David Rickard is a New Zealand born artist who lives and works in London, UK. Following a degree in architecture he went on to study art at Accademia di Brera in Milan and Central Saint Martins in London. Through research and experimentation his works attempt to understand how we arrived at our current perception of the physical world and how far our perception is from what we call reality.
selected exhibitions
2018 / The End is Where we Begin From, curated by Pauline Doutreluingne, Balzer Projects, Basel, Switzerland
2018 / Austrian Illuminations (performance), curated by Steven Fowler, Austrian Cultural Forum, London, UK
2017 / AND A 123, curated by Matthew Pendergast, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
2017 / Het Zalig Nietsdoen, curated by Eelco Van Der Lingen, Kranenburgh Museum, Netherlands,
2017 / REPÈRES - État de l’art public au Luxembourg, LUCA, Luxembourg
2017 / Moving Space, KunstKraftWerk, Leipzig, Germany
2017 / We are all Astronauts - Otto Zoo, Milan, Italy (solo)
2016 / Not Really Really, The Frederic de Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels, Belgium
2016 / 0 – CØPPERFIELD, London, UK (solo)
2016 / A bag of Atoms – Balzer Projects, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2016 / Your face has no function for me, Division of Labour, London, UK
2016 / Open Forest, The Jerwood Space, London, UK
2016 / PAE, Belval, Luxembourg, curated by Delcroix Pinsky
2016 / Myriad - with CORD, Snape Maltings Sculpture Collection, UK
2015 / The Dream of Modern Living? - Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, UK
2015 / Taking Shape - Pangea Sculptor’s Centre, London, UK
2015 / Flags – Serra di Giardini, Venice, Italy
2015 / Do you have Barbaric Taste? – Poppositions, Brussels, Belgium
2015 / Weight for the Showing – Maddox Arts, London, UK
2015 / Out of Sorts – CØPPERFIELD off-site, Rotterdam (solo)
2014 / Alchemy, state of change – NEST, The Hague, Netherlands
2014 / Act & Application – Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, UAE
2014 / Here Today . . . The Old Sorting Office, London, UK curated by Artwise
2014 / Obsessive Compulsive Order – CØPPERFIELD, London, UK
2013 / All Vertical Lines Intersect - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy (solo)
2013 / Vanishing Point - Sumarria Lunn, London, UK (solo)
2013 / David Rickard / David Tremlett - TRA, Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, Italy
2013 / BLUMM Art Prize – Brussels, Belgium
2012 / Displacements - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy (solo)
2012 / David Rickard / Tommy Stockel - LoBe Project Space, Berlin, Germany
2012 / Zu Haus – LoBe Project Space, Berlin, Germany
2012 / Intersections – Science in Contemporary Art - Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 / The Dividing Line – The High House, Oxfordshire, UK
2012 / Out of Control - NEST, The Hague, Netherlands
2011 / Testing the Limits – The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London, UK curated by Michele Robecchi (solo)
2011 / Time + Trace – Sumarria Lunn, London, UK (solo)
2011 / The British Ceramics Biennial – Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2011 / Round the Clock, 54th Venice Biennale - Venice, Italy
2011 / Beyond Ourselves – The Royal Society of Science, London, UK
2011 / The Wolfson Syndrome - Modern Language Experiment, London, UK
2010 / Test Flights – The Economist Plaza, London, UK (solo)
2010 / Exteriority – Sumarria Lunn, London U.K.
2010 / Lines of Desire - Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales
2010 / Romeu Goncalves / David Rickard - The Mews Project Space, London, U.K.
