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