About Alan Pergusey
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Education
1986 - 1989
Leeds College of Art
1983 - 1984
Goldsmiths College of Art, London
1981 - 1983
Eastbourne College of Art
Upcoming events
Event: New Light Art Prize touring Exhibition
Dates: 26 Oct 2023 - 9 Jan 2025
A show of artists from the north of England. The show tours to: The Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead; Bankside Gallery, London; Rheged Exhibition Centre, Penrith; Biscuit Factory, Newcastle and Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate.
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Previous events
Event: Dandelions
Dates: 1 Mar 2024 - 3 Mar 2024
An exhibition in my home gallery with the artist Tanya Cusan Espinosa.
Event: Made in Leeds
Dates: 6 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023
An exhibition of contemporary painters from Leeds.
Event: Contemporary Landscapes
Dates: 1 Mar 2023 - 24 Mar 2023
An open show exploring the theme of landscape.
Event: Rosemary Watches while Thyme Passes.
Dates: 20 May 2022 - 22 May 2022
A solo show of my latest work in my home gallery.
Event: Memoryscapes
Dates: 3 Nov 2018 - 1 Dec 2018
The exhibition took place in the foyer and balcony of the theatre, which was historically the main establishment for the metering out of justice in the town.
Event: Room 103, A Tribute to George Orwell'
Dates: 5 Oct 2018 - 2 Nov 2018
I included some landscape paintings that explored surveillance and defence in this themed exhibition around the great writer George Orwell.
Event: 'Oida interna' (The Internal Ear)
Dates: 26 Jan 2018 - 28 Feb 2018
An invited submission show where artists were asked to create a piece of work as a homage to a musician or singer that was a great inspiration to them. My piece was about Joe Strummer, the lead singer from The Clash.
Event: Heads and Sheds
Dates: 13 Oct 2017 - 15 Oct 2017
An exhibition in my own gallery along the theme of portrait heads and remote landscapes which are inhabited by lonely shelters.
Event: Earthlings, Monsters and Sheds
Dates: 6 Oct 2017 - 8 Oct 2017
A show of figurative works from myself, Kevin Lycett and Jane Lewis whom all approach representations of the world from a different angle.
Event: New Light Art Prize
Dates: 5 Oct 2017 - 20 Jan 2019
An open selection exhibition that showcased painters and printmakers connected to the North of England. The show then toured to Huddersfield Art Gallery, Bankside Gallery, London, Tullie House Gallery, Carlisle.
Event: Recent Paintings
Dates: 4 Jun 2017 - 2 Jul 2017
Paintings that represented jazz players and dancers were on show at this popular music and theatre venue.
Event: Cabin Fever
Dates: 11 Nov 2016 - 13 Nov 2016
An exhibition of paintings that explores our relationship to shelters and structures in the landscape.
Event: Re-Emergence
Dates: 15 Jan 2016 - 5 Mar 2016
An exhibition of my paintings and collages on emerging themes from my work as diverse as farmyard tractors to portraits of performers and emotionally charged birds.
Event: Upside Down at the End of the World
Dates: 22 Nov 2015 - 3 Dec 2015
A painting exhibition that looked at personal mythologies involving people and the the things that they hold dear to them.
Biography
A painting will often evolve during the creative process where I aim to extract the most important elements from an encounter with a person or landscape and turn them into an image that is more evocative and emotional than the original experience.
