Thaddaeus Ropac Represents Denzil Forrester, Plans 2027 London Solo Show
Thaddaeus Ropac will represent British artist Denzil Forrester, born in 1956, known for his vibrant artwork influenced by London's 1980s dub and reggae music scene. The inaugural solo exhibition for Forrester with Ropac is set to debut in London in June 2027, aligning with a retrospective at The Box in Plymouth. Currently, his art is featured in the V&A East Museum exhibition, The Music is Black: A British Story, scheduled to run until January 2027. Forrester also took part in the 2026 Backyard Biennial: East at Whitechapel Gallery, having relocated to Cornwall from Rome in 2016.
Key facts
- Thaddaeus Ropac announced representation of Denzil Forrester (b. 1956).
- Ropac's first solo exhibition of Forrester's work will be in London in June 2027.
- A survey of Forrester's paintings and drawings from the past five decades will open at The Box, Plymouth, coinciding with the London solo show.
- Forrester's work is on view in The Music is Black: A British Story at V&A East Museum, London, until January 2027.
- Forrester's work was recently included in Backyard Biennial: East at Whitechapel Gallery, London (2026).
- Ropac showed Forrester's work in the 2019 group exhibition Artists I Steal From, curated by Alvaro Barrington.
- Forrester moved from Grenada to London in 1967 and completed a British School residency in Rome in 1983–85.
- Forrester relocated to Cornwall in 2016, where he now lives and works.
Entities
Artists
- Denzil Forrester
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- Alvaro Barrington
- John Lyons
- Sheena Wagstaff
- Giotto
- Goya
- Caravaggio
- Leonardo
- Michelangelo
- Max Beckmann
- Otto Dix
- Cézanne
- Picasso
- Monet
- Van Gogh
Institutions
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- The Box, Plymouth
- UK Art Fund Museum of the Year
- V&A East Museum
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Backyard Biennial
- British School
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Plymouth
- Grenada
- Rome
- Italy
- Cornwall
- Dalston