Fergal Stapleton (born 1961 in

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) is an artist living and working in London. Stapleton studied at Middlesex Polytechnic (now

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) and graduated from the MA Programme at

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, London in 1993. Between 1994 and 1997 he collaborated on a number of works with

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nominee

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. He is represented by

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on Stapleton's 1993 show "His manner of entertaining us…the worst thing I have ever done." (

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, No. 10, May 1993): 'The logic of dandyism as a mode of conceptual art assumes a view of the dandy not as engaged in a foppish, decadent pursuit but as an attempt to get over class distinction by creating one's own aristocracy, doing what aristocrats do but doing it better, secure in the knowledge that their order and the natural superiority it implies is on a

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.’ Stapleton has been an occasional lecturer on the MA Fine Art programmes at

, University of London, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design,

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, and the

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. He has also contributed to the art review section of

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magazine (Nos. 1418 & 1421–1425). Stapleton is additionally the author of a novel titled ''After the Death of the Goat God (Key Principles in History 2)''

Solo exhibitions (selected)

* ''Lo Ceremonial'' (Carl Freedman Gallery, 2016) * ''2moro'' (Carl Freedman Gallery, 2014) * ''dOr'' (Carl Freedman Gallery, 2010) * ''If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul'' (V22, London 2009) * ''Art Show'' (in V22 Presents:The Wharf Rd Project 2008) * ''And a Door Opened'' (Carl Freedman Gallery, 2007) * ''Stapleton Grey'' (Carl Freedman Gallery, London, 2006) * ''I Shall Arrive Soon'' (Carl Freedman Gallery, London, 2003)

Collaborations (selected)

* ''The Unadorned Hardcore World of the Anabolic Mutant in Stir'' (with Rebecca Warren, The Showroom, London 1997)

Group exhibitions (selected)

* ''Take a little walk to the edge of town and cross the tracks'' (Coombs Contemporary at Watson, Farley, Williams, London 2018) * ''A Darkness More Than Night'' (QUAD Gallery, Derby 2012) * ''The Shape We're In'' (Zabludowicz Collection, 176 Prince of Wales Rd, London 2011) * ''Newspeak: British Art Now'' (Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, London 2010)) * ''Newspeak: British Art Now'' (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg 2009)

Curations

* ''The Real'', (in V22 Presents:The Sculpture Show, The Biscuit Factory, London, 2009)V22 Sculpture Show
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References

External links

Home is where the art is, The GuardianJonathan Jones, The GuardianAndrew Bonacina, Frieze magazineRachel Withers, ArtforumFuture Greats, ArtreviewIn the Studio, Time OutStapleton on Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Frieze magazineJJ Charlesworth, ArtreviewSeated Man, Frieze
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stapleton, Fergal 1961 births Living people British artists Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London British contemporary artists Irish contemporary artists Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom