Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1944
Studied at Chelsea College of Art, London, England, 1960-1963
Studied at Slade School of Fine Art, London, England, 1963-1966
Lives and works in London, England
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
New Museum, ‘siege’, New York NY
Henry Moore Institute, ‘Phyllida Barlow : Bad Copies’, Leeds, England
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Hauser & Wirth, New York NY
2011
Hauser & Wirth, ‘RIG’, London, England
Kunstverein Nürnberg, ‘Cast’, Nuremberg, Germany
2010
Studio Voltaire, ‘BLUFF’, London, England
V22, ‘SWAMP’, London, England
BAWAG Contemporary, ‘STREET’, Vienna, Austria
2009
One in the Other Gallery, ‘BRAKE’, London, England
2008
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, ‘STINT’, Warwick, England
Southbank Centre, ‘STACK, FENCE’, London, England
2007
Canary Wharf, ‘Under Over’, London, England
Galería Jesús Gallardo, ‘Ramp Tower Flags’, León, Mexico
New Art Centre, Roche Court, ‘New Sculpture: in the Gallery and Grounds’, London, England
2005
Studio 1.1, ‘untitled: demo’, London, England
Spacex, ‘SCAPE’, Exeter, England
Bloomberg Space, ‘SKIT’, London, England
Beacon Art Project, ‘sense of place: place of sense’, Sleaford, England
MAC, Centre of Contemporary Art, ‘Remnants, Dallas, 2003’, Dallas TX
2004
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘PENINSULAR’, Gateshead, England
Tannery Arts Exhibitions, ‘BARRIER’, London, England
2003
Dallas Visual Art Gallery, ‘untitled: Dallas’, Dallas TX
The Magnet School, ‘Remnants’, Dallas TX
Angstrom Gallery, ‘Remnants’, Dallas TX
2002
Richard Salmon Gallery, ‘New Sculpture’, London, England
Phoenix Wharf, ‘Fete’, Bristol, England
2001
Wimbledon Theatre, ‘Knives in Hens’, London, England
1996
Marshall’s Mill, ‘Recall’, Halifax, England
1995
Museum of Installation, ‘Depot’, London, England
Henry Moore Institute, ‘Sculptures for the Library’, Leeds, England
1994
Private Commission, ‘In Place’
Installation for a County House Hallway, ‘Out of Place’
1991
Business Design Centre, ‘Plantation’, London, England
Museum of Installations, ‘Deep’, London, England
RIBA Sculpture Court, ‘Closed (Vigil II)’, London, England
1990
DEGW Offices, ‘Fall’, London, England
1989
Hermitage Road Industrial Estate, ‘Crowd’, London, England
Smith Jarawala Gallery, ‘Wallworks’, London, England
Windsor Festival, ‘Vigil I’, Berkshire, England
1988
The Gallery, ‘Slope’, Halifax, England
1987
St. Peter’s Churchyard, ‘Oracle’, Cambridge, England
Unit 7, ‘Expanse’, London, England
1985
‘Wrecks’, Bayfield, Norfolk
‘Ghosts’, London, England
‘Strangers’, London, England
1984
‘Scar’, London, England
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Lokremise, ‘Human Capsules. Eight Female Artists from the Ursula Hauser Collection’, St. Gall, Switzerland
Mystetskyi Arsenal, ‘First International Biennale of Contemporary Art: “The Best of Times, The Worst of Times. Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art”’, Kiev, Ukraine
2011
Art Cologne, ‘Open Space’, Cologne, Germany
Haus der Kunst, ‘Sculptural Acts’, Munich, Germany
Museum Ludwig, ‘Before the Law’, Cologne, Germany
Kettle’s Yard, ‘ARTISTS for Kettle’s Yard’, Cambridge, England
Limoncello Gallery, ‘Young British Art’, London, England
Johann Koenig, ‘Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials … ‘, Berlin, Germany
Henry Moore Institute, ‘United Enemies: The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s’, Leeds, England
