Biography

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London

Birmingham City Art Gallery

British Council Council

Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul

Contemporary Art Society

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

FNAC Fonds National d’art contemporain

The Government Art Collection (Department for Culture Media and Sport)

Museum ofModern Art, La Spezia, Italy

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

Southampton City Art Gallery

Tate,London

Unilever, London

University of Kent, Canterbury

Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

Weltkunst Collection, Zurich

COMMISSIONS

1997    Banque Paribas, London (site-specific installation)

2004    Maths and Science Building, University of Warwick, commissioned by the universitythrough its involvement in the Contemporary

            Art Society’s lottery-fundedspecial collections project

2006    Poured Lines: Southwark Street, Southwark Western Bridge, London (commissioned by Southwark Council and Land Securities)

            Commissioned by Wallpaper magazine to create a limited-edition cover for their September issue as part of their 10th-anniversary series

2007    Commissioned by The New York Times to create an American Flag based on an environmentally friendly theme, to be reproduced in their issue published on 15th   April

            Poured Lines : QUBE Building, Tottenham Court Road, London (commissioned by Derwent London)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1988        Shone, Richard: 'London Summer Exhibitions', The Burlington Magazine, August, vol.CXXX, no.1025, p.646

                Craddock,Sacha: 'The fast Dockland track to simplicity', The Guardian, 13 September

                Jeffrey,Ian (intro.): 'Platonic Tropics', Freeze (catalogue), Surrey Docks, London

1989        Shone, Richard: 'Ian Davenport, Gary Hume, Michael Landy', The Burlington Magazine, January, vol.CXXXI, no.1030, p.56

                Archer,Michael: 'Ian Davenport, Gary Hume, Michael Landy at Karsten Schubert Gallery', Artforum, February, vol.XXVII, no.6, p.147

                Bulloch, Angela: 'Freeze', Art & Design, vol.5, no.3/4, pp.52–53

                'British Artists Under 40', Art & Design, vol.5, no.3/4, p.83

1990         Graham-Dixon, Andrew: 'Pupils of the cool school', The Independent, 30 January

                Hilton, Tim: 'Home groan', The Guardian, 31 January

                Gillick, Liam: 'Ian Davenport', Artscribe, March/April, no.80, p.57

                Bush,Kate: 'The British Art Show 1990, McLellan Galleries', Artscribe, May, no.81, p.71

                Carter, Miranda: 'The Tote Gallery', Harpers & Queen, August, pp.96–99

                Bevan, Roger: 'Ian Davenport', Galleries, October, p.22

                Graham-Dixon, Andrew: 'Leaving a mark', The Independent, 9 October

                Kent,Sarah: 'Ian Davenport - Waddington's', Time Out, 10–17 October, p.39

                Jennings, Rose: 'Ian Davenport - Waddington's', City Limits, 11–18 October

                Feaver, William: 'Hear hear, O Israel', The Observer, 14 October

                Hicks,Alistair: 'New star's course seems all too predictable', The Times, 19 October

                Beaumont,Mary Rose: 'Ian Davenport - Waddington Galleries', Arts Review, 19 October, pp.560–561

                Auty, Giles: 'Capricious climates', The Spectator, 20 October

                Williams, Joseph: 'Creative accountancy', The Times, 23 October

                Cornall,John: 'Minimal Realism in The British Art Show 1990', London Magazine, October/November, vol.30, nos.7&8, pp.122–126

                Graham-Dixon,Andrew:‘Young Turks and Old Masters’, Art News, November, pp.124

                Shone,Richard: 'London, Davenport at Waddington', The Burlington Magazine, November, vol.CXXXII, no.1052, pp.804–5

                Juncosa, Enrique: 'Ian Davenport', Lapiz, November, issue no.72, p.73

                Kaneda,Shirley: 'Painting Alone', Arts Magazine, December, vol.65, no.4, p.84

                Bevan, Roger: 'Abstract', Antique and New Art, Winter, pp.138–139

                Rosenthal,Norman: Ian Davenport (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London

                Crone,Rainer and David Moos: Painting Alone (catalogue), Pace Gallery, New York

                Davenport ,Ian: 'Notes on Painting', The British Art Show 1990 (catalogue), South Bank Centre, London

