Biography

 

Art Education    

1986-1988 Royal College of Art, London. M.A. Printmaking
1983-1986 West Surrey College of Art and Design,Farnham B.A. Hons. Fine Art

Solo Exhibitions  (* exhibition catalogue)

2008   Regeneration: Large Drawings, Broadbent, London. *
2008   Regeneration: Works on Paper, Tokyo Gallery +BTAP, Tokyo, Japan.*
2005   Paintings from the Camouflage and the Warplane Series, Broadbent, London.
2004   Under False Colours, Tokyo Gallery,Tokyo and Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama,  Japan.*
2004   Under False Colours, Djanogly Art Gallery Nottingham.*
2002   Armour Series, Broadbent, London.
2001   Parallel Objects, Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa. *
2000   Parallel Objects, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.  *
1998   Beneath the Surface, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery and Anne Faggionato, London.
1995   Artist of the Day, Critic's Choice, Selected by Bryan Robertson, Flowers East, London.
1992   Recent Drawings, Coexistence Art, London
1992   Possible Bodies, Cafe Gallery, London.

Awards

2007   The Bryan Robertson Trust, Artist Award
2005   Arts Council of England, Awards to Artists
2003   Arts Council of England, Awards to Artists
2000   London Arts Board, Research and development award.
1999   Kettle's Yard and New  Hall Artist Fellowship 2000-2001, University of Cambridge.
1999   Jerwood Painting Prize (Shortlisted Artist)
1997   Rothko  Fellowship, Mark Rothko Memorial Trust.  (For travel and research in the U.S.A.)
1997   NatWest Art Prize (Shortlisted Artist)
1995   International Drawing Open ,1996, Cheltenham.
1994   Openshaw Printmaking Residency, Lowick House Printworkshop, Cumbria.
1993   Fifth Open Show, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno.
1992   British Council travel grant for Czech Republic.
1989
-90
   Rome Scholarship (Printmaking), The British School at Rome.

Selected Group Exhibitions  (*exhibition catalogue)

2007   Cities and Eyes, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh. Conceived for the Aldeburgh Music Festival 2007. *
2006   Drawing Breath, 10th Anniversary Survey Exhibition of the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Wimbledon College of Art, London and touring the UK and Australia until 2008. *
2006   The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006, Jerwood Gallery, London and touring the UK. *
2005   Ljubljana International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia. *
    Look Don't Think, New prints from Kip Gresham's workshop, Broadbent, London
2004   The Biggest Draw,  ( created by the V&A ), Millenium Galleries, Sheffield.
2001   Solid State: Reflections Upon the Real, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge. *
Curated and exhibited in Solid State: reflections  upon the real for Kettle's Yard, Cambridge at the end of a  residency as Kettle's Yard / New Hall Artist Fellow 2000 / 2001.
2000   The Frissiras Collection, Frissiras Museum, Athens.  *
    Artist's Editions, Camden Arts Centre, London.

1999

1999



1999

   '45-'99 A Personal View of British Painting and Sculpture, by Bryan Robertson,
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge and Leicester City Art Gallery.  *

Jerwood Painting Prize, Jerwood Gallery, London. *

Physical Evidence, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge and Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham.  *  
1998   Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
1997   NatWest Art Prize, Lothbury Gallery, London.  *
Marking Presence, Artsway, Sway,  Hampshire.  *
1996   British Abstract Art- Part 3 - Works on Paper, Flowers East, London.

Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

International Drawing Open 1996, (now Jerwood Drawing Prize), Cheltenham.  *
1995   Contemporary Art Society Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London.
Visionfest ‘95, Merseyside.
1994   Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
Eleventh Annual Open Exhibition, Royal Over-Seas League, London.
Contemporary Art Society Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London.
1993   The Arthur Anderson Award for Figurative Art, Arthur Anderson, London.
Eleventh Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, Cleveland Art Gallery.  *
Fifth Open Show, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno.
1992   Contemporary  Collection, Coexistence Fine Art, London.
Papirial ‘92, Malovany  Dum, Trebic, Czech Republic.  *
The Selected Line, William Jackson Gallery, London.
1991   The Leicestershire Collection Exhibition, Beaumanor Hall, Loughborough.
East, The Norwich Gallery, Norfolk Institute of Art and Design, Norwich.  *
The South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London.
1990   Editions 1/90, International Art Fair, Basel.
Rome Scholars 1980-1990, Gulbenkian Upper Gallery, R.C.A., London.  *
Eleventh British International Print Biennale, Cartwright Hall, Bradford and R.C.A. London.*
The London Group, Gulbenkian Upper Gallery, R.C.A., London.
1988   Open to Print, R.C.A. National  exhibition.
150 Years of Printmaking at the R.C.A., Barbican Centre, London.
All Too Human, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton.
1987   International Art Fair, F.I.A.C., Paris.
1986   Fresh Art, The Barbican Centre, London.

 
Collections

British Museum, London (purchased 2007 and 2005)    
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (purchased 2005)    
Victoria and Albert Museum, London  (purchased 2004 and 2002)    
Arts Council of England Collection   (purchased 1997)    
Archive of The Print Studio, Cambridge in:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and
Kasser Foundation, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
   
The Frissiras Collection, Athens    
Sussex  County Council    
Leeds City Council    
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno    
Private Collections in the UK, Japan, Belgium, Germany and the US.    

Reviews

Regeneration, The Japan Times, 17th January, 2008 - Frances Manabe    
Paintings from the Camouflage and the Warplane Series, Broadbent, London - The Independent, Monday 21st March, 2005. Sue Hubbard    
Under False Colours - Kanagawa  Newspaper, 4th September, 2004.    
Parallel Objects  - Art Monthly, April 2001, Emma  Safe;
Art Review, March 2001; Exhibit A, March 2001;
The Guardian, 19th March,2001, Jessica Lack.		    
Jerwood Painting Prize  - The Guardian, 18th September 1999,
The Independent on Sunday, 26th September 1999, Charles Darwent;
The Daily Telegraph, 22nd September,1999, Martin Gayford.		    
'45 - '99 - Royal Academy Magazine, winter 1999, Andrew  Lambirth;
The Independent on Sunday,14th November 1999, Richard Ingleby;
The Sunday Telegraph,21st November 1999, John McEwan.		    
Physical Evidence - BBC Radio 3, Nightwaves; Contemporary Visual Arts, Issues 21 and 22.    
NatWest Art Prize - Independent on Sunday, 25th May 1997, Tim Hilton; The Independent, 12th April, 1997, David Lister.    
British Abstract Art Part III - Works on Paper - The Independent on Sunday, 11th August 1996,Tim Hilton.