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Basil Beattie Biography
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Born in West Hartlepool
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Studied at the Royal Academy Schools
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1976 Major Arts Council Award
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1986 Athena Awards winner
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1989 John Moores - 2nd Prize-winner
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1998 Shortlist Jerwood Painting Prize
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1999 Nordstern Print Prize, Royal Academy
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2001 Shortlist Jerwood Painting Prize
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Arts Council Collection, London
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Birmingham City Art Gallery
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Contemporary Art Society, London
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Government Art Collection, London
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NatWest Group Art Collection
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Saatchi Collection, London
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Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
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Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Paintings from the Janus Series, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (solo)
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2009
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Paintings from the Janus Series, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (solo)
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2009
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Drawn In, Drawn Out, Eagle Gallery, London (solo)
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2009
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Two Rooms, Auckland (solo)
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2008
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Royal Academy summer exhibition
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2008
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London Original Print Fair – Eagle Gallery
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2008
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Exchange: London/Dublin, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin
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2007
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London Original Print Fair - Eagle Gallery
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2007
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Rabley Drawing Centre, UK
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2007
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Prints / Publications - Eagle Gallery
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2007
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Tate Britain. Goodison Room - BP New Displays (solo)
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2006
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The Spiral of Time APT Gallery, London
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2006
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Basil Beattie & Ian Tyson, Eagle Gallery, London
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2005
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The Spiral of Time OHOS Gallery, Reading
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2005
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Marking a Year Childers Street, London in association with the Eagle Gallery (solo)
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2004
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Stacks Atkinson Gallery, Millfield (solo)
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2004
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Wendy Anderson, Basil Beattie, Manijeh Yadegar, Eagle Gallery, London
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2003
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Drawn to be Alive Hales Gallery, London
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2003
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20 X 5 Drawings, Eagle Gallery, London
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2002
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Viewpoints Eagle Gallery, London
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2002
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Above and Below commissioned by Sadler’s Wells in association with the Eagle Gallery - Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London (solo)
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2001
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That Irresistible Climb Advanced Graphics, London (solo)
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2001
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Works on Paper 1980-1990 Curwen Gallery, London (solo)
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2001
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Master Class: Basil Beattie, John Edwards, John Hoyland, John Walker, Galerie Alain Le Gaillard, Paris and Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
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2001
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Retroperspective I Eagle Gallery, London
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2001
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British Abstract Painting Flowers East, London
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2001
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Drawing with Frances Aviva Blane, ecArt, London
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2001
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Tradition and Innovation City Art Gallery, York
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2001
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Monoprints Art Space Gallery, London
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2001
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Jerwood Painting Prize 2001 Jerwood Gallery, London
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2001
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Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
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2001
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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2001
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That Irresistible Climb Advanced Graphics, London
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2001
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Three Artists from Hartlepool Hartlerpool Art Gallery
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2001
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Three Big Paintings Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
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2001
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Square Root Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
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2000
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British Airways Terminal, JFK Airport, New York
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2000
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Five British Abstract Painters Flowers West, Los Angeles
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2000
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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2000
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Recent Acquisitions 2000 Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
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2000
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Storey Gallery, Lancaster (solo)
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1999
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Thinking Aloud Camden Arts Centre, London; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; Cornerhouse, Manchester
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1999
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Small is Beautiful Flowers East, London; Flowers West, Los Angeles
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1999
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Works on Paper West Beth Gallery, New York
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1999
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - Nordstern Print Prize
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1999
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Regrouping The Nunnery, London
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1999
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Eagle Gallery, London - with Peter Abrahams, Chris Baker, Thomas Gosebruch
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1998
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Frankfurt Art Fair - Galerie Renate Bender
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1998
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Jerwood Painting Prize '98 Jerwood Gallery
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1998
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Cologne Art Fair - Galerie Renate Bender
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1998
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Todd Gallery, London (solo)
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1997
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Reg Vardy Arts Foundation Gallery, Sunderland (solo)
