Bio
1950 Born Manchester , raised in Durham City
Education
1968 - 72 University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Department of Fine Art (BA)
1978 - 80 University of London, Goldsmiths College
Department of Fine Art (MFA)
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
1973
Dunelm House, Durham University, Durham City
1973
Newcastle University Theatre
1989
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1990
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1991
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1993
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1999
Underwood Street Gallery, London
1999
Norwich Gallery, Norwich
1999
Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice
2000
Battersea Pump House, London
2002
I-Level, London
2003
Dahl Gallery, Lucerne
2004
OHOS Gallery, Reading
2005
DRAIOCHT Arts Centre, Dublin
2013
Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne
Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
1969
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
1976
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Tim Allen, Chris Mansell, John Corby, Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal
1977
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Flags (prizewinner) Festival Hall, London
1980
Eleven, Camden Arts Centre (Goldsmiths MA Exhibition)
1981
Artists For Nuclear Disarmament selected by Peter Fuller, ACME Gallery, London
1982
*A Critic’s Choice of New Painting and Sculpture, selected by
Adrian Searle, with Basil Beattie, Simon Linke, Lee Tribe and Suzanne Hutchinson, Atlantis Gallery, London
The South Bank Show, South London Art Gallery
St. Martin’s Painters, Seven Dials Gallery, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
150th Anniversary Exhibition, Durham University
Small Works, 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Newcastle Polytechnic
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1983
Drawings, selected by Mark Ainsworth, Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast
Critic’s Space, selected by Tim Hilton, Air Gallery, London
Paint, Presence and Other Stories, curated by Adrian Searle and Tim Allen, also including Ed Whitaker, Phil Nicol and Tim Jones - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1984
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1985
Twenty London Painters, The Royal Academy, London
SPACE Artists at BP, Britannic House, London
1987
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
On a Plate, Serpentine Gallery, London
1988
Tim Allen and Sharon Hall, Chisenhale Gallery, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Athena Arts Award, Barbican Centre, London
International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles
1989
International Contemporary Art Fair, London
1990
Decoy, Serpentine Gallery, London, curated by Andrea Schlieker also featuring Elizabeth Magill, Rebecca Scott, Clair Joy
1991
Rotunda, Broadgate, selected by Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1992
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1993
Moving Into View, Arts Council Exhibition (Recent Painting) Festival Hall and touring till1994
1994
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1995
T ‘n’ T, two-person show with Tina Keane, curated by William Shoebridge, Plummet, London
Cocaine Orgasm group show - wall painting - curated by BANK, Bank Space, London
A Question of Scale, curated by Vanessa Jackson and Rebecca Fortnum, Winchester Gallery, Winchester
1996
A Question of Scale, group show Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
Weather Report, group show, Koninklijke Galerie, The Hague
Euthanasia, group show - Glass piece - curated by William Shoebridge, Plummet, London
Whitechapel Open - wall painting - Folgate Street, London
Sad, group show, Gasworks, London curated by Rebecca Fortnum
1997
Pony, group show - wall painting - curated by Mark Hammond DFWT Gallery, London.
1998
Critical Faculty - Picker Gallery, Kingston University and Grand Valley State University Gallery, Michigan
1999
Tim Allen - Paintings - Underwood St. Gallery, London ,and Norwich Gallery, Norwich with accompanying publication: text by Adrian Searle, interview by Matthew Higgs, photography by John Riddy, design by Herman Lelie
ISBN 1-874044-28-7
Tim Allen - Paintings - Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice, Italy - supported by British Council
John Moores 21 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2000
Fact and Value /Group show - British and Danish Abstract painting - Charlottenborg, Exhibition Hall,Copenhagen,Denmark. Curated by Torgny Wilcke and Mikkel Bogh, also incl . Ian Davenport, Julian Opie, Simon Callery, Clem Crosby, David Batchelor, Sybille Berger,Torgny Wilcke, Ellen Hyllemose, Milena Bonifacini, Jorgen Henrik Jorgensen, Bodil Nielsen, Ivar Tonsberg, Ane Vester, (with catalogue. )
ISBN 87-88944-39-5 - supported by British Council
Ghost Train / One-person show - Battersea Pump House,London, with publication:interview by Matthew Collings, essay by Chris Horrocks
ISBN 1-874044-34-1
Colour Codes / Group show - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Curated by Josephine Kelliher, inc. Alexis Harding, Danny Rolph, Ronnie Hughes, Dave Holland, and Samuel Walsh
Vim and Vigour / Group show-SI Artspace, Sheffield- curated by MASS.
