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Geoff Morten
1947 Born in London.
1966 York School of Art & Design.
1972 Royal College of Art, London. MA rca (Postgraduate MFA)
2007 Geoff is represented in Southern California by the William Merrill Gallery in Laguna Beach
2006 Represented in Northern California by the Linda Durnell Gallery
2006 Visiting Lecturer - University of California Santa Cruz, Baskin Arts, Department of Fine Art, Painting
Visiting Lecturer - Visual Arts Department, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA
Visiting Lecturer - Fine Art Department, Monterey Peninsula College, CA
2005 EB 1 Approval (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) Department of Homeland Security, USA.
2004 Visiting Lecturer - Fine Art Department, Monterey Peninsula College, CA
2004 Visiting Lecturer - CSUMB Monterey, California.
2003 Relocated to California, USA.
2000 Senior Lecturer at The University of Sunderland, School of Arts, Design & Media, Department of Fine Art (Painting) & University of Durham, School of Education, Fine Art (Painting).
1998 Visiting Professor - Academy of Fine Arts, Timisoara, Romania.
1994 Appointed Reader in Fine Art, University of Sunderland.
1990 Principal Lecturer - Sunderland Polytechnic (School of Fine Art)
1972-89 Visiting lecturer at numerous UK Art Colleges/ free lance designer.
1972-74 Assistant to sculptor Bryan Kneale RA.
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 'Meeting and Passing' paintings, prints & drawings. CCB Fine Arts Collaborative, Lafayette, CA. Curated by Christine Murray
2007 'Side by Side' paintings by Geoff Morten - sculpture by Jenny Morten. Three venue, two-person exhibition. Arts Collaborative, SCCB, Santa Cruz; Scotts Valley and Watsonville, CA
2006 ‘Dialogues and Conversations’ Paintings. Prints and Poems. Two venue, solo exhibition. Arts Collaborative, SCCB, Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, CA. Curated by Christine Murray
2005 ‘Transition’ Paintings 1995 - 2005. Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts, Attic Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2005 ‘Caught Off Balance’ Nido Gallery, Moss landing, CA
2004 ‘Towards the Edge’Monterey Peninsula Art Gallery, CA
2003 ‘Scratching the Surface’ The Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, UK
2002 ‘Scratching the Surface’ (Paintings & Prints 1999-2002) - touring exhibition, commencing at the Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington Arts Centre, Co. Durham, UK
1999 ‘Two Northern Artists’ - selected by Harvey Nichols & AXIS (Artists Database) Harvey Nichols, Fourth Floor Gallery, Leeds, UK
1999 ‘Crossing Borders’ touring exhibition commencing at Galleria 28, Timisoara, Romania, touring to Czechoslovakia and Hungary
1998 ‘Layers of Meaning’ Dial Gallery, Warkworth, Northumberland, UK
1998 ‘Two Lands’ Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington Arts , Co. Durham, UK
1996 ‘Reccurent Consistencies’ The Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
1996 ‘The Way Back’ (‘Intoarcerea’) Galeria First, Timisoara, Romania.
1996 ‘Double Exposure’ Dial Gallery, Warkworth, Northumberland, UK
1994 ‘Double Visions’ Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington, UK
1993 ‘Art for Business’ Teesside Development Corporation, Cleveland, UK
1992 ‘Works on Paper’ Eagle Works Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
1975 ‘New Paintings’ Bruce Scott Gallery, London
1973 Hart Gallery, West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey, UK
1972 ‘New Paintings’ Nettlefold Hall, East Dulwich, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 ‘Valley Fever’ Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center, Ben Lomond, CA Winner of Directors Award.
2004 ‘Go Figure’ Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts, CA
2004 Question Mark Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2003 ‘Santa Cruz Artists’ Downtown Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2003 Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
2003 Dundee Contemporary Art - 2 Person Exhibition. Dundee, Scotland.
2003 ‘Small Paintings & Prints’ Blake Gallery, York, UK.
2002 ‘Prints’ Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.
2002 Print Internacional 22 Cadaques ADOGI, Barcelona, Spain; Galerie L’Etang, France.
2002 ‘Print Open 2002’ Dundee Contemporary Arts, Print Studio Gallery; Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee, Scotland.
2002 ‘Agenda’ Details Gallery, Newcastle Art Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
2002 ‘Spoil’ Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucester, UK.
