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Born 1967, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Lives and works in West Wales

 

EDUCATION

1986–1989 — Fine Art Painting, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK

 

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2026–2027 — Small Is Beautiful (Edition 44), Flowers Gallery, London, UK (20 November 2026 – 2 January 2027)

2026–2027 — Solo Presentation, Richeldis Fine Art, Barcelona, Spain (1 December 2026 – 31 January 2027)

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 — The Same Sky, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, UK

2021 — This Divine Quiet, &Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2020 — Breathe, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, UK

2019 — Matter, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK

2019 — Balance, The Table Gallery, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, UK

2014 — Synapse, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan, UK

2014 — Three, gallery/ten, Cardiff, UK

2008 — Tirliniau, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, UK

2008 — Winter, Oriel Clwyd Art Centre, Chester, UK

2007 — Silence, Morgan Boyce Gallery, Marlborough, UK

2007 — Falls the Shadow, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan, UK

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS

2026

PAPER, Patina Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan

Between Form and Matter, Alfa Gallery, Miami, USA (online exhibition)

2025

Baseling, Alfa Gallery, Miami Arts Week, USA

Small Is Beautiful (Edition 43), Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London, UK

Time, Loughran Gallery, Walmer Bridge, UK

Holly Hunt & Richeldis Fine Art Presentation, New York, Seattle, Dallas and Miami, USA

Interstice, Alfa Gallery, USA

The Power of Alchemy, Alfa Gallery, USA

9 Rooms, BAM Arts Advisory, Larchmont, New York, USA

Raconte-Moi Une Histoire, R-Art Gallery, Évian-les-Bains, France

A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK

2024

Small Is Beautiful (Edition 42), Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London, UK

Holly Hunt & Richeldis Fine Art Presentation, New York, Chicago and Miami, USA

Group Exhibition, Abergavenny Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny, UK

Group Exhibition, TEN, Cardiff, UK

Group Exhibition, LUV, Kiklo Space / Loughran Gallery / Dynamisk, UK

2023

Magic, Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny, UK

Richeldis Fine Art & Holly Hunt Collaboration, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Austin and Houston, USA

2022

Recent Work, The Chair, Hay-on-Wye, UK

A Place of Passage, Circle Contemporary, Cornwall, UK

2021

A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, UK

Matthew Burrows Selects, Unit 1 Gallery & Workshop, London, UK

Tiny Yet Mighty, &Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2020

Time, No Format Gallery, London, UK

Female Response to Roger Cecil, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, UK

Beep International Painting Biennial — SHIFT, Cardiff, UK

2019

Divine Quiet, Holly Hunt Gallery, Miami Arts Week, Miami, USA

Approaches, D Contemporary, Mayfair Art Weekend, London, UK

2018

Beep International Painting Biennial, Swansea, UK

 

AWARDS & PRIZES

2026 — Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York, USA

2020 — Wales Arts International, Residency Support Grant

2019 — Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York, USA

2019 — Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA

2019 — Beep Painting Prize, Welsh Based Artist Prize, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, UK

2015 — Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA

2009 — Oppenheim-John Downes Award for Painting, UK

2007 — Oppenheim-John Downes Award for Painting, UK

 

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

2026

Velindre University NHS Trust, New Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff. Commission to create eight bespoke wall-based artworks for the radiotherapy treatment areas.

2025

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. Commission to create bespoke artworks for six large-scale wallcoverings in the new radiology building.

Ffern, Winter fragrance. Artist-in-residence, collaborating with the British fragrance house as part of its seasonal fragrance programme.

 

SELECTED TALKS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

2026

Artlogic, What Art School Didn’t Teach Me. Invited panellist (forthcoming).

 

RESIDENCIES & BURSARIES

2023 — Arts Council of Wales, Solo Exhibition Bursary, We All Share the Same Sky, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, UK

2019–2020 — Artist Residency, Hafnarborg Arts and Culture Centre, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. Supported by Wales Arts International.

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2024

Artist Editorial, TOAST Magazine

2023

Artist Editorial, Jenny White, The Western Mail (Culture)

2021

Artist Interview, ArtistCloseUp (online)

Artist Interview, It’s a Passion Thing, Germany

“Abstraction”, Jenny White, The Western Mail, UK

2020

Selected Works, Richard Unwin, The Net Gallery publication, UK

“3 Painters to Watch”, Visionary Project, New York, USA

Artist Support Pledge Highlight, House & Garden, UK

2019

Jenny White, The Weekend, The Western Mail, UK

Elysium Exhibition Review, The Western Mail, UK

Interview by Alice McKenna-Jones, Glynn Vivian Magazine

 

COLLECTIONS

Work held in private collections internationally.