STEWART GEDDES
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Stewart Geddes is a painter and curator.  He curated 'Albert Irvin and Abstract Expressionism' in conjunction with the Albert Irvin Estate and Tate Gallery at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), December 2018 - March 2019.  He was the President of the RWA and an Honorary Royal Academician in London until 2019.  He is an Honorary Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in Edinburgh.
 

Exhibitions

2022.   Volta Basel, Blond Contemporary (UK), Basel
            
'The Discerning Eye', Alison Bevan invited artist, The Mall Galleries, London (November 2022)

2021   
Bath Society of Artists Annual Open Exhibition, Main Prize Winner, Victoria Gallery, Bath
            'The Discerning Eye', Adelaide Demoah invited artist, The Mall Galleries, London (November 2021)

            Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
            
'Un-Seeking the Captive', Andelli Art, Wells, (solo)
            RSA Annual Exhibition (online only)

2020   Bath Society of Artists Annual Open, Victoria Gallery, Bath (online only)
            Twenty Twenty Gallery, Ludlow, Shropshire
​            Brownsword Hepworth, London

2019   'Stewart Geddes', Andelli Art, Wells (solo)
            Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
            Bath Society of Artists Annual Open, Invited Artist, Victoria Gallery, Bath
            'Vibrancy: A Celebration of Colour in Contemporary British Art', Brownsword Hepworth, London
            167th Royal West of England Academy Autumn Open Exhibition, Bristol 


2018   'Albert Irvin and Abstract Expressionism', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
​            'Wine Gums and Rock', That Art Gallery, Bristol (solo)
            Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
            'Pavilion of Paintings', Fringe Arts Bath
​
2017   'Material Evidence', Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School (solo)
            Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
            RSA Open Exhibition 2017, Edinburgh
           
Proyecto Medellin, Mexico City
            Royal Scottish Academy Academicians' Exhibition, Edinburgh

2016   British Council Exhibition, 'Britain in Mexico', Metro Palenco, Mexico City
            Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
            'And ings', Noho Studios, London
           
Galeria Cuatrosiete, Oaxaca, Mexico
            'Material Fact', two-person show, Studio 1.1, London
            'Dream Visions - Alfred Stockham and his Circle', Sladers Yard Gallery, Dorset

2015   Arte Mexico: Contemporary British Art Auction 2015 - Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City
            Quercus Gallery, Bath
            Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge
            'Drawn In', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 

2014    ‘Zed Alley’, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
(solo)
             Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
             'Bankley Open', Bankley Gallery, Manchester
             ‘Birminham and Beyond’, RBSA Galleries, Birmingham

2013    Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
             Hilton Fine Art, Bath
             Wells Art Contemporary, Wells City Museum

2012    ‘The Discerning Eye’, prize winner and selected artist by Albert Irvin RA, The Mall Galleries, London
             ‘Ha Ha What Does This Represent?’, Standpoint Gallery, London

2011    ‘Near and Far’, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

2010    ‘Scratching the Surface 2’, BayArt, Cardiff
             ‘MGM’, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff Metropolitan University (solo)

2009    ‘Summer of Dissent’, Plan 9, Bristol
             ‘Wood, Canvas, Steel’, TactileBOSCH, Cardiff

2007    ‘The Unstable Sign’, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art (RCA), London (solo)
              'Hoofd, Food, Been' ('Head, Feet, Hands'), R C de Ruimte, J P Coenstraat 51-55, IJmuiden, Netherlands
              ‘Scratching the Surface’, Eton College, London
              ‘The Great Exhibition 2007’, RCA, London,
              Paolozzi Gallery, Brompton Oratory, London

2006    ‘Triptych’, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
             ‘Circus’, The Empire, Bethnal Green, London

2005    ‘Here Comes Everything’, Chipping Norton Arts Centre, Oxfordshire (solo)
             ‘Les Shops A Let Dans L’Air We Breathe’, RCA students at Gallery 16 New Quebec Street, London
             Art London, Business Design centre, Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, London
             ‘Interim’, Gulbenkian Gallery, RCA, London
             ‘Open Painting’, RWA, Bristol

2004    ‘Beattie, Geddes, Hopkins, Jones’, Advanced Graphics, London

2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1997, 1993, 1989, 1988  Royal Academy Summer Exhibition



Collections

UK Parliamentary Art Collection; Landmark PLC; Royal Collection; Brookfield Asset Management; Royal College of Art; Cardiff Metropolitan University; Royal West of England Academy Collection

 

Education

MPhil                      Royal College of Art                      2007

Fellowship             Higher Education Academy        2009

MA                          City University, London               1997

BA(Hons)                Bristol Polytechnic (UWE)            1983

 

Teaching


2016 - present       Associate Lecturer University of Gloucestershire

2012 - present       
Associate Lecturer Bournemouth Arts University

2010 - 2016           
Associate Lecturer Lecturer Plymouth University

2010 - 2016            External Examiner to MFA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art,
                                                                                                    University of the Arts, London

2007 - 2010            Head of Painting and Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Art and Design,
                                                                                                            Cardiff
Metropolitan University


                                                                                                                    
Selected Teaching Experience

Senior Lecturer, Acting Course Director and Module Leader, MA Drawing as Process, Kingston University; MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London University; BA/MA/PhD Fine Art Winchester College of Art; BA Fine Art, Bath Spa University; BA Graphic Design, Kingston University; BA Fine Art, Northbrook College, Sussex; BA Fine Art, UWE, Bristol


Stewart Geddes is currently Vice-Chair of the Trust Board to the Royal West of England Academy.


BV Studios, 37 Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EA stewart@stewartgeddes.com; 07985 440324

 


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