15 Facts About Maureen Paley

Maureen Paley was born on 1953 and is the American owner of a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green, London, where she lives.

Maureen Paley exhibited Young British Artists at an early stage.

Maureen Paley opened a space in Hove called Morena di Luna in 2017 and in 2021 opened Studio M at Rochelle School in Shoreditch.

Maureen Paley attended Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated from Brown University in 1975.

Maureen Paley emigrated to England in 1977, attending the Royal College of Art from 1978 to 1980, where she gained an MA in photography.

In 1984, Paley began a gallery programme in her Victorian terraced house.

Maureen Paley was called by Time Out "a true pioneer of the East End", having presented work there before it was fashionable.

In 1994, Maureen Paley curated a show at Camden Arts Centre of work by Joseph Kosuth, Ad Reinhardt and Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

In 2000, Maureen Paley staged The Agony and the Ecstasy, the first show of Rebecca Warren, who she met after Maureen Paley had given a talk at her art school.

Maureen Paley was one of the judges of New Sensations, a competition for art students promoted by Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery.

Jo Craven said in The Daily Telegraph that Maureen Paley was one of only five female gallery owners of note in London.

In 2009, Maureen Paley was elected to the executive committee of the Society of London Art Dealers.

In 2010, Maureen Paley was one of a group of art dealers including Sadie Coles who made up the selection committee for the Frieze Art Fair.

Maureen Paley is a patron of Camden Arts Centre, Chisenhale Gallery, ICA, London, Michael Clark Company, South London Gallery, Tate, Artangel, the Whitechapel Gallery, Charleston, Peer, and Pallant House Galley, as well as a supporter of the Gallery Climate Coalition.

Maureen Paley was interviewed for the Art Agency, Partners podcast In Other Words in 2020 and an episode ofTalk Art in 2022.