Blank Media Collective

Resume

Biography / Personal Statement

I am a Manchester born, Cheshire based artist, specialising in Painting. I studied at Mid Cheshire College (1995-97) before completing both a BA (hons) Fine Art Painting (1997 -2000) and MA Art and Design Studio Practice (2004-05) at Loughborough University.

My work over this period has been focussed primarily on my love of film, literature and abstract painting and I attempt to address all three media in a hybrid style of painting. I try to capture in my images ambiguous storyboard /stills that can be interpreted by an individual in a number of ways (ie: as a painting, a story or indeed a moment in time almost a photograph). I try to use vibrant colours and a sense of depth to make these images come to life and in doing so I have experimented with a number of different mediums, techniques and painterly surfaces. The results of my experiments are works which I feel are an accurate portrayal/homage to my artistic influences and aesthetic indulgences which range from the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, Peter Doig and  Mark Rothko to the films of George A Romero and the music of  Ludovico Einaudi, Tom Waits and Danzig.

 

What I attempt to look at within my art is how painting has been forced to evolve over the last decade to remain innovative and exciting in the ‘Post – Digital’ age and how as an artist/painter I can explore this field, yet at the same time satisfy my own artistic notions and escapist urges.

Exhibitions & Shows

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EXHIBITIONS

2010

May – June, Solo Exhibition, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe

Jan – May, Group Show, Waterside Open , Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Trafford, Manchester.

2009

Dec – Jan 2010, Joint Exhibition (Gareth Kemp), Cornerhouse, Manchester.

Dec – Jan 2010 , Joint Exhibition (John Ellis), Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester.

April – Group Show, Revolve Gallery Showcase, G casino, Manchester and Revolve/Mooch gallery, The Triangle, Manchester.

May – July, Group Show, Grosvenor Open Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum,Chester

2008

May - Group Show, ‘On Your Wall Too’, Leeds Metropolitan University Art Gallery, Leeds.

July - Group Show, ‘Up and Coming’, C.U.C, Liverpool.

Sept. - Nov, Group Show, Sefton Open, Atkinson Gallery, Southport.

Nov. - Dec, Group Show, Autumn Exhibition (organised by  'Trafford Arts Network' and 'Creative Industries'), Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester.

Dec, Group Show,  ‘Christmas Presence’, Bridewell Studios, Liverpool.

2007

May – June, Joint Exhibition (with Philip Worth) ‘The Red Gallery’, Kingston upon Hull.

May – June, Group Show, ‘You Are Here’, Kitchen Gallery, Norton Priory, Cheshire.

October- Dec, Joint Exhibition (with Morris Riley), ‘Altered Scapes’, ’The Blyth Gallery’ Manchester.

2006

Mar – June, Solo Exhibition, Artefact, F.A.C.T, Liverpool.

Sep- Nov , Solo Exhibition, Altrincham College of Art, Timperley, Altrincham.

Nov- Jan 2007, Group Exhibition, ‘Winter Blues’, Eggspace, Egg Cafe, Liverpool.