David Spiller (British, 2018)

David Spiller (British, b.1942) grew up in the defining period for Post-War British Pop Art, which greatly influenced his work. Classically trained in Fine Art, and an early student of Frank Auerbach, Spiller is often classified as an Urban artist focused on the use of graffiti.

Over the course of his career, Spiller has had solo exhibits in over 10 countries, such as Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Spain, and the United States. His work has been included in numerous top-tier art fairs, including Masterpiece London. In 2013, his first retrospective was held at the Portland Gallery in London. His works are in important private and corporate collections worldwide.

Timeline

1942
Born Dartfort, Kent, England
1957
Sidcup School of Art
1958–1962
Beckenham School of Art
1962–1965
Slade School of Art, London University College
1988–1989
Lived and worked in Berlin and New York

Exhibitions

2018
Back in New York (Solo Show), Long-Sharp Gallery Project Space, New York
2018
Masterpiece London, Portland Gallery, London
2018
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Long-Sharp Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2017
Art Miami, Long-Sharp Gallery, Miami, Florida
2017
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Long-Sharp Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2017
Solo Show, Long-Sharp Gallery/Conrad Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2017
Solo Show, Portland Gallery, London
2016
The British Are Coming, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis
2016
Art Miami, Long-Sharp Gallery, Miami, Florida
2016
Spring Masters New York, Long-Sharp Gallery, New York
2016
London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
2016
London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
2016
AAF Hong Kong, TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2015
Art Miami, Long-Sharp Gallery, Miami, Florida
2015
Spring Masters New York, Long-Sharp Gallery, New York
2015
Moniker Art Fair, The Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch London
2015
Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Christie’s, London
2015
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2015
Solo Show, Portland Gallery, London
2014
Solo Show, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
2014
London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
2014
SCOPE Miami, Long-Sharp Gallery, Miami, Florida
2014
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2013
AAF Hong Kong, TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2013
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2013
Walk on the Wild Side, Portland Gallery, London
2013
Solo show, Portland Gallery, London
2013
Solo show, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
2012
London Original Print Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
2011
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2010
Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Christie’s, London
2010
25th London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
2010
AAFNYC, TAG Fine Arts, New York City, USA
2010
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2009
24th London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, (TAG Fine Arts)
2009
Art London, Chelsea, (TAG Fine Arts)
2009
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (TAG Fine Arts)
2008
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark (solo)
2008
Galerie Tournesol, Lyon, France (solo)
2008
Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven, Holland (40th anniversary exhibition)
2008
Beaux Arts, London (solo; catalogue essay by Martin Gayford)
2007
Galerie Guy Pieters, St Paul de Vence, France (solo)
2007
Mannheim Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
2007
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt (solo)
2007
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
2006
Apart Media, Amsterdam (solo)
2006
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
2006
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
2005
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2005
‘Love for sale’, Bankside (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith)
2005
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
2005
Beaux Arts, London (solo; catalogue essay by Sue Hubbard)
2005
Midwest kunst, Herning Museum, Denmark
2004
Beaux Arts, London (solo; catalogue essay by Edward Lucie-Smith)
2004
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
2004
Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2004
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
2004
Galerie Guy Pieters, St Paul de Vence, France (solo)
2003
‘David Inshaw – Friends and Influences’, Royal West of England Academy
2003
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
2003
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2003
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
2003
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
2003
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
2002
‘Contemporary Narrative’,Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2002
‘L’humour dans L’art contemporain’, Museum Espace Belleville, Paris
2002
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
2002
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
2002
Beaux Arts, London (solo; catalogue essay by Martin Gayford)
2001
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
2001
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
2001
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2001
Beaux Arts, London (solo; catalogue essay by Marco Livingstone)
2000
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark (solo)
2000
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
2000
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke & Latem, Belgium
2000
Galerie Guy Pieters, St Paul de Vence, France
2000
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (solo)
2000
Galerie Klaus Peter Goebel, Stuttgart, Germany
2000
Beaux Arts, London (solo; catalogue essay by Ben Tufnell)
1999
Art Fairs: 
Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, FIAC Paris, Cologne, Basel, Frankfurt, Line Art Belgium, Copenhagen, Bologna, ARCO Madrid, London, Art 98 (solo), Art 99
1999
Cartoons and Comics, Virgin Atlantic
1999
Gallery Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
1999
Beaux Arts, London (solo)
1998
Take 3, Beaux Arts, London
Rokoko Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany (drawings)
1998
Gallery Cotthem, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
1998
Beaux Arts, London (solo) (Catalogue essay by Edward Lucie Smith)
1997
Gallery Cotthem, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
1995
Gallery Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
1995
Gallery Cotthem, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
1994
Gallery Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark (solo)
1994
Gallery Cotthem, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
1993
Gallery Naviglio, Milan and Venice, Italy
 (solo)
1993
Gallery Rokoko, Stuttgart, Germany
 (solo)
1992
Reflex Gallery, Vienna (solo)
1992
Pop and Artvertising, Museum Van Bommel, Venlo, Holland
1992
Gallery Naviglio, Milan and Venice, Italy
 (solo)
1991
Ariadne Gallery, Vienna (solo)
1991
Willy Schoots Gallery, Eindhoven Holland (solo)
1990
Alexander Roussos Gallery, London
 (solo)
1990
Twinings Gallery, New York (solo)
1990
Ariadne Gallery, Vienna (solo)
1989
Twinings Gallery, New York (solo)
1988
Twinings Gallery, New York (solo)
1988
Kana Contemporary Arts Gallery, Berlin 
(solo)
1988
Zeitkunst Gallery, Innsbruck and Cologne 
(solo)
1987
Zeitkunst Gallery, Innsbruck and Cologne (solo)
1987
Eugene Lendel Gallery, Gras, Austria 
(solo)
1987
Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
1987
Woord and Reeld, Museum Hedendaagse Kunst,
 Utrecht (travelled to Stadtmuseum, Ratingen)



Public Collections

Mannheim Kunstverein
Rattingen Museum
Museum Van Bommel van Dam
Museum Utrecht
Espace Villegle Paris
Museum Espace Belleville Paris
Artcurial Paris
Royal West of England Academy
Cornell Museum