Colour Equilibrium installation at noformat Gallery 2018
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Cysylltiad Lliw + Colour Connections. Oriel Môn, Anglesey (joint). Supported by Arts Council of Wales
2024 Dragon Boom : Dragon Spring 2024 Annual Art Exhibition NY20+ International Art Village, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2023 6th Tao Hua Tan International Painting Residency Exhibition, Kurame Art Gallery, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
2023 Cysylltiad Lliw + Colour Connections. STORIEL Bangor (joint). Supported by Arts Council of Wales
2022 Paper After All. Royal Cambrian Academy, Saul Hay Gallery, Paper Gallery Manchester
2022 Celebration, Storiel Gallery, Bangor
2021 17th Symposium 'Mark Rothko', Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia. Participation supported by Wales Arts International2021 TAG gallery online. Painters TUBES Abstract Group
2020 "60 Days of Lockdown" A4 Luxelakes Art Museum Chengdu China. AIRE Program online presentation
2020 Pandemic Art, CAM Museum, Region of Campania and the Municipality of Casoria City, Naples
2019 Vision and Form, Alliance Francaise de Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (joint)
2019 Jingkieng, Artist Point International Residency, Meghalaya, India
2019 SFSA Paint Open, noformat gallery, Deptford, London
2019 3rd International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2019”, Viļaka Municipality in collaboration with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2019 PAINT, PS Mirabel, Manchester2019 bauhaus100, CARN, Caernarfon
2019 Colourscapes, Royal Cambrian Academy (solo)
2018 - 19 Colour Surface Light, Sauerbier House AiR, South Australia (solo)
2018 - 19 A Liverpool Bestiary. Liverpool John Moores University Print Project presented at IMPACT 10 Palacete Del Embarcadero, Santander; ATINER Athens; Avenue HQ, Liverpool; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; The Williamson Gallery; The Walker Art Gallery; 500x gallery, Texas.
2018 Colour Equilibrium, noformat gallery, Deptford London (solo)
2018 Insight with Helfa Gelf at Oriel Mostyn
2017 Connexion, Europe-ICAW exchange group exhibition luggage art, Oriel Brondanw
2016 R E-T A K E / R E-I N V E N T, Storiel Bangor, Oriel Ynys Môn, Royal Cambrian Academy
2015 Real Time Art From Wales, CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
2015 Edge of Colour II, Ucheldre Arts Centre, Holyhead (solo)
2015 RCA in Cardiff, Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff
2014 In and Out of the Citadel Galeria Kobro, Akademia Strzeminski, Lodz
2014 ‘9’ The Presence of Absence. Llawn 02, Llandudno with Llandudno Museum, RCA and Culture Colony
2014 One Alfred Place with Store Street Gallery, London W1
2012 Past, Present and Future. Ten Years of the Regional Print Centre, Oriel Wrexham
2012 EDGE OF COLOUR I, Bangor Museum and Art Gallery
2011 UNEARTHED: Carpenters Road Studios, Stratford East London. Olympic Delivery
Authority/Insite Arts
2009/10 Off Straits: new acrylics on paper with three other artists, Park Arts Centre, Port
Adelaide, South Australia
2009/10 LE CHÉILE: Welsh-Irish print collaboration, Graphic Print Studio, Dublin; Rhyl Library and Art Gallery and touring South Australia with Country Arts SA through 2011.
