BONNIE BROWN
1981 B.A with 1st Class Hons, Winchester School of Art
1982 Post–Graduate Diploma, Winchester School of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Fine Foundation Gallery, Swanage, Dorset
2015 One Wall Gallery, Poundbury, Dorset
2014 Acanthus Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
2013 Acanthus Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
2012 Acanthus Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
2011 The Arthouse Gallery, Bournemouth, Dorset
2009 Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance, Cornwall
2008 Artmill Gallery, Plymouth, Devon. 2004 – 2008
2007 New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2003 Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University
2000 Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire 1996
1995 Coram Gallery, London
1988 Stephen Bartley Gallery, Chelsea, London
1983 Stephen Bartley Gallery, Chelsea, London
1982 Chenil Gallery, Chelsea, London
1982 Dryden Street Gallery, Covent Garden, London
SELECTED GROUP/MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Taunton Brewhouse with Group 7, Somerset
2024 Cista Arts - Online Exhibition
2024 "The Instinct of Hope", Fine Foundation Gallery, Durlston Castle, Swanage, Dorset
2024 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2024 Lighthouse Open, Poole, Dorset
2023 Sou-Sou West Gallery with Group 7, Bridport, Dorset
2022 Black Swan Arts Centre with Group 7, Frome, Somerset
2022 North Wall Arts Centre with Group 7, Oxford
2022 Lighthouse Gallery with Group 7, Poole Centre of the Arts, Dorset
2022 Millfield Open, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
2022 The Slade Centre, Gillingham, Dorset
2021 Bath Society of Arts116th Annual Open, Bath, Avon
2021 Society of Women Artists, London - Online Exhibition
2021 Drawing on Dorset, The Glebe Gallery, Charlton, Shaftesbury, Dorset
2021 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2021 Millfield Open, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset - Online Exhibition
2021 Dorchester Hospital with Group 7, Dorset - Online Exhibition
2020 Society of Women Artists, London - Online Exhibition
2020 Wiltshire Creatives, Salisbury Arts Centre, Wiltshire
2020 Quarantined Light - Online Exhibition & Zine
2020 Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London (Judge's Choice)
2020 Drawing on Dorset, Dorchester Hospital, Dorset
2019 Drawing on Dorset, The Slade Centre, Gillingham, Dorset
2019 Lighthouse Gallery with Group 7, Poole Centre for the Arts, Poole, Dorset
2019 Drawing on Dorset, Lighthouse Gallery, Poole Centre for the Arts, Poole, Dorset
2019 Atkinson Gallery with Group 7, Millfield School, Street, Somerset
2019 Swindon Museum & Art Gallery with Group 7, Swindon, Wiltshire
2019 Drawing on Dorset, Durlston Castle, Purbeck
2019 ACEarts Gallery, Somerton, Somerset
2019 Print at Walford Mill, Wimborne, Dorset
2018 Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol 1990, 1991, 1992, 2007, 2008
2018 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2018 The Lighthouse Arts Centre with Group 7, Poole, Dorset
2017 Moth Migration-Collaborative Project, 516 Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2017 Millfield Open, Street, Somerset
2017 Allsop Gallery with Group 7, Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport, Dorset
2016 Russell-Cotes Gallery with Group 7, Bournemouth, Dorset
2016 Burton Gallery with Group 7, Bideford, Devon
2016 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2016 Studio 53 with Group 7, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2015 DVA Interrogating the Landscape, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset
2015 Young Gallery with Group 7, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2014 Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye
2013 Millfield Open, Street, Somerset
2013 Young Gallery with Group 7, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2013 L'Artishe Gallery with Group 7, Swanage, Dorset
2012 Millfield Open, Street, Somerset
2012 Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye
2011 Edinburgh Art Fair with Spanakopitta Gallery
2010 The Arthouse Gallery, Bournemouth, Dorset
2009 The Bowie Gallery, Totnes, Devon 2008 - 2012
2008 Broadway Gallery, Soho, New York USA.
2008 Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall 2001 – 2008
2007 Rowley Gallery, Kensington, London 2007 – 2008
2007 The Empire Gallery, Hoxton, London
2007 Queen Street Gallery, Emsworth, Hampshire 2006 – 2007
2007 New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey 1985 –1996, 2006 –2008
2006 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2000 – 2006
2006 “50 Wessex Artists”, Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton, Devon
2006 Thompson’s Gallery, Marylebone, London
2005 Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall 2004 – 2005
2005 Bournemouth University Loan Collection 2000 – 2001 – 2005
2005 University College Winchester Loan Collection
2004 Black Swan Open, Frome, Somerset 2002, 2004
2004 Alpha Gallery, Swanage, Dorset 1989 – 2004 (2 PERSON)
2003 Euroart, Barbizon, France 2000, 2003
2002 White Gallery, Brighton
2001 Art on Paper Fair, with Lena Boyle Fine Art, R.C.A 1999, 2000, 2001
2001 Moreton St. Gallery, London
2000 20th Century Art Fair with Lena Boyle Fine Art, R.C.A 1995 – 1999
1999 Lena Boyle Fine Art at the Bartley Drey Gallery, Chelsea1993 –1999
1998 Islington Art Fair, London Art’91 – 98
1997 Discerning Eye Exhibition, London (Selected by HRH Prince Charles)
1996 Oktavia Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1995 The Laing Competition, Winchester & London. 1991, 1995
1993 R.A. Summer Exhibition
1992 Mistral Gallery, Dover St. London 1992 – 1995
1990 R.I.B.A. Exhibition, Regent St. London
AWARDS/PRIZES:
2012 Millfield Open, Somerset (Prize winner)
2001 Gallery Scene Open, Turner Gallery, Exeter (First Prize)
1997 The Discerning Eye Exhibition, London (Art Newspaper Prize)
1995 Laing Competition, Winchester, London (Highly Commended Prize)
1980 Travel Award to Holland, Winchester School of Art
COLLECTIONS:
Exxon Chemicals
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Collection
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
The Paintings in Hospitals Collection
Computer Sciences
Accenture
St. George’s Hospital, London
Creasey & Young Gallery Collection
In various private collections in UK, EU, CANADA, USA
MEDIA:
2019 Group 7 Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School “Connections” Catalogue
2019 Group 7 “Connections” Catalogue
2019 Drawing on Dorset Book – Evolver Books
2016 Group 7 Catalogue “Colour Values”
2010 Art UK website: www.artuk.org
2009 Cornwall Contemporary Art Gallery Catalogue
2008 Broadway Gallery, New York, USA Catalogue
2007 NY ARTS Magazine Sept/Oct Issue
2006 Fifty Wessex Artists - Evolver Books
2005 University of Winchester Loan Collection Catalogue
2000 Euroart Catalogues – 2003
2000 Bournemouth University Loan Collection Catalogues - 2001, 2005
2001 Affordable Art Fair Catalogue
LECTURING EXPERIENCE SINCE 1982:
Southampton Institute (Solent University)
Winchester School of Art
Maidenhead School of Art
Chelsea School of Art
Arts University Bournemouth
1981 B.A with 1st Class Hons, Winchester School of Art
1982 Post–Graduate Diploma, Winchester School of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Fine Foundation Gallery, Swanage, Dorset
2015 One Wall Gallery, Poundbury, Dorset
2014 Acanthus Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
2013 Acanthus Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
2012 Acanthus Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
2011 The Arthouse Gallery, Bournemouth, Dorset
2009 Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance, Cornwall
2008 Artmill Gallery, Plymouth, Devon. 2004 – 2008
2007 New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2003 Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University
2000 Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire 1996
1995 Coram Gallery, London
1988 Stephen Bartley Gallery, Chelsea, London
1983 Stephen Bartley Gallery, Chelsea, London
1982 Chenil Gallery, Chelsea, London
1982 Dryden Street Gallery, Covent Garden, London
SELECTED GROUP/MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Taunton Brewhouse with Group 7, Somerset
2024 Cista Arts - Online Exhibition
2024 "The Instinct of Hope", Fine Foundation Gallery, Durlston Castle, Swanage, Dorset
2024 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2024 Lighthouse Open, Poole, Dorset
2023 Sou-Sou West Gallery with Group 7, Bridport, Dorset
2022 Black Swan Arts Centre with Group 7, Frome, Somerset
2022 North Wall Arts Centre with Group 7, Oxford
2022 Lighthouse Gallery with Group 7, Poole Centre of the Arts, Dorset
2022 Millfield Open, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
2022 The Slade Centre, Gillingham, Dorset
2021 Bath Society of Arts116th Annual Open, Bath, Avon
2021 Society of Women Artists, London - Online Exhibition
2021 Drawing on Dorset, The Glebe Gallery, Charlton, Shaftesbury, Dorset
2021 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2021 Millfield Open, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset - Online Exhibition
