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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