1991        Feaver, William: 'Ian Davenport: Waddington', ARTnews, January, p.170

                Renton, Andrew: 'Ian Davenport - Waddington', Flash Art International, January/February, vol.XXIV, no.156, p.137

                InterAlia(Dave Beech and Mark Hutchinson): 'Ian Davenport at Waddington Galleries', Artscribe, January/February, no.85, pp.75–6

                Rankin-Reid,Jane: 'Painting Alone', Artscribe, January/February, no.85, pp.85–86

                Lillington, David: 'Ik doe steeds minder en de verf steeds meer', Metropolis M, February, no.1, pp.45–47

                Hall,James: 'London: Artists Explore the Nature of Power', Art International, Spring/Summer, p.71

                Graham-Dixon,Andrew: 'Ian Davenport's supremely simple paintings are masterpieces of Surface Tension', Vogue, April, pp.204–207

                Dannatt,Adrian: 'Big lights, bright city', The Times Saturday Review, 13 April

                Gillick,Liam: 'The Placebo Effect: Some Art in Britain', Arts Magazine, May, pp.56–59

                Shone,Richard: 'Profile: Young, gifted and painting it black', The Times Saturday Review, 4 May, p.18

                Dorment, Richard: 'A prize turnabout', The Daily Telegraph, 16 July, p.14

                Gale,Iain and Dalya Alberge: 'Youth and beauty?', The Independent, 16 July, p.17

                Hall,James: 'Pure Gold(smiths')', New Statesman & Society, 2 August, pp.50–51

                Auty, Giles: 'Breath of Ayr', The Spectator, 3 August, p.37

                Bernard,Bruce: 'Salvage from the Wreck', The Independent Magazine, 3 August, pp.36–39

                Packer,William: 'The diminishing value of novelty', The Financial Times, 6 August

                Hall, Charles: 'Tests of raw nerves', The Sunday Times, 11 August

                Hilton, Tim: 'Composition with old hat', The Guardian, 14 August, p.30

                Kent, Sarah: 'Breaking Ground', Time Out, 14 August

                Collings, Matthew: 'ART reviews', City Limits, 15 August, p.18

                Barwick,Sandra: 'No no no! said the general public', The Independent, 24 August

                Stock,Jon: 'Acclaim for the Class of '88', The Daily Telegraph, 29 August, p.15

                Interviewwith Ian Davenport from article 'Abstract Art Now: The European Situation', The Journal of Art, September, vol.4, no.7, p.26

                Rainbird,Sean: 'Ian Davenport', The Turner Prize 1991 (broadsheet), Tate Gallery, London

                Morgan,Stuart: 'The Turner Prize...this year's shortlist, its past failings and future alternatives', Frieze, vol.1, October/November, pp.4–7

                Morgan, Stuart: 'Ian Davenport', Frieze, vol.1, October/November, p.7

                Bevan,Roger: 'Controversy over the Turner Prize short-list', The Art Newspaper, no.12, November

                Bevan, Roger: 'The Turner Prize', Galleries, vol.IX, no.6, November

                Feaver, William: 'notices...The Prize Fight', Vogue, 1 November

                Cohen,David: 'A new generation driven beyond abstraction', The Times Saturday Review, 2 November, pp.14–15

                Cork, Richard: 'Give the prize to Kapoor', The Times Saturday Review, 2 November, pp.15,17

                Sewell, Brian: 'Mockery nook', The Evening Standard, 7 November, p.30

                Cork, Richard: 'Young, gifted and rising too fast', The Times, 8 November, p.14

                Feaver,William: ‘Gerhard Richter’s shades of grey, may times removed’, The Observer, 10 November, p.57

                Kent, Sarah: 'Prize Fighters', Time Out, 13–20 November

                Auty,Giles: 'The Cringe before the binge', The Spectator, 16 November, pp.57–58

                Hall,James: 'New kids on the block', New Statesman and Society, 22 November, pp.36–37

                McEwen, John: The Sunday Telegraph, 24 November, p.13

                Farson,Daniel: 'Trendies set in concrete', The Mail on Sunday, 24 November, p.41

                Sewell,Brian: 'Suspicion and distrust step into the picture', The Daily Telegraph, 26 November

