Biography
Born: Barnsley (England), 1986
Lives & Works: Glasgow (Scotland)
Ric Warren’s practice considers how our manmade surroundings have symbolic meaning beyond their basic functions and his artworks are informed by an interest in urban spatial and social politics, distilled through a minimalist artistic sensibility.
Art Education
The Glasgow School of Art, 2005-08
Fine Art (Environmental Art)
Leeds College of Art & Design, 2004-05
Foundation Studies in Art & Design (Fine Art)
Selected Solo & Collaborative Exhibitions
Site Acquired
Mount Florida Gallery & Studios Garden, Glasgow International Art Festival, 2018
Classics
Mount Florida Gallery & Studios, Glasgow, 2017
(with Scott Brotherton)
House for an Art Lover, Glasgow International Art Festival, 2016
Forum
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop 2013
Preventative Measures: On The Spatial Dynamics of Control, Counteraction, & Conflict
Superclub Gallery, Edinburgh 2012
Nothing Fades Quicker Than Yesterday’s Ideas About Tomorrow
(Collaboration with Kate Gallagher)
Merchant City Festival, Glasgow 2011
Borders, Boundaries & Barricades: Redeveloping Geographies of Division
David Dale Gallery, Glasgow 2011
FUTURERPOOF
(Collaboration with Kate Gallacher)
New Work Scotland Programme, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh 2010
Deluge
Edinburgh Art Festival, Charlotte Sq Gardens, Edinburgh 2008
Selected Group Exhibitions:
You do you, do you? (Thank You Very Much)
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, 2018
The Ultimate Vessel
Koppe Astner, Glasgow 2015
Finite Project Altered When Open
David Dale Gallery, Glasgow 2015
Openaries
(project by Laura Aldridge and Anna Mayer)
Trongate 103, Glasgow, 2014
Mathew Higgs / John Riepenhoff / Ric Warren
SWG3 Project Space, Glasgow 2014
New Works : Open Studios
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 2013
PLAZA
(with Dominic Samsworth, Rachel Walker & Emma McIntyre)
SWG3 Studios, Glasgow, 2012
Industrial Aesthetics
Hunter College, New York City 2011
(with Keith Allen & Caroline Gallagher)
CCA Intermedia, Glasgow 2011
THE SHOW IS OVER
Cornish College of Art, Seattle 2011
Characters In Search Of An Exit
MOT International, London 2011
Mobile Museum
V&A Museum, London 2011
LUDO
The Pigeon Wing, London 2010
Research: Awards in Focus
RSA, Edinburgh 2009
CONSTRUCTS
White House Gallery, Glasgow 2009
RSA New Contemporaries
RSA, Edinburgh 2009
ROAR!
Bargehouse Gallery, London 2008
Awards:
Open Glasgow Project Funding
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, 2016
Glasgow Visual Arts Award
Glasgow Life, 2015
Skills Development Fund
Trongate 103, 2010
Professional Development Funding
Creative Scotland, 2010
Residencies for Scotland
Royal Scottish Academy, 2009
John Kinross Scholarship
Royal Scottish Academy, 2008
Residencies:
The Bothy Project Residency
Sweeney’s Bothy, Isle of Eigg, February 2017
The Bothy Project Residency
Inshriach Bothy, Cairngorms National Park, November 2015
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Micro-Residency
Edinburgh, October-December 2012
The Pigeon Wing Studio Residency Project
London, August 2010
Edinburgh Printmakers Studio Residency
(RSA Residencies for Scotland), February – May 2010
Florence Research Residency
(RSA John Kinross Scholarship), Florence, Italy, October –December 2008
LindArt Fine Arts Colony
Lendava Castle, Slovenia, July 2008
Bloom! Hotel Project
Brussels, Belgium, September 2007
Public Talks:
Pecha Kucha: Glasgow International Artists in the City
The Whisky Bond, Glasgow, April 2016
Ric Warren: Architecture / Sculpture
5710 Architects Association, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & The Built Environment, Aberdeen, November 2013
Contextualising The City: Thoughts on Urban Formations
Pigeon Wing, London, August 2010
Life After Art School: Professional Practice Presentation
Glasgow School of Art, March 2010
Ric Warren: Artists Talk
Lendava Castle, Slovenia, July 2008
Socio-Spatial Segregation & Displacement (Dissertation Conference)
Glasgow School of Art, April 2008
The European Situation: Art in Scotland
Bloom Hotel, Brussels, August 2007
Print Publications:
Bothy Sketchbook
Scott Brotherton & Ric Warren, 2016
Zero Zine 2: End of History Edition (Contribution)
Zero Zine, 2015.
Queens Park Music Club Volume 2 (Contribution)
Queens Park Railway Club, 2015
Purlieu (Contribution)
Matzine, March 2013
Paper X Volume 2 (Contribution)
Paper X, November 2009