Tony Bevan RA
Born: 12 July, 1951
Elected RA: 27 March, 2007
Category of Membership: Painter
Tony Bevan studied at Bradford School of Art (1968-71), Goldsmiths’ College (1971 -1976) and the Slade School of Fine Art (1974 – 76).
His work is characterised by the use of expressive lines and imbued with psychological intensity. He is well known for his figurative work, particularly depictions of the human head, but he has also addressed architectural subjects.
Selected solo exhibitions
2009
Tony Bevan: Recent paintings and works on paper, Michel Soskine Inc., Madrid
2008
Tony Bevan: New Paintings, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
2007
Tony Bevan: Recent Paintings, LA Louver, Venice, California, USA
Tony Bevan: Monotypes, Marlborough Fine Art, London
2006
Tony Bevan: Table Top Paintings, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France
Tony Bevan: Paintings and Works on Paper 1982-2005, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Tony Bevan, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
2005
Tony Bevan: Paintings 1994-2005, Michel Soskine Inc, Madrid, Spain
Tony Bevan: A Retrospective, IVAM (Institut Valencia d'Art Modern), Valencia, Spain
2004
Tony Bevan, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Tony Bevan, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Bevan - Drawings, Albion Gallery, London
2003
Tony Bevan - Recent Work, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France
Tony Bevan, Works on Paper, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Tony Bevan: Paintings 2000-2003, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
Tony Bevan: Works from Depford, Paintings and Drawings 1982-2002, Abbott Hall Art Gallery, Cumbria, UK
Tony Bevan, Milton Keynes Gallery, UK
Tony Bevan: Recent Paintings, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany
2002
Tony Bevan: Works on Paper, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London.
Tony Bevan, Robert Miller Gallery, New York.
Tony Bevan : The Complete Prints Etchings, drypoints, linocuts and woodcuts 1969-2002, James Hyman Fine Art, London
2000
Tony Bevan, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
Selected group exhibitions
2008
Violence and Sensation. Francis Bacon and the Remaking of Appearance, James Hyman Gallery, London
2007
Then and Now. Works on Paper by Tony Bevan, Glenys Johnson and Hughie O'Donoghue, James Hyman Gallery, London
2006
Building Sites - Auerbach, Bevan, Chamberlain, Johnson, James Hyman Gallery, London
Portraits, James Hyman Gallery, London
2004
Multiple Selves: Philip Akkerman, Tony Bevan, Dryden Goodwin, Peter Harris, James Hyman Gallery, London
2003
From Life: Andrews, Auerbach, Bevan, Bomberg, Coldstream, Kossoff, Sickert, Uglow, James Hyman Gallery, London
Selected Collections
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, UK
Arts Council, London, UK
Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlung, Munich, Germany
Birmingham Museum of Art . Birmingham, UK
British Council, London UK
British Museum, London, UK
Castle Museum, Nottingham, UK
Contemporary Arts Society, London, UK
Greater London Arts Association, London, UK
Institute Valencia d' Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
John Creasey Collection, Salisbury, UK
Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Modern Art Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Palm Springs Desert Museum, California, USA
Royal Academy Collection, London
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon, UK
Tate Gallery, London
Theo Wormland Stiftung, Munich, Germany
Toledo Museum, Ohio, USA
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
Würth Museum, La Rioja, Spain
Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut, USA
