Trevor Sutton

1948
Born, Romford, Essex
1967-71
Hornsey College of Art
1971-72
Birmingham Polytechnic
1972
Sir Whitworth Wallis Award (First prize)
1976
Arts Council Award
1979
Tolly Cobbold/Eastern Arts 2nd Exhibition, (Prizewinner)
1980
John Moores Exhibition 12 (Prizewinner)
1989
Lorne Award
1997
South Bank Banner Competition (Prizewinner)
2000-03
Research Fellow, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2001
Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
Solo Exhibitions
1975
Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Sussex
1976
Summer Show 4, Serpentine Gallery, London
1977
Playhouse Gallery, Harlow
1978
Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
AADW Studio, Cardiff
1979
The Round House Gallery, London
1980
Six Paintings, Front Room, London
1981
S East Gallery, London
Lisson Gallery, London
1986
LCF Gallery, London
Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff
1988
Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
1990
John Davis Gallery, New York
Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Monotypes, Flowers East, London
1992
White Art Gallery, Tokyo
Works on Paper, Flowers East, London
1993
Smith-Jariwala Gallery, London
1995
White Art Gallery, Tokyo
1996
Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
Full Moon, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
1998
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
Flowers East, London
Flowers West, Santa Monica
Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
1999
Prints and Monotypes, Flowers Graphics, London
Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
Small Paintings, Flowers East, London
2000
Short Stories and Other Prints, Flowers Graphics, London
Six Paintings: Part Two, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
2001
Drawings and Watercolours, Flowers East, London
Moon Dreams and Other Prints, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
New Paintings, Flowers Central, London
2002
Spirits - Monoprints 2001, Flowers Graphics, London
New Works, Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
2003
Collaboration: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Flowers East, London
Collaboration: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Courthouse Gallery , Ballycastle, County Mayo
New Paintings, Flowers, New York
2004
New Paintings, Flowers East, London
2005
Collaboration: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Ritter Gallery, Klagenfurt
2006
Reflex, Flowers Central, London
Reflections, Flowers Graphics, London
2007
Coloured Time, Galerie Sho, Tokyo
Mended Dreams, Flowers Graphics, London
Collaboration II: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Stadtgalerie, Wolfsberg
2008
Chamber Music, The Austrian Cultural Forum, London
2009
Works on Paper, Flowers, London
Chamber Music, Galerie Schütte, Essen
2010
Trevor Sutton - Paintings, Another Function Gallery, Tokyo
Paradise Circus, Flowers, Cork Street, London
Group Exhibitions
1972
Jacob's Ladder Gallery, Washington DC
Seven Painters, City Art Gallery, Birmingham
Platform 72, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1973
Gallery 273, Queen Mary College, London
1974
Open Studios, SPACE, London
1975
29 Salon des Realities Nouvelles, Paris
1978
The Square and the Circle, House Gallery, London
Certain Traditions, Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada and subsequent tour 1978-79
Via Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1979
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Tolly Cobbold, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and subsequent tour 1979-80
Style in the Seventies, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and subsequent tour 1979-80
1980
Eight + Eight, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
John Moores 12, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1981
New Works of Contemporary Art and Music, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Orchard Gallery, Londonderry
Wapping Artists, London
Through the Summer, Lisson Gallery, London
1982
Recent Acquisitions/ACGB, National Theatre, London
Wapping Artists, London
Four English Painters, Gemeinde-Galerie, Switzerland
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France
Workshop F, Chelsea School of Art, London
Contemporary Choice, Serpentine Gallery, London
Small Works V, Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
John Moores 13, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1983
Nine Artists from Wapping, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and subsequent tour 1983-84
Tongue and Groove, Coracle Press, London and subsequent tour 1983-84
1984
The University of East Anglia Collection, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
Metropolitan Gallery, London
Industrial Sponsors, Warwick Arts Trust, London
1985
Selected Works, Chelsea School of Art, London
The Last Wapping Show, London
Contemporary Art Society Market, Smiths Galleries, London
1986
Original Postcards, Swansea Arts Workshop, Wales
Contemporary Art Society Market, Smiths Galleries, London
1987
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
The Great Kite Show, Cafe Gallery, London
1988
Robinson Road Open Studios, London
1989
Five New Painters, John Davis Gallery, New York
Summer Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, New York
1990
Artists in the Abstract, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
The Year in Review 1989, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
1991
Small is Beautiful Part IX: Abstract, Flowers East, London
1992
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Artist's Choice, Flowers East, London
Solstice, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Contemporary Art Society Market, Smiths Galleries, London
Imprints, Galerie Lydie Rekow, Crest
1993
Square, Smith-Jariwala Gallery, London
Contemporary Prints: 10 Years of Acquisitions, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
East, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk and subsequent tour 1993-94
Multum in Parvo, Wingfield Arts, Suffolk
Abstraction, Stanstell Gallery, Somerset
John Moores 18, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Black and White, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful Part XI: Homages, Flowers East, London
1994
Contemporary Prints, Tate Gallery, London
Noel Forster, Jack Smith, Trevor Sutton, Flowers East at London Fields, London
The Summer Show, Smith-Jariwala Gallery, London
British Abstract Art Part 1: Painting, Flowers East and Flowers East at London Fields, London
Shaped Paintings: Painted Shapes, Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund; Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
Colin Nicholas, Trevor Sutton, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk
Small is Beautiful Part XII: Night and Day, Flowers East at London Fields, London
Conditions of Life, White Art Gallery, Tokyo
Contemporary Miniatures, The Blue Gallery, London
1995
Tampons d'Artiste, Musee de la Poste, Paris
Twenty Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East at London Fields, London
Taking Form, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Summer Show, White Art Gallery, Tokyo
Ka! Editions, The Eagle Gallery, London
1996
Contemporary Prints, White Art Gallery, Tokyo
Hard-Edge, Reed's Wharf Gallery, London
East International, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk
Cross Currents, Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London
New Paintings, Flowers East, London
