Dark Skies
Banksy,Billy Childish,Damien Hirst,David Shrigley,Harland Miller,Katherine Bradford,Kostas Papakostas,Mickalene Thomas,Peter Doig,Yayoi Kusama
24 Nov 2025 – 22 Jan 2026
Artist
Billy Childish
Billy Childish is a prolific British painter, writer, and musician known for his raw, expressionistic style and fiercely independent spirit. Over a career spanning four decades, he has produced thousands of paintings, poems, and songs, often reflecting themes of identity, memory, and working-class life.
Artworks
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Did you know?
He famously co-founded the Stuckist movement in 1999, a bold stand for figurative painting in the face of conceptual dominance. He walked away just 18 months later.
Country of Birth
UK
Auction Record
£163,800
Christie's London, 'Toward a Shore', 2022
Notable Collections
Tate Britain, London, UK
British Museum, London, UK
Notable Exhibitions
Man in the Mouth of a Cave, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK, 2021
Billy Childish: Unknowable but Certain, ICA, London, UK, 2010
I Am the Billy Childish, White Columns, New York, USA, 2011
Exhibitions by Billy Childish
