Christopher Corr

Christopher Corr was born in London in 1955 to Irish parents. He studied Graphic Design at Manchester Polytechnic and was awarded the Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship to the USA in 1979. He returned to complete a masters at the Royal College of Art where he won the RCA Drawing Prize. He has had over a dozen one man shows since 1983, mainly influenced by his extensive travels, at the Curwen, Berkeley Square, and Cadogan Galleries. His work has been awarded many times including the Chelsea Arts Club Graphics Prize, the Lloyds Bank Printmaking scholarship, the D&AD Silver Award and the Association Of Illustrators Silver Award for his work on Vikram Seth’s book A Suitable Boy. Christopher has worked on numerous commissions including a Royal Mail millennium stamp about the UN Peace-keeping Force in Bosnia. In 1996 and 1997 he was artist for Quantas and produced paintings, posters and prints. He has also painted posters for London Transport, National Aids Trust, Body Shop, Habitat and UNICEF.

Christopher is always happy to undertake commissions. Here’s one he did earlier – Parliament Hill.

Solo Exhibitions

2021
Watch This Space, The Rowley Gallery, London
2019
The Great Race, The Rowley Gallery, London
2018
A Small Forest, The Rowley Gallery, London
2015
Pittenweem Festival, Fife
2013
The Art Wall, Kensington Place, London
2006
Castor & Pollux, Brighton
2005
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2004
Big Car, New Haircut, Places To See, The Nightingale Project, London
2002
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2001
Joi Bangla, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2000
Looking East, Looking West, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1998
Viva Cuba Libre, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1997
In-Flight, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1996
En-Route, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1993
New Delhi To New York, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
Ladakh, Cadogan Gallery, London
1992
Tuscany & Provence, Cadogan Gallery, London
1991
Thinking About Japan, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1990
Greene Gallery, Connecticut
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1989
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1987
Made In China, Curwen Gallery, London
1986
India, Curwen Gallery, London
1983
Russia, Curwen Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions

2009
Made To Think, West Dean Gallery, Chichester
2005
In All Directions, National Touring Exhibition, selected by Quentin Blake
1993
Gate 14, Royal College of Art, London
1992
North South, National Theatre, London
1991
South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
Sunday Times Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Japan, Smith's Gallery, London
1990, 1989
South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
1988
Contemporary British Illustration, Minneapolis
Museum of London, London
1987
A China Scrapbook, Royal Festival Hall, London
1986
Out In Art, Royal Festival Hall, London
1983
Japan, British Council / Royal College of Art Touring Exhibition
Summer Show, Royal Academy of Art, London
1982
Hayward Annual Drawing Exhibition, Hayward Gallery, London