Inaugural winner of the East London Painting Prize 2014
Lives and works in London
Born in Barrow-in-Furness, UK
Education
2009 MA Fine Art, Byam Shaw school of Fine Art, (CSM) London
2005 BA (Hons) Fine Art Kent institute of Art & Design, Canterbury Kent, (First Class)
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Laptop and Chips, The SE9 Container Gallery London (forthcoming)
2014
Work/Recreation/Freedom, Nunnery Gallery, London
Domestic Realism, (CBP) Crypt St Marylebone Parish Church, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
London Painting Survey, Blackhorse Lane Studios, London
Artists: Hannah Brown, Trevor Burgess, Simon Burton, Wayne Clough, Chris Daniels, Sam Douglas, Nathan Eastwood, Geraint Evans, Marguerite Horner, Matthew Krishanu, Lee Maelzer, Katrin Mäurich, Nicholas Middleton, Cara Nahaul, Charley Peters, James Ryan, David Sullivan, Marijke Vasey, Caroline Walker, William Wright.
Anti-Social Realism, Charlie Smith Gallery, London
Documentary Realism: Painting in the Digital Age, Crypt at St Marylebone, London
Present Tense: The Swindon Collection, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
2014
@PaintBritain, Ipswich Museum
Priseman-Seabrook Collection, Huddersfield Art Gallery
Towards a New Socio-Painting, Transition Gallery, London
Prize winner: The East London Painting Prize, The Nunnery Gallery Bow Road London
(Selected by Maitreyi Maheshwari, Sarah Elson, Varda Caivano & Matt Price)
Signal Over Noise / Don’t Split the Focus, Walthamstow E17 London
This Year’s Model, Studio1.1′s, Shoreditch, London E2
2013
Contemporary British Painting, the Crypt at St Marylebone, London
Zeitgeist Arts Projects, ASC Studios, London (On-line catalogue)
Threadneedle Prize, (finalist) Mall Galleries, London (On-line catalogue)
Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2012
John Moores Painting Prize, (finalist) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK > Link
Occupied Realism, Portman Gallery, E2 0PX London
2011
Platform C’s Emergent Art Show, Vyner Street Gallery, Vyner Street, London
2010
Artworks Open 2010, Barbican Arts Group Trust, E17, London
2009
17 Ingredients Measures of Autonomy, Studio One, London
2009
MA Final Exhibition, Byam Shaw School of Fine Art, UAL, London
MA Interim Show, Byam Shaw School of Fine Art, UAL, London
2007
Celeste Finalists’ Exhibition, Lyon & Turnbull galleries, Edinburgh’s Scotland
Celeste Art Prize Finalist, T2, Old Truman Brewery Complex, London
2005
Highlights of New Graduate Work, the Metropolis Galleries, Kent
Curatorial Projects
2014
Towards a New Socio-Painting, Transition Gallery London
Awards/Prizes
2014
East London Painting Prize - Inaugural winner
2013
The Threadneedle Prize - shortlisted
2012
John Moores Painting Prize – Shortlisted
2008
South Square Trust Scholarship, MA scholarship - Byam Shaw School of Art
2005
Award: Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art
Professional Engagements
2014
Towards A New Socio-Painting (Panel Discussion) Transition gallery, London
Showing Painting (Panel Discussion) the Nunnery gallery, London
2010
Visiting Artist, University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone
2009
Visiting Artist, University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone
Who is Art For? (Panel Discussion) Byam Shaw, London
2005-06Lecturer – BTEC 1st Art & Design, Mid-Kent College, Rochester & Maidstone
Publications/Press/essays
2015 Documentary Realism: Painting in the Digital Age
The Angel resident magazine
Emerging Artist Profile: Nathan Eastwood; The Culture Trip, (on-line)
Essay: A Quiet Revolution by Robert Priseman
2014 Essay: A New Social Based Realism by Giuseppe Marasco
Work/Recreation/Freedom (exhibition catalogue essay)
Catalogue essay: Work/Recreation/Freedom by Skye Sherwin
Essay: PAINTING THE PEOPLE by Alex Michon
Domestic Realism, 17: Society, Garageland
East London Painting Prize catalogue
Newham Recorder Wednesday May 28
East End Review (On-Line)
The Docklands & East London Advertiser (on-line news article)
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Part (on-line article)
The East Ender (on-line news article)
East London Lines (on-line news article)
Zabludowicz Collection (on-line article)
Artist Newsletter (on-line article)
Newham Recorder (news paper article)
2013 Threadneedle Painting Prize catalogue
2012 John Moores Painting Prize catalogue
2007 Celeste Art Prize catalogue
Public/Private Collections
Zabludowicz Collection
Goldhill Family (London)
The Priseman-Sea Brook Collection
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery