Maureen Paley
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Merlin James15 Nov-20 Dec 2024
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Hannah Starkey24 May-14 Jul 2024
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Anne Hardy: Survival Spell6 Apr-19 May 2024
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Deimantas Narkevičius12 Jan-18 Feb 2024
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Artists represented
Felipe Baeza
b. 1987
AA Bronson
Canadian, b. 1946
Tom Burr
American, b. 1963
Hannah Collins
British, b. 1956
Fiona Connor
New Zealander, b. 1981
Kaye Donachie
British, b. 1970
Chioma Ebinama
American, b. 1988
Michaela Eichwald
b. 1967
Gardar Eide Einarsson
b. 1976
Morgan Fisher
American, b. 1942
Maureen Gallace
American, b. 1947
Liam Gillick
British, b. 1964
Andrew Grassie
British, b. 1966
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Jordanian, b. 1985
Anne Hardy
British, b. 1970
Max Hooper Schneider
American, b. 1982
Peter Hujar
American, 1934-1987
Merlin James
British, b. 1960
Sarah Jones
British, b. 1959
Behrang Karimi
Iranian, b. 1980
Michael Krebber
b. 1954
Erik van Lieshout
Dutch, b. 1968
Alastair Mackinven
British, b. 1971
Reverend Joyce McDonald
American, b. 1951
Deimantas Narkevičius
Lithuanian, b. 1964
Paulo Nimer Pjota
b. 1988
Rory Pilgrim
British, b. 1988
Olivia Plender
British, b. 1977
Stephen Prina
American, b. 1954
James Pyman
b. 1962
Michael Queenland
American, b. 1970
David Salle
American, b. 1952
Eduardo Sarabia
American, b. 1976
Maaike Schoorel
Dutch, b. 1973
Hannah Starkey
British, b. 1971
Dirk Stewen
German, b. 1972
Studio K.O.S.
American
David Thorpe
British, b. 1972
Wolfgang Tillmans
German, b. 1968
Rebecca Warren
British, b. 1965
Esther Pearl Watson
German, b. 1973
Gillian Wearing
British, b. 1963
James Welling
American, b. 1951
Jane and Louise Wilson
b. 1967
About
The gallery programme began in 1984 in a Victorian terraced house in London’s East End. Initially named Interim Art the gallery changed its name to Maureen Paley in 2004 as a celebration of its 20th anniversary. Since September 1999 the gallery has been situated in light industrial space in Bethnal Green. In July 2017 Maureen Paley opened a second space in Hove called Morena di Luna. In October 2020 a third space was opened in Shoreditch, London called Studio M. From its inception the gallery’s aim has remained consistent: to promote great and innovative artists in all media.
Maureen Paley was one of the first to present contemporary art in London’s East End and has been a pioneer of the current scene, promoting and showing a diverse range of international artists. Gallery artists include Turner Prize winners Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 2019; Wolfgang Tillmans, 2000 and Gillian Wearing, 1997 as well as Turner Prize nominees Rebecca Warren, 2006; Liam Gillick, 2002; Jane and Louise Wilson, 1999 and Hannah Collins, 1993. Represented artists also include AA Bronson, Felipe Baeza, Tom Burr, Michaela Eichwald, Morgan Fisher, General Idea, Anne Hardy, Peter Hujar, Michael Krebber, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Olivia Plender, Stephen Prina, Maaike Schoorel, Hannah Starkey, Chioma Ebinama, Oscar Tuazon, and James Welling.
Maureen Paley, the gallery’s founder and director, was born in New York, studied at Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated from Brown University before coming to the UK in 1977 where she completed her Masters at The Royal College of Art from 1978–80.
Together with running the gallery, Maureen Paley has also curated a number of large-scale public exhibitions. In 1994 she organised an exhibition of works by Felix Gonzales Torres, Joseph Kosuth and Ad Reinhardt at the Camden Arts Centre. In 1995 Wall to Wall was presented for the National Touring Exhibitions and appeared at the Serpentine Gallery, London, Southampton City Art Gallery and Leeds City Art Gallery showing wall drawings by international artists including Daniel Buren, Michael Craig-Martin, Douglas Gordon, Barbara Kruger, Sol Lewitt, and Lawrence Weiner. Maureen Paley also selected an exhibition of work by young British artists in 1996 called The Cauldron featuring Christine Borland, Angela Bulloch, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Steven Pippin, Georgina Starr and Gillian Wearing for the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust which was installed in their Studio space in Dean Clough, Halifax.
Accessibility & facilities
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Office hours: Monday–Friday 10am–6pm.
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