Keith Farquhar

1994-96
M.A. Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London

1992
Exchange to Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore

1989-93
B.A.(Hons) Fine Art Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

2012

ABSTRACT PRINTINGS, New Jerseyy, Basel

Boy, Hotel, London

2011
Unpainted Nudes, Whitespace, Edinburgh
More Nudes in Colour, Glasgow. Tramway, Glasgow

2010
More Nudes in Colour, Southend. Offsite project for Focal Point Gallery, Southend
More Nudes in Colour, Studio Voltaire, London

2009
Nudes in Colour, Hyperground, Edinburgh

2008
In Domestos Chaos, Crescent Artspace, Scarborough

2007
Keith Farquhar, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
Haring, H. Matisse – Works by Matisse and Keith Haring remade by Keith Farquhar, The Embassy, Edinburgh

2006
Keith Farquhar, Round Room, The Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

2005
Keith Farquhar, Mark Leckey, Inverleith House, Royal Botanical Gaden, Edinburgh
Bastards, NyeHaus, New York
Neu Galerie, Berlin

2004
BRAND NEW WOOD, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London

2003
Let’s Destroy the Earth but Keep Humans, Kjubh, Cologne
A Rites of Passage (From T-shirts into Shirts), Galeria Laura Pecci, Milan

2002
BlindCraft, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Doggerfisher Gallery, Edinburgh

2001
Mintview, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London

1998
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London

1996
God’s Largest Creature, The Gallerette, London

1994
Aerial, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
Dogs Left in Cars, Suzuki Motors, Edinburgh

1993
More Dream Material, Edinburgh College of Art (in connection with Lux Europa)

2012

Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris

Renwick Gallery at Art Miami

Broken Photocopier, Hotel, London

2011

Outrageous Fortune: artists remake the tarot, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea

Sticks & Stones, Peres Projects, Berlin

‘X’, Gio Marconi, Milan

Dystopia, CAPC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux

Vegetable Loves, Polarcap, Edinburgh

2010

The Secret Confession, ECA, Edinburgh

2009
Summer Show, Hotel, London
Boneless Box, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh

2008
The Archer and the Goat, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
Selected Works by Gallery Artists, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
Pop! Goes the weasel, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe

2007
Young Athenians, 1st Athens Biennial, Greece
Blind Date, Magazzino d`Arte Moderna, Rome

2006
Young Athenians, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
East International 2006, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk
Dada’s Boys, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
After Schiele, Osterreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna

2005
Campbell’s Soup, Mackintosh Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow

2004
Happy Days Are Here Again, David Zwirner, New York
New Blood, Saatchi Gallery, London
Bronte goes to Hollywood, Wuthering Heights, 82 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh

2003
Prague Biennale 1, National Gallery / Veletvzni Palace, Prague
Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (cat.)
The Haunted Swing, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Malerei II Austellung Nulldrei, Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln

2002
Milligan’s Island, The International 3, Manchester, (Keith MacIsaac, Jon Owen,
Ryan Doolan, Jenny Hogarth, John Mullen, Lee O’Connor, Robin Scott)
Ladies’ Rock, The Changing Room, Stirling (with Katy Dove, Raydale Dower and Mary Redmond)
The Best Book about Pessimism I Ever Read, Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V.,
(curated by Lucy McKenzie), Germany (cat.)
Transmission at Maschenmode, Berlin (Keith Farquhar, Lynn Hynd, Duncan Macquarrie, Fred Pedersen, Mary Redmond, Gregor Wright)
Gwangju Biennale, Korea

2001
The Soft Parade (with Craig Gibson), Windows Gallery, Prague (British Council)
Here and Now: Scottish Art 1990 – 2001, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Generator Projects, McManus Galleries and Peacock Visual Arts, Scotland (cat.)
Phoenix Specific (with Stefan Thater), Kunsthaus, Hamburg
Els Hanappe – Underground, Athens
Panache, Flourish Studio, Glasgow (with Alan Michael and Lucy McKenzie),
Deutsch-Britische Freundschaft, Maschenmode, Berlin (Enrico David, Keith Farquhar, Thomas Helbig, Andreas Hofer, Lucy McKenzie, Carola Michel)

2000
It may be a Year of Thirteen Moons but it’s Still the Year of Culture, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Nouveau Riche (with Gary Webb), The Approach, London
Die Gefahr Im Jazz, Deutsh Britische Freundschaft, Berlin
The Crisis of Loyalty, Art and Idea, Mexico City
Abstract Art, Delfina, London

