Born in 1965, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Lives and works in London
Education
1996-1998
M.A. in Painting, Royal College of Art, London
1991-1994
B.A. Hons Fine Art; Painting, Wimbledon School of Art
1990-1991
Foundation, Birmingham Polytechnic, Birmingham
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
Hurvin Anderson: reporting back, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2011
Hurvin Anderson: Subtitles, Michael Werner, New York
2009
Peter’s Series 2007-2009, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York
Art Now: Hurvin Anderson, Tate Modern, London
2008
Hurvin Anderson, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Hurvin Anderson, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
2007
Hurvin Anderson, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, Coventry
2006
A View on the River Cobre, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
2005
New Paintings, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
2003
The Lime, David Risley Gallery, London
Hurvin Anderson, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Homebodies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2011
Flowers for Summer, Michael Werner, New York
Sometimes I Wish I Could Just Disappear, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
2010
Self-Consciousness, Veneklasen / Werner, Berlin
Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, London
Dull as I am, I Hope to Live by These Lines, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
2007
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
2006
Crivelli’s Nail, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
Archipeinture, artists build architecture, Le Plateau, Fonds regional d’art contemporain d’Ile-de-France, Paris; Camden Arts Centre, London
2004
Back to Paint, C & M Arts, New York
EastInternational, Norwich Gallery, Norwich
2002
Cockafuckingdoodledo, Jeffery Charles Gallery, London
1999-2000
Telling Times, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
1999
Pictures of Pictures, Arnoldfini, Bristol/Norwich Gallery, Norwich
Forest, The Bull and Last, London
1994-1995
Inheritance, Ikon Touring, Birmingham
Fellowship
1990-2000
Cheltenham Fine Art Research Fellow (Painting)
Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
Awards and Scholarships
2009
Residency at Headlands Centre for the Arts, Sausalito
2005
Residency at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
2002
Caribbean Contemporary Arts Residency Programme, Trinidad
1997
John Crane, New York
1996
Alkazzi Travel Award, New York
1994
William Booker Travel Scholarship, Philadelphia
HITE Collection 