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Penny Slinger

1947: Born in London, England
: Lives and works in California

Solo Exhibitions

2015: Self Impressions, Riflemaker London
: Penny Slinger, Blum and Poe Gallery, Tokyo
2014: Penny Slinger, Blum and Poe Gallery, Los Angeles
2012: Exorcism Revisited, Broadway 1602 Gallery, New York
: Hear What I Say, Riflemaker Gallery, London
2011: A Photo Romance, Riflemaker Gallery, London
1993: Arawak Renaissance – The Tribute Continues, New World Gallery, Anguilla
1992: Amerindians- Studies of a Lost People, Cotton Gin Art Gallery, Anguilla
1982: Visions of Ecstasy, Visionary Gallery, New York
1977: Secrets, Mirandy Gallery, London
: Inner Vision, Patrick Seale Gallery, London
1973: Opening, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1971: Solo Exhibition, Angela Flowers Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018: Visible Women, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK
: The Hired Grievers, curated by Jason Dodge, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
: Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by Her Writings, Tate St Ives, Cornwall, UK
: The House of Fame, convened by Linder, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
: Worshipping Sticks and Stones, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Room 13, Sadie Coles, London, UK
: The Beguiling Siren is Thy Crest, The Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
: Dreamers Awake, White Cube Bermondsey, London, UK
: Women House, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France; traveled to National Museum in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2015: History Is Now: 7 Artists Take on Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
: Feminist Avant-garde of the 1970s from the Sammlung Verbund Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; traveled to The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria; Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany; Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norway; The Brno House of Arts, Czech Republic
2014: Cry Me a River, Etoile Polaire Lodge #1, New Orleans, LA
2013: Lips Painted Red, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway
2011: Threat, Broadway 1602, New York, NY
2009: The Dark Monarch, Tate Gallery, St Ives, UK
: Angels of Anarchy, Manchester Art Museum, UK
1993: Presentes Caraibes: 500 Years of Amerindian History, Fort Delgrès, Guadeloupe
1992: Addressing the Forbidden, Edinburgh Art Festival, Scotland
1982: Imaginary Images, Floating Foundation of Photography, New York, NY
: Rated X, Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY
: Erotic Art Photography, Jacques Baruch Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978: Surrealism Unlimited 1968-1978, Camden Arts Center, London, UK
: Metamorphosis, University of Cambridge, UK
1974: Nude and Naked, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London, UK
1973: XII Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1969: Young and Fantastic, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

Film and Video Screenings

1994: Visions of the Arawaks video, Mystic Fire, New York, NY
1992: Sacred Sex, Cynthia Connop, Triple Image Fiulms, Australia
1974: Leading role in Vibration, by Jane Arden and Jack Bond
1973: Performed in and art direction The Other Side of the Underneath, directed by Jane Arden
1971-1973: Holocaust, All Women Theater Troupe

Awards and Grants

1973: Achievement in Art Grant, Cassandra Foundation, IL

Commissions

1993: Series of stamps for Government of Anguilla
1990-1991: On the Trail of the Arawaks, series of archaeological paintings for museum, Marigot, St Martin
1989: Historical Murals for Anguilla Airport

Bibliography – Catalogues

2016: Schor, Gabriel, ed. Feminist Avant-garde: Art of the 1970s: The Sammlung Verbund Collection, Vienna. Munich: Prestel, 2016: 330-339, 551.
1993: Bhattacharya, B., Douglas, Nik, and Slinger, Penny. The Path of the Mystic Lover: Baul Songs of Passion and Ecstasy. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1993.
1979: Douglas, Nik and Slinger, Penny. Sexual Secrets: The Alchemy of Ecstasy. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1979.
1978: Douglas, Nik and Slinger, Penny. Mountain Ecstasy. Limpsfield: Dragons Dream, 1978.
1977: Slinger, Penny. An Exorcism. London: Villiers, 1977.
1971: Slinger, Penelope. 50% The Visible Woman. London: Nacis, 1971.

