FURTHER EXHIBITED ARTISTS
| Chris Appleby Luciano Bonomi Richard Cook Kimberley Gundle Diana Hulton |
Gillian Lever Lino Mannocci Clement Mcaleer Amanda Vesey |
Chris Appleby
Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 | Chris Appleby |
| 2005 | Joey Two Streams |
| 2003 | The City Staged |
Group Exhibitions
| 2003 | Starting A Collection |
Luciano Bonomi
| 1939 | Born in Milan, Italy |
| 1969 | Trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan |
| 1975 | Exhibited in Italy |
| 1978 | Travelled extensively in Africa; worked in Kenya and Nigeria |
| 1986 | Worked in the Midlands |
| 2003 | Worked in the United Arab Emirates |
| 2006 | Lives and works in Latina, nearby Rome |
Solo Exhibitions
| 1995 | Re-Telling the Tales |
| 1998 | Tale: Ancient and Modern |
| 2003 | Story Lines |
| 2008 | Novellas |
| 2009 | da Mercato Irlandese a Polifemo, Galleria d'Arte Ghelfi, Vicenza (Italy) |
| 2010 | Artverona, Verona (Italy) |
Group Exhibitions
| 1994 | London Contemporary Art Fair |
| 1999 | Starting a Collection |
| 2001 | Ten years Celebrity |
| 2006 | Twelve Square |
| 2007 | Election |
| 2007 | The Postcard Project |
| 2008 | The Postcard Project |
| 2009 | The Postcard Project |
| 2010 | 4 Scultori all'Abbazia di Fossanova, Fossanova (Italy) |
Richard Cook
Richard Cook has lived and worked in Cornwall for over twenty years. Born in Chelenham in 1947, he spent his early childhood in Ceylon. From 1966 - 70 he trained at St Martin's School of Art, London, and at the Royal College of Art until 1973. He has been exhibiting for over twenty five years and has received awards from the British Council and the Arts Council. In 2001 he was given a solo show at Tate St Ives, with a related publication, and a major painting was acquired for the collection in 2006.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | Under the Summer, The Exchange,
Penzance,
Cornwall > Exhibition catalogue (PDF, 932kb)    |
| 2008 | Iridescence, Art First, London |
| 2006 | Art First, London |
| Lemon Street, Truro | |
| 2003 | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London |
| 2001 | Tate St. Ives, Cornwall |
| 2000 | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London |
| 1997 | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London |
| 1995 | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London |
| 1993 | Galerie am Savignyplatz, Berlin |
| 1992 | Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall |
| 1989 | Odette Gilbert Gallery, London |
| 1981 | House Gallery, London |
Group Exhibitions
| 2009 | ZOOM – Looking Back/Looking Forward, Art First, London |
2007 |
Art Now, Tate St. Ives |
| Election, Art First, London | |
| 2006 | Drawing Inspiration: Contemporary British Drawing, Abbot Hall, Kendal |
| 2005 | Mixed Doubles, Art First, London |
| 1994 | Inside Outside, Anne Berthoud Gallery, London |
1993 |
Invited Artist, Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London |
| Recent Acquisitions, British Museum | |
| 1992 | Painting in Cornwall, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol |
| 1990 | A Century of Art in Cornwall, County Hall, Truro |
| 1989 | School of London, Works on Paper, Odette Gilbert Gallery |
| 1987 | Looking West, Newlyn Art Gallery and the Royal College of Art |
| 1985 | A Singular Vision, The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter |
| 1982 | Summer Show, Serpentine Gallery, London |
| 1981 | Contemporary Artists in Camden, The Camden Arts Centre, London |
| 1980 | British Art 1940-1980, TheArts Council Collection, |
| Hayward Gallery | |
| 1976-80 | The Artist's Market, London |
| 1976 | The Human Clay, Hayward Gallery, London |
| 1996 | Mixed Exhibition, Connaught Brown, London |
Kimberley Gundle
Kimberley Gundle was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1963. After completing her BA and Postgraduate Studies at the Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town (1983-88), she came to London in 1988 to study at the Slade and has lived and worked here ever since. Gundle has exhibited regularly with Art First in London, including three solo shows in 1996, 1999 and 2003. She has also had solo shows in Belfast (1991), at the Oxford Gallery, Oxford (1994) and at the Museum Annex, Hong Kong. She has participated in various group exhibitions in the UK, South Africa and Hong Kong from 1988 to the present, including the 2002 national touring exhibition, SHOE, curated by Kathy Fawcett at the City Art Gallery, Leicester. Her work can be found in various collections in the UK and South Africa, and individuals and families have commissioned her to paint them in their favourite shoes, knee downwards.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | A Slice of London |
| 2005 | Hall of Fame |
| 2003 | The Shoe Fits: Portraits Below the Knee |
| 1999 | Flower Sellers of London |
| 1996 | Cafe Observations |
Group Exhibitions
| 2004 | Spoilt for Choice: A Christmas Exhibition |
| Director’s Choice | |
| 2002/03 | Art London Art Fair, Chelsea, London, with Art First |
| The London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First, London | |
| 2002 | 12” x 12” |
| 2001 | Starting a Collection III |
| 10” x 10” | |
| 2000 | Starting a Collection II |
| 1997 | Three Years On |
| 1996 | Art Miami 96, Miami, Florida, USA: with Art First London |
| 1995 | Londoners |
| 1994; 96-98 |
The London Contemporary Art Fair: with Art First, London |
Diana Hulton
Diana Cécile Hulton, Born 1945, Cape Town, South Africa.
