Remi Rough is a British artist, graffiti writer, designer, art director, curator, whose recent works could be described as “painting visual haikus”. South London born and bred, Remi has been breaking boundaries with the aid of a spray can and a paintbrush for over 28 years. Transcending the traditional and somewhat idealised vision of a graffiti writer, he is passionate and unforgiving in his creative progression.
He moved from the streets to the galleries with his debut art show in 1989 and has since gone on to exhibit in London, Paris, Perth, Tokyo, Santander, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Berlin, Ibiza and more cities dotted around the globe. However, he still keeps his finger in the street art pie, taking part in New York’s Underbelly Project in 2010. As Arrested Motion wrote: “Remi is that rare breed of artist whose work you can equally enjoy in an outdoor setting and also in a gallery/home without it feeling awkward and out of context.”
His work has also appeared in the books; Graffiti World, Abstract Graffiti and Untitled III and was featured in the award winning ‘Ghost Village Project’. Remi was invited to speak on the underground history of UK graffiti in front of a sell-out auditorium at the Tate Modern, as part of its Street Art exhibition in 2008 and in 2009 he published his first book “Lost Colours and Alibis”.
Year | Exhibition Title | Gallery/Museum | Solo/Group | |
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2014 | Motivational Theory | White Walls Gallery, SF | Solo | |
2014 | Day trip to Birmingham | Birmingham, UK | Group | |
2014 | Further Adventures in Abstraction | Soze Gallery, LA | Solo | |
2014 | The one minute of Doubt - Live painting | Kunst Haus wiesbaden | Group | |
2014 | Open House Festival | Dulwich, England | Group | |
2014 | Every Letter Counts | White Walls Gallery, SF | Group | |
2014 | MTV RE: DEFINE exhibition and auction | Dallas Contemporary, Dallas | Group | |
2014 | Exhibit Z | Library Street Collective, Detroit | Group | |
2014 | Flow | Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, NY | Duo | |
2013 | Excuse My French | Galerie Celal, Paris | Solo | |
2013 | Urban Art Biennale 2013 | Urban Art Biennale, Völklingen | Group | |
2013 | Unfolding | David Bloch Gallery, Marrakech | Group | |
2013 | Lets Pretend It's Summer | West London Art Factory, UK | Group | |
2012 | Disambiguation | Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Culver City, CA | Group | |
2012 | Marvelous Expeditions | Thinkspace Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | Group | |
2012 | How To Use Colour & Manipulate People | Unit 44 Gallery, New Caslte, UK | Solo | |
2012 | In The Presence of Angels | Soze Gallery, LA | Solo | |
2012 | Selected Moments | Unit 44 Gallery, New Caslte, UK | Duo | |
2012 | Urban Masters | Shoreditch, London | Group | |
2012 | Space//Form | Breeze Block Gallery, Portland | Group | |
2012 | Marvelous Expeditions | Thinkspace, Culver City | Group | |
2012 | See No Evil Festival | Belgium | Group | |
2012 | Streets of the World | Opera Gallery, NY | Group | |
2012 | Scratch EXPO 17 | London | Group | |
2012 | How To Use Colour And Influence People | Unit 44 Gallery, Newcastle, UK | Group | |
2012 | Unlucky For Some | Recoat Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland | Group | |
2011 | For, Against, the Truth | Linton & Kay Contemporary, Subiaco, WA | Group | |
2011 | A | Blackall Studios, London | Duo | |
2011 | Archetypes | View Art Gallery, Bristol | Group | |
2011 | Unintended Calculations | Becker Galleries, Vancouver | Group | |
2010 | Jaybo - No Beginning & Remi/Rough - No End | Galería Nuble, Santander | Group | |
2010 | Never A Dull Moment | White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group | |
2010 | Jaybo & Remi/Rough, No Beginning, No End | Galeria Nuble, Santander, Cantabria | Duo | |
2010 | ProjectRoom live painting event | London | Group | |
2010 | Underbelly Project | Abandoned Subway Station, New York City | Group | |
2010 | Graffiti Gone Global | Primary Flight, Art Basel Miami | Group | |
2010 | Lost Colours and Alibis | Urban Angel Gallery, London | Group | |
2010 | The Ghost Village Project, Pol Gaijin No Bijinga (with System) | Galeria Nuble, Santander, Spain | Group | |
2008 | Coded Language | Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen | Group | |
2007 | Repetition, Rhythm & Rough | Nancy Victor Gallery, London | Group | |
2005 | Unsettle Content | Best, London | Group | |
2001 | Rigidmouth (with Timid) | Chamber of Pop Culture, London | Group |