James Rielly
°1956, Wrexham, Wales.
Lives and works in France.
Selected exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions
2022 Work, rest and play. CAC Malaga.
2022 James Rielly in Reykjavik. Gangurinn the corridor. Reykjavik.
2022 Almost everything in its correct place. Galerie Wittenbrink. Munich.
2022 The sun shines on nearly everyone. Galeria Herrero de Tejada. Madrid.
2021 James Rielly. Alzueta Gallery. Barcelona.
2019 Born with a plastic spoon, knife and fork in my mouth. Monteverita. Paris. France
2018 Stories for Mexican ghosts and children of all ages. GE Galeria. Mexico.
2017, James Rielly, Flowers, Ghosts and Insects, A few short Stories, Galeria Herrero De Tejada, Madrid.
2016 Thinking things through, New Art Projects, London.
2016 We lived our lives in the spiritual not the material world, GE Galeria, Mexico
2016 Knock on wood, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany
2015 Everything is something else. Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland.
2015Ty Hyll, Cabinet des dessins, Jean Bonna, Beaux-Arts de Paris, France.
2015Image on the edge, Galerie L'Inlassable, Paris.
2014 Ty Hyll- the ugly house, The Studio, Llandudno, North Wales; James Rielly, Cabinet des dess
2014 " Punch Me. " La Box, Bourges, France.
2014 " Ty Hyll. " The Studio, Llandudno, North Wales.
2013" When I was young I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me, now I am old I sit in the bath. ", James Rielly, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA. USA.
2012, James Rielly, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munchen, Germany.
2012 " Nothing and something ", James Rielly, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland.
2011 " What wisdom ", James Rielly, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, USA.
2010 " Spirits in the sky ", James Rielly, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany
2009 James Rielly, I M Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2008 " Things that go bump in the day ", Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy (cat.)
2008 " New Works on Paper ", Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, Marlborough, UK.
2008 " Proposal for 200 little ideas ", Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland.
2006 " Tell Me a Story ", Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, USA.
2006 " Full of Possibilities 2 ", Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico.
2006 " Nipples ", Galeria Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain.
2005 " Life of Rielly ", Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK (cat.).
2004 " Outside Looking Out ", Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, USA.
2004 " Made in France ", Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France.
2004 " 2003 Made in East London ", Galeria Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain (cat.).
2004 " Rex Irwin Fine Art ", Sydney, Australia.
2004 " Late and Early ", a split-site installation at the Round Room, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK.
2003 " Made in East London ", Galeria Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain (cat.).
2003 " James Rielly ", Rex Irwin Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
2003 " Late and Early ", a split-site installation at the Round Room, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK.
2002 " James Rielly ", Centro de Arte de Salamanca (CASA), Salamanca, Spain (cat.).
2002 " James Rielly ", Fond Regional d'Art Contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (cat.).
2002 " London Ghosts and Party Animals ", Galerie Voges & Partner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
2002 " James Rielly ", Studio D!Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy.
2002 " James Rielly ", Archimedes Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2001 " James Rielly ", Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK.
2001 " James Rielly ", Edward Mitterand Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland.
2001 " James Rielly ", Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, USA.
2000 " Casual Influences, Oriel Mostyn Gallery ", Llandudno, Wales (cat.).
1999 " James Rielly ", Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, USA.
1998 " James Rielly ", Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France.
1998 " James Rielly ", CAN, Centre d!Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
1998 " James Rielly ", Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium.
1998 " James Rielly ", Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK.
1997 " Sensible Ways ", Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France (cat.).
1996 " James Rielly ", Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK.
1995 " James Rielly ", Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK.
1994 " James Rielly ", Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK.
1993 " James Rielly ", Berning and Daw Fine Art, London, UK.
1992 " James Rielly ", Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany.
1990 " James Rielly ", Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany.
1989 " James Rielly ", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
1988 " James Rielly ", Alexander Roussos Gallery, London, UK.
1987 " James Rielly ", Carlile Gallery, London, UK.
1986 " James Rielly ", Carlile Gallery, London, UK.
1985 " James Rielly ", Bayer Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1985 " James Rielly ", Hudson D. Walker, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1984 " James Rielly ", Hudson D. Walker, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1983 " Artist in Residence ", Art & Research Exchange Galley, Belfast, North Ireland.
Group exhibitions
2019 Take your conscience to the Pawnshop. Terrace Gallery. London.
2019 By way of Laughter and Trembling. Durden and Ray Gallery. Los Angeles.
2019 Paintings in Paintings. Monteverita Gallery. Paris.
2018 Quel Amour. Commissaire de l’exposition, Eric Corne. Musee d’art Contemporain. Marseille. France
2017 Gallery Artists. GE Galeria, Mexico City.
2017 Gallery Artists. Galeria Herrero De Tejada, Madrid.
2017 Round Colours, Monteverita.Paris, Paris.
2017 Microsalon 7, Galerie L’Inlassable, Paris.
2016 Utopie Pictural 3, Galerie Forma, Geneve.
2016 L'Inlassable Galerie, Paris.
2015 L'Inlassable Galerie, Paris
2014 " House of Helfa. " Llandudno, North Wales.
