Artist
HENRY CURCHOD
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Henry Curchod, born in 1992 in Palo Alto, US, now lives and works in London. Curchod received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of New South Wales in 2014. He creates dynamic scenes filled with tension and theatricality, exploring his diverse cultural background of Kurdish-Iranian descent and Western upbringing on both a personal and a global level. In his figurative painting practice, Curchod introduces unorthodox perspectives and compositions, illuminating a dreamlike, whimsical, and anecdotic reality. His solo exhibitions include: Safe Spaces, Gallery Vacancy at Paris Internationale, 2023; Hugging a tree is like kissing a dog, Shoot the Lobster, New York, 2023; Trouble on the Event Horizon, Mamoth, London, 2023; Rice is god’s dandruff, Chauffeur, Sydney, 2022; Set Your Friends Free, Mamoth, London, 2021; Sharing the Sky, Sumer Gallery, Tauranga, 2021; Inside Head, Outside Head, Martin Browne Gallery, Paddington, 2021. Recent group exhibitions include: Vacation II, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2022; In Between, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, 2022; Distance is Comfort, Chauffeur, Sydney, 2022; Of Foxes and Ghosts, Mamoth, London, 2022. He was the recipient of the R&F Residency, New York, 2023; the PPP/Oostmeijer Residency, Amsterdam, 2023; and finalist for the Ramsay Art Prize, 2023; the Sulman Prize, 2023; and the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, 2021.
Henry Curchod, Versus Bank Manager, 2022
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Solo exhibitions
2023 Safe Spaces, Gallery Vacancy at Paris Internationale, Paris, FR 2023 Hugging a tree is like kissing a dog, Shoot the Lobster, New York, US 2023 Trouble on the Event Horizon, Mamoth, London, UK 2022 Rice is god’s dandruff, Chauffeur, Sydney, AU 2021 Set Your Friends Free, Mamoth, London, UK 2021 Sharing the Sky, Sumer Gallery, Tauranga, NZ 2021 Inside Head, Outside Head, Martin Browne Gallery, Paddington, AU 2019 Bitter Winds, Sumer Gallery, Tauranga, NX 2019 Apfelschuss, Tristian Koenig Gallery, Melbourne , AU 2018 Bring me the sweat of Gabriela Sabatini, Campbell Projects, China Heights, Sydney, AU 2018 Fits perfectly with those pesky corners, The New Standard Gallery, Sydney, AU 2016 Tonkotsu Method, China Heights Gallery, Sydney, AU 2015 Reductions, JOYA Projects, Manilla, PH 2015 Savage Country, Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne, AU Group exhibitions 2023 The Ramsay Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, AU 2023 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU 2022 In Between, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, CN 2022 Distance is Comfort, Chauffeur, Sydney, AU 2022 Vacation II, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, CN 2023 Of Foxes and Ghosts, Mamoth, London, UK 2022 Cave International 4.0, LAILA, Athens, GR 2022 Steige 13, LAILA, Vienna, AT 2021 It’s raining in sunshine, Lon Gallery, Melbourne, AU 2021 Winter, Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, AU 2021 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Gallery, Sydney, AU 2020 Summer, Martine Browne Contemporary, Sydney, SU 2020 Infra-world, Chauffeur HQ, Sydney, AU 2019 A Private Matter, LM Gallery, Latina, IT 2019 Rude Assembly, Burton Projects, Sydney, AU 2019 Lilac City, Burton Projects, Sydney, AU 2018 Window is the door, Tristian Koenig Gallery, Melbourne, AU 2017 Le River Tech, New Standard Gallery, Sydney, AU 2017 Fortyfive Emerging Artist Awards, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne, AU 2017 A painter’s painting, New Standard Gallery, Sydney, AU 2017 Survey, China Heights Gallery, Sydney, AU 2014 The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU 2014 The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, AU 2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, AU Awards and Residencies 2023 R&F Residency, New York 2023 The Ramsay Art Prize, finalist 2023 The Sulman Prize, finalist 2023 PPP/Oostmeijer Residency, Amsterdam 2021 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, finalist 2017 Fortyfive Emerging Art Award 2016 Belle Magazine Art Prize, winner 2015 Ceret, Languedoc-Rousillion Residency 2015 Belle Magazine Art Prize, winner 2014 The Mosman Art Prize, finalist 2014 The Sulman Prize, finalist 2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing |