Synopsis
| 1973 - 1977 | Studied Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Department of Fine Art, and Illinois University, USA.(Scholarship). |
| 1978 | Received Southern Arts Council Grant for the construction of series of painted wood reliefs. |
| 1983 | Paintings purchased by ACGB (now The South Bank Collection). |
| 1986 | Co-initiated touring exhibition 'Colour Presentations' supported by the Welsh Arts Council. |
| 1989 | Co-initiated and co-organised touring exhibition ‘Complexions’ supported by the British Council. |
| 1991 | Original screen print in 'Blank Page' (No.4) held in various collections including The National Art Library (special collections) V&A. |
| 1991 | Original screen print in Constructivist Forum' Issue No 10. |
| 1992 | Paintings Purchased by the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (UEA) for the Collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art. |
| 1992 | Painting acquired for the Foundation IDAC, Zoetermeer, Holland. |
| 1992 | Painting acquired for The Mondiaanhuis, Amersfoort, Holland (1992). |
| 2003 | Painting acquired for permanent collection, FORUM KONKRETE KUNST ERFUT, Germany. |
| 2009 | Drawings purchased for the FORUM KONKRETE KUNST ERFURT. |
| 2016 | Conversation with Michael Parsons' published in Saturation Point . |
| 2017 | Painting acquired for The Mercus Barn Collection. |
| 2017/2018 | Curated 'Transforming Surfaces' exhibition at Arthouse1, London (June 2018) with catalogue and published artists conversation. On line catalogue Conversation transcript |
| 2017 | Painting transferred from Forum Konkrete Kunst in Efrurt to Jena, Germany. |
| 2019 | Paintings can be seen at RCM Galerie, Paris. |
| 2020 | Curated the Mercus Barn site |
| 2021 | 'Wood Relief Construction' 1/6 and 2/6 (1978-1980) and related works on paper purchased for the collection of John Simons. |
| 2021 | Original screen prints held in the Sainsbury Centre collection are included in the exhibition 'Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951' |
| 2022 | Collaboration with Della Gooden for exhibition 'Thinking Thresholds', and publication 'Models and Combos' |
| 2022/2023 | Represented by Marcus Campbell stand at the British Art Fair and London Art Fair. |
| 2023 | Works on paper (pair) purchased for the private collection of James Dunnett ( Architect) |
| 2023 | Paintings from 2018 acquired for The Mondriaanhuis Collection in Armersfoort, Holland. Solo show of the work in November |
| 2024 | Curated (one person) '18 Variations' - Painting | Relief | Drawing 2020-2024 at Newlyn Art Gallery ( 22 Feb - 13 April ) |
| 2025 | Open Studio event held at the Anchor Studio, Newlyn, Cornwall on 30.01.25 (see installations) |
| 2025 | (16-19 June) solo exhibition 'Colour In-Place' to present work at Borlase Smart, Porthmeor Studios (St.Ives), made between Oct '24 and April '25 in London and residencies at Anchor Studio (Newlyn) and Clare Island (Ireland). To test the effect of place on relational colour-use and the connections. ( see installation page ). |
Selected Exhibitions
| 1979 | 'Artists Books' Galerie Lydia Megert, Bern. |
| 1981 | 'House Construction Show' House Gallery, London. |
| 1985 | 'Drawings' Exhibiting Space, London. |
| 1986 | 'Colour Presentations' : paintings by six artists working within a systematic constructive art practice'. Travelling exhibition supported the Welsh Arts Council: Gardner Centre Gallery, University of Sussex, Wrexham Library Arts Centre; Spacex Gallery, Exeter; Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London, Stoke on Trent Museum and Art Gallery. |
| 1986 | 'On the Concept of Colour Presentations', Exhibiting Space. |
