Wright decorates architectural spaces with intricately designed geometric patterns in paint and gold leaf.
This often seems to heighten the senses of the viewer in the knowledge that the work may not be viewable again, in any other place, at any other time.
However in recent years Wright has installed numerous permanent works in the collections of MoMA, New York; Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Tate Gallery, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, Tate Britain, London, England, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich, London, England and Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line Station, London, England.
On 7 December 2009, Wright received the Turner Prize 2009[6] for his golden fresco, no title, on the walls of Tate Britain's second room.
[8] Notable shows include: 1997 Pitura Britannica, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
2016 Great Hall at Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich, London, England.
2017 The Modern Institute, Aird’s Lane Bricks Space, Glasgow, Scotland.
2018 Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line Station, London, England.