2014 " Home. " The Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, England.
2014 Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain Centre Pompidou, Paris.
2013 " Friends and Family. " Eva Hober galerie, Paris.
2013 " Utopie Picturale ", Ville Dutoit, Geneva.
2013 Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva.
2013 Galerie Nosbaum and Reding, Luxembourg.
2011 " The Painter, the Draughtsman, the Dealer and their Lovers. " Voges Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
2011 Gallery Artists, Wittenbrink Gallery, Munich, Germany.
2010 " Works on paper ", Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland.
2009 " Fate and Freewill ", Cas, New York, USA.
2008 " Hope and Despair ", curated by Bob Matthews, Cell Project Space, London, UK.
2008 " Philippe Cognee & James Rielly ", Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France.
2007 " El rey de la casa " (King of the house), Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 " Paper Baglady and Other Stories ", Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK.
2006 " World-Gone-Mad ", curated by Bob Matthews, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, UK.
2006 " Castlefield Gallery ", Manchester; Limehouse Arts Foundation, London, UK.
2005 " XS ", Galeria Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain.
2005 " Spoilt Rotten ", Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales.
2005 " (…) The duck was still alive ", Abbaye Saint-Andre, Centre d!art contemporain, Meymac, France.
2004 " Contre-Images ", Carré d!Art, Nimes, France (cat.).
2004 " Summertime in the City ", Archimedes Staffolini Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2003 " Outlook ", curated by Christos Joachimedes, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (cat.).
2003 " Anthropography ", Frissiras collection, The Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece.
2003 " Child in Time: views of contemporary artists on youth and adolescence ", Gemeentemuseum Helmond, The Netherlands.
2003 " Childhood ", CASA Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain.
2003 " Telling Stories ", Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2003 " Il Grande Freddo ", curated by Luca Beatrice, In Dres, Turin, Italy.
2003 " Once Again ", curated by Jane Harris in collaboration with Stephen Foster, Director, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK (cat.).
2002 " Portraits ", Edward Mitterand Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland.
2002 " Intimacy ", Russell-Coates Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, UK.
2002 " Disturb ", 1st Public School of Hydra, Hydra, Greece.
2002 " La tête de l!emploi ", organised by FRAC Auvergne, Centre Culturel Valery Larbaud, France.
2002 " Fame and Promise ", 14 Wharf Road, London, UK.
2001 " Snakes ", Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, Nikolai Fine Art, New York, USA.
2001 " Love You Always ", Damasquine Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2001 " Strictly Painting II ", Voges & Deisen Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
2000 " The Double ", The Lowry Art Centre, Salford, Manchester, UK (cat.).
2000 " La Spiritualità Nell! Arte' Da Boccioni a Serrano ", Santuario di Oropa, Biella, Italy (cat.).
2000 " James Rielly, Sophie von Hellermann, Markus Vater, Pat O!Connor, Jeffrey Dennis, " Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK.
2000 " Drawings ", Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, USA.
2000 " Y2K Fine Arts from the UK ", Archemedes Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
1999 " (Corps) Social ", Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (cat.).
1999 " Arts Council Collection ", Towner Art Gallery and Museum, Eastbourne, UK.
1999 " Growing Up Post Modern ", University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA.
1999 " Fresh Paint ", Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland.
1999 " British Portrait 1 – James Rielly ", Studio d!Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy.
1998 " Sorted ", Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
1998 " Tell Me a Story: Narration in Contemporary Painting and Photography ", Magasin - Centre National d!Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France.
1997 " Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection ", Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
1997 Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany.
1997 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA (cat.).
1997 " Les Péchés Capitaux: La Gourmandise ", Musée National d!Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
1997 " Afternoon in the Park ", Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK.
1997 " B.O.N. GO ", Bricks and Kicks, Vienna, Austria.
1997 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK.
1997 " Pure Fantasy ", Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales.
1997 " Men on Women ", Oriel Gallery Theatre, Clwd, Wales.
1996 Galerie de la Tour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1996 " Whitechapel Gallery Open ", Delfina Studios Trust, London, UK.
1995 " John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 19 ", Liverpool, UK.
1995 " Making it: process and participation ", Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
1995 Galerie Wittenbrinck, Munich, Germany.
1994 Gilmour Gallery, London, UK.
1994 " The Fete Worse than Death ", Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK.
1993 " East ", Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK.
1992 London Buddhist Centre, London, UK.
1991 Britannia Works, London, UK.
1989 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
1987 Carlile Gallery, London, UK.
1987 Christopher Hull Gallery, London, UK
1986 Groucho Club, London, UK.
1986 " Recent Acquisitions Show ", Art Association Gallery and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1985 Bayer Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1985 " New Figurations ", Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1984 Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1984 Art Association Gallery and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.
1983 " New Heritage – Welsh Arts Council ", Oriel Gallery, Cardiff, Wales.