biography of Gillian AYRES (1930-2018)

Personal data


Birth : 1930 - London, United Kingdom
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : United Kingdom

Address

London, United Kingdom

Family relations

Wife of Henry MUNDY [ 1919 ]

Representatives

Adelson Galleries – The Mark Hotel 25 East 77th Street 3 road Floor – New York NY, United States


Education

1946 – 1950 : Camberwell College of Arts – Peckham Road – London, United Kingdom

Professional data


Other professions

Professor
St. Martin’s School of Art – Charing Cross Road – London, United Kingdom

Professor
RCA Royal College of Art – Kensington Gore – London, United Kingdom

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil
Print-Multiple :
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache

Movements and styles

Abstraction

Works

Sikar II
Date of creation : 1993
Edition n° : 12
Medium : Print
Number of elements : 15
 
Castell Odo
Date of creation : 1982
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 61 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2001

New Prints
Alan Cristea Gallery – London, United Kingdom
10/10/2001 – 11/11/2001

1997

Royal Academy of Arts – London, United Kingdom
1997

1995

Purdy Hicks Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1995

1989

Cornerhouse – Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
1989

1983

Retrospective
Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1983

1981

MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
1981

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

ART2004 – The 16th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/14/2004 – 01/18/2004
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2003

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2002

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Gimpel Fils Gallery – 30 Davies Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

ART2002 – The 14th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/16/2002 – 01/20/2002
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2001

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2000

ART2000 – The 12th London Contemporary Art Fair
London, United Kingdom
01/19/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Gimpel Fils Gallery – 30 Davies Street – London, United Kingdom

The 20th Century British Art Fair
Royal College of Art – London, United Kingdom
09/29/1999 – 10/03/1999
Represented by : Gimpel Fils Gallery – 30 Davies Street – London, United Kingdom


Group exhibitions

2001

British Abstract Painting 2001
Flowers East – London, United Kingdom
09/14/2001 – 09/08/2001

1992

The Poetic Trace, Aspects of British Abstraction Since 1945
Adelson Galleries Inc – New York NY, United States
1992

1991

The Experience of Painting
SBC South Bank Centre – London, United Kingdom
1991

The President’s Choice
Royal Academy of Arts – London, United Kingdom
1991

1989

Blasphemies, Ectasies, Cries
Rena Bransten Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1989

1984

The British Art Show 2
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

The British Art Show 2
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
11/02/1984 – 06/30/1985

1959

1ère Biennale de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
10/02/1959 – 10/25/1959

Legals