GEORGE ROWLETT - CV
Summer Self-portrait, Recuperation

1941 Born Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
1960-62 Grimsby School of Art
1962-65 Camberwell School of Art
1965-68 The Royal Academy School

 

BIBLIOGRAHY

 

AWARDS
2001 SEA Major Award
1984 Oppenheim/John Downes Memorial Trust Award
1981 Cleveland 5th International Drawing Bienniale - Third Prize
1967 Silver Medal for Painting Landseer Scholarship
First PrizeDavid Murray Travelling Scholarship
First "Connoisseur" Prize
1966 David Murray Travelling Scholarship
Auerbach Criticism Prize
1965/67 Samuel Jones Fellowship, Camberwell Art School
1964 Anna Berry Award
1961 British Ropes Ltd, Painting Competition - First Prize
PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Anglo American Ltd.- S. Africa Kelmac Group, South Africa;
Baring Brothers - London; Manny Davidson Discretionary Trust - London;
Berado Foundation - Madera & Lisbon. Nedfin Bank Ltd., S. Africa;
British Ropes Ltd. Sheffield; Northern Art;
Cleveland Museum Service; Nuffield Foundation;
Charles Glass Society - S. Africa; Philip Loots & Associates - S. Africa;
Equitable Real Estate Investment - Atlanta Georgia; Price Forbes Ltd.- S. Africa;
Grimsby Museum and Art Gallery; Prudential Corporation Plc., London;
Hiscox Group, London; St. Andrews University, Scotland;
Voicevale Ltd., London;
SELECTED ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS
2003 Prime Elements, Art Space Gallery, London
2002 From The River To The Sea, Maidstone Library Gallery and Rochester gallery, Kent
2001 Waterside, Art Space Gallery, London
Artist In Residence, National Trust Centre, Langdon Cliffs, Dover
2000 New Paintings of Kent and the Thames, Canterbury Christ Church, University College Gallery
2000 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition ; Also included in 1977, 80 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 96, 97, 98, 99 exhibitions
1999 From The River To The Sea, Art Space Gallery, London
1998 Dundrum Series, Grant Fine Art. Newcastle, N. Ireland
1997 New Paintings, Art Space Gallery, London
1996 Grant Fine Art, Newcastle, Co. Down N. Ireland
1995 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
New Paintings, Art Space Gallery,London
Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
Paintings of Kent and Kidbrook, Greenwich Community College
1993 Land and Sea Painting, Art Space Gallery, London
1992 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
1991 Galerie im Garten, Konstanz
1990 Oil Painting 1983-1990 Albemarle Gallery,
London Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
1989 Landscape Painting, Smith-Jariwala Gallery,
London New Paintings, Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath
1988 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
1987 D M Gallery, London Everard Read Gallery, JohannesburgGallery im Garten, Konstanz
1986 Zur Torkel Zchn, Konstanz
1985 Open Studio, Peckham
1982 Woodlands Gallery, Greenwich
1975 Greenwich Theatre Gallery
1962 Grimsby Museum and Art Gallery
MIXED EXHIBITIONS
2001 Garden of Earthly Delights, Art Space Gallery, London
2001 Double Vision - Water and Light, Whistable Art Gallery
2001 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, also: 2000, 99, 98, 97, 96, 9, 90, 89, 88, 86, 84, 77
1999 Everard Read Memorial Exhibition Everard Read Gallery
The Importance of Drawing, Canterbury Museum and Art Gallery
Contemporary British Landscape Flowers East, London.
Order And Event - Landscape Now, Art Space Gallery
LondonDouble Vision - Water And Light, Whitstable Art Gallery
1998 Hunting Prize, Royal College of Art, London also: 96, 95, 94, 93, 89, 87
Chicago Art Fair
Reynolds Club Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Winter Journey, Art Space Gallery, London
1997 Glasgow Art Fair
'Discerning Eye' Mall Galleries, London (invited artist)
1996 Work in Progress, Art Space Gallery London
1995 National Trust Centenary Exhibition, Christie's
Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
1994 The Glory of The Garden, Art Space Gallery, London
Art '94, Business Design Centre, London
British Artists, Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
Flowers, Coram Gallery, London
1993 Hunting-Observer Prize, Mall Galleries London and Victoria Gallery, Bath
British Painting, Whittle Fine Art, Birmingham
1992 Europe Art '92, Geneva Arts Fair, Switzerland
The Prince's Trust Exhibition, Chartwell House, London
Summer Exhibition, Watermans Fine Art, London
1991 British Contemporary Paintings Henry Wyndham Fine Art, London
British and Continental Artists, Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, Durban
1990 Art '90 Business Design Centre, London
Summer Show, Albemarle Gallery, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Architectural Arts Company, Dallas, Texas
Peachtree Dunwoody Pavilion, Atlanta, Georgia
1989 Hunting Group Prize Finalist, Mall Galleries and touring
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries
Thameside Exhibition, Woodlands Gallery, London
1988 British Drawing, Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath

Druce Constable Art Competition, Camden Arts Centre, London
1987 Read Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
Contemporary Arts Society, Smith's Gallery, London

South London Open, South London Art Gallery, London
1986 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London also: 1986, 83, 78 & 77
1986 Art Sale 86, St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, London
South London Open, South London Art Gallery, London
1986/82 The Spirit of London, Royal Festival Hall and Mall Galleries
1984 Camden Open, Camden Arts Centre, London
Middlesborough Art Gallery - touring
National Gallery of Wales, Cardiff
1983 & 82 Cleveland (UK) 4th 5th 6th International Drawing Biennale
1982 British Drawing, Hayward Gallery, London
Open Art, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
1981 Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery
1980 Heads and Tails, Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery
1977 & 75 London Group, Camden Arts, London
1967 Three Colleges Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
1964 Gemini Trust, Woodstock Gallery, London
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1999

David Lee, New Shows, Art Review, May
Oliver Bevan, Galleries, May
Andrew Lambirth,
'Building A Picture', Spectator, 15 May,
Morgan Falconer, Highbury and Islington Express, 14 May
Rosanna Negrotti, Sight Specific What's On In London, 26 May
Morgan Falconer, RA Summer Exhibition, Highbury and Islington Express, 14 May
Andrew Lambirth, Vistas of the Imagination, Spectator, 9 September

1998 Martin Gayford with John Wonnacott, RA Summer Exhibition, Spectator, 6 June
1997 David Lee, Art Review, March
Andrew Lambirth,
'Pick of the Week', What's On In London
David Lee, Glasgow Art Fair, Art Review, June
Andrew Lambirth, Independent 25 November,
1992

Ian McKay, What's On In London, 31 March
Ian Simpson, Complete Painting Course
Andrew Lambirth, Pick of the Week, What's On In London, 31 March
Artists Manual , Harper Collins
David Lee, Art Review, July
Ten Contemporary Masters on Living Landscape, Art Review, March

1991 Mariane Meyer, Durban Daily News, 17 May
David Ferry, Painting Without a Brush, 'The Encyclopaedia of Oil Painting Techniques', Jeremy Galton
1988 LWT 'O1 for London' TV Programme
Ian McKay, Artist and Illustrator Magazine, April
Renee Segal, Johannesburg Star, 23 October
Ian Simpson, Challenge of Landscape Painting, 'Directory of British Artists' Frances Spalding
1984 Samantha James, A Singular Vision' Catalogue, Johannesburg Star
1982 Melanie Hart, Arts Review, 26 March
William Packer, Hayward Annual ,
Financial Times, 20 July
1975 James Heard, Arts Review, 13 June
1969 BBC Television - Selected Royal Academy Students

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