Born in Helensburgh, Scotland, 1967
Royal College of Art, MA Painting, London, England, 2001-2003
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, BA Fine Art, Dundee, Scotland, 1996-2000
Lives and works in London, England
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
ArtSway, ‘Christopher Orr’, Hampshire, England
2009
IBID PROJECTS, ‘Strong to Heal’, London, England
2008
Nyehaus, New York NY
2007
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
IBID PROJECTS, ‘Elsewhere Begins Here’, London, England
2005
Sister, Los Angeles CA
Arndt & Partner, ‘Before and After Science’, Berlin, Germany
2004
IBID PROJECTS, ‘Of Both Worlds’, London, England
2003
Cohan Leslie and Browne, ‘Future Natural’, New York NY
IBID PROJECTS, ‘In Between Days’, London, England
Group Exhibitions
2011
54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Zenobio, ‘ArtSway’s New Forrest Pavilion’, Venice, Italy
Fife Gallery, ‘The Fire Part of Fire’, Pittenweem, Scotland
Fishmarket Gallery, ‘Tyranny of Grammar’, Northampton, England
2010
Royal Academy of Arts, ‘No New Thing Under the Sun’, London, England
CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, ‘BIGMINIS. Fetishes of Crisis’, Bordeaux, France
Edinburgh Printmakers, ‘Prints of Darkness’, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sean Kelly Gallery, ‘memories of the future’, New York NY
Galerie Praz-Delavallade, ‘Order to see’, Paris, France
2009
Royal College of Art Painting Department, ‘We’re Moving’, London, England
IBID PROJECTS, ‘Groupshow’, London, England
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, The Front Room, ‘Christopher Orr & J. Parker Valentine & Rezi van Lankveld’, St. Louis MO
Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France
Appr. – Ardi Poels Projects, ‘The Cassini Cruise’, Maastricht, Netherlands
2008
The Cartin Collection at Ars Libri, ‘Salon’, Boston MA
IBID PROJECTS (Hoxton Square), ‘Groupshow’, London, England
2007
Hauser & Wirth Colnaghi, ‘Old School’, London, England
Thomas Dane Gallery, ‘Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative’, London, England
2006
Dundee Contemporary Arts, ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, Dundee, Scotland
Kunsthallen Brandts, ‘Girlpower and Boyhood’, Odense, Denmark (Travelling Exhibition)
Talbot Rice Gallery, ‘Girlpower and Boyhood’, Edinburgh, Scotland (Travelling Exhibition)
The Cartin Collection, ‘Classified’, Hartford OH
Witte de With, ‘Don Quijote’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tate Britain, ‘Tate Triennial 2006’, London, England
2005
Kunstverein Ettlingen, ‘Wolfgang-Hartmann-Preis’, Ettlingen, Germany
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘London in Zurich’, Zurich, Switzerland
La Galerie, Contemporary Art Centre, ‘Fabriques du Sublime (Makings of the Sublime)’, Noisy-le-Sec, France
Centre d’art Contemporain, ‘( ... ) The Duck Was Still Alive’, Meymac, France
Schirn Kunsthalle, ‘Ideal Worlds: Romanticism in Contemporary Art’, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Graves Art Gallery, ‘Faltering Flame’, Sheffield, England
2004
Market Gallery, ‘Kingdome’, Glasgow, Scotland
Cooper Gallery, ‘Life of a Commercial Gallery’, Dundee, Scotland
Royal Academy, ‘Expander’, London, England
Sister Gallery, ‘Bungle in the Jungle’, Los Angeles CA
The Ship, ‘Concert in the Egg’, London, England
2003
Cooper Gallery DJCAD University of Dundee, ‘The Moment of Fiction’, Dundee, Scotland
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, ‘I Want! I Want!’, Sunderland, England
ACME, ‘Hide & Seek or Hidden Agenda’, Los Angeles CA
Cover Up, ‘Into the Grey’, London, England
Royal College of Art, ‘The Show: One’, London, England
2002
IBID PROJECTS, ‘Steam In His Soul’, Vilnius, Lithuania
Royal College of Art, ‘The Interim Show’, London, England
2001
Generator Project Space, ‘They Had Four Years’, Dundee, Scotland
Arch 295, ‘Diversion’, London, England
2000
Royal Scottish Academy, ‘Scottish Society of Artists Annual Show’, Edinburgh, Scotland
1999
Duncan of Jordanstone College, ‘Accelerated Learning’, Dundee, Scotland