1999
Whippet, Stichtung Duende Activiteiten, Rotterdam
Malerei, INIT Kunst-Halle, Berlin
Das XX century-A century of art in Germany, Altes Museum, Neue Nationalgalerie,
Hamburger Bahnhof, Kulturforum, Berlin
Heart and Soul, 60 Long Lane, Borough, London
Shake the Disease, Duncan of Jordanstone, College of Art and Design, Dundee
Painting Lab, Entwistle Gallery, London
Casey Kaplan, New York (curated by Liam Gillick)
Anina Nosei Gallery, New York

1998
Cluster Bomb, London
Nobody Helps Anybody, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London
Surfacing, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Canny, Archway, London
What’s in a Name, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
Printemps, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London
Honkeytonk, The Kitchen, London

1997
Gonzo, The Old Bethnal Green Police Station, London
New Contemporaries ’97, Cornerhouse, Manchester; Camden Arts Centre, London, C.C.A., Glasgow
Sentimental Education, Cabinet Gallery, London
Multiple Choice, Cubitt Gallery, London
Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, London

1996
Dog-U-Mental, Bank
Dean Street Garage Sale, Dean Street, London
Update, Turbinehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark
How Many Women Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb, Campbells
Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Alistair MacKinven)

1995
Stoppage, Centre de Creation Contemporaine, Tours
Nobby Stiles, 14 Vandy Street, London

1994 Nu-Smell, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

1992 Laxative, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

Keith Farquhar: Abstract Printings, Wernissage TV, video: Heinrich Schmidt, 2012

Prof Neil Mulholland, Boys, Do you recognise the signs, March, 2012

Boy, Robert Montgomery, text to accompany Boy, Hotel, London, March 2012

Susannah Thompson, Art Review, Issue 50, May 2011

Oliver Basciano, Map Magazine, #24, winter, 2010

Mark Prince, Art Monthly, No 341, Nov 10, 2010

Skye Sherwin, Artist of the Week 108, Guardian Online, October 2010

Norman James Hogg, From Hoodies to Nudies, Commissioned text for More Nudes in Colour, Edinburgh, 2009

Keith Farquhar, In Domestos Chaos (cat), Crescent Artspace, Scarborough, 2008

Schiele, Egon u.a., nach Schiele, Atelier Augarten, Vienna 2006 Dada’s Boys, ed. by Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 2006

EAST International, ed. by Norwich Gallery, Norwich 2006 2005 Bastards: creatures made from clothes, ed. by Foundation 2021, New York 2005

Mulholland, Neil, »Keith Farquhar«, in: Flash Art, Nr. 240, 2005 2002 Pethick, Emily, »Herkunftsmuster«, in: Texte Zur Kunst, Heft 46, 2005

Morton, Tom, o.T., in: frieze, March 2002

Ratnam, Niru, »Show Jumper«, in: The Face, January 2002 2001 Collings, Matthew, »Diary«, in: Modern Painters, Winter 2001

Hunter, Rob, »Finding Oneself – Scottish art from the 1990s«, in: The Royal Academy Magazine, Fall 20012000

Wilsher, Mark, »What’s On in London«, in: N.N., 19 Dec.–2 Jan. 2001 Fox, Dan, no title, in: frieze, Nov.–Dec. 2000 Currah, Mark, »Keith Farquhar, Gary Webb«, in: Time Out, 19.–26. July 2000

Mahoney, Elisabeth, »When new is nowhere«, in: The Guardian, 19.7.2000 Calcutt, John, o.T., in: Scotland on Sunday, 16.7.2000 Lowndes, Sarah, o.T., in: Metro, July 2000

Farquarson, Alex, »Painting Lab«, in: Art Monthly, April 1999 Sladen, Mark, »Painting Lab«, in: Contemporary Visual Arts, Nr. 21, January 1999

Cotter, Holland, »Changes Aside, SoHo is still very much SoHo«, in: The New York Times, 12.2.1999

Gillick, Liam, »Lobby«, in: Art & Text, February–April 1999 Shave, Stuart, »quick nurse«, in: i-d, March 1999

Barrett, David, »Surfacing-Contemporary Drawing«, in: Art Monthly, Nr. 221, November 1998

Judd, Ben, »Keith Farquhar«, in: Art Monthly, Nr. 221, November 1998 N.N., »Dead Again?«, in: everything magazine, 1998 Herbert, Martin, no titlr, in: Time Out, 12–30.9.1998 Herbert, Martin, »What’s in a name?«, in: Time Out, 11–18.2.1998

Herbert, Martin, »Gonzo«, in: Time Out, 22.–29.10.1998 N.N., »Young Ones«, in: Time Out, 30.7–6.8.1997

Hotel (London)

Galerie Neu (Berlin)