2010 / Transitions - Castelfranco, Italy - public works curated by Elena Forin
2010 / Appetite for Destruction - NEST, The Hague, Netherlands
2010 / Latitudini | Longitudini - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
2009 / Mitosis - Michela Rizzo, Treviso, Italy (solo)
2008 / Exhaust 19-06-08 - Goethe-Institut, Exhibition Road, London, UK (solo)
2008 / Solid State - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy (solo)
2008 / Show Room - Michela Rizzo, Palazzo Palumbo Fossati, Venice, Italy
2007 / Dilate - Trolley Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2005 / Long Live Romance II - Galleria Pack, Foro Buonaparte 60, Milan, Italy
2005 / Long Live Romance II - Lipanjepuntin, Via di Montoro 10, Rome, Italy
2005 / The Jerwood Sculpture Prize - The Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, UK
2018 / Austrian Illuminations (performance), curated by Steven Fowler, Austrian Cultural Forum, London, UK
2017 / AND A 123, curated by Matthew Pendergast, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
2017 / Het Zalig Nietsdoen, curated by Eelco Van Der Lingen, Kranenburgh Museum, Netherlands,
2017 / REPÈRES - État de l’art public au Luxembourg, LUCA, Luxembourg
2017 / Moving Space, KunstKraftWerk, Leipzig, Germany
2017 / We are all Astronauts - Otto Zoo, Milan, Italy (solo)
2016 / Not Really Really, The Frederic de Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels, Belgium
2016 / 0 – CØPPERFIELD, London, UK (solo)
2016 / A bag of Atoms – Balzer Projects, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2016 / Your face has no function for me, Division of Labour, London, UK
2016 / Open Forest, The Jerwood Space, London, UK
2016 / PAE, Belval, Luxembourg, curated by Delcroix Pinsky
2016 / Myriad - with CORD, Snape Maltings Sculpture Collection, UK
2015 / The Dream of Modern Living? - Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, UK
2015 / Taking Shape - Pangea Sculptor’s Centre, London, UK
2015 / Flags – Serra di Giardini, Venice, Italy
2015 / Do you have Barbaric Taste? – Poppositions, Brussels, Belgium
2015 / Weight for the Showing – Maddox Arts, London, UK
2015 / Out of Sorts – CØPPERFIELD off-site, Rotterdam (solo)
2014 / Alchemy, state of change – NEST, The Hague, Netherlands
2014 / Act & Application – Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, UAE
2014 / Here Today . . . The Old Sorting Office, London, UK curated by Artwise
2014 / Obsessive Compulsive Order – CØPPERFIELD, London, UK
2013 / All Vertical Lines Intersect - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy (solo)
2013 / Vanishing Point - Sumarria Lunn, London, UK (solo)
2013 / David Rickard / David Tremlett - TRA, Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, Italy
2013 / BLUMM Art Prize – Brussels, Belgium
2012 / Displacements - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy (solo)
2012 / David Rickard / Tommy Stockel - LoBe Project Space, Berlin, Germany
2012 / Zu Haus – LoBe Project Space, Berlin, Germany
2012 / Intersections – Science in Contemporary Art - Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 / The Dividing Line – The High House, Oxfordshire, UK
2012 / Out of Control - NEST, The Hague, Netherlands
2011 / Testing the Limits – The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London, UK curated by Michele Robecchi (solo)
2011 / Time + Trace – Sumarria Lunn, London, UK (solo)
2011 / The British Ceramics Biennial – Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2011 / Round the Clock, 54th Venice Biennale - Venice, Italy
2011 / Beyond Ourselves – The Royal Society of Science, London, UK
2011 / The Wolfson Syndrome - Modern Language Experiment, London, UK
2010 / Test Flights – The Economist Plaza, London, UK (solo)
2010 / Exteriority – Sumarria Lunn, London U.K.
2010 / Lines of Desire - Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales
2010 / Romeu Goncalves / David Rickard - The Mews Project Space, London, U.K.
2010 / Transitions - Castelfranco, Italy - public works curated by Elena Forin
2010 / Appetite for Destruction - NEST, The Hague, Netherlands
2010 / Latitudini | Longitudini - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
2009 / Mitosis - Michela Rizzo, Treviso, Italy (solo)
2008 / Exhaust 19-06-08 - Goethe-Institut, Exhibition Road, London, UK (solo)
2008 / Solid State - Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy (solo)
2008 / Show Room - Michela Rizzo, Palazzo Palumbo Fossati, Venice, Italy
2007 / Dilate - Trolley Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2005 / Long Live Romance II - Galleria Pack, Foro Buonaparte 60, Milan, Italy
2005 / Long Live Romance II - Lipanjepuntin, Via di Montoro 10, Rome, Italy
2005 / The Jerwood Sculpture Prize - The Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, UK
education
Masters of Fine Art (associate), Central Saint Martins College, London, U.K.
