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Bernard Irwin, British, born in Malaya in 1953, grew up in England and Germany. In 1981 he returned to England following studies in the Netherlands. He worked in Bristol, painting and making sculpture and ceramics until moving to Cornwall in 1996 where he now paints. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Selected solo exhibitions<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2024\/25<\/span><\/td>\nBernard Irwin Paintings on paper.  The Picture Room, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/span><\/td>\n'Let's Build a Boat and Sail Away', Upper Gallery, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/span><\/td>\n'If I were A Blackbird I'd Whistle and Sing', Heseltine Gallery, Truro.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/span><\/td>\nThe Courtyard Centre for the arts, Hereford. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/span><\/td>\nNew Ashgate Gallery, Farnham.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/span><\/td>\nOpen Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/span><\/td>\nDundee Contemporary Art.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/span><\/td>\nCity of Aberdeen Art Gallery.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/span><\/td>\nOpen Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/span><\/td>\nContemporary Ceramics, London.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/span><\/td>\nOpen Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/span><\/td>\nMoving Pictures, a South West Art Association touring exhibition.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/span><\/td>\nBath University.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/span><\/td>\nLYC Gallery, Cumbria.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Selected exhibitions<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2023<\/span><\/td>\nLinden Hall studio, Deal, Kent.  Winter Group Show.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/span><\/td>\nCircle Contemporary, Cornwall.  <\/span>'Pleasure-Go-Round' - Bernard Irwin & Simon Gaiger.<\/span>\n

The Rosewood Festival and the Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall.  'The Trees are Singing\/Treelines - a collaboration with composer Fintan O'Hare.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2018<\/span><\/td>\nHeseltine Gallery, Truro, Cornwall.  'Kober'.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/span><\/td>\nTremenheere Sculpture Garden, Cornwall. 'Borders'.<\/em> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/span><\/td>\nFalmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall.  'Press Gang'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/span><\/td>\nThe Penwith Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall.  'NSA 293'.<\/em> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSalt House Gallery, St.Ives, Cornwall.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/span><\/td>\nHeseltine Gallery, Truro, Cornwall. 'A Moment of Flux'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/span><\/td>\nBucca Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall. 'Drawing & Works on Paper.' <\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBucca Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall. 'Palladium'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMillennium Gallery, Cornwall. 'Drawing the Line'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/span><\/td>\nThe Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall. 'Five by Five'. <\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/span><\/td>\nThe Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall. 'PRINT!'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBelgrave Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall. 'Summer Waves'.<\/em> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMariners Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall. 'Uncharted Landscapes'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/span><\/td>\nExchange, Penzance, Cornwall. 'Double Vision - 9 collaborative projects' - Armoured <\/em>Pi\u00f1ata a collaboration with Howard Silverman.<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/span><\/td>\n'A Cornish Perspective' - RWA, Bristol.  Co-curated with Denny Long and Jesse Leroy Smith.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/span><\/td>\nHilton Young Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall. 'Drawing the Line'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/span><\/td>\nNewly Art Gallery, Cornwall. 'Lineage'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/span><\/td>\nBelgrave Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nThe Craft Centre and Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nThompsons - The City Gallery, London.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nNewlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall. 'Bernard Irwin, Rachel Kantaris and Louise McClary'.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nNewlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall. 'Critics Choice' - selected by John Russel Taylor, art critic for The Times.<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/span><\/td>\nNewlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall. 'Critics Choice' - selected by Joan Bakewell, broadcaster and writer.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Curatorial<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n
2011<\/span><\/td>\n'PRINT!'<\/em> - with Jesse Leroy Smith for the Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall. A major exhibition surveying printmaking in Cornwall from 1900 to the present.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/span><\/td>\n' A Cornish Perspective' - RWA, Bristol.  Co-curated with Denny Long and Jesse Leroy Smith<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/span><\/td>\n'Lineage'<\/em> - with Marion Taylor for the Newlyn art Gallery. Cornwall.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Projects, commissions & residencies<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2017<\/span><\/td>\n'Picturing the Mines - works from the studio' Paintings from the studios of Bernard Irwin and Jesse Leroy Smith inspired and influenced by a year looking and moving through the mining landscapes of Devon and Cornwall.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/span><\/td>\n 'Picturing the Mines' - a suite of ten copper plate etchings. Commissioned by the Cornish & West Devon Mining World Heritage Site. With Jesse Leroy Smith.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/span><\/td>\n'Travelogue Kernow' Printmaking & events in five towns across Cornwall. With Jesse Leroy Smith.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/span><\/td>\nThomas town Pottery Skills Seminar, Kilkenny, Ireland. Demonstrator and exhibitor.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/span><\/td>\nWeston College Mosaic. Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. An 80sq.m ceramic installation.<\/span> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Awards\/grants<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2017<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nArts Council England           FEAST<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nFEAST<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/span><\/td>\nSouth West Arts Training Bursary<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nCrafts Council Award<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSouth West Arts Award<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Collections<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
University of Warwick<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
City of Aberdeen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Falmouth Art Gallery<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Private collections<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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