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Boo Ritson

Biography

b. 1969

Education

2003 – 2005
Royal College of Art, MA Sculpture

1999 – 2002
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. BA Fine Art (First)

Solo Exhibitions

Upcoming
CAF Centro Andaluz de la fotografia, Almería, Spain
Brandstrom and Stene, Stockholm, Sweden

2008
Then and Now and Forever, BravinLee programs, New York

2007
Alan Cristea New Gallery Publications, London
The Zabludowicz Collection: When We Build, Let us Think That We Build Forever. The BALTIC, Gateshead.
HotDogs and Heroes, David Risley Gallery, London.
Art Futures, Bloomberg, London.
Project Space Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles

2006
Cast David Risley Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions

2007
Portraiture: a fictional narrative, Clifford Chance, London. Group show, March
Anticipation, Group show, One One One Gallery, London.

2006
The Portrait V22/Ashwin Street, London
Gold Ovada, Oxford
Alan Christea Gallery Publications Group Show Cork Street, London
Everydebris Including Bob and Roberta Smith, Richard Wentworth, and Terry Smith; St. Paul’s Gallery, London
Beauty and the Beast Stourhead, Mere
Scarecrow Including Jake and Dinos Chapman, Hew Locke and Henry Krotsakis in Metsovo, Greece
Crivelli’s Nail Including James Hyde, Graham Gussin, Mark Wallinger and Gavin Turk; Chapter Gallery, Cardiff

2005
Accidental Death Including James Aldridge, Masakatsu Kondo, Henry Krokatsis, Ed Ruscha, Michael Simpson, and Jonathan Wateridge; David Risley Gallery, London
Hollow Salon 2005 Hollow Contemporary, London
Nice to Meet You Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
Be Ready Heart; For Parting, New Endeavour Including Richard Wentworth, Brian Griffith and Terry Smith; The Great Eastern Hotel, London
Clifford Chance Postgraduate printmaking, Canary Wharf, London
Ad Hoc David Risley Gallery, London
MA/BA online catalogue, Art Fortnight Selected by Catriona Warren, Art Review and Kay Saatchi
Let Me Hear Your Body Talk (Performance) Amsterdam
MA Show Royal College of Art, London
Triumvirate II Including George Raggett and John Pearson, Los Angeles
Ntopia 2 Los Angeles

2004
Ntopia1 (Art and Ideas) Mexico City
Pilot 1 Limehouse Town Hall, London
Halbes Haus Including Juan Bolivar, George Buckland, Gordon Cheung, George Doneo, Dave Farnham, Lothar Goetz, Peter Lamb, Jost Muenster,and Joby Williamson; Three Colts Gallery, London
Summer show Royal College of Art, London
Crossroads-Installation Raid Projects, Los Angeles
Stereo White Royal College of Art, London
Network Including Dutch and American artists at De Parel, Amsterdam
Lilo 8 Stag Night Including Peter Maltz, Frances Richardson, Neil Zakiewicz, Michael Whittle; Gasworks Studios, London
Motorcity Spitalfields, London
2003 Lilo 6 Returning Night Including Lisa Brice, Andrew Carter, Ray Cooke, Godfried Donker, Paul Duncan, Hew Locke, Peter Lynch, Peter Macdonald, Frances Richardson, Danny Rolph, Nick Wyatt; Gasworks Studios
Viva Las Limehouse Limehouse Arts Foundation, Bow
FlyPitch Project based in Brixton Market
Magdalen Road Studios Associate members show, Oxford
Pizza Prospects Drawing Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, Brick Lane, London
Re-Thinking Drawing Raid Projects, Los Angeles
Surprise, Surprise! A Southern Arts funded exhibition touring six Buckinghamshire schools, then High Wycombe Museum
Notably PumpHouse Gallery, Battersea Park, London
(selectors: Paul Hedge/ Hales Gallery, Catriona Warren/ Art Review, Martin Coomer/Time Out, and Susie Gray/ PumpHouse Gallery)

Collections

Alexandra Abbattista. London.
Chadha Collection, NL.
Clifford Chance, London.
Chris Drake, London.
Manfredi Della Gherardesca, Florence.
Pascal Guttieres, Paris.
Christopher Guth, London.
Mark Haukohl, Texas.
Jay Jopling, London.
Stella Kay, Moscow.
Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf.
Becky Meyer, London.
Stephania Morellato, Milan
. David Roberts, UK.
Saatchi Collection, London.
Kay Saatchi, London
Kaveh Shebani, London
Randy Slifka, New York.
Jerry Speyer, New York.
Christen Sveaas, Norway.
Nader Taverkoli, New York.
Wolfgang and Anna Titze.
Robin White, London.
Poju and Anita Zabludowicz, London.
Eli Zagury, London.
Various commissions.

Publications

2007
Imagine. “How to Get On in the Art World”. BBC1 television arts documentary, November 6th.
Art World. Issue One, October.
The Guardian. “My Best Shot”, October.
The Spectator. Article, May.
Art Magazin de Deutschland. Article, May.
Sunday Times, Culture section, Waldemar Januszczak. May 13th.
Adbusters, Vancouver. Cover, March/April.
Article on Hotdogs and Heroes, Saatchi Gallery website, interview by Laura K Jones. March
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Munich. Interview, February.

2006
Another Magazine, “Another Way of Painting Faces”. Interview by Sally O’Reilly. Autumn/Winter.
“London Horticulture”. Review of “Cast” by Ana Finel Honigman on Artnet website.
Hotshoe Magazine. Review of work in Crivelli’s Nail, May.
Metro review “Crivelli’s Nail”, 31st March.

2005
Art Review magazine, “The Art Review 25: London MA Graduates” July. ArtForum Berlin online art fair review October.