2010
Serpentine Gallery, ‘Nairy Baghramian and Phyllida Barlow’, London, England
Kunstmuseum Basel, ‘Old Ideas’, Basel, Switzerland
Bergen Kunsthall, ‘Under One Umbrella’, Bergen, Norway
CoExist Galleries, ‘Phyllida Barlow & Fiona MacDonald’, Essex, England
Modern Art, ‘Everynight, I go to Sleep’, London, England
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, ‘Displaced Fractures – Über die Bruchlinien von Architekturen und ihren Körpern’, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
The Almond Building, ‘The Real, V22 Sculpture Exhibition’, London, England
ROOM Gallery, ‘Collaborators’, London, England
Warwick Arts Centre, ‘Hijack Reality, Bob and Roberta Smith solo exhibition, invited artist Phyllida Barlow’, Warwick, England
The Russian Club Gallery, ‘Phyllida Barlow/Jess Flood-Paddock’, London, England
2008
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, ‘Old Ideas’, Basel, Switzerland
The Almond Building, ‘Stuff with Alison Wilding, Laura White, Bettina Buck’, London, England
Henry Moore Institute, ‘Prospects and Interiors Sculptors’ Drawings of Inner Space’, Leeds, England
Art Space Gallery: Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, ‘STEW’, London, England
CAS Gallery, ‘Entre Muros (Between Walls), Miami, FL
2007
Amagerfaelledvej Art Project, ‘etc…’, Copenhagen, Denmark
Flowers East, ’says the junk in the yard’, London, England
Studio 1.1, ’An Exploration into Abstract Painting’, London, England
___, ‘3things’, an exhibition made by Donald Smith, London, England
The Swiss Exhibition Centre, ‘Art 38 Basel’, Basel, Switzerland
The Winchester Gallery, ‘Rummage Sculptors’ Drawings’, Winchester, England
Woburn Slade Research Centre, ‘Jumbo Shrimp’, London, England
Galeria Casa de los Manos, ‘Entre Muros (Between Walls)’, Leon, Mexico
2006
RAID Projects, ‘Ebb and Flow’, Los Angeles, CA
The Tomas Chavez Morado Gallery and Attrium, ‘Entre Muros (Between Walls)’, Dallas, TX
Fieldgate Gallery, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, London, England
GANA Art Centre, ‘Wandering Star’, Seoul, Korea
Royal Academy of Art, ‘Please Close the Gate: Painted sculpture at Roche Court’, London, England
Royal Academy of Art, ‘Summer Exhibition’, London, England
2005
Arts & Business, ‘Sleigh’, London, England
Studio 1.1, ‘Zoo Art Fair’, London, England
Henry Moore Institute, ‘New Acquisitions: Works on Paper, Phyllida Barlow, Cecile Johnson-Soliz, Sarah Staton’, Leeds, England
Program, ‘Rough Diamond’, London, England
Tannery Arts, ‘Drawing Two Hundred, Biennial Fundraiser’, London, England
Musee de L’Art Contemporain, ‘Merveilles du Monde’, Dunkirque, France
Fiera Internazionale d’Arte contemporanea/International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, ‘Arte Fiera Bologna’, Bologna, Italy
Three Colts Gallery, ‘Abb and Flow’, London, England
2004
Danielle Arnaud Gallery, ‘Love Story’, London, England
Program, ‘Zoo Art Fair’, London, England
Studio 1.1, ‘Zoo Art Fair’, London, England
Fieldgate Gallery, ‘Bird House’, London, England
2003
Studio 1.1, ‘Shelf Life, 60 Minutes’, London, England
Albury Arts, ‘Location, Location, Location’, Guildford, England
The Drawing Room, ‘The Drawing Auction’, London, England
Metropole Gallery, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, Folkestone, England
2002
Metropole Gallery, ‘Harvey’s Bodies’, Folkestone, England
Royal Academy of Arts, ‘Neck: Invited Artists’, London, England
