1966
Born in Ancona, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Enrico David, Mondo Broncio, TRAMPS, New York
2023
Enrico David - Destroyed Men Come and Go, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2021
Cielo di Giugno, Gió Marconi Gallery, Milan
2019
Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
2018
Enrico David, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Enrico David, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
2017
Enrico David, Michael Werner Gallery, London
Entro Dipinta Gabbia, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno
2016
Enrico David: Fault Work, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
Enrico David: Auroparent, Lismore Castle, Lismore
2015
Enrico David, The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Enrico David, Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia
2014
Life Sentences, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne; Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2013
Enrico David, Michael Werner Gallery, London
Enrico David, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2012
Nerve Ending, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Head Gas, New Museum, New York
2011
Repertorio Ornamentale, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
Enrico David, VW (VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin
2009
How Do You Love Dzzzzt by Mammy?, Museum Für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
2008
Enrico David, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Bulbous Marauder, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Ultra Paste, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2007
Brown Oil: Images, Fiction & Private Tragedy, Cabinet, London
Ultra Paste, ICA London
Enrico David: Chicken Man Gong, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2005
Enrico David, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Art Now: Enrico David, Tate Britain, London
Wizard's Sleeve, Cabinet, London
2004
DOUCHETHATDWARF, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Enrico David, Sadler’s Wells, London
2003
David, Project Gallery, Dublin
Madreperláge, Cabinet, London
2000
Half Man Half Hairdresser, fig-1, London
1999
Hi-Shee, The Approach, London
Fansy, The Trade Apartment, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Accrochage, Michael Werner Gallery, Athens
2023
Italian Painting Today, Triennale Milano, Milan
Room by Room: Concepts, Themes, and Artists in The Rachofsky Collection, The Warehouse, Dallas
Summer Arrangement: Object & Thing at Longhouse, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton
Alea iacta est, Vistamare, Milan
2022
Neoclassical, Rodeo Gallery, Piraeus
Interior, Michael Werner Gallery, London
Threading the Needle, The Church, Sag Harbor, New York
That other world, the world of the teapot. tenderness, a model, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
Building and Dreaming, By Art Matters, Hangzhou
Espressioni con Frazioni, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
2021
Fresh Faces from The Rachovsky Collection, SITE131, Dallas
2020
Untitled 2020, Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana, Venice
Drawing 2020, Gladstone Gallery, New York
2019
Art in Kartell, Palazzo Reale, Milan
Beyond Boundaries, Somerset House, London
Neither Nor: The Challenge to the Labyrinth, Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice
Maskulinitäten, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
2018
A Mind of Winter, Giorgio Pace Projects, Samedan
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Michael Werner Gallery and TRAMPS, New York
Vile Bodies, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Vile Bodies, Michael Werner Gallery, London
À Cris Ouverts, Rennes Biennale, Rennes
Al dio ortopedico, Galleria Gentili, Florence
Nightfall, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels
2017
Si Sedes Non Is, The Breeder, Athens
Loose Threads, De León, Bath
2016
Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life, Michael Werner Gallery, London
Sculpture in the City, London
This is a Voice, Wellcome Collection, London
The Pagad, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan
2015
Survival is Not Enough, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul
Terrapolis, École Française d’Athènes, Athens
Natures, Natural and Unnatural (from the collection of V-A-C), The Whitechapel, London
Body Shop, Michael Werner Gallery, London
One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People: A Selection by Jennifer Higgie from the Arts Council Collection, Nottingham Castle
2014
The Nakeds, The Drawing Room, London
Le musée d’une nuit, Fondation Hippocrène, Paris
2013
The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th Venice Biennale
Munch by Others, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tonsburg
