Artist's Page

Penny Slinger

Born in London, UK, 1947

Education
Pre diploma at West Surrey College of Art, Farnham, UK, 1966
First class honors Diploma in Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art, Westminster, UK, 1969

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

One-Person Exhibitions

2022
Pace Library, New York, NY

2021
50/50, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2019
Inside Out, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
Tantric Transformations, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK

2015
Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan

2014
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2012
An Exorcism Revisited, Broadway 1602 Gallery, New York, NY
Hear What I Say, Riflemaker Gallery, London, UK

2011
A Photo Romance, Riflemaker Gallery, London, UK

1993
Arawak Renaissance: The Tribute Continues, New World Gallery, Anguilla, UK

1992
Amerindians: Studies of a Lost People, Cotton Gin Art Gallery, Anguilla, UK

1982
Visions of Ecstasy, Visionary Gallery, New York, NY

1977
Secrets, Mirandy Gallery, London, UK
Inner Vision, Patrick Seale Gallery, London, UK

1973
Opening, Angela Flowers Gallery, London, UK

1971
Angela Flowers Gallery, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2024
Bitch Magic, Alma Pearl, London, UK
Block Party, Art Room, Los Angeles, CA
Whisper Their Sinful Names, Chez Max et Dorothea, Los Angeles, CA

2023
WITCHES!, Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, Germany
Lost Girls, presented by War Child, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Weltgeist: Curated by Bjorn Stern, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria

2022
Joan Didion: What She Means, curated by Hilton Als, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
On Sexuality, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK
Sensitive Content, Unit London, London, UK
The Horror Show!, curated by Claire Catterall, Iain Forsyth, and Jane Pollard, Somerset House, London, UK
A Feminist Avant-Garde. Photographs and Performances of the 1970s from the Verbund Collection, Vienna, curated by Gabriele Schor, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
A Woman's Right To Pleasure, Sotheby's, Los Angeles, CA
Punk is Coming
, MoCA, Westport, CT
Oh Marilyn!, Gazelli Art House, London, UK

2021
The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, curated by Steven Pollock, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France
Common Nocturnes, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY

2020
5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA 
Pineal Eye Infection, curated by Aaron Moulton, Seasons, Los Angeles, CA
Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution, British Museum, London, UK
Some of the Hole, Simian, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Botanical Mind. Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree, curated by Gina Buenfeld and Martin Clark, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
LESS Festival of Contemporary Collage, Old Town Hall, Viborg, Denmark

2019
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
MERDELAMERDELAMERDELAMERDELAMERDELAMER, curated by Kendell Geers,
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
A Detached Hand, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Cut and Paste |  400 Years of Collage, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh,
Scotland

2018
The Hired Grievers, curated by Jason Dodge, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
Visible Women, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK
The House of Fame, convened by Linder, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by Her Writings, Tate St Ives, Cornwall, UK
Worshipping of Sticks and Stones, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA  2017
Room, Sadie Coles, London, UK Women House, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France; traveled to National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
Dreamers Awake, White Cube Bermondsey, London, UK
The Beguiling Siren is Thy Crest, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Poland 

2015
History Is Now: 7 Artists Take on Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Thea Porter 70s Bohemian Chic, Fashion and Textile Museum, 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 Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria; Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany; Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norway; The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic

2014
Cry Me a River, Etoile Polaire Lodge #1, New Orleans, LA

2013
Lips Painted Red, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway

2011
Threat, Broadway 1602, New York, NY

2009
The Dark Monarch, Tate Gallery, St. Ives, UK
Angles of Anarchy, Manchester Art Museum, Manchester, UK

1993
Presentes Caraibes: 500 Years of Amerindian History, Fort Delgres, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

1992
Addressing the Forbidden, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

1982
Imaginary Images, Floating Foundation of Photography, New York, NY
Rated X, Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY
EroticArt Photography, Jacques Baruch Gallery, Chicago, IL

1978
Surrealism Unlimited 1968-1978, Camden Arts Center, London, UK
Metamorphosis, University of Cambridge, 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

1971-73
Holocaust, All Women Theater Troupe

Awards and Grants

1973
Achievement in Art grant, Cassandra Foundation, Illinois

Commissions

1993
Series of stamps for Government of Anguilla

1990-91
On the Trail of the Arawaks, series of archaeological paintings for museum, Marigot, St Martin

1989
Historical Murals for Anguilla Airport

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Catalogues

2021
Ades, Dawn. Photomontage (World of Art). London: Thames & Hudson, 2021.
Slinger, Penny. 50% The Visible Woman. Los Angeles: Blum & Poe, 2021.
Slinger, Penny and Carly Rae Jepsen. K1K – Carly Rae Jepsen X Penny Slinger. Berlin: King Kong Publications, 2021

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., Nik Douglas, and Penny Slinger. The Path of the Mystic Lover: Baul Songs of Passion and Ecstasy. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1993.

1979
Douglas, Nik and Penny Slinger. Sexual Secrets: The Alchemy of Ecstasy. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1979.

1978
Douglas, Nik and Penny Slinger. Mountain Ecstasy. Limpsfield: Dragons Dream, 1978.

1977
Slinger, Penny. An Exorcism. London: Villiers, 1977.

1971
Slinger, Penelope. 50% The Visible Woman. London: Nacis, 1971.

Articles and Reviews

2022
Cumming, Laura. “On Sexuality: Helen Chadwick & Penny Slinger Review – Radical Bodies.” TheGuardian.com, December 18, 2022.
Penning, Monique. “An Ode to Female Pleasure Opens in LA.” MonsterChildren.com, August 12, 2022.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Blackbook Explores a ‘Woman’s Right to Pleasure’ at Sotheby’s.” LAWeekly.com, August 4, 2022.
Silver, Hannah. “A Woman’s Right to Pleasure: The LA Exhibition Rewriting the History of Female Sexuality.” Wallpaper.com, July 19, 2022.
Chilcott, Robert. “The Dark Defines the Light.” F22/State Magazine (June 2022): 9–15.
“Why These 8 Artists Are Making NFTs.” Artsy.net, January 27, 2022.
Satchell-Baeza, Sophia. “Punk? Feminist? Surrealist? This 50-Year-Old Book Still Refuses to Be Labelled.” Elephant.art, January 16, 2022.

2021
Perella, Vincent. “Penny Slinger’s New Exhibition: ‘50/50’.” OddaMagazine, December 16, 2021.
Shaw, Janna. “The Magic of Woman.” Fräulein Magazine 1 (January 2021): 154-161.
Southern, Lara. “Penny Slinger: My Body in a Box.” Museemagazine.com, January 28, 2021.
Mishra, Manish. “Couture Steeped in Tarot Symbolism.” Hindustantimes.com, January 26, 2021.
Rossignot, Olivier and Audrey Jeamart. “Interview with Penny Slinger.” Culturopoing.com, January 2021.

2020
Foster, Bonnie. “My Body in a Box.” Reserved Magazine 6 (2020).
Sisley, Dominique. “Ten Art and Photography Projects That Perfectly Captured Life in 2020.” Anothermag.com, December 30, 2020.
"2016: Catherine Wagley – 'Interview with Penny Slinger,' Eliza Swann." Carla Magazine 20 (digital issue): 44.
“Anti-worlds Announce Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows + Best before Death + Krabi 2562 in Second Wave of Blu-Rays for September 28.” TheFanCarpet.com, July 14, 2020. 
Dinsdale, Emily. “Nine Artists Who Capture the Transformative Power of Female Pleasure.” DazedDigital.com, July 30, 2020.
Jobey, Liz. “Angela Flowers on 50 Years at the Heart of British Art.” Financial Times, February 7, 2020.
Judah, Hettie. “The Occult's Return to Art: 'before, You'd Have Been Laughed Out of the Gallery.’” TheGuardian.com, November 4, 2020.
Moss, Jack. “Penny Slinger on Her Latest Series, Created in Response to the Pandemic.” AnotherMag.com, May 19, 2020.
Takeuchi, Craig. “Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows Spotlights the Controversial Work of a Pioneering Feminist British Artist.” Straight.com, October 20, 2020. 
Tope, Helen. “Film Review: Penny Slinger – Out of the Shadows.” TheReviewsHub.com, October 27, 2020.
Yalcinkaya, Gunseli. “All the Books to Read in July While on Staycation.” DazedDigital.com, July 10, 2020.

2019
“9 Art Events in New York This Week: African Art Restitution, Jasper Johns, Frida Kahlo, and More.” Artnews, February 4, 2019.
Ahmed, Osman. "Feminism and Femininity at Maria Grazia Chiuri's Dior Couture Show." i
D.vice.com
, July 2, 2019. 
Ashenden, Rachel. “‘I Am Using Myself As My Muse’: Interview with Feminist Surrealist, Penny Slinger.” Women Surrealists (blog), January 2019.
Baeza, Sophia Satchell. "The Visible Woman: In Conversation with Penny Slinger." AnotherGaze.com, June 26, 2019. 
Binlot, Ann. "Dior Blends Functionality, Fire, and Feminism with the Help of Penny Slinger and Agnès Varda." DocumentJournal.com, July 2, 2019. 
Charlesworth, J.J. “Penny Slinger.” ArtReview (Summer 2019): 50-57.
Davidson, Emma Elizabeth. "Dior Just Sent a Wearable Gold Doll’s House down the Runway at Couture." DazedDigital.com, July 1, 2019. 
Felperin, Leslie. " Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows Review – Fascinating Career Re-Examination." Guardian.com, June 27, 2019. 
Godwin, Richard. "Swinging 60s Surrealist Penny Slinger: 'Collectors Thought I Came with the Art.'" Guardian.com, June 27, 2019. 
Hutton, Belle. “Watch a Clip from a New Documentary about Radical Artist Penny Slinger.” AnotherMag.com, June 5, 2019.
Judah, Hettie. "Meet the Artist behind the Dior Couture Golden House Dress." Vogue.com.au, July 4, 2019. 
Kane, Ashleigh. "Art Shows to Leave the House for This Morning." DazedDigital.com, June 20. 2019. 
Liberty, Megan N. "Penny Slinger's Penny Slinger's 50% the Visible Woman and Inside Out." Brooklyn Rail, April 2019. 
“Parky at Pictures (In Cinemas 4/7/2019).” OxfordTimes.co.uk, July 3, 2019.
“Penny Slinger: Ecstasy + Expansion.” NaraCollective.com, January 2019.
Shaskevich, Helena. "Between Exorcism and Ecstasy Unraveling Penny Slinger." Osmos Magazine 18 (Summer 2019): 12-17.
Slinger, Penny. "Soundtracks to Ecstasy." Cultured Magazine (June/July/August 2019): 98-99. 
Taubin, Amy. “Shadow Play.” Artforum.com, January 24, 2019.
Warren, Kaylee. “Penny Slinger Invites Us to Unveil the Feminine Psyche in a New Tantric Exhibition.” Document Journal, February 6, 2019.
Woodward, Daisy. "Penny Slinger: The Radical British Artist Who’s Just Collaborated with Dior." AnotherMag.com, July 2, 2019. 

2018
Gingeras, Alison. “The Collapse of America’s Moral Firewall: Sex in the Age of Trump.” In Other Words (Art Agency 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. 
"WIA Artist Profile: Penny Slinger." Women in Arts (blog), November 2, 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
“Penny Slinger: Dirty Girl.” Musée Magazine 16 (Chaos): 63-73.
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.” T Magazine, October 8, 2015.
Martinez, Ricardo. "Penny Slinger at Blum & Poe." Widewalls, 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.

Museum and Public Collections 

Farleys House & Gallery, Chiddingly, UK
Georges Marci Monet Collection, Gstaad, Switzerland
Museum of Drawers, Antwerp, Belgium
Sammlung Verbund Collection, Vienna, Austria 

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