Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2008

Masters in Fine Art (Distinction), Central Saint Martins, London, UK

2003

BA (Hons) in Fine Art, First Class, Falmouth College of Arts, Falmouth, UK

AWARDS

2026

Contemporary British Painting Prize, long listed, Contemporary British Painting, UK

2016

Hauser and Wirth Prize, Hauser and Wirth Somerset, UK, First Prize

2008

Premio de Pintura Focus-Abengoa, Seville, Spain, Winner

2007

Alfa Romeo Award Art, ‘Best of show’, Madrid, Spain, nominee
South Square Trust Scholarship for MA study at Byam Shaw School of Art, Central Saint Martins, London

2005

Richard Ford Award for Painting, Royal Academy, London, First Place

1999

Peter Spicer Award for Excellence in Creative Arts, First Place

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2026

‘People Ruin Paintings’, DeNode Foundation, Ghent, Belgium, February – April 2026

2025

‘The Shed’, 10 & zero uno, Venice, Italy
‘Cuckold’, Tonnheim Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2023

‘Verso’, curated by Domenico de Chirico, 102 Gallery, organised by Zuecca Projects, Turin, Italy

2022

‘Thug’, Woolbridge Art Gallery, Biella, Italy

2021

‘Chut’, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives, UK

2019

‘Jenny Agutter’, Division of Labour Gallery, Worcester, UK
‘I Love You I’m Sorry’, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, UK

2018

‘Before Us Stands Yesterday’, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, UK

2014

‘Reboot’, Division of Labour Gallery, Worcester, UK

2013

‘Time will Tell’, Meadow Arts commission at Croft Castle, Hereford, in association with the Arts Council Great Britain, Hereford, UK

2012

‘Reset Manifesto’, Division of Labour Gallery, Worcester, UK

2011

‘Love’s Labours Lost’, Division of Labour Gallery, Worcester, UK
‘Albrecht’s Birthday 1514’, My Name’s Lolita Art, Madrid, Spain
‘Albrecht’s Birthday 1513’, The Art Gallery, University of the Arts, London, UK (Performance)

2009

‘I thought these things might be clues’, My Name’s Lolita Art, Madrid, Spain

2008

‘Paintings’, Galeria Xanon, Bilbao, Spain

2007

Galeria Rita Castellote, Madrid, Spain

2005

‘John Robinson: Cuadros’, Museo del Ferrocarril, Madrid, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2025

‘The Turn’, curated by Shakthi Shrima, 1 Poultry, London, UK

2024

‘Bienllegado’, Tonnheim Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2023

‘The Many Faces of the Self’, Ars Belga, Brussels, Belgium
‘Weltgeist’, Galerie Kandlhofer, Wien, Austria

2022

‘Unstable Monuments’, curated by Jesse Leroy-Smith & Matthew Benington, The Courts, Bristol
‘Thresholds (The Unnamed)’, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives, UK

2021

Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, Drawing Room Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
‘Castles of Sand’, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives, UK

2020

‘Dreamsongs: From Medicine to Demons to Artificial Intelligence’, Colnaghi, London, UK
Division of Labour, Drawing Room Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

2019

Division of Labour, Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy
Simmons and Simmons, New Acquisitions, London, UK
The Chapel Gallery, Manchester Contemporary art fair, Manchester, UK
Pitt Projects, Just Mad Art Fair, Lisbon, Portugal
‘Interiors’, Division of Labour, Salford, Manchester, UK
‘P is for Portrait’, Division of Labour, Worcester, UK
‘Velazquez Variations’, Colchester Institute of Art, Colchester, UK
Pitt Projects, Just Mad, Madrid, Spain
Division of Labour, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2018

Edge Projects, Manchester Contemporary, Manchester, UK

2017

‘Soup Kitchen of Love’, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, UK

2016

‘Wild Wild West’, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, UK
‘234 Puntos’, My Name’s Lolita Art, Madrid, Spain

2015

‘Cryopreservation: Need Flowers Tomorrow?’, Syson Gallery, Nottingham, UK

2014

‘Homage to January’, Division of Labour, Worcester, UK
Division of Labour Gallery and Star Gallery Beijing, Art14, Olympia, London, UK
‘John and Sally again’, Star Gallery, Beijing, China

2012

My Name’s Lolita Art, Arte Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2011

Division of Labour, Art Brussels, Belgium
Division of Labour Gallery, Vilnius Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

2010

‘Albrecht’s Birthday’, Gallery 252, London, UK, curated by John Robinson
My Name’s Lolita Art, EMAT Torrente, Valencia, Spain

2009

My Name’s Lolita Art, ‘Stand OFF’, Madrid, Spain

2008

‘Future Map 2008’, The David Roberts Foundation, London, UK
Focus-Abengoa Painting Prize, Seville, Spain
‘La búsqueda de El Dorado’, Amelia Moreno Foundation at ‘El Espacio del Arte El Dorado’, V Encuentro de Artistas, Toledo, Spain
‘Miniaturas’, Galeria Xanon, Bilbao, Spain
Selected works by DeArte, Cofares Foundation, Madrid, Spain

2003

Falmouth College of Arts, Degree Show, Falmouth, UK

2002

Royal College of Art, Hunting Art Prize, London, UK
Beside the Wave Gallery, Falmouth, UK

RESIDENCIES

2023

Zuecca Projects residency, Venice, Italy, February 2023

2013

Meadow Arts, Croft Castle, Hereford, in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain

2004

Richard Ford Award for Painting, Royal Academy, London, selected participant, study of paintings in the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)

• Arts Council Collection, UK
• British Council Collection, UK
• Wellcome Collection, London, UK
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• University of the Arts London permanent collection, London, UK
• Damien Hirst Collection, UK
• Chris Martin Collection, UK
• Nicolas & Maxine Leslau Collection, London, UK
• Focus-Abengoa Foundation, Seville, Spain
• Museo del Ferrocarril, Madrid, Spain
• Coldwell Banker, Madrid, Spain
• Sammlung Oberhof, Germany
• Bruin-Heijn Collection, Portugal
• Falmouth College of Arts Library, Falmouth, UK
• Hereford School of Art, Hereford, UK

TEACHING

2022–

Visiting Lecturer, Falmouth College of Arts, Falmouth, UK (present)

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