My art is about questioning values and individual expression.
I use words and images as points of departure. I enjoy experimenting with different materials and a desire to look. The work oscillates between figuration and abstraction, whilst continuing to maintain a fresh quality and sense of humour.
Solo + Two Person
Exhibitions
2024
Babel , Bury Art Museum , Manchester
2024
Olney Water, Cowper Museum , Olney , Buckinghamshire
2023
The Commandery Museum, Worcester
2022
Art House, Worcester University
2021
Gold Instillation, Manchester Contemporary
2020
Doors, The Baptistry, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester
Modern Archeology, Instillation at the Commandery, Worcester.
2019
New Painting, Edge Projects, Palacio, Madrid, Spain
Babel (collaboration with Jonathan Wright)
Old Big School Gallery, Tonbridge
2018
Angry Penguins, in collaboration with Sidney Nolan, Pitt Projects, London
2017
Elliptical Illusion, Edge Project Space, London
2016
Last Things, Edge Project Space, London
Void -Macro/Micro, Edge Project Space, London
2016
Last things, installation in collaboration with
Jayne Dyer, Bury Art Museum, Manchester, UK
Schwoosh| Sconce, TAG Fine Arts, London/EDGE projects, IAFwarsaw16, Poland
2015
Personal Structures-Crossing Borders, in collaboration with Jayne Dyer, Palazzo Mora,
56th Venice Biennale; Global Art Affairs Foundation/European Cultural Centre
2013
GOLD Studio Rouge, Hong Kong
2012
GOLD Studio Rouge, Shanghai
2010
Very Fun Park, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei
2006
Faint Traces, Gallery 6, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
2004
Elizabeth Rice Gallery, Florida, USA
Bright Leaves, Gallery 6, Tokyo, Japan
1984
The First Ten Years, Luton Museum and Art Gallery
1983
The Long Gallery, Birmingham University
1982
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, USA
1981
Westfield College, London University
1976
Milton Keynes Centre (sponsored by the Development Centre)
Selected Group Exhibitions/Events
2024
Intervention Exhibition, Cowper Museum , Olney
2024
East to West , Bury Art Museum , Manchester
2023
Manchester Contemporary
2022
A small exhibition, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
2022
February at Pitt Projects, Worcester
2021
Food, Bury Art Museum, Manchester
Heavy Duty Paper, Pitt Studio and Projects Space, Worcester
Long Sharp Annual, Long Sharp Gallery on line, Indianapolis, USA2020
2020
Eden, Pitt Studio and Project Space, Worcester
2018
Happy Exhibition, Bury Art Museum, Manchester, UK London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, UK London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
Angry Penguins, Pitt Projects, Manchester Contemporary
2017
Enigma of Existence, in association with EDGE projects, Red Gate Gallery, BeijingInspired by Angry Penguins, Warren & Sidney Nolan paintings, PITT projects, LondonElliptical Illusion, EDGE project space, Bethnal Green, LondonEast Meets West, Chenies Manor House & Gardens, Buckinghamshire, UK
2016
Void, EDGE project space, London2015Long-Sharp Gallery, Palm Beach Art, Antique & Jewelry Show
2014
Palm Beach FLThe Brits are Coming, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, USA2014-15Wings From Warhol to Warren, Long-Sharp Gallery, Conrad Indianapolis, USA2014Peach Blossom Spring | Cacotopia, Kui Yuan Gallery, Guangzhou, PRC;NCCA, Darwin, AustraliaHarbour Site, Folkestone Fringe Festival, Folkestone Triennial 2014, UKLong-Sharp Gallery, SCOPE Miami, Miami FLLong-Sharp Gallery, New York Art, Antique & Jewelry Show 2014, NYCLong-Sharp Gallery, Scope New York 2014, New York CityLong-Sharp Gallery, Palm Beach Art, Antique & Jewelry Show 2014, Palm Beach FLThe Trophy Room, PITT Projects, England, Dallas Art Fair 2014Aspirations, TAG Fine Arts, India Art Fair, New Delhi
2013
International artists, Meijiang Art Center, Tianjin Creative Industries Expo 2013Moniker Art Fair, LondonLa Rondine Gallery, Bagni di Lucca, ItalyHouse of Gold, Chenies Manor House, Herts, UKSeeing red…, Meijiang Art Center, Tianjin, ChinaThe Trophy Room, TAG Fine Arts, India Art Fair, New Delhi
2012
Illuminer, 10+ Space, Hong Kong
2011
Gallery 6, Tokyo Bleibtreu Gallery, BerlinOriginal Print Fair Royal Academy, London
2010
postEDEN, Today Art Museum, BeijingKitsch & Kinky, Frontline Gallery, Shanghai
2009
LuminousDark, King on Williams Gallery, SydneyTempting God, Depot Gallery, SydneyTop Asia Hotel Art Fair, Seoul
2008
LuminousDark, Bleibtreu Gallery, BerlinGroup Show Kobe, JapanCAP Inaugural Show Twin Lines Gallery, BeijingOxford Open ModArt, Oxford
2007
