CAROLYN STAFFORD

Biography

Educated Bolton School, Bolton College of Art, Manchester College of Art (NDD, D.A. Manc, Bronze Medal for Painting, Proctor Memorial Travelling Scholar to Paris), Slade of Fine Art. Winifred Smith and Maud Foster Travelling Scholar. Slade Diploma in Fine Art (Very highly commended). First prizes in figure painting and drawing, landscape, plant and still life drawing, Steer Landscape Prize. Esmond Scholar of British Institute in Paris; studied etching with S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17.

Major Group Shows

John Moores, Liverpool. London Group. Art Council Tours. Bradford Biennale (invited artist). Salon des Nouvelles Re`alites, Muse`e d'Art Moderne, Paris. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Bankside Open Painter Printmakers 1990, 1992, 1994. The Northern School - Pelter Sands Gallery Bristol, selected Northern Galleries and Boundasry Gallery London.

Printmakers Council Exhibitions

Contemporary Art fair Olympia; Royal Festival Hall; Landau 1993; Paris 1994,1996 US/UK Print Connection, Barbican; Curwen Gallery,1997. France, Germany, New Zealand, Bankside 2010, Battersea & Vyner St 2011.

Professional

Elected Member of The Contemporary Portrait Society, exhibited Medici Gallery.
Paintings on the Greek Cruise Ship Musica.
Elected Member of The National Society of Painter Sculptors, exhibited Haifa, Israel and Ben Uri Gallery, London 1997. Menier Gallery 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

Solo Shows

Zwemmer's in the Courtauld Institute;
Pump House Gallery Battersea;
Universities of Cambridge, Bristol, London, Surrey and Durham.

Work in Public and Private Collections

In Britain and abroad including Department of the Environment, Slade School of Art, Bolton School, Bolton Art Gallery, Scarborough Print Archive, Lvov Ukraine, Landau Germany. Lecturer in Painting and Printmaking at the University of Surrey and of Lambeth Adult Education.

Publications

The Northern Scene - Peter Davies
The Government Art Collection - Catalogue
The Slade and University College - Catalogue 2008