                Packer,William: 'The changing expectations of the Turner Prize', The Financial Times, 26 November

                Hilton, Tim: 'The £20,000 game of charades', The Guardian, 26 November

                Graham-Dixon, Andrew: 'Je m'accuse', The Independent, 26 November

                KnightBruce, Rory: 'Lashings of champagne and streams of consciousness', The Evening Standard, 27 November

                Sewell,Brian: 'assesses the Turner Prize finalists', The Evening Standard, 27 November, p.19

                Lister,David: 'Art prize launched into illusory space', The Independent, 27 November, p.6

                Dutt,Robin: 'Glittering prizes and endless compromises', What's On In London, 27 November, p.19

                Hall,Charles: 'Turner Prize 1991', Arts Review, vol.XVLIII, no.24, 29 November

                Andreae,Christopher: 'Art Prizes: Outdated idea or Useful Tool?', The Christian Science Monitor, December

                vanden Boogerd, Dominic and David Lillington: 'Cool, clean and clever', Metropolis M, December, no.6, pp.40–43

                Jeffrey,Ian: 'Hot Properties', London Magazine, vol.31, nos.9&10, December/January 1992, pp.117–120

                Packer,William: 'Just So: The Turner Prize', Modern Painters, Winter, vol.4, no.4, p.9

                Graham-Dixon,Andrew: Broken English (broadsheet), Serpentine Gallery, London

                Metropolis (catalogue), Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin

                Renton, Andrewand Liam Gillick (ed.): Technique Anglaise: Current Trends in British Art, Thames and Hudson, One-Off Press, London

1991-92   Confrontaciones, Arte ultimo britanico y espanol (catalogue), Instituto de la Juventud, Madrid

1992        'In den Farbfeldern versunken', Westdeutsche Zeitung (German), 18 February

                H.A.N.: 'Archaische, fast spröde Abstraktionen', Rheinische Post (German), 27 February

                Reinke, Klaus U.: 'Galerien: Abstrakte Malerei und conceptuelle Skulptur', Handelsblatt (German), 17 March

                Bacon,George: ‘Segal per Roosevelt, la macelleria di Kiki Smith, l’escordio di Davenport, Judd e Flavin’ Il Giornale dell’arte, no.100, March, pp.89

                Madoff,Steven Henry: 'A New Lost Generation', ARTnews, vol.9, no.4, April, pp.72–77

                Cotter,Holland: 'Ian Davenport at Paul Kasmin', The New York Times, 12 June

                Figee, Thea: 'Stomme' schilderkunst bewijst dat schilderen nog leeft', Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 20 July

                Hoek, Els: 'Het domme schilderij is zwart, of anarchistisch of schildertzichzelf', De Volkskrant, 20 July

                Peeters, Mark: ''Domme Kunst' luidt tijd in van nieuwe abstracties', NRC Handelsblad, 24 July

                van Veelen, Ijsbrand: 'Gezapigheid is verward met verstilling en poëzie', Parool, 13 August

                Pardee,Hearne: Davenport at Paul Kasmin', ARTnews, October, vol.91, no.89

                Burley, Leo: 'Loser takes it all', The Independent, 3 November

                Hall,James: 'The Year of the Shark', ARTnews, vol.91, no.10, December, pp.72–73

                New Voices: New Works for the British Council Collection (catalogue), The British Council

                Ian Davenport (catalogue), Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany; Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin; Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany

1993        Bernard, Kate: 'Tempera fugit', Harpers & Queen, March, pp.150–53,154

                Gleadell,Colin: 'Art Market: Degrees of Exposure', Galleries, June, vol.XI, no.1, p.20

                Bevan,Roger: ' London: Dealers & Galleries', The Art Newspaper, June, p.34

                Lillington, David: 'Dulux dogged', Time Out, 16–23 June

                Gayford, Martin: 'Gallery Round-Up', The Daily Telegraph, 23 June

                Packer,William: 'Master pourer of thick paint', The Financial Times, 29 June, p.13

                Auty, Giles: 'Paint's potential', The Spectator, 3 July

                Hall, Charles: 'No Head for Figures', Art Review, July/August, pp.32–35

                Hedley,Gill and Brett Rogers: 'New Voices' - British Painting: A Selection 1989–1992/'Noves Veus' - Pintura britanic: Una seleccio 1989–1992(catalogue: English/Catalan)                 (translated to Catalan byEva LLorens), The British Council

