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Julian Grater Biography

 

1959 Born in Dartford, Kent
1978 - 81 B.A.Honours Degree in Fine Art (Painting) - Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth, Cornwall.
1981 English China Clays Drawing Prize. (Falmouth School of Art Annual Drawing Prize).
1982 Exhibition of Painting at The Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
1983

Exhibitions of Paintings and Drawings at The Gallery, Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth, Cornwall.

1983 - 84 Post Graduate Master of Arts Degree in Fine Arts (Painting) - Chelsea School of Art.
1984 Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings - MA Exhibition - Chelsea School of Art, London.
1985 The Hayward Annual Exhibition - A Journey Through Contemporary Art with Nigel Greenwood - series of Drawings.
1986 - 87 Open View - selected group exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from the South East, supported by Lloyd's of London, Chatham; Medway College of Art and Design, Rochester; Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone; Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Hove; Guildford House, Guildford.
1987 Bath Contemporary Art Fair. The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. 13th International Independent Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa, Japan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1988 Visiting Lecturer - Drawing Workshop - at Norwich School of Art, Norfolk.
Bath Contemporary Art Fair Royal Over Seas League Annual Exhibition One Man Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints -Artsite Gallery, Bath.
The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
1989 Art '89" Islington, London - one man exhibition of Paintings and Drawings.
Art London "89" Olympia - one man exhibition of Paintings and Drawings.
The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts, London - group exhibition.
Commissioned by Real World (Peter Gabriel) for album cover Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ - a film by Martin Scorsese).
1990 Galleri Pictor, Gothenburg, Sweden - group exhibition of Etchings and Drypoints.
Bath Contemporary Art Fair - one man exhibition of Drawings and Etchings.
The Drawing Show II - An exhibition of Drawings by 50 contemporary artists at the Thumb Gallery, London.
Awarded a Travel Bursary by the McColl Arts Foundation, London, to travel to Australia.
1991 The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts, London,
City of Plymouth Museums and Art Gallery - one man exhibition of Paintings and Drawings.
Travelled to Western Australia and the Northern Territory (May to August).
1992 Rendezvous I - Exchange exhibition between artists in Kent and Nord/Pas de Calais, France supported by South East Arts and organised by KIAD and ORCEP.
Venues:- The Gallery, KIAD, Rochester, Kent; The Herbert Read Gallery, KIAD, Canterbury, Kent; Le Bateau Feu, Dunkerque and Maison de la Faience, Desvres.
The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts.
Collyer-Bristow Gallery, London - one man exhibitions of Paintings, Drawings and Prints.
Diptych Drawing purchased for the South East Arts Collection and exhibited in Prospects - a selection from the South East Arts Collection of Contemporary Art.
1993 The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1994 Touring exhibition (Paintings and Drawings).
Venues:- John Hansard Gallery, Southampton - January / February; Wolverhampton Art Gallery - March / April; Harris Museum, Preston -May/ July; Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury - November; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro - December/ January '95
The Print Fair at The Armory, New York City, USA.
Visiting Lecturer - Southampton Institute.
Visiting Lecturer - Falmouth School of Art, Cornwall.
1995 The Contemporary Print Show, Concourse Gallery, London.
Tallinn Printmaking Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia - one of thirteen artists selected to represent Great Britain.
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston - Keep off the Grass. The Meaning of Landscape - group exhibition. The Print Fair, The Armory, New York City, USA.

1995 - 97

Artist-in-residence, Wellington College, Berkshire. UK.
1996 The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts.
The Contemporary Print Show, Concourse Gallery, London.
Exhibition of Drawings, Wellington College, Berkshire UK.
1997 ARK - Group exhibition at Open Hand Open Space, Reading - Julian Grater paired with Andy Goldsworthy.
1998 Design and publication of Website @ www.imatrix.co.uk/julian_grater (version 4 compatibility only).
Research trip to Alberta and British Colombia, Canada.
2000 'Transparencies' - a collaborative exhibition/music event with composer Andrew Toovey, Open Space Gallery, Reading, Berkshire. UK.