Art Futures / C.A.S./ Group show - Barbican, London
Live Painting for Bloomberg Inc. at Bloomsbury Square - commissioned by Rebecca King Lassman
Exchange show - Kingston University & Grand Valley State University – essay by Chris Horrocks
2001
Slimvolume Poster Edition – print project curated by Andy Hunt and Helena Sundstrom , 25 British and Swedish artists
British Abstract Painting 2001 - Flowers East Gallery, London. with catalogue – essay by Matthew Collings
R.W.A. Painting Open - Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
2002
Tim Allen / Paintings - at I-level , London , curated by James Windsor
Kiosk - at Kiosk Gallery, London (ink jet and photo-copy wall print )
Exhibition Project - CRUISE, Glasgow , Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne
2003
Painting in the Year Zero - Keith Talent Gallery, London, with Danny Rolph, Tim Renshaw, David Smith, and Robert Holyhead, curated by Andrew Clarkin and Simon Pittuck
From the Ferry - Dahl Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland,solo show, with commissioned ink-
jet print and catalogue essay and lecture by David Ryan - supported by British Council
Lagoon - wall painting / Process room - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Residency
- Artist’s Work Programme
2004
Artists Pages - FIVE magazine, guest editor Gavin Turk
Night and Day in Bully’s Acre - OHOS Gallery, Reading
2005
Painting By Numbers – Digital Wallpaper Installation, DRAIOCHT Arts Centre, Dublin
2007
Angel of Dog - Mezkalito Gallery, London, curated by Raul Pina
2008
Climate of Change – various venues/artists, London, curated by Mark Hammond
2010
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - London
2011
The Perfect Crime – curated by Philip Allen and Dan Coombs, Gallery 4A, Malvern Royal
Academy Summer Exhibition – London
Small Space – Same Truth – Kusch & Co, London
Absorbency Retreat - Curated by Alexis Harding, AVA Gallery, London
2012
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition – London
Tim Allen – Art Ulm, Ulm, curated by Max Fischer
2013
Tim Allen - Kunstkontor Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne
Tim Allen Prints - ArtBros, Cologne Print Fair
Throw away the Key – Peter Watson, Bob Lawson, Mark Hammond, Colin McNaughton
Curated by Tim Allen, Lion and Lamb Gallery, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition – London
Interview with Dan Coombs - Turps Banana Issue 13
2014
Strukturen/Structures – Current British and German Abstract Painting, curated by Ivo Ringe, Penzance Exchange Gallery and Wilhelmshaven Kunsthalle. Also including Ian McKeever, Mark Francis, Andrew Bick, Gunther Forg, Jurgen Partenheimer, Ivo Ringe
Kunstfruhling - Guterbahnhof Bremen - solo show representing Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven within the UpArt Event
Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts, London
Black - Curated by Ivo Ringe, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York
Student/Tutor - Miller Gallery, London - Curated by Luke Noel: Tim Allen, Alexis Harding, Josh Brown, Verity Wyatt, Stephen Gee, Luke Noel
2015
Concrete Post 3 - Raum 2810, Bonn, Curated by Christoph Dahlhausen with Tim Allen, John Beech, Shiau Peng Chen, Christoph Dahlhausen, Matthew Deleget, Michael Graeve, Atsuo Hukuda, Michael Jager, Wjm Kok, Oleksiy Koval, Sally Mannall, Didier Mencoboni, Ivo Ringe, Jeena Shin, Hanna Tai, Andy Tetzlaff, David Thomas, Melanie JaneTaylor, Cecilia Vissers, Don Voisine, Jana Wellendorf
Autocatalytic Future Games - No Format Gallery, London, Curated by Playpaint (70+ artists)
Arte Britanico Contemporaneo – Morton Casa De Subastas, Chapultepec, Mexico, Curated by Javier Calderon
2016
Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts, London
Black and White – Kunstkontor, Cologne, curated by Ulf Larsson with Tim Allen, Joaquim Cancho, Rene Dantes, Friedhelm Falke, Gunther Forg, Nina Pops, Emil Schumaker, Jerry Zeniuk
The Discerning Eye – Mall Galleries , London, selected by Dan Coombs
The Pattern Reveals Itself – Claudia Weil Galerie, Friedberg, Germany -curated by Ivo Ringe
with Tim Allen, Stefan Annerel, Joe Barnes, Andrew Bick, Alain Biltereyst, Bitta Bogers, Joaquim Chancho, Max Cole, Edgar Diehl, Stefan Eberstadt, Rupert Eder, Karen Foss, Mark Francis, Luke Frost, Daniel G.Hill, Michael Jager, Alf Lohr, Riki MIjling, Terry Pope, David Rhodes, Ivo Ringe, Heather Sheehan, Rebecca Smith, Shawn Stipling, Dolf Verlinden Cecilia Vissers, Don Voisine, Thomas Weil, Miro Zahra, Beat Zoderer
Restructured - The Exchange, Penzance – curated by Ivo Ringe
