(C) denotes that a catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition.
Born 1946, London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
Selected Press
Artforum, Avis Newman, Lisson Gallery, 27 Bell Street, London, Michael Archer, March 1988
The Renaissance Society, AVIS NEWMAN, LASSITUDE BEFORE WORDS, 10 January 1988
Third Text, Avis Newman: Blocking Light, Stella Santacatterina, 1996
Education
Central School of Art and Design, London, BA
Goldsmiths College, London, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2021
The Weight of Souls I, Maureen Paley: Studio M, London, UK
2013
Mobile Relations, The Gallery at Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK
2003
Descriptions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
1998
Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
1996
Blocking Light, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (C)
1995
Recent Work, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (C)
Avis Newman (Begin the Beguin), Kanaal Art Foundation, Kortrijk, Belgium
1994
Works, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo, Italy (C)
1993
Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, travelling to: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (C)
1990
Earth of Paradise, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK
1988
Lassitude before words, Lisson Gallery, London, UK (C)
1987
Avis Newman, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1985
This... Dream’s Navel, Galerie Akumabltory 2, Poznan, Poland
1984
Figure who no one is..., Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
The Day’s Residues, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
1982
Scenes, Matt’s Gallery, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
A Very Special Place: Ikon in the 1990s, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2017
Meticulous Observations and Naming the Money, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2014
Drawn Together: Artist as Selector, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK
A Little Patch of Yellow Wall, Lion and Lamb Gallery, London, UK
Iniquitous Symmetries, Mummery + Schnelle Gallery, London, UK
2013
More Light, 5 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2011
What If It's All True, What Then?, Mummery + Schnelle, London, UK (C)
2010
On Line: Drawing Through The Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (C)
Drawing of the World, World of Drawing, College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (C)
2009
Between Metaphor and Object: Art of the 90’s from IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Collage, London/New York, Fred Gallery, London, UK
2004
Questionmark, Wait, Error, Understood, M.C.K. iulionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
2003
In Good Form, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, UK
2002
Artists Meeting, Xiamen Gallery, Xiamen, China
2000
La casa, il corps, il cuore, Construction der identiten, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria (C)
1999
Work from the Berardo Collection, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
La casa, il corpo, il cuore, Construction der identity, National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfs de Botton Gift, Tate, London, UK (C)
1997
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo, Italy
Material Culture, The Object in British Art of the 1980’s and 90’s, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (C)
Heteronyymous, or an Ambiguous Journey Through The Self, San Michele A Ripa, Rome, Italy (C)
1995
British Art from the 1980’s and 1990’s –work from the WeltKunst Collection, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (C)
Pretext: Heteronyms, The Clink, London, UK (C)
1994
Inside the Visible, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston USA, travelling to: Washington Museum, Washington, DC, USA; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK; Gallery of Contemporary Art, Perth, Australia (C)
Worlds in a Box, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Norwich, London, UK (C)
Private View: Contemporary Art in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK (C)
Works on Paper from the WelkKunst Collection, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1994
Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (C)
1993
Moving into View, Ten years of the Arts Council Collection, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
1992
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
Mixed Exhibition, Galerie Bruges La Morte, Bruges, Belgium
1991
Excavating the Present, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK (C)
1989
Blasphemies, Ecstasies and Cries, Serpentine Gallery, London (C), travelling to: Norwich School of Art, Norwich; Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury; Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno
A Propos de Dessin, Galerie Adrien Maeght, Paris, France
1988
Vanities, Norwich School of Art Gallery, Norwich, UK (C)
The British Picture, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California, USA (C)
Signaturen, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium (C)
The Impossible Self, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (C)
1987
The Analytical Theatre: New Art From Britain, The Akron Art Museum, Ohio (organised by the Independent Curators Incorporated, New York) (C), travelling to: Alberta College of Art Gallery, Alberta; University Art Museum, California; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1986
Falls the Shadow, Recent British and European Art, Hayward Gallery, London (organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain) (C)
Summer Group Show, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Origins Originality + Beyond, Sixth Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (organised by the British Council) (C)
Aperto86, XL11 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (C)
1985
Recent Acquisitions for the Modern Collection – Works on Paper by British and American Artists, Tate Gallery, London, UK
1984
The British Art Show: Old Allegiances and New Directions, 1979-1984, City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain) (C), travelling to: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, Mapping Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK; Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
1982
Stroke, Line and Figure, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK
Hayward Annual 1982: British Drawing, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Whitechapel Open Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
Collaborative and Curated Projects
2006
Symposium on Drawing Theory and Practise: With a Single Mark...., sponsored by Wimbledon College of Art, UAL and Tate, Tate Britain, London, UK
2003
The Stage of Drawing: Gesture and Act, Drawing exhibition selected from the Tate Collection, The Drawing Centre, New York, USA and Tate Britain London, Tate Liverpool, UK, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2002