2021 Dorchester Hospital with Group 7, Dorset - Online Exhibition
2020 Society of Women Artists, London - Online Exhibition
2020 Wiltshire Creatives, Salisbury Arts Centre, Wiltshire
2020 Quarantined Light - Online Exhibition & Zine
2020 Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London (Judge's Choice)
2020 Drawing on Dorset, Dorchester Hospital, Dorset
2019 Drawing on Dorset, The Slade Centre, Gillingham, Dorset
2019 Lighthouse Gallery with Group 7, Poole Centre for the Arts, Poole, Dorset
2019 Drawing on Dorset, Lighthouse Gallery, Poole Centre for the Arts, Poole, Dorset
2019 Atkinson Gallery with Group 7, Millfield School, Street, Somerset
2019 Swindon Museum & Art Gallery with Group 7, Swindon, Wiltshire
2019 Drawing on Dorset, Durlston Castle, Purbeck
2019 ACEarts Gallery, Somerton, Somerset
2019 Print at Walford Mill, Wimborne, Dorset
2018 Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol 1990, 1991, 1992, 2007, 2008
2018 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2018 The Lighthouse Arts Centre with Group 7, Poole, Dorset
2017 Moth Migration-Collaborative Project, 516 Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2017 Millfield Open, Street, Somerset
2017 Allsop Gallery with Group 7, Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport, Dorset
2016 Russell-Cotes Gallery with Group 7, Bournemouth, Dorset
2016 Burton Gallery with Group 7, Bideford, Devon
2016 The Slade Centre with Group 7, Gillingham, Dorset
2016 Studio 53 with Group 7, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2015 DVA Interrogating the Landscape, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset
2015 Young Gallery with Group 7, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2014 Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye
2013 Millfield Open, Street, Somerset
2013 Young Gallery with Group 7, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2013 L'Artishe Gallery with Group 7, Swanage, Dorset
2012 Millfield Open, Street, Somerset
2012 Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye
2011 Edinburgh Art Fair with Spanakopitta Gallery
2010 The Arthouse Gallery, Bournemouth, Dorset
2009 The Bowie Gallery, Totnes, Devon 2008 - 2012
2008 Broadway Gallery, Soho, New York USA.
2008 Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall 2001 – 2008
2007 Rowley Gallery, Kensington, London 2007 – 2008
2007 The Empire Gallery, Hoxton, London
2007 Queen Street Gallery, Emsworth, Hampshire 2006 – 2007
2007 New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey 1985 –1996, 2006 –2008
2006 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2000 – 2006
2006 “50 Wessex Artists”, Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton, Devon
2006 Thompson’s Gallery, Marylebone, London
2005 Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall 2004 – 2005
2005 Bournemouth University Loan Collection 2000 – 2001 – 2005
2005 University College Winchester Loan Collection
2004 Black Swan Open, Frome, Somerset 2002, 2004
2004 Alpha Gallery, Swanage, Dorset 1989 – 2004 (2 PERSON)
2003 Euroart, Barbizon, France 2000, 2003
2002 White Gallery, Brighton
2001 Art on Paper Fair, with Lena Boyle Fine Art, R.C.A 1999, 2000, 2001
2001 Moreton St. Gallery, London
2000 20th Century Art Fair with Lena Boyle Fine Art, R.C.A 1995 – 1999
1999 Lena Boyle Fine Art at the Bartley Drey Gallery, Chelsea1993 –1999
1998 Islington Art Fair, London Art’91 – 98
1997 Discerning Eye Exhibition, London (Selected by HRH Prince Charles)
1996 Oktavia Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1995 The Laing Competition, Winchester & London. 1991, 1995
1993 R.A. Summer Exhibition
1992 Mistral Gallery, Dover St. London 1992 – 1995
1990 R.I.B.A. Exhibition, Regent St. London
AWARDS/PRIZES:
2012 Millfield Open, Somerset (Prize winner)
2001 Gallery Scene Open, Turner Gallery, Exeter (First Prize)
1997 The Discerning Eye Exhibition, London (Art Newspaper Prize)
1995 Laing Competition, Winchester, London (Highly Commended Prize)
1980 Travel Award to Holland, Winchester School of Art
COLLECTIONS:
Exxon Chemicals
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Collection
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
The Paintings in Hospitals Collection
Computer Sciences
Accenture
St. George’s Hospital, London
Creasey & Young Gallery Collection
In various private collections in UK, EU, CANADA, USA
MEDIA:
2019 Group 7 Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School “Connections” Catalogue
2019 Group 7 “Connections” Catalogue
2019 Drawing on Dorset Book – Evolver Books
2016 Group 7 Catalogue “Colour Values”
2010 Art UK website: www.artuk.org
2009 Cornwall Contemporary Art Gallery Catalogue
2008 Broadway Gallery, New York, USA Catalogue
2007 NY ARTS Magazine Sept/Oct Issue
2006 Fifty Wessex Artists - Evolver Books
2005 University of Winchester Loan Collection Catalogue
2000 Euroart Catalogues – 2003
2000 Bournemouth University Loan Collection Catalogues - 2001, 2005
2001 Affordable Art Fair Catalogue
LECTURING EXPERIENCE SINCE 1982:
Southampton Institute (Solent University)
Winchester School of Art
Maidenhead School of Art
Chelsea School of Art
Arts University Bournemouth