Royal Academy of Arts, ‘Summer Exhibition’, London, England
2001
Exeter Maritime Museum, ‘Station to Station, Spacex 2’, Exeter, England
Mile End Park, ‘Mile End Park Sculpture Exhibition’, London, England
2000
John Hansard Gallery, ‘British Art Show 5, after dark into black’, Southhampton, England (Travelling exhibition)
1999
The Royal Western Academy, ‘Sculpture, Dawn till Dusk’, Bristol, England
Lieu D’Art Contemporain, ‘O Pas La-Surprising Places, Far Away’, Narbonne, France
Richard Salmon Gallery, ‘Furniture’, London, England
Battersea Arts Centre, ‘Dumbfounded’, London, England (Travelling exhibition)
1998
The Master Shipwrights House, ‘Not Nothing Nowhere, after dark’, London, England
Chapter Art Gallery, ‘Out of Place, Time and Time Again’, Cardiff, Wales
The Gallery, Swiss Cottage Library, ‘Touching Matters’, London, England
The Henry Moore Institute Gallery, ‘The Ugly Edge, (Ugly Mugs)’, Leeds, England
1997
Norwich School of Art, ‘Truce’, Norwich, England
Museum of Installation, ‘Musee Imaginaire’, London, England
Norwich Art Gallery, ‘Barely Made, Objects for a Dressing Table’, Norwich, England
Norwich Art Gallery, ‘EAST International’, Norwich, England
1996
Manhattan Lofts, ‘9 Months 2 Seconds’, London, England
Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, ‘Try’, London, England
1995
Royal Festival Hall, ‘Contemporary Arts Society Fair’, London
Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford University, ‘The Gas Station’, Oxford, England
1994
Die Neue Fabrik, ‘Leich und Luft’, Hamburg, Germany
1993
Bradford City Art Gallery, ‘Shopping sensations’, Bradford, England
1992
Rothschild Centre, ‘Shopping Sensation, ‘Home’’, London, England
Diorama, ‘Three Sculptures, ‘Up Across Around’’, London, England
1990
National Garden Festival, ‘Seam’, Gateshead, England
Kettle’s Yard Gallery, ‘MAAD Festival Cambridge’, Cambridge, England
1988
13 Clarynge Road, ‘Houseworks’, Bristol, England
1987
Kettle’s Yard, ‘The Shelf Show, Muscles and Bone’’, Cambridge, England
1986
The Cornerhouse, ‘Casting an Eye. Engulf’, Manchester, England
Canterbury Festival, ‘Third Generation’, Canterbury, England
1983
Tout Quarry, ‘Tout Quarry Sculpture. Fill’, Dorset, England
1979
South Hill Park, ‘Sculpture in Action’, Bracknell, England
1978
West Surrey School of Art, ‘Twelve Sculptors at West Surrey’, Surrey, England
1977
Gloucester Cathedral, ‘Three Sculptors in the Close’, Gloucester, England
1976
Camden Arts Centre, ‘Contemporary Painting and Sculpture’, London, England
1975
Gallery 21, ‘Drawings’, London, England
1974
Sunderland Arts Centre, ‘British Sculptors, Attitudes to Drawing’, Sunderland, England
1972
University of Surrey, ‘Sculpture at the University of Surrey’, Surrey, England
1971
Camden Arts Centre, ‘Sculpture and Drawings’, London, England
Alexandra Palace, ‘Spectrum London’, London, England
1965
ICA Galleries, ‘Young Contemporaries’, London, England
Awards
2012
Aachen Art Prize 2012
2011
Royal Academician, Royal Academy of Arts
2007
Award to an Individual Artist, Arts Council England
Award to an Individual Artist, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, London
2006
The Dupree Family Award to a Woman Artist, Royal Academy of Arts
2003
Dean’s Award, University College London
Henry Moore Foundation Award for Black Dog Publishing Monograph
1996
Dean’s Award, University College London
1995
Elephant Trust Award, Museum of Installation, London
