Chris Gollon
Chris Gollon is an established name in British painting. In 1998, he exhibited with Yoko Ono, David Bowie & Gavin Turk in "ROOT", a crossover exhibition of contemporary music and art created by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, at the Chisenhale Gallery, London.
In 2001, the award-winning River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames (with the aid of the Victoria & Albert Museum) purchased Gollon’s hinged tryptich “Big Fish Eat Little Fish”, which now forms part of the permanent collection alongside works by Elizabeth Frink and Raoul Dufy.
In 2004, Chris Gollon was invited to show in St. Paul’s Cathedral with Craigie Aitchison, Bill Viola and Tracey Emin.
In 2005, the Huddersfield Art Gallery purchased a major work by Chris Gollon entitled "Einstein & The Jealous Monk", which now hangs in the permanent collection alongside works by L.S. Lowry and Francis Bacon.
We are delighted to announce that Chris Gollon has accepted a commission from the award-winning River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames to paint the Henley Regatta. This will be unveiled in 2008 and provide a contemporary counterpoint to Raoul Dufy’s famous painting “Regatta at Henley”, which already hangs in the museum’s permanent collection. Chris’s painting will additionally be used to promote rowing at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Born in London in 1953, Chris’s first solo show with the Toni Heath Gallery opened in May 2006.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 The House of Sleep, Thompson’s Gallery, London
2006 Is That All There Is?, Toni Heath Gallery, London
2005 Huddersfield Art Gallery, W. Yorkshire, exhibition and unveiling of acquisition in permanent collection
2005 Domogallery, Summit, New Jersey, USA
2005 IAP Fine Art, Cork St, London
2004 IAP Fine Art, Cork St., London (2 solo exhibitions)
2002 IAP Fine Art, Island Gallery, Hampton on Thames, London
2001 IAP Fine Art @ Arndean Gallery, Cork St., London
2001 River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames (series of 3 solo shows:
Elizabeth Frink, John Piper, Chris Gollon)
2001 IAP Fine Art, Island Gallery, Hampton-on-Thames, London
2000 Huddersfield City Art Gallery
1999 IAP Fine Art, London
1998 IAP Fine Art, London
1997 Galerie Simoncini, Luxembourg (opened by Princess Sibilla and British Ambassador)
1995 Galerie Christiane Cloots, Brussels (opened by British Ambassador)
1994 Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire
1993 Ferens Museum Gallery (Fine Art Gallery of the Year 1993)
Group Exhibitions
2006 Toni Heath Gallery Stand and ANON, mixed exhibition at London Art Fair with Mario Testino, Tracey Emin, Julian Opie, Paula Rego
2005 IAP Fine Art @ Manchester Art Show, MICC G-Mex Centre
2004 ‘Presence: Images of Christ for the Third Millennium’, St Paul’s Cathedral, London
2002 Art on Paper Fair , Royal College, (IAP Fine Art)
2001 Sotheby’s, London, mixed exhibition with Sam Taylor Wood, Maggi
Hambling, Martin Maloney, Elizabeth Blackadder, Eileen Cooper & others.
1999 ART’99; IAP Fine Art, London; Gallery K, London
1998 Connaught Brown, London; Glasgow Art Fair; ‘ROOT’, Chisenhale Gallery, London
1997 ART ’97, Chicago. Art’97, London (within latter ‘Shadow of Life’ exhibition with Maggi Hambling, Peter Howson, curating chaired by Dr. Judith Collins, Asst. Keeper of Modern Collection, Tate Gallery). Air Gallery, London; Barbican, London
1996 ART’96, London
1996 Glasgow Art Fair & Glasgow Print Studio
1995 Gallery K, London
1989 Spink & Son, London
Bibliography
2004 Galleries magazine, ‘Presence’ catalogue, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Tablet, Art & Architecture magazine
2003 The Week, The Times
2002 The Times Magazine, The Evening Standard, Galleries magazine, The Guardian
2001 ITV London Tonight, The Times
2000 Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph
1999 Sunday Times Magazine
1998 Sky News, The Scotsman, What’s On
1997 Flash Art; MAG: Museums & Galleries Guide
1997 Harpers & Queen, ‘Shadow of Life’ catalogue in association with Arthur Anderson
1996 BBC TV, Big Issue, Galleries, ART Review, Financial Times TV, BBC World Service, TimeOut
1995 L’Echo, Télé Bruxelles, RTBF, Radio Bruxelles Capitale
1994 BBC TV & radio, The Independent, BBC Radio North
Public and Corporate Collections
Huddersfield Art Gallery , W. Yorkshire
River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames
(purchased with the aid of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
University of Hull
Bristows, London
EHS Brann, London