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Naomi Frears
Born 1963. Currently lives and works in St.Ives, Cornwall Education 1982-86 Sunderland College of Art. BA (Hons) and Printmaking Prize 1981-82 Loughborough College of Art. Foundation Solo Exhibitions 2011 Beaux Arts Bath 2010 Millennium, St. Ives 2009 Beaux Arts, Bath 2007 New Millennium, St.Ives 2005 New Millennium, St.Ives 2003 New Millennium, St.Ives 2001 New Millennium, St.Ives 1999 New Millennium, St.Ives Selected Group Exhibitions (2003-2011) 2011 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London Five by Five, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn Print!, The Exchange, Penzance New Works, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn 2010 The House of Fairy Tales, Millennium, St. Ives London Art Fair, Islington 2009 Insomnia, series of new prints. The Exchange, Penzance 20/21 Art Fair, The Royal College of Art, London Double Vision. Exchange Gallery, Penzance 2008 Treasures from the Wilson Collection, Falmouth Art Gallery Drawing Show, curated by The Drawing Room, The Exchange Crossing Over, Beaux Arts, Bath Figure Show, Jill George Gallery, London London Art Fair, Islington 2007 Art Now Cornwall, Tate Gallery St.Ives London Art Fair, Islington A Fine Line, Artonomy, Truro 2006 Artists from the Porthmeor Studios, St.Ives Society of Artists From the Edge, Sherborne House, Dorset London Art Fair, Islington Porthmeor Printmakers Show and Portfolio, Tate Café St.Ives 2005 3 person, lower gallery, Newlyn Art Gallery 3 Person, Coningsby Gallery, London Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath 2004 Critic's Choice (John Russell Taylor), Newlyn Art Gallery Art London and Lighter Brighter, Oliver Contemporary, London Porthmeor, Belgrave Gallery, St.Ives New Cornish Art, Edgar Modern, Bath London Art Fair, Islington Drawing? Newlyn Art Gallery 2003 Critic's Choice (Joan Bakewell), Newlyn Art Gallery Conflict and Resolution, Harbour House Gallery, Devon ID, Newlyn Art Gallery London Art Fair, Islington 2002 3 person, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester The Corporate Connoisseurs (Sam Pease), London A View of St.Ives, Belgrave Gallery, St.Ives 2001 From The Heart, Newlyn Art Gallery Freelance Show, The Studio, Tate Gallery, St.Ives A View of St.Ives, Belgrave Gallery 2000 St.Ives, Collyer Bristow, London Cornwall Works, Art For Interiors, London 2 person, Bank Street Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent 1999 The New St.Ives Artists, Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent Freelance Show, The Studio, Tate St.Ives Newlyn Art Gallery Living on the Line, The Count House, Botallack 3 Person, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance Penwith Gallery, St. Ives 1998 ART 98, Islington Off The Wall, Newlyn Art Gallery Private Chambers, Truro Crown Court 1997 Spectrum, Contemporary British Printmaking, Manila, Philippines Freelance and printmaking shows, Studio and Café, Tate St.Ives Cornwall Now, Art for Interiors Lineart, Ghent, Belgium Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair Adam Gallery Bath ART 97, Islignton 1996 20th Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London ART 96, Islington Freelance Show, The Studio, Tate St.Ives St.Ives Now, Collyer Bristow, London 1995 Lineart, Ghent, Belgium Printmaking show, Café, Tate St.Ives Royal West of England Acadamy, Bristol 1994 National Print Open, Royal West of England Academy Freelance show, The Studio, Tate St.Ives Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Treliske Hospital, Truro, Cornwall 1993 Printmaking Show, Café, Tate St.Ives 12 Contemporary Painters, Trewithen House, Cornwall 3 person, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance 1992 Penwith Gallery, St.Ives 1992 Penlee House Museum, Penzance 1991 Wills Lane Gallery, St.Ives Penlee House Museum Collections Falmouth College of Art Sunderland University Cornwall County Council Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Slaughter and May, London Truro School The Wilson Collection Private collections (UK and International) Publications / Catalogues 2011 Exhibition Catalogue, Beaux Arts Bath 2010 Exhibition Catalogue, Millennium 2009 Exhibition Catalogue, Beaux Arts Bath Artists Studios, M J Long 2007 Art Now Cornwall, Susan Daniel-McElroy, Tate Publications On the Very Edge of the Ocean, Ben Tufnell, Tate Publications Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery 2006 Art About St.Ives, Roy Ray and Colin Orchard 2005 Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery 2003 Catching the Wave, Tom Cross, Halsgrove Exhibition Catalogue, Elizabeth Knowles, New Millennium Gallery 2002 ARTNSA, Newlyn Society of Artists 2001 Behind the Canvas, Sarah Brittain and Simon Cook, Truran Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery 1999 Living on the Line, Exhibition Catalogue Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery Work in Education and Residencies 2011 Artist in Residence, Kestle Barton, Helston. Visiting lecturer, MA Fine Art, University College Falmouth. 2007-2010 Leading printmaking projects at Falmouth Art Gallery. 1993-2011 Tate St.Ives - Working alongside the learning team devising and leading practical sessions in gallery spaces 1995-2010 Newlyn Art Gallery - Involved in leading courses 1995-2009 Porthmeor Print Workshop, St.Ives - Teaching and co-ordinating courses 2001 The King's School, Worcester - Artist in residence 2002, 2005, 2007 Vyner's School, London - Artist in residence Other 2010 Art In Cornwall, BBC Four. 'Art and Graft', FT Weekend Magazine, photos by Rosie Hallam. 2009 Filmed for 'Memory Bay' as featured artist Interviewed for ARD, German radio 2008 Photographed by Paul Massey and interviewed by Emma Thomas for Telegraph Magazine Featured artist in film by Ray Bird about Porthmeor Studios Photographed by Max Edelman Photographed by Andreas Sterzing Photographed by Gary Treadwell 2006 Featured artist on Coast (BBC TV) Nov 06 Subject of Process a film by Stuart Lansdowne 2004 Guardian Artist of the Month, December Painting chosen for cover of Guardian Supplement Living on the Edge Discovering Cornwall's Creative Scene 1999 Elected member of Newlyn Society of Artists 1991-2010 Member of Porthmeor Printmakers (from 1991 involved in fund-raising, setting up and running open-access, non-profit making print studio) 1987-1989 Made 25,000 mile motorcycle journey through Europe, Asia and Australia, visiting English speaking prisoners for Prisoners Abroad in jails in Turkey, Pakistan, India and Nepal 1991 Organised, curated and transported an exhibition of British contemporary work to two venues in Bangkok, the profits from which built a school in a Red Karen village in the far north of Thailand |
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