Biography
| EDUCATION | ||
| 2004 - 2007 | Post-Graduate Diploma Fine Art | Royal Academy Schools, London |
| 2000 - 2003 | BA (Hons) Fine Art | Middlesex University, London |
| ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2023 | Retrospective: Fifteen Years (curated by Zavier Ellis) | GIANT GALLERY, Bournemouth |
| 2023 | Correspondences | Galerie Isabelle Gounod, Paris |
| 2022 | Autumn Song | Gramercy Park Studios, London |
| 2021 | Collaborators | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2019 | Chronicles | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2018 | RUN TO ME (with Derek Ridgers | curated by Faye Dowling) | Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt |
| 2017 | RUN TO ME (with Derek Ridgers | curated by Faye Dowling) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2014 | Colossal Youth (Part 2) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2014 | Colossal Youth (Part 1) | VOLTA, New York |
| 2011 | The Fearful Joy | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2009 | Vas Deferens | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2008 | The Cabinet | BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt |
| 2008 | Boundaries | Thomas Williams Fine Art, London |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2024 | Sometimes Always (collaborative paintings with Zavier Ellis) | Gramercy Park Studios, London |
| 2023 | Rose Garden | Terrace Gallery, London |
| 2022 | An eXhibition of SMALL things with BIG ideas (curated by Paul Carey-Kent) White | Conduit Projects, London |
| 2022 | DELTA GAMMA (curated by Zavier Ellis) | Saatchi Gallery, London |
| 2021 | Repetition | The Depot x CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2020 | Picture Palace | Transition Gallery, London |
| 2020 | Words that transform, vibrate and glow: 13 paintings inspired by the lyrics of Nick Cave (curated by Angela Koulakoglou) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2019 | 10 Years | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2019 | Plan B | David Zwirner Gallery, New York |
| 2018 | Total Eclipse of The Heart - Paintings about Women (curated by Dan Coombs) | Watson Farley & Williams, London |
| 2018 | Making and Breaking the Rules: Royal Academy 250 | Russel-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth |
| 2018 | Pleasure Drive (curated by GSL Projekt and CAVE 3000) | GSL Projekt, Berlin |
| 2017 | In Memoriam Francesca Lowe | Old Truman Brewery, London |
| 2017 | Part I: Street Semiotics (curated by Zavier Ellis) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2016 | A Promise of Truth - the Contemporary Portrait | Galerie Robert Drees, Berlin |
| 2016 | Black Paintings | Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt |
| 2016 | Semiotic Guerilla Warfare (Part 2) | Dean Clough Museum, Halifax |
| 2015 | Semiotic Guerilla Warfare (Part 1) | PAPER Gallery, Manchester |
| 2015 | Black Paintings | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2015 | Black Paintings : CHARLIE SMITH LONDON & Heike Strelow Gallery | Positions, Berlin |
| 2015 | REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting | Walker Art Museum, Liverpool |
| 2015 | Die English Kommen! - New Painting from London (curated by Zavier Ellis) | Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt |
| 2014 | Idolatry | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2014 | Saatchi’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca | B1, Victoria House, London |
| 2014 | Cultus Deorum (curated by Zavier Ellis) | Saatchi Gallery, London |
| 2014 | REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting (curated by Chris Stevens) | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich |
| 2013 | Gallery Artists: Director’s Selection | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2013 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) | B1, Victoria House, London |
| 2013 | Porträts | Galerie Rigassi, Bern |
| 2012 | The Id, the Ego and the Superego (curated by Zavier Ellis) | BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt |
| 2012 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) | B1, Victoria House, London |
| 2012 | The Serpent’s Tail | Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam |
| 2012 | Polemically Small (curated by Zavier Ellis & Edward Lucie-Smith) | Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham |
| 2012 | The Id, the Ego and the Superego (curated by Zavier Ellis & Marcela Munteanu) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2011 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) | B1, Victoria House, London |
| 2011 | Charlie Sierra Lima | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2011 | Everyday (curated by Tony Benn) | University Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge |
| 2011 | Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Klaipeda |
| 2011 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small (curated by Zavier Ellis, Edward Lucie-Smith & Simon Rumley) | Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles |
| 2011 | Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | Garboushian Gallery, Beverley Hills |
| 2010 | Pokerface | Koraalberg Contemporary Art Gallery, Antwerp |
| 2010 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Shoreditch Town Hall, London |
| 2010 | Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London |
| 2010 | Ray Lowry London Calling | Idea Generation, London |
| 2010 | New British Painting (curated by Zavier Ellis & Pilvi Kalhama) | Gallery Kalhama & Piippo, Helsinki |
| 2010 | Call to Arms | BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt |
| 2009 | British Art Now (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith) | Werkstatt Galerie, Berlin |
| 2009 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Old Truman Brewery, London |
| 2009 | New London School (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Galerie Schuster, Berlin |
