dust, Angel Row Gallery
2000
Realism in 20th Century Painting, Brendan Prendeville
1998
Postcards on Photography – photorealism and the reproduction Cambridge
Darkroom Gallery



PERIODICALS and PRESS

2006
Bethnal Green Boogie, Sarah Kent, Time Out, No. 1883
Death Becomes Him, Jane Neal, The Independent on Sunday, ABC, 27.08.06

2004
Gross Anatomy, Callum McGeoch, Dazed and Confused, June
Creatures Small and Great, John Russell Taylor, The Times Review, 19/05/04
Interview on the Robert Elms Show, BBC Radio London, 11/05/04
Revive, Tank, Volume 3, Issue 8
Fabulous Beasts, Jessica Lack, The Guardian Guide, May 8
Bitten by the science bug, Charlotte Cripps, The Independent Review, May 4
The Natural Gallery, Sebastian Smee, The Daily Telegraph, May 1
Unstuffed Animals, Jane Neal, Art Review, May
Olivier Richon, Mark Fairnington, Sara Harrison, Time Out, No.1752
Mark Fairnington: Staying Alive, Jane Neal, Contemporary No.59

2003
London News, Richard Dyer, Contemporary, November

2002
Like Gold Dust, Contemporary, November
Dead or Alive, The Art Newspaper No. 126
Dead or Alive, Rich Jevans, The Leeds Guide, June

2001
Audio Arts Magazine, November 2001
Game Boy’s Animal Magic, Helen Sumpter, The Big Issue, No. 456
Staying Alive, Sally O’Reilly, Time Out, No.1627 (review)
Mark Fairnington, Duncan Mclaren, Art Review, October 2001
The Reality Bug, Charlotte Mullins, World of Art Newspaper, Thames and Hudson
Foil 3, Eugene Tan, Art Review, March 2001
Foil (catalogue), Michael Phillipson, Dr Jim Mooney

2000
Mark Fairnington (catalogue), Galerie Axel Thieme
Oculus Imaginations from the Photograph to the Real, Mark Gisbourne
Contemporary Visual Arts (issue31)
FAZ (December) Katherina Deschka, Insekten aus der Schublade
Main-Echo (26 October) Horst Roland, Mark Fairnington bei Galerie Axel Thieme
Darmstadter Kulturnachrichten (October and November) Galerie Thieme
The British Journal of Photography, Mantidae
The Guardian Guide, Robert Clark, Mantidae
nu critiques painting, Rachel Withers, nu Art Magazine, May 2000
Fine Arts 1999-2000, The British School at Rome
The Wreck of Hope, Izi Glover, Time Out, 05/04/00
The Wreck of Hope, Neal Brown, Independent on Sunday, 26/03/00
The Wreck of Hope, Andrew Wilson, Art Monthly, May 2000
The Wreck of Hope, Stuart Glass, Artist Newsletter, May 2000
The Wreck of Hope, Studio Magazine (Israel), May 2000

1999
Mattresses, Monros and the story of an eye, Duncan Maclaren, The Independent on Sunday, 14/11/99 (review)
The Flower Show (catalogue), Jane Sellars
Postcards from the Edge, Chris Townsend, Ronnie Simpson, Naomi Salaman,
Hotshoe International, No. 101
Postcards on Photography, Valerie Reardon, Art Monthly, No. 223 (review)

1998
Postcards on Photography (catalogue), Transparency Transposed, Naomi
Salaman
Infiziert von YBA, Dorothee Baer-Bogenschutz, Kunstzeitung 26/1
Heavier than Air (catalogue), The Surrealist War, Simon Morely
Relative Values (catalogue), James Green, Richard Kirwan
Whitechapel Open, Marina Benjamin, Evening Standard 9/4/98
Whitechapel Open, Sotiris Kyriacou, Art Monthly No. 216 (review)
Whitechapel Open, Martin Coomer, Time Out No. 1431 (review)

1997
Sacha Craddock, The Times 30/12/97
WHAT, Martin Coomer, Time Out 23/4/97 (review)
WHAT (catalogue), Mark Gisbourne

1996
Peter Schauer, Art Review, Autumn 1996
Whitechapel Open, Martin Coomer, Time Out 7/8/96 (review)
Close the door on the Open, Brian Sewell, Evening Standard 1/8/96 (review)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2005
Reader in Painting (0.5) Wimbledon School of Art
2001- 2005
Senior Lecturer in Painting (0.5) Wimbledon School of Art
1997-2001
Tutor in Fine Art (0.5) Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
1995-1997
Lecturer in Fine Art (0.5) University of Central Lancashire