Nancy Fouts
The universally loved Fouts (1945-2019) possessed an imagination crammed with surrealist imagery – from a perfect set of teeth in a clasp-purse mouth to a record player with a kingfisher for a stylus. An education from the Chelsea College of Art and the Royal Academy, followed by a stint as an advertising model maker, ensured that her playful ideas were perfectly rendered, so that it's impossible to know where reality ends and fantasy begins. Hang-Up celebrated Fouts’ work in the recent retrospective, Fags, Birds and A Couple Of Guns.
Collections
Did you know?
At the beginning of her career, Fouts painted store fronts for the Carnaby Street of the Swinging Sixties.
Country of Birth
USA
Auction Record
$11,250
Ecce Homo
Bonhams Los Angeles
2012
Collections
- Tate Gallery, London, UK
- Hang-Up Gallery, London, UK
- Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- Omer Koc's private collection
- Banksy's private collection
Exhibitions
- Fags, Birds and a Couple of Guns, Hang-Up Gallery, London, UK, 2020
- Down The Rabbit Hole, Flowers Gallery, London, UK, 2018
- Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick, Somerset House, London, UK, 2016
- Nancy Fouts Studio Visit, Royal Academy, London, UK, 2015
- There’s a Good Girl, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 2014
- The Knowledge, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT, 2011
- Unthink, Pertwee, Anderson and Gold, London, UK, 2011
Editorial
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07 Aug 2023 4 min read
Food Meets Art
Humans have been creating images and memories of food for centuries, from still-life paintings to Instagram food photos. Here we...
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19 Apr 2023 5 min read
Remembering Nancy Fouts
The much-loved art world bon viveur Nancy Fouts passed away four years ago this month. We take a look back...
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03 Sept 2021
Inside the Wonderful World of Nancy Fouts
Resolutely herself, Nancy Fouts built a world from her singular imagination. Find out more here...
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26 Jul 2021
Introducing Game Changers | Six Artists Who Have Changed the Art World for the Better
In celebration of our new exhibition Game Changers: renegade artists defying convention, we reveal more about the artists featured and...
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26 Jul 2021
Game Changers | Private View Launch & Photos
On the evening of Thursday 29th July, we finally got the chance to host our first Private View in over...
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08 Mar 2021
The Female Gaze
On International Women's Day, we asked the female members of the Hang-Up team to choose their favourite pieces by female...
Exhibitions
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Hang-Up Curates Vol XIII
Banksy, Bridget Riley, Damien Hirst, David Shrigley, Harland Miller, Invader, Mickalene Thomas, Nancy Fouts, Peter Doig, Raymond Pettibon, Yayoi Kusama, Julian Opie
25 Aug 2026 – 01 Oct 2026
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Hang-Up Curates Vol. X
Banksy, Bridget Riley, Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, Harland Miller, Mark Powell, Mickalene Thomas, Nancy Fouts, Patrick Hughes, Rusty, Tracey Emin, Yayoi Kusama
17 Feb 2025 – 10 Apr 2025
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Hang-Up Curates Vol. IX
Andy Warhol, Banksy, Bridget Riley, David Shrigley, Harland Miller, Mark Powell, Nancy Fouts, Patrick Hughes, Rusty, Tracey Emin, Wole Lagunju
13 Oct 2024 – 13 Dec 2024
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Hang-Up Curates Vol. VI
Banksy, Bridget Riley, David Shrigley, Derrick Adams, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nancy Fouts, The Connor Brothers, Tim Fishlock, Tracey Emin
12 Feb 2023 – 12 Jun 2023
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Hang-Up Curates Vol. IV
Derrick Adams, Grayson Perry, Harland Miller, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nancy Fouts, The Connor Brothers
16 May 2022 – 30 Jun 2022
