Notes II, 2017
| 1971 - 1975 | St Martin's School of Art. |
| 1975 - 1978 | Royal College of Art. |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2017 | A Light Here, Tintype Gallery, Window Painting. |
| 2014 | Rough Cut and Faceted, Marcelle Joseph Projects |
| 2013 | North House Gallery, Paintings and Prints, Manningtree. |
| 2012 | Studio 1.1 Gallery. 30 Day OlympiAINT. |
| 2010 | Throwing Shapes, Wall Painting, CPG Café Gallery Southwark Park. |
| 2008 | Vertigo in Three Parts, Wall Painting, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. |
| 2006 | Short Circuit since '79, survey show, Poussin Gallery, London. |
| 2005 | Studio1.1.Gallery, London. |
| 2005 | Keith Talent Gallery, London. |
| 2003 | Paintings, Art Resources Transfer, Inc., Chelsea, NYC |
| 2002 | InsideSpace Gallery, London. |
| 1999 | North House Gallery, Manningtree. |
| 1994 | The Eagle Gallery, London. |
| 1992 | Goodsway Gallery (Cubitt), London. |
| 1990 | The Winchester Gallery, Winchester. |
| 1986 | James Joyce Room, Gotham Book-Mart Gallery, New York. |
| 1984 | Vortex Gallery, London. |
| 1981 | AIR Gallery, London. |
| 1978 | Cottisloe Theatre, National Theatre, London. |
Two Person Exhibitions
| 2004 | Little and Large, Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge, with John Dougill. |
| 1997 | Harriet Green Gallery, London, with John Crossley. |
| 1986 | Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, with Hamish McLennan. |
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
| 2020 | "Where We Are", The Ambulatory Mercer's Hall, Curated by Danny Rolph |
| 2019 | "Come and go. Halt and Extreme Left", Winchester School of Art Gallery. Curated by Outside Architecture and Steven Cooper |
| 2019 | "More Gravy", TinType Gallery |
| 2019 | Fully Awake, Edinburgh College of Art, Selected by Stuart Cumberland and Henry Word |
| 2019 | Drawing Biennal 2019, Drawing Room. |
| 2019 | Summer Exhibition, Royal Accademy of Arts |
| 2018 | V&A&A, Studio 1.1, curated by Andy Cohen, with Anna Boggon and Amanda Benson |
| 2017 | Fully Awake, East Street Arts, Leeds. Selected by Moyra Derby |
| 2017 | Last Picture Show, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, NYC, Curated by Danny Rolph |
| 2017 | Plan Unplan, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, curated byOutside Architecture |
| 2017 | RA Summer Exhbition |
| 2017 | Women Artists in Conversation - with Gluck, Fine Art Society |
| 2017 | Surface Cutting curated by Eillen Cooper, Royal Academy of Arts |
| 2016 | Spore curated by Tom Owen and Grant Foster, Kennington Residency |
| 2016 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition |
| 2015 | Royal Academy Summer Show 2015, invited by Michael Craig-Martin, Royal Academy of Arts, London |
| 2015 | Infero, at Lloyds Club |
| 2015 | Distressed Geometry, Baden Kunstraum/Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2015 | O-N-T-O-L-O-G-Y ARTHOUSE1, London with Celia Cook and Brandon Taylor (with Sonia Delauney and Sol Le Witt) |
| 2015 - 2016 | Simply Painting, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, curated by Jim Mooney (touring to Thurso Art Gallery & The Peacock Arts Centre, Aberdeen) |
| 2013 | 2Q13, Women Artists, Women Collectors, Lloyds Club, curated by Marcelle Joseph Projects. |
| 2013 | AMERIKA, What America means to non Americans, Camberwell Space, curated by Alasdair Duncan. |
| 2013 | Even Clouds... Studio 1.1. |
| 2013 | The Perfect Death/Horizons, Lion and Lamb Gallery, organised by Phill Allen and VJ. |
| 2012 | Ha Ha What Does This Represent, Standpoint Gallery, curated by Katrina Blannin and Francesca Simon, catalogue with essay by David Ryan. |
| 2011 | Zig Zag curated by Katrina Blannin, Charlie Dutton Gallery. |
