NEIL CANNING

Neil Canning Biography

 

 

Neil Canning is currently completing 11 original paintings commissioned by John Lewis for their new Cardiff store's 'Place to Eat' restaurant. The company have an impressive history of commissioning work from contemporary artists. The development and execution of Canning's works will feature in a three part BBC documentary due to be aired in December this year.

1960   Born Enstone, Oxfordshire
1990   Moved to Wales
1997   Moved to Cornwall


Selected Solo Exhibitions Include:

2009   Portland Gallery, London
2008   New Millenium Gallery, St Ives
2006   Portland Gallery, London
2005   Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2004   New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives
   Advanced Graphics, London
2003   Lowry Hotel, Manchester
   Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge
2002   New Millennium Gallery, St Ives
2001   Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
   University of Exeter, The Northcote Gallery
2000   Advanced Graphics, London
   New Millennium Gallery, St Ives
1999   International Art Consultants, London
1998   Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
1997   St Ives Festival Exhibition, The Book Gallery, St Ives
1996   The Gallery, Manchester
1995   On-Line Gallery, Southampton
   International Art Consultants, London
1994   Upton Lodge Gallery, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
1993   Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
1992   Oughterson House, Barbados
   Century Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
   Manor House Gallery, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
1991   Henry Brett Gallery at Ozten Zeki, London
   West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff
1990   Town Hall, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
1989   Dorchester Galleries, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
   Manor House Gallery, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
1987   Swan Gallery, Burford, Oxfordshire
   Dorchester Gallery, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
1985   Swan Gallery, Burford, Oxfordshire
1984   Swan Gallery, Burford, Oxfordshire
1981   Banbury Museum, Banbury, Oxfordshire
1980   Bodkin Gallery, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
1979   Bodkin Gallery, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire


Selected Group Exhibitions Include:

2007   "Art Now Cornwall", Tate, St Ives
2004   Royal Academy Summer Show, London
1992-2004   London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington, London
2003   Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
   Royal Academy Summer Show, London
   West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland - Graphics
2002   International Eigse, Carlow, Ireland - Graphics
2001   On-Line Gallery, Southampton
   The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London - Invited Artist
   Wiseman Gallery, Oxford - Graphics
   Three man show, John Hoyland, Albert Irvin and Neil Canning, Advanced Graphics, London - Graphics
1994-2001   20th Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2000   Manor House Gallery, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
   Royal Academy Summer Show.
   Short Series: British Contemporaries, Trinity Art Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Graphics
   Leading British Artists from Advanced Graphics, The Original Print Gallery, Dublin
   Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow - Graphics
   Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk - Graphics
1999   Advanced Graphics, London.
   The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
   Art London
1998   Vital Art, Atlantis Gallery, London
1995   Ghent Art Fair
1994   Europ'Art, Geneva, Switzerland
   Paris Salon (Bronze Medal Winner)
1992   Museum Of Modern Art, Oxford
1991   St Davids Cathedral
1990   Beaux Arts, Bath
1987   National Portrait Gallery, London. John Player Portrait Competition
1985   Southampton Art Gallery
   Ceri Richards Gallery, University of Swansea


Selected Public Collections Include:

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
AT & T
Allen and Ovary
BAE Systems plc
Bank of England
British Embassy, Venezuela
Canon Group
Cardiff City Library
Chubb Insurance
Civil Aviation Authority
Credit Suisse
Eagle Star Insurance
Eagle Star Group
Enskilda Bank, Sweden
Ernst & Young
Glaxo SmithKlineBeecham
Fairmont Group
Ford Motor Company Ltd
H. J. Heinz & Company Limited
H.M. Customs & Excise
I.C.I.
J.P. Morgan Investment Managment Inc
Kingspark Developments
Kleinwort Benson Investment Trust
London Hospitals Trust
London Insurance Market Investment trust
Mitsubishi Corp
M.B.N.A. International Bank Ltd
National Westminster Bank
Nuffield Fund, Paintings in Hospitals
O2
Oracle Corp
Private Patients Plan
Rolls Royce
R.M.C.
Schroders
Standard Life
Taylor Woodrow
Unilever
United Utilities Plc
University of Exeter
University of Wales
United nations, New York
Wordtel

Private Collections Worldwide