2001 Memorial Gallery, Yale College, Wrexham, North Wales, UK
2001 ‘RCA SECRET’ Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London.
2001 Earagail Arts Festival, County Donegal, Northern Ireland.
2000 ‘Contemporary Scottish Prints’ Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland.
2000 ‘RCA Secret’ Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London.
2000 ‘Exchange England’ Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
2000 Vardy Arts Foundation Gallery, University of Sunderland, UK.
2000 ‘Caught in the Act - Painting’ Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucester, UK.
2000 ‘Scottish Smalls’ - A touring exhibition of Scottish Printmaking: Glasgow Print Studio Gallery III, Glasgow, Scotland.
2000 Dundee Contemporary Arts - ‘Print Open Exhibition’. Foyer Gallery, University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland.
2000 ‘Harlech Printmaking Open 2000’ (International Printmaking Exhibition selected by Ken Kiff and Anna Maria Pacheco) Harlech Biennale, Coleg Harlech, Wales.
2000 Dundee Contemporary Arts - ‘Print Open Exhibition’. Foyer Gallery, University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland.
2000 ‘Scottish Smalls’ - A touring exhibition of Scottish Printmaking: Glasgow Print Studio Gallery III, Glasgow, Scotland.
2000 ‘Exchange England’ Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
2000 Vardy Arts Foundation Gallery, University of Sunderland, UK.
1999 ‘Prints’ Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland.
1999 ‘Absolut Secret’ Gulbenkian galleries, Royal College of Art, London
1998 ‘Absolut Secret 98’ Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
1998 ‘Links and Connections’ collaboration by Russian & British artists: ‘L’ Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1998 Vardy Arts Foundation Gallery, University of Sunderland, UK
1998 ‘Metamorphosis’ Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
1998 ‘Portfolio’ University of Western Sydney Macarther, Sydney, Australia
1998 ‘A Context for Etching’: Galeria 28, Timisoara, Romania. Galeria Studiu, Academy of Fine Art, Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania
1998 ‘Contemporary Printmaking’ Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova -Scotia, Canada
1998 ‘Art in the USA’ Walter C. Young Centre, North Miami, Fl
1998 ‘The Art of Etching’ The Meffan, Forfar, Scotland. Tour to 5 Scottish venues
1997 ‘Under 97 - British Contemporary Prints’, The Arts Centre, Washington, Tyne &Wear, UK
1997 ‘Tyne and Wear’ Squires Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1997 ‘Original Prints of Scotland’ - touring exhibition to:‘Art Chicago’, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1997 ‘Contemporary Prints’ Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London
1997 ‘JAR’ Seagate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
1997 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, UK
1997 ‘A Context for Etching’ Vardy Arts Foundation Gallery, University of Sunderland, UK
1997 ‘Absolut Secret 1997’ Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
1996 ‘Small Paintings’ Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, UK
1996 ‘Process Matters’ Syndicated Arts, Metropolitan Wharf, London
1996 ‘Towards a Place for Art 2’ Art Alyans Gallery,The Surikov Institue, Moscow. Russia
1995 ‘Towards a Place for Art’ The Surikov Institute, State Academy for Arts, Moscow, Russia
1994 Tullie House Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK
1993 ‘Witnesses of Existence’ commencing at: Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. Touring exhibition to: Kingston University Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK. Obala Gallery, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1993 Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Manchester City Art Gallery, UK
1993 ‘Complimentary Contemporaries’ Dial Gallery, Warkworth, Northumberland, UK
1992 ‘Art for Sale’ Whiteleys Atrium Gallery, London
1992 Tullie House Gallery, Carlisle, UK
1992 Vardy Gallery, Sunderland University, UK
1982 Design Centre : Touring Exhibition, Cardif, Wales
1981 The British Exhibition, Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX
1981 Design Centre, Haymarket, London
1980 Harvest Gallery, Covent Garden, London
1979 Pictures for Schools, Cardiff, Wales
1978 C.T. Strangeways Gallery, London
1977 Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, London
1977 ‘Water Colours” Mall Galleries, London
1977 ‘Greater London Picture Show’, Mall Galleries, London
1976 C.T. Strangeways Gallery, London
1975 Asset Gallery, London and Dusseldorf, Germany
1974 Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, London
1973 Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, London
1970 Robert Fraser Gallery, London
1969 Robert Fraser Gallery, London
1968 Zaydler Gallery, London
1967 Rosenthal Gallery, London
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Dunhill and Company, London
J. Sainsbury & Co, London
Stoke-on-Trent Pottery Museum & Art Gallery, Staffordshire, UK
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
Bosnian National Gallery, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Museum of Fine Arts, Timisoara, Romania
Galeria First, Timisoara, Romania
The University of Sunderland, UK
Darlington Civic Theatre, County Durham, UK
University of the West, Timisoara, Romania
Galeria 28, Timisoara, Romania
Harvey Nichols, London
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Print Studio, Dundee, Scotland
Glasgow Printmakers, Glasgow, Scotland
Darlington Borough Council, County Durham, UK
The Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, UK
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 'Voices From the Past' Selected poems. Edited by Joyce Mann.
