Born 1967, London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
Phillip Allen is a painter having various shows nationally and internationally. He is Director and Programme Leader of Turps Education, London, a tutor at The Royal College of Art MA painting programme, and a visiting lecture at various colleges including The Royal Academy, Ruskin School of Art Oxford and Goldsmiths.
Education
1990–1992: MA Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London
1987–1990: BA Fine Art, Kingston University, London
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, USA
2023 - New Painitngs, Luca Tommasi Arte Gallery, Milan, Italy
2022 - Coarse Grain, Approach Gallery, London
2020 - Deepdrippings, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, USA
2019 - Deepdrippings, Approach Gallery, London
2019 - Deepdrippings, Luca Tommasi Arte Gallery, Milan, Italy
2017 - DeepDrippings, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2016 - 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, Ireland
- 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
2024 - STELLATUNDRA, Sim Smith Gallery, London, UK
2023 - 9am LA, Thames-side Gallery, London, UK
2016 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Charlie Smiths London
- Permeable Edge, University of Chichester, West Sussex
2015 - From fly on the wall to fly in my soup, Gallery Dukan, Paris
- Ghetto Anglaise – Observer Building, Hastings
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
- The Perfect Nude - Wimbledon Gallery, Phoenix Gallery Exeter, Charlie Smith Gallery London
2011 - From London – Gallery Art Nueve, Murcia, Spain
- Royal Academy Summer Show
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; 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 (touring exhibition 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
Public Collections
Arts Council England, UK
British Council, UK
The Tate
UK Government Art Collection
Awards
2010 - British School of Rome – Abbey Scholar
Curated Shows
2015 - From fly on the wall to fly in my soup, Gallery Dukan, Paris
- Ghetto Anglaise – Observer Building, Hastings
2014 - Monstrous Helium, Various artists, ASC Gallery, London
2012 - The Perfect Nude, Various artists - Wimbledon Gallery, Phoenix Gallery Exeter, Charlie Smith Gallery London
2012 - The Perfect Horizon, Various artists, Lion and Lamb Gallery, London
2011 - Blots, Smears and Stains, Various artists, Transition Gallery, London
Links:
http://turpsbanana.com/art-school
https://theapproach.co.uk/artists/phillip-allen/images/
http://www.kerlingallery.com/artists/phillip-allen