                Shone, Richard: Ian Davenport (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London

1994        Spiegel, Olga: 'New British Painting at the Centre d'Art S. Monica', La Vanguardia, 19 March

                Juncosa,Enrique: 'New Voices British Painting 1989–1992', El Pais, 3 April

                San-Millan,Marga R.: 'Arte vanguardista, libre de complejos', El Mundo del Pais Vasco, 4 May

                Wilson,Wade: 'A linear perspective with pared-down parameters', Fort Worth Star - Telegram, 5 June

                Kutner,Janet: 'Deep tones in a narrow range', The Dallas Morning News, 18 June

                Hall, James: 'Abstracted Brits', The Guardian, 8 August

                Hilton,Tim: 'A brush with the unexpected', The Independent on Sunday, 14 August, p.21

                Auty, Giles: 'Hermetic Society', The Spectator, 20 August, p.38

                Gayford,Martin: 'Only the descriptive details have been left out', The Sunday Telegraph, 28 August

                Packer, William: 'Abstract virtues', The Financial Times, 30 August

                Searle,Adrian: 'Hi-ho, hi-ho, off to work they go', The Independent, 30 August

                Myerson,Clifford: 'On Painting I', Art Monthly, no.179, September, pp.13–16

                Muller, Brian: 'On Painting II', Art Monthly, no.179, September, pp.18–20

                Corbin,Simon: 'British Abstraction - Flowers East Gallery', What's On In London, September 7

                Muller,Brian: 'A Real Art, New Modernism, British Reflexive Painters in the 1990's', Art Line Magazine, vol.6, no.2, pp.36–43

                Robertson,Bryan (intro.): British Abstract Art Part 1: Painting (catalogue), Flowers East,London

1995        Searle, Adrian: 'Any colour you like as long as it's a joke', The Independent, 4 April

                Hilton,Tim: 'Fate, hopelessness, little clarity', The Independent on Sunday, 9 April

                Feaver, William: 'From the sublime to the ridiculous', The Observer, 9 April

                Gayford,Martin: 'The medium that refused to die', The Daily Telegraph, 12 April

                Coomer, Martin: 'From Here', Time Out, 19–26 April

                Archer, Michael: 'Licensed to Paint', Art Monthly, no.186, May, pp.8–10

                Muller,Brian: 'Real Art - A New Modernism: British Reflexive Painters in the Nineties', Art Press, no.202, May, pp.51–55

                'Degrees of Importance', Art Review, June, p.24

                Maloney,Martin: 'London: Current British art', The Burlington Magazine, no.1007, vol.CXXXVII, June, pp.405–7

                Jackson, Kevin: 'the colours of money', Arena, July/August, pp.64–68

                Wilson,Andrew: 'Breaking Content from Form', Art and Design: British Art - Defining the 90s, Academy Editions, London, pp.7–19

                Wilson,Andrew (intro.): From Here (catalogue), Waddington Galleries and Karsten Schubert, London

                Simpson,Michael: Northern Young Contemporaries (catalogue), Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

                Muller,Brian (intro.): Real Art - A New Modernism: British Reflexive Painters in the 1990s (catalogue), Southampton City Art Gallery

                Searle,Adrian (intro.): New Voices (catalogue - revised edition), The British Council

1996        Maloney, Martin: 'Southampton and London: Current abstract painters', The Burlington Magazine, January, pp.45–46

                O.R.: 'Ian Davenport', Technikart, no.4, April–May, p.56

                Stiftel, Ralf: 'Die Schönheit kehrt zurück', Westfälischer Anzeiger (Germany), 26 July

                Wiese, Heidi: 'Schönheit ist wieder erlaubt', Westfalen-Blatt (Germany), 26 July

                Lüddemann, Stefan: 'Kühle Bildstrategien', Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (Germany), 27 July

                Strecker, Manfred: 'Unbeschwert malen', Neue Westfälische (Germany), 27 July

                'Bielefelder Kunsthalle ist ein Leuchtturm der Region', Westfalen-Blatt (Germany), 29 July

