Exhibitions
Tim Harrisson: DRAWINGS > PRINTS > STRUCTURES > A SELECTION OF NEW WORK
DRAWINGS > PRINTS > STRUCTURES is an exhibition of new work by the Wiltshire based artist Tim Harrisson.
The exhibition foregrounds the artist’s most recent output – a collection of sculpture made from paper. Rendered in graphic markings these works represent for the first time a coming together of his respective disciplines of sculpture and drawing. The structures are complemented by a series of large works on paper.
Tim Harrisson was born in Essex in 1952 and lives and works in Hindon, Wiltshire. He studied at Hammersmith College of Art (1969-70), Norwich Art School (1970-73), and Byam Shaw School of Fine Art (1975). He then worked as a woodsman and a welder before teaching art in adult education for Wiltshire and Dorset Council. In 1988 he was Sculptor in Residence at Red House Museum, Christchurch, a residency organised by the Hampshire Sculpture Trust. He has exhibited in both group and solo exhibitions including at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire; The New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire; The Eagle Gallery, London; Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London; Rabley Gallery, Wiltshire and Messums, Wiltshire.
Commissions include BAA Southampton Airport (1995); The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth (1995); Epsom College, Surrey (2000) and Chatsworth House, Derbyshire (2002). In 2013 a selection of his works on paper was acquired by the British Museum, and in 2014 Creswell Heritage Trust in collaboration with the Art Fund and the V&A Museum purchased a series of drawings. He was elected to the Royal West of England Academy in 2013.
Tim Harrisson was born in Essex in 1952 and lives and works in Hindon, Wiltshire. He studied at Hammersmith College of Art (1969-70), Norwich Art School (1970-73), and Byam Shaw School of Fine Art (1975). He then worked as a woodsman and a welder before teaching art in adult education for Wiltshire and Dorset Council. In 1988 he was Sculptor in Residence at Red House Museum, Christchurch, a residency organised by the Hampshire Sculpture Trust. He has exhibited in both group and solo exhibitions including at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire; The New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire; The Eagle Gallery, London; Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London; Rabley Gallery, Wiltshire and Messums, Wiltshire.
Commissions include BAA Southampton Airport (1995); The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth (1995); Epsom College, Surrey (2000) and Chatsworth House, Derbyshire (2002). In 2013 a selection of his works on paper was acquired by the British Museum, and in 2014 Creswell Heritage Trust in collaboration with the Art Fund and the V&A Museum purchased a series of drawings. He was elected to the Royal West of England Academy in 2013.
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