2008 ANONYME ZEICHNER N°9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
2008 LE CHÉILE: Welsh-Irish collaborative project, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
2007 EN ROUTE New paintings with Krakow exhibition selection, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown with ‘Things Which Are’, new art from Poland
2007 PRINTS OF WALES, Belger Arts Centre, Kansas City, USA
2007 LIMERICK PRINTMAKING OPEN, Limerick, Ireland
2006 EN ROUTE Galeria Otwarta Pracownia, Krakow, Poland (solo exhibition of eight new paintings supported by the Arts Council of Wales)
2006 2ND INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Shumen, Bulgaria
2006 “AWAY” AVAILABLE ART SZTUKA DO KUPIENIA, Krakow, Poland
2005 AVAILABLE ART SZTUKA DO KUPIENIA, Krakow, Poland
2004 HORIZON, HAAGSKUNSTKRING/ICAW EXHBITION, HAAGSKUNSTKRING, Den Haag, Netherlands 2004 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS SOFIA, Sophia, Bulgaria
2004 WELSH CONTEMPORARIES, Paddington, London
2004 INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART WALES University Innovation Bangor, University of Wales Bangor
2003 WELSH CONTEMPORARIES, London and Hay-On-Wye
2002 THE ABSTRACT ART SHOW, Hicklin Slade and Partners, London
2002 “A SOLAINA DE PILOÑO” 6th Xuntanza Obradoiro Internacional Das Artes Plasticas, Exhibition Museo Municipal de Lalín “Ramon M Aller”
2002 The Media Centre, London: Paintings and Screenprints (solo)
2001 THE SURFACE OF COLOUR: Paintings, Gouaches, Screenprints, DeliArt, London (solo) 2001 THE SURFACE OF COLOUR, Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum (solo)
including screenprints from a project supported by the Arts Council of Wales
2001 UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN PURCHASE ART PRIZE shortlist exhibition
2001 WELSH CONTEMPORARIES ANNUAL Hay-on-Wye Festival and Woburn Gallery, London 2001 SHADOWS AND DREAMS: International Mail Art Exhibit, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina, USA
2001 COUNTER ONE, House Gallery, London/ COUNTER TWO, Fresh Art, London
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES and COLLABORATION
2023 NY20+ International Art Residency Nongyuan Art Village, Wuhou, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2023 Sixth Tao Hua Tan International Painting Residency, Xuancheng town, Jungian County, southern Anhui Province, China
2022 Dar Slimane, Marrakesh, Morocco
2021 Faberllull Olot. Institut Ramon Llull. Olot, Garrotxa, Girona, Catalunya2021 17th Symposium 'Mark Rothko', Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia. Participation supported by Wales Arts International
2019 Artist Point International Residency, Meghalaya, India
2019 3rd International Painting Plein Air "Valdis Bušs 2019”, Vilaka, Viļaka Municipality in collaboration with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2018 Artist in Residence, Sauerbier House, South Australia Supported by an International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International
2018 Plein Air Plener Malarstwa i Rzeźby Garbatka Letnisko, Poland
2016 El Arreciado V International Wool Sculpture Symposium, Spain
2007 – 9 LE CHÉILE: Welsh-Irish collaborative print project
2004 1ST FESTIVAL OF VISUAL ART, 1ST FESTIWAL SZTUK WIZUALNYCH,
EAST-WEST-NORTH-SOUTH, WSCHOD-ZACHOD-POLNOC-POLUDNIE, Katowice, Poland; installation and presentation of paintings (with support from Wales Arts International)
2004 IDENTITADES, MORELIA, MICHOÁCAN, MÉXICO; residency and exhibition at Centro Cultural Uniiversitario by invitation of Secretario de Difusion y Extension Cultural de la Universidad Michoacana (with support from Wales Arts International)
2003 GALICHÑIK ART COLONY, MACEDONIA, international invited residency (with support from Wales Arts International)
2002 “A SOLAINA DE PILOÑO” 6th Xuntanza Obradoiro Internacional Das Artes Plasticas, PILOÑO , GALICIA, SPAIN, invited residency. Exhibition in Casa Museo Municipal de Lalín “Ramon M Aller” (with support from Wales Arts International)
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS and PROJECTS
2022 Koutoubia Tableaux at Dar Slimane, Marrakesh, Morocco
2020-21 Hygeia Frieze seven panel artwork at Llandrindod Wells. Celf o Gwmpas Walkway Project.