| 2008 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Old Truman Brewery, London |
| 2008 | The Smallest Art Fair in the World | Anna Kustera Gallery, New York |
| 2008 | A Stain upon the Silence (curated by Chris Shilling, Chris Page & Gaboy Gaynor) | St. Martins College of Art, London |
| 2008 | Anticipation (curated by Kay Saatchi & Catriona Warren) | Selfridges, London |
| 2008 | UK Best Graduates | White Box Gallery, New York |
| 2008 | The Past is History Part II (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Changing Role Gallery, Napoli |
| 2008 | The Past is History Part I (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Changing Role Gallery, Rome |
| 2008 | Icon (curated by Hugh Mendes) | Primo Alonso Gallery, London |
| 2008 | New London School (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2007 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Atlantis Gallery, London |
| 2006 | RA 5 | Lennon Weinberg, New York |
| 2006 | Royal Academy Show | Wisniez Castle, Krakow |
| 2005 | 50 Selected artists | Hollow Salon, London |
| 2004 | 12 Award Winners Show | Florence Trust, London |
| AWARDS & RESIDENCIES | ||
| 2007 | Chelsea Arts Club Travel Award | |
| 2005 | Sturdley Award | |
| 2004 | British Institute Award | |
| 2003–2004 | Florence Trust Studio Award | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
| 2017 | RUN TO ME | Exhibition Catalogue |
| 2017 | The Book of Black, Faye Dowling (ISBN 978-1786270429) | Laurence King Publishing |
| 2014 | REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting, Chris Stevens (ISBN 978-1786270429) | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts |
| 2013 | 100 London Artists Vol. 1, Zavier Ellis & Edward Lucie-Smith | iArtBook |
| 2013 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
| 2012 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
| 2011 | Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
| 2010 | New British Painting, Timo Valjakka | Artforum |
| 2009 | British Art Now, Travis Jeppesen | Artforum |
| 2009 | Sexuality in Art | Modern Edition.com |
| 2008 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Exhibition Catalogue |
| 2008 (Jul) | Saatchi after Saatchi, Ginny Dougray | The Times Magazine |
| 2007 (Oct) | Oh You Pretty Things, Derwent May | The Times |
| 2007 (Aug) | Guide to the Fairs, Richard Clayton | Sunday Times |
| 2007 | 15 Young Masters, Freire Barnes | Bon International (No.12) |
| 2007 | Miser & Now (Issue 10), Q&A | Miser & Now |
| COLLECTIONS | ||
| Javier Baz, Denver | ||
| Carlos Fragoso, New York | ||
| Glen Luchford, New York | ||
| David Roberts, London | ||
| Sir Norman Rosenthal, London | ||
| Kay Saatchi, Los Angeles | ||
| Private collections in Belgium, Columbia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom & United States | ||
Press Release
| SAM JACKSON | Collaborators |
| EXHIBITION DATES: Thursday 15 July – Sunday 25 July 2021 |
| CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is delighted to announce Sam Jackson’s extensive one person exhibition ‘Collaborators’ at 28 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London. In this exhibition Jackson presents us with a magnum opus—almost fifty portraits of people with whom he has collaborated during his fifteen-year career: curators, gallerists, writers, tutors, photographers, filmmakers, fashion designers, event organisers, artists and collectors; for example, Edward Lucie-Smith, Glen Luchford, Paul Gorman, Giles Deacon, Sacha Craddock, Kay Saatchi, Derek Ridgers, Paul Bayley, Christine Coulson, Darryl de Prez and Guinevere van Seenus. Additionally, the exhibition will include a collaborative diptych with artist, musician and Radio 1 DJ Daniel P. Carter, where each artist has alternately worked on a portrait of the other. Jackson is well known for his paintings of anonymous subjects who have been adorned or defaced with signs and symbols; frenetically scrawled text; and roughly hewn graffiti that doubles as tattoo. But here we are offered subjects who we might know or know of—cultural influencers who shape the things that we see, read or hear, whether discreetly or directly. Jackson interviewed each subject to draw out their own cultural influences—literature or songs, for example, which have a meaningful personal resonance—and this in turn informs the text that he deploys. In 2019 Graham Crowley—artist, writer, curator, tutor and a subject in this exhibition—stated: “Whenever I reflect on Sam Jackson’s work there’s something tantalisingly insoluble – strange to say – but I’m never quite sure if I’ve dreamt them. An infectious form of collective amnesia perhaps?” But in this exhibition Jackson explores something closer to collective memory. As well as exploring shared influences and stored memories, he is keen to emphasise the meaningful nature of collaborating and meditates on the process and the interactions within the ‘painter’s journey’: “Conversations could stop and begin again with periods of time between them. I often think about how life continues and these pockets of shared encounters—sometimes brief, sometimes profound—have all in some way shaped my outlook on my painting and my life as a painter. And how I sit within these varying worlds—the artworld, art school, writers, collectors, curators, family and friends”. There is always a diaristic element to Jackson’s work and it is often unclear whether his disruptive, written outpourings are biographical or autobiographical. Being so redolently informed by personal encounters and exchanges, this collection might represent Jackson’s most authentic synthesis of self and other to date. The event will take place at 28 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JE 15-25 July. Open Mon to Sat 11am-6pm & Sun 12pm-5pm. Please contact the gallery for further information at direct@charliesmithlondon.com. Follow us @CHARLIESMITHIdn. |