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Mike Bell
Short cv/Resume June 2008
After teaching & Lecturing in Art & Design for 30 years Mike took early
retirement 10years ago to concentrate on his Painting.
Since then he has exhibited in many Galleries including The Biscuit
Factory ,Laing ,& Hatton Galleries in Newcastle and also at Artco
Leeds.The Brownston Gallery Devon, John Green Glasgow .Scotlandart.com
Edinburgh Gallery.Walker Gallery Harrogate,Untitled Gallery
London,Artrom Gallery Rome, Marziart Gallerie Hamburg & Art Domain
Gallery Leipzig Germany ,where he won the Palm Art Award 2006 ..
His Solo shows include The Coningsby Gallery London , Calder Gallery
Hebdon Bridge ,& Duchess Gallery, Kielder Castle.
His work was shown at Art Basel Miami 2006 by the NYArts magazine & in
the American Juried Art Salon Spring & winter 2006,07,& 08 Online
Exhibitions becoming a Master Class Plus Artist member.
In 2007 was Represented at AAF Bristol, Newcastle Art Fair,The Brownston
Gallery Devon.The Biscuit Factory Newcastle, Museum of the Americas ,
Florida USA ,The Rhonda Schaller Studio ,New York , Ed Chasen Fine Art
Washington DC & ArtExpo Las Vegas , Also selected by Agape Tile in North
Carolina USA to show his portfolio on their stand at the prestigious
Dubai Index Exhibition 2007 ,the largest Designer Show in the Middle
East
2008 USA/Canada ;-
Michael Joseph Gallery ,Ft Lauderdale, Florida, Inter/Nat Exhibition at
BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburg , The Catalyst Galleries , Manchester ,
Connecticut. [ Openng Aug. 2008 ] & Ed Chasen Fine Art Washington DC.
The Chancery Gallery ,Ontario ,Canada
In UK:-
,The Biscuit Factory Newcastle , Sheridan Russell Gallery London,
St.Dogmaels Gallery Pembrokeshire, The Bakehouse Gallery Alnwick ,Brownston
Gallery Devon.
2008 Art Fairs;-
include AAF London with Sheridan Russell Gallery, AAF Bristol with
Brownston Gallery & Harrogate ,Edinburgh & Cambridge Art fairs with The
Seascape Gallery
Mike is a member of the Artrom Gallery Guild Of Artists & Designers in
Rome. In the Corporate sector his work has been commissioned by
Wetherspoons Hotel chain , selected by Indigo art for a large
Hotel/Water park project in The Cotswolds & recently By Allen Lane Ltd
for the Boardroom of their London Offices
Mikes Open Edition prints are published in Texas, USA by Coupralux, in
the UK by Indigo Arts , Liverpool & from his studio a small range of
signed Ltd edition prints to order.
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His work is mainly mixed media ,using many materials to create a strong
textured surface on the canvas. His inspirations mainly come from the
wild Northumbrian coast where he lived for 25years & now from the wild
Borders region of hills lakes .dales & wild Moorland , Mike says “The
land of Far horizons” Northumberland has light which enhances the
tactile quality of the landscape no matter what the Season.
Full cv/bio/
www.axisweb.org.artist/mikebell
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/m/mikebell
June 2008
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