EXHIBITIONS
A chronology of exhibitions & collections.
SOLO SHOWS:
2022 SHOUT FESTIVAL SHOWCASE WITH JOHN YEADON AT THE IKON.
————Curated by Shout Festival Cultural Producer Channi Dorset. IKON GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM
2022 Installation GALLERY
2022 END OF THE PIER SHOW MEZZANINE GALLERY, LTB SHOWROOMS, COVENTRY
2022 Installation views: GALLERY 1 GALLERY 2
2022 SELF PORTRAITS 1961-2021 COMMON GROUND, FARGO, COVENTRY
Installation views: GALLERY 1 GALLERY 2
2019 FEARFUL SYMMETRY, INCORPORATING UNBELIEVABLE STORIES AND VENTRILOQUIST DUMMIES
LANCHESTER RESEARCH GALLERY, FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
Installation views: GALLERY 1 GALLERY 2 GALLERY 3 GALLERY 4 GALLERY 5
2018 WHAT’S THE MEANING OF THIS? – YEADON AT 70 NEWS ROOM GALLERY CET BUILDING, COVENTRY
Installation views: GALLERY 1 GALLERY 2 GALLERY 3 GALLERY 4
2018 THREE WITCHES – YEADON AT 70 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING, BLETCHLEY PARK installation view
2017 CONTROL ROOMS CLASS ROOM, COVENTRY installation view
2016 WORKSHOP FOR HALLOWEEN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING, BLETCHLEY PARK installation view
2016 PORTRAIT OF A DEAD WITCH JAM STREET BAR, MANCHESTER installation view
2015 ENGLANDIA GALLERY 150, LEAMINGTON SPA installation view private view
2013 ENGLANDIA Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange, in collaboration with Jean Kirsten JOHANNSTADALL, DRESDEN, GERMANY installation view
2012 FOOD STUDIES ACACIA DELI, LEAMINGTON SPA
GHOSTS I HAVE KNOWN BROWNS, COVENTRY installation view
2010 FAT GALLERY 150, LEAMINGTON SPA installation view
2008 VANITAS INSTALLATION [incorp. work by Bob Milner & Marie Stephens NEXUS GALLERY, MANCHESTER
2007 VANITAS LANCHESTER GALLERY, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY installation view
2006 VANITAS HERBERT CAFE, HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM installation view
CARNIS WAGDAS GALLERY, LONDON installation view
2005/6 PABULUM BROWNS, COVENTRY installation view
2005 CARNIS PHOENIX GALLERY, BRIGHTON installation view
BEYOND TASTE TIN ANGEL, COVENTRY installation view
2003 VARIATIONS ON A THEME ELLEN TERRY BUILDING, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
YEADON’S VIOL BODIES TIN ANGEL, COVENTRY
2002/3 JOHN YEADON POR AMORA ARTE GALLERIA, PORTO, PORTUGAL installation view
1997 A TRAGICAL COMEDY OR COMICAL TRAGEDY ART, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON installation view
1993 YEADON’S BACK SIDES CONCOURSE GALLEY, COVENTRY POLYTECHNIC
1992 THE TRAVAILS OF BB JELLY CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, GLASGOW installation view
THE TRAVAILS OF BB JELLY ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON
1991 CHRONICLES & CONTINUING TALES, THE TRAVAILS OF BB JELLY IKON GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM installation view
1988 UNBELIEVABLE STORIES, INC. THE TRAVAILS OF BB JELLY LANCHESTER GALLERY, COVENTRY POLYTECHNIC
1986 THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL TRANSMISSION GALLERY, GLASGOW
1984 OVER 1001 BOY’S GAMES [PERFORMANCE] EVENTS WEEK, COVENTRY POLYTECHNIC
HAPPY FAMILIES COVENTRY POLYTECHNIC installation view
