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| Mike Fenton |
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D.O.B. 14/10/1959
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
I live in Norfolk where I have been based for the last 5 years, previously having been in London for over 20 years. Originally I come from Yorkshire.
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| About the Artist |
I'm working on a series of landscape drawings from photographs taken from my local area. Part of the drawing is a reference to a famous impressionist painting written like the 'title' part of an illustration found in an art book. This is to complicate and confuse the viewing process in order to reveal my own disorientation, and also to emphasise the link between the history of representation and 'natural' beauty. I also paint abstract pictures which are colourful and tranquil and, because they are painted with an airbrush, can have a 'digital' look. This is deceptive however, because they are painted in an improvised, ad-hoc way, and undergo many re-paintings and revisions, reflecting my concerns with balancing the formal elements in a traditional abstract-art way, i.e., concerns regarding colour, tone, line and rhythm. |
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Detail of Fig. 63
2008 pencil on paper 120 x 80 cm |
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Martin
2009 pencil on paper 80 x 60 cm |
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Plate 62
2008 pencil on paper 60 x 80 cm |
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Every Mouthfull
2009 acrylic and oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm |
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Plate 61
2008 pencil on paper 60 x 80 cm |
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Plate 60
2008 pencil on paper 80 x 60 cm |
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Untitled Landscape
2009 sepia on paper 80 x 58 cm |
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Blank
2008 acrylic on canvas 101 x 152 |
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Disorganise
2007 acrylic on canvas 100 x 80 cm |
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Disengage
2007 arylic on canvas 80 x 100 cm |
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| Education and biography |
University
Sunderland University, BA (Hons) Fine Art 1979-1982
Exhibitions
Various group and individual exhibitions during the 1980's and early 1990's including:
1983-94 The Whitechapel Open; The Royal Overseas League; The Cleveland Drawing Biennale; South London Gallery Open; The Guardian sponsored Art for Sale at Whiteleys.
In the mid-1990's I took a break for a few years from art, working full-time and traveling for a year. In 1999 I took a studio in Peckham and began to paint again with a very different style.
Jan 2004 Target Follows Wembley Point Corporate Headquarters
Sept 2004 Bally Shoe Factory, Norwich.
April/May 2005 Inprint at Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester and The Cut, Halesworth.
June 2005 Two person show at The Harleston Gallery, Norfolk.
Sept 2005 Bally Shoe Factory, Norwich.
Aug 2006 Two person show at The Hobart Gallery at the National Trust's Blickling Hall, Norfolk.
June 2007 with InPrint at the Welborne Arts Festival, Norfolk.
July 2007 Mixed show at the Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk.
Collections
I have sold to private collectors in the U. K., Italy and America.
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| Future shows |
| 'All Mixed Up' at the Eyestorm gallery in Ipswich. Saturday 27 June to Sunday 12 July, 10-5pm, Tues-Sat. Further info: 01473 222197; info@eyestormdesign.com |
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Website: www.gallerymikefenton.co.uk |
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