About
Lois Wallace is a contemporary painter who trained at the Slade School of Art. Recent exhibitions include Royal Academy Summer exhibition 2022, 2017, 2016 and 2015; Beep Painting Biennial, 2022; New Light touring exhibition 2020-21. Other exhibitions include The Discerning Eye 2018 and the Columbia Threadneedle competition where she was awarded a finalist prize. She has exhibited at the Raab Gallery, Berlin since 2007. Her work is in public and private collections in Europe, New Zealand, Miami and the UK.
She was Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham City University until 2017.
Biography
EDUCATION
Coventry Polytechnic B.A. Hons Fine Art 1st Class with Commendation in History of Art
Slade School of Art, University College London, MFA
Cheltenham Painting Fellowship, Gloucestershire College of Art and Design
Birmingham Polytechnic, PGCE, Distinction
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 Lund Humphries prize
2019 PS Mirabel prize first prize
2019 Old Lock up gallery first prize
2018 Columbia Threadneedle finalist prize
2017 Welbeck prize
2016 Tarpey Gallery first prize
Schott UK prize
2015 Ian Robinson prize
2002 Peel Holdings Award
1992 1st prize regional award Laing
1992 Laing National Award
1985 Louisa Ann Ryland Scholarship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Silent fire PS Mirabel gallery, Manchester
2020 Small worlds The Old Lock up gallery
2019 Perfect Day International project space Birmingham
2019 Other Places Tarpey Gallery
2007 Transitions Nuneaton Musuem and Art Gallery
2006 Seeing Things Vertigo Gallery, London
1990 Concourse Gallery, Birmingham School of Art
1983 Monks Hall Museum, Salford Gallery
1982 The Bartlett Gallery, University College London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
New Light exhibition Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, Bankside Gallery, London, Rheged Arts Centre, Penrith, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, The Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
Summer exhibition McAllister Thomas Gallery
Contrasts and Connections, Tarpey Gallery
2022
Art on a Postcard, Winter Auction, Bomb Factory, London
Longlisted for Contemporary British Painting prize
Royal Academy summer exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Beep Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
West Midlands Open, Walsall Art Gallery
Spring 2022, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
Spring exhibition, McAllister Thomas gallery
2021
Christmas exhibition, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
Manchester Art Fair, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
Lustgarten (Pleasure garden) Raab Gallery, JR Gallery, Berlin
Summer exhibition, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
Observations Tarpey Gallery
2020
Rugby Art gallery and museum open exhibition prizewinner
Painter Stainers online exhibition
Art on a postcard auction, London
New Light exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery touring to Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Carlisle, Biscuit Factory Newcastle and Bankside Gallery London 2021
Open Exhibition, Harley Art Gallery
2019
Paint PS Mirabel, Manifest festival first prize
Open The Old Lock up gallery
Open Harley Art Gallery
2018
ING The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
The Columbia Threadneedle prize 2018, Mall Galleries, London finalist prize
Longlisted John Moores painting prize
2017
Christmas Exhibition, Tarpey Gallery
Holiday Raab Gallery, Berlin
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Stimulus Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus, Athens and Menier Gallery, London
Art on a Postcard, Secret Auction, Unit London
Harley Art Gallery, Nottingham Prize winner
2016
Art on a Postcard, Maddox Gallery, London
Tarpey Gallery, Nottingham - Midlands Open Main Prize winner
This must be the place I never wanted to leave, Beep Wales International Painting Prize,
Swansea College of Art and Undegun Gallery, Wrexham
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Shenzhen International Biennial, Jinling Art Museum, China
Staffordshire Open, Shire Hall, Stafford, Prize winner
Coventry Open, Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
