resumé
gordon FAULDS
Born 1957. Paisley, Scotland
Home & Studio : Somerset UK
exhibitions | open & group
2024
Salon Des Etrangers | Fondamenta Zattere, Venice
Drop It! | Finch Cafe, London Fields, Hackney E8
2023
Spotlight 3 | Modern & Contemporary Art from the Collection, Chippenham Museum
2022
Head to Head | GBS Gallery, Wells Somerset
Somerset Art Weeks | The Old Brick Works, Wellington Somerset
2019
Miniscule Venice | Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Miniscule Part II | Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, Cumbria
2017
Recall | The Storey, Lancaster
Empire II | London - Brussels - Venice Biennale - Berlin
2016
Big Deal No7 | Q Park Whitcombe Street, London
ING Discerning Eye | Mall Galleries, London
Green Creates | Hoxton Arches, London
Remarkable Everyday | The Old Brick Works, Wellington Somerset
2015
Kith & Kin | Crescent Contemporary, Taunton, Somerset
Perfectense | Crescent Contemporary, Taunton, Somerset
Fall Of The Rebel Angels | Venice Biennalle, Venice, Italy
2014
Unlikely Union | World Rugby Museum, Twickenham, Middlesex
2013
Small Is Beautiful XXXI | Flowers Gallery, London
Drawing The Line | Millennium Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
Big Deal No5 | Q Park -3, London
2012
National Open Art | The Prince's Foundation, London
National Open Art | The Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Plate | Herrick Gallery, London E1
2011
National Open Art | The Minerva Theatre, Chichester
159th Autumn Exhibition | RWA, Bristol
ING Discerning Eye | Mall Galleries, London
Chymistry | Crescent Contemporary, Taunton, Somerset
Summer Show | Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
2010
National Open Art | The Minerva Theatre, Chichester
East End Promise | London-Newcastle Project Space, London E2
The Art of Giving | Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, London
The House of Fairy Tales Exhibition | Salisbury Arts Centre,
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Exquisite Trove | Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
Miniscule | Oblong Gallery, London N1
Open Painting | RWA, Bristol
The House of Fairy Tales Exhibition | Millennium Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2009
Horn Of Plenty | Victor Wynd Fine Art, London
National Open Art | The Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Exquisite Trove | New Art Gallery, Walsall
Something I Don't Do | Flowers East, London
RA Summer Exhibition | Royal Academy, London
Summer Show | Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
2008
RA Summer Exhibition | Royal Academy, London
National Open Art | The Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Figuratively Speaking | Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
156th Autumn Exhibition | RWA, Bristol
2007
Jerwood Drawing Prize | Jerwood Space and Touring
2006
154th Autumn Exhibition | RWA, Bristol
selected earlier exhibitions
1994
Shoreditch Portraits | The Tramshed, Hoxton, London EC2
1990
Portobello Art Festival | No Name Gallery, Portobello Road, London
1986
Camden Annual | Camden Art Centre, London
1984
Midland View 3 | Midland Group, Nottingham and Touring
1983
Camden Annual | Camden Art Centre, London
1980
The First Picture Show | Sainsbury Centre, Norfolk
solo exhibitions
2015
fem|mas | 75A Upper Gloucester Road, Brighton
2011
Consequences & Clusters | Crescent Contemporary, Taunton,Somerset
2006
Hestercombe Paintings | Lutyens Gallery, Hestercombe
1990
Recent Work | Wilson Hale, London
1989
Follies | Wilson Hale, London
prizes & awards
2012
National Open Art Competition & www.pictureframes.co.uk | Emerging Artist Award
2008
RBSA Imaginative Portrait Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
artist residencies
2006-07
Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset
collections
Chippenham Museum Collection, Wiltshire
Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset UK
BBC The Open University, Buckinghamshire UK
Private Collections USA, Japan, ROI and UK
press
Open Studios, Feature, Proof Magazine | E5-2008
Art That Puts Real People Delicately In The Picture, Terry Grimley, The Birmingham Post | 15.07.08
education
2024-25
Turps MASS Correspondence
2022-80—23
Turps MASS Correspondence
1977-80
Preston Polytechnic, Lancaster. BA(Hons) Fine Art
1976-77
Bath Academy of Art, Corsham