1965
Born in Birmingham, UK
1990-1994
Wimbledon School of Art
1996-1998
Royal College of Art, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Foreign Body, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Backdrop, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto
Dub Versions, New Art Exchange, Nottingham
2015
Backdrop, CAM, St. Louis
2013
New Works, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Reporting Back, IKON Gallery, Birmingham
2011
Subtitles, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2009
Art Now: Hurvin Anderson, Tate Britain, London
Peter’s Series 2007-09, Studio Museum Harlem, New York
2008
Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco
Thomas Dane Gallery, London
2006
A View of the River Cobre, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
2005
Thomas Dane Gallery, London
2003
Thomas Dane Gallery, London
The Lime, David Risley Gallery, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Turner Prize 2017, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
2016
Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora,
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Making & Unmaking, Camden Arts Centre, London
2015
Poetics of Relation, Pérez Art Museum, Miami
2014
4 Painters, 10 Works, Josh Lilley, London
2013
Homebodies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2011
Flowers for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Sometimes I Wish I Could Just Disappear, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
2010
Self-Consciousness, curated by Hilton Als and Peter Doig, VW (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
Hurvin Anderson/Henriette Grahnert, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick
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
East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich
2003
When in Rome, Lewisham Art House, London
2002
Cockafuckingdoodledo, Jeffery Charles Gallery, London
2000
Telling Times, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
1999
Pictures of Pictures, Arnolfini, Bristol; Norwich Gallery, Norwich
1998
Forest, The Bull and Last, London
1995
Inheritance, Ikon Touring, Birmingham
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2009
Artists in residence, Headlands Centre for the Arts, Sausalito
2005
Artist in residence, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
2002
Artist in residence, Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Port of Spain, Trinidad
1990-2000
Cheltenham Fine Art Research Fellow in Painting, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education