2015
Salon, Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham
Art on a Postcard Secret Auction, Soho Revue, London
International Painters, Raab Gallery, Berlin
London Group, The Cello Factory, London
Shenzhen International Biennial, Shenzhen Art Gallery, China
Summer Arts Prize, Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London
2014
Freedom of Travel, JRGallery, Berlin
Nottingham Castle Open, Nottingham Castle Gallery, Prize winner
2013
The Ultimate Picture, Raab Gallery, Berlin
Until it breaks, Article Gallery, Birmingham City University
2012
Works on Paper, Raab Gallery, Berlin
2011
Wald Forest, Raab Gallery, Berlin
2010
Article Gallery Exhibition, Wallace, Hagen, Newman, Birmingham City University
125 Years Centenary Exhibition Article Gallery, Birmingham City University
Tusche u. Aquarell, Raab Gallery, Berlin
Birmingham Open Exhibition, Birmingham Art Gallery
Derby Open City Art Gallery
2009
Weihnachtsausstellung, Raab Gallery, Berlin
Mixed media on paper, Raab Gallery, Berlin
Art London, Vertigo Gallery
Derby Open City Art Gallery
2008
Art London, New York, Miami, Vertigo Gallery
Art Karlsruhe, Germany, Raab Gallery
2007
Traum/Dream, Raab Gallery, Berlin
Terra Incognita, Parade, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
New Generation Arts Festival, Birmingham
2006
Art London Vertigo Gallery, London
2005
Art London Mark Jason Fine Art, London
All at once, together at the same time
Colony Gallery, Birmingham
Manchester Academy, Oldham Art Gallery
RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
30 x 30 Vertigo Gallery, London
2004-05
Espacio/Space Museo Barjola, Gijon, Asturias Spain and
Midland Arts Centre Birmingham
2004
Blur Mark Jason Fine Art, London, Gallery Artists Exhibition
AF/New York Mark Jason Fine Art, London
Gallery Artists Exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, London
Art London, Chelsea, Vertigo Gallery, London
Artfair Battersea, London. St. Pauls Gallery
BlowUp New Painting and Photoreality St. Pauls Gallery Birmingham
Flip Side St. Pauls Gallery Birmingham
2003
Comme Ca Art Gallery Manchester
2002
British Airways Birmingham International Airport
2001
Reispijn-Reislust Exhibition Amsterdam
rca secret Royal College of Art London
1998
Printmakers Exhibition Stockport Art Gallery
1997
Absolute Secret Royal College of Art London
30 Years of Cheltenham Fellows Works on Paper, Pittville Gallery Cheltenham
1997-99
Reading the Small Print The City Art Gallery, Leicester Touring Exhibition
1996
The Discerning Eye Mall Galleries London
1995
Beatrice Royal Art Gallery Hampshire
Laing Competition Salford Art Gallery and Mall Galleries London
1994
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art London
Return to Beauty Roy Miles Gallery London
Hunting Art Prize Royal College of Art London
The Workshop Gallery Leicestershire
1993
Hunting Art Prize Mall Galleries London and Victoria Art Gallery Bath
Laing Competition RBSA and Mall Galleries London
Shah Alam Art Gallery Malaysia
Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts China
1992
The Discerning Eye Mall Galleries London
Open Exhibition Herbert Art Gallery Coventry
Summer Exhibition The Alberti Gallery London
BP Oil Europe Brussels
Laing Competition Royal Birmingham Society of Arts,
Mall Galleries London, Regional and National Prize winner
The Bow House Gallery London
Young European Artists’ Selected Works BP Gallery Brussels
1991
British Art Month Roy Miles Gallery London
1990
Solo Show Concourse Gallery, Birmingham School of Art
1990-97
Open Exhibition Manchester City Art Gallery
1989
Fine Art Royal Birmingham Society of Arts
1983
Fine Art Fellow’s Gloucestershire College of Art Cheltenham
1982
Christies Inaugural Exhibition Christies London
Harrison McCann Agency London
Developments Herbert Art Gallery Coventry
1981
Stowells Trophy Royal Academy of Art
1980
Ikon Gallery Birmingham
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2013
Paperworks Post card exhibition, BCU Birmingham
2012
Paperworks, BCU Birmingham
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
BP Oil Europe Headquarters Brussels
Kelso Consulting London
Birmingham City University
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Germany
Spain
New Zealand
Miami
UK