CV
Education
1999 - 2000
MA Fine Art (Distinction) Goldsmiths College, University of London
1996 - 1999
BA Hons Fine Art (First Class) University of Northumbria at Newcastle
1995 - 1996
BTEC Diploma, Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Wigan & Leigh College
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Up To No Good, Lace Market Gallery, Nottingham
2013
Homemade Devices, Beach Gallery, London
2012
Pretty Disastrous, James Freeman Gallery, London
2011
Reckless Behaviour CoExist Gallery, TAP, Southend-on-Sea
2009
CAT-AS-TROPHE! Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Foolish Act, Plymouth College of Art Gallery, Plymouth
2008
Hazardous Materials Millais Gallery, Southampton Solent University, Southampton
Misadventure Galerie BK, Bern, Switzerland
Folly and Violence Plymouth College of Art Gallery, Plymouth
2007
Hold Your Fire Rokeby Gallery, London
2006
Bloody Mess Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds
Uncontrollable Vane Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2005
Misdemeanour Rokeby Gallery, London
Look Both Ways Galerie B, Thun, Switzerland
2004
Aftermath Studio Voltaire, London
2003
Clear and Presentable Danger Hall Palermo, Appartment D’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2016
Gettin' the Heart Ready, The Royal Standard, Liverpool
Small Sculpture Show, Village Green Festival 2016, Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea
BAD SIGNS/adjustments, (in collaboration with Louisa Chambers & Rob Flint), Kram Gallery, London
If a pair is two, what is three? Part 2 - Razzle: All that Jazz, The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire
If a pair is two, what is three? Part 1 - In the Paravent, The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire
Now For Tomorrow II, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham
Standardised Versions (Rubble) Billboard Commission, Bloc Projects, Sheffield
2015
Things we didn’t have before, Pump House Gallery, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015, Jerwood Space, London (touring exhibition to Cheltenham Art Gallery, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury and Falmouth Art Gallery).
Drawn Conversations, Institute for Creative Enterprise, Coventry University, Coventry (collaboration with Helen Stratford)
Stand In, Small Collections Room, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Variety Show I, (collaboration with Helen Stratford) Expanded Studios Project, Primary, Nottingham
Variety Show XIII, (collaboration with Helen Stratford) Expanded Studios Project Aid & Abet, Cambridge
2014
Nottingham Castle Open 2014, Selected by Sean Edwards, Antony Micallef and Kirsty Ogg, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham
Craft Emergency 2014, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Art Across The City 2014, LOCWS International, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
2013
Subversive Design, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton
Materials Messages and Meaning, R-Space Gallery, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
UNITEXT, 9th Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
Be Our Guest, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales
Creekside Open 2013, Selected by Paul Noble, APT Gallery, London
2012
Made Up, York College Gallery, York
No Now! Space Station Sixty Five, London
Necrospective, Danielle Arnaud contemporary Art, London (touring exhibition to Catalyst Arts, Belfast and Grand Union, Birmingham)
2011
X YEARS Galerie Bernhard Bischoff & Partner, Bern, Switzerland
Nottingham Castle Annual Open 2011 Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham
Creekside Open 2011 Selected by Phyllida Barlow / Dexter Dalwood, APT Gallery, London
Pile Chapter Gallery, Chapter, Cardiff, Wales
2010
Pile (Sideshow 2010 Commission) Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Closely Held Secrets Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Wife Drawing 38b Peckham Rye, London
Nothing is Forever South London Gallery, London
Threadbare Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester
2009
CUBEOpen 09 CUBE, Manchester
Thread Baring: A Portrayal of Masculinity One Stitch at a Time UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, USA
B.Noticed The Broadcaster Project, Lincolnshire Postmethodists, Waddington
Betrayal curated by Gavin Ramsey, Whitecross Gallery, London, UK
Make,Shift and Bend curated by Clare Goodwin and Liz Murray, Cafe Gallery Projects, London, UK
SALE curated by Kevin Hunt, The Royal Standard, Liverpool,
2008
Somewhere Here (8 artists/8 billboards) curated by Anton Goldenstein,
Plan 9, Bristol,
Desire's Smoking Gun Whitecross Gallery, London
Cut n Shunt Contemporary Art Projects, London
Drawing Out Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
2007
Unpicked and dis-mantled Kaunas Art Biennial TEXTILE 07, Kaunas, Lithuania
Things That Go Bump In The Night 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
Wunderkammer Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpoo
Among the Living – Art and Skateboarding, a series of one day events to be launched at the ICA, London (a national touring project)
Comedy of Errors Artspace, Sydney, Australia
Parade: Stuff Happens curated by Leo Fitzmaurice, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
2006
Softly Threatening Bumbershoot, Seattle Music & Arts Festival, Seattle, USA
The 16th Mostyn Open Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
Ultrasonic International 1 Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2005
I woke up in a strange place... Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, USA
Artfutures Bloomberg Space, London
Dreaming of a White Arts & Business, London
2004
But not as we know it Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Death of Romance 17 - 21 Ganton Street, London
