Alan Uglow was an English-born abstract painter. In 1969 he moved to New York City where he also worked in construction to help support himself. In 1978 and 1979 he exhibited at Mary Boone Gallery in New York City. His artwork was frequently exhibited in Europe, including shows in Sweden in the 1980's and Cologne, Germany at Gunther Umberg's Raum fur Malerai in 1984 when he was not exhibiting in New York City. His work during this period combined painting with the corporeal sensibility of installation work. He has also combined his paintings with sound recordings, and created large colored or monochrome panels for installation. In the early 1980s, he played in a rock band called Hard Labour.

Uglow died January 20, 2011, in Manhattan

Manhattan

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at the age of 69 from complications from lung cancer.