Shows (one man)

Outer Space Gallery, Contemporary Art’s Forum, Santa Barbara, California, USA

University Centre Gallery, University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA

Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA

Arternatives Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Two Man Shows

Windsor Art’s Centre, Windsor, England.  On the fringe of the Sydney Nolan Exhibition

Francine Ellman Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Group Exhibitions

Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Lenexa National, Kansas, USA

Texas National, Dallas, Texas, USA

Alligator Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

San Diego Art Institute, California, USA

London Group Exhibition at the RCA

Education

St. Martin’s School of Art, Charing Cross Road, London, England

Fine Art Department, Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Art Studio Department, University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA

Awards

Pollock-Krasner Foundation award $10,000

Statement

My work considers the difference between truth and reality.  It involves the construction of, wooden sculptures with large surface areas on which I can paint.  I see the bare wood, as being truth or reality, whilst the painting on the wood may be considered as artificial.  A surface. Untrue.  A veneer which attempts to hide the truth of the wood.  I relate this to the person who tries to hide his identity by the means of decoration (make up) falsity and clothing.  Changing the persona by the means of changing the attire.  By this means a person can appear different each time that he changes clothes.  The painting on the surface is therefore an illusion covering the reality, but it is also a different version of the truth.  In many ways the surface reality is as true as that which underlies it.  Thus decoration becomes reality.  Some of my works attempt to deceive the eye, for example “making out without,“  where the eye is drawn into the work by the means of subterfuge.  The surface painting has no depth but the eye is deceived into thinking that the shapes move into and out of the work in three dimensions, although the painting is in two.  The work challenges the perception of reality. 

ANTHONY EMERTON  

Born 1952

Résumé

Contact: [email protected]

Education

1971-71 St. Martin's School of Art, Charing Cross Road, London, England

1972-75 Fine Art Department, Leed's Metropolitan University, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

1986-88 Art Studio Department, University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA

Performance Art (1972-76)

1976 Northern Young Contemporaries (performed as a group 'Ddart'). Whitworth Gallery, Manchester

Abbreviated list of performances:

1972  Long acre, London (with Tony Hayward)

           St. Martin's school of Art

Roehampton Art's festival (with Tony Hayward)

1973  Leeds Town centre

  St. Martin's School of Art (with Tony Hayward)

  Reading University (Individual but with Soft Soap)

1974  Birmingham Repertory Theatre (individual but with Soft Soap)

  St. Catherine's College Oxford (individual but with Soft Soap)

1975  Oval House, London (with DDart, in theatre)

  Leeds (Three performances with DDart in theatre)

  The Nags Head, Public House, Leeds (12 performances)

  The railway track, Otley, Yorkshire (invited audience)

  Kesteven College of Education, Yorkshire

  Oval House London

1976  Nottingham Art's festival, Midland Group Gallery

  Whitworth Gallery Manchester (Every Saturday for six weeks)

  Walking performance.  East Anglia (Art's Council of Great Britain Grant.    Televised, (local))

  Public House, Grantham, Nottinghamshire (Roland Miller)

  Leed's Town centre (televised on Omnibus, BBC)

  Public House, Nottingham

  Public House, Nottingham (with rock band)

  "The Pennine Way'  Art's Festival, Derbyshire

Worked also in conjunction with the following people:

Geraldine Pilgrim, of 'Hesitate and Demonstrate'  Roland Miller and Shirley Cameron,  John Fox, of the Welfare State theatre Company, and also performed with Tony Hayward and Jeff Nuttall.

Reviews Etc:

Review of the Northern Young Contemporaries 1976 Exhibition in the Guardian Newspaper

1976  Omnibus Art's Programme, B.B.C. England (filmed performance and interview)

1976  Studio International (photo/text)

Book.  Mentioned in 'Performance Art  Memoirs'  Volume 1   by Jeff Nuttall with    photographs. John Calder (publishers) Ltd. 18 brewer Street, London W1R    4AS and Riverrun Press Inc.  4951 To Line Drive, Dallas, Texas 75247. First   published 1979

1984  Performance Art Magazine (U.K.) (text)

1986  Santa Barbara News-Press, pg C13 Aug.  22nd (Photo)

1987  Santa Barbara Art's Council Magazine, April, (2 Photos cover/inside)

Shows (one man)

1987 June. Outer Space Gallery, Contemporary Art's Forum, Santa Barbara, California, USA

1987  July.  Window Space. CAF,  Santa Barbara, CA, USA

1987 University Centre Gallery, University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA

1988 Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA

1988 Arternatives Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Two  man Shows

1984 Windsor Art's Centre, Windsor, England. On the fringe of the Sydney Nolan Exhibition

1986  Sept. C.C.S. Gallery U.C. Santa Barbara CA, USA (with David Webb)

1988 (July) Francine Ellman Gallery, La Cienga, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Group Exhibitions

1986April Santa Barbara Art's Festival, CA , USA

1986 Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, USA

1987 Lenexa National, Kansas, USA

1987 June 29 - July 31 Texas National, Dallas, Texas, USA

1987 Alligator Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

1987 From June 20th Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, California, USA

1987 San Diego Art Institute, California, USA

1989(90)?  London Group Exhibition at the RCA

Awards

1976 Art Council Grant in Performance Art

1985  Regent's Fellowship in Sculpture, University of Santa Barbara, California

1986  Patent Fund Grant, University of Santa Barbara

1987 Honorarium. Contemporary Art's Forum Santa Barbara, California, USA

1988 Award of a studio from Contemporary Art's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

1988-89 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award $10,000

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Commissions

Jan 1988  Drawing illustrations for the Jazz Festival, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Feb 1988 Cover of the 'Independent'  Newspaper, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

1980  Leed's Polytechnic (Leed's Metropolitan University) Art Dept. Prospectus   Cover was a picture of a sculpture.

Teaching in Art's Field:

1985  Teaching Assistant U.C.S.B. 3D Design (sept-Jan)

1986  Teaching Assistant U.C.S.B.  Drawing (Jan-April)

  Teaching Assistant U.C.S.B. Sculpture (Sept-Jan)

1987  Teaching Assistant U.C.S.B. 3D design (April-July)

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Published writings:

1986Sept.  The Nexus:  The Neon Art Show U.C.S.B. Art Gallery

      The John Goulet Show. UCEN Gallery

Oct. 30th  The Nexus,  Mark Siprut UCEN Gallery

Oct.  30th  Melba Abrams, Women's Centre

Nov. 13th Ed Kienholtz,  C.A.F. Gallery, Santa Barbara (word for word question and answer session + Review)

Nov.  The Articulation magazine - Joe Bellacera exhibition at Brandons restaurant

1987Jan.  The Nexus: 15th  Steven Cortright, santa Barbara Art Museum

    15th  Borofsky,Janz, Gronk,  Tannahill at C.A.F.

    29th.  Lagoon Sow, UCEN gallery and grounds

Feb.  The Nexus:  12th Work on paper, women's centre

     19th Work from the Ovsey GAllery L.A. at C.C.S.

April. The Nexus:  9th April  Paul Tuttle Furniture Exhibition U.C.S.B. Art    Gallery (Museum)

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