Curriculum Vitae

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  • Born North Yorkshire
    Reading University, Degree in Fine Art and History of Art
  • 1975
  • Freelance painter and visiting lecturer at; Bradford & Ilkley Community College.
    Chelsea College, London.
    Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York.
    Bretton Hall College

Exhibitions (Solo)

  • 1976
  • Sloane St. Gallery, London
  • 1980
  • Cartwright Hall, Bradford College
  • 1981
  • St. Pauls Gallery, Leeds
  • 1982
  • Arcade Gallery, Harrogate
  • 1983
  • Hawksworth Gallery, Ilkley
  • 1986
  • Dean Clough Contemporary Art Gallery, Halifax
  • 1987
  • Hawksworth Gallery, Ilkley
  • 1988
  • Smith's Gallery, Covent Gardens, London (with Tom Wood)
  • 1989
  • RIBA Gallery, London
  • 1989
  • University of Bradford Gallery
  • 1990
  • University of Leeds Gallery
  • 1992
  • Bloomsbury Gallery, London
  • 1995
  • Assembly Rooms, York
  • 1998
  • 'Picturing Sounds' Manor House Gallery, Ilkley (with Alan Flood)
  • 2005
  • The Process of Landscape' Lotherton Hall, Leeds

Mixed Exhibitions

  • 1977
  • Serpentine Gallery, London
  • 1980
  • National Portrait Gallery, London ('The New Look in English Portraiture')
  • 1981
  • Cartwright Hall, Bradford
  • 1982
  • Civic Art Gallery, Harrogate (Festival of Architecture)
  • 1983
  • Leeds Art Fair - annually
  • 1984
  • Francis Kyle Gallery, London and New York
  • 1985
  • Levitt Bernstein, London ('One Percent')
  • 1986
  • Leeds City Art Gallery ('Image Space Public')
  • 1987
  • 'New Art in Yorkshire', St. Paul's Gallery, Leeds
  • 1990
  • Bluestone Gallery, California
  • 1991
  • Neville Gallery, London and Canterbury
  • 1992
  • London Contemporary Art Society, Covent Garden, London
  • 1995
  • Northern Prospects, Harewood House
  • 2003
  • Zilah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
  • 2005
  • Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham

Awards and Commissions

  • 1977
  • 1st Prize Art into Landscape Competition
  • 1978
  • Arts Council Award
  • 1979
  • Three Altarpiece Paintings for York Minster
  • 1980 - 82
  • Ceiling of St. Cuthbert's Chapel, York Minster
  • 1983
  • Royal Academy Award for Painting
  • 1984
  • Greater London Arts Association Award
  • 1988
  • Leeds Corn Exchange, Refurbishment
  • 1989
  • Provident Finance Group, Bradford College
  • 1991
  • Portrait of Sir John Harvey-Jones for Bradford University
  • 1991
  • Portrait of Sir William Taylor for Hull University
  • 1991
  • Forbes Collection, New York
  • 1992
  • RSA Award for Collaboration
  • 1993
  • Portrait of Professor Ian Ward, Leeds University
  • 1994
  • Leeds Award for Architecture
  • 1995
  • Private Chapel, Windsor Castle (reredos painting)
  • 1996
  • Wm. Morrison's Supermarkets, Murals and Stained Glass
  • 2000
  • St. Mary's Warwick, Stained Glass
  • 2003
  • West Window, Stained Glass for St. Laurence, Rowington, Warwicks
  • 2004
  • Baptistry Painting, St. Margaret's Church, Ilkley
  • 2007
  • Etched Glass Angels, St. Margaret's Church, Ilkley

Residencies (Artist in Residence)

  • 1987
  • 'Narrative Painting', Cartwright Hall, Bradford
  • 1987
  • 'Inside Out', Leeds Art Gallery
  • 1989
  • Ilkley Literature Festival
  • 1990
  • 'Virtue Rewarded', Leeds City Art Gallery
  • 1996
  • Ilkley Concert Club