Lives and works in West Wales, UK
B. 1987, Crewe, UK
Lives and works in West Wales, UK
Education
2016
HBK Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2009
BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK
Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2025
Folk Music, Clemetin Seedorf, Cologne, DE
2024
18, Chapter NY, New York
The Human Model, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
I Lay Waiting, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (2-person presentation with Naomi Pearce), UK
2022
Stuart Middleton, Paisley Liberal Club, Scotland, UK
2021
Life is not a walk across an open field, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
2019
Stuart Middleton, Carlos/Ishikawa at Qiao Space, Condo Shanghai, CN
2018
Motivation and Personality, Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, AT
Improvers, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
2017
Beat, ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Beat, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
2015
the gonks, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
2014
Sad Sketches, Piper Keys, London, UK
2013
A Year Passes Like Nothing (Performance), Limoncello, London, UK
2011
Tankini, Cole, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Fake Barn Country, Raven Row, London, UK
2024
Yours Truly, Nahmad Contemporary, New York, NY
2023
Against Sun and Dust, Villa Imperiale, Pesaro, IT
Everything Broken Down, Solid Haus, Suffolk, UK
The Double Time of Drawing, Clementin Seedorf, Cologne, DE
2022
L’ombre et la proie (The prey and the shadow), Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris Every lie has an audience, Marsèll, Milan, IT
Testament, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, UK
2021
Control, Sgomento, Zurich, CH
Tourism, Kunsthaus Glarus Tourism, Kunsthaus Glarus, CH
2020
Towner International Inaugural Biennial, Towner Eastbourne, UK
Drawing 2020, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Online Exhibition, The Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London, UK
2019
Hello, My Name is Capitalism, Peak Projects, London, UK
Kreislaufprobleme, curated by Anna Gritz (as part of “curated by 2019: Circulation”), Croy Nielson, Vienna, AT
Scenes of the Crimes, curated by Paul Pieroni (as part of “curated by 2019: Circulation”), Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, AT
Techniques of the Observer, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing Biennale 2019, Drawing Room, London, UK
2018
Bug Out, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE
Casa Tomada, Mexico City, MX
2016
Chatsubo, Kraupa Tuskany-Zeidler, Berlin, DE
Unruly Relations, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, CH
Brook, Gallery Celine, Glasgow, UK
At The Cliffs of River Rhine, Oslo 10, Münchenstein, CH
Croissant, Absolventen der Städelschule 2016, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Being There, Vilma Gold, London, UK
Rough House. A Woodmill & The Glue Factory project conceived by Alastair Frazer, Glasgow International, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2015
National Gallery II: Empire, CHEWDAY‘S, London, UK
Edgelands, (curated by Ben Rivers), Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
„dm“ The Duck, Berlin at Space, London, UK
Sand in the vaseline (Programmed by Anna Gritz), Material art fair Mexico city, Mexico, MX
Rundgang ‘15, HBK Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2014
Dinner for one, The Duck, Berlin, DE
The mechanical garden and other long encores (a Woodmill production conceived by Naomi Pearce, with Ben Burgis and Richard Sides), CGP London, UK
By night with torch and spear, Johan Berregren, Malmø, SE
A before K (w/Richard Sides), Hamburg Short Film Festival, Hamburg, DE
Suppedaneum, Grand Century, New York, NY
World Music, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
Locomotion Film Festival, London, UK
Rundgang ‘14, HBK Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2013
Rug Whoops, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
Wendel! Open your door, The Woodmill at CGP, London, UK
Mostyn Open 18 (prize winner), Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, UK
2012
Chester, C02, Rome, IT
General Practice, The Woodmill, London, UK
We don’t have to take our clothes off, Embassy, Edinburgh, UK
Studio Artist Group Show, Woodmill, London, UK
Mocha Non Truth, Cul de Sac, London, UK
Kill the Gibson/Kill the Gibson Veil (performance with Richard Sides), Space/Gallery Vela, London, UK
2011
Lifestyle choices (Performance), Peckham Hotel, London S.A.G.S, The Woodmill, London, UK
V22 Young London, V22 Workspace, London, UK
Selected Screenings
2021
Walther König, Cologne, DE
2019
Animation Beyond Cinema, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2018
Animation Beyond Cinema, National Gallery of Art, Poznan, PL
Selected Awards & Residencies
2022
Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts Residency, Omaha, NE
Recipient of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2019
Gasworks + Proyecto URRA Residency, Buenos Aires, AR
2016
Recipient of the Städelschule Portikus e.V Prize, Frankfurt, DE
2013
Recipient of Elephant trust funding and Arts Council Grants for the arts, UK
Mostyn Open 18 Prize Winner, Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, UK
Selected Bibliography
2024
Vincler, John. “Birth Scenes, a 70-Foot Sunflower, and Censorship: Our Critic on the Best (And Worst) Art of 2024,” CULTURED, December 26, 2024.
