Nigel SHAFRAN
ナイジェル・シャフラン
Nigel Shafran (born 1964) is a photographer and artist. His work has been exhibited at Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the 1980s Shafran worked as a fashion photographer, before turning to fine art photography. Talking to The Guardian journalist Sarah Philips, Shafran described his work as,
"a build-up of images, often in sequences. There is a connection between them all. Basically, I'm a one-trick pony: it's all life and death and that's it."
Publications
1995 - Ruthbook. Self-published, Focal Point Gallery
1999 - Dad’s Office. Self-published
2004 - Edited Photographs: Photoworks Monograph. Brighton, Photoworks; Göttingen, Steidl
2008 - Flowers for ______. London: Koenig
2012 - Ruth on the phone. Roma publications
2013 - Teenage Precinct Shoppers. Dashwood Books
2015 - Visitor Figures: Out-takes from the V&A Museum Annual Review 2012-13. Self-published
2016 - Dark Rooms. London: Mack
2018 - The People on the Streets
1999 - Dad’s Office. Self-published
2004 - Edited Photographs: Photoworks Monograph. Brighton, Photoworks; Göttingen, Steidl
2008 - Flowers for ______. London: Koenig
2012 - Ruth on the phone. Roma publications
2013 - Teenage Precinct Shoppers. Dashwood Books
2015 - Visitor Figures: Out-takes from the V&A Museum Annual Review 2012-13. Self-published
2016 - Dark Rooms. London: Mack
2018 - The People on the Streets
Selected 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
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
Selected 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
200 -
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
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
200 -
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
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
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
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
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
