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Phillip Allen

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Born 1967, London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK

Education

1990–1992
MA Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London

1987–1990
BA Fine Art, Kingston University, London

Solo Exhibitions

2020
Deepdrippings, Miles McEnery Gallery New York, NY

2019
Deepdrippings, The Approach, London, UK

2017
Deepdrippings, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2016
Phillip Allen, Dolph Projects, London, UK

2014
Tonic for Choice, The Approach, London, UK

2013

Oxblood, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
39 Mitchell Street, London, UK

2011
Capital P, The Approach, London, UK

2010
…the urgent hang around, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece

2009
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2008
Sloppy Cuts No Ice, The Approach W1, London, UK

2007
Paintings & Drawings, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium

2006
Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK

2005
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
One Man Show, Xavier Hufkens, ART Brussels, Belgium

2004
The Approach, London, UK

2003
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Phillip Allen: Recent Paintings, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, USA

2002
The Approach, London, UK

1999
The Approach, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2020
The Renaissance, Luca Tommasi Arte Gallery, Milan, Italy

2017
20 Years, The Approach, London
Fully Awake, Blip Blip Blip Gallery, Leeds, UK

2014
Nanjing International Art Exhibition, International Expo Centre, Nanjing, China
Head to Head, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK

2012

Courtship of the Peoples, Simon Oldfield, London, UK

2010
Fabio Tiboni arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy

2009

Classified, Tate Britain, London, UK
Kaleidoscopic Revolver
, The Total Museum, Seoul, Korea; Hanjiyun Contemporary Space, Beijing, China
Pattern Recognition, The City Gallery, Leicester, UK

2008
M25 Around London, curated by Barry Schwabsky, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

2007
Layer Cake, curated by Martin Holman, Fabio Tiboni Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy
Hope and Despair, curated by Bob Matthews, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Summer Group Show, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2006
Archipeinture: painters build architecture, Le Plateau/Frac Île-de France, Paris, France; Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
When forms become attitude, AR/Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy

2005
The British Art Show 6, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary, Art Gateshead; venues in
Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol (touringexhibition organised by the Hayward Gallery
Supernova, City Art Gallery, Prague; venues in Vilnius, Lithuania; Tallinn, Estonia; Krakow, Poland (an international touring exhibition organised by the British Council)
Fantasy Island, Metropole Galleries, Folkestone, UK

2004
Stay Positive, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Candyland Zoo, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, UK
Reflections, Artuatuca Art Festival, Tongeren, Belgium
Painting-04, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2003
Cristian Ward, Phillip Allen, Varda Caivano, Millefiori Art Space, Athens, Greece
Allen, Cooper, McDevitt, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London, UK
Post Flat: New Art from London, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
The Drawing Show, Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK

2002
Another Shitty Day in Paradise, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK
The Galleries Show: Contemporary Art in London, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

1997
Cardboard Box and Tape, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, UK
Still Things, The Approach, London, UK
Multiple Choice, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK

1996
Grin and Bear It, Gasworks, London, UK

Publications

2020
Deepdrippings exhibition catalogue, Miles McEnery Gallery

2007
Echo Chamber, British Council Art from Britain, Madrid (exh. cat.), curated by Victoria
Colombalia, Bruce Haines, Caroline Douglas. Text by Victoria Colombalia, JJ
Charlesworth p.94-103
Phillip Allen – Drawings, Other Criteria, London

2006

Archipeinture: painters build architecture, (exh. cat.), Anne-Laure Riboulet (ed.), text by Bruce Haines, Le Plateau/Frac Île-de-France, Paris and Camden Arts Centre, London
Phillip Allen, (exh. cat.), Emma Dean and Michael Stanley (eds.), foreword by Michael Stanley, essay by Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes

2005

British Art Show 6, (exh. cat.), introduction by Alex Farquharson and Andrea Schlieker, Hayward Gallery Publishing, London, 2005, pp. 50-53
Supernova, (exh. cat.), essay by Caroline Douglas, British Council, 2005, p. 7–9

2000
Annual 03-04, Martin Clark (ed.), essay by Martin Clark, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, UK, 2004, p. 37, p. 39, p. 43, p. 46, illus.
Reflections, (exh. cat.), texts by Jan Boelen and Hilde Vanleuven, Artuatuca Art Festival, Tongeren, Belgium, 2004
Stay Positive, (exh. cat.), preface by Giovanni Marella, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, 2004, pp. 6–9