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1997
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Galerie Renate Bender, Munich (solo)
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1997
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yellow Todd Gallery, London
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1997
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John Moores Exhibition 20 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1996
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Path Galerie, Aalst, Belgium (solo)
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1996
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Todd Gallery, London (solo)
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1996
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Ace! Arts Council Collection touring exhibition:
Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
Oldham Art Gallery
Hayward Gallery, London
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
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1996
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Harlech Biennale Harlech
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1995
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Monoprints Artspace Gallery, London
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1995
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Green On Red Gallery, Dublin
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1995
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Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham (solo)
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1995
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Todd Gallery, London (solo)
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1994
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Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (solo)
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1994
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Newton Gallery, Johannesburg (solo)
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1994
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Paintmarks Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
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1994
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Lead and Follow Robert Loder Collection, Atlantis Gallery, London
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1994
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Cologne Art Fair - Maak Gallery, Todd Gallery, Bodo Niemann Gallery
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1994
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Credo Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
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1994
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British Abstract Art: Part 1 Painting Flowers East, London
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1993
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Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (solo)
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1993
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Maak Gallery, London (solo)
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1993
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Todd Gallery, London (solo)
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1992
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Gillian Ayres, Basil Beattie, Brian Fielding, John Hoyland
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1992
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Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
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1992
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Painting and Sculpture Maak Gallery, London
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1991
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Chicago Art Exposition - Curwen Gallery
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1991
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Basel Art Fair - Curwen Gallery
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1991
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Goldsmiths' College Centenary Exhibition Goldsmiths' Gallery, London
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1991
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Small is Beautiful Flowers East, London
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1991
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John Moores Exhibition 17 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1991
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Drawing on the Interior - installation, Eagle Gallery, London (solo)
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1990
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Curwen Gallery, London (solo)
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1989
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John Moores Exhibition 16 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1989
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The Abstract Connection Flowers East, London
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1988
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Chicago Art Exposition - Curwen Gallery
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1988
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Presentation 1988 Curwen Gallery, London
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1988
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The Presence of Painting Mappin Gallery, Sheffield
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1988
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Three British Painters Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
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1987
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John Moores Exhibition 15 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1987
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Eight by Eight Curwen Gallery, London
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1987
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Curwen Gallery, London (solo)
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1986
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Gray's Art Gallery, Hartlepool (solo)
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1986
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (invited artist), London
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1986
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Impressions of a Town, Bede Gallery, Jarrow
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1985
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The Joy of Paint Bede Gallery, Jarrow
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1985
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Curwen Studio Publications Curwen Gallery, London
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1984
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British Art Show Arts Council Travelling Exhibition
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1984
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Bede Gallery, Jarrow (solo)
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1984
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European Painting Trier, Germany
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1982
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Hayward Annual: British Drawing Hayward Gallery, London
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1982
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London Group Exhibition
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1982
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The London Suite Anne Berthoud Gallery, London
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1982
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Goldsmiths' Gallery, London (solo)
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1982
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Minories Gallery, Colchester (solo)
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1981
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Atlantis Gallery, London
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1980
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Hayward Annual Hayward Gallery, London
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1979
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Drawings Studio School, New York
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1979
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Newcastle Polytechnic (solo)
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1978
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New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
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1978
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A Free Hand Arts Council Travelling Exhibition
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1977
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Small Works Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery
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1976
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Colour Southern Arts Travelling Exhibition
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1975
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Drawings Hoya Gallery, London
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1974
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First Contact (Industrial Sponsors), London
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1974
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Hoya Gallery, London
