Billy Childish

Billy Childish info

Since 1977 Billy has released over 150 independent LP’s, published 5 novels and over 45 collections of poetry, but his main job is painting.

He has had solo and group exhibitions internationally including New York, London, Seoul and Berlin. He was included in British Art Show 5, which toured throughout four cities – Edinburgh, Southampton, Cardiff, and Birmingham.

In 2010, he was the subject of major concurrent survey exhibitions at the ICA in London and White Columns in New York, and in 2011 he became Artist in Residence at the Chatham Historic Dockyard where he currently works.

Billy’s next exhibition opens with Lehmann Maupin at their new London space on 5th Oct. It’s not on their exhibitions page yet but it will be here https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions soon.

Here’s also a link to Billy’s projects page on our website https://l-13.org/projects/billy-childish/

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