Articles

2020
Yau, John, Phillip Allen’s Astonishing Achievement, Hyperallergic, June

2017
Long, Declan, Phillip Allen: Kerlin Gallery, Artforum, May
Dunne, Aidan, ‘Deepdrippings’: Painterly explorations that are both object and surface, The Irish Times, 21 February
MacMonagle, Niall, What Lies Beneath: Deepdrippings (International Version) by Phillip Allen, Independent Ireland, 6 March

2009
Herbert, Martin, Mind’s Eye, Frieze, May p. 82–85
Wilson, Michael, Reviews: Phillip Allen, Artforum, March
Holman, Martin, New Work: Phillip Allen, Art World, February, p. 72-75

2008
Martin, Courtney J., ‘Critics’ Picks: Phillip Allen’, Artforum.com
Holmgren, Katherine, ‘Current Shows: Phillip Allen’ Frieze.com, December

2006
Hunt, Andrew, ‘British Art (does it) Show?’, Frieze, issue 96, January/February 2006, pp. 135–137, illus.

2005

Dunne, Aiden, ‘Keeping Pace in a Shared Space’, The Irish Times, 5 October 2005, p. 14
Leahy, Billy, ‘Space to Explore’, The Village, 16–22 September 2005
McKeith, Eimear, The Event Guide, Dublin, 7–20 September 2005
Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living Magazine, September 2005, p. 161

2004
Verhagen, Marcus, ‘Phillip Allen’, Frieze, issue no. 83, May 2004, p. 94
Güner, Fisun, ‘An Explosion of Colour’, Metro, 3 March 2004, p. 22
Hubbard, Sue, ‘Phillip Allen: The Approach’, The Independent Review, March 2004, 30 March, p. 13

2003
Williams, Gilda, ‘Dirty Pictures’, Art Monthly, no. 264, March 2003, p. 32
Hill, Lori, ‘Post Flat: Locks Gallery’, Philadelphia City Paper, 2–8 January 2003

2002
Archer, Michael, ‘Phillip Allen: The Approach’, Artforum, vol. XL, no. 9, May 2002, pp. 193–194, illus.
Geldard, Rebecca, ‘Phillip Allen’, Time Out London, 3–10 April 2002, p. 45
Lack, Jessica, ‘Pick of the Week’, The Guide (The Guardian), 8–15 April 2002, p. 14

2000
Smyth, Cherry, ‘Nervous Kingdom’, Art Monthly, no. 238, July/August 2000, p. 41

1999
Herbert, Martin, ‘Phillip Allen’, Time Out London, 7–14 April 1999, p. 43

Public Collections

Arts Council England, UK
British Council, UK
Tate, London, UK

    Phillip Allen

    Deepdrippings

    22nd February 2019 - 24th March 2019

    Phillip Allen

    Tonic for Choice

    6th September 2014 - 5th October 2014

    July

    Phillip Allen
    Forrest Bess
    Vittorio Brodmann
    Stuart Cumberland
    Clive Hodgson
    Allison Katz
    Alastair MacKinven
    Lucy Stein
    Walter Swennen
    Caragh Thuring
    Sam Windett

    12th July 2014 - 10th August 2014

    Phillip Allen

    39
    39 Mitchell Street
    London, UK

    22nd February 2013 - 21st April 2013

    Phillip Allen

    Capital P

    11th February 2011 - 13th March 2011

    Phillip Allen

    Sloppy cuts no ice
    The Approach W1

    20th November 2008 - 31st January 2009

    Phillip Allen

    26th February 2004 - 4th April 2004

    Dirty Pictures

    Phillip Allen
    Mamma Andersson
    Nono Bandera
    Dirk Bell
    Manfredi Beninati
    Varda Caivano
    Nigel Cooke
    Dan Coombs
    Stuart Cumberland
    Leigh Curtis
    Verne Dawson
    Kaye Donachie
    Dubossarsky & Vinogradov
    Geraint Evans
    Tanya Fairey
    Dee Ferris
    Uwe Henneken
    Paul Housley
    Merlin James
    Sergej Jensen
    Rezi van Lankveld
    Dietmar Lutz
    Alan Miller
    J P Munro
    Paul Noble
    Michael Raedecker
    Daniel Sinsel
    Tim Stoner
    Mari Sunna
    Neal Tait
    Gary Webb & Mark Titchner
    Martin Westwood

    30th January 2003 - 23rd March 2003

    Phillip Allen

    Paintings

    14th March 2002 - 14th April 2002

    Phillip Allen

    25th March 1999 - 22nd May 1999

Phillip Allen

Phillip Allen