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Anthony Barrow
These paintings are an interpretation of my emotional response to our modern culture. Mass visual information is an accepted part of our everyday existence, television, video, film and the media provoking reactions that are dependant upon the mind set of the individual. The psychological effects of over exposure to these images are a fascinating subject and provide me with ongoing research. “The context within which we experience an event will determine how that event is encoded and retained” (Oxford Companion to the Mind- Richard L Gregory- 1987) Membership. N.A.P.A. National Acrylic Painters Association. M.I.F.L. Member of the Institute for Learning Education. 2007 Certificate in Education, Wigan and Leigh College. 2005 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Central Lancashire, Preston. Corporate Commissions. 2009 Marks and Spencer’s commission an acrylic painting of the new front of store area inside the Grand Arcade celebrating their 127year anniversary. The painting will be auctioned of to raise money for Derian House. 2009 Friends of Mesnes Park Wigan commissioned to paint a view of the park including the pavilion for display in the renovated café. 2008 ToteSport commission to produce eight portraits of celebrities using horse hair from the 2006 Grand National winner Numbersixvalverde. The paintings where shown over the Grand National three day event at Aintree then they will be auctioned off to raise money for Alder Hey Childrens Hospital Imagine Appeal Residencies and Events. 2009 27th, 29th & 31st July. Resident artist at Platt Bridge Community Primary School delivering creative art sessions to gifted and talented children. 2009 26th June. Resident artist at Platt Bridge Community Primary School, three-session using recycled material in response to request from the school to create artwork for ECO week. We produced portraits of celebrities using old audio tape strips of the tape being stuck to the paper using PVA glue replicating linear portrait drawings 2009 June 2nd Resident artist at The Book Room, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster. An evening of Jazz, poetry, storytelling and art. 2009 March-April. Three workshops organised by Chorlton Art Group (Art Fusion) working with 20 learners using acrylic paints to represent the urban, portrait and landscape. 2009 January 30th Blackrod Art Group. One-day workshop position and placement of features, looking at tone rendering tone and negative shapes using charcoal. Producing a portrait in oil on hardboard using my technique of priming with acrylic colour using a squeegee to destroy the portrait then working back into the painting rendering highlights and darker tones. 2008 July. The Mural created by children of St Mary’s Primary School and myself was hung in the Grand Arcade near to George Formby statue, the children Mrs Garnsey and myself where invited to the unveiling. 2007 St Mary`s Primary School, Derby Street, Wigan. (One session paid demonstration and workshop with Y5 pupils. Placement of facial features, knowledge of basic anatomy and recognising tone. Linked to emotional intelligence concerning identity and empathy.) 2007 Workshop one-day oil portrait workshop for the Society of Marple Artists, Cheshire, on Saturday 13th October 2007 10am to 4pm 2007 Artists residency at Hindley High School working with all the children from Argyle Street Junior and Infant School for one week. Visit to Drumcroon Art Gallery and Education Centre with Y6 then back to Hindley High School for a workshop incorporating the information about the artists they had researched and sketchbook work completed at the exhibition based on artists books and distressing paper, the children’s completed work was incorporated into a book format for inclusion in the final exhibition. Y5, Y4 and Y3, sketching the figure and using the images to produce 3D masking tape sculpture, the resultant 60 figures where then set up to interact with one another, digitally photographed and incorporated into a panoramic image for display at the final exhibition. Y1 and Y2 placement of facial features, knowledge of basic anatomy and recognising tone. Linked to emotional intelligence concerning identity and empathy. Saturday morning drop in workshop and exhibition for pupils and parents from the Hindley area. 2007 “Sensory Perceptions” Part of Wigan Words Week. An evening of poetry, prose and paintings by some of Lancashire`s most promising writers and artists. 1650 Coffee House, Wallgate, Wigan. Wed 18th April. 2007 Rolf on Lowry. BBC televised event of the reproduction of Lowrys painting ”Piccadilly Gardens” that was painted in 1954. One of fifteen artists taking part painting outdoors in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester. The program was televised on Sunday 4th March 2007. Exhibitions. 2010 Turnpike Open, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh. 2009 People and Places, The Architect’s Gallery Ltd, The Powder Rooms 69-71 Broad Street Teddington 2009 NAPA 25th International Exhibition, View Two Gallery, Mathew Street, Liverpool. 2009 SAA Artist of the year (Winner of the Figurative category) 2009 Turnpike Open Exhibition, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh. 2008 SAA Artist of the Year (Winner of the landscape category) 2008 Patchings Art Exhibition, Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham. 2008 Turnpike Open Exhibition, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh. 2007 NAPA 23rd International Exhibition, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 1 Mill Street, Ludlow, Shropshire.(Daler Rowney Best British Painting Prize) 2007 Looking Sideways.- OK Artists Studios Exhibition, Drumcroon Art Gallery and Education Center, Parsons Walk, Wigan. (27 Jul —24 Aug 2007) 2006 Once More with Feeling, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Reynolds Building, Sackville Street, Manchester. 2006 OK Studio`s, Open Exhibition, Standish, Wigan. 2006 PastPresentFuture, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh. (1st Prize) 2005 Stockport Open Exhibition, Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire.(Peoples Prize) 2005 Mercury Music Awards, The Air Gallery, Dover Street, London. 2005 Objects of Desire, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh. 2005 Mind Where You Look, Fairfield Hospital & Oldham Gallery. 2005 Chester Open, Grovesnor Museum, Chester. 2005 Art of Love Exhibition, Oxo Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, London. (1st Prize) 2004 Wrexham Open, Wrexham Museum and Art Gallery, Wrexham, Wales. 2004 Sefton Open Exhibition, Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport. (short listed prize winner) 2004 Stockport Artlink Exhibition, Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire. 2004 Channel 4, Big Art Challenge, Lowry Centre, Manchester. 2004 Stockport Open Exhibition, Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire. 2004 West Lancashire Open Exhibition, Chapel Gal | |||||
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