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Kevin Geary   (British, 1952) 

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Kevin Geary Biography
1952   Born in Lincoln, England
1966   Awarded prize for drawing by the Royal Drawing Society, London
1971   Works as a political cartoonist for the Financial Times, London
1974   Commissioned to do portraits of Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Errol Garner, and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Also commissioned to do Stations of the Cross for a Catholic Church, "Christ the Eternal High Priest" in Gidea Park, Essex
1976   Commissioned to do portrait of Cyril Cusack, the actor
1977   Commissioned to do portraits of Karl Böhm, Jack Brymer, Aram Khachaturian, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Ashkenazy
1978   Commissioned to do portraits of Sergiu Celibidache, James Galway, Claudo Abbado and Alfred Brendel
1978   Sets up a studio in Chelsea, London
1979   Commissioned to do the portrait of Pope John Paul II (for his trip to Ireland), Princess Michael of Kent, and Oscar Peterson
1980   Commissioned to do portrait of Placido Domingo (for 10th anniversary appearance at Covent Garden) and Dizzy Gillespie
1983 - 1984   Lives in Paris
1986   Commissioned to do portrait of Gerard Schwartz, for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra
1994   Commissioned to do a portrait of Henry Kissinger
1996   Becomes U.S. permanent resident
2001   Commissioned to do portrait of Senator John McCain
  Lives and works in Sedona, Arizona
Selected Exhibitions
2003   Cathedral Center for the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona. (Invited one man exhibition, "Abstracts and Portraits")
2002   New Urban Art Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1996   Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. (Recent Acquisitions)
1995   Work acquired for the collection by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
1992   National Portrait Gallery, London (Recent Acquisitions)
1987   Otis Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles. (Invited exhibition)
1986   Matzke Runnings Gallery, Seattle
1985   Contemporary Art Fair, London
1984   James Mayor Gallery, Paris. (First showing of abstract work)
1984   Stroud Festival, England (Invited one man exhibition of portraits and paintings)
1983   Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
1983   Wigmore Hall, London (Unveiling of the portrait of Ivor Newton by Edward Heath and William Rees-Mogg)
1983   Carmichael Fine Art, London (Major one man show, covering 12 years of work)
1982   Royal Festival Hall, London (Invited exhibition of musician's portraits)
1982   Chenil Gallery, London (One man 10 year retrospective exhibitition)
1982   Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
1981   Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
1981   Fieldbourne Galleries, London. (Invited exhibition, "Music and Musicians")
1979   Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
1978   Royal Festival Hall, London. (Exhibition of the Khachaturian portrait at the memorial concert for the composer)
1977   Thumb Gallery, London. (Exhibition of the Cyril Cusack portrait, which he gives to the Abbey Theatre)
1976   Carlisle Art Gallery
1976   Charlotte Square Gallery, Edinburgh
1976   Laing Art Gallery, Manchester
1976   Camden Arts Centre, London
1976   National Museum of Wales
1976   Birmingham Art Gallery
1975   Setanta Gallery, Dublin
1975   Curwen Gallery, invited exhibit, "Figures into Spaces," London
1975   2nd Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, Cleveland
1974   Polytechnic of Central London. (Invited one man exhibition, with an introduction by David Wehl, OBE.)
1974   "Music and Musicians" at the Ansdell Gallery (One man show with introduction by the artist Carel Weight, RA)
1974   Contemporary Portraits exhibition at Wildenstein Gallery, London
1973   Hornchurch Public Library, Essex. (Invited one man exhibition)
1972   King's Gallery, London. (First one man show, opened by Harold Wilson)




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