Selected Solo Exhibitions

The Map Room of the Last Islands, 2015
Woodend Barn, Banchory, Scotland

21st Century Eden, 2014
PH1, York

The Generosity Plates, 2014
Wellcome Collection, London

Ecologies of Value, 2013
Nottingham Contemporary

Lungs, 2012
The 2nd Sokolowsko Festival of Ephemeral Art,
Sokolowsko

Miracle trees (Moringa Oleifera), 2011
Nottingham Contemporary

Synthia II (code/soil/life), 2010
Lancaster University

The Lemon Tree, 2010
The Collection, Lincoln

Make a Piano in Spain, 2008
Wellcome Collection, London

Out Loud, 2008
Wellcome Collection, London

Feasibility study ‘Prospects and Interiors: Sculptors drawings of inner space’ exhibition, 2008
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Happiness is not a Right, 2005
West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen, County Cork

Mine, 2005
The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA

Currency and Belief – A Retrospective, 2002–2003
Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Sleight of Hand, 2002
Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Through the Surface, 2002
BWA gallery, Lublin, Poland

Bread Matters, 2000
BWA gallery, Lublin, Poland

Ices, Box, 2000
Angel Row Gallery

Weight, 1998
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

Crossing, 1998
The Economist Plaza, London

Ices, 1998
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

Sacred and The Mundane – Mid Career Retrospective, 1995
Cornerhouse, Manchester

Exchange, 1995
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

Artists’ Work Programme Residency, 1995
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

John Newling, 1994
Annya Von Gosseln Gallery, Dublin

New Work, 1994
Printed Matter Gallery, New York

Archive Works, 1992–1993
Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Lost, 1991
The Bonington Gallery, Nottingham

New Architecture, 1991
Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham

Filters, 1990
The Henry Moore Studio, Dean Clough, Halifax

Shelter / Filter, 1990
Leeds City Art Gallery

Documents from the Filter series, 1990
Leeds City Art Gallery

John Newling, 1990
Artsite Gallery, Bath

New Sculpture, 1990
Edward Totah Gallery, London

Heaters and Sieves, 1989
Feeringbury Manor, Colchester

John Newling, 1989
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland

John Newling, 1988
The Minories, Colchester

John Newling, 1988
California State University, Los Angeles

Inside Outside, 1988
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery

John Newling, 1988
Ashkenazy Collection, Los Angeles

John Newling, 1988
Krefelder, Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany
British representative in the Krefeld International

John Newling, 1988
Edward Totah Gallery, London

John Newling – Recent Sculpture, 1988
Dean Clough, Halifax

State and Church, 1984
Midland Group, Nottingham

John Newling, 1983
Ian Birkstead, Basle Art Fair, Basle

John Newling, 1982
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Seven Trestles, 1980
Midland Group, Nottingham

Selected Public Works & Group Shows

Periodic Tales, The Art of the Elements
Compton Verney from 3rd October to 13th December, 2015

Magic Mountain, March 2015 - January 31, 2016
Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa barbera

As exciting as we can make it, 2014
Icon gallery, Birmingham

Transfer: The relic of a Miracle, 2011
Artnot

Singing Uncertainty: The Fragility of a Longed-for Certainty, 2010
St Mary’s Church, Nottingham

Local History, 2010
Sherwood Library, Nottingham

Natural History, 2010
Carrington, Nottingham

The Clearing (part 2), 2010
Biocity, Hinterland – Projects on the River Trent, Nottingham

Root Zone, 2010
Carrington, Nottingham

Peterborough Soil, 2010
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery

Stamping Uncertainty, 2009
The Chapter House, Worcester Cathedral

What we do to Make Ourselves Feel Better, 2009
Wellcome Collection, London

The Clearing (part 1), 2009
Biocity, Hinterland – Projects on the River Trent, Nottingham

The Noah Laboratory – Constructing Soil, 2009
The Collection, Lincoln

Ark: Road Vines, 2008

The Noah Laboratory, 2008
The Collection, Lincoln

The Preston Market Mystery Project, 2006–2007
Harris Museum, Preston

Westonbirt Wishes, 2003–2006
National Arboretum, Westonbirt

Chatham Vines, 2004–2006
St Johns, Chatham

Chatham Vines, Easter Liturgy, 2006
Rochester Cathedral

Stamping Uncertainty, 2006
The Fratry Building, Carlisle Cathedral

Happiness is not a Right, 2005
West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen, County Cork

Mine, 2005
St Mary Woolnoth, London

Transactions and Agreements, 2005
Multiple locations, Nottingham

Stamping Uncertainty, 2004
Chapter House, Canterbury Cathedral

Charity, 2003
Oxfam, Bold Street, Liverpool
Artranspennine03

Charity, 2003
Oxfam, Mansfield Road, Nottingham

Ices, 2003
Broadway, Nottingham
MADE, Birmingham

1.0, 2001
Stafford Prison, Staffordshire

Aperture, 2000
Royal Mail Sorting Centre, Birmingham

Immanent, 2000
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Physics of Place, 1998
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery

Duration of a Wish, 1998
World Business Centre, Heathrow Airport

Grail Text, 1997
A.J.Black, Nottingham

Mad Hatter, 1996
Building, Temple Bar area of Dublin

Between (Even the Riddler Makes Wishes), 1996
Broadway, Nottingham

Coated Wishes, 1995
Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Irish Museum of Modern Art

Mould, 1994
Inland Revenue, Nottingham

Skeleton, 1994
All Saints Church, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1991
Market Square, Nottingham
Now ‘91 Arts Festival

Questions, Ices and Places (Inserts), 1991
The Laboratory at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford

Itinerant, 1990
1st Tyne International, ‘A New Necessity’