2006 'In the Small Hours' 2nd. collection of poems 2006.
2006 ‘Dialogues and Conversations’ Collection of Poems 2004-2006. Edited by Jenny Morten and Published by Mar Monte Studios as a Limited Edition.
2003 The Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945.
2002 ‘Scratching the Surface’ (Paintings and Prints 1999-2002) Solo exhibition catalogue.
2001 ‘What is Painting’ contributed paper to International Conference, Academy of Fine Art, Bucharest, Romania.
1999 ‘Insemne Dintr-o Galerie’. Marie-Jeanne Jutea Badescu, Galleria 28, Timisoara, Romania. Published by Editura Hestia, Romania.
1999 ARTbibliographies Modern Vol 30. No. 1. Published by Clio Press, London. (ISSN 0300-466 X)
1998 ‘Two Lands’ solo exhibition catalogue. Published by Sunderland University Press (ISBN 0 9509431 2 6)
1998 ‘Links and Connections’ exhibition catalogue, published text in Russian and English (ISBN 0 9509431 4 2)
1998 ‘Portfolio’ An exhibition of contemporary Printmaking. Published by Sunderland University Press (ISBN 0 9509431 3 4)
1997 ‘A Context for Etching’. Published by Sunderland University Press (ISBN 0 9509431 1 8). International and national touring exhibitions curated by Geoff Morten and Stephen McNulty.
1994 ‘Witnesses of Existence’. Published bt the Kingston University Press.
1992 ‘Foreign Bodies’ - Poems/Drawings in collaboration with poet Christopher Pilling. Published by Flambards Press, UK. (ISBN 1 873226 03 9)
OTHER
2007 PL 8 (A Festival of One Act Plays) Cabrillo Theatre, Aptos. Played Bellboy in 'A Still Alarm' by George S. Kaufman. Directed by Davis Banta. Played Caleph in 'The Chokers Concerto' by Wilma Marcus Chandler. Directed by Maria Crush.
2006 Played Moss in 'A Body of Water' by Lee Blessing. Directed by Joan Van Antwerp. The Hide, Santa Cruz.
2006 Artistic consultant: Infinite Z - Humanising the computer-user experience.
2006 Played : Bartender, Bystander, Pawnshop owner and Interrogator in ‘Edmond’ by David Mamet. Directed by Joan Van Antwerp and Debbie Quigg. SCICA, The Mill, Santa Cruz.
2005 ‘Visions of War-Dreams of Peace’. Three Plays, Music and Poetry. Produced by Sebastian de Francesco. Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts.
2005 ‘Water, Steel and Rock’ landscape sculpture commission.
2004 ‘Functional Sculpture’ Commission, collaboration with sculptor Fred Hunnicutt - San Francisco.
2004 Played the Narrator in ‘The Meeting’ by Sebastian de Francesco. Directed by Debbie Quigg. The Actors Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA.
2004 60 Grit Theatre Company, played the Controller in ‘Victoria Station’ by Harold Pinter. Directed by Gregg Paroff.
1998 ‘EAST Sunderland : Co-curated the first cultural exchange exhibition of works on paper from Romanian Artists with Prof. Constantin Flondor (Dean) and Ileana Pintilie (National Romanian Art critic) - Academy of Fine Arts, Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania.
1996 ‘Art and the Spiritual’ Symposium. Formal respondent to lecture by Anthony Gormley - Durham Cathedral.
1996 Establishment of an International Cultural Exchange and reciprocal Exhibition programme between: The Faculty of Fine Arts, Universitatea de Vest Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania and The School of Arts, Design & Communications, University of Sunderland.
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