Lesley Halliwell studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (BA Hons Fine Art 1989), Goldsmith's College, London (MA Art History 1995) and Manchester Metropolitan University (MA Fine Art 2001).

Lesley Halliwell is Director of Suite Studio Group, Salford and is a Visiting Lecturer at University College, Chester.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010

• All The Small Things, Grosvenor Museum, Chester
• At Play II, South Hill Park, Bracknell

2009

• Pattern Recognition, The City Gallery, Leicester
• FRINGEMK, Catalogue Finalist, Milton Keynes
• Grosvenor Open (Prize winner), Grosvenor Museum & Art Gallery, Chester
• Superabundant - Pattern in Contemporary Art, Turner Contemporary, Margate
• Wrexham Open (Prize-winner, Best Professional), Oriel Wrecsam, Wales
• Encounter, Novas, Liverpool
• A42D, Group drawing show, Bloc Space, Sheffield
• Sale, The Royal Standard, Liverpool

2008

• Hypotrochoids, HIVE Gallery, Barnsley
• Time and Time Again, Touchstones Art Gallery, Rochdale
• Reach, Chapman Gallery, Salford
• Present, HIVE Gallery, Barnsley
• The Baltic Frame, Arena Gallery, Liverpool Biennia

2007

• Going Straight, Solo Show, Otter Gallery, Chichester
• Repeat Repeat: Negotiated Positions, University College Chester

2006

• Tutti Frutti, Solo Show, BLOCspace, Sheffield
• Wall to Wall, VINEspace, Bethnal Green, London
• Multiples, LOT, Bristol
• Wall to Wall, Gooden Gallery, London

2005

• Turning Circle, Taxi Gallery, Cambridge
• Snowcase #5, Fold Gallery, Cumbria
• Art in a Britbox, Assign, Sunderland
• Focal Solo, Ruthin Festival of Contemporary Art and Light

2004

• Remote Control, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
• We Go Round and Round in the Night and are Consumed by Fire, Liverpool Biennial Manchester Academy of Fine Art, Salford Pizza Express Prospects, Tea Building, London

2003

• We Go Round & Round in the Night & are Consumed by Fire, Terminal Warehouse, New York
• Thermo 03, The Lowry, Salford Beyond the Pale, Gallery 103, North East Wales Institute, Wrexham

2002

• Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2002, Static, Liverpool, Barbican, London
• Art Take Away, Cornerhouse, Manchester
• Mostyn 12, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno
• Something Light, Gallery 103, North East Wales Institute, Wrexham

2001

• All Colours Will Agree in the Dark, Corner House, Manchester

2000

• Interim, Ove Arup Gallery, Manchester Blind Date, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA

1999

• Blind Date, Righton Gallery, Manchester Mostyn 10, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno

 

STUDIES

1999-2001 MA Fine Art Manchester Metropolitan University

1993-1995 MA History of Art Goldsmith's College, University of London

1987-1989 BA (Hons) Fine Art Nottingham Trent University

1985 -1987 Dip (HE) Art & Design in a Social Context, Dartington College of Arts

1984-1985 BTEC Diploma Foundation Course Art & Design Lancashire Polytechnic

 

EMPLOYMENT

2003-date University College Chester, Fine Art & Contextual Research Lecturer

2001-2003 North East Wales Institute, Wrexham, Critical Studies Lecturer 1992 - 1997 Cambridge Regional College, Fine Art and Contextual Studies Lecturer

 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2004

• Comme Ca Art Prize North (finalist)
• Pizza Express Prospects (finalist)
• Michael Gourley Award, MAFA Open

2003

• Beck's Futures (nominated)

2002

• Bloomberg New Contemporaries
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PRESS

• January 5th 2009, The Independent, Superabundant: A Celebration of Pattern, Charles Darwent
• December 23rd & 25th 2008, BBC2 James May: My Sister's Top Toys
• September 20th 2006, Time Out, Bethnal Green Boogie, Sarah Kent
• August 5th 2006, The Guardian, Preview Guide, Robert Clark
• 2004, Flux Magazine, Flux Space, Issue 43, 1 Bic Biro, Jane Chavez-Dawson
• November/December 2003, Flux Magazine, Issue 39, We Go Round & Round in the Night and are Consumed by Fire, Claire Lomax
• September 26th 2002, The Guardian, New Contemporaries Review, Alfred Hickling