Colin Self (1941 − )

Colin Self was born in Norwich and studied at Norwich School of Art and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. He is considered a member of the British Pop Art movement of the 1960s, and has been included in most of the large survey exhibitions of the decade. Although he applauded the movement as a working class affront to traditional fine art elitism, he had serious reservations about its celebration of wealth and consumerism.

Past exhibitions

ENGLISCHE KUNST DER GEGENWART

  • 1977
    • Austria, Bregenz, KUNSTLERHAUS PALAIS THURN UND TAXIS

11 ENGLISCHE ZEICHNER

  • 1973
    • Belgium, Antwerp, KONINKLIJK MUSEUM VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN
    • Germany, Bremen, KUNSTHALLE
    • Germany, Baden Baden, KUNSTHALLE

160 ANS DE PHOTOGRAPHIE

  • 2001
    • France, Gravelines, MUSEE DU DESSIN ET D'ESTAMPLE ORIGINALE

1971 SAO PAULO BIENAL - ROAD SHOW: A NEW ENGLISH ENQUIRY

  • 1973
    • Mexico, Mexico City, MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO
  • 1972
    • Chile, Santiago, MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES
    • Argentina, Buenos Aires, MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES
    • Uruguay, Montevideo, MUSEO DE ARTES VISUALES
  • 1971
    • Brazil, Sao Paulo, MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA
    • Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA

1975 SAO PAULO BIENAL - CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAWINGS 1962-1975

  • 1977
    • Venezuela, Caracas, MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES
  • 1976
    • Mexico, Mexico City, GALERIA JOSE CLEMENTE OROZIO
    • Colombia, Bogota, MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO
    • Argentina, Buenos Aires, MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES
    • Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA
    • Brazil, Brasilia, FUNDACAO CULTURAL
  • 1975
    • Brazil, Sao Paulo, MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA

APOLLONIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2007

  • 2007
    • Bulgaria, Sozopol, OLD TOWN ART GALLERY

AS IS WHEN (LUBECK ONLY)

  • 2003
    • Germany, Lubeck, ST PETRI KIRCHE

AS IS WHEN A BOOM IN BRITISH PRINTMAKING 1961-1972

  • 2007
    • Ireland, Letterkenny, CHURCHILL, GLEBE HOUSE AND GALLERY
    • China, Chongqing, TANK LOFT
  • 2006
    • Taiwan, Taipei, KUNDU MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    • Taiwan, Taichung, NATIONAL TAIWAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    • Poland, Krakow, MANGGHA CENTRE
  • 2005
    • Lithuania, Kaunas, CIURLIONIS MUSEUM
    • Lithuania, Siauliai, DAILES GALERIJA
    • Portugal, Porto, CULTURGEST
  • 2004
    • Italy, Rome, ISTITUZIONE NAZIONALE PER LA GRAFICA
    • Romania, Cluj, BIBLIOTECA JUDETEANA OCTAVIAN GOGA
    • Romania, Timisoara, FACULTY OF FINE ART
    • Romania, Iasi, PALACE OF CULTURE
    • Romania, Bucharest, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
    • Romania, Constanta, MUSEUM OF ART
    • Kazakhstan, Almaty, CENTRAL EXHIBITION HALL
    • Armenia, Yerevan, NATIONAL GALLERY
  • 2003
    • Estonia, Tallinn, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

BRITISH ARTISTS' PRINTS

  • 1979
    • Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • 1977
    • Nigeria, Lagos
    • Bulgaria, Sofia
  • 1975
    • UK, London, TATE PUBLISHING
    • Mauritius, Port Louis

BRITISH ARTISTS' PRINTS

  • 1966
    • Australia, Canberra

BRITISH ARTISTS PRINTS 1961-1970

  • 1979
    • Finland, Helsinki
  • 1977
    • Nigeria, Lagos
  • 1975
    • Australia, Brisbane, QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY
    • Mauritius, Port Louis
  • 1973
    • Malta, Valetta, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MALTA
  • 1972
    • Greece, Athens, ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERY
  • 1970
    • Iceland, Reykjavik, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND

BRITISH ARTISTS' PRINTS OF THE SIXTIES

  • 1975
    • Colombia, Bogota
    • Argentina, Buenos Aires
    • Chile, Santiago
    • Brazil, Brasilia
  • 1973
    • Spain, Madrid, MUSEO ESPANOL DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
    • Portugal, Lisbon, CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION
  • 1972
    • Belgium, Antwerp, INTERNATIONAL CULTUREEL CENTRUM
  • 1971
    • Belgium, Ghent, KONINKLIJKE ACAEMIE VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN
  • 1970
    • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 1969
    • Japan, Kyoto, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
    • India, New Delhi, LALIT KALA AKADEMI
    • Peru, Lima, MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
  • 1968
    • Cuba, Havana, GALERIA CENTRO DE ARTE
    • Mexico, Guadalajara, ANGLO-MEXICAN INSTITUTE
    • Mexico, Mexico City, MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO
    • Cuba, Havana

BRITISH DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS FROM ROWLANDSON TO RILEY

  • 1982
    • Scotland, Edinburgh, THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY
    • Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART
    • China, Shenyang, SHENYANG ART GALLERY
    • China, Beijing, CHINA ART GALLERY

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAWINGS 1961-1975

  • 1989
    • Thailand, Chiang Mai, CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY GALLERY
    • Thailand, Bangkok, CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY ART CENTRE
  • 1988
    • Singapore, Singapore, NATIONAL ART GALLERY
  • 1983
    • Australia, Canberra
  • 1978
    • West Germany
  • 1976
    • Colombia, Bogota
    • Argentina, Buenos Aires
  • 1975
    • Brazil, Brasilia

A CROSS SECTION THROUGH CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART

  • 2001
    • Turkey, Ankara, ANKARA ART FAIR

DRAWING DISTINCTIONS

  • 2003
    • Poland, Lodz, MUSEUM SZTUKI-REZYDENCJA 'KSIEZY MLYN'
  • 2001
    • UK, Nottingham, CASTLE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
    • UK, Milton Keynes, MILTON KEYNES GALLERY
    • Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    • Russia, Moscow, PUSHKIN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
  • 2000
    • Russia, St Petersburg, THE HERMITAGE
    • Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, YUKON ART GALLERY
    • Canada, Grand Prairie, Alberta, PRAIRIE ART GALLERY
    • Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, WINNIPEG ART GALLERY
  • 1999
    • Canada, Toronto, Ontario, TIMMINS MUSEUM AND N E C
    • Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, ARCADIA UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
  • 1998
    • Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, NATIONAL ART GALLERY
    • Malaysia, Penang, PENANG MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
  • 1997
    • USA, Phoenix, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
    • USA, Berkeley, UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

EDITIONS ALECTO A FURY OF PRINTS ARTISTS' PRINTS AND MULTIPLES 196081

  • 2003
    • Scotland, Edinburgh, CITY ART GALLERY
    • UK, London, BANKSIDE GALLERY
    • UK, Manchester, WHITWORTH ART GALLERY

METAMORPHOSIS: BRITISH ARTS OF THE SIXTIES

  • 2005
    • Greece, Andros, BASIL AND ELISE GOULANDRIS FOUNDATION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

OUT OF PRINT

  • 2001
    • Germany, Hildesheim, ROEMER- UND PELIZAEUE MUSEUM
  • 1999
    • Poland, Bytom, MUSEUM GORNOSLASKIE
    • Poland, Lodz, MUSEUM SZTUKI
    • Poland, Warsaw, MUSEUM NARODWE WARSZAWIE
    • USA, Fredericksburg, MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE GALLERIES
  • 1998
    • USA, Springfield, SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART
    • USA, New Jersey, STEDMAN ART GALLERY, RUTGERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
  • 1997
    • USA, Provo, MUSEUM OF ART BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
  • 1996
    • Spain, La Coruna, FONDACION BARRIE DE LA MAZA
    • Spain, Seville, MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES
    • Spain, Bilbao, MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE BILBAO
  • 1995
    • Cyprus, Nicosia, NICOSIA MUNICIPAL ARTS CENTRE
    • Egypt, Cairo
    • Egypt, Alexandria, ALEXANDRIA
    • Italy, Naples
    • Italy, Cagliari, ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE ITALIA INGHILTERRA
  • 1994
    • Belgium, Antwerp, LUCHTBAL ART CENTRE
    • France, Gravelines, MUSEE DU DESSIN ET D'ESTAMPLE ORIGINALE
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