Painted under the name of Diana Kenton from 1975-1991.
Qualifications:
1985-89
MA (Fine Arts), University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
1970-74
BA Fine Art (cum laude), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
1963-65
B. Com, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Solo Exhibitions
| 2003 | Parables of Light |
Group Exhibitions
| 2004 | Spoilt for Choice: A Christmas Show |
| Director's Choice | |
| 2003 | Starting a Collection, Contemporary British Art |
| Small Pictures for December | |
| artLONDON Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First Ltd | |
| Art First in Print | |
| 2002 | 12" x 12" Temptations |
| 2001 | Art First at 10 |
| 1996 | Three Years On! |
| 1995 | Art ’95 The London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First |
| Under Other Skies | |
| 1994 | The Featured Land |
| Art ’94 The London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First |
Gillian Lever
"My primary interest is in using colour to express a range of basic human emotions. Although my work is abstract, there are often suggestions of doorways or openings, passing places from the known to the unknown. Music that evokes a spiritual realm through the abstract language of sound has provided me with a rich source of inspiration in recent years. I search for the expression of such mystery through the physicality of paint."
Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | New works (with Clement McAleer) |
| 2007 | Subliminal Language (with Kevin Laycock) |
| 2003 | Loving the Questions |
| 2001 | New Paintings |
Group Exhibitions
| 2006 | Starting a Collection |
| Christmas Exhibition | |
| 2005 | Mixed Doubles |
| Christmas Exhibition | |
| 2004 | Fired Earth, Celebrating Twenty Years |
| 2002 | Starting a Collection |
| 2001 | Directors Choice, Art First, New York |
| 1996 | Three Years On |
| 1994 | Abstractions |
Lino Mannocci
Lino Mannocci was born in Viareggio in Tuscany. He arrived in London in 1968 and studied at Camberwell School of Art (1970-73) and the Slade School of Art (1974-75). Since 1976 he has divided his time living and working in London and Montigiano, a small hilltop village just outside his birthplace. For the past 24 years he has exhibited regularly both in London and Italy. Recent solo exhibitions include Galleria Ceribelli, Bergamo (1996 and 1998), Galleri Ghelfi, Vicenza (1996), Eagle Gallery, London (1997). His first painting exhibition with Art First Storie di Mare took place in October 1999 and was held in conjunction with The Italian Cultural Institute(London) where a further selection of works on this theme was displayed. Since then he has had two further exhibitions with Art First Storie de Mare in 2000 and Bonfires and Other Stories in 2001. His work has been purchased by the British Museum, London; Altoner Museum, Amburgo; W.Hack Museum, Ludwigshaffen; Jenish Musée, Vevey, and numerous private collections in Europe and the USA. Mannocci’s images are quietly captivating. Using a palette of soft blues, browns and off-whites he imbues his subjects with an almost mystical light. Forms are pared down to their simplest shapes; paint is scraped and pulled across the surface of the canvas. The finished works are elegaic and invite contemplation. Narrative is suggested by the creation of quadrapartite groups of images placed in the centre of the canvas (they do not always follow on logically from one to another as in a strip) and these give a different sense of time and place to the single scenes. He also works on picture postcards, manipulating their imagery, challenging us to relook at places we think we know well. Painting out features or backgrounds and replacing building and/or objects out of context shows a lighter side of the artist, and places him as a contemporary exponent of the Italian capriccio.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2005 | Cloud Paintings |
| 2001 | Bonfires and Other Stories |
| 2000 | Storie de Mare (postcards and prints) |
| 1999 | Storie de Mare |
Group Exhibitions
| 2004 | Works on Paper |
| Directors Choice | |
| Spoilt for Choice: A Christmas Exhibition |
Clement Mcaleer
Clement McAleer was born in 1949, Dungannon, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He studied Fine Art at Canterbury College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London (1975 - 78). He now lives and works in Belfast. He has twice been a prize-winner at the John Moores Exhibition in Liverpool (Xl and XVIII). He has exhibited extensively in Dublin (Kerlin Gallery, Hallward Gallery), Belfast (Fenderesky Gallery), Liverpool (Bluecoat Gallery and Ainscough Gallery) and London (Art First, most recently 1998, 2000), and work has steadily entered public and corporate collections including the Arts Councils of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ulster Museum, European Parliament, Allied Irish Bank, Arthur Andersen & Co.
The focus of McAleer’s painting - on paper or on canvas - is primarily landscape: not the particularities of place, but rather the restless, shifting aspects of nature where cloud or water, land or sea transform themselves atmospherically, one into another. The West Coast of Ireland is a dominant source and a memory of it lurks everywhere in the studio, but Welsh and local coastal walks have their input too, and for the 1995 Aldeburgh Festival Exhibition, Suffolk’s marine greys had their turn. Travels around Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands) have added their own contribution to his work.