DIRTY TRICKS HERBERT ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM, COVENTRY installation view
DIRTY TRICKS PENTONVILLE GALLERY, LONDON
1981 TWO COMMUNIST BANNERS LEA HOUSE, COVENTRY
1978 THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE AND NATIONAL LIBERATION TRANSPORT HOUSE, COVENTRY
1977 AGAINST RACIALISM COVENTRY POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS UNION
PROPAGANDA AND THE MEDIA COVENTRY POLYTECHNIC
BANNERS EXHIBITED ON THE STREETS OF COVENTRY, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON & HAVANA, CUBA installation view
TWO-PERSON:
1984 GIRO CITY, mural collaboration with PETER LELLIOT COVENTRY
1999 JOHN YEADON and JEMIMA BROWN VILMA GOLD GALLERY, LONDON
2003/4 ANGELS2ANGELS with CHARLES GALLACHER TIN ANGEL, COVENTRY
2008/9 THE END OF THE WORLD SHOW with ASHLEY SPINDLER TIN ANGEL, COVENTRY
2013 DON’T DARE LOOK AWAY collaboration with composer CHRIS EVANS IN TIME 2013 SYMPOSIUM, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY installation view
2013 BOONDOGGLING: JOHN YEADON & ASHLEY SPINDLER BLACK & WHITE GALLERY, LTB SHOWROOMS COVENTRY
SELECTED GROUP:
1983 THE NUDE. APPROACHES THROUGH DRAWING. HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, COVENTRY
1984 21 FOR 21 IKON GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM, HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE
1984/5 THE BRITISH ART SHOW IKON GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM [ARTS COUNCIL NATIONAL TOURING EXHIBITION]
1986 IMAGES OF MEN – ‘1001 BOY’S GAMES’ VIDEO [with STEVE PARTRIDGE] THE ACTON SCREEN, LONDON
1987 THE STATE OF THE NATION HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, COVENTRY
1987/8 CRITICAL REALISM NOTTINGHAM CASTLE MUSEUM [NATIONAL TOURING]
1988 THE INVISIBLE MAN: REPRESENTATIONS OF MALE SEXUALITY GOLDSMITHS GALLERY, LONDON
1990 POST MORALITY KETTLES YARD, CAMBRIDGE
1992 ARTISTS’ CHOICE FLOWERS EAST, LONDON
1996 COVENTRY/PORTO ARTS EXCHANGE FACULDADE DE BELAS ARTES DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, PORTUGAL
1997 TABOO! SIN & SENSIBILITY NEW END GALLERY, HAMPSTEAD TOWN, LONDON
1998 ANIMALS IN ART HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, COVENTRY
2000 DRAWING PARALLELS LANCHESTER GALLERY, COVENTRY
2002 CASA DE EROS GALLERIA DE ARTE, PORTO, PORTUGAL
A WOMAN’S PLACE, INVISIBLE HISTORIES HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, COVENTRY
PLEASE! TAKE ONE 39, ECI, LONDON
2004 PUB CRAWL 39, EC1, LONDON
2006 DECK OF CARDS W39, EC1, LONDON
LAUNCH OF AVOCADO MAGAZINE DIALEXTIC ARTS, WAY OF THE GOOSE, COVENTRY
2007 MY PENGUIN 39, ECI, .LONDON
NATIVITY 39, ECI, LONDON
2008 DRAWING BREATH LUGAR DO DESENHO, FUNDACAO JULIO RESENDE, PORTO, PORTUGAL
LAUNCH OF HAG: 2 WORKS FROM PERMANENT COLLECTION HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, COVENTRY
DRAWING WITH DOLPHINS CRIMES TOWN, LONDON
2009 FOOD FOR THOUGHT COURTYARD CAFE, GUILDHALL, WINCHESTER
2010 COVENTRY UNIVERSITY & SEAWHITE DRAWING PRIZE 2010 LEWIS GALLERY, RUGBY SCHOOL, RUGBY
400 WOMEN SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL, LONDON
2011 COVENTRY UNIVERSITY & SEAWHITE DRAWING PRIZE 2011 LEWIS GALLERY, RUGBY SCHOOL, RUGBY
