Harry Bell
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Artist Name: Harry BellBiography
1947 Born Gateshead.
1963-1997 Worked in Government service.
1989-1997 Open College of the Arts: Painting 1- 4 & Advanced.
1997-2001 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University.
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1995
Harry Bell (Paintings) – University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
1999
The Samling Foundation at Dovenest, Windermere.
2000
Aphrodite’s Island - Gallagher & Turner Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
2005
Harry Bell @ the Creel - The Creel Inn, Catterline
TWO PERSON SHOWS
2000
The Foundation Alumni Exhibition: Harry Bell and Julian Vilarrubi – Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.
FOUR PERSON SHOWS
2004
Figure 8 – Long Gallery, University of Newcastle.
2005
Figure 8: Streetworks – Shire Pottery Gallery, Alnwick.
2006
Figure 8: Pictures Not Words – The Lamplight Arts Centre, Stanley,
Figure 8 - Customs House, South Shields.
2007
Figure 8: Paintings – The Guildhall, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2008
Figure 8: Seen in Colour – Central Library Gallery, Gateshead.
Figure 8: Colour Room – Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington.
Figure 8 Paintings – Corner Gallery, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle.
Colourworks – Tom McGuinness Gallery, Bishop Auckland.
2009
Figure 8: New Paintings - Preston Hall Museum, Stockton-on- Tees.
Figure8 New Paintings – Red Box Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1990
Britain's Painters - Westminster Galleries, London.
1993
John Laing Art Competition - Mall Galleries, London.
Open Door (20 Young British Painters) - London.
1994
John Laing Art Competition - Mall Galleries, London.
1995
John Laing Art Competition - Mall Galleries, London.
1996
The Journal Art Competition - Newcastle upon Tyne.
1997
The Journal Art Competition - Newcastle upon Tyne.
1998
Art from the North East - ING Barings, London.
2000
The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh.
2001
The People Show – University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Five Contemporaries - Shire Pottery Gallery & Studios, Alnwick.
Diverse Visions – Art House Gallery, Musselburgh.
Degree Show - Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle.
Our Town - Gallagher & Turner Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2002
Eye Opener – 1st Durham Open Art Exhibition, Durham.
Art at the Biscuit Factory - Newcastle upon Tyne.
2003
The People Show – University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Summer Collection – Reubens Gallery, Leeds.
Peculier Vision – Mashamshire Arts Festival, Masham.
2004
Shire Pottery Gallery & Studios, Alnwick.
L S Lowry and Those He Inspired - Gallery 27, Cork St., London.
Summer Collection – Reubens Gallery, Leeds.
Autumn Show – The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Fi-Fie-Fo-Fum Gallery – Newton, Northumberland.
The Picture House – Harrogate.
2003
Fi-Fie-Fo-Fum Gallery – Newton, Northumberland.
The Picture House – Harrogate.
The Affordable Art Fair – Battersea Park, London.
2004
Cravens Art Prize 2006 – University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Fresh - Purple Gallery, Bournville, Birmingham.
2007
Focus on the Figure – The Art Works, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2008
Heritage Buildings in Gateshead – Central Library Gallery, Gateshead. .
NewcastleGateshead Art Fair – The Sage, Gateshead.
2009
‘Earth-Water-Concrete-Steel-Brick’ - The Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston- Super-Mare.
2010
Christmas Exhibition – University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2011
Co. Durham Spring Open Art Competition – Bishop Auckland Town Hall.
Prefabricated Dialogues – Citibase, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Festival Show – Di Rollo Gallery, Edinburgh.
XIV, Galleries Inc. UK – Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Total: 1
- Figure8
Awards
1994
Regional Prizewinner, John Laing Art Competition, Mall Galleries, London.
1996
Second Prize, The Journal Art Competition, Newcastle upon Tyne.
1997
First Prize, The Journal Art Competition, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Commission: Two paintings (2 x 12 feet and 2 x 8 feet) for the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2004
Rotsler Award.
2005
Listed in "The Artists of Northumbria," ed. Marshall Hall.
2006 Corporate commission: Painting of 89 Cornwall Street for Wenham Major Ltd.
2008 Painting (Old Town Hall) presented to the Mayor of Komatsu, Japan, by Gateshead MBC.
Media
Acrylics, Canvas, Collage, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oils, Pastels, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Watercolour
Subjects
Buildings, Cars & Trains, Figure, Landscape, Skies, Still Life, Townscapes
