STEWART GEDDES
Un-seeking the Captive
26 June – 11 July Open Wednesday–Sunday 10am–5pm
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Un-seeking the Captive
Andelli Art is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Bristolbased Stewart Geddes. Stewart’s second exhibition with the gallery features paintings created over the last 15 months in his expressive, energetic and vibrant style. Stewart Geddes is a painter and curator. He curated ‘Albert Irvin and Abstract Expressionism’ in conjunction with the Albert Irvin Estate and Tate Gallery at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), December 2018 – March 2019. He was the President of the RWA and an Honorary Royal Academician in London until 2019. He is an Honorary Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in Edinburgh. I have never felt more gratitude toward my work than during these last 15 months. Despite the limited horizons of several lockdowns, the short daily journey to the studio stimulated far greater journeys of the imagination and intellect through the medium of paint. At times I’ve imagined something akin to an audience looking over my shoulder in the studio, wincing and cheering at different moments. But, to paraphrase Philip Guston, I’ve had to try to paint them out of the room, and then finally, to paint myself out of it too – only then could something surprising begin to happen. Painting has never felt more urgent to me. For me, creativity is a fundamentally optimistic activity, and during these testing times to have painting in one’s life has been a gift.
Opposite: Stewart Geddes alongside Zylberberg and Seiterg
Lorwell Acrylic on canvas 121 x 90cm £2850
Bulgin Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102cm £1350
Cadore Acrylic on canvas 90 x 121cm £2850
Foumac Acrylic on canvas 61 x 51cm £950
Danabyr Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80cm £1150
Cirtex Acrylic on canvas 121 x 90cm £2850
Novi Acrylic on canvas 40 x 51cm £875
Lishal Acrylic on canvas 121 x 90cm £2850
Llanfretaw Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80cm £1150
Lohnoye Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80cm £1150
Atima Acrylic on canvas 90 x 121cm £2850
Maercina Acrylic on panel 60 x 80cm £1150
Maratoah Acrylic on canvas 76 x 61cm £1050
Nallesend Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80cm £1150
Seiterg Acrylic on canvas 51 x 61cm £950
Pipinol Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102cm £1350
Ranley Acrylic on canvas 90 x 121cm £2850
Shanwore Acrylic on canvas 122 x 160cm £4250
Landis Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80cm £1150
Skordiar Acrylic on canvas 90 x 121cm £2850
Stanton Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80cm £1150
Taval Acrylic on canvas 90 x 121cm £2850
Tevelina Acrylic on canvas 161 x 201cm £5850
Torral Acrylic on canvas 90 x 121cm £2850
Zylberberg Acrylic on canvas 51 x 61cm £950
Biography EXHIBITIONS 2021 ‘Un-Seeking the Captive’, Andelli Art, Wells (solo) RSA Annual Exhibition (online only) 2020 Bath Society of Artists Annual Open, Victoria Gallery, Bath (online) Twenty Twenty Gallery, Ludlow, Shropshire Brownsword Hepworth, London 2019
‘Stewart Geddes’, Andelli Art, Wells (solo) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Bath Society of Artists Annual Open, Invited Artist, Victoria Gallery ‘Vibrancy: A Celebration of Colour in Contemporary British Art’, Brownsword Hepworth, London 167th Royal West of England Academy Autumn Open Exhibition, Bristol
2018 2017
‘Albert Irvin and Abstract Expressionism’, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol ‘Wine Gums and Rock’, That Art Gallery, Bristol (solo) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London ‘Pavilion of Paintings’, Fringe Arts Bath ‘Material Evidence’, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School (solo) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London RSA Open Exhibition 2017, Edinburgh Proyecto Medellin, Mexico City Royal Scottish Academy Academicians’ Exhibition, Edinburgh
2016
British Council Exhibition, ‘Britain in Mexico’, Metro Palenco, Mexico City Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London ‘And ings’, Noho Studios, London Galeria Cuatrosiete, Oaxaca, Mexico ‘Material Fact’, two-person show, Studio 1.1, London ‘Dream Visions - Alfred Stockham and his Circle’, Sladers Yard Gallery, Dorset
2015
Arte Mexico: Contemporary British Art Auction 2015 - Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City Quercus Gallery, Bath Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge ‘Drawn In’, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2014
‘Zed Alley’, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden (solo) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London ‘Bankley Open’, Bankley Gallery, Manchester ‘Birminham and Beyond’, RBSA Galleries, Birmingham
2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Hilton Fine Art, Bath Wells Art Contemporary, Wells City Museum 2012 ‘The Discerning Eye’, prize winner and selected artist by Albert Irvin RA, The Mall Galleries, London ‘Ha Ha What Does This Represent?’, Standpoint Gallery, London 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1997, 1993, 1989, 1988 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition COLLECTIONS UK Parliamentary Art Collection; Landmark PLC; Royal Collection; Brookfield Asset Management; Royal College of Art; Cardiff Metropolitan University; Royal West of England Academy Collection EDUCATION MPhil
Royal College of Art
2007
Fellowship
Higher Education Academy
2009
MA
City University, London
1997
BA(Hons)
Bristol Polytechnic (UWE)
1983
TEACHING 2016 - present
Associate Lecturer University of Gloucestershire
2012 - 2020
Associate Lecturer Arts University Bournemouth
2010 - 2016
Associate Lecturer Lecturer Plymouth University
2010 - 2016
External Examiner to MFA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art University of the Arts, London
2007 - 2010
Head of Painting and Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Opposite: Detail from Cadore
Please do get in touch if you would like to enquire about any of Stewart’s works. We are happy to email further images and also arrange deliveries.
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