Lucy Gough

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Biography

Lucy is currently living and working in Cambridgeshire and has been a practising artist since graduating from Norwich School of Art and Design. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Internationally as well as completing commissions for institutions including Soho House, University College Hospital London and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Lucy’s screen prints have been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2012, 2016 and 2018.

Lucy’s prints use simple graphic lines and bold colour blocks to form a coherent style that has come to define her artistic practice. Her most recent work draws inspiration from a variety of sources including architecture and geometry.


Born 1980

Education

1999-2002  BA Hons Creative and Cultural Studies, Norwich School of Art and Design,


Group exhibitions

2019     

Off The Record, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

2018    

Look, Listen and Shout, University College Hospital, London
Jealous Needs You '18, Jealous Gallery, London
Permanent Collection, Soho House, White City House
Cambridge Open Studios, Lode, Cambridge
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London
Abstract Geometric, Jealous Gallery, London

2017    

The Big Screen, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Swimming Pools, Jealous Gallery, London
Paperback, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Bloom, University College Hospital, Euston Road, London
Permanent Collection, The Hoxton, Paris, France

2016 

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London
Jealous Needs You ’16, Jealous Gallery and Saatchi Gallery, London

2015 

Jealous Needs You ’15, Jealous Gallery and Saatchi Gallery, London

2014 

Hometown, Hemingway Art, Cassington, Oxford
The Current, Soma Gallery, Boyces Avenue, Clifton, Bristol
I Will Forget and You Will Remember, Corn Hall Gallery, Diss, Norfolk (two person show)

2013 

An Idea of Happiness, University College Hospital, Euston Road, London
I Choose Gun, Jealous Gallery, London (two person show)

2012 

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
We Are The Fragments, Tabernacle Art Gallery, London
Jealous Gallery @ Heals, Tottenham Court Rd, London

2011

Alien Nation, Great Western Studios, London
Mending Broken Hearts, Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge

2010

East London Printmakers and Friends Fete, Mare Street, London
St Jude's Gallery, Itteringham, Norfolk

2009

Five to Follow, Pennwood House, Cassington, Oxford
My Favourite Present, SOMA, Clifton Arcade, Clifton Village, Bristol
It’s just you and the rest of the universe, Jealous Gallery, London
Allotment, University College Hospital, Euston Road, London

2008

Jealous Gallery, Crouch End, London
Here and Now, Falmouth, Cornwall
Black Light, University College Hospital, Euston Road, London

2007

Cambridge Contemporary Art, 6 Trinity Street, Cambridge
I’m not a tourist, I live here, Pennwood House, Oxford
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Aspex, The Vulcan Building, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
Snap, University College Hospital, Euston Road, London

2006

Frank, 65 Harbour Street, Whitstable, Kent
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London
Jetlag @ London Artists Book Fair, ICA, The Mall, London
Fingers Crossed for a Sunny Day, Soma, Clifton Arcade, Bristol
4, London Print Studio, 425 Harrow Road, London
Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA
20/20, Beverley Knowles Fine Art, 88 Bevington Road, London
One of a Kind, Byard Art, 4 St. Mary’s Passage, Cambridge
The Red Door Gallery, Victoria Street, Edinburgh

2005

A5, Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen
Beverley Knowles Fine Art, 88 Bevington Road, London
Contemporary Prints 3, London Print Studio, Harrow Road, London
Must-have… London Print Studio, 425 Harrow Road, London
Outpost shop, 10b Wensum Street, Tombland, Norwich
Art London, Burton’s Court, Chelsea, London
Westbourne Park at Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London

2004

RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London
On The Wall, Olympia Grand Hall, London
While I’m away, The Old Bally Shoe Factory, Hall Road, Norwich
Pencil’in, Soma, Clifton Arcade, Clifton Village, Bristol
Novos Britânicos, British Council Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Art London, Burton’s Court, Chelsea, London
The Contemporary Camera, Byard Art, Cambridge

2003

RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London
Youngart, Pennwood House, Cassington, Oxford
Eyejam 5, Ogilvy and Mather Ltd, Canary Wharf, London
New Artists, Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge
Fresh Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Group Exhibition, Heffers Bookshop, Trinity Street, Cambridge

2002

Artists Books, Saltburn Art Gallery
Final Degree Show, Norwich Gallery, St George St, Norwich
Cultural Studies Interim Show, Norwich School of Art and Design

2001

Three is the magic number, Norwich School of Art and Design

2000

Optical Allusions, Norwich Gallery


Awards and commissions

2017    
Soho House, commissioned to design a rug for White City House

2016    
UCLH, commissioned to design vinyl wallpaper and window transparencies for the EGA
UCLH Critical Care Unit commission Highly Commended at the Building Better Healthcare Awards

2015    
UCLH, commissioned to design the artwork for the refurbishment of the Critical Care Unit

2013    
Nuffield Hospital Cambridge, commissioned to design a hoarding for the exterior

2011    
UCLH, commissioned to design a series of ceiling tiles for the Children’s Wards

2010
University College Hospital London, Wellness hoarding for the Cancer centre

2009
University College Hospital London, series of vinyl artworks for Neo-Natal Department

2003-2004 
Artists Access to Art Colleges Award (AA2A) for Printmaking, Norwich School of Art and Design

Reviews

2010
Printmaking Today on UCLH wellness hoarding
2008
Norwich School of Art and Design alumni magazine graduate profile
Central St Martins featured in brochure
Coast Magazine Seagulls
2007
A-N Magazine review of I’m not a tourist, I live here
2006
The Independent Peaceful Protest featured in House of Cards
2004
The Times Peaceful Protest featured in Can you tell a wannabe…
The Independent James featured in Did you buy a famous artist’s work?
Folha de São Paulo Rosette paintings featured in Brazil’s largest newspaper
2003
Time Out I hate Kylie’s bottom bags
Tatler Cowgirl
Blueprint Allure of the Mundane (plane)
Cambridge Evening News Interview and image published
High and I Allure of the Mundane (plane)
2002
Evening News Photographs of degree show
Eastern Daily Press Interview published in “Artists look to the Future.”