CV Chris Gollon
CHRIS GOLLON (born London, 1953): ARTIST’S CV (abridged)
Chris Gollon (born London, 1953) is an established name in British painting. He has enjoyed many solo museum exhibitions in the UK, museum acquisitions and public commissions. In 2004, he showed in St Paul’s Cathedral with Bill Viola, Craigie Aitchison and Maggi Hambling in ‘Presence: Images of Christ for the Third Millennium’. In 2009, his 14 Stations of the Cross were permanently installed in a grade-one listed church in East London, designed by Sir John Soane. Award-winning novelist Sara Maitland’s book ‘Stations of the Cross’, inspired by and featuring Gollon’s paintings was also published in 2009 (Continuum Publishing, London & New York). His film collaboration with JABOD, entitled ‘Kaleidomorphism One’, was premiered in London at the East End Film Festival (2008). Chris Gollon lives and works in England and is a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Durham.
CHRIS GOLLON (born London, 1953): ARTIST’S CV (abridged)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2010 Gods, Angels & Souls, IAP Fine Art, London | |
| 2009 | Being Human, IAP Fine Art, London; |
| Studies for Stations of the Cross, IAP Fine Art, London | |
| 2008 | Early Thoughts, IAP Fine Art, London; |
| Gollon At Henley, River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames; | |
| Kaleidomorphism One, East London Film Festival | |
| 2007 | Basement Tapes, IAP Fine Art, London; |
| Chris Gollon, recent paintings Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University; | |
| A Reflection on Still Life, IAP Fine Art, London | |
| 2006 | House of Sleep, Thompsons Gallery, London |
| 2006 | Is That All There Is?,Toni Heath Gallery, London |
| 2005 | Einstein & the Jealous Monk, Huddersfield Art Gallery, W. Yorkshire, exhibition and unveiling of acquisition in permanent collection |
| 2005 | Domogallery, New Jersey, USA (opened by Sir Phillip Thomas, British Consul General, NY) |
| 2004 | IAP Fine Art, Cork St., London (2 solo exhibitions) |
| 2002 | IAP Fine Art, Island Gallery, Hampton on Thames, London |
| 2001 | IAP Fine Art @ Arndean Gallery, Cork St., London |
| River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames | |
| (series of 3 solo shows: Elizabeth Frink, John Piper, Chris Gollon) | |
| 2000 | Fool’s Paradise: The Return, Huddersfield Art Gallery, W. Yorks |
| 1999 | IAP Fine Art, London |
| 1997 | Galerie Simoncini, Luxembourg (opened by Princess Sibilla and British Ambassador) |
| 1995 | Galerie Christiane Cloots, Brussels (opened by British Ambassador) |
| 1994 | Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire |
| 1993 | Ferens Museum Gallery (Fine Art Gallery of the Year 1993) |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 | Newcastle & Gateshead Art Fair, Sage Centre, (IAP Fine Art); |
| Thompson’s Gallery, London W1 | |
| 2007 | Sense & Sensuality, Bankside Gallery, London and then Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester; |
| Toni Heath, London; | |
| Thompson’s Gallery, London; | |
| IAP Fine Art, Cambridge Art Fair | |
| 2006 | ANON, mixed exhibition at London Art Fair with Mario Testino, Tracey Emin, Julian Opie, Paula Rego |
| 2005 | New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, USA |
| 2005 | IAP Fine Art @ Manchester Art Show, MICC G-Mex Centre |
| 2004 | ‘Presence: Images of Christ for the Third Millennium’, St Paul’s Cathedral, London |
| 2002 | Art on Paper Fair, Royal College, (IAP Fine Art) |
| 2001 | Sotheby’s, London, mixed exhibition with Sam Taylor Wood, Maggi Hambling, Martin Maloney, Elizabeth Blackadder, Eileen Cooper & others. |
| 1999 | ART’99; |
| IAP Fine Art, London; | |
| Gallery K, London | |
| 1998 | Connaught Brown, London; |
| Glasgow Art Fair; | |
| ‘ROOT’, Chisenhale Gallery, London | |
| 1997 | ART ’97, Chicago. |
| Art’97, London (within latter ‘Shadow of Life’ exhibition with Maggi Hambling, Peter Howson, Richard Wentworth; curating chaired by Dr. Judith Collins, Asst. Keeper of Modern Collection, Tate Gallery). | |
| Air Gallery, London; | |
| Barbican, London | |
| 1996 | ART’96, London, Glasgow Art Fair & Glasgow Print Studio |
| 1989 | Spink & Son, London |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
| River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames (purchased with the aid of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London) |
| Huddersfield Art Gallery , W. Yorkshire |
| Institute of Advanced Study, University of Durham |
| University of Hull |
| Church of England (14 Stations of the Cross, Church of St John on Bethnal Green, grade-one listed church, designed by Sir John Soane, adjacent to Museum of Childhood) |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2009 | Being Human, new paintings (Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University); Stations of the Cross by Sara Maitland (Continuum, New York & London); BBC1 TV London News; BBC Radio 4, Sunday Programme; Aesthetica magazine (May issue), Artists & Illustrators (May); The Tablet; Church Times; Catholic Herald; Common Ground |
| 2008 | The Dog: 5,000 Years of the Dog in Art, by Tamsin Pickeral (Merrell, 2008, London & New York); The Times; Financial Times (Jackie Wullschlager, ‘Critic’s Choice’), Radio 4 The Today Programme; The Guardian; USA Today; Galleries magazine |
| 2004 | Galleries magazine, Presence catalogue, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Tablet, Art & Architecture |
| 2003 | The Week, The Times |
| 2002 | The Times Magazine, The Evening Standard, Galleries magazine, The Guardian |
| 2001 | ITV London Tonight, The Times |
| 2000 | Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph |
| 1999 | Sunday Times Magazine |
| 1998 | Sky News, The Scotsman, What’s On |
| 1997 | Flash Art; MAG: Museums & Galleries GuideHarpers & Queen, |
| 1996 | BBC TV, Big Issue, Galleries, ART Review, Financial Times TV, BBC World Service, Time Out |
| 1995 | L’Echo, Télé Bruxelles, RTBF, Radio Bruxelles Capitale |
| 1994 | BBC TV & radio, The Independent, BBC Radio North |
