Lives and works in London

1968 Born in Stratford-Upon-Avon
1989-92 University of Humberside
1995-96 Goldsmiths College

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Another End, Vilma Gold, London
2007
The Only Living, Greenland Street, A Foundation, Liverpool
Life is a Laugh, Platform for Art Commission, London
Beneath the Stride of Giants, Fabrica, Brighton
The Man Who Loved Islands, Arnolfini, Bristol
2005
My Beloved Traitor, Luisa Strina, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2004
Some Unaccountable Blindness, The Breeder, Athens
Beneath the Stride of Giants, Camden Arts Centre, London (cat.)
2003
When the World Was Young, Vilma Gold, London
2002
Brian Griffiths, Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paolo, Brazil (cat.)
Brian Griffiths, MCMagma, Milan
2001
When Few Were Charmed, Vilma Gold, London
1999
Once Upon a Star, One in the Other, London
1997
Brian Griffiths, Habitat, London

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2010
Extra Ordinary, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, Tate Britain, London
British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Hayward Touring Exhibition, touring to: Nottingham (Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham Castle Museum, New Art Exchange),London (Hayward Gallery), Glasgow (Centre for Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Tramway), Plymouth (Peninsula Arts, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Royal William Yard, Plymouth College of Art)
Nothing is Impossible, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
Magic Show, Hayward Touring , Quad, Derby, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, Tulie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Chapter, Cardiff, Pump House Gallery, London
Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London
2009
Beating the Bounds: Art Now, Tate Britain, London
Jean Luc, Opera Rock, CAPC, Bordeaux, curated by Alexis Valliant
V22 Presents: The Sculpture Show, London
2008
100 Years, 100 Artists, 100 Works of Art: Art on the Underground, London
The Arrival: Brian Griffiths and Matthew Draper, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, Hornsey
GSK Contemporary: Event Horizon, Royal Academy, London
Forgotten Bar Project, Galerie im Regierung, Berlin
Walls Have Ears, Man & Eve, London
Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg
The Brotherhood, Kunstbunker, Nuremberg
2007
Still Life, Still: Contemporary Variations, T1+2 Gallery, London
2006
Brian Griffiths & Sophie von Hellermann, Vilma Gold project space, Berlin
Our Marvellous Ambition, Vilma Gold, London
Hotspotz, Kunst Der Gegenwart, Austria (cat.)
2005
The Hardest Thing to Draw is a Kiss, The Gallery at Wimbledon School of Art, Wimbledon (cat.)
Group Show, Museum of Childhood, London
2004
Nocturnal Emissions, The Groninger Museum, Groninger
Shapeshifters, M-PROJECT, Paris
Death and Magic, Keith Talent Gallery, London
Belem Museum of Modern Art, Belem (cat.)
Galleon and Other Stories, The Saatchi Gallery, London
New Blood, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Tonight, Studio Voltaire, London
Moon Absinthe, Rotterdam
Collage, Bloomberg Space, London
2003
Strange Messengers, The Breeder, Athens
The Lost Collection of An Invisible Man, The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
2002
The Necessary Enemy, Bart Wells Institute, London
2001
OPEN PLAN P3–The Marathon, Alphadelta Gallery & Artio Gallery, Athens
Tirana Biennale, Albania, UK Section
Sages, Scientists and Madmen, One in the Other, London
Just History, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv
Hemorrhaging of States, Tent, Rotterdam
Beck’s Futures 2, (touring exhibition), Institute of Contemporary Art, London. The Fruitmarket, Edinburgh & Sothebys, New York
City Racing 1988-98: A Partial Account, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
2000
Brian Griffiths and Kenji Yanobe, Barbican Centre, London
We Live A Life Of Endless Pleasure, with David Thorpe, Film Club, Glasgow
Include me out, Unit 6 Provost Street, London
Heart and Soul, Sandoni Rey, Los Angeles
London Orphan Asylum, Mostra D’Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Don’t Worry, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
These Epic Islands, Vilma Gold, London
1999
Nice To Meet You, Kunstbunker, Nurmberg
Heart & Soul, Long Lane, London
The Manchurian Candidate, Ciara Ennis and David Goldenberg, London
Neurotic Realism (Part 1), The Saatchi Gallery, London
1998
Cluster Bomb, Morrison Judd Gallery, London
Kling Klang, Frigate HMS Plymouth in association with The Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool
East International, Norwich School of Art, Norwich
Ultra Gnost, Sali Gia Gallery, London
Project V – “The Future is for the Young”, Galleri Axel Morner, Stockholm
Hey, You Never Know, Kenny Schachter, New York
1997
New Contemporaries 97, Cornerhouse, Manchester; Camden Arts Centre, London; CCA, Glasgow. Selected by Hans Ulrich Orbrist, Gillian Wearing & Sarat Maharaj.