Tim Allen, Andrew Bick, Gunther Forg, Mark Francis, Michael Jager, Alf Lohr
2017
Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts, London
Dual Purpose - Turps Gallery, London - Curated by Juan Bolivar
Catalogue with essays by Matthew Collings and Juan Bolivar ISBN 978-1-9998687-0-3
Painting Black – Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany – curated by Ivo Ringe
Tim Allen, Katrina Blannin, Joe Barnes, Andrew Bick, Deb Covell, Mark Francis, Jon Groom, Mark Harrington, Michael Jager, Ivo Ringe, Shawn Stipling etc
2018
Structures Residency / Exhibition– Newlyn Art Gallery, Curated by Ivo Ringe
Tim Allen, Stefan Annarel, Joe Barnes, Andrew Bick, Deb Covell, Rachael Coward, Rupert Eder, Luke Frost, Karen Foss, Michael Jager, Michelle Jaffe, Ivo Ringe, Shawn Stipling,
Miro Zahra
British Abstract Painting in the Eighties – Lanchester Gallery, Coventry University, Coventry
Curated by Matthew Macauley :
Tim Allen, Stephen Buckley, Clyde Hopkins,
Vanessa Jackson, Jeff Dellow, Joan Key, Geoff Rigden, Trevor Sutton
Public and Corporate Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Petroleum Corporate Collection
Abbot Hall, Cumbria
St. John’s College, Oxford
Israel Phoenix Assurance, Tel Aviv
I-Level London
CRUISE Glasgow/Edinburgh
TWR
BODUM Lucerne
GORLAND Plc London
Articles & Reviews
The Guardian Oct 73
William Varley, Tim Allen Paintings
Durham University
Artscribe Feb 82
Stuart Morgan - Critic’s Choice, Atlantis Gallery
The Observer Nov 83
William Feaver, Whitechapel Open 1983
Artscribe Nov 83
Tony Godfrey, Paint,Presence and other Stories
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Arts Review Dec 83, Tessa Sidey
Paint, Presence and other Stories,
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Guardian 7 Dec 8
Waldemar Januzczek, Paint,Presence and other Stories
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Link Jan 84
Michael Williams, Paint, Presence and Other Stories
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Guardian May 88
Tim Hilton, Tim Allen and Sharon Hall
Chisenhale Gallery
Time Out June 88
Sarah Kent, Tim Allen and Sharon Hall,
Chisenhale Gallery, London
Interiors June 88
Sarah Howell, Current British Painters
Guardian 13 Oct 88
Sacha Craddock, Athena Awards
Barbican Gallery
Artscribe Nov 88
Michael Phillipson, Figura: Rhetoric in Contemporary British Painting
Time Out 6 Sept 88
David Lillington, Tim Allen @ Rebecca Hossack Gallery
Guardian 6 Sept 88
Sacha Craddock, Tim Allen @ Rebecca Hossack Gallery
Observer 13 May 90
William Feaver, Decoy, Serpentine Gallery
Independent on 13 May 90
Tom Lubbock, Decoy, Serpentine Gallery
Sunday
Independent 15 May 90
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Decoy, Serpentine Gallery
Guardian 16 May 90
Tim Hilton, Decoy, Serpentine Gallery
City Limits 28 Nov 91
Matthew Collings, Tim Allen @ Rebecca Hossack Gallery
Artscribe, Feb-Mar 92
Stuart Morgan, Tim Allen @ Rebecca Hossack Gallery
Guardian July 92
Tim Hilton, Whitechapel Open 1992
Time Out Nov 3/ 93
David Lillington, Tim Allen @Rebecca Hossack Gallery
ArtNews Dec 93
Stuart Morgan, Tim Allen @Rebecca Hossack Gallery
Independent on Sunday April 95
Tim Hilton, New Painting @The Arts
Sunday Council Collection
Time Out Nov 95
Tania Guha, Cocaine Orgasm @ BANK
Time Out Oct 25/95
Adrian Searle, T’N’T @ Plummet
The Tate Winter 95
Celia Lyttelton, T’N’T @ Plummet
Magazine
The Times Oct 95
Sacha Craddock, T’N’T @ Plummet
Time Out March 96
Martin Coomer, Euthanasia @ Plummet
Time Out Nov 1997
Martin Coomer, Matthew Radford @ Todd Gallery
The Art Newspaper June 99
Louisa Buck, Tim Allen @ Underwood St Gallery
Sunday Tribune June 00
Marianne Hartigan, Colour Codes @ Rubicon
Gallery, Dublin
Irish Times June 00
Adrian Dunn, Colour Codes @ Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Politiken July 24 00
Lisbeth Bonde, Fact and Value @ Kopenhaven, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Ekstra Bladet July 10 00
Tom Jorgensen, Fact and Value @ Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Aktuelt July 24 00
Elisa Nielson, Fact and Value @ Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Politiken July 23 00
Peter Michael Hornung, Fact and Value @ Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Weekendavisen July 7 00
Mette Sandbye, Fact and Value @
Berlingske, Charlottenborg, Copenhage
Berlingke July 13 00
Mal Misfelde Fact and Value @
Tidende, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Modern Painters July 00
Karen Wright Ghost-Train @ Battersea
(Preview) Pump House
What’s On Aug 00
Olivia Lowe, Ghost-Train @ B.P.H.