Rien Faire et Laisser Rire, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Nur hier - Sammlung zeitgenönssischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Acquisitions from 2007 to 2011, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
2012
The Unexpected Guest, Walker art Center, Liverpool
Cosmic Laughter, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Stuttgart
2011
Nothing in the World but Youth, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Flowers for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Modernism Has Two Faces, Mount Stuart Trust, London
Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; CAPC Bourdeaux
A Different Person, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2010
Gesehen & Geliebt # 4: Besser leben mit. Aus Jungen Sammlungen Museum Ludwig, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Internationale Kunst aus der Sammlung Reininghaus, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
2009
Horn of Plenty, Viktor Wynd Fine Art, London
Turner Prize 09, Tate Britain, London
120 Day Volume. Part I/II, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia. Curated by Cabinet
Scorpio's Garden, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Textiles Art and the Social Fabric, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Quodlibet II, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Après Crépuscule, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
La Surprise, Silberkuppe, Berlin
2008
Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008, Palazzo Grassi, Venice; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Marc Camille Chaimowicz in the Cherished Company of Others..., Provincial Museum of Modern Art, Oostende
Weder entweder noch oder, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Horsebit Cocktail, Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf
L’Angelo Sigillato, Museo di Icone Russe F. Bigazzi, Peccioli
Civilisation & Capitalism Part I, Cabinet Intérieur, Brussels
2007
Door Slamming Festival, Mehringdamm 72, Berlin
True Romance, Kunsthalle Wien; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich; Kunsthalle zu Kiel
2006
Girlpower & Boyhood, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; Kunsthallen, Brandt
British Art Show 6, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Baltic Gateshead and in galleries across the cities of Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol
Subcontingente, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Galerie Daniel Buchholz at Metro Pictures, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
Infinite Painting - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin, Codroipo
The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Tate Triennial, New British Art, Tate Britain, London
2005
Monuments for the USA, White Columns, New York
Le voyage interieur Paris-London, Espace EDF Electra, Paris
SV05, Studio Voltaire, London
2004
Flesh at War with Enigma, Kunsthalle Basel
Tendenser 2004, Galleri F15, Moss, Norge
Teil 1 Müllberg, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Vernice, Villa Manin, Codroipo
Summer Invitational, FA Projects, London
In the Palace at 4am, Asprey Jacques, London
2003
Dreams and Conflicts, Venice Biennale, Venice
Jean Cocteau, Norwich Gallery
2002
The Rules of Hospitality, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Electric Dreams, Barbican, London
The best book about pessimism I ever read, Kunstverein Braunschweig
Hotel Sub Rosa, MarcFoxx, Los Angeles
2001
Room for Improvement, Crafts Museum Delhi
The Tattoo Show, Modern Art Inc., London
Platypus, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
New Labour, The Saatchi Gallery, London
What’s Wrong?, The Trade Apartment, London
2000
Zig Zag, Galeria Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo
Heart and Soul, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles
...comes the spirit, Jerwood Space, London
These Epic Islands, Vilma Gold, London
Die Gefahr Im Jazz, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft, Berlin
1999
Enrico David, Clare Stephens, Roger Hiorns, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Zauberhaft, Freunde aktueller Kunst e.V. Sachsen/Thüringen, Waldschlösschen
Magical, Am Brahaus, Düsseldorf
1998
humdrum (green), The Trade Apartment, London
Summer Sale, The Trade Apartment, London
The Winter Sale, The Trade Apartment, London
Heart and Soul, 60 Long Lane, London
1997
Fuori Uso/Mercato Globale, Pescara, Italy
Officina 97: Trasmetto da qui, Ricevo da qui, Mole Vantitelliana, Ancona
Strangers 1, 30 Down Street, London
1995
Gothic, Lost In Space, London
PERFORMANCES
2001
Documentation of a Ceremony, Crafts Museum, Delhi
A Public Appearance, The Russian Bar, London (with DonAteller)
RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS
2010
Stiftung Laurenz Haus, Basel
2008
International Studio Programme, Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo
2001
The British Council in Delhi, India
1999
Camden Arts Centre, London
Enrico David lives and works in London