Tim Allen - Biography | JGM Gallery JGM Gallery Skip to main content Menu Artists Artworks Exhibitions Press Publications About us Contact Us Menu Tim Allen Manchester/ UK , b. 1950 Biography Works Exhibitions Press View works. Tim Allen, 2023. Image courtesy of Julius Killerby. View works Share Facebook X Pinterest Tumblr Email Tim Allen was born in 1950 in Manchester and brought up in Durham City. He studied at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1968 until 1972 and graduated from Goldsmiths College, London, in 1980. Over his career, he has produced a vast body of work, with colour and movement at the forefront of his aesthetic concerns. His painting techniques merge both traditional graining brushes and various other tools with custom built painterly devices that produce parallel strokes and mesmerising effects. His work has developed cyclically, from hard edge abstraction, through free-form multi-image paintings, to landscape based semi-abstractions, and back again to pure abstraction. Allen’s paintings are always made using an improvisatory approach. His process is a perpetual event of remaking and revisiting, dancing from the past to the present. Allen has exhibited widely in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. His recent exhibitions include 'From the Ferry' at Dahl Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland; 'Dual Purpose' at Turps Gallery, London; 'Strukturen/Structures' and 'Multilayer', both curated by Ivo Ringe. Privacy Policy © 2026 JGM Gallery Site by Artlogic 24 Howie Street, Battersea, London SW11 4AY   +44 (0) 207 228 6027 | [email protected]   JOIN THE MAILING LIST Youtube, opens in a new tab. Instagram, opens in a new tab. LinkedIn, opens in a new tab. Close Join our mailing list First name * Last name * Email * Phone * Sign up