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Born
England 1975
Education
2000-2001 University of the Arts, Camberwell College of Arts - MA Book Arts
1995 - 1998 University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - BA (Hons) Art & Aesthetics
Selected Exhibiitons
Solo Shows
Dogs of London 2011
Westbourne Grove Church Art Space, London W9
Mixture of hand coloured screen and digital prints, including a 'Dogs of London' Map
2009
ILRC Commercial Road Exhibition Space, London E1
Various works in mixed media.
A Unicorn Compendium 2009
Westbourne Grove Church Art Space, London W9
Various interpretations of the unicorn, including oil paintings and 'life size' drawing.
The Night Watch 2008
Westbourne Grove Church Art Space, London W9
Unique pieces using mix media and taxidermy materials to create engaging and transfixing
paintings of owls, capturing the enigmatic air of mystery which surrounds these nocturnal birds.
The Red List 2007
Broomfield Gallery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex
Paintings of ‘glamour animals’ - the most attractive animlas/plants currently on the IUCN Red List
of threatened species.
2x2 to Alphabet Zoo 2005
Westbourne Grove Church Art Space,London W9
Exhibition looking at story of Noahs Ark.
Group Exhibitions
Camberwell Arts Week (as Garudio Studiage) 2011
Butterfly Walk shopping centre, London SE5
'Budget Budgies' special edition for Camberwell Arts Week
Fantasy Zoo (curated by Garudio Studiage)2009
Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras Church, London NW1
Group show.
Acrylic Kitten (Curated by Garudio Studiage) 2008
Ada Street Gallery London
Group show celebrating post-modern kitsch appreciation through the world of cats and kittens.
Garudio Studiage Presents....The Three Legged Fox 2008
Dreamspace, Adrem, Dufferin St, London EC1
Group show of work by members of artist collective ‘Garudio Studiage’.
Zoo-A-Logical 2005
Knapp Gallery, London NW1
Mixed media group show based on research on animals and conservation at London zoo.
The Reading Room 2004
Sherborne House, Sherborne, Dorset.
Exhibition of Artist’s Books.
Home 2004
Mernia Gallery, The Chocolate Factory, Southwark St, London SE1.
Group show of artist’s using things associated with ‘the home’.
All Creatures Great And Small 2004
Obsidian Art, Buckinghamshire.
Open exhibition on theme of animals and birds.
The Horse In Art 2003
Obsidian Art, Buckinghamshire.
Open exhibition on theme of the horse.
XIX (South London Open) 2003
Cafe Gallery Projects, Bermondsey, London.
Open exhibition
Toys Are 2001
Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Group exhibition of artists using toys in their work.
MA3 2001
Camberwell College of Arts, London,
MA Degree Show.
Work In Collections
Tate Britain, London. National Collection of British Art - Artist Book Collection.
Camberwell College of Arts, London. Special Collection.
Various private collectors.
Garudio Studiage
I am also a founding member of ‘Garudio Studiage’, a collective of artist’s and designers,
who work on various group projects and comissions. This has included: design and production
of a stall at the V&A village fete 2007/08; exhibition in Marshall st in soho as part of Design week
2006; Window display for ‘Sense’ charity shop as part of ‘I Love peckham’ festival 2007; ‘180
Things I hate about you’, exhibition of screen printed dart boards at Dazed and Confused gallery
2007; Acrylic Kitten Ada street gallery 2008; The Three Legged Fox, dreamspace gallery london
2008. We also design and produce various products for sale on our online shop and various shops
and boutiques in the UK and abroad.
see www.garudiostudiage.com for more information
Influences/Inspiration
Peter Blake, George Stubbs, Edward Hopper, Holbein, Van Dyke, Factory Records, Peter Saville,
Tomato Projects, Ed Ruscha, Father Ted, Natural History drawings and T.V., Charles Darwin, Mark Dion,
Bob and Roberta Smith, Garudio Studiage, Peckham, Damian Hirst, Peter Doig, New Order, Hitchcock,
Sonic Youth, Michael Gondry, the Mighty Boosh, pound shops, Mo'wax records, Olly and Suzi, Napoleon
Dynamite, Monty Python, Da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Japanese kitsch culture.... and many more!