“The painted light in these works is not the light of Reason, nor is it the light of astrophysics;
it is the light of intimacy... They don’t capture an outside light, they await light.
And slowly, dimly, the act of waiting becomes itself light, an interior light” .
John Berger 2011
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Born Braintree, UK 1977.
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Studied painting at City of Bath College 1995-96 and Falmouth College of Art 1996-99.
Lives and works in London
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Essays
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Michael Broughton, Drawing from Drawings, Tate Britain, 2010
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Awards
2009-11 Research Residency, TATE BRITAIN
2007-09 Arts Council Award
2007 Residency at the PRADO, Madrid
2004 Arts Council Award
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Selected solo exhibitions
2023 A piè del vero , Galleria Six, Milan
The Foot of Truth, Atelier 30 , Paris
2020 NOEIN, Galleria Six, Milan
2014 BEERWOLF, Art Space Gallery, London,
2012 BIG MOMENTS, Art Space Gallery, London,
BIG MOMENTS, (Biennial), Hope University, Liverpool
2010 Drawing from Drawings, The Exchange, Newlyn
2009 INSIDE LIGHT , Art Space Gallery, London
2008 Recent Paintings, Winchester College
2007 The North Ship, Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives
2005 Recent Paintings and Drawings, Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives
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Selected group exhibitions
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2021 Inside The Mirror, Self Portrait, Galleria Six, Milan
2020 Relazioni Scomposte, Galleria Six, Milan
2017 Seeing Through Drawing, Mandells Gallery, Norwich
2016 Tu sais ce qu'elle te dit.. ma concierge? MUBA , Lille
2016 Grit, Mercer Chance, London.
2013 Extravaganza, Phantom Projets. Marginy-le-Châtel.
Wonderful Days, Phantom Projets. Marginy-le-Châtel.
Barba, Korridor 24b, Lille
2012 Amour Heroique, MUBA, Lille
2011 Flashback, Art Space Gallery London
2010 The Purposes of Drawing, Plymouth University
2007 Winter Journey, Art Space Gallery, London
A Postcard From St. Ives, Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives
ART 2007, London Art Fair, Belgrave Gallery, London
2006 St. Ives Contemporaries, Belgrave Gallery, London
Places and Spaces, Belgrave Gallery St. Ives
Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2005 Art Aid 2005, Royal College of Art, London
Henri Matisse, Falmouth Art Gallery
St. Ives Past and Present, Sherborne House, Dorset
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2004 Still Life and Interiors, Lynne Strover Gallery
Porthmeor Belgrave Gallery St. Ives
Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art
2003 Four for Fore Street, Belgrave Gallery St. Ives
A View of St. Ives, Belgrave Gallery St. Ives
2002 Mixed Contemporaries, Belgrave Gallery St. Ives
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Bibliography
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​2023 Andrew Dempsey, catalogue essay
2020 Sofia Silva , catalogue essay
2016 Seeing Through Drawing, John Christie
2017 A Jar of Wild Flowers, Essays in Celebration of John Berger
2016 London' New Generation of Painters, Dazed and Confused
2015 Portraits: John Berger on Artists
2014 Drawing Over is Drawing Under, Poems After Beerwolf, Isabel Galleymore
2014 Julia Beaumont Jones, Beerwolf, catalogue essay
2012 John Berger, Big Moments, catalogue essay
2010 ‘Drawing from Drawings’ Film, (5mins). Tate Media
2009 The Week (review)
2007 Craig Burnett, North Ship, catalogue essay,
2005 Valerie Reardon, Recent Paintings and Drawings catalogue essay,
2004 Rupert Smith, The Guardian,
2004 Craig Burnett, The Guardian,