| 2010 | Shapes curated by Rebecca Geldard, Coleman Gallery, London. |
| 2008 | Geometry and Colour, Poussin Gallery. |
| 2007 | Abstract Continuous, Studio 1.1. |
| 2006 | Grotto, Studio 1.1 Gallery. |
| 2006 | Poussin Gallery, Gallery Artists. |
| 2005 - 2006 | The Spiral of Time, APT Gallery, London and Open Hand Open Space, Reading. Curated by Rosa Lee and David Leapman. |
| 2005 | This Show is Ribbed for Her Pleasure, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC. |
| 2004 | Plan B. Studio 1.1 Gallery, Drawings, Curated by Max Mason. |
| 2004 | Zoo Art Fair, represented by Keith Talent Gallery. |
| 2004 | 24 x 30, Keith Talent Gallery, London. Curated by Danny Rolph. |
| 2003 | Shelf - Life, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, with Phylida Barlow, Tina Keane and Nick Stewart. |
| 2002 - 2003 | Miniatures, Raid Project Space, LA, Kyubidou Gallery Tokyo. |
| 2002 | K3 Project Space, Zurich. |
| 2001 | Warped. Inside Space Gallery. London. |
| 2001 | British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East. |
| 2001 | Warped. Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham and touring. |
| 2000 | Discipline.Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates. |
| 2000 | Artists Choice, Flowers East, London. |
| 1998 | Eliminate the Negative, Gasworks Gallery, London. (Curated by V.J) |
| 1998 | Braziers International Workshop Exhibition. |
| 1998 | Absolut Secret. Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA. |
| 1997 | Off the Peg, Rack Gallery. London. |
| 1997 | Three British Painters. Arkitekt Skole, Bergen, Norway. |
| 1997 | Looking Out to Sea. Southern Arts Touring Exhibition. |
| 1997 | Absolut Secret. Gulbenkian Gallery.RCA,London. |
| 1996 | The Thinking Eye.Gallery 7, Hong Kong.Painting Faculty of the RCA. |
| 1996 | Sad.Gasworks, London |
| 1996 | Absolut Secret. Gulbenkian Gallery,RCA,London. |
| 1995 | Vino Veritas.The British School at Rome |
| 1995 | Mostra.The British School at Rome |
| 1995 | The Question of Scale.Winchester Gallery and Arnolfini, Bristol. Curated by Vanessa Jackson & Rebecca Fortnum. |
| 1995 | Southwark Open, South London Gallery. |
| 1995 | Absolut Secret.Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA, London. |
| 1994 | Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London. |
| 1994 | Lead and Follow, the Continuity of Abstraction. Atlantis Gallery, London and touring; Bede Gallery and Plymouth Museum. |
| 1994 | Dad.Gasworks, London. |
| 1994 | Absolut Secret.Gulbenkian Gallery,RCA,London. |
| 1993 | Alresford Gallery, Hampshire. (3 person) |
| 1993 | John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 18. ( Prizewinner) |
| 1993 | The Rose, the Thistle and the Daffodil.Galerie Christel Fahrenhorst, Hameln. Germany.(4 British artists) |
| 1992 | Women's Art at New Hall.New Hall, Cambridge. |
| 1992 | Ambit Artists, Smith Gallery, London. |
| 1992 | The Old Sarson's Vinegar Factory, London. |
| 1992 | Thapong International Exhibition at the National Museum and Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana. |
| 1990 - 1995 | 3 Ways. organised by RCA and British Council to Russia, Poland |
| 1989 | The Spiritual Dimension.Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. |
| 1989 | Painters from Winchester.Winchester Gallery |
| 1988 | The Presence of Painting. Mappin Gallery, Sheffield. Icon Gallery,Birmingham. Hatton Gallery, Newcastle. |
| 1988 | Contemporary Arts Society, Smith Gallery, London. |
| 1987 | On a Plate.Exhibition for War On Want, Serpentine Gallery, London and James Hockey Gallery, Farnham. |
| 1986 | Artists who studied with Peter de Francia, Camden Arts Centre. |
| 1986 | The Drawing Centre, Green Street, New York. |
| 1986 | Retrospective II, The Vortex Gallery, London. |
