Peter Ford RWA RE
Member of the Royal West of England Academy; Senior Fellow, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers; Member of the International Association of Papermakers and Artists (IAPMA);
Artist and exhibition organiser. Lives in Bristol, England. (190km W. of London)
Short Resumé/Biography
Born, Hereford, England. Art training in Hereford College of Art, Brighton College of Art. Additional studies at London University Department of Education. Teacher of Art and English from 1961-1976. From that time to the end of 1993 concentrated on paintings, linocuts and etchings. Since 1994 has produced monotypes, relief prints and collagraphs from wood and found materials. Also makes artists books and artworks with recycled and hand cast paper. Since 1987, director of Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol.
Researcher, Exhibition Selector
Has contributed to: Artists Newsletter; Print Quarterly; Printmaking Today. Participant as member of selection jury for exhibitions in England, Ukraine, Russia, Poland and Yugoslavia. (Details listed separately)
Works in Public Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum; National Art Library; Tate Britain, Library; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bristol City Museum; National Library, Paris; Museum of Art, Portland, USA; Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; Brunico Civic Museum, Italy; Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Russia; Galerie Stuki, Lodz, Poland; Pan Asia Paper Museum, Jeonju, S. Korea and other public collections in England, Scotland, Ireland, Slovakia, Russia and Egypt.
Recent Prizes
2006 – Originals, Mall Galleries, London. Printmaking Today Prize (Joint)
2003 – British Open Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London. Intaglio Prize
2001 – British Open Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
John Purcell Paper Prize.
2000 – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, Open Exhibition.
Create Centre Prize
1997 – Open Exhibition at School House Gallery, Bath. Prize for paper work
1996 – Turning the Page, Book Arts Exhibition, Hawaii, USA
Honolulu Printmakers Award
1996 – British Open Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Wookey Hole Papermill Prize
1995 – The International World of Ex-libris, Belgrade. Prize
(18 other prizes awarded since 1977)
Awards
2004 - Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust, project award.
2004 - The Lark Trust, Travel Award (Korea).
2000 – Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. Research Award for MADE IN JAPAN,
Japanese paperworks exhibition.
2000 - Visiting Arts. Project research award (Russia).
1997 - SW Arts Training Grant; Visiting Arts Development Grant;
Gane Charitable Trust Training Grant, (Canada).
1992 - Arts Council Project Development Travel Grant (Poland).
Residencies
1999 – (September) Nature in Art Museum, Gloucester
1999 & 2000 – (July) Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford
1996 - (February) Boise State University, Idaho, USA
1993 - (Jan/Feb) Openshaw Print Residency, Lowick House, Cumbria
International Group Exhibitions
Since the seventies has had work selected for many international exhibitions.
Further information listed separately in Exhibitions.
Recent Group Exhibitions in Britain
2006 – Colour and Chemistry – Sherborne, Dorset
2006 – 6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition (Dumfries and touring)
2005 – Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2005 – What is Big? Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2004/05/06 - Originals. National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Further information listed separately in Exhibitions
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2006 – Borderlines. Cardiff Bay Arts Trust Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2003 - Sightlines. Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol
2002 – Beyond the Surface. Printspace Gallery, London
Further information listed separately in Exhibitions
Other Activities
Exhibition organiser at Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol, since 1987
More than 50 exhibitions organised featuring artworks on paper, from Poland, Russia, Bulgaria, South Korea, India and Japan, some toured in UK
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