Matthew Marks Gallery

Rebecca Warren

  • Born: London, 1965

    Education: Artist in residence, Ruskin School, Oxford University, 1993–94
    Chelsea College of Art, London, M.A. Fine Art, 1992–93
    Goldsmiths College, University of London, B.A. Fine Art, 1989–91

    Currently lives and works in London.

  • One-Person Exhibitions

    2023

    She She, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (forthcoming)
    Wade Guyton & Rebecca Warren. The Raw and the Cooked: The Power of Transformation, Bechtler Siftung, Uster, Switzerland
    Giacometti / Warren – ASensitiv, Foundation Giacometti, Paris, France (catalogue)

    2022

    The New Voyager, Belvedere 21, Vienna (catalogue)

    2021

    V, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
    Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

    2019

    Souls, Morena di Luna, Hove, United Kingdom

    2018

    Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
    Musée National Eugène Delacroix, Paris

    2017

    Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles
    Sculptures, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, France
    All That Heaven Allows, Tate St Ives, United Kingdom. Traveled to Le Consortium, Dijon, France (catalogue)

    2016

    The Main Feeling, Dallas Museum of Art

    2014

    Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear?, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

    2013

    The Living, Kunstverein München (catalogue)

    2012

    Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
    Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Ghent, Belgium

    2011

    Come Helga, This Is No Place For Us II, Maureen Paley, London

    2010


    The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
    The Art Institute of Chicago

    2009

    Feelings, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
    Serpentine Gallery, London (catalogue)

    2007

    Large Concretised Monument to the Twentieth Century, Chiswick Business Park, London (Permanent installation)
    Come Helga, This Is No Place For Us, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
    Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

    2005

    Zoo Story: An exhibition of animals in art--for the young and young at heart, Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York
    Pas de Deux, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
    Galerie Buchholz, Cologne

    2004

    Dark Passage, Kunsthalle Zürich (catalogue)
    Family Badge, Antiquariat Buchholz, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne

    2003

    Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
    The Boiler Room, The Saatchi Gallery, London
    SHE, Maureen Paley, London

    2002

    Fleischvater, Modern Art, London

    2000

    The Agony and the Ecstasy, Maureen Paley, London

    1995

    Manliness without Ostentation..., the Agency, London

    1993

    I Have Every Vice in the World, Dolphin Gallery, Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Selected Group Exhibitions

    2023

    Retinal Hysteria, Venus Over Manhattan, New York
    The Echo of Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga (catalogue)
    ASensitiv: Giacometti / Warren, Institut Giacometti, Paris
    Surface Works, Galerie Max Hetzler, London, UK

    2022

    My Reflection of You, The Perimeter, London
    Elective Affinities, Magasin III Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

    2021

    00s: The 2000s in the Cranford Collection, MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, France (catalogue)
    Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, United Kingdom. Traveling to The New Art Gallery Walsall, United Kingdom; The Levinsky Gallery, The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom; Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham; and Ferens Art Gallery, United Kingdom

    2019

    Objects of Wonder: British Sculpture 1950s to Present, PalaisPopulaire, Berlin
    The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, The Hepworth Wakefield, United Kingdom
    Wakefield: A Contemporary Collection, The Hepworth Wakefield, United Kingdom
    Objects of Wonder: From Pedestal to Interaction, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
    Installations from 25 Years of the Falckenberg Collection, Deichtorhallen Hamburg

    2018

    Anna Fasshauer Michail Pirgelis Rebecca Warren
    , Kunstverein Reutlingen, Germany
    Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by her Writings, Tate St Ives, United Kingdom. Traveled to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, United Kingdom; and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Exchanges, Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
    ISelf Collection: Bumped Bodies, Whitechapel Gallery, London
    Profound Identities: Beauty and Subjugation from The Goss-Michael Collection, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas
    A TIME CAPSULE: Works Made by Women for Parkett, 1984–2017, Parkett Space Zurich
    Knock Knock: Humour in Contemporary Art, South London Gallery
    DEATH IS IRRELEVANT: Selections from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection, 1975–2018, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
    Elisabeth Frink: Humans and Other Animals, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, United Kingdom

