Nick Relph
Born 1979
Education
Kingston University Fine Art, 1998-2000
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Standard (Oslo), Oslo
2010
Herald Street, London
Overduin & Kite, Los Angeles
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Group Exhibitions
2012
“*95 in Paris, the Outsiders are Officially in,” Neon Parc, Melbourne, Australia, (curated by Rainoff
2011
“BOMBlog Presents: Sound + Vision,” The Kitchen, New York, NY, curated by Alexis Georgopoulos and Clinton Krute
2010
“The Page,” Kimmerich, New York, NY, curated by John Stezaker and Matthew Higgs
Solo Exhibitions (With Oliver Payne)
2009
John Kobal New Work Award, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2008
Le Confort Moderne, Poitier, France
2007
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Herald St., London, UK
2006
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2005
Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
2004
‘How To Recover From Hyper Mode,’ Miller’s Terrace, London
Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switzerland
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
The British School in Rome, Rome
2003
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Locust Projects, Miami, FL (Project room)
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (cat.)
2002
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2001
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions (with Oliver Payne)
2011
“Number Five: Cities of Gold and Mirrors,” Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
“Make Room: Interventions in the Garman Ryan Collection,” The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
2010
Kaikai Kiki gallery, Taiwan
2008
Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
2007
“Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now,” Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston, TX
“The Artist and the Computer,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
“RAW among the Ruins,” MARRES, Center for Contemporary Art, Maastricht, The Netherlands (cat.)
2006
“A Brighter Day.” James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY (cat.)
“Repeat Redux, Screening and Performance Series,” Whitney at Altria, New York
Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London (cat.)
2005
“Other People’s Projects”, White Columns, New York, NY
“Greater New York 2005,” PS.1, Long Island City, NY (cat.)
2004
‘Carnegie International,’ Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (cat.)
‘Sodio y Asfalto,’ Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (cat.)
‘Lonely Planet,’ Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Power Mito, Ibaraki, Japan (cat.)
Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2003
‘Inaugural Group Exhibition,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
‘Peripheries Become the Centre,’ Prague Biennale 1, Prague (cat.)
‘Utopia Station,’ 50th Venice Biennale, Venice (cat.)
The Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain, London
‘La Question,’ Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, curated by Yves Aupetitallot and Stephanie Moidson-Trembley
‘Electric Earth,’ The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; House of Artists, Moscow
‘Mixtape,’ CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, curated by Matthew Higgs
‘Paris is Burning,’ Entwistle, London
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
‘Body Matters,’ Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
‘20th Anniversary - Welcome Home,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
‘Making Space,’ Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
2002
‘Videodrome ll,’ New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Beck’s Futures 2002, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
‘Shoot the Singer: Music on Video,’ Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA curated by Bennett Simpson
‘Non-Places,’ Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (cat.)
2001
‘Humid,’ The Moore Building, Miami, FL, curated by Dominic Molon (cat.)
‘Sound and Vision,’ Institute of Contemporary Art, London
‘Atelier Something,’ Springfield House, London
‘8th Annual New Toronto Works Show,’ Cinecycle, Toronto
‘Pandaemonium Festival,’ The Lux Centre, London
2000
‘Protest and Survive,’ Whitechapel Gallery, London (cat.)
Fig-1, London (cat.)
1999
‘The Giant Rock’n’roll Swindle,’ The Horse Hospital, London
‘You Don’t Know My Steeze,’ Kingston University, Kingston
Bibliography
2011
Amdam, Peter J., Review: Nick Relph at Standard (Oslo), Flash Art, October
Russo, Peter J., "Color Managment," Triple Canopy, June 13
Lee, Peter Ash, "Nick Relph," L'uomo Vogue, May / June
Relph, Nick, “Something About Detroit,” Artist Project, Frieze, April
Rosenberg, Karen, "Second-Year Fair Hopes to Stay an Upstart," The New York Times, March 3
Bell, Kirsty, “A History of Tartan,” Mousse, issue 26, January 16
2010
Griffin, Jonathan, Review, Frieze November-December
Gartenfeld, Alex, Review, Art in America, June/July 2010
2008
Cook, Xerxes, “Nip/Tuck,” Tank Magazine, July 2008
2007
Bentley, Kyle, Review, Artforum, December 2007
