Peter Cartwright

Biography

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

Solo Exhibitions

2010 - Bend in the River, Gainsborough — 'Where it Goes'
2009 - Peter Cartwright Retrospective — Derby Museum & Art Gallery
2008 - Bend in the River, Gainsborough — New Drawings & Paintings 2007-8
2005 - Bend in the River, Gainsborough — Paintings 1997-2005
1997 - Bend in the River, Gainsborough — New Paintings
1996 - Atrium Gallery, Derby
1993 - Nottingham University
1993 - Atrium Gallery, Derby
1989 - Nottingham University
1983 - Liverpool University, School of Architecture
1983 - Loughborough college of Art
1978 - Coracle Press Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions

2019 - Platforms Project, Athens
2012 - 'Regrouping', Bend in the River
2010 - Bend in the River, Gainsborough
2010 - Bend in the River, LAF
2009 - Bend in the River, LAF
2008 - Bend in the River, LAF
2003 - Gallery 5, Lincoln, Three artists
2001-6 - Wirksworth Festival
2000 - Bend in the River, Gainsborough
1999 - RWS, Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery London
1994 - RWS Open, Bankside Gallery London
1993 - Four Artists, Oldknows Gallery Nottingham
1990 - Nottingham University Gallery, Cartwright, Willetts, Measures
1983 - Summer Exhibition, Nottingham Castle, "Nottingham Artists at the Seaside"
1980 - IBM Offices, Nottingham, Five Artists
1979 - 'Toasting'. Gardner Centre, Sussex University, selected by Poet in residence - John James, including work by Barry Flanagan, Howard Hodgkin, Richard Long.
1977 - 'Miniatures'. Coracle Press Gallery, London
1975 - Nottingham University Gallery
1972 - Serpentine Gallery London, Fourth exhibition, second Season
1969 - John Moores, Liverpool
1968 - Ikon Multiples, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1968- John Players Open Exhibition, Nottingham
1967 - Survey '67, Camden Arts Centre
1967 - John Moores, Liverpool
1965- AIA Gallery, London, Peter Cartwright, David Saunders
1965 - Spatial and Kinetic Art, Midland Group, Nottingham
1965 - John Moores, Liverpool
1964 - Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
1963 - AIA gallery, London, Summer Exhibition
1958-60 - Young 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