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, August 1990
Financial Times Weekend,June. 2001