| 1986 | Ambit Literary Magazine Exhibition, The Poetry Society,London. |
| 1986 | RCA Exhibition, Smiths Gallery, London. |
| 1985 | Ambit Literary Magazine Exhibition, Royal Festival Hall, London. |
| 1985 | Three Painters. Swiss Cottage, London. |
| 1985 | Thirty London Painters. Royal Academy, London. |
| 1984 | Wells Centre, Norfolk. |
| 1983 | Industrial Sponsors, The Stock Exchange,London. |
| 1983 | Preston Polytechnic, Drawing Exhibition. |
| 1983 | Michael Parkin Gallery,Summer Exhibition London. |
| 1983 | Diversities.Belfast Polytechnic Gallery. |
| 1982 | Hayward Annual, Drawing Exhibition, London. |
| 1982 | Seven Artists. Newcastle Polytechnic. |
| 1980 | Birmingham City Museum, Drawing Show. |
| 1980 | Brunel University (3 artists), London. |
| 1980 | The Fellows' Show. Winchester Gallery (3 person) |
| 1978 | Zeus Hermes Gallery, London. |
| 1976 | New Contemporaries, London |
| 1975 | New Contemporaries, London |
| 1974 | John Moores IX, Liverpool. |
| 1974 | Stowells Trophy, London |
| 1974 | New Contemporaries, London |
Publications
| 2015 | Document No.14, A Fountainwell Press Publication |
| 2014 | Off The Wall - Wall Paintings by Vanessa Jackson, text by Rebecca Geldard designed and published by Pavilionary Press. 48pp book on Cyclus offset paper & Conqueror Laid, with grey-board cover, printed by Calverts Co-op, London |
| 2011 | Painting; Documents of Contemporary Art, published by Whitechapel and MIT, edited by Terry Myers |
| 2006 | Ambit Books. 4 Cover designs for poetry series; ‘Here from Elsewhere’ |
| 2005 | Miser and Now, Issue 5, Pleasure. "Midnight in Genoa".p. 72 - 74. |
| 1986 | The House of Light and Tabellae, Poems by James Laughlin with woodcuts by Vanessa Jackson,Grenfell Press NYC |
| 1980 | Artwork in Ambit Literary Magazine, No’s 95,100,109,118,130,150,200. |
Public And Private Collections
| Portman Estates Collection | |
| New Directions Publishing House, USA | |
| J. Paul Getty Museum, USA | |
| Imperial College, London. | |
| Eastern Arts Association. | |
| T.I. Group Collection. | |
| Prudential Insurance, USA. | |
| Hampshire County Council. | |
| The National Museum and Arts Gallery, Botswana. | |
| Royal College of Art Collection | |
| Royal Academy of Art Collection |
Awards/Grants
| 1995 | Edwin Austin Abbey Award, British School at Rome. |
| 1994 | John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 18 - Prizewinner. |
| 1991 | Yaddo Fellowship.USA. |
| 1992 | Thapong International Artists' Workshop, Botswana - BritishCouncil Travel Award. |
| 1986 | National Endowment Award for the Visual Arts, USA. |
| 1985 | Yaddo Fellowship,USA. |
| 1978 | John Minton Travel Award, RCA. |
| 1978 | Imperial College Purchase Award. |
Commissions
| Paintings commissioned for Feature Film Production. | |
| 2007 | The Other Man, directed by Richard Eyres |
| 2006 | "Here from Elsewhere", Ambit Books, Cover designs for poetry series. |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones, On the Edge of Reason. |
| 2000 | Bridget Jones Diary. BJD productions. |
| 2000 | Killing Me Softly. The Montecito Picture Co.Ltd. |
| 1989 | Zastrozzi,1988.Channel 4.The Rachel Papers, 1989 United Artists. |
| 1988 | Parker,Directed Jim Goddard,1986 Zenith Films. |
| 1987 | Stormy Monday, Directed Michael Figgis, 1987 Atlantic Films. |
| 1986 | The House. Moving Picture Company. |
| 1987 | Hampshire County Council County Architects: Two murals for CC Restaurant (with Winchester School of Art) |
| 1986 | Manchester Press Book Cover; commission for KM Newall. Esperanto Poetry. |
Citations And Reviews
| 2016 | Highland News - Simply Painting |
| 2015 | Traction Magazine - Ontology Exhibition |
| 2015 | Evening Standard, 4th June, 2015. RA Summer Exhibtion, 2015, Ben Luke. |
| 2010 | Painting Space, on Throwing Shapes |
