James Byrne Paintings & Drawings

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1 James Byrne Paintings & Drawings

2 Reuben Colley Fine Arts are proud to present an exhibition of drawings and paintings by James Byrne. These paintings derive their expressive power from a combination of direct experience recorded by numerous drawings in the Peak District landscape, and the painterly process in the studio where they are painted. This combination of observation, memory, imagination and process combine to produce dramatic work which sits in the romantic expressive tradition.

3 Falling Away Oil on Canvas 153 x 220 cm

4 Edge (1) Oil on Canvas 76 x 92 cm

5 Edge (1) - Detail

6 Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 137 x 162 cm

7 Edge (3) Oil on Canvas 152 x 209 cm

8 Milldale Birds (1) Oil on Canvas 46 x 61 cm

9 Golden Light Oil on Canvas 152 x 181 cm

10 Milldale Ridge (1) Oil on Canvas 103 x 155 cm

11 Birds Over Milldale (1) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 cm

12 Birds Over Milldale (2) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 cm

13 Golden Ridge Oil on Canvas 259 x 151 cm

14 Milldale Walk Oil on Canvas 101 x 126 cm

15 Crow In A Landscape Oil on Canvas 126 x 90 cm

16 Milldale Tree (1) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 cm

17 Milldale Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 cm

18 Milldale Birds (3) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 cm

19 Sea (4) Mixed Media on Paper 84 x 60 cm

20 Working Drawing (18) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 18 cm Working Drawing (23) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 18 cm

21 Price List Title Medium Size (cm) Price Falling Away Oil on Canvas 153 x , Edge (1) Oil on Canvas 76 x 92 SOLD Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 137 x 162 9, Edge (3) Oil on Canvas 152 x , Milldale Birds (1) Oil on Canvas 46 x 61 2, Golden Light Oil on Canvas 152 x , Milldale Ridge (1) Oil on Canvas 103 x 155 8, Birds Over Milldale (1) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 SOLD Birds Over Milldale (2) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 2, Golden Ridge Oil on Canvas 259 x 151 SOLD Milldale Walk Oil on Canvas 101 x 126 SOLD Crow In A Landscape Oil on Canvas 126 x 90 5, Milldale Tree (1) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 1, Milldale Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 1, Milldale Birds (3) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 1, Sea (4) Mixed Media on Paper 84 x 60 1, Working Drawing (18) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x Working Drawing (23) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x

22 Biography James Byrne is a Birmingham painter and has had a studio practice in the city since completing his M.A. in painting at Birmingham College of Art in His work has been included in a number of important shows and he had a one man show at the IKON gallery in He was is the IKON 21 st birthday show touring to Hong Kong and also in English Expressionism at the Warwick Arts Trust, London where he showed with, amongst others, John Walker, Gillian Ayres, Bert Irvin and Terry Setch. He was included in Bill Gear and Friends at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and more recently was included in the Jerwood Drawing Prize. He has work in the Warwick Arts Trust permanent collection as well as that of Birmingham Museum, the IBM Collection and St Thomas Hospital, London. Selected Mixed Exhibitions 1983 M.A. Fine Arts Show, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1983 Work selected from M.A. Shows, Warwick Arts Trust, London 1984 English Expressionism, Warwick Arts Trust, London for 21. Twenty-one selected painters for Ikon Birthday Show, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1984 Ikon 21 Show, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong 1985 Leicester Collection for Schools and Colleges Show, Beau Manor Hall, Loughborough 1985 Mid-Art, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery 1986 Derby Manor Hospital 1986 Phoenix Arts Centre 1986 Wednesbury Art Gallery 1987 Artists in Public, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Selected by Tessa Sidey of BMAG

23 1987 A Second Glance, Cotton Gallery, Midlands Art Centre 1987 Arthur Anderson Show, Birmingham 1988 Midland Contemporary Art, launch Show, Birmingham 1988 Midland Contemporary Art, at Long & Ryle, London 1988 Artists in Public, Charlotte Street, Birmingham 1988 Artists in Public, Sheffield 1988 Clare Stracey Midland Contemporary Art Show, IBM, Warwickshire 1989 Work Selected from Birmingham Studios by Pete McCarthy, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry Clare Stracey Midland Contemporary Art Show, Compton Verney, Stratford 1989 Artists in Public, B.A.T. Show, Gas Hall Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1990 B.A.T. Show selected by Bill Gear, Gas Hall Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1990 Mid-Art, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery 1991 Midland Contemporary Art, Mixed Show, Birmingham Midland Contemporary Art at West Midlands Arts Headquarters 1992 Ikon Touring Show, Arcadian Shopping Centre 1992 Mid-Art, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery Midland Contemporary Art, Small Pictures nd City Art Show, Selected by Robert Clarke, Gina Metcalf, Sylvia Wright, Birmingham 1994 The Laing Landscape Show, Work selected from regional shows, The Mall Galleries, London 1995 Internal External West Midlands Arts, Birmingham 1995 The Laing Landscape Show, Bond Gallery The Laing Landscape Show, Patchings Gallery, Nottingham 1996 Bill Gear Past and Present Friends, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 2000 No. 9 The Gallery, Birmingham 2000 Ashbourne Gallery, Ashbourne, Derby 2001 No. 9 The Gallery, Birmingham No. 9 The Gallery, Birmingham 2003 Abstraction Invited artist RBSA Gallery, Birmingham 2003 The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London

24 2003/2004 The Jerwood Prize Touring Show University of Gloucestershire, Pittville gallery Rennie Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art EICH Gallery, University of Lincoln, Hull Campus, Hull Promenade Gallery, The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays 2003/2004 Flipside, Birmingham Artists Exhibition, selected by Ross Alderson, Emma Archer and Terry Grimley, St. Pauls Gallery, Birmingham 2004 Blueskies Birmingham Artists Exhibition, selected by Jonathan Watkins and Sadie Plant, Custard Factory, Birmingham 2004 Summer Exhibition, New Gallery, St. Pauls Square, Birmingham 2005 Birmingham Artists, Small Pictures, Periscope Gallery, Lee Bank House, Birmingham Birmingham Artists, Line Up, Drawing Show, Periscope Gallery, Lee Bank House, Birmingham 2008/2009 The Art of Birmingham , Part , Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 2010 Opening Exhibition, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham 2010 Drawings, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham 2011 Vista, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham One Person Show James Byrne Paintings, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1986 Ikon Touring Show, James Byrne Monotypes 1999 Small Paintings, Westhill College, Birmingham 1999 Fields Series, Midland Art Centre, Birmingham 2001 Field Series, Kings School Gallery, Worcester 2011 James Byrne Paintings and Drawings, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham 2012 The Great Hall Birmingham University

25 Three Person Show 1992 Midland Contemporary Art, Small Landscapes, James Byrne, Terry Shave, Michael Porter A number of Private Collections in London and The Midlands St Thomas Hospital, London IBM Headquarters, Warwickshire Warwick Arts Trust, Permanent Collection Birmingham Museum & Arts Gallery (From the William Gear Collection) Collections 1984 Critics Forum Radio 3 English Expressionism 17 th May 1984 New Society English Expressionism May 1986 Arts Review Review of Ikon Show by Tessa Sidey 1989 Arts Review Review of Lancaster Show 2005 January Edition, Art of England Magazine 2005 August Edition, Birmingham Life Magazine Reviews