EMERSON MAYES - Fine Artist
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emerson mayes

award-winning painter & printmaker

curriculum vitae:


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Born: 
1972 - Harrogate, North Yorkshire 

Education: 
BA (Hons) Graphic Arts, Leeds Metropolitan University, 1994 

Awards:
PCJ Drawing Award, SWLA, London 2013
St Cuthbert's Mill Printmaking Award, 2010
Exhibition Award at Leeds Art Fair, 2006
Yorkshire Open, Harrogate, 2003 
Laing Landscape Prize under 25s, 1998
Harrogate Borough Council Award, 1997 
Small Work Award, M.A.F.A. 1996 
Young Artist of the Year Award, Leeds, 1995 

Solo Shows: 
108 Fine Art, Harrogate, 2014, 2012
Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, 2012
Bianco Nero Gallery, Stokesley, 2012
A Year at Fountains Abbey, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, 2011
New Paintings, MacLean Fine Art, Cork Street, London, W1, September 2007
The Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Pyramid Gallery, York, 2006, 2000, 1998
The Firth Gallery, Edinburgh, 2000
Nightingale Gallery, Leeds, 1998 
Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, 1997 
Stonegate Gallery, York, 1996
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 1996 

Two/Three Man Exhibitions: 
Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford 2012 
Cambridge Contemporary Art, 2012
Broadway Modern, 2007 
The Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate, 2004-2006
Iona House Gallery, Woodstock, 2007, 2006
Inspires Gallery, Oxford, 2006 

Selected Group Exhibitions: 
North Base, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, 2015

New Light Group Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2014 
Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London 2014, 2013 
Flying Colours Gallery, London 2011
MacLean Fine Art, 2007 
London Art Fair, 2005, 2006, 2007 
AAF , 2011, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 
Art London, 2007
Glasgow Art Fair, 2006, 2004, 2002
Chelsea Art Fair 2006, 2003 

plus many more..

Emerson's work can be found in many Public, Private and Corporate collections worldwide, including the House of Lords and The National Trust.

beyond the studio:

In 2015 Emerson became CEO of New Light, a visual arts charity promoting Northern art and artists. He stepped down in 2019, after ten years working in various roles with the charity, to concentrate on his own work.
www.newlight-art.org.uk

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