                Müller,Michael-Georg: 'Geschüttelte Farben und grosse Formate', Westfälische Rundschau (Germany), 2 August

                Thiede,Veit-Mario: 'An rosa Schokolade glauben, Trierischer Volksfreund  (Germany), Trier, 10–11 August

                'Around the galleries: Still room for a thin line', The Times, 17 September

                Coomer,Martin: 'Ian Davenport: Waddington/Ridinghouse Editions', Time Out, 2–9 October

                Maloney,Martin: 'On Process Art: Mono 2000', Artforum, October, vol.XXXV, no.2, pp.36–37

                Wilson, Andrew: 'Ian Davenport', Art Monthly, no.200, October, pp.55–57

                Lucie-Smith, Edward: 'Critic's Diary', Art Review, November, p.18

                Archer,Michael: 'Ian Davenport: Waddington Galleries/Riding House Editions', Artforum, November, vol.XXXV, no.3

                Packer,William: 'A talent for the derivative', The Financial Times, 12 November

                Feaver, William: 'Crooked Style', The Observer, 17 November

                Graham-Dixon,Andrew: 'On the surface', The Independent, 19 November, pp.4–5

                Cork, Richard: 'Paint your bandwagon', The Times, 31 December

                Wilson,Andrew: 'The Vision Thing', Art Monthly, no.202, December 96–January 97, pp.7–9

                Juncosa,Enrique, Arthur C. Danto and Demetrio Paparoni (essays): nuevas abstracciones (catalogue), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid/Museud'Art

                 Contemporani de Barcelona

                Danto,Arthur C. and Enrique Juncosa (essays): abstrakte Malerei heute/nuevas abstracciones (catalogue), Kunsthalle Bielefeld

                Robson,Gavin: Ace! Arts Council Collection new purchases (exhibition broadsheet), South Bank Centre, London

                Shone,Richard: 'Ian Davenport', 50 Jahre Kunst- und Museumsverein Wuppertal (catalogue), Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany

                Davenport,Ian (artist's statement): 'Statements: Waddington Galleries', Art 27'96 (catalogue), Basel

                Maloney,Martin (intro.): Ian Davenport New Paintings (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London

                Elliott,David (intro.): About Vision: New British Painting in the 1990s (catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (includes artist's statement)

                Bonn, Sally: L'Art en Angleterre 1945–1995, Nouvelles Editions Françaises, Paris

1997        Lambirth, Andrew: 'Fashion parade', The Spectator, 4 January, pp.40–41

                'Abrush with genius: Ian Davenport on Claude Monet's Water-Lilies', The Guardian, 14 January, p.13

                Shone,Richard: 'Oxford: About Vision', The Burlington Magazine, March, pp.208–209

                Rondi,Joëlle: 'About Vision', Art Press, no.222, March, pp.64–65

                Bevan,Roger: 'Babes in arms: Forty under Forty', The Art Newspaper, no.67, February, pp.23–26

                Roos,Renate: 'Spiel mit der Farbe in Raum und Zeit', Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, no.72, 26 March, p.12

                Hucht,Margarete: 'Bilder, in denen man sich spiegeln kann', Kölner Kultur, 2 April

                MacMillan,Duncan: 'Too tight a corner for painting', The Scotsman, 14 April

                M.Z.:'Ian Davenport: Valentina Moncada', Anno, XIII, no.40–41, Autumn

                DiGenova, Arianna: 'Ian Davenport', Il Manifesto (Rome), 9 November

                Pieroni,Augusto: 'Intervista a Ian Davenport', Artel, No.72, 16–30 November

                Thau,Eva: 'Davenport e la monocromia', Time Out (Italian edition), November

                Patrick,Keith: 'Editorial', Contemporary Visual Arts (special focus: the condition of painting), issue 15, pp.13–15

                Mulder,Jorge and Rui Sanches (intro.): Treasure Island (catalogue), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, pp.262–263

                Collings,Matthew: Blimey!, 21 Publishing, Cambridge

                Button,Virginia: The Turner Prize, Tate Gallery Publishing, London

1998        Patel, Kam: 'Brit Art's foundation figure', The Times Higher, February 6, pp.18–19

                Pieroni,Augusto: 'Ian Davenport: Galleria Moncada, Roma', Tema Celeste, March

                TheCourier & Advertiser (Dundee), 22 August

                Polinaires,Cléan: 'Davenport: La Maîtrise du Hasard', Beaux-Arts (Paris), no.172, September, p.26

