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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY and SHORT EXHIBITION CV

 

             Born London, England. 

             York School of Art

1970      Graduated Royal College of Art, London.MArca        

            (Postgraduate MFA)

 

2007      Represented by the William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2006      Represented by the Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos, CA

2003      Relocated to California, USA.

1990-2003

            Principal Lecturer in Painting -Universities of Sunderland and Durham           

1998      Visiting Professor in Painting - Academy of Fine Art, Timisoara, Romania.

1994      Reader in Fine Art(research title),Conferred by University of Sunderland.

 

RECENT MAJOR SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:

 

2008      'Meeting and Passing' Curated by Christine Murray,CBC, Lafayette, CA

2007      'Side by Side' SCCB Arts Collaborative, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley & Watsonville, CA

2006      'Dialogues and Conversations' SCCB Arts Collaborative, Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley - curated by Christine Murray.

2005      'Transition'  Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts, CA.

2005      'Caught off Balance' Nido Gallery, Moss Landing, CA.

2004      'Towards the Edge' Monterey Peninsular Art Gallery, CA. 

2003      'Scratching the Surface' The Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyne& Wear, UK.

2002      'Scratching the Surface' Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington,

              Co. Durham, UK. 

1999      'Crossing Borders' Galleria 28, Timisoara, Romania

1998      'Two Lands' Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington, UK.

1996      'Recurrent Consistencies' Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland.

1996      'The Way Back' Galeria First, Timisoara, Romania.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008      'Abstraction and Formation' William Merrill Gallery, Laguna      Beach, CA

2006      'Printmakers 2006' Nido Gallery, Moss Landing, CA

2004      'Go Figure' SCICA ,Santa Cruz, California, USA.

2002      'Print Internacional 22' Cadaques (Touring Exhibition) ADOGI,

             Barcelona, Spain; Galerie L'Etang, France.

2002      'Spoil' Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucester, UK.

2000      'Exchange England' Campbell Hall Gallery, Monmouth, Oregon, USA.

2000      'Harlech Printmaking Biennale' Coleg Harlech, Wales.

1999      'Links and Connections' 'L' Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

1998      'Portfolio' University of Western Sydney, Australia.

1998      'Contemporary Printmaking' Anna Leonowens Gallery,Halifax, Nova-Scotia, Canada.

1997      'Original Prints' Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA.

1996      'Towards a Place for Art 2' Art Alyans Gallery, The Surikov Institute, Moscow, Russia.

 

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDE:

 

Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK.

Bosnian National Gallery, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Museum of Fine Arts, Timisoara, Romania.

Stoke-on-Trent Art Gallery, Staffordshire, UK

 

 

 

             

 

Contact Geoff Morten for full CV - morteng@earthlink.net