Anthony's current artistic practice is both studio painting for solo and group exhibitions, and commissioned public artworks, which usually major on the practice of painting.
Anthony's current artistic practice is both studio painting for solo and group exhibitions, and commissioned public artworks, which usually major on the practice of painting.
Having spent a decade exploring paintings inspired by the British weather, and isolated locations, Anthony Garratt's current paintings are visual montages which imply details and memories of real places and experiences, but in themselves are plastic fictions; landscapes we will never visit. The landscapes are deliberately over saturated to communicate the impact of viewing images on glowing screens and experiencing them vicariously. They are intended as inviting and yet have an emptiness which engenders a sense of unease. In the coming years, Anthony intends to further explore the role of fiction and memory in painting, with a focus on how we are bombared by images of incredible places, and whether this might have an impact on our perception of the landscape.
Anthony's intention in the coming years is to continue to involve his studio painting practice with public art installations, in order that they communicate to a wider demographic and encourage collaboration across other sectors and subjects. He will focus in particular on our relationship with the natural world, and his current installation in development, www.wild-words.co.uk is an ephemeral piece of land art which is being tested and pitched to a number of environmental causes and topics.
Anthony Garratt - brief CV
WEBSITE: WWW.AGARRATT.COM
BORN:? 1979
STUDIO: DARTINGTON ESTATE, TOTNES, DEVON
EDUCATION:
CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART (FOUNDATION DIP)
FALMOUTH COLLEGE OF ARTS BA (HONS)
CURRENT REPRESENTATION:
RICARDO VAN PARMAR GALLERY, MANCHESTER
OTHER:
TUTOR AT THE NEWLYN SCHOOL OF ART, CORNWALL
TUTOR AT DARTINGTON ART SCHOOL
MEMBER WILDERNESS ART COLLECTIVE
FELLOW ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS
ARTIST COLLABORATION: CAWSTON GARRATT
RESIDENCIES:
TRESCO ISLAND
OUDEBERG NATURE RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA
PUBLIC ART:
2014 – FOUR ON TRESCO ISLAND
2015 – FOUR ON ANGLESEY ISLAND
2016 – HIGH AND LOW, SNOWDONIA
2019 – TO ALL AT SEA, ANGLESEY
2019 – ART FOR GOOD, CORNWALL
2021 – WILD WORDS, KCAW21 AND TREMENHEERE SCULPTURE GARDEN
AWARDS:
ARTS AND BUSINESS AWARD, WALES, 2017
PAINTING:
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
WATT PLAZA, CURATED BY COATES AND SCARRY – LOS ANGELES?
VERITAS ASSET MANAGEMENT, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
HAMMERSONS, MAYFAIR, LONDON?
TRESCO ISLAND, ISLES OF SCILLY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
RICARDO VAN PARMAR – 2020, 2021
THACKERAY GALLERY – 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011
AFTER NYNE GALLERY - 2019
SLADERS YARD – 2018
MONCRIEFF BRAY – 2017
CAMPDEN GALLERY – 2016, 2018?
INNOCENT FINE ART– 2012?
5 PIECES GALLERY - 2011
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
TREMENHEERE SCULPTURE GARDEN GALLERY
THE NEWLYN GALLERY
ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARTS HENRY MOORE GALLERY – BBC2
ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY – REIGNING CATS AND DOGS?
ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY – OPEN AUTUMN SHOW?
ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY – OPEN PAINTING
ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY – INSIDE OUT?
THE PUMPHOUSE, BATTERSEA PARK - ARTISTS OF THE JUBILEE PAGEANT LONDON ART FAIR, ISLINGTON?
REGENTS PARK UNDERGROUND STATION – ART BELOW?
CHARING CROSS UNDERGROUND STATION – ART BELOW
NEW ORLEANS BILLBOARD SHOW – ART BELOW
THACKERAY GALLERY – SUMMER SHOW?
THACKERAY GALLERY – 45 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW
THACKERAY GALLERY – 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW
CAMPDEN GALLERY – WINTER COLLECTION
RICARDO VAN PARMAR – LAUNCH EXHIBITION
MONCRIEFF BRAY GALLERY - ANTHONY GARRATT & JOHN HITCHENS SLADERS YARD – WAYS OF SEEING LANDSCSAPE?
NEWLYN GALLERY – NEWLYN SCHOOL TUTORS SHOW?
LYNNE STROVER GALLERY - NEWLYN SCHOOL TUTORS SHOW
MONCRIEFF BRAY GALLERY - NEWLYN SCHOOL TUTORS SHOW
CAMPDEN GALLERY – SUMMER SHOW
DENISE YAPP CONTEMPORARY – SUMMER SHOW
MONCRIEFF BRAY GALLERY – SUMMER SHOW
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA ART WEEK – 2021
THE SPECTATOR – 2019
THE GUARDIAN – 2019
AESTHETICA PUBLICATION, ‘FUTURE NOW’ 2017
9 MINUTES WITH AFTER NYNE MAGAZINE – 2017
COUNTRY LIFE – MARY MIERS – 2017?
ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE – 2017
GALLERIES MAGAZINE - 2017
THE INDEPENDENT – 2015, 2016
THE TELEGRAPH – 2014, 2015
‘I’ NEWSPAPER – 2014, 2015?
LONELY PLANET MAGAZINE - 2016?
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS - 2016?
BRITAIN MAGAZINE - 2015?
HELLO MAGAZINE - 2015?
THE FINANCIAL TIMES - 2014?
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA MAGAZINE – 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013
WORLD OF INTERIORS MAGAZINE - 2016?
COAST MAGAZINE - 2016
TELEVISION AND RADIO
BBC 2 – COAST – 2019
BBC 1 – NATIONAL NEWS – 2019
BBC RADIO CORNWALL - 2019
BBC 1 - COUNTRYFILE – 2016, 2018
BBC LOCAL NEWS – 2016, 2014?
ITV – COAST AND COUNTRY - 2015
ITV NEWS - 2014?
BBC 2 - SHOW ME THE MONET - 2012
BBC1 – THE ROYAL PAGEANT LIVE
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