2019 Dhrupad Sansthan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Joint mural with Siraj Saxena as tribute to Pandit Ramakant Gundecha
2019 John Street Mural. Wall Mural Project, Llawn International Festival, Llandudno2014 Seven Traces Contemporary Arts Festival, Caernarfon in association with Bocs
2013 WAVY BANNERS, ET4U contemporary art, West Jutland, Denmark
2011 LONG STORIES FOR PERM: SPEED OF COLOUR. Perm, Russia. Public Art project with Museum of Contemporary Art Perm. Implementation of individual project Seven Colours Red and participation in <Jam Session>. Funded by Public art program of PERMM (Perm museum of modern art) in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Permsky Krai region, city government of Perm.
2010 SPLOTT RAILWAY BRIDGE Artwork Design Commission, Splott, Cardiff. Cardiff City Council
2009 BUSINESS SERVICE CENTRE, INNOVATION QUARTER, BARRY. Foyer Artworks, two commissioned paintings. Vale of Glamorgan Council.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023 International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International for NY20+ International Art Residency and Sixth Tao Hua Tan International Painting Residency, Two part project in China
2023 Arts Council of Wales Individual Grant for collaborative exhibition project Cysylltiad Lliw + Colour Connections
20211 International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International. Symposium Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia2018 International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International. Sauerbier House AiR, South Australia
2014 – 17 Arts Council of Wales, Large Organisation Grant for project RE-TAKE/RE-INVENT
2011 Venice Biennale Travel Grant Wales Arts International
2009 Grundtvig Visit & Exchange Research Grant for visit to Cyprus College of Art linking Bangor University (see teaching and education)
2006 Arts Council of Wales Grant for Individual Production and Presentation. Major award for EN ROUTE Otwarta Pracownia and Wales. New paintings and exhibition in Krakow, Poland 2005 Wales Arts International Venice Biennale Review Travel grant
2004 Wales Arts International Inter-recce, IDENTITADES, Residency Morelia, Michoacán, México (Collection Universidad Michoacán)
2003 Wales Arts International, Inter-recce, GALICHÑIK ART COLONY, Macedonia (Collection Museum Contemporary Art Skopje)
2002 Wales Arts International, Inter-recce, Residency “A SOLAINA DE PILOÑO” 6th Xuntanza Obradoiro Internacional Das Artes Plasticas, Piloño, Galicia, Spain (Collection Fundación Casa Museo “A Solaina” de Piloño)
2001 Arts Council of Wales Career Development: THE SURFACE OF COLOUR screenprint project with Counterprint Studio, London also sponsored by Gibbon Inks and Coatings Screen Division.
CURATION
2022 Paper After All. Co curator Royal Cambrian Academy with Saul Hay Manchester and Paper gallery Manchester
2014 - 2016 R E-T A K E / R E-I N V E N T. Curator and Project Coordinator. 16 artists make new work from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales collection with partner galleries Oriel Ynys Môn; Royal Cambrian Academy, Storiel.
