Mike Briscoe
“Mike Briscoe's exquisite paintings have that slightly surreal quality of an Edward
Hopper painting. But, whereas Hopper's paintings have figures in them waiting for
something to happen, or are imbued with a sense of loneliness, Briscoe's paintings are
about encounters and events. They are paintings painted for the joy of painting, and
for the joy of looking at them; and with the paint being used for its intensity of colour
and sensuality.
“They also reflect a pleasure we can all take part in. The expectation and anticipation
of a place we have never been to before, but have imagined, or are to visit, may be
more exciting than the reality- ‘a description of an encounter between the artist and a
corner of the world he lives in.’”
From Paul Collinson in: ‘West Coast to East; a Corner of the World’, Quay Arts,
Kingston Upon Hull
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007- Brian Sinfield Gallery
2006- Martin Tinney Gallery
2004- Martin Tinney Gallery
2002- Martin Tinney Gallery
2001- MOMA, Machynlleth
2001- Royal Camberian Academy
1999- Quay Arts, Kingston-upon-Hull
1998- Blackthorn Gallery, Birkenhead
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012- “Hyperrealism Now!”, Plus One Gallery, London
2011- “Celebrating 10 Years of Hyperrealism Today”, Plus One Gallery, London
2011- “Winter show” Plus One Gallery, London
2010- “Winter show” Plus One Gallery, London
2010- 2008- Martin Tinney Gallery
2009- Plus One Gallery
2008- Lemon Street Gallery
2007- Tabernacle Collection
2006- Brian Sinfield Gallery
2006- Discerning Eye Mall Galleries, London
2002/2007- Martin Tinney Gallery
2001- Leading Welsh Artists, Cork Street, London
2001- 20/21 British Arts Fair, London
2001- ‘Summer Exhibition’, Martin Tinney Exhibition
2000- “The British Are Coming”, Museum of Southwest Texas
1999- Royal National Eisteddfod, Ynys Mon
1998- Blackthorn Gallery, Germany
1998- “British Invasion”, Savannah, Georgia
1997- Royal National Eisteddfod, Bala
1997- R.C.A. Summer Exhibition
1996- Wales Open, Aberystwyth
1985/ 1984/ 1983- Piccadilly Gallery, London
1984- Le Salon des Nations, Paris
1984/ 1983-- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1984- Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
AWARDS
1998- Prize winner, Tabernacle Open Competition
1997- Prize winner, North Wales Open
1981- Stowells Trophy prize winner at Royal Academy of Arts
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
MOMA Wales
Glynn Vivian Swansea
Children's Hospital for Wales Cardiff
Associated British Ports
Chatsworth Collection
AND Private collections worldwide
STATEMENT
"Most of my work is produced in oil on canvas. The images I choose are very
important in that they represent the felt emotion and often relate to my close
environment. The paintings become conduits of feeling and impressions of personal
and experienced dramas. There is an awareness and consciousness of place or an
event. The location acts as a backdrop to memories and more immediate emotions and
recent experiences. My work is not a report on the natural world or a direct
representation of the viewed image. I plane and move objects and concentrate on the
placement of the subjects. The control of light and colour is very important in my
process of painting".
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