About Ian Clegg Walsh
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1976 - 1977
Kitson College, Leeds
1975 - 1975
Batley Art College
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Event: Brighouse Arts Festival
Dates: 21 Sep 2015 - 26 Sep 2015
Several artworks are on display, three of which have already sold !
Event: Solo Exhibition
Dates: 9 Jan 2015 - 12 Feb 2015
Lots to see here... An exhibition of large format digital prints; the exhibited prints are a continuation of a series of work which began a few years ago with experiments with mosaics.
Ian has a fascination with rapid, hastily executed sketches with an almost throwaway quality - yet which often hold a wealth of meaning. "I draw a sketch, and then incorporate fragments of photography (always my own) in my designs. I use very occasional cultural references, and naïve animal forms. Now and then, I jump back to my original creative passion - photography. I use a palette of hundreds of these photographic images, creating textures and overlays. I use mainly digital media, and make compositions with differing perspectives and fragmentation."
Event: Chroma Exhibition
Dates: 6 May 2014 - 7 Jun 2014
Where colour invites you to interact, pause for thought or dive straight in...
With the work of Ian Clegg in the Foyer, Karolina Vinciūnaitė in Queenies and Tom Ratcliffe in the Lower Bar. Complemented by The Howland Centre group show including a retrospective from Nico Griffin in the Upper Bar.
Event: First "solo" Exhibition
Dates: 10 Mar 2014 - 10 May 2014
A new exhibition on our balcony gallery space starts this week, by digital artist Ian Clegg Walsh.
See news: FBook "Batley Art Gallery" page. There are 19 works on exhibition. This extract is from the artist's description: Its a real privilege to have an exhibition in my home town. There's a mixture of old and new. Some of the pieces date from around 1996 when I had a fascination with mosaics, and then along came the vector phase, so it's a bit of a mishmash. Lately my thing is to incorporate layered tones from my own photography around a sketch. Hope you enjoy it ...
Event: Art in the Barn
Dates: 5 Mar 2014 - 19 Mar 2014
4 works displayed: Rainy Mouse Posh / Out of Focus / Sick, Old or just an Outsider / Unlimited Contour
Event: Batley Open Art Exhibition 2013/14
Dates: 30 Nov 2013 - 8 Feb 2014
*Rejection [title of piece] exhibited
Event: Connections Exhibition 2013-2014
Dates: 27 Nov 2013 - 19 Jan 2014
'Art Station' is a space run by a group of Huddersfield based arts professionals, providing a continuous programme of exciting creative exhibitions and live performances around the train station concourse.
Pieces on show are:
*Tiny Lives
*Crabbing in Barmouth
*Study for Acromium Slight
Event: Host Open Studio Trail
Dates: 14 Sep 2013 - 15 Sep 2013
As part of the Huddersfield Open Studio Trail, over 20 artists from across Kirklees invite members of the public to take a closer look at what they do and see how they work
Event: Inaugural Exhibition
Dates: 17 Aug 2013 - 21 Sep 2013
As a studio holder (Studio 1), I took part in the opening exhibition of this thriving community focussed art centre.
Event: Host at Lawrence Batley Theatre
Dates: 12 Aug 2013 - 14 Sep 2013
Three pieces were submitted to the exhibition:
*Migratory Paradox
*Dynamic Familiar
*The Evolution of Birds
Biography
"Love the jazzy emotion; makes me want a pinstriped fedora and a strong cigar." This was a recent twitter comment on a print of mine. I doubt I have the ability to say it any better !!!
...... Two of my artworks are now published in the USA. And/Or is a print journal for creative experimental writing and/or innovative graphic art. The journal seeks submissions from writers and/or other sorts of artists whose work openly challenges the boundaries (mimetic, aesthetic, symbolic, cultural, political, philosophical, economic, spiritual etc.) of literary and/or artistic expression
A hand drawn sketch is my usual starting point. The sketch is then digitized. I haven't found a satisfactory method to do this using software, so I manually trace my own sketch! My own photographic images are used for the toning material. Once the color has been applied, I build up the design with areas of tone. Chance plays its part - often the lead role. I want to see something that will excite me! I can emphasize or de-emphasize once everything is in place, and combine the precision of photography with the beauty of print making...
My first love was Art, then photography, and later print-making. Finally now I'm creating art that is a blend of all three! Don't be surprised to see the occasional photograph among my Artworks for sale. Enjoy what you see !!
