Celia Hempton
Celia Hempton
5 September to 9 December 2020
Frieze London
5 - 9 October 2016
Art Night: 180 Strand
2 to 3 July 2016
Chat Random
10 OCTOBER - 15 NOVEMBER 2014
Cur
22 MARCH - 27 APRIL 2013
VUG | Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
27 January to 10 March 2013
Celia Hempton
6 - 29 OCTOBER 2011
b. 1981, Stroud, UK. Lives and works in London.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Southard Reid, London
2018
Breach
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
2016
Tor, Frieze London
with Southard Reid London, UK
Art Night
ICA London, Curated by Kathy Noble
180 Strand, 2 July
TOR
The Magazine Sessions
In Collaboration with Fiorucci Art Trust
Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, UK
Celia Hempton
Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
2015
Lupa
Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
ARCO Madrid
Madrid, Spain
FLY ASH
White Cubicle, The George & Dragon, Hackney, London, UK
2014
Chat Random
Southard Reid, London
Celia Hempton
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
Performance and presentation of work made in Stromboli as part of Forget Amnesia,
Curated by Milovan Farronato and Haroon Mirza
Fiorucci Trust, Stromboli, Italy
2013
VUG
Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Cur
Southard Reid, London, UK
2012
TIN
Take Courage, London, UK
2011
Celia Hempton
Southard Reid, London, UK
2010
Raze/Built
Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
I See You
Victoria Miro Online
Shaking the habitual
Galeria Duarte Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
2019
BREATHLESS / SENZA RESPIRO. London Art Now
Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venice
Personal Private Public
Hauser and Wirth, New York, USA
2018
Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today
Curated by Eva Respini
ICA, Boston, USA
Kathy Acker: Who Wants to Be Human All the Time
Performance Space 122, New York, USA
The House of Osman
London, UK
LISTE Art Fair Basel
Southard Reid, London, UK
Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
MADEMOISELLE
Centré Régional D'Art Contemporain Occitaine Pyrénées-Méditerranée, France
Collaborative Collections
Gallery of Matica Srpska, Serbia
2017
Sans Titre (2016) Vol.3
Sans Titre (2016), Paris, France
Transmissions from the Etherspace
Curated by Joāo Laia
La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
31 Women
Breese Little, London, UK
CONDO NY
Foxy Production hosting Galerie Sultana, New York, USA
(X) A Fantasy
DRAF, London, UK
DESIRE.
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
Tainted Love
Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
2016
Gettin' the Heart Ready
The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
The Female Gaze, Part II: Women Look at Men
Cheim & Read, New York, USA
No Ordinary Love
Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
Prediction
Curated by Milovan Farronato, Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo
The Painting Show (ongoing)
British Council Touring Exhibition
Electronic Superhighway 2016 – 1966
Curated by Omar Kholeif with Séamus McCormack
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (Touring Exhibition)
It's only castles burning
Station Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Lucy Stein & France-Lise McGurn present NEO-PAGAN BITCH-WITCH!
Evelyn Yard, London, UK
Un certain regard
Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, Netherlands
Mendes Wood DM
São Paulo, Brazil
2015
The Ultimate Vessel
Koppe Astner, Glasgow, UK
La femme de trente ans
Galerie Art : Concept, Paris, France
Mycorial Theatre
Initiated by Paulina Olowska and Milovan Farronato
Fiorucci Art Trust, Rabka-Zdrój, Poland
The Chic & The Borderline
DRAF ISTANBUL, Grand Hotel de Londres, Istanbul, Turkey
Odradek
Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, France
fig-2 25/50
In collaboration with Prem Sahib and Cecilia Bengolea
ICA Studio, London, UK
I'm here but you've gone
Curated by Milovan Farronato with Stella Bottai
Fiorucci Art Trust, London, UK
Hands Off!
Curated by Francesca Gavin
ROOM OF REQUIREMENT at HORSEANDPONY Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2014
Tomorrow: London
South London Gallery, London, UK
Burning Down The House
Gwangju Biennale, Korea
Pontoon Lip with Katie Cuddon
Cell Project Space, London
Issues No. I
Issues Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Bloody English
OhWow Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2013
Silica with Adham Faramawy
Sultana, Paris, France
Open Heart Surgery
The Moving Museum LDN, London, UK
Abstract Cabinet
David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
2012
Ruby curated by Eddie Peake
Gallery Vela, London, UK
SV12
Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2011-12
Perfect Nude curated by Philip Allen and Dan Coombs
Wimbledon College of Art Gallery, London
Charlie Smith Gallery, London
2011
Offsite
Rod Barton Gallery, London, UK
2010
Accademia delle Accademie
Santo Spirito, Rome Art Fair, Italy
Easyjetsetters
Curated by Lucy Stein, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany
This Matter
The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
Riff-Raff
Curated by David Southard, Q, London, UK
2009
Purpling
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK
Mermaids vs Unicorns
i-20 Gallery, New York, USA
Atlas: Separated by Intervals
The Crypt Gallery at Saint Pancras Church, London, UK
Spazi Aperti
Romanian Academy, Rome, Italy
SELECTED RECENT PRESS
Sep 2018 The Artists Who Will Change the World, Omar Kholeif, Douglas Coupland, Thames and Hudson
Feb 2018 Catalogue, Art in the Age of The Internet, 1989 to Today, ICA Boston, pp. 262-265
Jan 2018 fig-2 publication 50 projects in 50 weeks, Black Dog Publishing
July 2017 Interview, Celia Hempton, by Nicoletta Lambertucci, Cura Magazine, NO. 25
Nov 2016 Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon, pp.130-133
Sept 2016 The Art of The Erotic, Phaidon
Sept 2016 Interview, Twin, Made you look, by Aimee Farrell, pp.4-9
July 2016 Review, Frieze, Art Night, by Matthew McLean, online
June 2016 Interview, VICE, Art Changes: Celia Hempton, by Damien Flock co-created with Tate, online
June 2016 Feature, GQ, The Art of Self Love, by Lou Stoppard, p. 195-196
March 2016 Feature, Bijutsu Techo / BT Magazine, Japan, Male Nude: Celia Hempton, p. 66
Feb 2016 Feature, VAULT: Issue 13, Celia Hempton: Painting Tom, Dick and Harry by Steve Cox, p. 22
Oct 2015 London Burning: Portraits from a Creative City, by Hossein Amirsadeghi and Maryam Eisler, Thames and Hudson
Sept 2015 Feature, Frieze, Celia Hempton: Painting, nudes and chatrooms by Matthew McLean, p. 118
Fall 2015 Feature, Kaleidoscope, The Art & Sex Edition: Celia Hempton, by Francesca Gavin, p. 202
June 2015 Review, Mousse Magazine, La Femme de trente ans at Art : Concept, Paris, online
S/S 2015 Interview, Purple, Celia Hempton: Auto-Erotic Internet Paintings by Ariella Wolens, p. 84
Winter 2014 Pictorial feature, Elephant, Webcam Intimacies by Grace Banks, p. 80
March 2014 Interview, Celia Hempton by Abigail Lewis, NERO magazine
June 2014 Review, Frieze, Celia Hempton, Lorcan O’Neill, Rome, Italy by Louisa Elderton
June 2014 Review, Critics Picks, Artforum, Lorcan O'Neill, Rome
SELECTED AWARDS
2014 Civitella Ranieri Foundation residency, Umbria, Italy
2008 – 10 Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting, The British School at Rome, Italy
2007 Neville Burston Memorial Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK
EDUCATION
2005 – 2007 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2000 – 2003 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Glasgow School of Art