| 1986 | 'Systematic Constructive Drawings' Wentworth Gallery, University of York. |
| 1987 | 'Four Systematic Constructive Artists' Playhouse Gallery, Harlow (with Nicole Charlett, Brian Lawtey and Richard Forbes). |
| 1987 | 'Paintings and Drawings' 2 Artists, with Nicole Charlett, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham. |
| 1987/89 | '1000cm Geometrical Miniatures' Galerie de Sluis, Holland/ Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafer, Rhein. |
| 1988 | 'Null-Dimension' Galerie New space, Fulda, Germany. |
| 1989 | 'Symposium of systematic and constructive art', Centro Culltural de la villa, Madrid. |
| 1989 | 'Complexions', Galerie L’Idee, Zoetermeer, Holland/ Dean Clough Art Gallery, Halifax (with David Saunders and Nicole Charlett). |
| 1990 | 'Blank Page No 4', Exhibition and Publication of Prints, London. |
| 1991 | 'Constructivist Forum' Issue 10 - Publication of Prints. |
| 1993/94 | '30x30', Galerie L’Idee, Holland/ Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Germany / Mondriaanhuis, Holland. |
| 1996 | 'New Works' Art in Offices (with David Saunders), London. |
| 1998 | 'Grossbritannien' - Konstruktiv - Konkret, Erfurt - Germany. |
| 2003 | '10-Zehn-X, FORUM KONKRETE KUNST e.V. |
| 2006 | FORUM KONKRETE KUBST ERFUT in Mainz, Germany. |
| 2008 | 2008 'Constructed' 40 years of the UEA Collection, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. |
| 2011 | 'Hommage an eine grundergeneration', Institut fur Technische Form, Darmstadt. |
| 2014 | 'Hommage an eine grundergeneration', Burgerstiftung, Osnabruck. |
| 2014 | 'Hommage an eine grundergeneration', Vordemberg-Gildewart-Haus, Germany. |
| 2016 | 'Eye and Mind' paintings 2014-2016, Mercus Barn, Ariège Pyrenées, France (one person). |
| 2017 | 'Ground, Rules, Paintings: A Quartet', La Galerie Lycée Gabriel Fauré, Foix, Ariège Pyrenées (with David Saunders, Peter Joseph and G R Thomson). |
| 2017 | 'Le Salon des Réalités Nouvelles', Paris. |
| 2017 | 'entr'acte : intermission', AbstractProject Galerie, Paris (10 Artists). |
| 2017 | The Mercus Barn Collection . |
| 2018 | 'Transforming Surfaces', Arthouse1, London (6 Artists). |
| 2020 | 'H_A_R_D_ P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G_x2', January, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton. |
| 2020 | '30x30' collection, Mondriaanhuis, Armersfoort, Holland |
| 2021 | Inaugural Exhibition, Sol Space, Nouic, France |
| 2021 | 'Rhythm and Geometry' Sainsbury Centre for the Arts, UEA, Norwich |
| 2022 | 'Thinking Thresholds' with Della Gooden, theycometheysittheygo.co.uk, London. |
| 2023 | 'Rhythm and Geometry' work included in section Rhythm and Colour, Djangoly Gallery, Nottingham. |
| 2023 | 'I Chose This', set of four paintings selected from the Arts Council Collection (GB) at Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange. |
| 2023 | 'Colour', Cromer Arts Space, Norfolk. |
| 2023 | 'new acquisition' (solo), Paintings ('Equivalences' P18 & P13) shown in November at The Mondriaanhuis, Holland. |
| 2024 | 'Drop It' , works on paper, curated by Cedric Christie and Pascal Rousson held at theycometheyseetheygo project space |
| 2024 | Curated (one person) '18 Variations' - Painting | Relief | Drawing 2020-2024 at Newlyn Art Gallery ( 22 Feb - 13 April ) |
| 2024 | 'H_A_R_D_P_A_P_E_R' , Phoenix Art Space, Brighton ( 2 March -14 April ). |
| 2024 | British Art Fair 2024, Represented by Marcus Campbell Art Books. |
| 2025 | Postcards for Seyoisfjorour, Iceland (Group show). |
| 2025 | 'Colour In-Place', (one person) for the Borlase Smart Room, Porthmeor Studios, St Ives. |