Selected solo exhibitions from 1983 to the present. See below for exhibition images and press reviews.
Currently, in 2026, Hidden Kingdoms Shifting Worlds, a selection of paintings, is on display for public viewing at the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AX (by appointment only). (Ask at reception.)
* Shifting Worlds 2018, 2020 & 2022: the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Baddiley-Clark, Newcastle University’s CBCB, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AX.
* Shifting Worlds exhibition at the CBCB 2018: https://youtu.be/fQ_0DlWsVwk?si=eNIK-42-l-5wl-6F
CBCB Presentation for Public Engagement:
Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology (CBCB), Newcastle University, Public Engagement:
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cbcb/about/engagement/
2022. The Crack: Big and Small: New Paintings and Films: Click on the link and scroll down for details.
https://www.derekhill.co.uk/work/item/press-reviews/?cat=84
2020. The Crack: When science and art collide, January 2020, and The Crack Magazine article: Click on the link and scroll down for details.
https://www.derekhill.co.uk/work/item/press-reviews/?cat=84
* Derek Hill, FLAW: The New Work: Bracknell Galleries, South Hill Park, Bracknell, 2011:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.466661434861.252735.56652329861&type=3
Flash Art International review by Davy Smith:
http://www.derekhill.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/FLASH.docx.pdf
Other Reviews
‘Flaw, the New Work’ at SHP. Exhibition Information:
https://archive.a-n.co.uk/tag/south-hill-park-arts-centre/page/2/
‘Flaw, the New Work’ at SHP. Exhibition Information:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Mv2dGe6O0nRcjk38CPsmlKSrDblZRLk/edit
* Derek Hill, FLAW, a solo exhibition at the Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington Arts Centre
Davy Smith reviews ‘FLAW’ for Flash Art International:
http://www.derekhill.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/FLASH.docx.pdf
* Derek Hill, FLAW: The Place, Sunniside, Sunderland, 2010:
https://youtu.be/G41FxiTcyoo?si=OrzNmMwbV76YfjFo
Derek Hill, Flaw at Sunderland’s, The Place, 2009:
https://youtu.be/G41FxiTcyoo?si=OrzNmMwbV76YfjFo
A Selection of Solo and Group Exhibitions:
Sunderland’s National Glass Centre in 2008
Sunderland’s Washington Art Centre in 1996
Sunderland’s Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, 1996
Chat’s Palace, Hackney, London, 1995
Glasgow Centre for Developmental Arts, 1993
London’s Spitalfields Market, 1993
Spitalfields Market, London, 1992
Curwen Gallery, London, 1986
* Breaking Out: Lincoln Arts Festival, Lincoln, 1985
Curwen Gallery, London, 1985
The Museum and Art Gallery of Peterborough, 1985
Norwich Wells Centre, 1984
Curwen Gallery, London, 1984
Roger Francis Gallery, London, 1984
* Victory and Defeat, Imperial War Museum, London, 1983
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/13013
Christie’s London Inaugural: New Graduate Art, 1983
Biennale de Mulhouse, Franki, Paris, 1982
Gallerija Fakulteta Likovnih Umetnosti, Belgrade, 1982
Stowells Trophy, The Royal Academy of Art, London, 1979
Stowells Trophy, The Royal Academy of Art, London, 1978
Reviews and Catalogues
0_DEREK-HILL Vernissage programme
Shifting Worlds Art Exhibition v2
Davy Smith for Flash Art Online International doc
Derek Hill / Jerwood Art Prize, Southhill Park, London
Hanna Brown for a-n Magazine, Rachel Hudson for a-n Magazine, Gemma Cumming for a-n Magazine, Adam Kelly for a-n Magazine, and Anonymous for a-n Magazine:
https://archive.a-n.co.uk/tag/south-hill-park-arts-centre/page/2/
IWM https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/13013
John Millard, Hidden Kingdoms Shifting Worlds,
Visual Arts in The North, The Observer, 1996
Jerwood Art Prize Exhibition Catalogue, 2011
Myles Meehan Exhibition Catalogue, 2009
