Biography

Education

2013 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
2010 BA Fine Art, First Class Honours, Manchester Metropolitan University
2007 Foundation Diploma in Fine Art, Distinction, Mid-Cheshire College of Art

2015 The Varieties, The Harris Museum, Preston, UK
2014 The Jealous Graduates, Jealous gallery, London, UK
2014 The Jealous Graduates, Edition and Print Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2014 Embrace, FORT gallery, London, UK
2013 Chelsea MA Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
2013 FACK! The West London Art Prize (selectors: Phillip Allen, Claire Shea, Christopher Pensa, Becca Pelly-Fry), The Griffin Gallery, London, UK
2013 Honeymoon: Paintings by MA Chelsea and Royal College of Art, Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
2013 MA Interim Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
2013 To Boldly Go, The Cook House, John Islip Street, London, UK
2012 Creative Cities Collection: London in 2012, Olympic Gallery, Beijing, China
2012 Creative Cities Collection: London in 2012, The Barbican Arts Centre, London, UK
2011 New Lights Prize (selectors: Kate Brindley, Paul Hobson, William Tillyer), Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK
2011 The Threadneedle Prize 2011 (selectors: Julie Lomax, Lisa Milroy, Godfrey Worsdale), Mall Galleries, London, UK
2011 Desire & Repulsion: Grotesqueries, The Art Corner, Manchester, UK
2010 The Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4′s New Sensations, Cornwall Terrace, London, UK
2010 How It All Worked Out, The International 3, Manchester, UK
2010 Degree Show, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

2013 Honeymoon: Paintings by MA Chelsea and the RCA, The Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

2017 The Manchester Contemporary, The International 3, Manchester, UK
2015 The Manchester Contemporary, The International 3, Manchester, UK
2014 VOLTA 10, Sean Penlington | Rafal Topolowski, The International 3, Basel, Switzerland
2014 Art14, Jealous gallery, London, UK
2013 The Manchester Contemporary, The International 3, Manchester, UK
2012 NADA Cologne 2012, The International 3, Cologne, Germany
2011 The Catlin Guide 2011, The London Art Fair, London, UK
2010 The Manchester Contemporary, curated by The International 3, Manchester, UK

2013 Chelsea Jealous Graduate Prize, Click here
2013 100 Painters of Tomorrow, shortlisted, Click here
2013 FACK! The West London Art Prize, shortlisted, Click here
2012 The Patrick & Kelly Lynch Scholarship 2012/13, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
2011 New Lights Prize, selected, Click here
2011 The Threadneedle Prize 2011, selected, Click here
2011 The Catlin Guide 2011: New Artists in the UK, Click here
2010 Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4 New Sensations, selected, Click here

Q&A with Kate Mothes for feature on Young-Space. Click here
Q&A with Chris Shaw, Three Works, on occassion of solo show ‘Three Works’. Click here
Review of The Varieties, North West Round-up by Bob Dickinson, Art Monthly, March 2015.
‘Surface and the Becoming-Body of Painting; A short essay on the recent work of Sean Penlington’ by Dr Catherine Ferguson, Click here
Q&A with Paulette Terry Brien, International 3, on occasion of solo show ‘Hmhm, Haha’. Click here
Review of Paint Union: Cornelia Baltes and Sean Penlington discussion by Sam Mould, Click here
Featured on Morgan Quaintance’s Studio Visit, Resonance FM, Series four, Episode one Oct 2013, Click here
Featured in Glass Magazine Winter Edition 2012 (Dec)
Featured in 100 Curators 100 Days, Saatchi Online, selected by Alexie Glass-Kantor. Click here
Interview for Jotta, Sean Penlington: Masquerade and the Body, By George Vasey. Click here
Featured in ‘The Catlin Guide 2011: New Artists in the UK’ Catlin Holdings Ltd
Featured in ‘The Marmite Prize For Painting 2010′ catalogue

2015 Artist Talk, Future Now, Manchester School of Art
2014 Artist Talk, University of Salford
2014 Visiting Lecturer, MA Fine Art, University of Bolton
2013 Artist Talk and tutorials to BA and MA level, University of Bolton
2013 Artist Talk, Paint Union: Sean Penlington in conversation with Cornelia Baltes, Griffin Gallery
2013 Artist Talk, FACK! West London Art Prize, Griffin Gallery
2013 Group Tutorials, MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design
2012 Artist Talk, Chelsea College of Art and Design
2010 Artist Talk, Manchester School of Art