Nationality: British
Education:
1978-1980 Salisbury College of Art
1980-1983 Bath Academy of Art (Corsham)
1984-1985 Chelsea School of Art (London)
Exhibitions:
Group Shows:
- "Eclipse in our time" organised by GLC travelling show started at Africa Centre, King Street, London WC2: March-June 1985.
James Birch Gallery: July 1985.
Thumb Gallery: December 1985-January 1986.
Against all Odds: Brixton Art Gallery - June 1986.
The Dub Factor: an Arts Council funded touring exhibition organised by Eddie Chambers with showings in Ipswich, Bracknell, Nottingham - Angel Row, Bristol Art Gallery and Laing Art Gallery Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: October 1992-May 1994.
The Mystery Tour: City Art Gallery, Leicester - August/September 1994.
Blue Gallery, London: 4 Elements Show - June to September 1995.
Royal Over-Seas League: Annual Open Exhibition - London, 6th-17th September 1995, Edinburgh, 6th-30th November 1995.
Blue Gallery: Small Picture Show, December 1995.
Fitzrovia Open Exhibition 1996: London.
Harriet Green Gallery: Purely Painting, 4 artists - 11th June -24th July 1997.
Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art Ltd: 3 paintings in group show - October 1998.
Gallery K: Kiss Exhibition - February 1999.
Gallery 108: group show - April 1999.
Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art Ltd: Summer Show, June 1999.
Blains Fine Art: Summer Contemporary, 27th July - 9th September 2000, exhibiting with Nan Goldin, Tony Bevan, Jason Martin and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Robert Sandelson Gallery, Cork Street, London: Summer Show, 14th August - 20th October 2001, exhibiting with Terry Frost, Howard Hodgkin, Barbara Hepworth, Ivon Hitchens, Yuri Kuper, Bridget Riley and Paul Smith.
Galerie Enrico Navarra: Football World Cup 2002 Exhibition, previewed at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 5th December 2001 - 5th January 2002 and touring in Korea and Japan thereafter.
Reactions: Exit Art on Broadway, New York January 2002.
Beauty Nothing More Than the Promise of Happiness, curated by Erika Belle at Sylvia Heisel, New York 26th September - 28th November 2002.
Vertigo Gallery: 30 x30, 14th December - 7th January 2003.
Rivington Gallery, 69 Rivington Street: Living with Art, drawings and paintings from the Evans Collection, 23rd January - 9th February 2003.
One Man Shows:
- Submarine Gallery, London: February 1987.
Freuds Gallery: May-June 1988.
Roland Cowan Contemporary Art at Time Out Live Exhibition: May 1988.
Beint & Beint Gallery, London: September/October 1989.
British Council, Barcelona: Fragmented Cities and Rural Landscapes - December 1993.
Harriet Green Gallery: New Paintings - 3rd July-10th August 1996.
Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art Ltd: Recent Works, February 4th 1999.
Vertigo Gallery, Hoxton, London: 10th January 2001 - 5th February 2002.
Fourteen Stations of the Cross, St. Vedast Church, City of London, April 2003
Angels for these modern times, Broadbent Gallery, 20th June - 26st July 2003
Wooster Projects New York: Stories from the Urban Jungle September 2004
Other Projects:
- Hi Beam Recent Video and Film for the Big Screen, David Somerville - A Video Portrait, a visual profile of an Artist and his Work by Karen Alexander, shown at the Tate Gallery, London - October 1988.
1989 Calendar for Freda Bear and Partners - December 1988.
Blakes: Paintings 1986 - 1996 - 24th July-21st August 1996.
Mango Room: Paintings on show, April 1998.
Artist Profile for Fuji Television Company, filmed in January 2002: to be shown in Japan.
Fragmented Cities Part One London - film and music event: the Zetter Hotel London October 2006.
Fragmented Cities Part Two New York - film and music event: Bistrotheque London October 2007.
Teaching:
- Hampstead School of Art: teaching abstract art and imaginative figurative painting - 1995 to 2002
Represented by The George Billis Gallery
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New York, NY 10001
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