A Sense of Togetherness, Sweet Tea House, LondonSituation 31, Bleibtreu Gallery, BerlinNewcastle Gateshead Art Fair TAG Fine Arts
2006
Group Show with works by Joseph Beuys, Bleibtreu Gallery, BerlinUnspoken Words, Amber Fine Art, EdinburghLhasa Express, Rossi and Rossi, London
2005
Here Now, Sims Reed Gallery, LondonEWACC Light Gallery, LondonArtshed, HertfordshireElizabeth Rice Gallery, Florida, USA
2004
Leaf Show, with Wayne Warren and Stan McCartin, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, Chambers Gallery, LondonElizabeth Rice Gallery, Florida, USA
2003
TAG Fine Arts, LondonEWACC Exhibition – Arts Council, Kobi, JapanTAG Group show with Tracy Emin, Chris Ofili, Nexus Gallery, Edinburgh FestivalArtshed, Hertfordshire
2002
Galerie Éspace, Paris, France
Elizabeth Rice Gallery, Florida, USA
2001
Basquiet Gallery, London1984Drawing International, Hall Gallery, WolverhamptonThree man group show, Arts Council, Folkestone Arts Centre
1982
The Mark A. Gallery, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
1981
The Fullerton Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey, USAThe Montclair Kimberly Academy, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
1979
The Park Street Gallery, BristolThe School of Architecture, Liverpool University
1978
Central Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1977
Central Gallery, Watford
1976 Open University, Buckinghamshire Fifty artists ,Milton Keynes
Presentations
2019
Tower of Babel, Tonbridge School, UK.
2014
Academic forum, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Peach Blossom Spring | Cacotopia, Guangzhou China.
Wings from Warhol to Warren, Curator's Forum, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis USA.
2013
International artists' forum, Tianjin Creative Industries Expo, Tianjin, China.
House of Gold, Exhibition presentations & tours, Chenies Manor House, Herts, UK
2010
Very Fun Park, Artist's presentation & workshop,
Very Fun Park, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
Publications/
Reviews/Essays
2014
Gina Fairley, The Vernacular of Display Wayne Warren 2014 catalogue Reg Newitt, post flight Wayne Warren 2014 catalogueKatherine Brooks, India Art Fair 2014: 10 artists to watch out for at the New Delhi event Huffpost Arts & Culture, The Huffington Post
2013
Coco Marett, The Midas Touch Kee Magazine, Issue 61, January 2013, Hong KongSeema Bhalla, India Art Fair 2013 Creative Mind, Vol IX Qtr-1 2013Reg Newitt, Notes from India Art Fair 2013 Art Monthly Australia, July 2013
2012
Reg Newitt, Eclectic: Wayne Warren, Wayne Warren 2012 catalogueDamian Smith, Wayne Warren: Something From Nothing Wayne Warren 2012 catalogueJayne Dyer, On gold, alchemy, trade, waste, value…, Wayne Warren 2012 catalogue
2011
Newsletter Taipei, Vogue Taiwan, September 2011
Catalogues/Brochures
2015
It’s closing time for gardens of the westPersonal Structures – Crossing Borders 56th Venice BiennaleWayne Warren brochures’ folder: Wings; Doors; Frames Series
2014
Peach Blossom Spring | CacotopiaWayne Warren 2014 catalogueIndia Art Fair 14
2013
Seeing red…India Art Fair 13
2012
Wayne Warren 2012 catalogue GOLDIlluminer
2010
postEDEN Kitsch & Kinky
2009
Tempting God Wayne Warren
After alchemy Wayne Warren - Infinite Nothing
2008
LuminousDark
Awards/Residencies
/Fellowships
2022
Master of Arts in Cultural Leadership
Joint degree at RA England and Maastricht University Holland
2021
Fellow of the University of Worcester, UK
2011
Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne1980 Fulbright Scholarship, British Council Exchange to USA
Collections
Judith Neilson, Founder/Director White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia (private collection); Lloyds Bank, London; Luton Museum and Art Gallery, England; The Long Gallery, Birmingham University, England; Norwich Hospital, Bury Art Museum, Manchester; Cambridge University; MK Academy, New Jersey; plus private collections in Australia, Britain, Japan, Germany, China, Korea; Conrad Indianapolis
Represented
TAG Fine Arts/TAG Contemporary, London, www.tagfinearts.com
Pitt Studio and Projects
www.pittstudio.com
China Art Projects, Beijing, Hong Kong, www.chinaartprojects.com
Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis , USA www.modernmastersfab.com/long-sharpgallery
Qualifications
2021
Fellow of the University of Worcester, UK
1990 Fellow of the College of Preceptors, London, UK
1972
Bachelor of Education (Honours), Art & Education, Exeter University, UK
Contact
For further information, please Email Wayne Warren here
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