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  Biography

 
 

Born 1970
1988-1992  Slade School of Art, London    
Lives and works in London 

 

 

Current shows:


NIGHTFALL: International Tendencies of Figurative Painting

Curated by Jane Neal

29th March - 24th May
Rudolfinum Gallery
Prague, Czec Republic




Previous Solo shows

2012  Resort    Haunch of Venison
, London   
             Publication: Resort, Justin Mortimer   
             Review:  NY Arts Magazine.com 
             Film: In Conversation
with Matt Price
             Film: Resort
discussion with Tom Hunt             

2011  Haftling   Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
        
 
Review:   Christopher Kinight in LA Times  
            Film: Conversation
in Mihai Nicodim Gallery, LA             
2010   In Your Own Village    Master Piper,   London
2009   National Geographic   Five Hundred Dollars,  London
2008   Justin Mortimer   Hewer street ,London
2007   Punk Loves Cupcake    Pippy Houldsworth,  London
2006   JustinMortimer    Galerie Bertin-Toublanc,   Paris


Selected group shows


2013     How to tell the future from the past'    Haunch of Venison, New York
2013    Are you alright?   MOCCA, Toronto, Canada
2012    
NIGHTFALL: International Tendencies of Figurative Painting, Debrecen, Hungary
2012   
The Observer  Haunch of Venison, Eastcastle Street, London
2011   Some Domestic Incidents  MAC Birmingham, UK  
2011   Some Domestic Incidents
 Prague Biennale 5
2010   Bad Industry     Mihai Nicodim Gallery,  Los Angeles
2010   Cutters 2010     Pool Gallery,  Berlin
2010   Cut, Collage Contemporain   Galerie Van Der Stegen,  Paris
2010   Cutters, An Exhibition of International Collage     Cinders Gallery,  New York
2008   We Don't Need Nobody Else     Eigse  Carlow,  Ireland
2007   Isobar        Fieldgate Gallery     London
2005   Painting Unperfect        Houldsworth Gallery,   London
2004   EAST international 2004      Norwich Gallery    (Selected by Neo Rauch and Gerd Harry Lybke)
                   
Fairs

Art LA  2013
The Armoury Show 2013

The Armoury Show 2012
Los Angeles Art Show 2012

NADA ART Fair Miami Beach 2011
The Armoury Show 2011
The Armoury Show 2010
Represented by Mihai Nicodim


Prizes

2004   EAST award                                EAST International
1997   Hunting Art Prize,                        Young Artist of the Year
1996   NatWest Art Prize
                        
1991   BP Portrait Award First Prize
,    National Portrait Gallery

Selected portrait commissions

Harold Pinter
HM The Queen
David Bowie and Iman
Three Royal Court Theatre Directors (Stephen Daldry, Katie Mitchell, Ian Rickson)
Stella Tenant
Brian Lara
Sir Steve Redgrave

Glenn MacGrath

Collections

National Portrait Gallery, London
National Portrait Gallery, Canada
Flash Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Trevi, Italy
Royal Collection
Royal Society for the Arts
Bank of America
Nat West Bank
Standard Charter Bank
Football Association
MCC (Marlylebone Cricket Club at Lords Cricket Ground, London)
Royal Mail
River and Rowing Museum, Henley

Publications

Resort, Justin Mortimer   

Paintings featured in
Vitamin P2
New Perspectives in Painting
Pub: Phaidon



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