Outside Artists are Paul Clark & Richard Light

 

Paul Clark

 

Paul is a professional artist who lives in Arnside, Cumbria, on the River Kent Estuary that flows into the Morecambe Bay landscape. Current practice is in collaboration with Richard Light as Outside Artists.

 

Education

St Martin's School of Art, London (Foundation) 1970-71
Kingston upon Hull Regional College of Art - BA (Hons) 1972-75

 

Public liability insurance

As an AIR member of a-n, The Artists Information Company, Paul has public liability insurance for up to £5m.

 

Arts Administration

Chair of Green Door Studios, a not for profit artists’ studio group.
Member of the Cumbria Network (www.cumbrianetwork.co.uk) and its South Lakes Hub
Networking Artists Networks (NAN) Advisory Group member for a-n, The Artists Information Company

 

International touring exhibition

A research visit to the Berlin Biennale in May 2008 allowed a group of five North West artists to network Berlin artists’ groups and to develop a collaborative exhibition (supported by Arts Council England, a NAN Go and See Bursary from a-n The Artists Information Company and The Cumbria Network. 12 artists (7 from the North West and 5 from Berlin) were involved in a co-curated touring show that ran from March to June 2009.  Paul took a lead role in organising the project from concept to delivery over a period of approximately 20 months.

 

Touring exhibition venues:
Alexandra Gallery, University of Cumbria, Lancaster
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston
PR1 Gallery, University of Central Lancaster, Preston
Kunsthalle M3, Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin

 

Recent solo exhibitions include:

Alexandra Gallery, University of Cumbria, Lancaster, 2008.
The Edge Gallery, Lancaster, 2006
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria, 2004
Pinfold Gallery, Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria 2003
Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, Cumbria 2002
Sun Street Studios, Lancaster, 2002
Seatoller Barn, Lake District National Park, Cumbria 2001
Williamson Gallery, Lancaster 2001
 

Recent group exhibitions
Swim Circle, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, 2010

Green Door Studios group show, Farfield Mill, Sedbergh, 2010

M6-M3, Hub International touring exhibtion, Lancaster, Preston, Berlin, 2009

"Coast", Qsand, Morecambe, 2007
'Beyond Surface' - Lowood Gallery and Ancient Space, Cumbria, 2007
Atrium Gallery, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, 2007.
Curator's Choice, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax, 2006, selected by Doug Binder
The Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, 2005
GD10, Warehouse Gallery, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal 2005
Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax 2005
Sefton Open, Southport 2001, 04, 05
Brewery Open, Kendal 2002, 03, 04, 05
Kendal Windows on Art 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04
Green Door Studios Annual Exhibition 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
The Edge Gallery, Lancaster 2003
Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk 2003
Farfield Mill Arts & Heritage Centre, Sedbergh 2003
Astley Open, Chorley 2002
Stockport Open 2001
Williamson Gallery, Lancaster 2000, 03

 

Workshops

Big Draw teaching workshop with Fine Art Students, St Martin's College, Lancaster, (now University of Cumbria) 2006

Art Moves Art, Penrith - music, movement and drawing participation workshops 2003, 04

 

Contact details

Tel:  44 (0) 7526 129 336

Email:   pdclark53@tiscali.co.uk

Website: www.paulclarkart.co.uk