Artists Meeting–Visit to Beijing and Xiamen to meet and exchange ideas with Chinese artists and co-curate an exhibition with Sigge Gudmundson, Martjanjia Hellman and Inika Gudmundson of works Made by artists from the Rijksakademie and Xiamen University at the Chinese European Art Centre
Solo Publications and Editing
2011
Open Space - what is possible in the political potentiality…, Divus, Vienna, 2011, pp. 100-109
2010
08 Tim Johnson, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2010
2009
07 Dino Alfier, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2009
2008
06 Carolyn Flood, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2008
05 Helen Scalway, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2008
04 Daniel Baker, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2008
2007
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK, 2007
03 Ansel Krut, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2007
02 Jo Stockam, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2007
01 Paul Ryan, The Centre for Drawing Project Space – Notes, The Centre for Drawing Project Space, Research Centre of the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2007
2006
documents 3 Ivan Grubanov, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 2006
2005
documents 2 Irene Kopelman: Territories, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 2005
documents Marc Bauer: Tautology, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 2005
2003
The Stage of Drawing: Gesture and Act, Selected from the Tate Collection, The Drawing Centre, New York, USA and Tate Publishing, London, UK, 2003
The Stage of Drawing: Gesture And Act, Selected from Tate Collection, Tate Publishing, London, UK, 2003
Descriptions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2003
Drawing Paper 36, Conversation between: Catherine de Zegher and Avis Newman, The Drawing Center, London, UK, 2003
1998
Avis Newman, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 1998
1996
Avis Newman, Camden Arts Centre and Ikon Gallery, UK, 1996
1995
WORKS, Casa Masaccio, Alphalibri, Italy, 1995
1993
Avis Newman, Supplement, Book Works Studio, London, UK, 1993
Vicious Circle, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam and Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 1993
1987
Avis Newman, Lisson Gallery, London & Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA, 1987
Books and Catalogues
2017
Artist | Work | Lisson, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 2017
2013
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: BOLSHE SVETA : MORE LIGHT, MER. Paper Kunsthalle, Germany, 2013 pp. 248-249, 357-358
2014
an anthology women’s work is never done, AsaMer, Belgium, 2014, pp. 210-239
2011
What If It’s All True? What Then?, Mummery + Schnelle, London, UK, 2011
2010
Online Drawing: Through The Twentieth Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA, 2010, pp. 108-109
2004
Tate Women Artists, Tate Publishing, London, UK, 2004, p. 231
2003
The Stage of Drawing: Gesture and Act - De Zegher, Catherine, selected by Avis Newman, Tate Publishing, London, UK, 2003
1999
La Casa, il corpo, il cuore Konstruktion der Identitäten, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien, Austria,1999, pp. 332-335
1998
Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfson de Botton Gift, Tate Publishing, London, UK, 1998 pp. 42-43, 92-95
1997
Breaking the Mould British Art of the 1980s and 1990s, The Weltkunst Collection, Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd in association with Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 1997, pp. 100-103
Heteronymous or an ambiguous Journey Through Self, Ministero dei Beni Culturali, Rome, Italy, 1997, p. 42
1996
Private View Contemporary Art in the Bowes Museum, The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK,1996, p. 73
INSIDE THE VISIBLE an elliptical traverse of 20th century art in, of, and from the feminine, MIT Press, Boston/Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 1996 pp. 270-279, 302-303, 306-307
1995
Pretext: 21 Artists Heteronyms, Rear Window Publication, London, UK, 1995, p. 28-29
1994
Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 1994
Worlds in a Box, The Southbank Centre, London, UK, 1994, p. 68
1993
Signaturen, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium,1993
1991
Excavating the Present, Cambridge: Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge, UK, 1991, p. 51-54
1990
Drawing Today, Phaidon Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1990, pp. 122-124
1989
New British Art In The Saatchi Collection, text by: Alistair Hicks, Thames and Hudson, London, UK, 1989, pp. 94-95
1988
Vanitas, Norwich School of Art Gallery, Norwich, UK, 1988
Blasphemies Ecstasies Cries, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK, 1988, p. 17
The Impossible Self, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, 1988, pp. 61-64
1987
The Analytical Theatre: New Art From Britain, Independent Curators Incorporated, New York, USA, 1987, pp. 29-33
1986
Falls The Shadow, Recent British and European Art. The Hayward Annual 1986, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK, 1986
1984
The British Art Show, Old Allegiances and New Directions 1979-1984, Orbis Publishing Ltd, London for the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK, 1984
1986
ORIGINS ORIGINALITY + BEYOND The Biennale of Sydney 1986, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 1986, pp. 50-51
Teaching and Research
2013
Visiting Professor of Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK
2006
Editor of ‘Notes’ The Centre for Drawing, CCW – University of the Arts London, drawing research publication
1991
Artist-advisor at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004
Co-editor of the journal ‘Documents’ published by Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984
Goldsmiths College of Art University of London, London, UK
1994
Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, Netherlands
Press
2021
–––, Avis Newman at Studio M. Maureen Paley, London, en.martincid.com, 28 May 2021
Mitchell, Rory, Avis Newman Brings Drawing to Canvas, ocula.com, 23 June 2021
Key, Joan, Avis Newman’s The Weight of Souls 1, Journal of Contemporary Painting, Intellect Limited Exhibition Review, University of the Creative Arts, UK, 17 September 2021, pp. 235 - 244
2013
Parkin, Simon, 2013 Cultural highlights: Art and Dance,
eveningnews24.co.uk, 9 January 2013
1996
Santacatterina, Stella, Avis Newman: Blocking Light,
Third Text, Volume 10, 1996, pp. 95-98
1988
Scanlan, Joe, Lassitude Before Words, renaissancesociety.org, 10 January
Archer, Michael, Avis Newman, Lisson Gallery, 27 Bell Street, London, artforum.com, March
Museum and Public Collections
Arts Council Collection, London, UK
British Council, London, UK
Tate Collection, London, UK
Weltkunst Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park. Washington, DC, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA