Gwennan Thomas 
Born in France, Lives and works in London

EDUCATION
2023-24 Associate Artist Programme, Open School East
2016-18 Royal College of Art, MA Painting
2008-11 Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London, BA Hons Fine Art: Painting 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2018 THAW, In collaboration with Camden Council, 18 Malden Rd, London, UK     
2013 Monday 24th June “Artist of the Day”, Flowers gallery, Cork St, London 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2023 Painting Open, No Format Gallery, London, 
2023 Awagami International Print Competition, Inbe Art Space, Yoshinogawa, Japan
2023 Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London
2022 Colours, Stone Space Gallery, Curated by Matthew Macaulay, London
2022 Colour Flex, Terrace Gallery, Curated by Matthew Macaulay, London
2021 Winter Salon, Glass Cloud Gallery, Camden People’s Theatre, London
2021 Gift, Selected by Laurence Noga, APT Gallery, London, UK
2021 On Paper, Curated by Classroom Coventry, Paper Gallery, Manchester, UK
2019 A Hand Stuffed Mattress, Curated by Karl Bielik, Terrace Gallery, London, UK
2019 Tall Tales of Transparent Things, Curated by Now Curation, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
2018 Papercuts, curated by Kristian Day, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 Royal College of Art MA Painting Degree Show,  London
2018 Thumbnails, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
2017 Papercuts, curated by Kristian Day, Tripp Gallery, London
2017 Love, Peace and Happiness, Curated by Kristian Day, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2017 Whip, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2016 Window, Pluspace Coventry & Artists Workhouse, Studley, UK
2015 The Seed of its Opposite, Gallery North, Kelvin College, Glasgow, UK
2015 Citrus Lush Bongo Salon, Tan Like That, Chalk Farm, London, UK
2015 Contemporary British Abstraction, SE9 Container Gallery, London, UK
2014 Infinity: One, Dalla Rosa Gallery, London, UK
2014 Pride Show, Take Me Home Projects, London UK
2013 First Come First Served, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, UK
2013 Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow & Blue, Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery East, London
2013 Exchange Project “Oblique Exchange”, curated by Claire Undy, APT Gallery, London
2013 Take Me Home, Co-curated by Chris Ilankovan and Kybor Carlsen, Take Me Home Projects, London, UK 
2013 Other Objects, Co-curated by Caterina Lewis and Gwennan Thomas, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, UK 
2013 Form From Form, curated by Benjamin Bridges & Michael O’ Reilly, Matthews Yard, Croydon, UK
2012 First Come First Served, Lion and Lamb Gallery, London, UK
2012 Plane Space, curated by Dan Roach, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, UK
2012 Abstract Critical Newcomer Awards, King’s Place Gallery, London, UK
2011 Miles/Km, La Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain
2011 Close Quarters, Vyner St Gallery, London, UK
2010 Panic Wagon, Fold Studios, London, UK
2009 The Still Image Captures Something Else, Curated by Richard Layzell, Xindanwei Gallery Shanghai, China 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS 
2016 Mask, Co-curated with Matthew Macaulay as part of Pluspace Projects with Coventry University, Coventry, UK
2015 Citrus Lush Bongo, Co-curated with Dominic Letschka and TMH projects at Tan Like That, London
2013 Other Objects, Co-curated with Caterina Lewis, Lion & Lamb Gallery, Hoxton, London
2012 Exhibit 3, Co-curated with Alice Cretney, Matthews Yard, Croydon, UK 

AWARDS 
2021 Longlisted for Contemporary British Painting Prize
2013 Selected for Flowers Gallery "Artist of the Day" by Anthony Daley 
2012 Selected for Abstract Critical Newcomer Awards by Gary Wragg