Bibliography – Articles and Reviews

2018: Gingeras, Alison. “The Collapse of America’s Moral Firewall: Sex in the Age of Trump.” In Other Words (Art Agency, Partners blog), July 10, 2018.
: Bowie, Summer. "Penny Slinger." Autre Magazine vol. 2, no. 5 (Summer 2018): 24-29.
: Murillo, Aimee. "Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows Tracks the Career of the Lost Surrealist Artist." OC Weekly, May 10, 2018.
2017: "5 Things We Loved at Frieze London." Topshop.com (blog), October 5, 2017.
: Belcove, Julie L. "Sex and the Art of Radical Feminism." Financial Times, September 29, 2017.
: Burden, Zora. "Art, Feminism, Magic: an Interview with Penny Slinger (Part One)." The Wild Hunt (blog), April 16, 2017.
: Budasz, Melissa. "Frieze ‘Alt Feminisms’ Panel Discussion & Sex Work: Feminist Art & Radical Politics." Artverve.co.uk, October 5, 2017.
: Gvero, Virna. "Frieze Sex Work: What Place Does Radical Feminist Art Have Within the Art Fair." Happening.media, October 6, 2017.
: Hollenbach, Misha and Shauna Toohey. "Energy is Fluid." UTOPIA Magazine, vol. 3 (2017): 9, 47
: Judah, Hettie. "Frieze London is Feisty and on Point." Vice.com, October 5, 2017. Lack, Jessica. "Nude Art and Censorship Laid Bare." Cnn.com, November 30, 2017.
: Loos, Ted. "As Frieze London Matures, Choices Push Boundaries." New York Times, October 3, 2017.
: "New Section for ‘Sex Work’ at Frieze London 2017." Blouinartinfo.com, October 7, 2017.
: Rosado, Ana. "’Sex Work’ Exhibition of Censored Feminist Art Finds Home at Frieze." Cnn.com, October 6, 2017.
2016: Wagley, Catherine. "An Artist Puts a Dark Spin on ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’" LA Weekly, May 11, 2016.
2015: Charlesworth, JJ. “Star Artists Curate Revelatory Survey of British History at London’s Hayward Gallery." Artnet.com, February 11, 2015.
: Herriman, Kat, and Gay Gassmann. “Match the Artists With Their Childhood Art: Round Four.” TMagazine, October 8, 2015.
: Martinez, Ricardo. "Penny Slinger at Blum & Poe." Wide Walls, February 12, 2015.
: McNay, Anna. "Penny Slinger: ‘Being Different Is Just Who You Are. What You Do with It Is up to You.’" Studio International, April 8, 2015.
: Minato, Rui. "Penny Slinger Exhibition." GoKaN, March 8, 2015.
: Wee, Darryl. "Penny Slinger Opens Solo Show in Tokyo." Blouin Artinfo, February 10, 2015.
2014: Frey, Michaela. “The Feminist-Surrealist Art of Penny Slinger.” Worldguide.eu, April 25, 2014
: Parreilli, Francis."A Direct Expression of Consciousness: An Interview with Artist Penny Slinger." Flaunt.com, April 28, 2014.
: Zhong, Fan. "Penny Slinger’s Journey." Wmagazine.com, April 24, 2014.
2012: Cotter, Holland. “Penny Slinger: An Exorcism Revisited 1977-2012.” New York Times, September 14, 2012.
: Coghlan, Niamh. “Surrealist Explorations.” Aesthetica, no. 48 (August-September 2012): 50.
: Haden-Guest, Anthony. "Penny Slinger, Judy Chicago and Feminist Art Today." Spear’s, November 20, 2012.
: Taylor, Tot and Virginia Damtsa. Penelope Slinger: Hear What I Say. London: Riflemaker, 2012.
1979: Sanders, John and R.H. Mason. Photography Year Book, 1980. Watford, England: Fountain Press, 1979.
1978: Slinger, Penny. ‘An Exorcism’, Jack Yates, August 1978.
1977: Blakeston, Oswell. “Photo Synthesis.” Sunday Telegraph, September 1977.
: Woloshyn, Nadia. “Penny Slinger.” Arts Review, September 1977.
1976: Ades, Dawn. Photomontage. London: Thames & Hudson, 1976.
1974: Fuller, Peter. “Penny Slinger.” Connoisseur, October 1974.
1973: Euan Duff, Arts Guardian, July 1973.
: Spare Rib, “The Whole Truth,” 1973.
: “Review of the 50% Visible Woman.” Rolling Stone, November 22, 1973.
: Williams, Sheldon. “Penny Slinger’s Life.” Art and Artists, November 1973.
1969: Lyton, Norbert. “Young and Fantastic.” Arts Guardian, July 1969.