MEMBERSHIP
2015 ICAW documented art affiliate member
2014 Elected Member of Royal Cambrian Academy
WRITING
2020 Art in Isolation: Making During Covid 19 Spring 2020. Curator Space
2020 Art in Isolation: Making During Covid 19 Spring 2020. Culture Colony
2018 MUM MAM DUMB DAMN: The Narrative of Memory. Eli Acheson-Elmassry Wales Arts Review2016 Re-take Re-invent: Engaging Studio Practice for Learning: New Art from Past Art. AD National Society for Education in Art and Design, Autumn 2016 Issue 17, p.26. ISSN 2046-3138
2015 The Conversation. Editor’s Choice: The world’s most expensive painting is too sexually explicit for Fox news
2014 Talking about the Family: Acheson-Elmassry. Essay on the work of Eli Acheson-Elmassry. Eli. Catalogue publication. Descript 23 pages: illustrations; 21 cm x 21cm
2010 Assessment of The Journal in Fine Art Studio Practice. First Year Student Experience Wales A Practical Guide publication, The Higher Education Academy
2009 CASE STUDY: THE PERSONALISED SURFACE WITHIN FINE ART DIGITAL PRINTMAKING. FADE (Fine Art Digital Environment) University of the Arts London project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
2006 COLLABORATIVE AMBIGUITY: TRACEY CONTEMPORARY DRAWING RESEARCH ISSN 1742 - 3570
IDENTITADES Michoacan, Mexico Report, Wales Arts International 2004 GALICHNIK ART COLONY Report, Wales Arts International 2003
“A SOLAINA DE PILOÑO” Galicia Report, Wales Arts International 2002 NOTES ON COLOUR: Harlech Art Biennale 4 Seminar Text 2002
THE SURFACE OF COLOUR Screenprint Project Report, Arts Council of Wales and Gibbon Inks and Coatings Screen Division 2001
HARLECH PRINTMAKING OPEN REVIEW: IMAGO, winter 2000. Black Church Print Studio, Dublin ABOUT PRINTMAKING: Introduction Harlech Printmaking Open catalogue 2000
Participation “What Is Art For You” video by Irene Paskali, Macedonia, 2003
MEDIA COVERAGE includes
2019 Vision and Form at Alliance Francaise de Bhopal. DD Madhaya Pradesh public broadcast 17.11.19
2019 The Times Of India. Artist Pays Tribute in Colour. 19 November 2019 (print)
2019 Vilakes Novada newspaper, front page+ No.7 (106) 29.7.19
Valdim Bušam veltīts mākslas plenērs. LTV public broadcast. 3rd International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2019”
The Adelaide Review. January 2019 Galleries. Review of Colour Surface LightCulture Colony with Llawn 02 ‘9’ RCA exhibition Film 2014
CATALOGUES and PUBLICATIONS
2022 painters TUBES magazine 31. Lead cover feature Abstract: Then and Now
2021 painters TUBES magazine 23. Abstract Special Issue
2021 17th International Painting Symposium Mark Rothko Exhibition, Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia ISBN 978-9934-595-23-6
2021 “60 Days of Lockdown" A4 Luxelakes Art Museum Chengdu China
2019 3rd International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2019”, Viļaka Municipality in collaboration with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia. ISBN 978-9934-535-97-0
2019 Srinivas, Eesha. CROSSING REALMS A tribute in color to Pandit Ramakant Gundecha by
Siraj Saxena and Andrew Smith. DHRUPAD JOURNAL. Dhrupad Sansthan November 2019
2014 Wavy Banners 2013. ET4U Denmark. ISBN 978-87-991270-3-0
2013 Oil Paintings in Public Ownership: North and Mid-Wales. The Public Catalogue Foundation ISBN 978-1-909475-03-8, p155,1562012 Past, Present and Future. Regional Print Centre Wrexham. p.79,80
2010 Le Chéile. Regional Print Centre Wrexham. ISBN 978-0-9553031-3-5
2002 – 2004 Art Colony Galichnik, Museum of the City of Skopje. ISBN 9989-9811-4-0
2004 Fourth International Triennial of Graphic Arts Sofia
2002 VIth Xuntanza Obradoiro Internacional Das Artes Plasticas, “A SOLAINA DE PILOÑO” p28-29 Museo Municipal de Lalín ISBN 84-453-3433-6
COLLECTIONS
Tao Hua Tan International China, NY20+ Nongyuan International Art Village, China, Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia; Municipality of Vilaka, Latvia; Picasso Pupils; City of Onkaparinga Art Collection, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Bangor University, Secretario de Diffusion Cultural de la Universidad Michoacána, México, Fundación Casa Museo “A Solaina” de Piloño; Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia; Frazer & Watson, London; Clifford Chance Solicitors, London; Zeckler & Co, London
EDUCATION
1994 - 96 MA Fine Art Printmaking. Camberwell College of Arts, London
1983 - 86 BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, Norwich School of Art
1981 - 82 Foundation Diploma Art and Design, Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education
