MAUREEN PALEY

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The gallery programme began in 1984 in a Victorian terraced house in London’s East End. Initially named Interim Art, it was renamed Maureen Paley in 2004 to mark its 20th anniversary. Since September 1999, the gallery has been based in industrial spaces in Bethnal Green. In July 2017, a second space, Morena di Luna, opened in Hove, followed in October 2020 by a third, Studio M, at the Rochelle School in Shoreditch. Most recently, a fourth exhibition space opened at 4 Herald St, also in Bethnal Green. From its inception, the gallery’s aim has remained consistent: to promote ambitious and innovative artists working across all media.

Maureen Paley was one of the first galleries to present contemporary art in London’s East End and has been a pioneer of the current scene, representing a diverse range of international artists. Gallery artists include Turner Prize winners Gillian Wearing (1997), Wolfgang Tillmans (2000), and Lawrence Abu Hamdan (2019), as well as Turner Prize nominees Hannah Collins (1993), Jane and Louise Wilson (1999), Liam Gillick (2002), Rebecca Warren (2006), and Rory Pilgrim (2023). Represented artists also include Felipe Baeza, Alexandra Bircken, AA Bronson, Tom Burr, Fiona Connor, Chioma Ebinama, Michaela Eichwald, General Idea, Anne Hardy, Peter Hujar, Merlin James, Behrang Karimi, Michael Krebber, Alastair Mackinven, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Kayode Ojo, Paul P., Seb Patane, Olivia Plender, Maaike Schoorel, Hannah Starkey, Oscar Tuazon, and James Welling.

Maureen Paley, the gallery’s founder and director, was born in New York, studied at Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated from Brown University before moving to the UK in 1977, where she completed her Masters at the Royal College of Art (1978–80).

Alongside directing the gallery, Maureen Paley has curated a number of large-scale public exhibitions. In 1994 she organised a show of works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Joseph Kosuth, and Ad Reinhardt at the Camden Arts Centre. The following year, Wall to Wall was presented as part of the Arts Council of Great Britain’s National Touring Exhibitions programme, appearing at the Serpentine Gallery in London, Southampton City Art Gallery, and Leeds City Art Gallery. The exhibition featured wall drawings by international artists including Daniel Buren, Michael Craig-Martin, Douglas Gordon, Barbara Kruger, Sol LeWitt, and Lawrence Weiner.

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