About Chris Gollon - chrisgollon.com

Chris Gollon is an established name in British painting. Born London, 1953, Gollon first came to the attention of the art world as a finalist in The Spectator Prize in 1989. He has since exhibited widely in Europe and the USA. He exhibited at ART'97 Chicago, and has had six solo museum shows in the UK. In 1998, he exhibited with Yoko Ono, David Bowie and Gavin Turk in 'ROOT', a crossover exhibition of contemporary music and art created by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, at the Chisenhale Gallery, London.

Stations of the Cross VIII: Jesus Speaks to the Women of Jerusalem

In 2000, Chris Gollon accepted a major commission from the Church of England to paint 14 Stations of the Cross for a grade-one listed church in London designed in 1826 by Sir John Soane. After 8 years in the making and widely featured in the national press and media, the commissioned paintings were finally installed permanently in 2009, blessed by the Bishop of London and used a first time in the Good Friday service. St John on Bethnal Green is located next to the Museum of Childhood and Gollon’s dramatic, colourful Stations of the Cross have transformed this historic church into an important visitor attraction in East London.

Stations of the Cross by Sara Maitland

Award-winning novelist Sara Maitland also published her book Stations of the Cross (Continuum, London & New York, 2009), entirely inspired by Gollon’s paintings. A Special Collectors' Edition of 100 silk-screen prints and signed books was published in 2009 to celebrate the permanent installation of the Stations of the Cross. For more information, click here.

Big Fish Eat Little Fish (triptych)

In 2001, the award winning River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames (with the aid of the Victoria & Albert Museum) purchased Gollon's hinged triptych Big Fish Eat Little Fish, which now forms part of the permanent collection alongside works by Frink and Dufy.
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'Stations of the Cross (IV): Jesus Meets His Mother' (Final Version)

In 2004, Chris Gollon was invited to show in St Paul's Cathedral with Bill Viola, Craigie Aitchison and Tracey Emin in the exhibition Presence: Images of Christ for the Third Millennium.

'Einstein & The Jealous Monk'

In 2005, the Huddersfield Art Gallery purchased a major work by Chris Gollon entitled Einstein & The Jealous Monk, which now hangs in the permanent collection alongside works by Sir Jacob Epstein, Walter Sickert and Francis Bacon.

Gollon At Henley (Version II)

In 2007, he accepted a commission from the River & Rowing Museum to paint the Henley Royal Regatta. Unveiled in June 2008, his painting entitled Gollon At Henley hangs permanently in the museum's collection in juxtaposition with Raoul Dufy's ‘Regatta at Henley’. See Commissions page for further details.

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In early 2009, Chris Gollon was asked to become a Fellow and First Artist in Residence at the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, where he was invited to join some of the world’s leading thinkers from 3 continents for an international research project to
describe what it means to be human in the 21st century. Gollon produced 16 paintings on the Being Human theme. A colour catalogue of the works with insightful essays by some of the leading thinkers was published by the Institute, and is available from Gollon’s main London gallery, IAP Fine Art. Art historian Tamsin Pickeral is currently writing
a book on Chris Gollon’s life and work, to be published in 2010.

The Exhibitions page gives details on Chris Gollon's current and future shows. The Latest News page gives details of what the Chris Gollon is currently working on.

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