Brera Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano, Milan, Italy
Bachelor of Architecture 1st hons, Auckland School of Architecture, New Zealand
Brera Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano, Milan, Italy
Bachelor of Architecture 1st hons, Auckland School of Architecture, New Zealand
talks/teaching
2018 / IKKG, Koblenz, Germany (master’s mentor)
2017 / Border Sessions, The Hague, Netherlands (talk/panel discussion)
2017 / Illuminations 1: Austrian Cultural Forum, London (talk/performance)
2016 / Jerwood Space, London, UK (talk/panel discussion)
2015 / Merano Arte/Kunst, Italy (talk/discussion with Valerio Dehò)
2015 / IKKG, Koblenz, Germany (5 lectures and week-long workshop)
2015 / Accademia di Belle Arti Macerata, Italy (2 lectures and two day workshop)
2014 / How did you do that? Pangea Sculpture Centre, London (artist talk)
2014 / Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (guest critic)
2014 / Wimbledon College of Art (sculpture degree show guest critic)
2013 / TRA, Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, Italy, (talk/interview with Elena Forin)
2011 / The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London, UK, (interview with Michele Robecchi)
2011 / Crunch Festival, Hay on Wye, Wales (artist talk)
2010 / Accademia di Belle Arti Macerata, Italy (2 lectures)
2009 / Long Live Romance, performance workshop Macerata, Italy (2 day workshop)
2017 / Border Sessions, The Hague, Netherlands (talk/panel discussion)
2017 / Illuminations 1: Austrian Cultural Forum, London (talk/performance)
2016 / Jerwood Space, London, UK (talk/panel discussion)
2015 / Merano Arte/Kunst, Italy (talk/discussion with Valerio Dehò)
2015 / IKKG, Koblenz, Germany (5 lectures and week-long workshop)
2015 / Accademia di Belle Arti Macerata, Italy (2 lectures and two day workshop)
2014 / How did you do that? Pangea Sculpture Centre, London (artist talk)
2014 / Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (guest critic)
2014 / Wimbledon College of Art (sculpture degree show guest critic)
2013 / TRA, Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, Italy, (talk/interview with Elena Forin)
2011 / The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London, UK, (interview with Michele Robecchi)
2011 / Crunch Festival, Hay on Wye, Wales (artist talk)
2010 / Accademia di Belle Arti Macerata, Italy (2 lectures)
2009 / Long Live Romance, performance workshop Macerata, Italy (2 day workshop)
selected press
2018.05 / Whitewalls ‘The museum and gallery shows you’ve got to see in Basel’ Katy Donoghue
2017.10 / Thisistomorrow, 'AND A 123' by Eli Regan
2017.03 / ATP Diary, 'We are all Astronauts', by Rossella Moratto
2017.03 / Fruit of the Forest, interview with Federica Tattoli
2017.03 / Exhibart, 'We are all Astronauts', by Francesca Pasini
2017.02 / Artribune, 'Con l'occhio dell'astronauta', by Ginevra Bria
2016.11 / Art Dependence, 'When forests are open for ideas', by Aina Pomar
2016.06 / Luxembourger Wort, 'Die 1-Prozent-Kunst', by Thierry Hick
2016.06 / Rheinpfalz, 'Kunst aus der Giesserei', by Julia Helwig
2015.10 / AJ, Rickard and Di Chello win £50k Snape Maltings contest, by Merlin Fulcher
2015.06 / il manifesto – ‘La storia non è istantanea’ by Stefano Velotti
2015.05 / ATP Diary, FLAGS, Serra die Giardini, Venice, by Elena Bordignon
2014.12 / Blouin Art Info – ‘Highlights from UNTITLED Art Fair Miami 2014’ by Regina Mogilevskava
2014.04 / Artlyst –‘Obsessive Compulsive Order: Repetition Explored', Paul Carter Robinson
2013.09 / Drome Magazine – ‘All Vertical Lines Intersect’ by Deborah Rossetto
2013.05 / ArtonAir.org ‘Venice 2013’, Hosted by Fedra Boscaro , by Federica Patti
2013.05 / Tremors Magazine – Interview with David Rickard, by Digby Warde Aldam
2013.05 / World Sculpture News – Winter 2013, Testing Phenomena
2012.12 / AP/100 Von Hundert – ‘Klebebandkreuze und Dielenspaltstoppel’ by Julia Gwendolyn Schneider
2012.02 / Kunstbeeld, pages 56-63 – David Rickard, Solo Focus, by Manon Braat
2012.02 / Artribune - Umani Sistemi by Tommaso Zanini
