Josh Hollingshead
Josh Hollingshead is a self-taught artist from Swanage, Dorset whose large canvases use bright colour and myriad details to explore a theme and keep the viewer coming back for more. Inspired by his travels, he has painted Russia, North Africa and Madagascar. Using oil and acrylic he varies his technique to suit each paintings narrative, with the intent that the viewer can almost feel part of the painting. Unusual mediums, metallic or fluorescent paints enliven his canvases. His work has won awards and been exhibited in London and Cambridge.
2020 Two paintings exhibited at the Gallery Upstairs, Upton Country Park, Dorset, UK 2020 The painting Ancestors won the Award for the Most Uplifting and Inspiring Artwork in the Huunuu Art and Death exhibition 2020 3 paintings in the online Huunuu Art and Death exhibition Shortlisted and interviewed for Jacksons Art Prize 2019 2019 3 more paintings sold to Primavera Gallery, Cambridge, UK 2018- 2019 Paintings in Dorsets Crafty Barn, Milton Abbas, Dorset, UK Open Studio for Purbeck Arts Week- PAW in Swanage, May - June 2018 Dorset Paintings in Dorset's Crafty Barn, Milton Abbas for Dorset Arts Week May- June 2018 Dorset, UK 2017- 2018 Panoramic paintings in Dorset's Crafty Barn, Milton Abbas, Dorset, UK 2017 Paintings sold to and shown with Primavera Gallery, Cambridge, UK 2017- 2020 Open studio/ gallery in Daisy Mays Arcade, Swanage, Dorset, UK 2017 PAW show of drawings, pastels, monotypes, Java, Swanage, Dorset, UK 2016-17 Josh Hollingshead Studio/Gallery, Jaden Centre, Swanage, Dorset, UK 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS, Krilova Stelfox Gallery at 5th Base, London UK 2015 CHRONICLES, Krilova Stelfox Gallery at 5th Base, London UK 2014 Curwen Prize for Figurative Painting, Shortlist Exhibition, Curwen Gallery, London UK Wells Art Contemporary 2014, Wells Museum, Somerset UK 2013 NordArt 2013, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf Germany Wells Art Contemporary 2013, Wells Museum, Somerset UK Neo Art Prize 2013 exhibition, Neo Gallery 22, Bolton UK PURBECK JOURNAL, L’Artishe Gallery, Swanage, Dorset UK 2012 University of Chichester Award, Chichester, West Sussex UK NOA Prize-winners exhibition, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex UK NOA 2012, Princes Foundation for the Arts, London UK NOA 2012, Minerva Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex UK JOSH HOLLINGSHEAD, L’Artishe Gallery, Swanage, Dorset UK RWA Annual Exhibition, Royal Western Academy, Bristol UK 2009 PAINTINGS & PRINTS, Sansom Gallery, Swanage, Dorset UK 2007 DRYPOINT ENGRAVINGS, Quarr Gallery, Swanage, Dorset UK 2006 POOLE PRINTMAKERS, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset UK 2005 SENSE, Lighthouse Arts Centre, Poole, Dorset UK Royal Western Academy Autumn Exhibition, Bristol UK POOLE PRINTMAKERS, Salisbury Exhibition, Dorset UK PAINTING, Royal Western Academy Exhibition, Bristol UK 2004 Quarr Gallery, Swanage, Dorset UK |
