RUSSELL HERRON
RUSSELL HERRON
Born: Essex, UK, 1967
Lives: London, UK
Worked throughout the 1990's under the name SR and/or SR LONDON.
First works under own name from 1996 onwards.
Solo Exhibitions
2026
The Gallery at Green and Stone, London
2009
The Names of 500 Artists, Rhythm Factory, London
2008
A One Night Stand with Russell Herron, Vinespace, London
Russell Herron is a Real Artist, Rhythm Factory, London
2007
Russell Herron's 69 Magazines (Martine McCutcheon), Rhythm Factory, London
2006
Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Geri Halliwell), Rhythm Factory, London
2005
New Work, Carisbrooke Road, London
Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Jayne Mansfield), Rhythm Factory, London
2004
Pages from Magazines, Carisbrooke Road, London
Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Jordan aka Katie Price), Rhythm Factory, London
2003
Russell Herron's London Lighters, Norfolk Road, London
1997
This Is The Pilot, Waterstone’s, Charing Cross Road, London
1996
“It is November 1996. I am working at Waterstone’s, Charing Cross Road. These people work here too.” Waterstone’s, Charing Cross Road, London
1992
(as SR) 33 Women, Wakefield Arts Centre, West Yorkshire
Group Exhibitions/Fairs/Auctions/Events
2025
London Art Fair, Siger Gallery, London
Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Commeter, Germany
2024
Works on Paper, Gallery at Green and Stone, London
London Art Fair, Siger Gallery, London
Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Commeter, Karlsruhe, Germany
Plumbago, The Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Battersea, London
This Year's Model, Members Show, studio1.1, London
OrkShun, UEL, London
Beermats for Balls, online auction/Saltspace, Glasgow
SFSA Drawing Open, No Format, London
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Hong Kong
paper positions, with Galerie Commeter, Berlin
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Sophie's Secret Postcard, online
Summer Exhibition, Gallery at Green and Stone, London
Art Car Boot Fair, London
Spectrum, London
Postions Art Fair, Galerie Commeter, Berlin, Germany
Ramsgate Affordable Print Fair, Ramsgate
Salon Des Etrangers, Venice
UCA Stretched, Farnham, Surrey
A Letter in Mind, London
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Singapore
Art on a Postcard, London
Light It Up, TondoCosmic, London
2023
London Art Fair, Siger Gallery, London
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Battersea, London
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Arthouse Jersey, Jersey
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Open 23, Mall Galleries, London
OrkShun, UEL, London
This Year's Model, studio1.1, London
paper positions, Galerie Commeter, Berlin, Germany
Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Commeter, Karlsruhe, Germany
SFSA Drawing Open, No Format, London
Crouch End Open Studios, Original Gallery, London
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Hong Kong
A Moveable Feast, Rogue Gallery, Hastings
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Shanghai, China
Artists for Bibi, online auction
Primadonna Festival, online auction
New Wave, Spitalfields Studios, London
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells, UK
Always On My Mind Part 2, London
UCA Stretched, Farnham, Surrey
Letchworth Open 2023, Letchworth, UK
Expoost Groningen, Galerie with tsjalling, Netherlands
About Face, 50_mv, Liverpool, UK
A Letter In Mind, London
33RPM, Glasgow Children's Hospital Auction, Scotland
SGFA, Gallery Holt, Norfolk
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Singapore
Art on a Postcard Winter Auction, London
Crouch End Open Studios Group Show, London
Vignettes, BSMT, London
Bright Days Ahead, Galerie Commeter, Germany
2022
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Wiltshire
