RALPH FREEMAN
POSTMEMORY

1ST UNTIL 23RD MAY

Ralph Freeman . Biography

1945
Born in London

1961-65
St Martin’s and Harrow Schools of Art

1965-83
Studied jazz piano and composition. Worked as musician (1964-67)
Art Director and Designer in London and Europe (Hamburg 67-70 & Frankfurt 74-76)

1983-88
Returned to painting exclusively, working in London, Italy and Cornwall

1988
Moved to St Ives, Cornwall

1989-06
Composed and recorded works for jazz ensemble

1992
Elected member of Newlyn Society of Artists, (served on committee 1993-2003)
Elected member of Penwith Society of Artists 1996 Granted tenancy of one of the Porthmeor Studios

1998
Founded St Ives Jazz Club


Visiting Lectureships

2006
University College Falmouth 2001 Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design

1999
University of Sussex

1998
University of Central England

1985
Bournemouth College of Art


Solo Exhibitions

2010
Postmemory, Millennium, St. Ives

2008
Matter out of Place, New Millennium Gallery, St Ives

2006
Paintings and Constructions, New Millennium Gallery, St Ives

2003
New Millennium Gallery, St Ives

2002
Foundations and Fragments, Freud Museum, London

1999
New Millennium Gallery, St Ives
Foundations and Fragments, Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex

1997-98
Foundations and Fragments, Tate Gallery St Ives

1996
Foundations and Fragments, Sternberg Centre, London

1992
New Paintings, Royal Cornwall Museum

1991
Stuhlmann Gallery, Hamburg

1990
Man, Spirit, Energy, Castello di Pomerio, Milan: series of commissioned works

1988
Louise Hallett Gallery, London

1986
Etruscan Lands, Artspace Gallery, London

1985
Fire and Water, Goldader Gallery, Hamburg

1983
Camden Arts Centre, London



Selected Group Exhibitions & Projects


2010
St Ives School, Martins Gallery

2009
Winter, Millennium, St Ives 2004 Fragments from Life, Campden Gallery
Gallery@OneOTwo, London Lemon Street Gallery, Truro St Ives – The Next Wave, Hutson Gallery, London The Book Show II, Wordsworth Trust, Cumbria

2003
The Book Show, Nunnery Gallery, London Adze Gallery, York
Conflict & Resolution, Harbour House Gallery, Devon

2002
Twenty Years of Contemporary Art, Jean Monnet-Haus, Berlin

2000
Twenty Years of Contemporary Art, Falmouth Art Gallery
The Music Show, Bruton Gallery

1999
The New St Ives Artists, Maidstone Museum & Gallery
Aspects of Abstraction (group of 4), Falmouth Art Gallery
Cornish Art in the Nineties, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh

1998
Prizewinner, Critics’ Choice,Newlyn Art Gallery
Royal West of England Academy

1996-02
Kunst uit Cornwall, Amersfoort, Holland

1996
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.

1993
Edinburgh Festival, Demarco’s European Art Foundation
Newlyn Festival, invited artist

1992-06
Newlyn Art Gallery Members’ Exhibitions
Penwith Society of Artists Members’ Exhibitions

1992
Crossing the Boundaries (Four Cornish Artists in Europe), R C M

1989
Boundary Gallery, London

1988-90
Chicago International Art Expo, Louise Hallet Gallery

1986-90
Louise Hallett Gallery, London

1986
Eight European Artists, Civitella D’Agliano, Italy
Anderson O’Day Gallery

1985
New Mexico Artists for Peace, Albuquerque

1982-86
Camden Arts Centre, London

1982
The Other Hand, Ben Uri Gallery, London

1990
Man, Spirit, Energy, Albion Group, (exhibition catalogue)

1988
Ralph Freeman, Recent Works, Louise Hallett Gallery, (exhibition catalogue)


Commissions

2006
Partita, Julian Arguelles (CD art).

1997
Songs for the Betrayed World, Life & Death Orchestra (artwork)

1993-02
Newlyn Society of Artists exhibition posters and publishing projects

1990
Man, Spirit, Energy, series of thirty works for The Albion Co

1985
Nevermore, Study of Paul Gaugin, London theatre stage set

1967-83
S Wide-ranging design and concept work, including social, cultural, political and film posters as well as numerous print, photographic, TV and corporate design projects


Public Collections

Yad Vashem Museum, Jerusalem Freud Museum, London Falmouth Art Gallery Albion Collection
Yamaha Kemble Music Alco Corp, Korea


Publications

2010
Journal of History of Modern Art (Korea), Giovanna Morra
Ralph Freeman, Postmemory, Millennium

2006
Ralph Freeman, The Second Generation, A Rotas (PhD paper)
Ralph Freeman, Paintings and Constructions, New Millennium Galler
y Art About St Ives, Gilbert, Ray, & Orchard

2004
Falmouth Art Gallery Collection Vol 4 St Ives – The Next Wave, Hutson Gallery, London

2003
Ralph Freeman, More Than the Messages, Michael Bird, New Millenniumllaerll
The Book Show, Utopia Press with The Nunnery and Wordsworth Tru
t
2002
ARTNSA, Newlyn Society of Artists publication Foundations and Fragments, Freud Museum, (exhibition catalogue)
2001 Behind the Canvas, Sarah Brittain and Simon Cook 2000 Arts Review (October issue), Michael Bird
Twenty Years of Contemporary Art at Falmouth Art Gallery