Boys Who Sew Crafts Council Gallery, London (touring exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, MAC The Art Centre for Birmingham, Ipswich Museum, Huddersfield Art Gallery)
Wonder Galerie B, Thun, Switzerland
2003
But not as we know it APT Gallery, London
Ex Voto Schloss Leuk, Leuk, Switzerland
Painting Practices Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
Glitch (part 1) Forum D’Art Contemporain, Sierre, Switzerland
Glitch (part 2) K3 Project Space, Zürich, Switzerland
Hand Luggage K3 Project Space, Zürich, Switzerland
2002
The Spare Room VTO Gallery, London
Arcadia in the City 2002 Marble Hill House, London
Synthetic Galerie Zurcher, Paris
Stranger Than Fiction NYLON, London
2001
Teeth & Trousers Cell Project Space, London
Saatchi Bursaries 1999 - 2001 Saatchi Gallery at 30 Underwood Street Gallery, London
Glamourhammer Thomas A Becket Boxing Gym, London
Insider Trading Manderville Hotel, London
Imaginarium VTO Gallery, London
Curatorial Projects
2016
If a pair is two, what is three? Part 2 - Razzle: All that Jazz, The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire
If a pair is two, what is three? Part 1 - In the Paravent, (co-curated with Niki Russell) The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire
2015
In Miniature, (off site) Mrs Rick’s Cupboard exhibition, Small Collections Room, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
2012 - present
Mrs Rick’s Cupboard Nottingham, www.mrsrickscupboard.com
2011
Pile Chapter Gallery, Chapter, Cardiff
2010
Pile (Sideshow 2010 Commission) Surface Gallery Nottingham
2008
Cut n Shunt Contemporary Art Projects, London
2002
The Spare Room VTO Gallery, London
Awards and Achievements
2016
Selected for international residency at Villa Lena Art Foundation, Italy
2010
Sideshow 2010 Curatorial Commission funded by The Arts Council England, Nottingham City Council
2008
Millais Gallery Commission funded by Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England
2007
Artist residency, Artspace Gallery, Sydney, Australia, with support from the British Council
2004
Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England
Research Support Award, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Research Award, ECAV, Ecole Cantonale D’Art du Valais, Sierre
2002 - 2004
Fine Art Fellowship ECAV, Ecole Cantonale D’Art du Valais, Sierre
2001 - 2002
Fine Art Fellowship University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
2000 - 2001
Awarded Saatchi Fellowship Goldsmiths College, University of London
Public Lectures/ Artist Talks
2015
In-Conversation Event: When an object becomes a thing. Speakers; Artists Craig Fisher, Lauren Godfrey Greta Hauer and Curator Hannah Conroy, Pumphouse Gallery, London.
Artist Tour; Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015, Primary Nottingham.
2013
A Beautiful Pile of Vomit. In: Shimmering, Shining, Vomiting, Glitter (The Poetics & Politics of Disgust) Symposium, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham.
Materials Messages and Meaning: Artist Talk, R-Space Gallery, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
2012
Craig Fisher: Made Up, Artist Public Lecture, York College Gallery, York
2011
Transmision: Provocation, Guest Speaker: Craig Fisher / Host: Gary Simmonds, Sheffield Hallam University
Craig Fisher: Reckless Behaviour – Artist Talk, South Essex College, Southend
2010
Craig Fisher in Conversation, Rochester Art Gallery
2008
Craig Fisher: Hazardous Materials – Artist Public Lecture, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth
2007
Craig Fisher - Artist Talk, University of Chichester
Craig Fisher – Artist Talk, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Craig Fisher: Bloody Mess – Artist Public Lecture, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery & Studio Theatre, Leeds
2006
Uncontrollable – Craig Fisher in conversation with artist/writer Lee Triming, Vane Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2005
Boys Who Sew - Artist Talk and Workshop, Huddersfield City Art Gallery
2004
Cutting the Edge – Men, tradition and contemporary textiles, a one day symposium, The Crafts Council, London
Working Lives- Artist talk, BA Textiles, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Publications
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015, exhibition catalogue, published by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, 2015, ISBN 978-1-908331-17-5
UNITEXT 9th Kaunas Art Biennial, exhibition catalogue, published by NGO KAUNAS BIENNIAL, 2013
Necrospective, exhibition catalogue, 2012
Sideshow 2010 Nottingham, exhibition catalogue, published by Nottingham Visual Arts, 2010
Hazardous Materials, exhibition monograph, published by Plymouth College of Art Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9557491-2-4
Column 1, edited by Reuben Keehan, published by Artspace 2008
Contemporary Textiles, the fabric of fine art, edited by Nadine Monem, published by Black Dog Publishing 2008
Parade, exhibition catalogue, published by Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham 2007
A Comedy of Errors, exhibition catalogue, published by Artspace 2007
Bloody Mess, exhibition catalogue, published by Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery 2006
When I was 17… Kilimanjaro art, love & everyday life, July 2006
Be Prepared, Artist Book, Multiple Editions 2004, ECAV
Boys who Sew Digital Catalogue (www.craftscouncil.org.uk/boyswhosew) Crafts Council, London
Kunst Chaos Kraft, Fash’n’riot, issue 2, published by Flora Mclean & Anne Hardy, London, 2003 (edition of 200)
Arcadia in the City at Marble Hill House, Exhibition Catalogue, The-e- gallery Ltd / English Heritage 2002
Saatchi Gallery Bursaries 1999 – 2001, exhibition catalogue, Saatchi Gallery, London
Assembly, exhibition catalogue, 2000
Goldsmiths MA Degree Show, exhibition catalogue, 2000