Contemporary Art in Cranbrook and the Weald

Lot 30 Alex Leadbeater

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Lot: 30

Artist:  Alex Leadbeater

Title:  Enamel Jug

Medium:  acrylic on paper

Framed size: 43cm x 53cm

Price range of artists similar works:  £80 - £450

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About the artist:

Born 1956 Northwich, Cheshire

Currently lives in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex

Education

1974 - 1975 Foundation Course, Bath Academy of Art

1976 - 1979 BA(Hons) Fine Art, Preston Polytechnic

Awards and prizes

1996 Gavin Graham Gallery Award, The Discerning Eye

1996 Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Trust, grant

1993 Southern Arts, grant

1993 Milton Keynes Foundation, grant

1992 & 93 Milton Keynes Arts Association, grant

1991 Southern Arts, Artist Exchange to Sao Paulo, Brazil

1980 North West Arts, major and minor awards

Collections

Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Sheffield City Art Gallery, (Contemporary Art Society)

Arthur Anderson Collection

Unilever

Royal Leicester Infirmary

Milton Keynes Hospital

Commissions

2001 Wetherspoons Pub, Milton Keynes

1999 MRI Unit, Milton Keynes General Hospital

1998 Wetherspoons Pub, Bristol

1995 Wetherspoons Pub, Milton Keynes

1992 Entrance foyer, CBX, Milton Keynes

1991 Entrance foyer, Hunsbury Library, Northampton

Work Experience

Teaching

Part-time tutor, Milton Keynes College

Adult Education Classes,

Schools Residencies and workshops

Arts in Business workshops

Gallery

Part-time gallery assistant, Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery

Artist Led

Various activities with The Silbury Group of Artists (Chair 1995)

Open Studios co-ordinator Bucks Arts Week