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Christopher English

Born in England

Names and addresses of Schools

  From   To
St. Mary’s Boarding School. Bexhill-on-sea, Sussex 1960   1965
Chilton Cantelo Boarding School. Yeovil, Somerset 1965   1968

Previous training

Establishment   Course pursued   From   To
Government Training Centre   Drawing office tracing   Nov 1969   Feb 1970
Dewsbury Road, LEEDS, Yorks.   Drawing office practice
 
Previous Employer   Position / Duties   From   To
Thurley International Ltd   Drawing office tracer+   Feb 1970   Dec 1985
Chemical Combustion Engineers   Drawing office clerk+
Ripon Road, HARROGATE   Drawing office printer
Yorks

Further and Higher Education

   From   To
Part time painting & drawing adult diploma course   Dec 1985   Jun 1987
Harrogate
BTEC National Diploma General Art & Design course   Aug 1987   Jun 1989
Harrogate College of Art & Design
B.A{Hons} in Art & Design - Fine Art Painting   Aug 1989   Jun 1994
Loughborough University School of Art & Design
 
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Participated in a national collective art exhibition at the Alexander Palace. North London.   1994
Shared an art studio with a group of artists in Loughborough for a while until I had a severe femur and pelvis fracture. During recovery, after a long stay in hospital, I started to make this web site & compiled my book of my poems & art work.   1994 to 1997

List of special interest i.e art exhibitions, publications,
membership to clubs, societies e.t.c.

Ex-Member of Editorial Group for an Arts & Disability Publication, part of the Yorkshire Arts - Visual Arts Directory Index 1988. Had some poems & paintings published in this publication.   1988
 
Ex-Member of Harrogate, Leeds, Bradford & York poetry workshops. Took part in several poetry readings and workshop publications   1970s & 1980s
 
Disabled Drivers Assoc. One-time committee member for York, Harrogate & Leeds region   1970s & early 1980s
 
Participated in collective exhibitions at the Arcade Gallery. Harrogate. North Yorkshire. Some times part of the Harrogate Arts Festival.   1970s & early 1980s
 
Participated in the Bradford Arts Festival,
part of a collective exhibition at the Community Arts Centre, Little Germany, Bradford.
  1988
 
Have produced my own book publication of my paintings, poems, prints and drawings. Details are on my website http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~c.english/mybook.html    1998
   
 
I have had my poetry and paintings published in several art anthologies and magazines in the Uk, America and India. Also on many art web sites over the years.    
 
Member of Loughborough ARTSPACE collective group of artists that exhibit as a group each year.
Details are on the Artspace website:
http://www.artspace-lboro.co.uk/index.html
Because I had produced my own web site I also started the Artspace web site
Took part in ARTSPACE exhibitions
in recent years
  From 1997 onwards
 
‘Identità Inglesi’ Barchessa Gallery, Mirano, Venice   October 2005
 
‘Artspace at the Mill’ exhibition, Holywell Mill,
Ashby de la Zouch
  August 2005
 
Participated in 'Hidden Treasures' (Leicestershire Open Studios) Open studio at my home address   September 2005
 
ArtSpace exhibition ‘Open Space’,
Loughborough Museum
  Spring 2005
 
Participated in 'Hidden Treasures' (Leicestershire Open Studios) Open studio at my home address   September 2004
 
ArtSpace exhibition ‘I Spy’ Generator Gallery, Loughborough   Summer 2004
 
ArtSpace exhibitions ‘Identity’ & ‘Difference’, Loughborough   Summer 2003
 
ArtSpace exhibitions ‘Deceive’ & ‘Reveal’, Loughborough   Summer 2002
 
ArtSpace exhibition ‘BIG’, Generator Gallery, Loughborough   Summer 2001
 
ArtSpace exhibition ‘Personal Journeys’ Loughborough Museum.   Sept 2000
 
ArtSpace exhibition ‘On the Threshold’ Generator Gallery.   June 2000
 
'Out of time' exhibition, Generator Gallery.   June1999

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