Allen Jones

(British, born 1937)

high wire by allen jones

Allen Jones

High Wire, 2006

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1937
Born in Southampton, England
1955 - 1961
Attended Hornsey College of Art, London, England
1961 - 1963
Taught lithography at Croydon College of Art
1961
Took teacher training course at Hornsey College of Art, London
1963
Prix des Jeunes Artistes, Paris Biennale
1973
Design & Art Direction Award for the Pirelli Calendar
1986
Elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
1988
Art and Work Award for his sculpture at Cotton's Atrium, London
2000
Design & Art Direction Award for Millennium postage stamp design
Currently lives and works in London, England

Exhibitions

2013 - 2014
Neue Arbeiten, Levy Galerie, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
2012 - 2013
Pop Art Accrochage, Fluegel-Roncak Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
2012
Off the Wall: Die Retrospektive zum 75., Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (solo)
2002
Royal Academy, London, England (solo)
Galleria d’Arte Maggiore, Bologna, Italy (solo)
Palazzo die Sette, Orvieto, Italy (solo)
Kunsthalle, Villa Kobe, Halle/Saale, Germany (solo)
Den Haag Sculptuur 2002, Europa in Beeld. Mythe & Realiteit: Lange Voorhout, Den Haague, The Netherlands
Out of Line, drawings from the Art Council Collection, Art Council, London, England
Transition, The London Art Scene in the Fifties, Barbican Art Galeries, London, England
2001
Les années Pop, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Pop Art US/UK, Mentil Foundation, Houston, USA (solo)
Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany (solo)
2000
Kunsthaus, Hanover, Germany (solo)
Kunsthaus, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1999
Skulpturen-Garten der Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Galleria d’Arte Maggiore, Bologna, Italy (solo)
Tula, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
Galerie Levy, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Galerie Levy, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
Galerie Steinötter, Münster, Germany (solo)
Pop Impressions Europe/USA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1998
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France
Galerie Hilger, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Marino alla Scala Art Center, Fondazione Trussardi, Milano, Italy (solo)
1997
Thomas Gibson, London, England (solo)
Nicosla Municipal Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (solo)
Czech Museum of Modern Art, Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
Galerie Levy, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
The Pop 60s, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbao, Portugal
Treasure Island, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, Portugal
1996
Les Sixties, Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine, Paris, France; Brigthon Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, England
Berardo Collection, Sintra, Portugal
Galerie Pro Art, Freiburg, Germany (solo)
Hauger Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tonsberg, Norway (solo)
Galeria Civica, Modena, Italy (solo)
Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, Germany (solo)
Galerie Hilger, Vienna, Austria (solo)

Public Collections

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sunderland Art Gallery, Sunderland
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Calouste Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
Chicago Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA
Museum Aachen, Germany

Literature

J. MAIZELS, Raw Creation. Outsider Art and Beyond. Phaidon Press, 1996, p.77.
J. KALLIR, Self-taught & outsider art, The Anthony Petullo Collection, 2001.