Show 47, City Racing, London
Gonzo, Bethnal Green old Police Station, London
Transmat, One in the Other, London
Group Show, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London
Transatlantic, Incubator, London & Konstakuten, Stockholm
Cardboard Box and Tape, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, curated by Kirsty Ogg
Low Maintenance, Hales Gallery, London
Debonair Goofers, Conductors Hallway, London
Life/Live, Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1996
The Dean Street Garage Sale, Soho, London, curated by Paul Morrison.
Angels, Standpoint Gallery. Shoreditch, London

Selected Bibliography: Articles
2010
Lewisohn, Cedar, Griffiths, Brian, Gravett, Paul and Thorp, Simon, ‘Who Farted?’, Tate Etc, Issue 19, Summer 2010, p82-91
2008
Griffin, Jonathan, 'Second Life', Frieze, p.120-123
Another End: Vilma Gold, Exhibitions Pick of the Week, Guardian Guide, 5th July
Thatcher, Jennifer, 'Greenland Street', Art Review, December
Cohen, Louise, 'A Wise Old Bird', The Times Newspaper, 20th October
Sumpter, Helen, 'Going Underground', Timeout, London, July 11th-17th
'Brian Griffiths's Liverpool Debut', Art World, November
Morton, Tom, 'Bring His Tarriff', A Bulletin, A Foundation, Issue 2, Autumn
‘Life Is a Laugh’, Uk Recent Projects, Public Art Review, Issue 37
Harris, Ed, ‘One Way of Dealing With Tube Delays’, Evening Standard, 12th July
‘Mind the Gap, And the Panda’, Metro, 13th July
‘Paws for a Laugh’, Metro, 17th July
‘Giant Panda Head in Tube Station,’ BBC News, 13th July
‘Day in Pictures’, BBC News, 12th July
‘Brian Griffiths’, Avantgarde Magazine, May
2007
‘Brian Griffiths, Arnolfini’, Bristol, Pick of the Week, The Guide, April
Ledger, Cassian, ‘Beneath the Stride of Giants’, Listings: Insight City News, May
Wareing, Rachel, ‘Stirring Tales That are a Bit Nautical’, The Argus Brighton, 25th May
‘The Story of a Sculpture’, The Argus Brighton, 24th April
‘Beneath the Stride of Giants, Top Galleries’, The Times, 14th April
2006
O’Reilly, Sally, ‘60th Anniversary Exhibition’, Art Monthly
Guner, Fisun, ‘Lively for 60’, Metrolife Art Review, 1st August
2004
Herbert, Martin, ‘Brian Griffiths’, Camden Arts Centre, April
‘Skip Galleon Dominates Exhibition’, BBC News, 7th July
Leitch, Luke, ‘Ship from a Skip’, Evening Standard, 24th June
O’Grady, Carrie, ‘Here Today Gone Tomorrow: Brian Griffiths’, The Guardian Guide
2003
Brian Cyril Griffiths, Flash Art, 2003
2002
Brian Griffiths: MCMagma, Flash Art, April issue
Brian Cyril Griffiths, Kult, April issue
Daniele Perra, Brian Cyril Griffiths: MCMagma, Maggio-Giugno
2001
Güner, Fisun, The doughnut concept: creativity and commerce, Metro Life, May issue
Sevastopoulou, Stella, After the British storm, Athens News, October issue
Kent, Sarah, Future Prospects: Who deserves to win the Beck’s Futures prize? Time Out, April issue
Profile, Art Review, April issue
Morton, Tom, Brian Griffiths: Vilma Gold, Frieze
Home is where the art is, The Time Out Guide to Tate Britain, Time Out
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel, Lots of cash, but less cachet, The Times, April 4th
