| 1948 |
Born Leicester |
| 1966–70 |
Leicester College of Art |
| 1970–72 |
Slade School, University College London |
| Since mid-1970s has lived and worked in Rougham,
Norfolk |
Selected solo exhibitions
| 1971 |
‘Bob Billington: Paintings’,
Long Gallery, London |
| 1976 |
‘Bob Billington: Paintings’,
Alfred East Gallery, Kettering |
| 1977 |
‘Bob Billington: Paintings’,
Herbert Gallery, Coventry |
Selected group exhibitions
| 1969 |
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth
Gallery, Manchester |
| 1969 |
John Moores Exhibition, Walker Gallery, Liverpool |
| 1983 |
Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait
Gallery |
| 1990 |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Collaborations
| 1997 |
Launch of the ‘Larder’,
an experimental collaboration with Marcia Fielding and Peter
Venn showing single works of art in contextually neutral situations. ‘Positionings’ have
included an archaic Greek sculpture of a horse and rider, a
Harry Thubron print, a sculpture of a bull by Rosa Bonheur,
a drawing by Richard Deacon and Donald Wijsenbek’s ‘Double
Network’. Project continues. |
| 1999 |
‘Dubious Backdrop’, a collaborative
project with classical/jazz music ensemble using studios and
village halls within Norfolk. |
| 2001 |
‘South Coast of the North Sea’,
collaborative project with ‘On the Edge Ensemble’.
Salthouse, Norfolk. |
Collections
| Morat Institut fur Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft,
Freiburg, Germany |
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Volunteer 2 , 115 x 78
cms, acrylic, paper, glue, grp, 2005 |
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