| 2006 | The Independent 4th November 2006. Five Best London Shows. By Tom Lubbock, Poussin Gallery exhibition |
| 2006 | The Independent 6th November 2006 Five Best London Shows. With Image. By Tom Lubbock on Poussin Gallery |
| 2006 | Contemporary Magazine 2005, no 75. Feature page, “Adventures in Flatland.Richard Dyer. |
| 2004 | Miser & Now, Issue 4. Eightysix Occurrences. Image, p. 43. |
| 2003 | Time Out, Sarah Kent, (Nov) Shelf - Life, with image. |
| 2001 | Contemporary Visual Arts 34. Brendan Fletcher review, Warped. |
| 2001 | The Guardian. Critics Choice, Robert Clarke review, Warped. |
| 1993 | The Independent on Sunday - review of John Moores Exhibition18 by John McEwan, with image. |
| 1993 | Channel 4 News - review of John Moores Exhibition, interviewedin studio by Nicholas Glass. |
| 1992 | Womens Art Journal No 47 - Review by Rebecca Fortnum. |
| 1981 | Time Out - Air Gallery Exhibition reviewed by Monica Petzal. |
| 1981 | Art and Artists - Air Gallery Exhibition reviewed by FrancisSpalding. |
| 1980 | Artscribe - review by Adrian Searle of Three FellowsExhibition, with Gareth Williams and Lee Grandjean at Winchester Gallery |
| 1976 | Artscribe Magazine . No. 2, review of New Contemporaries with image. |
Catalogues
| 2015 | Simply Painting, texts by Jim Mooney, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery |
| 2012 | Ha Ha What Does This Represent? Standpoint Gallery curated by Katrina Blannin &Francesca Simon. |
| 2006 | Short Circuit Since '79. Poussin Gallery. Essay by John Tagg |
| 2002 - 2003 | Miniatures, Raid Project, LA. |
| 2001 | British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East. |
| 2001 | Warped. Angel Row, Nottingham. Essay by Terry Myers |
| 2000 | T.I. Group Collection. |
| 2000 | Encounters, Sharjah Museum, Dubai. |
| 1997 | Looking Out To Sea Southern Arts Touring. |
| 1996 | The Thinking Eye Gallery 7. Hong Kong. |
| 1995 | The Question of Scale, curated by Vanessa Jackson and Rebecca Fortnum. |
| 1993 | John Moores, Liverpool 18 |
| 1994 | Lead and Follow, the Continuity of Abstraction |
| 1992 | Womens Art at New Hall, Cambridge |
| 1990 | Three Ways, British Council/RCA. |
| 1990 | Winchester Gallery; One Person Show. Essay by John Gillett. |
| 1989 | The Spiritual Dimension, Peterborough Museum |
| 1988 | The Presence in Painting, Mappin Gallery. |
| 1985 | Thirty London Artists, at the Royal Academy. |
| 1982 | Hayward Annual, London |
| 1981 | Artists in Camden - Camden Arts Centre in conjunction with the Air Gallery. |
Public Lectures
| 2014 | Curvature and Common Sense - The David Lean Foundation Annual Lecture for The Royal Academy of Arts School |
| 2010 | Inaugural Sandra Blow Lecture for Central St Martins." Stolen and Contaminated" |
| 2006 | Serpentine Gallery, on Ellsworth Kelly. |
| 2000 | Serpentine Gallery, on Brice Marden. |
| 2000 | Whitechapel Gallery, on Francesco Toledo. |
| 1998 | Traces. Drawing Centre Symposium. Royal College of Art. |
| 1998 | Gasworks, London, on Eliminate the Negative exhibition. |
| 1997 | Tate Gallery, London.On Drawing with Christopher le Brun. |
| 1995 | Arnolfini, Bristol.On The Question of ScaleExhibition. |
| 1994 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. John Moores. |
| 1994 | Camden Arts Centre, on Patrick Heron. |
| 1994 | The Tate, St Ives, on Patrick Heron. |
| 1993 | Serpentine Gallery, on Agnes Martin. |
| 1990 | Serpentine Gallery, on Bert Irvin. |
Consultancy
| 2016 | Marmite Prize Judge |
| 2013 | Chair of the Edwin Austen Abbey Council |
| 2010 | Jerwood Contemporary Painters. Selection panel with Paul Huxley/Callum |
| 2006 | Patron for Braziers International Artists Workshop. |
| 2002 - 2006 | Trustee, City and Guilds of London Art School. |
