Tim Allen

Exhibitions

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Group Exhibitions

1969

Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Restructured  - The Exchange, Penzance – curated by Ivo Ringe                   

Tim Allen, Andrew Bick, Gunther Forg, Mark Francis, Michael Jager, Alf Lohr

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2017

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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