Bio + CV — Harry Woodrow

Harry Woodrow (b. 1974, London) studied at Central Saint Martins and has lived and worked in Stockholm since 2015. His work spans painting, photography and sculpture. Woodrow addresses the surfaces and signifiers of status and taste, playfully depicting or reconstructing artefacts of luxury culture and cultural luxury.

Email: harry@harrywoodrow.com

—Selected solo exhibitions
Harry Woodrow: Spa
Riche, Stockholm. November 2024

Harry Woodrow: #selfies (and others)
Arsenalsgatan 3, Stockholm. June 2021

Harry Woodrow: Protest Paintings
Galleri Flach, Stockholm. January 2018

Harry Woodrow: Inställning / Inhibition
A House, Stockholm. March 2017

Harry Woodrow: Veckans Fråga
Kungstensgatan 27, Stockholm. August 2016

—Selected group exhibitions
MechanicAl AnimAl
Blackbird Rook / Artsy, January 2025

Dina vänner och bekanta
Konstnärshuset, Stockholm. October 2024

The Eye — It Cannot Choose But See
A group exhibition curated by Gethin Wyn Jones
Älvsjö gårdsväg 3, Stockholm. August 2024

Vårsalongen
Liljevalchs, Stockholm. February 2024

Fake Location Suspected
A group exhibition curated by Ashik Zaman
Riche, Stockholm. April 2023

Existing Systems: Peter Hagdahl, Jenny Källman, Sophie Tottie, Ulla Wiggen, Harry Woodrow
Hotel Villa Dagmar, Stockholm. February 2022

Solid State: Ben Branagan + Harry Woodrow
Coleman Project Space, London. November 2014

The Art of Conversation
A group exhibition at Idea Generation Gallery, London
+ Program Gallery, Berlin. May – June 2010

—Publications
#selfies
A 144 page book published by Art & Theory, Stockholm, June 2021

—Teaching
External tutor / Visuell kommunikation, Beckmans designhögskola, Stockholm, 2020–22

Lecturer, Central St Martins, London, 2001–06

—Lectures + workshops
Svenska Tecknare
Konstfack
Stockholms Universitet
London College of Communication
Chelsea College of Art & Design
Camberwell College of Art & Design
London College of Fashion

—Editorial + writing
Consulting editor, Under the Influence magazine,
London 2014–16

Contributing writer, Can’t Understand New Technology, London 2013–14

—Stipendia
Petra och Karl Erik Hedborgs Stiftelse, 2023
Stockholms stad ateljé + studio stöd 2021– Konstnärsnämnden krisstependium 2 + 3

—Collections
Three artworks on permanent display.
Cardiology department, Ersta sjukhus, Stockholm