Brian Griffin

*1948-2024 / United Kingdom

Works

Solo exhibitions

Work and Other Stories

MMX GALLERY, London (GB)
7 Jun 2019 – 3 Aug 2019
Tram Man

FORMAT Festival, Derby (GB)
15 Mar 2019 – 14 Apr 2019
SPUD

MMX GALLERY, London (GB)
26 Oct 2018 – 15 Dec 2018
POP

Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow (GB)
14 Jul 2018 – 16 Sep 2018
POP | Musicphotography

Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen (NL)
9 Dec 2017 – 28 Jan 2018
The Black Country

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
21 Apr 2012 – 31 May 2012
Tribute

Museu da Imagem, Braga (PT)
7 Oct 2006 – 1 Nov 2006
Influences

Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik (IS)
15 Jan 2005 – 27 Feb 2005

Group

WONDERLAND

The Joy of Analogue. Portraits 1955-1995,

PhotoMonth, London (GB)
2 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Mike Berkofsky, Michael Birt, John Claridge, William Claxton, Hannah Collins, Chalkie Davies, Craig Easton, Jane England, Jack English, Nan Goldin …
Radical Beauty

f³ - freiraum für fotografie, Berlin (DE)
7 Mar 2025 – 25 May 2025

with Evelyn Bencicova, Eric Gyamfi, Gottfried Helnwein, Erwin Olaf, Elizaveta Porodina, Antonia Steyn
Energy: Sparks from the Collection

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
1 Oct 2024 – 18 May 2025

with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Joana Choumali, William Henry Fox Talbot, Man Ray , Jo Spence
The English at Home

Twentieth Century Photographs from the Hyman Collection

The Centre for British Photography, London (GB)
26 Jan 2023 – 28 May 2023

with Shirley Baker, Ian Berry, Richard Billingham, Bill Brandt, John Bulmer, Anna Fox, Ken Grant, Bert Hardy, David Hurn, Kurt Hutton, Daffyd Jones, Colin Jones …
THE MAST COLLECTION

A visual alphabet of industry, work and technology

Fondazione MAST, Bologna (IT)
10 Feb 2022 – 28 Aug 2022

with Paola Agosti, Max Alpert, Richard Avedon, Gabriele Basilico, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sara Cwynar, Thomas Demand, Robert Doisneau, César Domela …
20:20

Twenty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art

New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall (GB)
21 Feb 2020 – 14 Jun 2020

with Richard Billingham, Mohamed Bourouissa, Lee Bul, Romuald Hazoumé, Mahtab Hussain, Andrew Jackson, Hew Locke, Martin Parr, Mark Power, David Rowan, Arpita Shah, Yinka Shonibare MBE …
Here we are - Paris

Burberry

ex-locaux de Liberation, Paris (FR)
26 Jan 2018 – 4 Feb 2018

with Shirley Baker, Janette Beckman, Jane Bown, Daffyd Jones, Colin Jones, Karen Knorr, Alasdair McLellan, Daniel Meadows, Martin Parr, Charlie Phillips, Gosha Rubchinskiy, Ken Russell …
ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM

International Photography Festival

Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
20 Sep 2016 – 5 Nov 2016

with Susan A. Barnett , Jordi Burch, Christto and Andrew, Marie-Pierre Cravedi, Cristina De Middel, Anna Fox, Roger Guaus, Anni Hanen, Zilla Leutenegger, Cristina Nunez, Georges Pacheco, Klaus Pichler …
Fine Photographs and Photobooks

Bloomsbury Auctions, London (GB)
15 Oct 2016 – 20 Oct 2016

with Berenice Abbott, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Edouard Baldus, Cecil Beaton, John Blakemore, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Julia Margaret Cameron, Bruce Davidson, Terence Donovan, Gilbert Garcin …
The other Britain revisited : Photographs from new society

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
14 May 2010 – 26 Sep 2010

with Martin Parr, Chris Steele-Perkins
A Positive View

The Third Edition

Somerset House, London (GB)
10 Mar 2010 – 5 Apr 2010

with Berenice Abbott, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Bryan Adams, Miles Aldridge, Dick Arentz, Richard Avedon, Enrique Badulescu, Roger Ballen, Denise Bellon, Harry Benson, Bae Bien-U, LIU Bolin …
Rencontres d'Arles 2009

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2009 – 13 Sep 2009

with Annelies Strba, Michael Ackerman, David Armstrong, Jacob Aue Sobol, Raed Bawayah, Marina Berio, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Rene Burri, Lucien Clergue, Jean-Paul Curnier, Antoine d'Agata, Denis Darzacq …
NO SUCH THING AS SOCIETY.

