Roland Hicks, Lives and works in London.

Educated at Winchester School of Art (BA) and Slade School of Art (MFA).

Solo Exhibitions:

‘The Fourth Wall’, Hastings Contemporary,2023/24

‘Backstreet Geometry’, 57W57 Arts, New York, 2022

O.S.B - Of Spaces Between, Mrs Rick’s Cupboard, Primary, Nottingham, 2017

The Gathering Things,  Eleven, London 2013

I Just Can't Stop It,  Eleven, London, 2009

Give Me Every Little Thing',  Ffotogallery, Cardiff, 2007 See Ffotogallery webpage
'Roland Hicks', Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales, 2007
'Nothing Can Stop Us Now', Hiscox Artprojects, London, 2003 See Hiscox Artprojects webpage
'I Can't Help Myself', The Market, London, 2002
'Roland Hicks', Alfred Camp Gallery, London, 2001
'New Paintings', 97-99 Gallery, Sclater Street, London, 1999

Selected Group Exhibitions:

‘X’, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2023

Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021, Huddersfield Art Gallery, then touring to Unit 1 Gallery, London 2021/22

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London, then touring, 2021/22

‘Studio Confetti’, Terrace Gallery, London, 2021

‘Yellow Archangel:Perceiving Anomalies’, General Practice, Lincoln, 2021

‘Then And Now’ Terrace Gallery, London, 2020

‘Back Put Together It’ with Stephen Palmer, Vane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2019

‘Bodega Imprimatur’, curated by Ramsey Dau, Face Guts, Los Angeles, 2019

‘Gradation’, curated by Paul Carey-Kent, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, 2019

Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Somerset 2019

Creekside Open, selected by Brian Griffiths, A.P.T Gallery, London, 2019

Contemporary British Painting Prize, Menier Gallery, London, 2019

‘The Tiresome Truth’ with Angela de la Cruz and Helene Appel, [also curating] ASC Gallery, London, 2019

Kunsthal Vejle, Vejle, Denmark, 2019

Contemporary British Painting Prize, Huddersfield Art Gallery, 2018/19

‘Paper Cuts’, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2018

‘Sticky Business - The Temptation of Sugar in Art’ Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, 2017/18

‘Paper Cuts’ curated by Kris Day, Tripp Gallery, London, 2017

‘Humble As Hell’ curatorial project, also featuring:Susan Collis, Neil Gall, Nicky Hirst, Paul Housley, Duncan Macaskill, Stephen Palmer, Cathie Pilkington, Joel Tomlin, Richard Woods, - Kurt Schwitters Merzbarn, Elterwater, Oct/Nov 2017

‘Cross Section/04’ with Tom Hackney & Catrin Morgan, dalla Rosa Gallery,

London, 2017

‘Colour, Order, System’ with Sue Kennington, Fiona Grady and Richie Culver,

Sid Motion Gallery, London, 2017

Desktop, ArtKapsule, London, 2017

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 2016

The Garden Of Forking Paths, Lewisham Arthouse, London, curated by Russell Terry, 2016

Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space London, then touring, 2015/16

Eleven 10th Anniversary exhibition, London, 2015

Eleven Christmas Salon, London, 2014/15

C&C Gallery Auction, London, 2014

CNB Gallery, London, 2014

Salon Eleven, London 2013/14

Postcard From My Studio Acme Project Space, London 2013

Eleven Gallery Artists, Eight Moorgate, London 2012

Contemporary Perspectives,Threadneedle Gallery, London 2012

One Giant Leap: Works from the Saatchi Gallery, Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, London 2012

Eleven Christmas Salon, Eleven, London, Dec 2011/Jan 2012

Volta7, Basel, with Rick Giles, June 2011

Intimate Spaces, Jemma Appleby, Adam Dant, Aaron Distler, Jessa Fairbrother, Juan Fontanive, Louis de Gama, Howard Gardener, Roland Hicks, Oliver Jones, Adam King, Dean Kissick, Debbie Lawson, Tim Rogers, Rebecca Stevenson and Andy Warhol    Galerie8, London, 2011 see galerie8 website

Eleven Xmas Salon, Eleven, London, 2010/11

Threadneedle Art Prize, Mall Galleries, London, 2010

The This And The That, Justin Allen and Roland Hicks, Eleven, London June 2010

Threadneedle Art Prize, Mall Galleries, London, 2009

John Moores 25, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2008/9  visit Walker Art Gallery webpage
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany 2005

Everyday Is Like Sunday,  with Rosie Snell, Karl Maughan and Ross Hansen, Vertigo, London, 2005
Weeds, including Keith Coventry, Stephen Cornell, Phillipa Horan, Emma Todd - Hiscox Artprojects, London, 2004
BlowUp - New Painting and Photoreality, including Jason Brooks, Glenn Brown, Neil Gall, Dan Hays, Masakatsu Kondo, John Salt and Paul Winstanley, St Pauls Gallery, Birmingham, 2004
Painting Practices - Roland Hicks & Luke Caulfield, curated by Neal Rock, Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London, 2003
*1:us, Tony Bevan, Christopher Bucklow, Michael Craig-Martin, Richard Billingham, Garry Fabian-Miller, Angus Fairhurst, Roland Hicks, Langlands & Bell, Jose Maria Sicilia, Mark Wallinger - Hiscox Artprojects, London, 2003
The Market, London, 2001
Losing The Plot, VANE, curated by Stephen Palmer, Newcastle,  2000
Mighty Real, Dazed and Confused Gallery, London, 2000
NatWest Art Prize, Lothbury Gallery, London, 1999
Viva Chihuahua!, with Cathie Pilkington & Brendan Reid, The Tannery, London, 1998
Slade Postgraduate Painting Show, London, 1996

Collections:

Land Securities
The Groucho Club

Saatchi Gallery
Hiscox   See Webpage
The Fleming Collection
Oxford University Art Collection
Unilever Art Collection

Various private collections in Europe and the US

Awards:

Winner of the 2021 Evelyn Williams Drawing Award

Collaboration with Vogue Magazine, Paris, 2001
NatWest Art Prize Runner-up, 1999
Fine Art Research Fellowship (Painting - Cheltenham College of Art), 1997-8