Roman, Sabrina. “18,” émergent magazine, November 27, 2024.
Fateman, Johanna, Vincler, John. “Glitter, Rainbows, AbEx Gestures, and a Sunflower: Our Critics Offer Gallery Picks to Start Your November,” CULTURED, November 6, 2024.
“Stuart Middleton: 18 at Chapter NY, New York,” MOUSSE, October 31, 2024.
“New York Oomph 2024,” MOUSSE, October 31, 2024.
Sam Moore. “Stuart Middleton: The Human Model,” ART monthly, 2024.
2019
Francesco Tenaglia. “Stuart Middleton ‘ Motivation and Personality’ at Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz,” MOUSSE, November 11, 2019.
2017
Paul Pieroni. “Home Economics,” Frieze, September 17, 2017.
Anna Gritz. “Stuart Middleton,” CURA., Winter, 2017.
2016
Matt Williams. “Stuart Middleton,” KALEIDOSCOPE, Fall, 2016.
Patrick Langley. “More and more young artists — such as Patrick Goddard, Marie Jacotey and Stuart Middleton — are exploring the possibilities of the graphic novel,” Frieze, May 2016.
2015
Matt Williams. “Stuart Middleton,” Flash Art, November/December 2015.
Jamie Sterns. “A Secret Apartment, a Labyrinth, and a Glass House: On London Shows Intertwining Art and Archetecture,” ARTnews, December 4, 2015.
2014 Saim Demircan. “Stuart Middleton: Sad Sketches,” ART monthly, February 15, 2014.
Selected Publications
2017 Stuart Middleton: Beat. Artist Publication. London: ICA, Edition of 100
2013 A year passes like nothing. Artist Publication. Edition of 20
2011 Some time ago…. Artist Publication. Edition of 300
Lives and works in West Wales, UK
Education
2016
HBK Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2009
BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK
Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2025
Folk Music, Clemetin Seedorf, Cologne, DE
2024
18, Chapter NY, New York
The Human Model, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
I Lay Waiting, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (2-person presentation with Naomi Pearce), UK
2022
Stuart Middleton, Paisley Liberal Club, Scotland, UK
2021
Life is not a walk across an open field, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
2019
Stuart Middleton, Carlos/Ishikawa at Qiao Space, Condo Shanghai, CN
2018
Motivation and Personality, Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, AT
Improvers, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
2017
Beat, ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Beat, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
2015
the gonks, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
2014
Sad Sketches, Piper Keys, London, UK
2013
A Year Passes Like Nothing (Performance), Limoncello, London, UK
2011
Tankini, Cole, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Fake Barn Country, Raven Row, London, UK
2024
Yours Truly, Nahmad Contemporary, New York, NY
2023
Against Sun and Dust, Villa Imperiale, Pesaro, IT
Everything Broken Down, Solid Haus, Suffolk, UK
The Double Time of Drawing, Clementin Seedorf, Cologne, DE
2022
L’ombre et la proie (The prey and the shadow), Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris Every lie has an audience, Marsèll, Milan, IT
Testament, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, UK
2021
Control, Sgomento, Zurich, CH
Tourism, Kunsthaus Glarus Tourism, Kunsthaus Glarus, CH
2020
Towner International Inaugural Biennial, Towner Eastbourne, UK
Drawing 2020, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Online Exhibition, The Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London, UK
2019
Hello, My Name is Capitalism, Peak Projects, London, UK
Kreislaufprobleme, curated by Anna Gritz (as part of “curated by 2019: Circulation”), Croy Nielson, Vienna, AT
Scenes of the Crimes, curated by Paul Pieroni (as part of “curated by 2019: Circulation”), Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, AT
Techniques of the Observer, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing Biennale 2019, Drawing Room, London, UK
2018
Bug Out, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE
Casa Tomada, Mexico City, MX
2016
Chatsubo, Kraupa Tuskany-Zeidler, Berlin, DE
Unruly Relations, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, CH
Brook, Gallery Celine, Glasgow, UK