| 1998 | Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles. |
| 1995 - 2006 | Braziers International Artists Workshop, Chair of Advisory Group. |
| 1996 - 2013 | Edwin Austin Abbey Council Member |
| 1996 - 1999 | Arts Council of England, Visual Arts, Education and Training Advisory Panel. |
| 1994 | Selector for Cohn and Wolff Student Fine Art Award. Central-St Martins College of Art. with Andrew Graham-Dixon. |
| 1993 | Selector for Shave Farm International Triangle Workshop. |
| 1993 | British Judge for the Zimbabwe National Heritage Exhibition. |
| 1993 | British Council and B.A.T. sponsoredWorkshops for Artists - Harare & Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. |
| 1989 - 1990 | Director of the New Contemporaries. |
Conferences/Symposia
| 2018 | Teaching Painting,Painting the New Conference at the RoyalAcademy of Arts Key Note Speaker |
| 2014 | Taking up Space: Women Only Shows, chaired by Rose Gibbs for the Fawcett Society |
| 2009 | University of the Arts London, Chair of 'The Processes of Painting' Symposium |
| 2007 | Approaches to Abstraction, chaired by Artist in Residence Marta Marce with DJ Simpson. Camden Arts Centre. |
| 2006 | "Saudade".Exhibition Panel Discussion with Jude Kelly and Nigel Rolf. Highbury Studios Gallery.Curated by Sarah Dwyer. |
| 2006 | The Art of Laura Owens, Camden Arts Centre, Panel member with Danny Rolph and Ansel Krut. Chair, Sacha Craddock. |
| 2004 | Braziers International Artists Workshop and Symposium. |
| 1999 | Colloquem on Art and Education. Ecole Cantonale d'Art du Valais, Switzerland. |
| 1995 | Code of Practice National Association of Artists. ConferencePanel Member. Tate Gallery. |
| 1994 | British Painting Symposium Panel Member with Basil Beattie,Jeffrey Dennis, Jane Harris, Patrick Heron, chaired by Mel Gooding.Camden Arts Centre.AudioArts Publication.Vol.14.No3 |
| 1994 | BT New Contemporaries Exhibition Symposium, Panel Member.Camden Arts Centre. |
| 1989 - 1990 | Chaired Conference Panel on the New Contemporaries at the ICA with Sacha Craddock and Jon Thompson. |
| 1989 | Art and Music; Panel Member and Lecturer for the Presence of Painting Exhibition at Mappin Art Gallery. Sheffield. |
Employment
| 1971 - 1979 | Editorial Assistant, Ambit Literary Magazine.( part - time) |
| 1974 - 1975 | President of the New Contemporaries (voluntary) |
| 1979 - 1987 | Senior Lecturer, Fine Art. Painting (.5), Winchester School of Art. |
| 1988 - 1997 | Head of Painting, Winchester School of Art. |
| 1993 - 2007 | MA and Research Tutor at Royal College of Art |
| 1998 - 2013 | Senior Tutor at the Royal Academy Schools |
Visiting Lecturing MA, Since 1980
| Goldsmiths College | |
| Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles | |
| Reading University | |
| Chelsea School of Art | |
| The Slade, University of London | |
| Manchester Polytechnic / Metropolitan University | |
| Royal College of Art | |
| Winchester, European Fine Art.MA.Barcelona | |
| Royal Academy Schools |
Part-Time – Lecturing
| 1978 - 1979 | Byam Shaw, Foundation Dept. |
| 1978 - 1981 | Birmingham Polytechnic. |
| 1979 - 1980 | Winchester School of Art. |
| 1980 - 1988 | Winchester School of Art ( .5) |
| 1983 - 1985 | North East London Polytechnic. |
| 1983 - 1998 | Central and Central-St Martins College of Art. |
| 1997 - 1998 | Central - St Martins College of Art. |
| 1998 - 1999 | Camberwell School of Art. |
Visiting Lecturing BA, Since 1978
| University of Northumbria, Newcastle | |
| Canterbury College of Art, Kent Institute | |
| Ruskin School of Drawing | |
| Cheltenham College of Art | |
| Hull College of Art | |
| Farnham College of Art | |
| Sheffield Hallam University | |
| Preston Polytechnic | |
| ENSBA Ecole Nationale Superiere de Beaux Arts, Paris | |
| Rouen Ecole des Beaux Arts |