MIKE HOLCROFT
The Artist
Multi talented artist Mike Holcroft is a canvas based painter and draftsman, equally at home with colour as with drawings in black and white.
Recently preoccupations are interpretations of urban / rural landscapes where his lives in West Yorkshire, as expressive as they are topographical.
His background includes an enduring passion for ‘the masters of art’ and built up a comprehensive portfolio of closely observes works at Walthamstow College of Art
(BA) followed by an MA painting from RCA London 72 – 76. Here he opened himself up to many processes, from abstract expressionism to minimal constructivism, never loosing sight of his own vision.
BIOGRAPHY
1947 Born Blackburn, Lancashire
Art Education
1965-67 Blackburn School of Art
1969-72 Walthamstow College of Art BA
1972-76 Royal College of Art MA Painting School
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Howarth Art Gallery
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Neue Galererie, Germany
Harvey Road Gallery, Guildford
Steiger Jones, New York
The Drawing Centre, New York
Harris Art Gallery, Preston
Centre 181 Gallery, London ‘Stones on the Path’
Farnham Maltings, Surrey ‘Dark-Light’
University Institute, Guildford
Cleveland International Drawing Biennale
Andrew Jones Day-Book Project
Palo Alto, Barcelona
Bracknell Gallery ‘Water’
Acorn Gallery, Liverpool ‘Ship of Fools’
Salter Gallery, Guildford ‘Search for Self’
Cheltenham Open Drawing
Royal Academy Summer Show (Shortlisted 3 times)
Nant-y-Coy Arts ‘Secret Life of Plants’
Water Street Gallery, West Yorkshire – Solo – ‘Flowers Plants and Other Stories’
The Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Collegiale Saint-Croix, Loudin, France
Norwich Cathedral ‘Trees & The Sacred’
Gibraltar ‘Being with Trees’
Water Street Gallery ‘- Solo – The Road – Real and Imagined’
The National Arboretum, Nottingham
Water Street Gallery ‘The Canal’
TEACHING
Private tuition both in Britain and abroad
Visual Arts Centre, Guildford – established and ran printmaking department
MoreHouse School, Farnham – Head of 3D and ceramics 7 years