At The Cliffs of River Rhine, Oslo 10, Münchenstein, CH
Croissant, Absolventen der Städelschule 2016, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Being There, Vilma Gold, London, UK
Rough House. A Woodmill & The Glue Factory project conceived by Alastair Frazer, Glasgow International, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2015
National Gallery II: Empire, CHEWDAY‘S, London, UK
Edgelands, (curated by Ben Rivers), Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
„dm“ The Duck, Berlin at Space, London, UK
Sand in the vaseline (Programmed by Anna Gritz), Material art fair Mexico city, Mexico, MX
Rundgang ‘15, HBK Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2014
Dinner for one, The Duck, Berlin, DE
The mechanical garden and other long encores (a Woodmill production conceived by Naomi Pearce, with Ben Burgis and Richard Sides), CGP London, UK
By night with torch and spear, Johan Berregren, Malmø, SE
A before K (w/Richard Sides), Hamburg Short Film Festival, Hamburg, DE
Suppedaneum, Grand Century, New York, NY
World Music, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
Locomotion Film Festival, London, UK
Rundgang ‘14, HBK Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2013
Rug Whoops, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
Wendel! Open your door, The Woodmill at CGP, London, UK
Mostyn Open 18 (prize winner), Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, UK
2012
Chester, C02, Rome, IT
General Practice, The Woodmill, London, UK
We don’t have to take our clothes off, Embassy, Edinburgh, UK
Studio Artist Group Show, Woodmill, London, UK
Mocha Non Truth, Cul de Sac, London, UK
Kill the Gibson/Kill the Gibson Veil (performance with Richard Sides), Space/Gallery Vela, London, UK
2011
Lifestyle choices (Performance), Peckham Hotel, London S.A.G.S, The Woodmill, London, UK
V22 Young London, V22 Workspace, London, UK
Selected Screenings
2021
Walther König, Cologne, DE
2019
Animation Beyond Cinema, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2018
Animation Beyond Cinema, National Gallery of Art, Poznan, PL
Selected Awards & Residencies
2022
Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts Residency, Omaha, NE
Recipient of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2019
Gasworks + Proyecto URRA Residency, Buenos Aires, AR
2016
Recipient of the Städelschule Portikus e.V Prize, Frankfurt, DE
2013
Recipient of Elephant trust funding and Arts Council Grants for the arts, UK
Mostyn Open 18 Prize Winner, Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, UK
Selected Bibliography
2024
Vincler, John. “Birth Scenes, a 70-Foot Sunflower, and Censorship: Our Critic on the Best (And Worst) Art of 2024,” CULTURED, December 26, 2024.
Roman, Sabrina. “18,” émergent magazine, November 27, 2024.
Fateman, Johanna, Vincler, John. “Glitter, Rainbows, AbEx Gestures, and a Sunflower: Our Critics Offer Gallery Picks to Start Your November,” CULTURED, November 6, 2024.
“Stuart Middleton: 18 at Chapter NY, New York,” MOUSSE, October 31, 2024.
“New York Oomph 2024,” MOUSSE, October 31, 2024.
Sam Moore. “Stuart Middleton: The Human Model,” ART monthly, 2024.
2019
Francesco Tenaglia. “Stuart Middleton ‘ Motivation and Personality’ at Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz,” MOUSSE, November 11, 2019.
2017
Paul Pieroni. “Home Economics,” Frieze, September 17, 2017.
Anna Gritz. “Stuart Middleton,” CURA., Winter, 2017.
2016
Matt Williams. “Stuart Middleton,” KALEIDOSCOPE, Fall, 2016.
Patrick Langley. “More and more young artists — such as Patrick Goddard, Marie Jacotey and Stuart Middleton — are exploring the possibilities of the graphic novel,” Frieze, May 2016.
2015
Matt Williams. “Stuart Middleton,” Flash Art, November/December 2015.
Jamie Sterns. “A Secret Apartment, a Labyrinth, and a Glass House: On London Shows Intertwining Art and Archetecture,” ARTnews, December 4, 2015.
2014 Saim Demircan. “Stuart Middleton: Sad Sketches,” ART monthly, February 15, 2014.
Selected Publications
2017 Stuart Middleton: Beat. Artist Publication. London: ICA, Edition of 100
2013 A year passes like nothing. Artist Publication. Edition of 20
2011 Some time ago…. Artist Publication. Edition of 300