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1974
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British Painting Hayward Gallery, London
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1974
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Hoya Gallery, London (solo)
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1973
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Consort Gallery, London (solo)
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1971
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Mayfair Gallery, London (solo)
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1971
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Big Paintings for Public Places Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
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1971
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Four Painters Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
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1971
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Art Spectrum Alexandra Palace, London
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1970
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Large Paintings Hayward Gallery, London
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1970
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London Now in Berlin Germany
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1969
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Big Paintings for Public Places Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
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1969
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London Group Exhibition
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1968
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Four British Artists Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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1968
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Poet's Choice AIA Gallery, London
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1968
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Royal Academy Bicentenary exhibition, London
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1968
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Greenwich Theatre Gallery, London (solo)
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1967
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Survey '67 Camden Arts Centre, London
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1965
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John Moores Exhibition 4 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1961
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Four Young Contemporaries Paris Gallery, London
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1958 - 1961
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Young Contemporaries Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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| Literature |
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2008
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Irish Times, Aidan Dunne (09/04/08)
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2006
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Art on a Broad Canvas Charlotte Cripps, Independent (2/01/06)
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2006
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The Spiral of Time Martin Holman, catalogue text, APT Gallery, London
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2006
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Basil Beattie Jane Ross, The Week (15.12.06)
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2005
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Marking a Year Nick de Ville, catalogue introduction, publ. Eagle Gallery, London
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2005
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The Naked Art Richard Dyer, exhibition text OHOS Gallery, Reading
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2002
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Change and Decay John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph (6/10/02)
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2002
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Contemporary Market Colin Gleadell, The Daily Telegraph (4/11/02)
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2002
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Basil’s brush with the process of painting Helen Smithson
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2002
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Highbury and Islington Express (6/09/02)
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2002
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Basil Beattie: Above and Below Laura Gascoigne, What’s On (18/09/02)
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2001
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That Irresistible Climb Mel Gooding, catalogue introduction, publ. Advanced Graphics, London
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2001
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Basil Beattie Norbert Lynton, Jerwood Painting Prize catalogue introduction
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2001
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Scrape it off and start all over again John McEwen, Sunday Telegraph (16/9/01)
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2001
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That climb Robin Dutt, RA Magazine, no. 72
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2001
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The Significance of Symbols Pryle Behrman, Printmaking Today, Summer 2001
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1999
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Ur-Architecture and the Sign Nick de Ville, Contemporary Visual Arts, no.21
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1998
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Basil Beattie John McEwen, catalogue introduction publ. Todd Gallery, London
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1998
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Portraits of Places Mel Gooding, NatWest Group catalogue
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1998
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Pinstripe Medicis John Windsor, The Independent on Saturday magazine (30/5/98)
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1998
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Basil Beattie Lynn MacRitchie, Jerwood Painting Prize catalogue introduction
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1998
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Jerwood Painting Prize Tim Hilton, The Independent on Sunday (4/10/98)
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1996
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Ace! catalogue Hayward Gallery, London
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1996
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Tim Hilton, Independent on Sunday (29/9/96)
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1996
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Around the Galleries Sacha Craddock, The Times (29/10/96)
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1996
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Ace!, Hayward Gallery, London, Sarah Kent, Time Out (6/11/96)
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1996
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Basil Beattie Sue Hubbard, Time Out (13/11/96)
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1995
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New Paintings Paul Moorhouse, catalogue introduction publ. Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
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1995
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Critics Choice John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph (14/5/95)
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1994
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A Brush with the Unexpected Tim Hilton, The Independent on Sunday (14/8/94)
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1994
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Hermetic Society Giles Auty, The Spectator (20/8/94)
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1994
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Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Off to Work They Go Adrian Searle, The Independent (30/8/94)
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1994
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British Abstract Art: Part I Painting Bryan Robertston, catalogue introduction publ. Flowers East, London
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1993
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Paintings 1990-1993 Adrian Searle, catalogue introduction publ. Maak Gallery and Todd Gallery, London
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1993
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William Feaver, The Observer (28/11/93)
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1993
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John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph (12/12/93)
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1993
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Sarah Kent, Time Out (29/12/93)
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1992
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Basil Beattie at Todd Gallery David Lillington, Time Out (25/3/92)
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