JONATHAN WALLER
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born
1956
Stratford upon Avon
Education
1979-80
Nene College, Northampton
1980-83
Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic
1984-85
Chelsea School of Art
Awards
1980
Northampton County Council Travelling Scholarship
1983
Ekins Trust, Northampton: Working visit to Berlin
1984
First prize, Midland View 3, Nottingham
1985-86
Junior Painting Fellowship, Cardiff
1986
Welsh Arts Council Setting-Up Grant
1988
Mark Rothko Memorial Trust: Travelling Scholarship to USA
1990
British Council Grant: Working Visit to New York.
1997-2016
Coventry University Research Awards
Solo Exhibitions
1984
Nene College, Northampton
Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic
Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic
1986
Paton Gallery, London
1988
Paton Gallery, London
1990
Flowers East, London
1992
River Bank, Flowers East, London
1993
Flowers East, London
1994
Paintings 1986-93, Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery
Gouaches, Angela Flowers (Soho) Gallery, London
Gouaches, Angela Flowers (Soho) Gallery, London
1994
Gouaches, Flowers East, London
1997
Birth, New End Gallery, London
1998
Birth, Axiom Centre for the Arts, Cheltenham
1998
Paintings & Drawings 1994-98, New End Gallery, London
2000
Transcriptions, Art at Glebe House, Leamington Spa
2003
Box Assemblages, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
2005
Jonathan Waller’s True Adventures, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth
2006
Jonathan Waller’s True Adventures, Arlington Gallery, London
2008
Heads & Drawings, Herbert Café, The Herbert, Coventry
2013
A Gallery of Condemned Men, The Lewis Gallery, Rugby
2013
A Gallery of Condemned Men, B&B Gallery and Project Space, Folkestone
2016
The Seven Ages of Man, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
2016-17
Preparatory Studies & Drawings for The Seven Ages of Man, Lanchester Research Gallery, Coventry
Selected Group Exhibitions
1983
Sheffield Open, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1984
New Contemporaries, ICA, London
Midland View 3, Midland Group Arts Centre, Nottingham and touring
Midland View 3, Midland Group Arts Centre, Nottingham and touring
1985
Attitudes, Guildhall Gallery, Northampton
1986
Four New Painters, Paton Gallery, London
Fresh Art, Barbican, London
Royal Overseas League Annual Exhibition, London
Fresh Art, Barbican, London
Royal Overseas League Annual Exhibition, London
1987
New Work by Six Gallery Artists, Paton Gallery, London
1988
‘London, Glasgow, New York’, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Pacesetters, City Art Gallery, Peterborough
Object and Image – Aspects of British Art in the 1980’s, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
‘From Daedalus to Ariane: Images of Flight’, Paton Gallery, London
Pacesetters, City Art Gallery, Peterborough
Object and Image – Aspects of British Art in the 1980’s, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
‘From Daedalus to Ariane: Images of Flight’, Paton Gallery, London
1988-90
The New British Painting, Cincinnati, touring show ending in Queens Museum, New York
1989
The Thatcher Years: An Artistic Retrospective, Flowers East, London
Confrontation: 3 British Artists, Peter Howson, John Keane, Jonathan Waller, Joy Emery Gallery, Detroit, USA
Confrontation: 3 British Artists, Peter Howson, John Keane, Jonathan Waller, Joy Emery Gallery, Detroit, USA
1990
Flowers at Moos, Moos Gallery, New York, USA
‘This Sporting Life’, Flowers East, London
‘This Sporting Life’, Flowers East, London
1991
Angela Flowers Gallery 1991, Flowers East, London
Kunst, Europa – 74 Kunstvereine zeigen Kunst aus 18 Landern, Karsruhe, Germany
Nudes, Watermans Art Centre, Brentford
Kunst, Europa – 74 Kunstvereine zeigen Kunst aus 18 Landern, Karsruhe, Germany
Nudes, Watermans Art Centre, Brentford
1992
Artist’s Choice, Flowers East, London
Human Form, Parnham House, Dorset
Human Form, Parnham House, Dorset
1993
Heads, Royal Museum & Art Gallery, Canterbury
‘But Big is Better’, Flowers East, London
New Figurative Painting, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries/Fred Hoffman, Beverley Hills, USA
‘But Big is Better’, Flowers East, London
New Figurative Painting, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries/Fred Hoffman, Beverley Hills, USA
1993-94
By Underground to Kew, London Transport Museum and Kew Gardens Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
1994-95
An American Passion, The Susan Kasen Summer & Robert D Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting, McLellan Galleries. Glasgow and Heathrow Airport, London
1995
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London touring to
Santiago, Chile.
The Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
Santiago, Chile.
The Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
1996
‘Naked’, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
1997
Angela Flowers Gallery 1997, Flowers East, London
Taboo, New End Gallery, London
Taboo, New End Gallery, London
1997-98
Provocative Prints, New End Gallery, London
1998
Modern Portraits: Expressions of Intimacy: Golden Gate University, San Francisco
Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition (1998), Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education touring to Berlin and Hull
Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition (1998), Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education touring to Berlin and Hull
1999
The Comfort of Strangers, Waterstone’s, Piccadilly, London
Love, Religion, Explosives, St. Margaret’s Church, Norwich
Love, Religion, Explosives, St. Margaret’s Church, Norwich
2000
Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition (1999), Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, touring to: Hull and Berlin
Drawing Parallels, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
Drawing Parallels, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
2001
Fast Forward, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
2002
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
2004
Suns and Moons, Falmouth Art Gallery
The River, Falmouth Art Gallery
We Can Work It Out, Three Colts Gallery, London
The River, Falmouth Art Gallery
We Can Work It Out, Three Colts Gallery, London
2004/05
The Disturbing Eye, Pink Stallion Gallery, Manchester, touring to
Trade, London
Trade, London
2005
Paintings From The Nineties, Flowers Central, London
The Circus Show, The Three Colts, London
The Circus Show, The Three Colts, London
2006
Through The Looking Glass, The Three Colts, London
The Marmite Prize, The Residence, London
Ctrl, Alt, Delete, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
The Marmite Prize, The Residence, London
Ctrl, Alt, Delete, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
2006/07
The Great Exhibition Room, Arlington Gallery, London
2007
O Dreamland, Transition Gallery, Greatstone, Kent
2007/08
Black & White, Gallery 12, London
2008
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008, Jerwood Space, London & tour
A Gothic Story, Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London
A Gothic Story, Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London
2008
Re/Cognition, The Herbert, Coventry
Drawing Breath, Lugar Do Desenho – Fundacao Julio Resende, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
Drawing Breath, Lugar Do Desenho – Fundacao Julio Resende, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
2008/09
Small is Beautiful XXV1, Flowers Gallery, London
2009
Drawing with Dolphins, Crimestown, London
Artworks Open 2009, Artworks Project Space, London
Artworks Open 2009, Artworks Project Space, London
2010
Summer Open Exhibition, Café Gallery Projects, London
Standing Room Only, Flowers Gallery, London
An Orchestra of Strings, The Crypt, St Pancras Parish Church, London
Standing Room Only, Flowers Gallery, London
An Orchestra of Strings, The Crypt, St Pancras Parish Church, London
2010
400 Women, Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London + tour
2011
Coventry University/Seawhite Drawing Open 2011, Lewis Gallery, Rugby
Unearthed, Warton House, London
Unearthed, Warton House, London
2011
Rifettorio Project (Fioravante Sansoni’s Last Supper), Rifettorio Museum, Pescia, Italy
2012
Coventry University & Design Buro Drawing Prize 2012, Lewis Gallery,
Rugby
Rugby
2013
Coventry University Drawing Prize 2013, Lewis Gallery 2013
Small is Beautiful XXX, Flowers Gallery, London
Small is Beautiful XXX, Flowers Gallery, London
2014
The Artist’s Folio as a Site of Enquiry, Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford
Coventry University & Elliotts Drawing Prize 2014, Lewis Gallery, Rugby and Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
Not Yet Dead Nearly, Salthouse Church, Salthouse, Norfolk
Drawology, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
RED Xmas, Studio 1.1, London
Coventry University & Elliotts Drawing Prize 2014, Lewis Gallery, Rugby and Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
Not Yet Dead Nearly, Salthouse Church, Salthouse, Norfolk
Drawology, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
RED Xmas, Studio 1.1, London
2015
Not Yet Dead Nearly, King’s Lynn Art Centre
2015
Coventry University Drawing Prize 2015, Lewis Gallery, Rugby and
The Atkins, Hinckley
The Atkins, Hinckley
2016
Coventry University Drawing Prize, Lewis Gallery, Rugby and The Atkins, Hinckley
Small is Beautiful XXX1, Flowers Gallery, London
Small is Beautiful XXX1, Flowers Gallery, London
2017
Precision of Thought, Container Gallery, London
2018
Coventry University Drawing Prize, C.E.T. Building, Coventry
Six artists Celebrate Enid Marx & The British Folk Art Collection, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Six artists Celebrate Enid Marx & The British Folk Art Collection, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Public Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tate Gallery, London
Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery (Contemporary Art Society)
Department of Environment
Unilever Plc
Bankers Trust
Readers Digest, London and New York
De Beers
London Underground
British Airport Authority
Basildon Hospital
Novas Group, London and Liverpool
Bradford Museums
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
Commissions
1994
London Underground, poster for Kew Gardens
Portrait of Shirley Sussman Schneer
Book jacket for ‘Look the Demon in the Eye’ by Angela Neustatter
Portrait of Shirley Sussman Schneer
Book jacket for ‘Look the Demon in the Eye’ by Angela Neustatter
1995
British Airport Authority, two paintings for Terminal 3, Heathrow Airport
1999
Small sculpture for ‘The Comfort of Strangers’ in aid of the Medical
Foundation
Foundation
2007
Outdoor Sculpture, Willowfield School, London
2010
Portrait of Heidi Slauquet Armengol for the 400 Women exhibition
2012
Portrait of the Cricketer Tom Cartwright
2016
The Seven Ages of Man, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, seven drawings to commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s Death
Double portrait of Bruce and Hannah Fletcher
Double portrait of Bruce and Hannah Fletcher
2017
Drawing of Geoff Wilcocks’s hands
Radio
1985
Interview in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Attitudes’, BBC Radio Northampton
1998
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, ‘Defining Moments: Birth’
2013
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, ‘A Room with a View: The Artist’s Studio’
Television/Film
1991
‘London’ German Television ZDF
1997
‘Birth’, film by Joanna Cain for Real Life TV
2007
‘O Dreamland’, a Channelwebscene Production