Sonnenborn, Katie, Review, Frieze.com, October 15, 2007
Mack, Joshua, Review, Time Out New York, October 7 – 13, 2007
Rosenberg, Karen, Review, New York Times, October 5, 2007
Columbus, Nikki, Critics’ Picks, Artforum.com, October 2007
Smits, Lisette and Alexis Vaillant, “R.A.W.: Among the Ruins,” published by Veenman Publishers, Rotterdam
2006
Humphrey, David, “A Brighter Day,” published by James Cohan Gallery, New York
Ruf, Beatrix, “Tate Triennial: New British Art,” published by Tate, London
Fowler, Brendan, “Top Ten,” Artforum, March, p. 114
Smith, Roberta, “Who Needs a White Cube These Days?” New York Times, January 13
2005
Biesenbach, Klaus, et Al, Greater New York, published by MOMA/PS1
Amore, Irene, Review, Exibart, September/October, p. 52
Searle, Adrian, Review, The Guardian, September 15
Hackworth, Nick, ‘’Life Through a Video Screen,” Evening Standard, September 14, p. 41
Kent, Sarah, “Counter Attack,” Time Out London, September 14-21, p. 61
Graham-Dixon, Andrew, Review, Sunday Telegraph, September 11
Pym, William “Cause Celebre,” Artforum.com, September 9
Güner, Fisun, Review, Metro London, September 7
“Naughty Boys Come to Town,” Daily Telegraph, September 6
Irving, Mark, “Gilbert & George for the Hoodies,” The Times
Maddocks, Fiona, “Shooting From the Hip,” Evening Standard, August 30
Bentley, Kyle, Critics‘ Picks, Artforum.com, June
Kerr, Merrily, Review, Time Out New York, June 16 – 22, p. 78
Contemporay Art, Art & Auction, June, p.170
Jeffrey, Moira, “Mexican Lights,” MAP, Issue 1, Spring 2005, pp. 22-24
Kurant, Agnieszka, Review, Flash Art , January-February, p. 72
Siegel, Katie, “Review: 2004 Carnegie Int’l,” Artforum, January, p. 175
2004
Kelsey,John, “On the Ground: New York,” Artforum, December, p.56
Johnson, Ken, “Pittsburgh Rounds Up a Globe Full of Work Made in Novel Ways,” The New York Times, November 4, pp. 1,6
Review, Contemporary, Issue 60, March 2004, p. 63
Gallagher, Ann and Tobias Ostrander, “Sodio y Asfalto: Arte Britanico Contemporaneo en Mexico,” published by Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
Studio Voice, Vol 345, September, pp.44
Kubota, Kenji, “Lonely Planet,” published by Little More Co, Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Kelsey, John, Review, Artforum, January, pp. 152-153
Obrist, Hans Ulrich; Kroksnes, Andrea, “Taschen,” published by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, Germany
2003
Herbert, Martin, “Best of 2003,” Artforum, December, Vol. XLII, No. 4, pp. 134-135
Slyce, John, “Il Nostro Hobby,” Flash Art, August-September, pp. 100-103
Bollen, Christopher, “Critics Picks,” Artforum.com, October
Aitch, Iain, “The Real Home of Avant-Garde”, Evening Standard, March 4, p. 50
“West end boys,” Frieze, May, pp. 70- 75
Days Like These, Tate Trienniel Exhibition of Contemporary British Art, pp. 80-85 (catalogue)
Body Matters, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, pp. 32-33 (catalogue)
Morton, Tom, “Days Like These,” Tate, March/April, pp. 74-77
Electric Earth: Film and Video from Britain, British Council, pp. 50-51 (catalogue)
Gibbons, Fiachra. News, The Guardian, January 2, p. 3
Leitch, Luke, “Camcorder Rude Boys are ‘Best of British Art,’” Evening Standard, January 2, p. 13
Kent, Sarah, ‘Paris is Burning,’ Time Out London, 23-30 July, p. 52
Muir, Gregor, “The Documentary Style,” Flash Art, January/February, pp. 78-81
Focus Video Art and Film, Flash Art, January/February, p. 92
Reviews, Flash Art, January/February, p. 111
2002
Simpson, Bennett, “Diese Jungs”, Texte Zur Kunst, December, pp. 172-174
Nickas, Bob, “Best of 2002,” Artforum, December, p. 116
White, Ian, “Jet-Packed Nomads,” ArtFoto, pp. 30-33
White, Ian, “Screen Notes,” Art Review, October, pp. 38-39
Russell, Lina, “Britain’s New Angry Young Men,” Res, September-October, p.22
Smith, Roberta, review, The New York Times, Friday October 4, p. E33
Wilson, Michael, “One Thousand Words,” Artforum, September, pp.178-179
Grant, Catherine, “Beck’s Futures,” Flash Art, May-June, p. 81
LaFreniere, Steve, “Top Ten,” Artforum, May, p, 47
2001
Webber, Ephraim, “The Head Bangers”, Sleazenation, March, pp. 86-90
Beck, Martin, “Die Stadt Als Akteur”, Springerin, December-February, pp. 48-49
Schambelan, Elizabeth, review, Art in America, February, pp. 130-131
Wilson, Michael, review, Frieze, November/December, p. 114
Wilson, Michael, review, Artforum.com, October
Gere, Charlie, Pandaemonium: Biennial of Moving Images, 2001, published by The Lux Centre, London
Saltz, Jerry, “Craving Grace”, Village Voice, October 23, p. 147
Higgs, Matthew, First Take, Artforum, January, p. 125
“new art riot,” I-D magazine, p. 96
“Max Factory-Andy Warhol and friends at the ICA,” Time out, 8. August
Cork, Richard, “Richard Cork’s choice: Andy Warhol & Sound and Vision,” The Times, 28.Juli
“Go see Andy Warhol & Sound and Vision,” The Observer, 22. July
2000
Higgs, Matthew, “Oliver Payne and Nick Relph,” catalog, fig -1, Whitechapel Gallery,
London
Awards
2003 Hamlyn Foundation
Golden Lion Venice
Olympus Award
Museum Collections
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Tate Britain, London, UK
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York