RAY ATKINS was born
in Exeter and studied at Bromley College of Art between 1954-56 and 1958-61
and as a post graduate painting student at the Slade during 1961-64. In
1974 he moved to Cornwall where he continues to live and paint full-time.
The Art Space Gallery in London represents Ray Atkins. To obtain details
of Ray Atkins recent work please Tel: +44 (0)20 7359 7002.
SELECTED ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
- 1973 Fakenham Festival of Music and Arts.
- 1974 Whitechapel Art Gallery London.
- 1977 Newlyn Art Gallery Cornwall.
- 1982 Falmouth Art Gallery Cornwall.
- 1983 Royal Institute, Truro.
- 1985 Gallery Leisten and Thiesen, W Germany
- 1987 Sirota Gallery Wells.
- 1988 Eurogallery London.
- 1989 Art Space Gallery London.
- 1991 Art Space Gallery London.
- 1993 Art Space Gallery London.
- 1995 Art Space Gallery London.
- 1996 Royal West of England Academy Bristol.
- 1996 Art Space Gallery London.
- 1997 Falmouth Art Gallery
- 1997 Kilkenny Arts Week, Kilkenny, Ireland
- 1998 Art Space Gallery, London
- 1999 'Ray Atkins and the Figure'. Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
- 1999 'Ray Atkins and the Figure'. Art Space Gallery, London
MAJOR COLLECTIONS
Arts Council of Great Britain, South West Arts, Somerset County Council.
L.A. Louvre (USA), Design 2000. British Council.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 1961 onwards: The London Group.
- 1974 British Painting '74' Hayward Gallery London.
- 1979 Westward Television Open Competition, 1st Prize.
- 1982 'British Drawing' Hayward Gallery London.
- 1982 'Summer Show I' Serpentine Gallery London.
John Moores, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool.
- 1984 TSWA National Open Art Exhibition Tour
Dortmund Art Fair, West Germany
- 1986 'Twentieth Century British Artists and the Sea'
Laing Art Gallery Newcastle.
- 1986 'A Reputation Amongst Artists'
Norwich School of Art Gallery Touring Exhibition.
- 1987 Three Spires Festival, Truro.
- 1989 'Salute to Turner', National Trust's Foundation For Art, Agnews,
London.
- 1990-93 B.D.C. Contemporary Art Fair, London, with Art Space Gallery.
- 1993 Homage to Claude Rogers,
Royal West of England Academy Bristol.
- 1994 Strandline, Plymouth Ciry Art Gallery
- 1995 100 years - Context & Continuity Newlyn Art Gallery
- 1995 Newlyn Art Gallery Centennial Exhibition.
- 1996 'Landscapes from West Penwith',
Hastings Museum of Art Gallery.
- 1996 'Paintings of People', Chapel Gallery, Saltram House, Plymouth
- 1997 'Three Plus Three', Art Space Gallery, London
- 1998 Newlyn Society of Artists at the RWA Bristol
- 1999 'In the Path of the Shadow', Cable and Wireless Telegraphy
Museum, Porthcurno
- 1999 'Open Studios', Falmouth College of Arts Gallery, Falmouth
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