Whatever the subject - stormy sea, land towards sea, inland garden - the perspective is high, the brushwork as fresh as the gusts of wind which stir each surface, and the structure is firm. Sometimes a visible grid, but often submerged, this underlying order abstracts each painting, but serves also to release it slowly as the sense of 'being there' establishes itself. In the words of the Irish playwright Brian McAvera, "The slow hard-won subtleties of his work make his pictures your friends for life".
Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | New Works, Art First, London (with Gillian Lever) |
| 2007 | Passing Landscape, Art First, London |
| 2006 | Hallward Gallery, Dublin |
| Gordon Gallery, Derry | |
| 2005 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| 2002 | Hallward Gallery, Dublin |
| Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast | |
| Cape Coasts, Art First, London | |
| 2001 | Sea Longing, University of Liverpool |
| 2000 | Hallward Gallery, Dublin |
| New Paintings, Art First, London | |
| 1999 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| View Gallery, Liverpool | |
| Monaghan County Museum, Ireland | |
| 1998 | Marking the Land, Art First, London |
| 1996 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| Land & Sea, Art First, London | |
| 1995 | Aldeburgh Festival |
| Ainscough Gallery, Liverpool | |
| 1994 | Cross Currents, Art First, London |
| 1993 | Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham |
| Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast | |
| 1992 | Kerlin Gallery, Dublin |
| Turnpike Gallery, Leigh | |
| 1991 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham | |
| 1990 | Sligo Arts Festival, Ireland |
| Narrow Water Gallery, Co Down | |
| John Clare Series, University of Liverpool | |
| 1989 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| 1988 | Opening of the Kerlin Gallery, Dublin |
| 1987 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| The Winchester Gallery (touring exhibition) | |
| Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport | |
| Worcester City Art Gallery | |
| 1985 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast |
| Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool | |
| 1984 | Arts Council Gallery, Belfast |
| 1983 | Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery |
| 1982-3 | Paton Gallery, London |
| 1981 | Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin |
| Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool | |
| 1979 | Arts Council Gallery, Belfast |
| Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool |
Group Exhibitions
| 2006 | Twelve Square, Art First, London |
| 2005 | Twelve Square, Art First, London |
| 2004 | Elemental Arts Project, Fired Earth Interiors, with Art First |
| 2002 | H20, Water’s Edge, Art First, London |
| Summer at Art First New York | |
| Carlton Festival Exhibition, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland | |
| Boyle Arts Festival, Co Roscommon, Ireland | |
| Works on Paper, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast | |
| Living Landscape, Skibbereen, Co Cork, and tour to Scotland | |
| 2000 | Art 2000, London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First |
| Starting a Collection, Art First, London | |
| 1999 | Art'99, London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First |
| Starting a Collection, Art First, London | |
| Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London | |
| 1998 | Rolling Devolution, Crawford Art Centre, St. Andrews, touring Scotland, Ireland and Wales |
| Art’98, London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First | |
| Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London | |
| Henley on Thames Festival, with Art First | |
| 1997 | Three Years On!, Art First, London |
| Art '97, London Contemporary Art Fair, with Art First | |
| 1995 | Landscape at Large, Art First, London |
| House Painters, Bluecoat Art Centre, Liverpool | |
| Words, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth touring to Fringe Gallery, Glasgow | |
| 1994/5/6 | The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First |
| 1994 | The Featured Land, Art First, London |
| 1993 | John Moores 18, Liverpool (Prizewinner) |
| 1992/3 | The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Midlands Contemporary Art Ltd. |
| 1991 | Parable Island (Irish Art), Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool |
| 1990 | Art Cologne 1990 (Fenderesky Gallery), Cologne |
| 1988 | Ulster Art in the '80s, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin |
| Art Cologne 1988 (Fenderesky Gallery), Cologne | |
| 1987 | Kunst Aus Liverpool (5 artists), BBK Gallery, Cologne |
| 1985 | John Moores Liverpool Exhibition XIV |
| 14 Artists from Belfast, Mexico City | |
| 1983 | The Granada Collection, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester |
| 1982 | The Ulysses Project, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
| Irish Art, Vermont, U.S.A. | |
| 1981 | Hibernian Inscape, Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow Triptychs, Ian Birksted Gallery, London |
| Art and the Sea, ICA London | |
| 1978 | John Moores Liverpool Exhibition XI (Prizewinner) |
Amanda Vesey
Born in 1939 in Hampshire, Amanda Vesey was educated at the Salisbury School of Art and at the Chelsea College of Art. She lives and works in Salisbury. With the diligence inherited from her career as a prominent writer and illustrator of children's books, Vesey observes ordinary moments of our quotidian landscape. The snapshot locations range from the parks of south London, glimpses caught touring France and Ireland to the random material of television. At first the work seems unassuming, then we understand the sympathetic familiarity and wry darkness of her pared-down vocabulary.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | New Paintings |
| 2006 | Paintings & Works on Paper |
| 2001 | Solo Exhibition |