400 WOMEN CANONGATE VENTURE, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, EDINBURGH
12 QUEER ARTISTS 2ND SHOW THE GLASS BOX, COVENTRY
1st ANNUAL QUEERIST ART EXHIBITION FOTOFILIA, BIRMINGHAM
GROUP SHOW BROWNS, COVENTRY
2012 400 WOMEN SUGAR CITY, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
ARTERY 1971-1984 ROB TUFNELL AT 83 PAGE STREET, LONDON
2013 COVENTRY UNIVERSITY DRAWING PRIZE 2013 THE LEWIS GALLERY, RUGBY SCHOOL, RUGBY
ARTISTS STAMPED FOR EMAIL, VITA-ART-TIME FESTIVAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA
2014 COVENTRY UNIVERSITY AND ELLIOT’S DRAWING PRIZE 2014 THE LEWIS GALLERY, RUGBY SCHOOL, RUGBY
AUF PAPIER, COVENTRY/DRESDEN ARTS EXCHANGE GALERIE 2 STOCK, RATHAUS, DRESDEN, GERMANY
2015 COVENTRY UNIVERSITY DRAWING PRIZE 2015 THE LEWIS GALLERY, RUGBY SCHOOL, RUGBY
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY AND ELLIOT’S DRAWING PRIZE 2015 THE ATKINS, HINCKLEY
2016 MY CITY, MY ART: PECHA KUCHA 20X20 COVENTRY-VOLGOGRAD TWIN STORY ARTISTS EVENTS TALKING
BIRDS/TIN MUSIC & ARTS, COVENTRY
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY DRAWING PRIZE 2016 THE LEWIS GALLERY, RUGBY SCHOOL, RUGBY
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY DRAWING PRIZE 2016 THE ATKINS, HINCKLEY
EINE AUSSTELLUNG DES COVENTRY/DRESDEN ARTS EXCHANGE ELBHANGFEST, PILLNITZ CASTLE, DRESDEN,
GERMANY
2017 2 BIENNAL INTERNATIONAL ARTE DE GAIA PORTUGAL
2017 THE FUTURE, COVENTRY BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART CET BUILDING, COVENTRY
2018 COVENTRY UNIVERSITY DRAWING PRIZE CET BUILDING, COVENTRY
2018 COVENTRY PRIDE ART SHOW CET BUILDING, COVENTRY
2018 FIRST THURSDAY CLASS ROOM, COVENTRY
2019 CONDITION HUMAINE COVENTRY DRESDEN ARTS EXCHANGE, KREUZKIRCHE, DRESDEN
2019 THE LIE OF THE LAND MK GALLERY, MILTON KEYNES
2019 COVENTRY UNIVERSITY DRAWING PRIZE 2019 CLASSROOM GALLERY, COVENTRY
2019 CONDITION HUMAINE COVENTRY DRESDEN ARTS EXCHANGE, COVENTRY CATHEDRAL
2021 A VERY SPECIAL PLACE: IKON IN THE 1990s COVENTRY IKON GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM
2019 THE THIRD COVENTRY BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM and THE ——————–HYPER-LAB @ THE EMPIRE, COVENTRY
2019 SMALL WORKS COVENTRY DRESDEN ARTS EXCHANGE, FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL, LTB SHOWROOMS, COVENTRY
2022 ON PAPER PAPER GALLERY, MANCHESTER
2022 SEXUALITY GENDER IDENTITY. CURATED BY JOHN YEADON & TONI PEACH LTB SHOWROOMS, COVENTRY
2023 IKON. ART AT HMP GRENDON. THERE IS NO MASTERPIECE MARIE-LOUISE VON MOTESICZKY STUDIO, HMP
——————-GRENDON, BUCKS UK
2022 A HOPE IN HELL LTB SHOWROOMS, COVENTRY
2022 POST-CARD ARCADIA, ARTSPACE, COVENTRY
2024 ARTxMAIL: HOLY ALTAR – DADA ALTAR SACRAL MUSEUM, ST ANNEN, ZAMEY, GERMANY
2022 3X65: ART FROM WROCKLAW, GERMANY & DRESDEN COVENTRY/DRESDEN ARTS EXCHANGE, COVENTRY
2022 PALAIS SOMMER NEWMARKT, DRESDEN, GERMANY
COLLECTIONS:
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
HERBERT ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, COVENTRY
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND
LUX
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
ICELANDIC PHALLOLOGICAL MUSEUM, REJKYAVIK