About Philip Sutton
Chronology One Man Exhibitions
1928 Born 20 October in Poole, Dorset and brought up in Leyton, East London
1942–5 Leaves school and works in the drawing office of the Norris Warming Company, Bloomsbury
1945–48 National Service at RAF Cosford, Shropshire and Berlin
1948–53 Slade School of Fine Art, London
1952 Wins Slade Summer Composition Prize
1953 Marries Heather Cooke at St Pancras Register Office, London
1953–54 Travel scholarships to Spain, France and Italy
1954–63 Teaches at Slade School of Fine Art, London
1955–58 Lives in Snape, Suffolk
1956 Elected Member of the London Group
1958 Returns to London
First solo exhibition, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
1959 Geffrye Museum, London
1960 Retrospective, City Art Gallery, Leeds
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
1962 Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Lane Gallery, Bradford
57 Gallery, Edinburgh
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
1963David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Gallery A, Melbourne
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
1963–64 Travels to Australia and Fiji
Heather makes the film Philip Sutton Working in Fiji
1965 Roland Browse and Delbanco, London
1966 Curwen Gallery, London
1967 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
London Arts Gallery, Detroit
1969–79 Spends part of every year in Falmouth, Cornwall
1970 Park Square Gallery, Leeds
David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Art Centre, Folkstone
Arnolfini, Bristol
1971 Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
Oxford Gallery, Oxford
1972 Battersea District Library, London
Studio Prints, London
Compendium Galleries, Birmingham
1973 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Peterloo Gallery, Manchester
1974 J. P. Lehmans Gallery, London
1975 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
1977 Elected Associate Royal Academician
Exhibition with Robert Clatworthy and Donald Hamilton Fraser
Royal Academy of Arts, London
BBC Arena film
1979 Tours Israel with a group of British artists
Designs poster and banner for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Browse and Darby, London
Festival Gallery, Bath
Beaux Arts, Bath
1980 Travels to Australia for four months
David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Margaret Fisher Gallery, London
1981 Browse and Darby, London
Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide
1982 Royal Academy of Arts, London
Christopher Hull Gallery, London
Browse and Darby, London
Bury St Edmunds Gallery
Contemporanea Gallerie Fur Moderns Kunst, Germany
1983 Paints watercolours in Ireland
John Brinkley Fellows Exhibition, Norwich
1984 Designs tapestry for Shell
Browse and Darby, London
Beaux Arts, Bath
1985 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
Friends' Room, Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Chapter House, Lichfield Cathedral
Designs logo for Investors in Industry (3i)
1986 Designs second tapestry
Designs wall of tiles for NMB Bank, Amsterdam
Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge
1987 Works on ceramics with Jean-Paul Landreau at the Fulham Pottery, London
Designs set of stamps for the Post Office
Odette Gilbert Gallery, London
Beaux Arts, Bath
1988 Elected Royal Academician
Designs ceramics for Royal Academy restaurant and shop
Travels to New Zealand
Galerie Joel Salaun, Paris
1989 Moves to Manorbier, South Pembrokeshire
Beaux Arts, Bath
1990Works on ceramics with Jean-Paul Landreau in Wales
Paints watercolours in Italy
Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
1992 Royal Academy of Arts, London
Agnew's, London
1993–94 Oriel Theatre, Clwyd, Mold, Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth; Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
1995 Tenby Museum and Art Gallery
1997 'My Shakespeare', Royal Academy of Arts, London
International Shakespeare Globe Centre, London
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
1998 Publication of Philip Sutton RA, His Family and His Friends
1999 Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2000 Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
2001 Piano Nobile Gallery, London
2002 Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2004 Gallery 27, London;
Gallery 11a, Leamington Spa
2005–6 Royal Academy of Arts, London;
The Art Gallery and Museum,The Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa;
National Assembly Building, Cardiff
2006 Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2007 Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2008 Publication of Philip Sutton Life and Works
Richmond Hill Gallery, London
Gallery 27, Cork St., London
Cork Street Gallery, 28 Cork St., London
Dover Street Arts Club, London
1958 Roland, Browse and Delbanco
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
1960 Roland, Browse and Delbanco
Retrospective at Leeds City Art Gallery
1962 Lane Gallery, Bradford
Stone Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
57 Gallery, Edinburgh
1963 David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Gallery A, Melbourne
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
Battersea Central Library, London
1965 Roland Browse and Delbanco, London
Stone Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
1966 Curwen Gallery, London
1967 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
London Arts Gallery, Detroit
1969 Roland Browse and Delbanco, London
Hambledon Gallery, Dorset
1970 Park Square Gallery, Leeds
David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Art Centre, Folkstone
Arnolfini, Bristol
1971 Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
Oxford Gallery, Oxford
Battersea Central Library, London
Court Lodge Gallery, Kent
1972 Battersea District Library, London
Studio Prints, London
1973 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Peterloo Gallery, Manchester
1974 J. P. Lehmans Gallery, London
1975 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
David Jones Gallery, Sydney
1976 Orde Levinson, Johannesburg
1977 The Gallery, Falmouth
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
1979 The Workshop, London
Browse and Darby, London
The Annexe Gallery, London
Festival Gallery, Bath
Beaux Arts, Bath
1980 Margaret Fisher Gallery, London
The Holsworthy Gallery, London
David Jones Gallery, Sydney
1981 Browse and Darby, London
Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide
Minden Gallery, Jersey
1982 Christopher Hull Gallery, London
Browse and Darby, London
Contemporanea Gallerie Fur Moderns Kunst, Germany
Bury St Edmunds Gallery
1983 John Brinkley Fellows Exhibition, Norwich
Browse and Darby, London
1984 Browse and Darby, London
Beaux Arts, Bath
Shell HQ Gallery, London
Stoke on Trent Exhibition
Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge
1985 Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
Friends' Room, Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Chapter House, Lichfield Cathedral
1987 Odette Gilbert Gallery, London
Beaux Arts, Bath
1988 Galerie Joel Salaun, Paris
1989 Mowbray Gallery, London
Battersea Exhibition, London
10 Soudan Road, London
Beaux Arts, Bath
1990 Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
Woodbridge Gallery, Vancouver
1991 10 Soudan Road, London
1992 Joan Hurst Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Agnew's, London
1993–94 Touring North Wales Arts Association, Graham Sutherland Gallery, Rhos, Oriel Theatre,Haverfordwest, Clwyd,
Mold, Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
1995 Tenby Museum and Art Gallery
1997 'My Shakespeare', Royal Academy of Arts, London;
International Shakespeare Globe Centre, London;
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon;
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2001 Piano Nobile Gallery, London
2002 Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2004 Gallery 27, London;
Gallery 11a, Leamington Spa
2005–6 Royal Academy of Arts, London;
The Art Gallery and Museum,The Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa;
National Assembly Building, Cardiff
2006 Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2007 Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2008 Richmond Hill Gallery, London
Gallery 27, Cork St., London
Cork Street Gallery, 28 Cork St., London
Dover Street Arts Club, London