British Abstract Art Part 3: Works on Paper, Flowers East and Flowers East at London Fields, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Ten Years After, Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
1997
Ark, Open Hand Open Space, Reading
New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East at Riverside Studios, London
DOKU, Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund
Colour Way, South Bank, London
The Print Show, Flowers Graphics, London
1998
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Angela Flowers Gallery at Riverside Studios, London
Small is Beautiful Part XVI: Music, Flowers East, London
The Print Show, Flowers Graphics, London
1999
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Ten New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East, London
Trevor Sutton and Stephen Chambers, Coexistence, London
New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London
ArtFutures, Royal Festival Hall, London
Small is Beautiful, Part XVII: Millennium, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful, Part 1: Abstract, Flowers West, Santa Monica
The Print Show, Flowers Graphics, London
2000
Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London
Give and Take, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston and subsequent tour in 2000
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
In a Marine Light, The Customs House Gallery, South Shields
5 British Abstract Artists, Flowers West, Santa Monica
Mondiale Echo's, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
Flowers One, Flowers Central, London
Small Is Beautiful - Self Portraits, Flowers East, London
ArtFutures, Barbican Centre, London
2001
New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London
A Still Life, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
British Abstract Painting, Flowers East, London
Flowers Graphics, Flowers Central, London
Chelsea Showcase Part 1, The London Institute Gallery Millbank, London
October Foundation, Galerie Stadpark, Krems, Austria
2002
Meridiano de Greenwich, Centro Cultural, Conde Duque, Madrid
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
New Art from North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo
East Two, Flowers East, London
Paint on Print, Flowers Graphics, London
Meridiano de Greenwich, The Nunnery and Flowers Central, London
Small Is Beautiful Part XX: Voyage, Flowers East, London
5 Abstract Printmakers, Flowers Graphics, London
2003
Meridiano de Greenwich, Bayart, Cardiff
The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
Colourspace, APT Gallery, London
Relative Values, PM Gallery, London
Contemporary British Art in Print, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Meridiano de Greenwich, The Bowes Museum, County Durham
Inaugural Exhibition, Flowers, New York
Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo
2004
Less is More, Harrow Museum, Middlesex
Abstract Composition, Flowers Graphics, London
The Lionel Phillips Collection, Aitkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
The Trace Edition, Hirschl Contemporary Art , London
Flowers West @ Keller & Green, Keller & Greene, Los Angeles
Behind Door Nine, UCSB, Santa Barbara
Small is Beautiful XXII, Flowers Central, London
2005
Angela Flowers Gallery 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East / Flowers Central, London
Far from the Sea, October Foundation Projects, Kunstlerhaus Palais, Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Out of Ireland - Carol Robertson and Trevor Sutton, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
Small is Beautiful XXIII, Flowers Central, London
2006
October Foundation, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Nine Artists, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Contemporary Woodcuts, Flowers Graphics, London
Small is Beautiful XXIV, Flowers Central, London
2007
Black & White, SE1 Gallery, London
Critic's Choice, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Contemporary Prints London, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
New Works by Gallery Artists, Flowers Central, London
rich & strange, Flock Gallery, UWN, Newport
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
2008
Same As It Ever Was, The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts, London
Same As It Ever Was, Chelsea Future Space, London
Constructed, Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich
New Walls from Europe, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
Small is Beautiful XXVI, Flowers, London
2009
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Northern Print Biennale, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Small is Beautiful XXVII, Flowers, London
2010
Take Two - Trevor Sutton + Carol Robertson, Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima
Material Lightness, Flowers, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Black + White, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
one blue moment, Peter Foolen Editions, Galerie Schütte, Essen
Small is Beautiful XXVIII, Flowers, London
2011
In Visible Ink, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
NSA Collection, Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima
Double Vision, Ritter Gallery, Klagenfurt
Images from North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo
Public and Corporate Collections
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, USA
Artotheque de la Ville d'Annecy, France
Artotheque de Limousin, France
Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Ballinglen Archive, County Mayo, Ireland
British Council, London
British Land, London
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Contemporary Art Society, London
Deutsche Bank AG, London
Ernst & Young, London
Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
Goldman Sachs International, London
Government Art Collection, London
Kasser Foundation, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
NSA Collection, Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Merrill Lynch International Bank, London
Santa Barbara City College, USA
Stichting Ecliptica, The Netherlands
Stichting Mondriaanhuis, The Netherlands
Tate Gallery, London
Unilever Plc, London
University of East Anglia
University Hospital, Birmingham
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
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1973
James Heard, Arts Review, October
1974
Richard Cork, The London Evening Standard, January
1978
Peter Rippon, Artscribe, no. 10
Muriel Wilson, Certain Traditions, catalogue essay
1979
Terence Maloon, Artscribe, no. 16
Ian Bennett, Financial Times, March
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1980
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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1989
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1998
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1999
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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Bernd Czechner, Kleine Zeitung, October
2007
William Packer, Catalogue Essay, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Febuary
Bernd Czechner, Jazz Painting, Vernissage, No. 267, September
2008
David Ryan, Catalogue essay, Same As It Ever Was, January
Evan Parker, Book essay, Chamber Music, October
Sue Hubbard, The Independent, December
2010
Stephen Chambers, RA Magazine No 107, Summer
Wilfred Skreiner, Along the Continuum of Repeated Action, Published by Ritter Books



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