2012.02 / Il Gazzettino – Arte e grandi circuiti di comunicazione by Enzo Di Martino
2011.11 / Art Slant – David Rickard - London Watchlist
2011.07 / Art Slant – ‘Time + Trace’ by Laura Bushell
2011.07 / The Times – ‘Artists revel in the questions and leave answers to the scientists’ by Gia Milinovich
2011.07 / Frame Magazine, ‘Time + Trace’ by Lydia Parafianowicz
2011.06 / Lines of Desire – Oriel Davies Gallery, exhibition catalogue
2010.07 / La Arena, Italy – David Rickard: Exhaust, una performance lunga un girono a Castelfranco
2010.07 / La Reppublica, Italy – ‘Quel NeoZealandese e una mass di palloni gonfiati’
2010.05 / Saatchi Online – London Highlights, Paul Carey-Kent
2010.04 / Flash Art, (N.282) – Latitudini/Longitundini, Eugenia Delfini
2010.03 / Saatchi Online – London Highlights, Paul Carey-Kent
2009.11 / The Londonist – ‘Test Flights at the Economist Plaza’ Rachel Borchard
2009.04 / Correra della Sera - Rome Art Fair 2009
2008.06 / Juliet Art Magazine – Solid State, Martin Cavallarin
2005.04 / Metro, Art Review – ‘Jerwood Sculpture Prize’ Fisun Guner
2005.04 / The Independent – ‘Sculptures with big ideas get chance to fulfil their dream’ Louise Jury
2005.03 / The Times T2 – ‘It’s all about context for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize’ John Russell Taylor
2017.10 / Thisistomorrow, 'AND A 123' by Eli Regan
2017.03 / ATP Diary, 'We are all Astronauts', by Rossella Moratto
2017.03 / Fruit of the Forest, interview with Federica Tattoli
2017.03 / Exhibart, 'We are all Astronauts', by Francesca Pasini
2017.02 / Artribune, 'Con l'occhio dell'astronauta', by Ginevra Bria
2016.11 / Art Dependence, 'When forests are open for ideas', by Aina Pomar
2016.06 / Luxembourger Wort, 'Die 1-Prozent-Kunst', by Thierry Hick
2016.06 / Rheinpfalz, 'Kunst aus der Giesserei', by Julia Helwig
2015.10 / AJ, Rickard and Di Chello win £50k Snape Maltings contest, by Merlin Fulcher
2015.06 / il manifesto – ‘La storia non è istantanea’ by Stefano Velotti
2015.05 / ATP Diary, FLAGS, Serra die Giardini, Venice, by Elena Bordignon
2014.12 / Blouin Art Info – ‘Highlights from UNTITLED Art Fair Miami 2014’ by Regina Mogilevskava
2014.04 / Artlyst –‘Obsessive Compulsive Order: Repetition Explored', Paul Carter Robinson
2013.09 / Drome Magazine – ‘All Vertical Lines Intersect’ by Deborah Rossetto
2013.05 / ArtonAir.org ‘Venice 2013’, Hosted by Fedra Boscaro , by Federica Patti
2013.05 / Tremors Magazine – Interview with David Rickard, by Digby Warde Aldam
2013.05 / World Sculpture News – Winter 2013, Testing Phenomena
2012.12 / AP/100 Von Hundert – ‘Klebebandkreuze und Dielenspaltstoppel’ by Julia Gwendolyn Schneider
2012.02 / Kunstbeeld, pages 56-63 – David Rickard, Solo Focus, by Manon Braat
2012.02 / Artribune - Umani Sistemi by Tommaso Zanini
2012.02 / Il Gazzettino – Arte e grandi circuiti di comunicazione by Enzo Di Martino
2011.11 / Art Slant – David Rickard - London Watchlist
2011.07 / Art Slant – ‘Time + Trace’ by Laura Bushell
2011.07 / The Times – ‘Artists revel in the questions and leave answers to the scientists’ by Gia Milinovich
2011.07 / Frame Magazine, ‘Time + Trace’ by Lydia Parafianowicz
2011.06 / Lines of Desire – Oriel Davies Gallery, exhibition catalogue
2010.07 / La Arena, Italy – David Rickard: Exhaust, una performance lunga un girono a Castelfranco
2010.07 / La Reppublica, Italy – ‘Quel NeoZealandese e una mass di palloni gonfiati’
2010.05 / Saatchi Online – London Highlights, Paul Carey-Kent
2010.04 / Flash Art, (N.282) – Latitudini/Longitundini, Eugenia Delfini
2010.03 / Saatchi Online – London Highlights, Paul Carey-Kent
2009.11 / The Londonist – ‘Test Flights at the Economist Plaza’ Rachel Borchard
2009.04 / Correra della Sera - Rome Art Fair 2009
2008.06 / Juliet Art Magazine – Solid State, Martin Cavallarin
2005.04 / Metro, Art Review – ‘Jerwood Sculpture Prize’ Fisun Guner
2005.04 / The Independent – ‘Sculptures with big ideas get chance to fulfil their dream’ Louise Jury
2005.03 / The Times T2 – ‘It’s all about context for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize’ John Russell Taylor