Trintiy Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Dundee
Derwent Art Prize, Gallery@OXO, London
Drawing Together, Watts Gallery, Surrey
paper positions, Galerie Commeter, Berlin, Germany
SFSA Drawing Open, No Format, London
SGFA OPEN '22, Mall Galleries, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Derwent Art Prize, Paris, France
Galvanise, Spitalfields Studios, London
This Year's Model, studio1.1, London
PapierWelten 4.0, Galerie Renate Bender, Munchen, Germany
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London
UCA Stretched, Farnham, Surrey
Art on a Postcard, London
A Letter In Mind, London
Fair Art Fair x Auction Collective, online
Sense of Place, Bermondsey Project Space, London
Affordable Art Fair, Siger Gallery, Singapore
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke
2021
Drawing Together, SGFA, online only
Model/Maquette, Cello Factory, London
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Unlocked, Annual Open, Mall Galleries, London
Artists Walk, Alexandra Palace, London
This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London
paper positions, Galerie Commeter, Berlin, Germany
Matthew Burrows Selects, Unit1 Gallery and Workshop, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London (touring)
UCA Stretched, UCA, Farnham, UK
A Letter in Mind, online only
A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, UK
2020
Being Human, Thrown Contemporary, London
Picture Palace, Transition Two, London
Derwent Art Prize, Gallery@OXO, London
Derwent Art Prize, rue Saint Claude, Paris, France
Viral: Kyle Marks Gallery, Calgary, Canada (online)
Society of Graphic Fine Art Annual Open, Mall Galleries, London
'as yet untitled...', Studio 1.1, London
This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
John Lennon Is Not Dead, Stash Gallery, London
A Letter in Mind, Gallery@OXO, London (shown online only)
2019
This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London
Crouch End Open Studios, London
Trade Show, E17 Art Trail, London (curated by Karl Bielik)
Arts Depot Open, Apthorp Gallery, selected group show, London
Society of Graphic Fine Art, DRAW 19, Menier Gallery, London
Allhallowstide, Portsmouth Arts Space, Hampshire (curated by Kate Street and Rhys Trussler)
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2018
RANDOM 2018, Ply Gallery, London
Jo Mama's Alphabet Show, Studio 1 Gallery, London
Crouch End Open Studios, London
2016
9 Lives, Mainstream Gallery, Ramsgate
2015
The Names, Transition Gallery, Sluice Art Fair, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2013
Artworks Open, Artworks Project Space, London
Big Deal No 5, Q-park, Oxford Street, London
2012
How To Solve Problems in the Office, Trade Gallery, Nottingham
7th Annual Terrace Open, Terrace Studios, London
2010
Rhizomatic, Departure Gallery, London
Art Trail, Latitude Festival, Southwold, Suffolk
9 Sheds, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2009
Free Art Fair, Barbican, London
4th Annual Terrace Open, Terrace Studios, London
The Noise of Art, Swanfield Yard, London
Fete for the Wicked, Hackney Wicked Festival, London
Trash Vortex, TangentProjects, London
This Was Now: The Russell Herron Collection, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London (co-curator with Harry Pye)
Travelling Light, WW Gallery, Venice
Travelling Light, WW Gallery, London
American Seed, Clarke Gallery, Berlin
2008
The Worst Gift is a Fruitcake, Ferreira Projects, London
Marmite Prize For Painting, Studio 1.1, London
Happy First Birthday, Elevator Gallery, London
Irregular Pulse, Ferreira Projects, London
2007
O Dreamland, Greatstone, Kent
Stick, Stamp, Fly, Gasworks, London
While the City Breathes, Campbell Works, London
2006
Grotto, Studio 1.1, London
Gift, Museum MAN, Liverpool
Objects in Waiting, End Gallery, Psalter Lane, Sheffield
PRIVATE: Staff Only, ICA, London
