sGEORGE ROWLETT at Art Space Gallery - CV
Terry Setch 1941 Born Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
1960-62 Grimsby School of Art
1962-65 Camberwell School of Art
1965-68 The Royal Academy School
  George Rowlett lives and works in London and Walmer.
sAWARDS
 

2012

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London

 

2006

Brantwood, Artist-in-residence

 

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

sWORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
 

Alpine Club, London
Anglo American Ltd.- S. Africa
British Council
Baring Brothers - London;
Berado Foundation - Madera & Lisbon.
British Ropes Ltd. Sheffield;
Cleveland Museum Service;
Charles Glass Society - S. Africa;
Equitable Real Estate Investment - Atlanta Georgia;
Grimsby Museum and Art Gallery;
Hiscox Group, London;

Kelmac Group, South Africa;
Manny Davidson Discretionary Trust - London;
Nedfin Bank Ltd., S. Africa;
Northern Art;
Nuffield Foundation;
Philip Loots & Associates - S. Africa;
Price Forbes Ltd.- S. Africa;
Prudential Corporation Plc., London;
Ruskin Foundation and Brantwood Trust
St. Andrews University, Scotland;
Voicevale Ltd., London;

sSOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

2013

East Kent and The River Thames, Art Space Gallery, London

 

2012

Time & Tide – The Thames at Work, Brantwood, Cumbria
A Given Glory – George Rowlett’s Flower Paintings, Art Shop, Abergavenny

 

2011

The Outer Hebrides & East Kent, Art Space Gallery, London

 

2010

The Glory of the Garden, Art Space Gallery, LondonArt Space Gallery, London

 

2009

East Kent, The River Thames and Wast Water, Art Space Gallery, London

 

2007

Ruskin Revisited: George Rowlett at Chamonix and Coniston, Art Space Gallery, London
touring: The Ruskin Library, Lancaster University; Brantwood, Coniston

 

2006

Close Up, Art Space Gallery, London
George Rowlett in Wales, The Art Shop, Abergavenny

 

2005

Paintings 2005, East Kent and the River Thames, Art Space Gallery, London

 

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

 

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, Johannesburg
Gallery im Garten, Konstanz

 

1986

Zur Torkel Zchn, Konstanz

 

1985

Open Studio, Peckham

 

1982

Woodlands Gallery, Greenwich

sSELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS
 

2012

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London (prize winner)

 

2008

Winter Journey, Art Space Gallery, London

 

2008

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition ; Also included in :
1977, 80 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09

 

2006

Critic's Choice, the Art Shop, Abergavenny

 

2004

The Divine Comedy, Art Space Gallery, London
Heart of Piccadilly Appeal, Christies, london

 

2001

Garden of Earthly Delights- After Bosch, Art Space Gallery, London
Double Vision - Water and Light, Whistable Art Gallery
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, also: 2000, 99, 98, 97, 96, 9, 90, 89, 88, 86, 84, 77

  2000 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries (invited artist)
Order and Event - Landscape Now , Art Space Gallery, London
Contemporary British Landscape, Flowers East, London
Everard Read Memorial Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
 

1999

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

sBIBLIOGRAPHY
 

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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