TREVOR SUTTON
1948
1967-71
1971-72
1972
1976
1979
1980
1989
1997
2000-03
2001
Born Romford, Essex
Hornsey College of Art
Birmingham Polytechnic
Sir Whitworth Wallis Award (First Prize)
Arts Council Award
Tolly Cobbold/Eastern Arts 2nd Exhibition (Prizewinner)
John Moores Exhibition 12 (Prizewinner)
Lorne Award
South Bank Banner Competition (Prizewinner)
Research Fellow, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1986
1988
1990
1992
1993
1995
1996
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Sussex
Summer Show 4, Serpentine Gallery, London
Playhouse Gallery, Harlow
Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
A.A.D.W Studio, Cardiff
The Round House Gallery, London
Six Paintings, Front Room, London
S.East Gallery, London
Lisson Gallery, London
L.C.F Gallery, London
Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff
Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
John Davis Gallery, New York
Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Monotypes, Flowers East, London
White Art Gallery, Tokyo
Works on Paper, Flowers East, London
Smith-Jariwala Gallery, London
White Art Gallery, Tokyo
Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
Full Moon, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
Flowers East, London
Flowers West, Santa Monica
Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
Prints & Monotypes, Flowers Graphics, London
Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
Small Paintings, Flowers East, London
Short Stories and Other Prints, Flowers Graphics, London
Six Paintings: Part Two, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Drawings and Watercolours, Flowers East, London
Moon Dreams and Other Prints, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
New Paintings, Flowers Central, London
Spirits - Monoprints 2001, Flowers Graphics, London
New Work, Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
Collaboration: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Flowers East, London
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Collaboration: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Courthouse Gallery,
Ballycastle, County Mayo
Flowers, New York
Flowers East, London
Collaboration: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Ritter Gallery,
Klagenfurt
Reflex, Flowers Central, London
Reflections - Monotypes 2005, Flowers Graphics, London
Coloured Time, Galerie Sho, Tokyo
Mended Dreams, Flowers East, London
Collaboration II: Trevor Sutton / Ferdinand Penker, Stadtgalerie,
Wolfsberg
Chamber Music, The Austrian Cultural Forum, London
Works on Paper, Flowers, London
Chamber Music, Galerie Schütte, Essen
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1972
1973
1974
1975
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
Jacob’s Ladder Gallery, Washington D.C
Seven Painters, City Art Gallery, Birmingham
Platform 72, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Gallery 273, Queen Mary College, London
Open Studios, SPACE, London
29 Salon des Realities Nouvelles, Paris
The Square and the Circle, House Gallery, London
Certain Traditions, Edmonton Art Gallery, Canada and subsequent
tour 1978-79
Via Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
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
Eight + Eight, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
John Moores 12, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
New Works of Contemporary Art and Music, Fruitmarket Gallery,
Edinburgh; Orchard Gallery, Londonderry
Wapping Artists, London
Through the Summer, Lisson Gallery, London
Recent Acquisitions/A.C.G.B, 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
Nine Artists from Wapping, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and subsequent
tour 1983-84
Tongue and Groove, Coracle Press, London and subsequent tour
1983-84
The University of East Anglia Collection, Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Arts, Norwich
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Metropolitan Gallery, London
Industrial Sponsors, Warwick Arts Trust, London
Selected Works, Chelsea School of Art, London
The Last Wapping Show, London
Contemporary Art Society Market, Smiths Galleries, London
Original Postcards, Swansea Arts Workshop, Wales
Contemporary Art Society Market, Smiths Galleries, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
The Great Kite Show, Cafe Gallery, London
Robinson Road Open Studios, London
Five New Painters, John Davis Gallery, New York
Summer Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, New York
Artists in the Abstract, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North
Carolina
The Year in Review 1989, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Small is Beautiful Part IX: Abstract, Flowers East, London
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
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
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
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
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
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
British Abstract Art Part 3: Works on Paper, Flowers East, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Ten Years After, Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
Ark, Open Hand Open Space, Reading
New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East at Riverside Studios, London
D.O.K.U., Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund
Colour Way, South Bank, London
The Print Show, Flowers Graphics, London
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
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Ten New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East, London
Trevor Sutton & 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 I: Abstract, Flowers West, Santa Monica
The Print Show, Flowers Graphics, London
Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East,
London
Give and Take, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston and
subsequent tour 2000
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
In A Marine Light, The Customs House Gallery, South Shields
5 British Abstract Painters, 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
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
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
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
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Inaugural Exhibition, Flowers, New York
Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland, Mayo General Hospital,
Castlebar, County Mayo
Less is More, Harrow Museum, Middlesex
Abstract Composition, Flowers Graphics, London
The Lionel Phillips Collection, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
The Trace Edition, Hirschl Contemporary Art, London
Flowers West at Keller and Greene, Keller & Greene, Los Angeles
Behind Door Nine, University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara
Small is Beautiful XXII, Flowers Central, London
Angela Flowers 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London
Far From the Sea, October Foundation Projects, Kunstlerhaus Palais,
Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Out of Ireland – Carol Robertson and Trevor Sutton, Galleri
Weinberger, Copenhagen
Small is Beautiful XX111, Flowers Central London
October Foundation, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Nine Artists, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Contemporary Woodcuts, Flowers Graphics, London
Small is Beautiful XX1V, Flowers Central, London
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, Flowers Central, London
rich & strange, Flock Gallery, UWN, Newport
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
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 XXV1, Flowers, London
PUBLIC & 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
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1973
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1989
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1994
James Heard, Arts Review, October
Richard Cork, Evening Standard, January
Peter Rippon, Artscribe No. 10
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February
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Autumn
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