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 ) |
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 | '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 | Richard Bell (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. |