Peter Cartwright

Peter Cartwright

Biography

• 1939Born Derby
• 1956-58Derby College of Art
• 1958-61Royal College of Art
• 1961-64Part-time Lecturer, Derby College of Art
• 1965-96Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University

Solo Exhibitions

• 2019Swedenborg House, London
• 2017Footfall, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford
• 2015Recent Paintings, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham Lakeside
• 2013Swedenborg House, London — Site specific drawings
• 2010Bend in the River, Gainsborough — 'Where it Goes'
• 2009Peter Cartwright Retrospective — Derby Museum & Art Gallery
• 2008Bend in the River, Gainsborough — New Drawings & Paintings 2007-8
• 2005Bend in the River, Gainsborough — Paintings 1997-2005
• 1997Bend in the River, Gainsborough — New Paintings
• 1996Atrium Gallery, Derby
• 1993Nottingham University
• 1993Atrium Gallery, Derby
• 1989Nottingham University
• 1983Liverpool University, School of Architecture
• 1983Loughborough college of Art
• 1978Coracle Press Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions

• 2024Swedenborg's Lusthus: On Memory and Place, Swedenborg House Gallery, London
• 2019Platforms Project, Athens
• 2017The Swedenborg Archive at the Frith Street Gallery, London
• 2012Bend in the River, Gainsborough
• 2010Bend in the River, Gainsborough
• 2010Bend in the River, LAF
• 2009Bend in the River, LAF
• 2008Bend in the River, LAF
• 2007Southwell Artspace
• 2003Three Artists, Gallery 5, Lincoln
• 2001Wirksworth Festival
• 2000Bend in the River, Gainsborough
• 1999RWS, Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery London
• 1994RWS Open, Bankside Gallery London
• 1993Four Artists, Oldknows Gallery Nottingham
• 1990Cartwright, Willetts, Measures, Nottingham University Gallery
• 1983Nottingham Artists at the Seaside, Summer Exhibition, Nottingham Castle
• 1980Five Artists, IBM Offices, Nottingham
• 1979Toasting, Gardner Centre, Sussex University, selected by Poet in residence John James; inc. work by Barry Flanagan, Howard Hodgkin, Richard Long
• 1977Miniatures, Coracle Press Gallery, London
• 1975Nottingham University Gallery
• 1972Serpentine Gallery London, Fourth exhibition, second Season
• 1969John Moores, Liverpool
• 1968Ikon Multiples, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
• 1968John Players Open Exhibition, Nottingham
• 1967Survey '67, Camden Arts Centre
• 1967John Moores, Liverpool
• 1965AIA Gallery, London, Peter Cartwright, David Saunders
• 1965Spatial and Kinetic Art, Midland Group, Nottingham
• 1965John Moores, Liverpool
• 1964Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
• 1963AIA gallery, London, Summer Exhibition
• 1958-60Young Contemporaries, London

Collections

• Arts Council England
• Royal College of Art
• Angel Row Library, Nottingham
• Nottingham Playhouse
• Private Collections
• Corinthia Hotel London

Selected Publications

• Catalogue introduction, Alison wilding, Art School Drawings from The 1960s and 70s. Karsten Schubert Gallery, 2011
• 'art is a balm to the brain/& gives a certain resolution': The Impact of, and engagement with, the visual arts in John James' writing. Essay in 'The Salt Companion to John James', Salt Publishing, 2010
• Guardian Weekend, 'Pick of the Week' preview of 'Peter Cartwright Retrospective', by Robert Clark. 2009
• Two limited edition artists books, woodcut / woodcut text — 'Scragdrossdebris', 'Bilgecraprefuse', 2005
• Survey '67 Abstract Painters, introductory essay by Paul Overy. Camden Arts Centre, 1967

Contact

pjcart (at) hotmail.com