George Polke Invites, London
Kitson Kaleidoscope, (Curated by Mark McGowan and James Ford), London
2005
Eng-er-Land (curated by Cathy Lomax), Gallery 102, London
1997
(as SR) URBANITE, City Racing, London
(as SR) Crafty, MOMA, Oxford
1996
(as SR) Glass Shelf Show, ICA, London
1994
(as SR) Contemporary Women Artists, Coventry Gallery, London
1993
(as SR) Leeds Artists Show, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
1992
(as SR) Leeds Artists Show, Leeds City Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
Bibliography
Urbary.com, Artists Q and A, 2022
Village Raw, Acts of Looking, Lito Apostolakou, April 2020
Le Cool, This Was Now, Herbert Wright, July 2009
Jotta, Russell Herron is dead… Long live Russell Herron… Stephanie Grace, July 2009
Amelia's Magazine blog, Irregular Pulse, Ferreira Projects, Tanya Geddes, August 2008
Golgonooza blog, 138 Eyes, Steve Smith, May 2007
Grafik, May 2007
Super Super, Art Blogger of the Minute, April 2007
Total Spec, Phonecalls to Artists, April 2007
Q and A, Fad website, 2007
BBC Collective, Tabloid Tales at Gallery 102, Eng-er-Land, Gemma de Cruz, August 2005
Metro, Tabloid View of England, Fisun Guner, August 10 2005
Metro, Russell Herron’s 69 Magazines (Jayne Mansfield), May 2005
The Face, Uncover Girl, January 2004
Marmalade, iss 3, Breast is Best, Francesca Gavin, January 2004
Front, iss 63, Make it Quick Son, You’ve Only Got a Minute, November 2003
Walthamstow Guardian, Russell Looks on the Lighter Side of Life, April 2003
Art is Everywhere, Australian Art Collector, December 1998
Marie Claire Italia, Who is SR? September 1998
The Independent, If it’s fame and fortune you’re after, just stick around a bit, John Windsor, March 1998
The Guardian, Sidelines, June 1998
Harry Pye’s Frank Magazine issue 15, Oct 1997
The Guardian, Sidelines, Libby Brooks, June 1997
The Observer, Girl Overboard, Kathryn Flett, June 1997
Scene, Just what is it that makes a dead shark so appealing? Chris Townsend, December 1996
Creative Camera issue 327 pps 10, 30-33, Apr/May 1994
Time Out, Contemporary Women Artists, Coventry Gallery, Sue Hubbard, March 1994
Northern Star, 33 Women by SR, John Turner, November 1992
Publications
Wells Art Contemporary, catalogue, 2023
Five Hundred Small Cardboard Portraits 2020 - 2025, booklet, 2023
A Sense of Place, catalogue SGFA, 2022
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022
Siger Gallery catalogue for AAF Singapore 2022
Fukt Magazine, iss 20, 2022
The Drawing Stall Vol 1, Casey Jex Smith, 2022
Derwent Art Prize, catalogue, 2022
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021
Unlocked, SGFA, 2021
100 Small Cardboard Portraits (2nd Ed) 2021
100 Small Cardboard Portraits (1st Ed) 2020
Collecting Contemporary Art, Greg Rook, 2020
Being Human, exhibition catalogue, March, 2020
Terrace 2005 - 2014, Karl Bielik, 2017
Capgras Syndrome, Tangent, 2012
I was The17, Garageland, issue 7, 2009
Peter Doig show, The Rebel, Sartorial Contemporary Art, 2008
The Marmite Prize for Painting 2008, Susak Press, 2008
Text for catalogue of show The Thinking Thing, Charlotte Hopkins Hall, Ferreira Projects, 2008
Text for catalogue of show Duchamp Played Chess; I Made Cranes, James Ford, Ferreira Projects, 2008
Russell Herron Has Left the Building - announcement in Art Monthly, July/August 2007
Text for Catalogue of group show 'Nichts weiter als ein Rendezvous' 2006
Contribution to Leisure Centre, issue 7, 2006
Contributions to Saatchi Gallery website 2006
Contributions to The Critical Friend 2006
Russell Herron, Tangent, issue 6 2006
As an artist, how do you define success? Tangent, issue 5, 2006
Brian Dennehy, Garageland, issue 1, 2005
Before/After, published in Arty Magazine issue 20 Aug/Sept 2005
Flaca Annual 2004 (Co-curator, Flaca Gallery, London)
Collections
Private collections internationally
The Tom and Chai Hall Collection