    2017

    Disobedient Bodies: J.W. Anderson Curates The Hepworth Wakefield
    , The Hepworth Wakefield, United Kingdom
    The Gap Between the Fridge and the Cooker, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
    Night in the Museum, Arts Council Collection Curated by Ryan Gander, Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom

    2016

    Night in the Museum
    , Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, London
    Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, Metropolitan Museum of Art at The Met Breuer, New York (catalogue)
    The Body Extended: Sculpture and Prosthetics, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, United Kingdom

    2015

    10 Sculptures
    , Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles
    Flirting with Strangers, 21er Haus, Belvedere, Vienna
    Summer Exhibition 2015, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Plasters: Casts and Copies, The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
    ARTZUID 2015, International Sculpture Route Amsterdam
    La Peregrina, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    2014

    The Human Factor: Uses of the Figure in Contemporary Sculpture
    , Hayward Gallery, London
    Albert Oehlen Talking about Painting, Museum Folkwang, Essen
    Cool Place - Sammlung Scharpff, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
    Love Story - The Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection, 21er Haus and the Winter Palace, Vienna
    In der Wohnung, curated by Fredi Fischli, Albert Oehlen and Niels Olsen, Gerbert Foundation, Rapperswil, Switzerland
    Somewhat Abstract, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
    Summer Exhibition 2014, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Then and Now, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

    2013

    Riotous Baroque: From Cattelan to Zurbarán — Tributes to Precarious Vitality
    , Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
    Glenn Brown and Rebecca Warren, Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, Vancouver
    REMEMBER EVERYTHING: 40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
    Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Joyce Pensato, Matthias Schaufler, John Sparagana, Rebecca Warren, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
    From Figuration, Skarstedt Gallery, London
    V22 Collection Show, V22 Workspace, London

    2012

    Darren Almond, Katharina Fritsch, Martin Honert, Gary Hume, Paul Sietsema, Rebecca Warren, Terry Winters
    , Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles
    The Space Between, Tate Britain, London
    To Hope, To Tremble, To Love: Works from the DRAF Collection, The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    2011

    Modern British Sculpture
    , Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Lustwarande ’11-RAW. 4th Edition International Sculpture Exhibition, Park De Oude Warande, Tilburg, Netherlands
    ILLUMInations, Venice Biennale (catalogue)
    The Collectors Show, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
    Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London (catalogue)

    2010

    Statuesque
    , Public Art Fund at City Hall Park, New York. Traveled to Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
    The Future Demands Your Participation: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
    Grand National: Art from Britain, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway
    The Contemporary Figure, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

    2009

    Accrochage
    , Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
    Classified, Tate Britain, London
    DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom
    Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
    British Council Collection: The Third Dimension, Whitechapel Gallery, London

    2008

    The Vincent Award 2008
    , Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam
    Origins, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
    Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London
    Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

    2007

    Five Works in Bronze: Darren Almond, Robert Gober, Ellsworth Kelly, William de
    Kooning, Rebecca Warren
    , Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
    Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, New Museum, New York
    The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
    Makers and Modelers, Gladstone Gallery, New York
    No Room for the Groom, Herald St. London

    2006

    Turner Prize Exhibition
    , Tate Britain, London
    Tate Triennial 2006: New British Art, Tate Britain, London
    Toutes Compositions Florales, Counter Gallery, London
    Anne Chu, Gary Hill, Martin Puryear, Rebecca Warren, James Welling, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
    flutter, The approach, London
    If it didn't exist you'd have to invent: a partial Showroom history, The Showroom, London
    China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles

    2005

    The British Art Show 6
    , Hayward Gallery (catalogue)
    Trumpets of Justice, Counter Gallery, London
    Body: New art from the UK, Vancouver Art Gallery (1995); The Ottawa Art Gallery (2006); Oakville Galleries (2006); Edmonton Art Gallery (2006) (catalogue)

    2004

    Strange, I’ve seen that face before, Gallery of Modern Art
    , Glasgow, Scotland
    Sculpture: Precarious Realism between the Melancholy and the Comical, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
    Collage, Bloomberg Space, London

    2003

    Rachel Harrison, Hirsch Perlman, Dieter Roth, Jack Smith, Rebecca Warren
    , Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
    Still Life, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile. Traveled to Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas; Centro Cultural, Buenos Aires; Parque de España, Rosario, Argentina; and Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá
    Frass, 153-155 Grays Inn Road, London
    4 Old Works, 56a Clerkenwell Road, London

    2002

    The Galleries Show
    , Royal Academy of Arts, London (catalogue)
    Summer Exhibition 2002, Royal Academy of Arts, London (catalogue)

    2001

    Neon Gallery, London
    Tattoo Show, Modern Art, London
    New Labour, Saatchi Gallery, London (catalogue)

    1999

    Limitless
    , Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
    Day of the Donkey Day, Transmission, Glasgow
    It's a Curse it's a Burden, The Approach, London

    1998

    BANK
    , Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
    Root, Chisenhale Gallery, London (catalogue)
    The Kindness of Strangers, W139 Gallery, Amsterdam
    Craft, Richard Salmon, London. Traveled to Spacex Gallery, Exeter (catalogue)

    1997

    Material Culture; Sculpture from the 80s and 90s
    , Hayward Gallery, London (catalogue)
    Fergal Stapleton and Rebecca Warren, The Showroom, London (catalogue)
    Martin, Commercial Gallery and 146 Brick Lane, London
    Class Vegas, The Embassy, London

    1996

    Berlin Art Fair
    NIS Project at world PC Expo, Tokyo
    On Camp/Off Base: Pimple Life, Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Centre, Tokyo (catalogue)
    Disneyland After Dark: La Ronde, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (catalogue)
    Rebecca Warren and Fergal Stapleton, Cleveland, London
    Light, Richard Salmon, London. Traveled to Spacex Gallery, Exeter (catalogue)
    Happy Shopper, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, London
    Dog U Mental VIII, BANK, London
    On Camp/Off Base: Pimple Life, The Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Centre (catalogue)
    Fuck Off, BANK, London (catalogue)
    I Beg to Differ, Milch, London

    1995

    The Meaning of Life..., Art Node Foundation
    , Stockholm
    The Meaning of Life.., parts 1 & 2, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland
    Disneyland After Dark: La Ronde, Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden (catalogue)
    Stockholm Art Fair
    Rebecca Warren, Fergal Stapleton, and Graham Gussin, Laure Genillard, London
    Happy Squirrels Club, BANK, Eindhoven, Netherlands
    Model Home, MoMA PS1, New York
    Cocaine Orgasm, BANK, London (catalogue)
    Insignificance, the Agency, London (catalogue)

    1994

    Retrospective: Your Mother, with Fergal Stapleton
    , 152c Brick Lane, London
    Miniatures, the Agency, London
    Destroy All Monsters, The Tannery, London
    MIND THE GAP...,, Acud Galerie, Berlin
    MIND THE GAP...,Hardcopys und technologische Bilder, Galerie/Edition, Voges & Deisen, Frankfurt

    1993

    Whitworth Young Contemporaries, Manchester

  • Curated Exhibitions

    2010

    Angus Fairhurst
    , co-curated with Urs Fischer, Sadie Coles HQ, London

  • Collaborations

    1997

    Fergal Stapleton and Rebecca Warren, The Showroom, London

    1996

    Rebecca Warren and Fergal Stapleton, Cleveland, London

    1995

    Rebecca Warren, Fergal Stapleton and Graham Gussin, Laure Genillard, London

    1994

    Retrospective: Your Mother, with Fergal Stapleton, 152c Brick Lane, London

  • Awards and Honors

    2020

    OBE, Queen Elizabeth II's 2020 Birthday Honours List, United Kingdom

    2008

    Vincent Award nominee, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

    2006

    Turner Prize nominee, Tate Britain, London

    1998

    Artists Production Awards, London Arts Board

    1997

    Artists First-time Publication Award, Arts Council of England

    1994

    Artists Production Awards (with Fergal Stapleton), London Arts Board
    Contemporaries, The Mall Gallery, London

  • Special Projects

    2010


    SV10: Members’ Show, works selected by Rebecca Warren and Jennifer Higgie, Studio Voltaire, London
    Angus Fairhurst, co-curated with Urs Fischer, Sadie Coles HQ, London