Marilyn Hallam was born in Yorkshire in 1947.

She studied fine art at the University of Reading where she met and married the painter Clyde Hopkins.

She lives and works in south east London and St Leonards-onSea.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

Not Finding a Pose Bobinska Brownlee New River, Islington

2014

Other Things Constantine Gallery, Teesside University, Middlesbrough

2009

SE1 Gallery Crucifix Lane, London curated by Cuillin Bantock

1993

Smith Jariwala Gallery, The Clove Building, London.

1991

Smith Jariwala Gallery, London.

1990

Smith Jariwala Gallery, London.

1987

The Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex.

1986

The Winchester Gallery, Winchester, Hampshire (curated by John Gillet of Southern Arts).

1984

Vortex Gallery, London.

1982

Bakehouse Gallery, Blackheath, London (assisted by the GLAA).

1980

University Art Gallery, Reading, Berkshire.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Summer show Linden Hall Studio

2015

APT Open Studios

2014

GB/SWITCH/NL Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, Netherlands

Drawing to Making part 2,Clarendon Studios, London Paris Show

APT Open Studios

2013

Breakthrough Hastings Arts Forum

APT Open Studios

The Perfect Death – Horizons, The Lion and Lamb, Hoxton, London

RED, Trinity Gallery, Hastings, SoCo Group Show

Conversations: An Exhibition of Small Works, Clarendon Studios, London

Small is Beautiful Flowers East, London

2012

APT Open Studios

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Significant Others: Patrick Caulfield, Janet Nathan, Clyde Hopkins, Marilyn Hallam, Advanced Graphics London

The Perfect Nude, group show Wimbledon Space then Phoenix Gallery, Exeter

2011

Uncaught Hares Painting and Sculpture from Greenwich Studios 1974-9 The Stephen LawrenceGallery, London

Invaluable an exhibition of early work chosen by Sheila Vollmer and Victoria Rance

2010

APT Open Studios

SoCo End of Year Show, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings

MIX an exhibition of work chosen by Chris Marshall & Mali Morris

2009

APT Open Studios

SOUTHEAST an exhibition of work chosen by Clyde Hopkins & Steve Lewis

2008

Paintings by Marilyn Hallam & Clyde Hopkins, Conquest Hospital, Hastings

APT Open Studios 

2007

APT Open Studios

SoCo Xmas Show, The Beacon, Hastings

2006

Thread an exhibition of drawings APT

APT Open Studios

Exhibition Southern Contemporaries 26 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells

SoCo at the Conquest, Conquest Hospital, Hastings

2005

Creekside Open selected by Eileen Cooper and David Tremlett

APT Open Studios

2004

Art at the Mill anderssonhall contemporary art. Greenwich, London

APT Artists online

a.p.t present curated by David Oates and Rob Welch, APT Gallery, Deptford,

APT Open Studios

2003

APT Open Studios

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

2002

Ten Days in Deptford exhibition as part of the ’Deptford X Festival’

2001

Marilyn Hallam and Clyde Hopkins, Art in Hospitals Project, Hastings and Rotherham NHS Trust

Life in Art. Photographs by Steve Pyke: Folkstone, Hastings and SE tour

Real Encounters, artists featured in ‘Life in Art’, Ballroom Gallery, Hastings Pier.

APT Open Studios

2000

APT Open Studios, Deptford, London

1999

Represented by Monique Halloran, New York, Bermuda

APT Open Studios, Deptford, London

Works on Paper, APT Gallery, Deptford London

Coastal Currents Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, East Sussex

1998

Critical Faculties, The Stanley Picker Gall UK and The Calder Gallery, USA

Summer Show, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, East Sussex

APT Open Studios, Deptford, London

1997

Lambeth Healthcare NHS Trust: Picture Loan Scheme.

Delight, Stanley Picker Gallery for the Arts, Kingston-upon-Thames.

Mixed Exhibition, Lambeth Health Care NHS Trust

APT Open Studios, Deptford, London

1996

Ten Years After, Kapil Jariwala, New Burlington Street, London.

Revelations,Artists and Designers at the University of East London.

Delight: Paintings by Welch, Rigden, Morris, Hopkins, Hallam, DelIow, Holden Gallery, Manchester Met.

APT First Open Studios, Deptford, London

1995

Christmas Show, Stormont Studio, Rye, East Sussex.

Permanent Waves, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, East Sussex.

Denise Franklin, Marilyn HalIam, Sarah Palmer, Hastings Museum and ArtGallery

Artists in Spain, Stormont Studio, Rye. East Sussex.

1994

11th Contemporary Art Society Market, London.

Oriental Antiquities, Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Smith Jariwala Gallery, The Clove Building, London

Summer Show, Burlington New Gallery, London.

Made in Greenwich 1974—1994, The Living Room, Greenwich, London.

Making a Mark, Mall Galleries, London.

1993

10th Contemporary Art Society Market, Smith Galleries,London

Business in Britain, The Barbican, London.

Interiors, The Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex.

Watercolour The Curwen Gallery, London (curated by Joan Key).

Hastings Open Exhibition, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, East Sussex (invited artist)

1992

Greenwich, Reinickendorf, Maribor Umetnostna Galerija, Maribor, Slovenia.

A Centenary Exhibition, University Art Gallery, University of Reading.

Painting and Sculpture from GASA Studios, Woodlands Art Gallery, London.

Peninsular Journeys, Quicksilver Place Gallery.Middlesex University. and the Lanchester Gallery, Coventry.

1991

Staff Exhibition 2, Kingston University, Surrey.

Art London 91, Olympia, London (represented by Smith Jariwala Gallery).

1990

Greenwich Artists’ Studio Association, Greenwich Citizens’ Gallery, Woolwich, London.

Art Connections, Harrogate, Yorkshire.

Self-Portrait Exhibition, Cafe Gallery, London.

1989

Painters at Winchester. The Winchester Gallery, Winchester.

Secret Spaces – Still Life and Interiors, The Pride Gallery, London.

 Art Initiative, at Patricia Brown, Dulwich

1987

Art Initiative, represented by Patricia Brown, Dulwich, London.

Coastlines, The Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex.

1985

Rooms, An exhibition of Interiors organised by Jenni Lomax of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

The Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

Marilyn Hallam, Geoff Hollow, Paul Tonkin, The Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.

1984

The Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Masks, The Cafe Gallery, London.

Art at Home, represented by Joan Fritzler and David Edwards, London.

Painters at Winchester,The Winchester Gallery, Winchester, Hampshire.

Greenwich open studios. GASA, London.

1983

The Whitechapel Open, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

1982

Opening Exhibition (5 person show), Hull Artists’ Studio Association Gallery, Hull, Humberside.

1981

Painters and Sculptors from the Greenwich Studios, Woodlands Art Gallery, London.

1980

Hull Print Competition, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and touring.

Corporate Art, Heathrow Airport, London; with the Contemporary Art Society.

Small Works by Younger British Artists, Somerville College, Oxford (selected by Jenny Durrant).

Artists into Thetford, Eastern Arts Association Project, Thetford, Norfolk.

1979

Spirit of London Festival Hall, South Bank, London

1975

Six Artists, The Africa Centre, London.

1974

Four Painters, Congress House, London.

1972

Platform ‘72, Museum of Modern Art. Oxford (selected by Nick Serota).

REVIEWS

Guardian, Feb. 1989

Painters at Winchester review

Guardian, Feb. 1990

Guardian, Feb. 1990

Guardian, August 1990

Guardian, April. 1991

Guardian, Sept. 1991

Financial Times Weekend,June. 2001