Jim Threapleton (b. 1973) is a painter and filmmaker working in Vancouver and London.

Education

2010-16 PhD Fine Art (Painting), University of the Arts, London

2009-10 MA Fine Art, (Distinction), University of the Arts, London

1991-95 BA, History of Art, Manchester University

Selected Exhibitions

2023 — Sotheby’s Benefit Auction, Palais Oppenheim, Germany

2023 — West Contemporary XX Anniversary Group Show, London

2023 — No. 20 Group Show, London

2022 — Lorem Ipsum Solo show No. 20 Arts, London

2022 — Abstraction Now, Group show, The Cornhall Diss, UK

2020 — Summer Show, No. 20 Arts, London

2020 — Mutiny Solo show No. 20 Arts, London

2017 — Enemy — Jim Threapleton | Phil Hale, No. 20 Arts, London

2017 — Ceremony, Group Show, Tat Art, Barcelona

2107 — Ceremony, Group show, No. 20 Arts, London

2017 — Morphosis, Group Show, West Contemporary, London

2016 — AP42 Impression. Contemporary Printmaker Exchange, Macau

2016 — WAC Prize Exhibition, Wells

2015 — Memories of the Hunt: Paintings and Prints, Serena Morton, London (solo)

2013 — Echo: Poetics of Translation ICA, Singapore

2013-14 — 21, Home House, Portman Square, London

2013 — Paint Club, Beaconsfield, London

2012-13 — Material Matters,  East Wing X, Courtauld Institute of Art , London

2012 — Jim Threapleton & Piers Jackson, Serena Morton Gallery, London

2011 — Never Mind, Space Studios, London

2011 — Multiple Authors and Previous Owners , Chelsea College.  

2011 — S.A.G.S  Woodmill Studios and Gallery, London

2011 — Precious Little, Crypt Gallery, St. Martin in the Fields, London

2010 — MA Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art, London

2010 — Auto Italia Gallery, London  

Film - Selected Exhibition

2007 — Extraordinary Rendition, (feature film - 78mins Liberation/BBC Films)

2008 — Munich International Film Festival, Germany

2008 — Geneva International Forum and Film Festival on Human Rights, Switzerland

2008 —Belfast Film Festival Ireland

2008 — Berkshire International Film Festival, Massachusetts, USA

2008 — Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland

2007 — Diba Barcelona Digital Film Festival, Spain

2007 — Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea

2007 — Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland — In competition

2007 — Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK — In competition

Awards

2014 — UAL Research Award, Francis Bacon's Library, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

2013 — UAL Research Award, Goya's Black Paintings, Prado Museum, Madrid

2012 — Jonathan Vickers Painting Award — Shortlisted

2008 — British Independent Film Awards, Nominated

2007 — Edinburgh International Film Festival, Michael Powell Award, Nominated

2007 — Edinburgh International Film Festival, Trailblazer Award

Publications

2021 Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting

2017 Enemy — Jim Threapleton | Phil Hale Exhibition catalogue

2013 Portrait of Entropy ( De-composition as a means to a pictorial end), Behind the Eyes: making Pictures, Newcastle: Gallery North

2007 Jim Threapleton, The Observer, August