                Symons,Sophie (intro.): Elegant Austerity (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London

                Symons,Sophie (intro.): Ian Davenport (catalogue), Galerie Xippas, Paris

1999        Moszynska, Anna: 'Jackson Pollock Revisited', Contemporary Visual Arts, issue 22, pp.46–53

                'Painterson Pollock', tate: the art magazine, issue 17, Spring, pp.32–33 (includes artist's statement)

                Jeffrey,Moira: 'Magic and gloss', The List, 13 –27 May, p.72

                Mahoney,Elisabeth: 'Good enough to eat', Scotland on Sunday, 23 May, p.9

                MacMillan,Duncan: 'Let it pour', The Scotsman, 2 June, p.19

                Mahoney,Elisabeth: 'Ian Davenport', Art Monthly, June, p.38

                Januszczak,Waldemar: 'Picture this', The Sunday Times, 23 May

                Brown,Helen: 'Ideas in the abstract', The Courier, 4 June

                Holthof,Marc: 'Kunst in Knokke', Knack Magazine, Knokke, 4–11 September. p.16

                Lambrecht,Luk: 'Kunst in Knokke', De Morgen, September

                Watkins,Jonathan (intro.): Ian Davenport Paintings (catalogue), Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

                ExaminingPictures: exhibiting paintings (catalogue), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and the touring to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

                Robertson,Bryan (intro.): A Line in Painting - Part One - British Art (catalogue), Gallery Fine, London

                Cork,Richard (intro.): John Moores 21: exhibition of contemporary painting (catalogue), Walker Art Center, Liverpool

                Stallabrass,Julian: High Art Lite. British art in the 1990s, Verso, London, New York

2000        Ellis, Samantha: 'Ian's an arc angel', Evening Standard, 26 January, p.55

                Jones,Jonathan: 'Ian Davenport', The Guardian Guide, 27 January, p.19

                Glover,Izi: 'Ian Davenport', Time Out Magazine, 9–16 February

                Buck,Louisa: 'Our choices of London contemporary galleries', The Art Newspaper, February, no.100, p.66

                Shone,Richard: 'Davenport, Maloney, 'Psycho'', The Burlington Magazine, April, p.248

                Feaver,William: 'Ian Davenport: Waddington Galleries', ARTnews, May, p.238

                Sandbye,Meite: ‘Fascination Af Farver’, Weekendavisen, 1 July

                ‘ArtisticGenre Bending Near Nyhavn’, The Copenhagen Post, The Week (supplement), 7–13 July

                Hornung,Peter M.: ‘Mellen renhed og intethed’, Lordag, 8 July

                Jorgensen,Tom: ‘Intere Nyt Under Solen’, Ekstra Bladet, 10 July

                Brown,Neal: ‘Doorways to Heaven’, Art Review, November, pp.50–51

                Clark,Robert: ‘Ian Davenport’, The Guardian Guide, 11 November

                Clark,Robert: ‘Ian Davenport: Tate Liverpool’, The Guardian (reviews), 16 November

                Bracewell,Michael: ‘I am very good at pouring paint’, Independent on Sunday, 10 December

                Holman,Martin: ‘The results always surprise me: Ian Davenport’s paintings’, London Magazine, Vol.40, nos.9 & 10, December–January 2001, pp.63–69

                Bracewell,Michael (essay): Ian Davenport: Large Scale Paintings (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London

                Bogh,Mikkel (essay): Fact & Value (catalogue), Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark

2001        Darwent, Charles: '2001 Jerwood Painting Prize', Metro, 4 May

                Collings,Matthew: 'Many Marvels', Modern Painters, May, pp.72-75

                Boston,Virginia: 'Paints & Brushes First', Artists & Illustrators, July, p.62

                Cameron,Neil: 'The art award which fails to convince', The Scotsman, 10 July, p.12

                Lynton,Norbert (essay): Jerwood Painting Prize 2001, Jerwood Gallery, London

                Collings,Matthew (essay): British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East, London

                Herbert,Martin (essay): Complementary Studies: Recent Abstract Painting (catalogue), Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston

2002        Ryan, David (intro.) and Andrew Wilson (essay): Talking Painting. Dialogues with 12 Contemporary Abstract Painters, Routledge, London and New York, pp.23-42

                Schwabsky, Barry (intro.): Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon Press, London and New York

                Peintures– contrainte ou recette (catalogue), L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Rennes

                Livingstone,Marco (essay): Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002 (catalogue), Jerwood Space, London

                Abstraction(catalogue), Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

2003        Cumming, Laura: ‘British bullseye’, The Observer Review, 2 March

                ‘Exhibitionof the week: Days Like These’, The Week, 8 March

                Hirst,Christopher: ‘The Weasel’, The Independent, 15 March

                Denny,Ned: ‘Variety show’, new statesman, 17 March

                Morton,Tom: 'Days Like These', Tate, March/April, pp.74-77

                ‘DaysLike These: Contemporary British Art 2003’, Londinium, March/April

                Herbert,Martin: 'Days Like These: Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art 2003', Art Monthly, no.265, April, pp.22-23

                Patrick,Keith: ‘Tate Triennal: Days Like These’, Contemporary, issue 50, pp.80-81

                Exodusreview, Pluk, June, p18

                Clark,Robert: ‘Exodus’, The Guide, 21 June, p.34

                Exodusreview, Contemporary, issue 53/54, July/August, p.32

                Burnett,Craig: ‘Previews, Austen in the Desert’, Modern Painters, Summer, p127

                Darwent,Charles: ‘It’s not as easy as it looks’, Independent on Sunday, 6 July, p.10

                MacFarlane,Robert: ‘Peaks of Faith’, Times Literary Supplement, 7 July

                Healy,Jim: ‘Mirror opposites’, What’s on in London, 9 July, p.23

               Searle,Adrian: 'Lost in space', The Guardian, 15 July, pp.12-13

               Kent,Sarah: ‘Ian Davenport’, Time Out, 16 July, p.55

                Mead,Andrew: 'Double vision', The Architect's Journal, 17 July, p.51

                Hubbard,Sue: 'The sands of time', The Independent Review, 22 July, pp.14-15

                Pitman,Joanna: 'Bible Lessons', The Times, 22 July, T2, p.19

                Lack,Jessica: 'Promised land', RA Magazine, Summer, p.26

                'Linesof Influence', RA Magazine, Summer, p.21

                Campbell,Jane: ’50 best tips for investing in art’, The Independent, 25 October, pp.4-11

                Jeffrey,Moira: ‘Painter is really pouring it on’, The Herald, 21 November

                Mullins,Charlotte ‘From Bee Gees to Brushstrokes’, The Financial Times, November 18

                DaysLike These: Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art 2003 (catalogue), Tate Publishing, London

                Batchelor,David (conversation with Ian Davenport), Ian Davenport: New Paintings (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London

                Downey,Anthony (essay): Exodus: between promise and fulfilment (catalogue), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

                IanDavenport (catalogue), Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

2004        Grimley, Terry ‘Get in line to view new art’, The Birmingham Post, 19 April

                Tan, Sharlene, ‘When he pours he paints’, Streats, 9 June, p. 28

                ‘Ian Davenport, Ikon Gallery’, Art Forum, September, p. 113

                Prichard, Caroline: ‘Ian pours a lot into art’, Coventry Evening Telegraph, 17 September, p. 67

                Brooks, Justine: ‘Neon drippings of artistic talent’, Metro, 21 September, p. 18

                Grimley, Terry: ‘A splash of colour’, The Birmingham Post, 22 September, p. 12

                ‘Ian Davenport’, The Guardian, 25 September, p. 36

                ‘Goldsmith College Artist Exhibits At Birmingham Gallery’, What’s On, October, p. 43

                Chapman, Peter: ‘Ian Davenport’, The Independent, 2 October, p. 15

                ‘Davenport’, Concept for Living, November, pp. 29-29

                ‘Ian Davenport’, Concept for Living, November, issue 72

                Tan, Eugene, Painting as Process: Re-evaluating Painting (catalogue), Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

                OtherTimes: Contemporary British Art (catalogue), City Gallery, Prague (in association with the British Council)