Sumpter, Helen, Here’s one I made earlier, The Big Issue, April issue
Cumming, Laura, An odds-on favorite (City Racing 1998-1999), The Observer Review 28th January
Jury, Louise, Going cheap – tomorrow’s Turner Prize-winning work, Independent on Sunday, 14th January
2000
Lucie-Smith, Edward, The Saatchi Decade and Beyond, Art Review, February issue
O’Reilly, Sally, These Epic Islands: Vilma Gold, londonart.co.uk magazine, January issue
Williams, Gilda, ‘Point of View’: Richard Salmon, Time Out, March issue
Williams, Gilda, These Epic Islands, Art Monthly, March issue
1999
Buck, Louisa, Arty Like It’s 1999, Esquire, January issue
Kent, Sarah, Boy’s zone: Saatchi’s unlikely lads and girl’s power, Time Out, January issue
McLaren, Duncan, Urban Spacemen, Contemporary Visual Arts
McLaren, Duncan, Brian Cyril Griffiths
Jones, Jonathan, Not much to shout about, Observer
Burton, Jane, The fine art of selling, Metro, January 7th
1998
East, Art Monthly, September issue
1997
Herbert, Martin, ‘Gonzo’, Time Out
Sewell, Brian, Scandal of the shoddiest show in town, Evening Standard, 21st August
Publications
2010
Lewisohn, Cedar, Batchelor, Tim and Myrone, Martin, RUDE BRITANNIA - Brittish Comic Art, Tate Publish ing, 2010, p122-123
2009
Magic Show. Hayward Touring, Hayward Publishing, London, 2009
Vaillant, Alexis, ‘Jean Luc Blanc, Opera Rock’, CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain de Bordeax, exihibtion cat., Steinberg Press
Mono: Issue 1, Ubiquitous Embodiment, curated by Steve Bishop, London
Herbert, Martin, ‘Brian Griffiths - Interview’ Another Shitty Day in Paradise, Bart Wells Institute, ed.Francis Upritchard and Luke Gottelier, Dent-De-Leone, London, Spring
2008
Van Grinsven, Laura, Lustwarande 08 ­ Wanderland, Fundament Foundation, Exhibition Catalogue
The Arrival: Brian Griffiths & Matthew Draper, Royal Academy Gallery Schools Publication
2007
Platform for Art: Art on the Undergraound, Black Dog Publishing, London
A Bulletin: Issue Two, Greenland Street, Autumn, A Foundation
2006
Hotspots, Exhibition Catalogue, Kunst Der Gegenwart, Austria
‘Norgerg-Vastmanland-Bergslagen-Sweden-Scaninavia-27 July 2006 At Lunchtime’ Publication for residency culminating in works cited in and around Norberg, Sweden
2005
Showcase, Contemporary Art Society Acquisitions
The Hardest Thing to Draw is a Kiss, The Gallery at Wimbledon School of Art
2004
Camden Arts Centre (cat), Beneath the Stride of Giants, 2004.
Alexandre da Cunha and Brian Griffiths, Exhibition Catalogue, Galeria Luisa Strina, British Council, 2002.
Open Plan P3 - The Marathon. Exhibition Catalogue, 2001.
Beck’s Futures 2, Exhibition Catalogue, ICA, London, 2001.
Don’t Worry, Catalogue for commissioned works for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 2000.
Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade, The Saatchi Gallery, London, 2000.
New Neurotic Realism, The Saatchi Gallery, London, 1999.
East International, Exhibition Catalogue, 1998.
Connected, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, 1998.
New Contemporaries, Exhibition Catalogue, 1997.