Allan Gardner (b.1992, Glasgow) is a Scottish artist based in Leeds, UK, he studied at Leeds College of Art and the Royal College of Art. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including projects exhibited with the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), SCIENCE Museum (London), Tate St. Ives (Cornwall), No Gallery (NYC), Hannah Barry Gallery (London), Annka Kultys Gallery (London), Cite Des Arts Internationale (Paris), The Art House (Wakefield) and many more. His writing has been published by Kaleidoscope, Dazed, Sleek, Mousse, CLOT, The Quietus and many more. In 2021, he founded SCREW Gallery in Leeds, with a curatorial focus on the intersection of art and subculture.
Education
MA Contemporary Art Practice, Royal College of Art, 2018-2020
BFA Painting, Leeds College of Art, 2015-2018
Solo & Duo Projects
2023
Spectre of Paradise – Backhaus Projects, Berlin (with Jack Kennedy)
Platform w/ No Gallery – David Zwirner, New York
2022
Fantasy Lands – Collective Ending, London (with Maggie Dunlap)
Indifferent Stars – No Gallery, New York
Pictures With Deep Meaning – Village Gallery, Leeds
2021
NO TIME WASTERS – WET Productions (Digital experience & Publication)
2020
HE WILL ALWAYS BE MY SON – Village, Leeds (With Jack Kennedy)
TULPA, Bloc Projects, Sheffield (collaborative works with Sean Campbell)
2016
Automatic – Tennis Project Space, Berlin
Open Envelope – Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (Collaborative works with Sean Campbell)
Selected Fairs and Misc Presentations
2023
PLATFORM, David Zwirner NYC w/ No Gallery
NADA New York w/ No Gallery
2022
NADA Miami w/ No Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
I Don’t Want A Holiday In The Sun (Curated by Marcus Nelson) – Bomb Factory, London
2022
Inhibition – York University, York
I’d Rather Be Your Enemy – Grove Collective, London
2021
Ceremonial Burning of A Turtleneck – Screw Gallery, Leeds
Tree as Leaf – Hannah Barry Gallery, London
Between The Lines – Grove Collective, London
Screw Bound – The Whitworth Museum. Manchester
2020
[the art happens here] Annka Kultys Gallery, London
302_Redirect, ICA, London
A Land of Incomparable Beauty, Collective Ending, London
2019
WIP, Royal College of Art, London
BITE, Dyson Gallery, London
Graduate Residency, The Art House, Wakefield
Le Grande K, Gossamer Fog, London (Collaborative works with Dasha Loyko)
Le Grande K, SCIENCE Museum, London (Collaborative works with Dasha Loyko)
Velvet Ropes, Sargent’s Daughters, New York
Velvet Ropes, Shrine Gallery, New York
Capped Out, The Old Biscuit Factory, London
Real Life Is Much Stranger, Freehold Projects, Leeds
Velvet Ropes, House of Vans, London (Collaborative works with Tomas Harker)
The Wrong Biennale, Airport Pavilion
2018
Syzygy, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
Digital Bloodbath, HPBC, Leeds
2017
Behave Collective @ U, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall
y tho, ESA Projects, Leeds
2016
Cerebellum London, London
Cerebellum South East, Hastings
Broken Spaces, Rye Attic, Nottingham
Disposable Society, Northern Monk Refectory, Leeds
CMYK, ESA Projects, Leeds
2015
I’ll Show You Mine, Leeds
Selected Press & Publications
NO TIME WASTERS (2021) published by Future of Nothing, funded by WET Sex and Guilt and John Duncan (2021) published by Future of Nothing DESK, Le Grande K (Published with funding from the Royal College of Art)
Spectre of Paradise at Backhaus Projects by Grove Berlin – Tzvetnik
FANTASY LANDS at Collective Ending – OFluxo
‘Fantasy Lands’ by Allan Gardner and Maggie Dunlap at Collective Ending – Tzvetnik
Allan Gardner’s Indifferent Stars at No Gallery – Kuba Paris
The Trouble with Capital M – Meaning: Allan Gardner’s Indifferent Stars at No Gallery -Curatorial Affairs
Tree and Leaf – Purple Magazine
The Beautiful and Damned: Allan Gardner searches for the nuance lurking beneath the sheen of American Celebrity – By Maggie Dunlap for Sleek (2021)
What do Anna Nicole Smith, Jeffrey Dahmer and an inflatable sex doll all have in common? -The Face (2021)
HE WILL ALWAYS BE MY SON by Mark Westall – FAD (2020)
Allan Gardner and Jack Kennedy at Village / Leeds – The Daily Lazy (2021)
In Conversation with Allan Gardner – Where’s The Frame? (2020)
Punk artist Allan Gardner lays down the law – TJ Sidhu for The Face
ALLAN GARDNER INTERVIEW – “IT’S IMPORTANT TO POKE FUN AT THE DARKER THINGS IN LIFE SOMETIMES” – Hector Campbell for FAD Magazine
A Land Of Incomparable Beauty Review – Art Monthly (Print Only)
A Land Of Incomparable Beauty Review – Delphian (2020)
Interview by David McLeavy – YAC (2020)
Exhibition: Allan Gardner WIP at RCA – CLOT Magazine (2019)
Misc
Artist in Residence at Backhaus Projects, Berlin 2023
Artist in Residence at East Street Arts for COUNTERCULTURE 2020, Leeds 2020 British Guild of Authors Practice Grant Recipient 2020
Artist in Residence at Cite Des Arts International, Paris 2019
Artist in Residence at The Art House, Wakefield 2019
Artist in Residence at isthisit? London 2019
Critic in Conversation (Tomas Harker’s A Sea in Suspense) BoLee Gallery, London 2019
Artist in Residence at BAI, Berlin 2016