shaun mccracken
contemporary art
Born in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Lives and works in Santa Monica, California
1984-87
Goldsmiths College. London
1983-84
St. Martins School of Art. London
Exhibitions
2024 'Navigating Pigment', ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica.
2017 'Paintings', ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica. Two person show with Manfred Müller.
2016 'Paintings'. SPARC Gallery, South Pasadena.
2008 'Paintings'. Westbrook Gallery, London.
2007 '100 Paintings'. Flowers East, London.
2000 'New Paintings'. Gallery M, London.
Group Show
2024 'When Hands Touch', ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica.
2024 Small is Beautiful, 42nd edition, Flowers, London
2023 First Biennial, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation and Museum, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2023 The Flower Show, LA Louver, Venice
2023 Small is Beautiful, 41st edition, Flowers, London
2023 Art on a Postcard, London
2022 Small is Beautiful XL, Flowers, London
2021 Small is Beautiful XXXVIX, Flowers, London
2020 Small is Beautiful XXXVIII, Flowers, London
2020 Small is Beautiful Summer Edition, Flowers, London
2019 Small is Beautiful XXXVII, Flowers, London
2018 Small is Beautiful XXXVI, Flowers, London
2018 'December View', ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica.
2018 Spring Forward, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica.
2017 Small is Beautiful XXXV, Flowers, London
2017 Reference, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica
2017 Color Shape Surface - Group show with Cedric Christie, Carol Robertson and Jack Smith, Flowers, New York
2016 Small is Beautiful. Flowers, London
2015 Small is Beautiful. Flowers, New York
2015 Expo Chicago, Chicago
2015 Art Southampton. Water Mill, New York
2015 Art New York. New York
2015 Art Wynwood. Miami, Florida
2014 Small is Beautiful. Flowers, New York
2009 LA Art Show. Los Angeles.
2009 London Art Fair. Westbrook Gallery. London
2009 Small is Beautiful. ‘Love’. Flowers east. London
2009 Small is Beautiful. Flowers Madison Avenue, New York
2009 Autobiography. Flowers East, London
2007 Small is Beautiful. Flowers Central, London
2007 Small is Beautiful. Flowers Madison Avenue, New York
2006 Small is Beautiful ‘Portrait’. Flowers Central, London
2005 Small is Beautiful. Flowers East, London
2004 ‘Less is More’. Harrow Arts Centre. London
2004 Small is Beautiful ‘Here and Now’. Flowers East, London
2003 The Union Club. Greek St, London
2003 Small is Beautiful ‘War and Peace’. Flowers Central, Cork St, London
2002 Paint. Inside Space at Selfridges. London
2002 Deptford X Open Studios. London
2002 Paint on Print. Flowers Graphics, London
2002 Small is Beautiful ‘Voyage’. Flowers East, London
2001 Palm Beach Art Fair
2001 Miami Art Fair
2001 British Abstract Painting 2001. Flowers East, London
2001 Deptford X Open Studios. London
2001 ‘Signal’ Arcola Theatre. London
2001 Small is Beautiful ‘Still life’. Flowers East, London
2000 'Bloom'. Fisherton Mill, Salisbury.
2000 9 Artists. Framework Gallery Exhibition. London
2000 Deptford X Open Studios. London.
2000 Small is Beautiful ‘Self-portrait’. Flowers East, London
1999 Four Painters. DRU Space. London.
1999 Arts Dyslexia Trust. The London College of Printing.
1998 Small is Beautiful 'Millennium'. Flowers East, London.
1997 Small is Beautiful 'Abstract'. Flowers West, Los Angeles, USA
1996 Small is Beautiful 'Music'. Flowers East, London.
1995 Small is Beautiful 'Death'. Flowers East, London.
1994 Small is Beautiful 'Sex'. Flowers East, London.
1993 Paintings. Gallery 47, London.
1991 'Utopias'. Dagmar Gallery, London.
1991 Prisoners Abroad. The Crypt Gallery, Bloomsbury, London.
1990 Prisoners Abroad. Black Bull Arts Centre, London.
1989 Paintings. St Mary's Hospital Paddington, London (Two person show).
1989 Prisoners Abroad. Black Bull Arts Centre, London.
1989 Mary Summerville Art Exhibition. Tabernacle Gallery, London.
1988 Mary Summerville Art Exhibition. Smiths Gallery, London.
1987 'True to Form'. The Orangerie, Holland Park, London.
1987 Group Show. The Ecology Centre. Covent Garden, London.
Benefit and Charity auctions
2018 Venice Art Walk
2017 Itty Bitty Art - Lois Lambert Gallery
2015 Venice Art Walk, Silent Auction, Los Angeles
2015 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art.
2014 Venice Art Walk, Silent Auction, Los Angeles
2014 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art.
2013 Venice Art Walk, Silent Auction, Los Angeles.
2013 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art.
2012 $99 Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine
2012 Venice Art Walk, Silent Auction, Los Angeles
2012 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art.
2011 Venice Art Walk, Silent Auction, Los Angeles
2010 LAAA, Annual Benefit Auction, Los Angeles
2010 Inner-City Arts, Charity art auction and sale, Los Angeles
2009 Inner-City Arts, Charity art auction and sale, Los Angeles
Commissions
1987 Paintings commissioned for Malcolm Edwards production of 'Emilia Galotti' by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-81. Young Vic Studio, London.
Bibliography
Independant on Sunday. 14.12.97 Tim Hilton.
Independant on Sunday. 6.12.98 Tim Hilton.
British Abstract Painting. Exhibition catalogue, Flowers Gallery, London 2001
Lewisham Independent. February 2004. Article by Micheala Freeman.