David Shrigley

DAVID SHRIGLEY

Works On Paper Two Rooms 10 February–7 March 2026 Auckland

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Press Release

Drawing forms the bedrock of David Shrigley’s practice. As an astute commentator on the often overlooked quirks of contemporary life, and as an artist who employs deadpan humour, his drawing practice involves a lengthy editing process of exploring ideas and throwing things away. The artist explains, “My working method is to make a set number of drawings every day. In doing that, it’s a good way to avoid contrivance. So my only task is to really just to sort of fill the page or fill a number of pages and then somehow the work seems to make itself. But if I focus on the process rather than the finished artwork, then that somehow allows me to make something that somehow works.”

Installation Views

Exhibition view: David Shrigley, Works On Paper, Two Rooms, Auckland (10 February–7 March 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.

Exhibition view: David Shrigley, Works On Paper, Two Rooms, Auckland (10 February–7 March 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.

Exhibition view: David Shrigley, Works On Paper, Two Rooms, Auckland (10 February–7 March 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.

Exhibition view: David Shrigley, Works On Paper, Two Rooms, Auckland (10 February–7 March 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.

Selected Works

My Work is Widely Misunderstood by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley My Work is Widely Misunderstood, 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37.5 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled Bang Bang Bang by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Bang Bang Bang), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled Black Socks No Trousers by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Black Socks, No Trousers), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled Bug Can Ride the Horse by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Bug Can Ride the Horse), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled Contemporary Performance Art by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Contemporary Performance Art), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled Elephant Pretends To Be You by David Shrigley contemporary artwork drawing works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Elephant Pretends To Be You), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm
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Untitled Hand Fiasco by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Hand Fiasco), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled How Long Have You Been Making Art by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (How Long Have You Been Making Art?), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled I Am Not Currently In Need of Rescue by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (I Am Not Currently In Need of Rescue), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled I Am Wearing the Wrong Shoes by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (I Am Wearing the Wrong Shoes), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled I Designed a Tattoo by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (I Designed a Tattoo), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm
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Untitled If I Cover Myself In A Sheet by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (If I Cover Myself In A Sheet), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled Its Not Raining Everywhere by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (It’s Not Raining Everywhere), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled Its Still There by David Shrigley contemporary artwork drawing

David Shrigley Untitled (It’s Still There), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled Massive Imposition by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Massive Imposition), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled Mounting Pile of Atoms by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Mounting Pile of Atoms), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled Placeholder by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Placeholder), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled She Did It Voluntarily by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (She Did It Voluntarily), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled Stop Being a Cunt by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (Stop Being a Cunt), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled The Art by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (The Art), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled The Moon Is Getting Closer by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (The Moon Is Getting Closer), 2024 Ink on paper
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Untitled The Truth Please Take It Away We Dont Like It by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (The Truth, Please Take It Away We Don’t Like It), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled We Must Sleep on the Floor by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (We Must Sleep on the Floor), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled We Paint the Same Picture Every Day by David Shrigley contemporary artwork drawing works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (We Paint the Same Picture Every Day), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled You Dont Have to Look Behind the Curtain by David Shrigley contemporary artwork drawing works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (You Don’t Have to Look Behind the Curtain), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

Untitled You Must Orbit Me I Must Orbit You by David Shrigley contemporary artwork works on paper

David Shrigley Untitled (You Must Orbit Me, I Must Orbit You), 2024 Ink on paper
50 x 37 cm (incl frame) Two Rooms Request Price & Availability

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About the Artist

Combining a simple, cartoonish style with hand-rendered text, David Shrigley’s drawings, painting, sculptures, and installations extend a range of commentaries on the everyday, from satirical personal observations to political critique. His art is gleefully accessible and available on phone cases, greetings cards and towels, yet he was also nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013.

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David Shrigley contemporary artist

About the Gallery

Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland

Two Rooms

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+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

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Sat, 11am - 3pm

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