Photography in Britain 1967-1987

Centre for Contemporary Art, Warszawa (PL)
24 Nov 2008 – 11 Jan 2009

with Keith Arnatt, Ian Berry, Victor Burgin, Vanley Burke, John Davies, Peter Fraser, Paul Graham, Alexis Hunter, Chris Killip, Marketa Luskacova, Martin Parr, Gilles Peress …
Encontros da Imagem 2006

Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
30 Sep 2006 – 29 Oct 2006

with Esther Bubley, Serge Clement, Antoine d'Agata, Jack Delano, Jim Dow, Walker Evans, Luisa Ferreira, Arno Fischer, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Gilbert Garcin, Colin Gray, Michael Kenna …
A Question of Identity: Self-Portrait Photographs 1850-2000

National Portrait Gallery, London (GB)
20 Sep 2005 – 20 Mar 2006

with Madame Yevonde
Time Out Magazine Retrospective

Exhibition featuring photographers whose work has appeared in Time Out magazine.

Tom Blau Gallery, London (GB)
19 Mar 2004 – 2 Apr 2004

with Frank Bauer, Trevor Leighton, Greg Williams

Events

PhotoMonth Photography Festival 2025

PhotoMonth, London (GB)
2 Oct 2025 – 3 Nov 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Farah Al Qasimi, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, John Claridge, Bob Carlos Clarke, Hannah Collins, Bruce Davidson, John Deakin, Craig Easton, Joy Gregory, Horst P. Horst …
FORMAT Festival 2022

FORMAT Festival, Derby (GB)
19 Mar 2022 – 3 Jul 2022

with Adji Dieye, Anna Ehrenstein, Federico Estol, Craig Fisher, Brooke Getachew, Ailbhe Greaney, Felicity Hammond, Elena Helfrecht, Chris Hoare, Bonolo Kavula, Cheryl Mukherji, Lunga Ntila …
Photo London 2022

Photo London, London (GB)
12 May 2022 – 15 May 2022

with Heather Agyepong, Alia Ali, Khalik Allah, Emily Allchurch, Tali Amitai-Tabib, Ingo Arndt, Cedric Arnold, Asiko, Valda Bailey, Olivo Barbieri, Daniel Blaufuks, Francesco Bosso …
London Art Fair 2022

Photo50

London Art Fair, London (GB)
21 Apr 2022 – 24 Apr 2022

with Tami Bahat, Aliki Braine, Rachel Louise Brown, Stephen Burridge, Ellie Davies, Katie Eleanor, Tim Flach, Jasper Goodall, Rune Guneriussen, Tom Hunter, Karine Laval, Chris Levine …
FORMAT Festival 2021

FORMAT Festival, Derby (GB)
17 May 2021 – 5 Sep 2021

with Heather Agyepong, Anna Ehrenstein, Craig Fisher, Anne Golaz, Lydia Goldblatt, Chris Hoare, Anton Kusters, Anton Roland Laub, Simon Lehner, Lei Lei, Pietro Lo Casto, Mitchell Moreno …
FORMAT Festival 2019

FOREVER//NOW

FORMAT Festival, Derby (GB)
15 Mar 2019 – 14 Apr 2019

with Liza Ambrossio, Richard Ansett, Elena Ansova, Matthew Arnold, Emily Berl, Jonny Briggs, Maurice Broomfield, Linda Brownlee, Joanne Coates, Michael Danner, Lottie Davies, Jillian Edelstein …
Encontros da Imagem 2018

28th Edition - "Beauty & Consolation"

Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
21 Sep 2018 – 28 Oct 2018

with Jacob Burge, Alfredo Cunha, Paul Cupido, Ana Galan, Roei Greenberg, Anne-Sophie Guillet, Sonja Hamad, Yushi Li, Yufan Lu, Lilia Luganskaia, Justyn Maxon, Gloria Oyarzabal …
Paris Photo 2017 - Artist Talks

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Laia Abril, Niels Ackermann, Nina Berman, Thibault Brunet, Sam Contis, Olivier Culmann, Stefano de Luigi, Cristina De Middel, Bieke Depoorter, Gregoire Eloy, Mitch Epstein, Elliott Erwitt …
ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM | 2016

International Photography Festival

Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
20 Sep 2016 – 5 Nov 2016

with Cristina De Middel, Zilla Leutenegger, Vicente Paredes, Verena Prenner, Viviane Sassen, Malick Sidibe, Piotr Zbierski
Boucles d'Or

Cinema Lux, Caen (FR)
11 Jan 2007

with Marcel Dinahet, Nathalie Latham, Gunilla Leander, Muriel Toulemonde, Salla Tykkae