Born 1979, Cambridge, UK; lives and works in London
Associate Professor, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
Education
2003–2005 |
MFA Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London |
1998–2002 |
BA Honours Fine Art, University of Newcastle |
Solo Exhibitions
2023 |
The Pointed Finger, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2020 |
Osmosis, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2019 |
Iris, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK |
2018 |
Field, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy |
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Pregnant Landscape, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2016 |
Solo presentation of the works in the collection, The Saatchi Gallery, London |
2015 |
Distant People and Self-Soothing Objects, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2013 |
The Presence of People and Shapes, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2012 |
Phoebe Unwin, The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland |
2011 |
Man Made, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2009 |
Making an Outside Space Theirs, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles |
2008 |
Feelings and Other Forms, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2007 |
A Short Walk from a Shout to a Whisper, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK |
2006 |
The Grand and the Commonplace, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 |
Modern Art and St Ives, Tate St Ives, collection display |
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Arcadia for All? Re-thinking Landscape Painting for Now, The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds |
2022 |
The Kingfisher's Wing, Grimm Gallery, New York |
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Abstraction Now, The Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk, UK |
2021 |
Painters + Collection 2021, Nakata Art Museum, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
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The Corridor at 40 years, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland |
2020 |
Home and Unhome, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Contemporary Art Centre, Chongqing, China |
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Pericolante, Arcade, London / Vortic |
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Le Realtà Ordinarie, Banca di Bologna, Bologna, Italy |
2019 |
Cet Elixir, Moly-Sabata Fondation Albert Gleizes, Sablons, France |
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The Aerodrome, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham |
2018 |
The Day in the Evening, Space K, Seoul |
2017 |
31 Women, Breese Little Gallery, London |
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Portrait (for a screenplay) of Beth Harmon, Tenderpixel, London |
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La Diablesse, Tramps, London |
2016 |
Towards Night, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK |
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Ghosts of Other Stories: The British Council Collection, The Model, Sligo, Ireland |
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Walk Through 500 Years of British Art, Tate Britain, London |
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Illusive Flowers, Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany |
2015-2016 |
One Day Something Happens: Paintings of People, A selection by Jennifer Higgie from the Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery National Touring Exhibition |
2014 |
Emotional Resources, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland |
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A Poem for Raoul and Agnes, Selected by Sherman Sam, Ancient and Modern, London |
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I Cheer a Deadman’s Sweetheart, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK |
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Three Women Painters: Phoebe Unwin, Clare Woods and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, CAS, London |
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Somos Libres II: Works from the Mario Testino Collection, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin |
2013 |
Art from Britain and Poland since 1990, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland |
2012 |
Recent British Painting, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam |
2010-2011 |
British Art Show 7, Hayward Touring Exhibitions; Nottingham, London, Glasgow and Plymouth |
2010 |
Le Deuil, IFF, Marseille, France |
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Fade Away, Gallery North, Newcastle |
2009 |
Newspeak: British Art Now, The Saatchi Gallery, London |
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Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London |
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The Voice and Nothing More, Slade Research Centre, London |
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Rant, Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles |
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Commissioned artwork contribution for Voids: A Retrospective of Empty Exhibitions, a publication made in collaboration with Centre Pompidou, Kunsthalle Bern and JRP/Ringier of Zurich "…avant il n’y avait rien, après on va pouvoir faire mieux.", CIRCUIT, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lausanne |
2008 |
M25 Around London, curated by Barry Schwabsky, CCA Andratx Art Centre, Mallorca |
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Jeckyll Island, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles |
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Notations: a celebration of John Cage, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London |
2007 |
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen |
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Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London |
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Saturn Falling, The Corridor, Iceland |
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Salon 2007: New British Painting and Works on Paper, Art Work Productions, London |
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The Contended Heart, W139, Amsterdam |
2005 |
Between Courage and Coincidence, IBID Projects, Vilnius |
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Augnablik: The Blink of an Eye, Govett-Kerr, Hoxton Square, London |
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Milk Gallery Presents Current Slade Painting, Milk Gallery, New York |
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In Between the Sole and the Heal, Globe Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
2004 |
Summer at Cassland, Hackney, London |
2002 |
Open, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Collections
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Arts Council Collection |
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National Gallery of Iceland |
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UK Government Art Collection |
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CCA Andratx, Mallorca |
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British Council Collection |
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Tate Gallery, London |
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Saatchi Collection, London |
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Southampton City Art Gallery |
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Fenberger House, Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
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Kolon Group Collection, Seoul, South-Korea |
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Collezione Maramotti, Italy |
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Collezione Di Mario Testino, Italy |
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Jiménez-Colón Collection, Ponce |
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HSBC, London |
Selected Publications and Catalogues
2023 |
Arcadia for All? Re-Thinking Landscape Painting for Now, University of Leeds, UK |
2022 |
The Kingfisher’s Wing, Grimm Gallery |
2020 |
Le Realtà Ordinarie, text by Davide Ferri, Banca de Bologna, Italy |
2018 |
The Day in the Evening, Space K / Kolon Group, South Korea |
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Field / Phoebe Unwin, (solo), text by Declan Long and interview with Simone Menegoi, Collezione Maramotti / Silvana Editoriale, Italy |
2016 |
The Exhibition of a Film, a book by Mathieu Copeland, Les Presses du reel, Dijon |
2015 |
One Day Something Happens: Paintings of People, essays and interviews by Jennifer Higgie, published by the Arts Council Collection at Southbank Centre, London |
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Distant People and Self-Soothing Objects, (solo), text by George Vasey, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2014 |
Opere Dalla Collezione Di Mario Testino, Rizzoli Publishing |
2012 |
Recent British Painting, Grimm Gallery Publications, Amsterdam |
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The Quiet Theatre, Rosanna Mclaughlin, Sister Mag Press in association with Hobbs McLaughlin Publishing |
2011 |
Vitamin P2, Phaidon, London |
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Sanctuary: Britian’s Artists and Their Studios, Transglobe Publishing / Thames and Hudson, London |
2010 |
In the Days of the Comet: British Art Show 7, Hayward Gallery, London |
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Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, London |
2009 |
Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory, Phaidon, New Museum, New York |
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Vides: a Retrospective, commissioned artwork for publication, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
2008 |
Feelings and Other Forms, (solo), text by Jens Hoffmann, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
2007 |
A Short Walk from a Shout to a Whisper, (solo), text by Max Henry, Milton Keynes Gallery, UK |
Prizes, Awards and Grants
2015 |
Shortlisted for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women Sixth Edition in Collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery |
2012 |
Philip Leverhulme Prize, The Leverhulme Trust |
2005 |
The Clare Winsten Memorial Award, Slade School of Fine Art |
2004 |
The Steer Prize for Painting, Slade School of Fine Art |
2003 |
Arts and Humanities Research Board, full postgraduate grant (two years) |
2002 |
Dissertation Prize, University of Newcastle |
2000 |
Bartlett Travel Award, University of Newcastle |
1999 |
John Christie Prize for Painting, University of Newcastle |
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