NAOMI FREARS

29TH MAY UNTIL 23RD JUNE

Naomi Frears


Born 1963. Currently lives and works in St.Ives, Cornwal


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Education

1982-86 Sunderland College of Art. BA (Hons) and Printmaking Prize
1981-82 Loughborough College of Art. Foundation



Solo Exhibitions

2010
Millennium, St. Ives

2009
Beaux Arts, Bath

2007
New Millennium, St.Ives

2005
New Millennium, St.Ives

2003
New Millennium, St.Ives

2001
New Millennium, St.Ives

1999
New Millennium, St.Ives



Selected Group Exhibitions (2003-2010)

2010
The House of Fairy Tales, Millennium, St. Ives
London Art Fair, Islington

2009
Insomnia, series of new prints. The Exchange, Penzance
20/21 Art Fair, The Royal College of Art, London
Double Vision. Exchange Gallery, Penzance

2008
Treasures from the Wilson Collection, Falmouth Art Gallery
Drawing Show, curated by The Drawing Room, The Exchange
Crossing Over, Beaux Arts, Bath
Figure Show, Jill George Gallery, London
London Art Fair, Islington

2007
Art Now Cornwall, Tate Gallery St.Ives
London Art Fair, Islington
A Fine Line, Artonomy, Truro

2006
Artists from the Porthmeor Studios, St.Ives Society of Artists
From the Edge, Sherborne House, Dorset
London Art Fair, Islington
Porthmeor Printmakers Show and Portfolio, Tate Café St.Ives

2005
3 person, lower gallery, Newlyn Art Gallery
3 Person, Coningsby Gallery, London
Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath

2004
Critic’s Choice (John Russell Taylor), Newlyn Art Gallery
Art London and Lighter Brighter, Oliver Contemporary, London
Porthmeor, Belgrave Gallery, St.Ives
New Cornish Art, Edgar Modern, Bath
London Art Fair, Islington
Drawing? Newlyn Art Gallery
2003 Critic’s Choice (Joan Bakewell), Newlyn Art Gallery
Conflict and Resolution, Harbour House Gallery, Devon
ID, Newlyn Art Gallery
London Art Fair, Islington

2002
3 person, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
The Corporate Connoisseurs (Sam Pease), London
A View of St.Ives, Belgrave Gallery, St.Ives

2001
From The Heart, Newlyn Art Gallery
Freelance Show, The Studio, Tate Gallery, St.Ives
A View of St.Ives, Belgrave Gallery

2000
St.Ives, Collyer Bristow, London
Cornwall Works, Art For Interiors, London
2 person, Bank Street Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

1999
The New St.Ives Artists, Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent
Freelance Show, The Studio, Tate St.Ives
Newlyn Art Gallery
Living on the Line, The Count House, Botallack
3 Person, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives

1998
ART 98, Islington
Off The Wall, Newlyn Art Gallery
Private Chambers, Truro Crown Court

1997
Spectrum, Contemporary British Printmaking, Manila, Philippines
Freelance and printmaking shows, Studio and Café, Tate St.Ives
Cornwall Now, Art for Interiors
Lineart, Ghent, Belgium
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair
Adam Gallery Bath
ART 97, Islignton

1996
20th Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
ART 96, Islington
Freelance Show, The Studio, Tate St.Ives
St.Ives Now, Collyer Bristow, London

1995
Lineart, Ghent, Belgium
Printmaking show, Café, Tate St.Ives
Royal West of England Acadamy, Bristol

1994
National Print Open, Royal West of England Acadamy
Freelance show, The Studio, Tate St.Ives
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Treliske Hospital, Truro, Cornwall

1993
Printmaking Show, Café, Tate St.Ives
12 Contemporary Painters, Trewithen House, Cornwall
3 person, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance

1992
Penwith Gallery, St.Ives

1992
Penlee House Museum, Penzance

1991
Wills Lane Gallery, St.Ives
Penlee House Museum



Collections

Falmouth College of Art
Sunderland University
Cornwall County Council
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Slaughter and May, London
Truro School
The Wilson Collection
Private collections (UK and International)



Publications / Catalogues

2010
Exhibition Catalogue, Millennium

2009
Exhibition Catalogue, Beaux Arts Bath
Artists Studios, M J Long

2007
Art Now Cornwall, Susan Daniel-McElroy, Tate Publications
On the Very Edge of the Ocean, Ben Tufnell, Tate Publications
Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery

2006
Art About St.Ives, Roy Ray and Colin Orchard

2005
Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery

2003
Catching the Wave, Tom Cross, Halsgrove
Exhibition Catalogue, Elizabeth Knowles, New Millennium Gallery

2002
ARTNSA, Newlyn Society of Artists

2001
Behind the Canvas, Sarah Brittain and Simon Cook, Truran
Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery

1999
Living on the Line, Exhibition Catalogue
Exhibition Catalogue, New Millennium Gallery



Work in Education and Residencies

93-10
Tate St.Ives - Working alongside the learning team devising and leading practical sessions in gallery spaces

95-09
Newlyn Art Gallery - Involved in leading courses

95-08
Porthmeor Print Workshop, St.Ives - Teaching and co-ordinating courses

2001
The King’s School, Worcester - Artist in residence

02, 05, 07
Vyner’s School, London - Artist in residence



Other

2009
Filmed for ‘Memory Bay’ as featured artist
Interviewed for ARD, German radio

2008
Photographed by Paul Massey and interviewed by Emma Thomas for
Telegraph Magazine
Featured artist in film by Ray Bird about Porthmeor Studios
Photographed by Max Edelman
Photographed by Andreas Sterzing
Photographed by Gary Treadwell

2006
Featured artist on Coast (BBC TV) Nov 06
Subject of Process a film by Stuart Lansdowne

2004
Guardian Artist of the Month, December
Painting chosen for cover of Guardian Supplement Living on the Edge
Discovering Cornwall’s Creative Scene

1999
Elected member of Newlyn Society of Artists

91-10
Member of Porthmeor Printmakers (from 1991 involved in fund-raising, setting up and running open-access, non-profit making print studio)

87–89
Made 25,000 mile motorcycle journey through Europe, Asia and Australia,
visiting English speaking prisoners for Prisoners Abroad in jails in Turkey, Pakistan, India and Nepal

1991
Organised, curated and transported an exhibition of British contemporary work to two venues in Bangkok, the profits from which built a school in a Red Karen village in the far north of Thailand