From 14th November until 16th May 2027 the John Moores prize winner will be displaying his work in a year set to be the 50th anniversary of the gallery and 70th of the painting prize.
The exhibition titled The Shape of a Room by Ally Fallon, follows the winning collection of works called If You Were Certain, What Would You Do Then? This made Fallon the youngest ever prize winner.
Fallon, who was 27 when he won the prize out of three thousand entries attended Manchester School of Art completing an MA in painting and was working as a teacher when he won the accolade in 2025.
Winning the award, Fallon was then able to be an artist full-time and his entry included a solo exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery.
Ally Fallon said: “To be working towards an institutional show at somewhere like the Walker, at 28, is something I never would have thought I’d achieve. I used to be a teacher, and the prize money has changed my life. I wake up and think, I’m going to go to the studio today, and that’s literally my dream.”
The tiled floors in these current paintings have been taken from photographs of doorsteps and floors in Manchester, Italy and for Renaissance paintings, their placement there gives a sort of entrance to the painting.
Charlotte Keenan McDonald, Head of Walker Art Gallery, said: “Tiled floors run all the way through our collection and our buildings, from the interiors in our historic paintings to the floors of County Sessions House next door, so there is something very satisfying about seeing them turn up in the work of a painter at the start of his career. Giving the winner a room of their own is one of the best things the John Moores does, and we’re very glad to be doing it for Ally as we head into our 150th year.”
Entry is free, and donations help keep the gallery open to everyone and look after the collection for the future.
For more information, visit liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/allyfallon