Time Out Aug 00
Martin Herbert , Ghost-Train @ B.P.H.
The Time Aug 16 00
John Russell Taylor, Ghost-Train @B.P.H.
Donnerstag 26/6/2003
Kurt Beck (image) From the Ferry @ Dahl Gallery Luzern
Modern Painters 3/2006
Karen Wright Peter Doig interview
Zeitkunst 9/2012
ZK editorial, Neue Kunstmesse @ Ulm Art Fair
Kohlner 16/2/2013
Jurgen Kisters Tim Allen@Kunstkontor Stadt-Anzeiger
Turps Banana No.13 2013
Dan Coombs Tim Allen Interview
UpArt 2014 2014
Viola Weigel Strukturen/Structures
KunstFruhling
Punkt 5/2014
Viola Weigal Strukturen/Structures
Kompass 5/2014
Editorial Strukturen/Structures
Jeversches Wochenblatt 9/5/2014
Editorial Strukturen/Structures
Wilhelmshavener Zeitung 12/5/2014
Norbert Strukturen/Structures
Ostfriesland Magazin 6/2014
Editorial Strukturen/Structures
Kompass 7/2014
Nordeck Strukturen/Structures
Online and media:
Radio Jade 9.5.2014 Strukturen/Structures
Kulturportal Nordwest 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
Artfacts 5/2014
Strukturen/Structures
wilhelmshaven-touristik.de 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
NDR-online 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
British Council 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
Kunstfruhling 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
Monopol-magazin 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
Kunst/UniBremen 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
Hales Gallery 5/2014 Strukturen/Structures
Catalogue Essays
Paint Presence, Other Stories 1983
Stuart Morgan Ikon Gallery
Decoy 1990
Andrea Schlieker, Serpentine Gallery
Tim Allen 1993
Adrian Searle, Rebecca Hossack Gallery
A Question of Scale1995
Rebecca Fortnum, Winchester Gallery and Arnolfini Gallery
Critical Faculty 1998
Chris Horrocks, Picker Gallery Kingston Univ. &
Grand Valley State University
The Now 1999
Adrian Searle Tim Allen – Publication in Conjunction with exhibitions
Twenty Questions 1999
Matthew Higgs at: Underwood St. Gallery
Questions London, Norwich Gallery and
(Interview) Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice
Tim Allen 1999
Cynthia Rose, Holly Snapp Gallery, Venice
Tim Allen - 2000
Matthew Collings Ghost Train – Publication in
Interview conjunction with exhibitions
Evasion Tactics 2000
Chris Horrocks at Pump House Gallery and Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Sight-Lines 2003
David Ryan From the Ferry – dual Language catalogue for Exhibition at Dahl Gallery
The Encounter 2015
Tim Allen O Encontro – dual language catalogue Introduction for Carolina Piteira exhibition, Espaco Fidelidade Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon
Are You Experienced 2017
Juan Bolivar
Perceptual Flips, Apocalypse 2017
Matthew Collings.
Catalogue Essays for Dual Purpose - Tim Allen Solo show at Turp's Gallery, London
Artist Pages
Artscribe Jan-Feb 85
Matthew Collings (editor) Artist’s Pages
Tank Magazine July 99
Clair Canning (editor) Artist’s Pages
Five Magazine Aug 03
Gavin Turk (editor) Artist’s Pages