Born in England 7 January 1964
Lives and works in London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 N/A Gallery Seoul, Korea
2022 BOOKS 1995- 2022 Iack Gallery, Japan
2018 Work Books 1984-2018, Sion and Moore, London
2010 Compost pictures, Charleston, Sussex [Photoworks exhibition]
2004 Nigel Shafran, MW projects, London
2002 Nigel Shafran, MW projects, London
2001 Washing Up 2000, Week 25, Fig-1, London
2000 Photographs by Nigel Shafran, 1992-2000, Taka Ishi Gallery, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Unquiet Moments: Capturing the Everyday, MA Curating the Art Museum, The Courtauld Institute of Art
2019 Jahresausgaben \ Ne travaillez assez, ne comptez jamais / Lothringer 13 Munich Germany
2018 Photocopies, tadpoles and tickets [After Giorgione] / Cellulare Casa Costanzo – Vicolo del Paradiso Castelfranco Veneto Festival Internazionale
2017 Nigel Shafran Exhibits ‘Today Everyday’ at the National Portrait Gallery, London
2017 Tread Softly, Bothy Gallery / Yorkshire Sculpture Park [Arts Council Collection]
Home Economics, Sydney
2016 Fashion shows. Edited by Nigel Shafran / Brighton Photo Bienalle / University of Brighton Galleries
Frequent Long Walks, Hannah Barry Gallery
2015 Galerie de Schans, Cosmos Arles Books
2015 Fashion stories / Beyond Bridges, Berlin, Germany
2015 Work, Rest and Play, British Photography from the 1960’s to today /British photography from the the 1960’s to Today / Shenzen, China
2014 Honore / Rue Visconti, Paris, curated by Laure Flammarion and Pauline Leveque
2014 Work books – 1984 – 2014, Number 6 Gallery / PhotoHastings
2013 Contemporary Art Society, [Phyllida Barlow, Richard Wentworth and Nigel Shafran]
2012 Focal Points: Art and Photography, Manchester Art Gallery [Arts Council Collection]
Observers, Photographers of the British scene from the 1930’s to now [curated by Martin Caiger -Smith and Joao Kulcsar ] Galeria de Arte SESI Sao Paulo, Brazil
Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2011 Domestic Interiors, The Regency Town House, Hove [Curated by Celia Davis / photoworks]
Another Face: Works from the Arts Council collection, Hatton Gallery, Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
Universals, Fringe Arts, Bath [Curated by Oliver Udy]
Fotografia, Festival Internazionalle di Rome. X Edizione [Wherever I lay my camera down is home] Curated by Paul Wombell
Elusive, Camberwell Space
2010 Not in Fashion: Fashion and Photography from the 90’s, MMK Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
London Calling, James Hyman Gallery
Aktualizacja UK, Photomonth, Krakow
Nothing is in the place, Photomonth, Krakow
One Hour Photo, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Centre
2009 Theatres of the Real, FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerp, curated by Joanna Lowry & David Green
2008 Libraries of Light: Photographic Books from the V&A Collection, V&A Museum, London (24.4.08 – 19.4.09)
Discovery, Les Recontres Arles Photographie
2007 How we are: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, London
Accidental Collectors, Aram gallery, London [supported by the Arts council]
2005 Wild Track, Trace gallery, Dorset, England, curated by Mark Haworth booth
Made in Britain, Huis, Marseille, Amsterdam, Holland
2003 Then Things Went Quiet, Frieze Art Fair 2003, curated by Charlotte Cotton and MW projects
The Fourth Sex: The Extreme People of Adolescence, curated by F. Bonami & R. Simons, Stazione Leopolda, Italy
Go to the gallery, Platform for Art / London Underground, Aldwych station
2002 Mies Meets Marx, curated by Michael Marriott at the Geffrye Museum, London
reViewing Landscape; Photographs of Contemporary England, Art and Photographs, London
Reality Check – Recent Developments in British photography and film, Wharf Road, London;
Curated by Brett Rogers and Kate Bush organised by the Photographer’s Gallery and the British Council
The Spectator, Fotohof , Salzburg, Austria organised by the British Council, (Dad’s Office exhibited)
2000 Breathless, Photography and Time, Canon Photography Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1999 Exhibition of museum portfolio commission, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Blue Suburban Sky, Photographer’s Gallery, London curated by Jeremy Millar (Dad’s Office exhibited)
1998 Look at me, Kunsthalle, Rotterdam, Holland, curated by Val Williams / British Council
Real Life, Dean Clough, Halifax
1997 Bench, Photo Spin, Photographer’s Gallery, London
Little Boxes, Cambridge Darkroom gallery
Route to Darkroom, Print Room, Photographer’s Gallery, London
1994 A Positive View, Saatchi Gallery, London
London Show, Zwemmers Fine Photography Gallery, London
1989 New Colour, Arles, France
PROJECTS AND AWARDS
2004 Royal Mail Christmas stamps commission
2003 London underground poster [bird nest] / Platform for Art
2000 Retrace your steps, Remember Tomorrow John Soane Musuem [contributing photographer]
1998 Commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London to produce a portfolio of photographs of the museum.
1996 Andrea Frank Foundation Grant 1996-97
PUBLICATIONS
2018 People On The Street, self-published
2016 Dark Rooms, Mack
2015 Visitor Figures / Out-takes from the V&A Museum, Self published
2013 Teenage Precinct Shoppers, Dashwood Books
2012 Ruth on the phone, Roma publications
2008 Flowers for _______ , Koenig Books
2004 Edited Photographs 1992-2004, Photoworks / Steidl
1999 Dad’ s Office, self-published
1995 Ruthbook, self-published
Selected books and catalogues
2014 The Photobook : A History Volume lll / Martin Parr and Gerry Badger / Phaidon 2014 / ISBN 978 0 7148 6677 2
2014 Photography Today: A History of Contemporary Photography / Mark Durden / Phaidon / 2014/ ISBN 0714845639
2014 The Photographer’s Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas / Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern / Aperture / 2014 / ISBN 978 1597112475
2013 Observers, Photographers of the British scene from the 1930’s to now, SESI – SP / ISBN 978-85-8205-057-6
2011 Universals, Fringe Arts, Bath [Curated by Oliver Udy]
2010 Compost Pictures 2008-9 / Photoworks
MMK / Kerber
2009 Theatres of the Real / Joanna Lowry and David Green / Photoworks co-published with FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
Blindspot issue 40 / Guest editor Arthur Ou / Photo-Based Art Inc
2007 How we are: Photographing Britain / Tate publishing
2005 Wild Track / Mark Haworth-Booth / Trace editions
2004 Family / Photographers photograph there families / Phaidon
2004 The Photograph as contemporary art / Charlotte Cotton / Thames and Hudson
2003 Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2003-4
Then things went quiet / MW projects publication
2002 Reality Check [recent developments in British photography and film]
2001 Smile I-D / Tashen
Imperfect Beauty / Charlotte Cotton / V&A publications
Fig-1 /50 projects in 50 weeks publication
1998 W’happen / Shoreditch Biennale
Look at me / Fashion and photography in Britain / The British Council
1996 Surface: Contemporary Photographic practice / Michael Mack
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Simmons and Simmons, London
Thyssen Bornemisza contemporary Art Foundation Salzburg
British Land [Art at Plantation Place]
Nottingham Castle Art Gallery and Museum
Arts Council Collection
National Portrait Gallery, London