1951 Born in Bradford, England
1971 Bradford School of Art, Bradford, England
1974 Goldsmiths College, London, England
1976 Slade School of Fine Art, London, England
Lives and Works in London
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Tony Bevan, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2017 Tony Bevan: Paintings, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2016 Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
Masters, Frieze London, London
2014 Trees & Archives, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
2013 Chinese Trees, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Recent Paintings, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Recent Paintings, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2012 LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Self-Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London
Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2010 New Painting Installation, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill
Recent Paintings, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris
2009 Construct, James Hyman Fine Art, London
Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Michel Soskine Inc., Madrid
2008 New Paintings, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
2007 Monotypes, Marlborough Fine Art, London
LA Louver Gallery, Venice
à cent mètres du centre du monde, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Perpignan
2006 Table Top Paintings, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris
Paintings and Works on Paper 1982–2005, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
Paintings 1987–2005, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
Paintings, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
2005 Paintings 1994–2005, Michel Soskine Inc., Madrid
A Retrospective, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia
2004 Paintings and Drawings, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney; Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Drawings, Albion Gallery, London
2003 Recent Work, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris
Works on Paper, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Paintings 2000–2003, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
Works from Deptford, Paintings and Drawings 1982–2002, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
Recent Paintings, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
2002 Paintings and Drawings, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Drawings, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
The Complete Prints, James Hyman Fine Art, London
2000 Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
1999 Paintings, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Paintings and Drawings, LA Louver Gallery, Venice
Neue Bilder, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
1998 Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
Drawings and Paintings on Paper, Matt’s Gallery, London
1997 Paintings of the 80s and 90s, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus
1996 Neue Bilder, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
Matt’s Gallery, London
Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
1995 Kopf Bilder, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
Recent Paintings, LA Louver Gallery, Venice
1993 New Paintings and Prints, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
Drawings, Frith Street Gallery, London
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
The Meeting and Related Works, Louver Gallery, New York
1992 The Meeting and Other Recent Paintings, LA Louver Gallery, Venice
1991 Louver Gallery, New York
Galerie Elke Zink, Baden-Baden
1990 Neue Bilder, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen
1989 Paintings, LA Louver Gallery, Venice
Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst Haus der Kunst, Munich
1988 Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
Neue Bilder, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
1987 Painting 1980–87, ICA, London; Orchard, Derry; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; Cartwright Hall, Bradford
1986 Matt’s Gallery, London
Neue Bilder, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich
1985 The Honest Portrait, National Portrait Gallery, London
Emblems, Riverside Studios, London
1984 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Bilder, Galerie Wittenbrink, Regensburg
1983 Portraits and Emblems, Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan
1982 Matt’s Gallery, London
1981 Matt’s Gallery, London
1976 Robert Self Gallery, London
Caius College Gallery, Cambridge
1975 2 Installations, Holden House, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Evolver, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 20 June - 17 August 2018
Art Basel 2018, Hong Kong
2017 The Armory Show, Ben Brown Fine Arts, New York, NY
Art Busan International Art Fair, Korea
Tony Bevan / Ron Arad Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Messerschmidt and Modernity, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Tony Bevan, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, UK, 16 July 2016 - 19 February 2017
The Armory Show, Ben Brown Fine Arts, New York, NY
West Bund Art & Design 2016, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Shanghai
Frieze Masters 2016, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2015 Ron Arad and Tony Bevan, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2014 Self: Image and Identity, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Arboretum - A Journey through Trees, Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Ein Baum ist ein Baum ist ein Baum…, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf
Summer exhibition 2015, RAA, Burlington House, London
2011 Messerschmidt and Modernity, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Max Neumann – Tony Bevan – Martin Assig, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris
2010 Loose Canon, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles
Figuration, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles
2009 Summer Exhibition 2010, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Able Bodied, Donna Beame Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Interior Spaces,
Eagle Gallery, London
2008 Summer Exhibition 2009, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Paint Made Flesh, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
The Philips Collection, Washington D.C.
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester
2007 Summer Exhibition 2008, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Building Bridges, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Group Exhibition, Michel Soskine Inc., Madrid
Miradas Arquitectónicas en la Colección del IVAM, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
2006 Summer Exhibition 2007, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Then and Now, James Hyman Fine Art, London
2005 Motion on Paper, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Drawing Inspiration, Contemporary Drawings, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Portraits, James Hyman Fine Art, London
2004 A Visages Decouverts, Le 10 Neuf, Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Montbeliard
2003 Multiple Selves, James Hyman Fine Art, London
2002 A Century of British Drawings, James Hyman Fine Art, London
From Life Radical Figurative Art from Sickert to Bevan, James Hyman Fine Art, London
2000 Five Painters, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny
1999 Painting, I Love, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
Look Out: Art, Society, Politics, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton; Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich
1998 Bacon, Bevan, Guston and Baselitz, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
The School of London: From Bacon to Bevan, Musee Maillol, Paris; Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela; Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna
1997 Last Dreams of the Millennium – The Reemergence of British Romantic Painting, Stephen Solovy Art Foundation;
California State University, Long Beach; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler; Manoa Art Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
1995 Masculine Measure, Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Sheboygan
1994 Inside Out, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield; Galeria Arialdo Ceribelli, Bergamo
1993 Here and Now: Painting since 1970, Serpentine Gallery, London
1992 The Portrait Now, National Portrait Gallery, London
1991 British Figurative Painting of the XX Century, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1990 Out of Limbo, Foundacion Luis Cernuda, Seville
Five Painters from London, Colegio de Arquitectos, Malaga
1989 Inconsolable, Louver Gallery, New York
Picturing People: Figurative Art in Britain 1945 – 84, National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; Museum of Art, Hong Kong;
National Gallery, Harare
1988 Prospect 89, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
1987 European Painting and Sculpture, LA Louver Gallery, Venice
Contemporary Portraits, Flowers East, London
Aperto 88, XLIII Biennale di Venezia, Venice
The British Picture, LA Louver Gallery, Venice
1985 Human Interest, Manchester Arts Centre, Manchester
Otherland, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
Hand Signals, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1983 Off Shore, Kunstlewerkstatt, Munich; Stadtische Galerie, Regensburg
Problems of Picturing, Serpentine Gallery, London
Private Symbol, Social Metaphor, Sydney Bienniale, Sydney
4 Artists, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1981 Before It Hits The Floor, ICA, London
1970 New Directions in Printmaking, South London Art Gallery, London
Awards
2007 Elected Royal Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts, London
Public Collections
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Perpignan
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Arts Council, London
Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlung, Munich
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham
British Council, London
British Museum, London
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
Castle Museum, Nottingham
Churchill College, Cambridge
Contemporary Arts Society, London
Greater London Arts Association, London
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
John Creasey Collection, Salisbury
Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
Long Museum, Shanghai
Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Modern Art Museum, Stockholm
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
National Portrait Gallery, London
Open University, Milton Keynes
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Portland Art Museum, Portland
Royal Academy Collection, London
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
Tate Gallery, London
Theo Wormland Stiftung, Munich
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
OH Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
Würth Museum, La Rioja
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
