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Nigel Shafran

Born in 1964
Lives and works in London

Exhibitions at N⁄A

Solo exhibitions

2022
Nigel Shafran, N/A, Seoul, South Korea
2018
Work Books 1984–2018, Sion and Moore, London
2010
Compost pictures, Charleston, Sussex [Photoworks exhibition]
2004
Nigel Shafran, MW projects, London
2002
Nigel Shafran, MW projects, London
2001
Washing Up 2000, Week 25, Fig-1, London
2000
Photographs by Nigel Shafran, 1992–2000, Taka Ishi Gallery, Japan

Selected group exhibitions

2020
Unquiet Moments: Capturing the Everyday, MA Curating the Art Museum, The Courtauld Institute of Art
2019
Jahresausgaben \ Ne travaillez assez, ne comptez jamais / Lothringer 13 Munich Germany
Photocopies, tadpoles and tickets [After Giorgione] / Cellulare Casa Costanzo – Vicolo del Paradiso
2017
Nigel Shafran Exhibits ‘Today Everyday’ at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tread Softly, Bothy Gallery / Yorkshire Sculpture Park [Arts Council Collection]
Home Economics, Sydney
2016
Fashion shows, Edited by Nigel Shafran, Brighton Photo Bienalle, University of Brighton Galleries
Frequent Long Walks, Hannah Barry Gallery
2015
Galerie de Schans, Cosmos Arles Books
Fashion stories, Beyond Bridges, Berlin, Germany
2014
Honore / Rue Visconti, Paris, curated by Laure Flammarion and Pauline Leveque
Work books – 1984–2014, Number 6 Gallery / PhotoHastings
2013
Contemporary Art Society, [Phyllida Barlow, Richard Wentworth and Nigel Shafran]
2012
Focal Points: Art and Photography, Manchester Art Gallery [Arts Council Collection]
Observers, Photographers of the British scene from the 1930’s to now [curated by Martin Caiger -Smith and Joao Kulcsar ] Galeria de Arte SESI Sao Paulo, Brazil
Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2011
Domestic Interiors, The Regency Town House, Hove [Curated by Celia Davis / photoworks]
Another Face: Works from the Arts Council collection, Hatton Gallery, Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
Universals, Fringe Arts, Bath [Curated by Oliver Udy]
Fotografia, Festival Internazionalle di Rome. X Edizione [Wherever I lay my camera down is home] Curated by Paul Wombell
Elusive, Camberwell Space
2010
Not in Fashion: Fashion and Photography from the 90’s, MMK Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
London Calling, James Hyman Gallery
Aktualizacja UK, Photomonth, Krakow
Nothing is in the place, Photomonth, Krakow
One Hour Photo, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Centre
2009
Theatres of the Real, FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerp, curated by Joanna Lowry & David Green
2008
Libraries of Light: Photographic Books from the V&A Collection, V&A Museum, London (24.4.08 – 19.4.09)Discovery, Les Recontres Arles Photographie
2007
How we are: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, London
Accidental Collectors, Aram gallery, London [supported by the Arts council]
2005
Wild Track, Trace gallery, Dorset, England, curated by Mark Haworth booth
Made in Britain, Huis, Marseille, Amsterdam, Holland
2003
Then Things Went Quiet, Frieze Art Fair 2003, curated by Charlotte Cotton and MW projects
The Fourth Sex: The Extreme People of Adolescence, curated by F. Bonami & R. Simons, Stazione Leopolda, Italy
Go to the gallery, Platform for Art / London Underground, Aldwych station
2002
Mies Meets Marx, curated by Michael Marriott at the Geffrye Museum, London
reViewing Landscape; Photographs of Contemporary England, Art and Photographs, London
Reality Check – Recent Developments in British photography and film, Wharf Road, London; Curated by Brett Rogers and Kate Bush organised by the Photographer’s Gallery and the British Council
The Spectator, Fotohof , Salzburg, Austria organised by the British Council, (Dad’s Office exhibited)
2000
Breathless, Photography and Time, Canon Photography Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1999
Exhibition of museum portfolio commission, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Blue Suburban Sky, Photographer’s Gallery, London curated by Jeremy Millar (Dad’s Office exhibited)
1998
Look at me, Kunsthalle, Rotterdam, Holland, curated by Val Williams / British Council
Real Life, Dean Clough, Halifax
1997
Bench, Photo Spin, Photographer’s Gallery, London
Little Boxes, Cambridge Darkroom gallery
Route to Darkroom, Print Room, Photographer’s Gallery, London
1994
A Positive View, Saatchi Gallery, London
London Show, Zwemmers Fine Photography Gallery, London
1989
New Colour, Arles, France

Projects

2004 Royal Mail Christmas stamps commission
2003 London underground poster [bird nest] / Platform for Art
2000 Retrace your steps, Remember Tomorrow John Soane Musuem [contributing photographer]
1998 Commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London to produce a portfolio of photographs of the museum

Awards

1996 Andrea Frank Foundation Grant 1996–97

Nigel Shafran

Selected works Back

Packages, C-type hand print, 60.3 × 47.2 cm, 91.4 × 76.2 cm, Edition of 5 + 2 AP, 2012/13

Compost Pictures, C-type hand print, 54.3 × 42.5 cm, 84 × 67.2cm, Edition of 5 + 2 AP, 2008/9

Compost Pictures, C-type hand print, 35.4 × 27.6 cm, 71.1 × 53.3 cm, Edition of 5 + 2 AP, 2008/9

Compost Pictures, C-type hand print, 35.4 × 27.6 cm, 71.1 × 53.3 cm, Edition of 2/5 + 2 AP, 2008/9

25 April, 2000 8.00pm by Terry’s watch, Branflakes toast and mint tea at John and Sarah’s in Glasgow. Picked up Iranian pitta filled breads in Glasgow [Eaten on motorway]. Chicken Dalgleish, potatoes and veg, strawberry and apple sponge with cream at Jill and Terry's with Jo, Kathy and Ruth, C-type hand print, 59.6 × 47.6 cm, 86.3 × 71.1 cm, Edition of 3/5 + 1 AP, 2000

28 February, 2000 Midday, Washing up put away, Earl grey tea and cottage cheese on toast [Ruth working ] Washing machine on tumble dry!, C-type hand print, 59.6 × 47.6 cm, 86.3 × 71.1 cm, Edition of 3/5 + 1 AP, 2000

27 June, 2000 Muesli, cheese sandwich at Darkroom, Ruth back from Leeds, vegetarian restaurant Blah blah blah, Shepherds bush., C-type hand print, 59.6 × 47.6 cm, 86.3 × 71.1 cm, Edition of 3/5 + 1 AP, 2000

19 February, 2000 Toast, smoked salmon sandwich, Thai coconut veg and rice with Dave [Ruth at Charlotte’s tonight], C-type hand print, 59.6 × 47.6 cm, 86.3 × 71.1 cm, Edition of 3/5 + 1 AP, 2000

Supermarket Checkouts, Pigment print, Sizes to be confirmed, Edition of 5 + 2AP, 2005