                Watkins, Jonathan and Tony Godfrey: Ian Davenport (catalogue), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

2005        Muller, Robert-Jan: ‘Ian Davenport: Orkestreren’, Kunstbeeld, 04, pp. 14-17

                Delaney, Barry (editor): A Celebration of 20 Years of The Groucho Club, The Groucho Club, London

                ‘Artnotes: Pouring’, Art Monthly, March, pp. 17-18

2006        'Art installation to brighten Southwark Street railway bridge', londonse1 community website, 12th January

                Arendt, Paul: ‘Brainwaves: Syringe Art’, G2, The Guardian, 2nd March

                Southwark Council and Land Securities commission Ian Davenport's 'Poured Lines: Southwark Street', Land Securities and Southwark Council, London

                Davies, Serena: 'Dance to the music of lines', The Telegraph, 'Arts', 19th August, p.6

                Davenport, Ian: 'In the lines of Duty', FT Magazine, 26th August, pp.34-37

                Mullins, Charlotte: 'Earning his stripes: artist with tunnel vision', The Times The Knowledge, 26th August, pp.34-35

                McCann, Paul: 'Strip club', Wallpaper, September, pp22-123

                Limited edition magazine cover, Wallpaper, September

                BBC London Ten O'Clock News, 5th September

                Teodorczuk, Tom: 'Double yellow lines (and blue, red, pink...)', Evening Standard, 5th September, p.3

                Breakfast News/Lunchtime news/ Evening News, BBC London, 5th-6th September

                Teodorczuk, Tom: 'Tate lines up Bankside Mural', Evening Standard, 6th September

                'The big picture', BBC online, 6th September

                'Tunnel art', Thelondonpaper.com, 6th September

                'Art on a grand scale is lined up by Tate Modern', The Times, 7th September

                'Outdoor exhibit goes the distance', South London Press, 8th September

                'Ian Davenport: London', The Guide The Guardian, 16th -22nd September

                'Southwark Street artwork unveiled', www.london-se1.com, September

                IanDavenport Ovals Arches Lines (catalogue), The Alan Cristea Gallery, London

                Monochromed(catalogue), The Fine Art Society, London

                Wilding, Alison (ed.) and Tom Phillips: Royal Academy Illustrated 2006, Royal Academy of Arts, London

                Sardo, Delfim (editor): Pintura Redux Desenvolvimentos na Última Década, Colecção de Arte Contemporãnea Público Serralves, Portugal

2007        Friedman, Thomas L.: 'The Power of Green', The New York Times Magazine, 15th April, p. 40-51, 61 & 71

                A Summer Selection (exhibition catalogue), Crane Kalman Gallery, London

2007-2008              Luke, Ben: 'In the Studio: Ian Davenport Thinking Big', Art World, December/January, pp.136-141

                Herbert, Martin: Between the Lines (catalogue), Gallery Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea

2008        'Ian Davenport', www.spoonfed.co.uk

                Sumpter, Helen: ‘In the studio: Ian Davenport’, Timeout, 13-19 February, p.64

                Oh, Jean: 'Leading young British artist shows in Seoul', The Korea Herald, 14th March

                Chadwick, Alan: 'Five questions for Ian Davenport' Metro, 25 April

                Black, Catriona: 'The Odd Couples', Sunday Herald, 9 September

                Whitfield, Sarah: Ian Davenport: Poured Lines (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London

                Godfrey, Tony: Ian Davenport (catalogue), Gallery Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea

                Griffin, Jonathan: Blitzkrieg Bop (catalogue), Man&Eve Gallery, London

2009        ‘Diary: the right lines’, Fabric, March

               ‘IanDavenport: Fabstraction’, thelondonpaper, 3 March, p.16

               ‘IanDavenport: Etched Lines’, www.spoonfed.co.uk, 4 March

               ‘TheArt’, ES Magazine, 6 March

               ‘Davenport’,www.pulse-uk.org.uk, 19 March

               ‘Betweenthe lines’, Printmaking Today, vol.18, no.1, Spring, p.7

               Cleaton-Roberts,David: Ian Davenport Fabstraction, New editions and monoprints (catalogue), The Alan Cristea Gallery, London

               Luke,Ben: Ian Davenport: Puddle Paintings (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London