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  • Selected Biography
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    1952 - Born Ripon, Yorkshire.
    1970-71 - Canterbury College of Art.
    1971-74 - Maidstone College of Art.
    1974-77 - Royal College of Art.

    INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
    1980 - Fine Lines Thumb Gallery, London.
    1983 - ...returns an echo Curwen Gallery, London.
    Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Kendal, Cumbria.
    1986 - Ciphers Curwen Gallery, London; Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone.
    1987 - Enter The Silences (North The Light) Parco Space 5, Tokyo, Japan.
    1989 - Silent Systems Curwen Gallery, London.
    Planet and Glow Worm Visual Arts Museum, New York.
    1990 - Sixteen Shimmers (& Shadows Surrender) Parco Space 5, Tokyo; Kirin Plaza, Osaka, Japan.
    1991 - Within Without Huntingdon Gallery, Boston Mass, USA.
    1994 - RSC Works Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford -Upon-Avon; Barbican Centre, London.
    1995 - The Possible Slow Fuse Pentagram Gallery, London.

    TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
    1990 - Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory FGO-Soko, Tokyo.
    Installation of sound, sculpture, objects and light (with David Sylvian).
    1992 - Earth Murmurs Curwen Gallery, London (with Ian Walton)
    1993 - Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory (Fragments)
    The Architectural Association, London (with Ian Walton).
    1994 - Between Two Lights Charlotte Mason College, Lancaster University
    Lakes Campus; Ambleside Mountain Festival (with Ian Walton).
    MW Undark Zeffirelli’s Ambleside (with Ian Walton).
    1995 - Soundings: Sub Rosa Green Park Station Vaults, Bath. Installation for the Bath Festival and the Society for the Promotion of New Music (with Ian Walton, sound by Hywel Davies).
    1996 - Looming The Eagle Gallery, London (with Ian Walton).
    Measured in Shadows Installation (with sound) Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle (with Ian Walton).
    1997 - Measured in Shadows Installation (with sound) Guiness Hopstore, Dublin (with Ian Walton).

  • SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
    1975 - RCA Kettles Yard, Cambridge.
    1976-87 - European Illustration Annual Exhibition.
    Association of Illustrators Annual Exhibition.
    1978 - Artwords & Bookworks Toured in USA, Canada, Australia, Europe.
    1979 - Five English Artists Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam.
    International Competition for Young Painters Sofia, Bulgaria.
    Curwen Gallery London.
    Images to Order Scottish and Welsh Arts Councils’ Touring Exhibition.
    1980 - 100 x 100 x 100 Gallerit, Stockholm.
    Into print Royal College of Art, London.
    1981 - Art in Advertising Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, University of East Anglia.
    Summer Reflections Thumb Gallery, London.
    Gallery Artists Moira Kelly Gallery, London.
    Culture Shock Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham.
    1982 - Interiors Curwen Gallery.
    Hayward Annual Hayward Gallery, London.
    Images for Today Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield.
    Gallery Artists Moira Kelly Gallery, London.
    1983 - Britain Salutes New York Brooklyn Museum of Modern Art, New York.
    Collage Curwen Gallery, London.
    The Music Show Thumb Gallery, London.
    1984-85 - Ten Years of European Illustration Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York; Smithsonian Institute, Washington, USA.
    Gallery Artists Curwen Gallery, London.
    1985 - Out of Line ICA, London.
    Caxton to Chloe British Council world touring exhibition.
    Ambit Royal Festival Hall, London.
    Gallery Artists Curwen Gallery, London.
    Art London Olympia (Curwen Gallery).
    Art Meets Science Smith’s Gallery, London.
    1987 - Sydney Biennale Australia.
    Gallery Artists Curwen Gallery, London.
    New British Design Osaka, Kyoto, Japan.
    Eight by Eight Curwen Gallery, London.
    Chicago International Art Exposition (with Curwen Gallery).
    Design for Print Design Council, touring exhibition London, Glasgow, Leeds.
    1989 - Doobraak Berlage, Amsterdam.
    Art London Olympia (with Curwen Gallery).
    Chicago International Art Exposition (with Curwen Gallery).
    1990 - Pictures of Rock Kunsthallen Brandis Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark.
    Portfolio 1990 Curwen Gallery, London.
    Art London Olympia (with Curwen Gallery).
    Chicago International Art Exposition (with Curwen Gallery).
    Original Copies National Museum of Art Kyoto; Axis Gallery, Tokyo; Century Plaza, Nagoya; La Foret Museum, Tokyo; Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London.
    The Metropole Art’s Centre’s Permanent Collection Metropole Art Center, Folkestone, Kent.
    1991 - Pictures of Rock Gothenburg Art Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden.
    The Art of Selling Songs Graphics for the Music Business 1690-1990, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
    The Art of Science City of Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth.
    1992 - Chicago International Art Exposition (with Curwen Gallery).
    1994 - Artists Books Festival Hall, London (with The Eagle Gallery).
    Art in the Garden Oddfellows Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria.
    Little Pieces from Big Stars (for War Child), Flowers East Gallery; Royal College of Art, London.
    Carlisle Open Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria.
    Shelf Life Eagle Gallery, London.
    Fuse Royal College of Art
    1995 - Artists Books Festival Hall London (with The Eagle Gallery).
    1996 - Tarns and Waterfalls of Cumbria Oddfellows Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria.

  • PUBLICATIONS
    1976 - The Luftschiffer Park Piece (limited edition) Royal College of Art, London.
    1977 - Evening Breakers (limited edition) Royal College of Art, London.
    Geek (limited edition) Royal College of Art, London.
    1986 - More Dark Than Shark (with Brian Eno and Rick Poynor) Faber & Faber, London.
    1990 - Ian Walton / Russell Mills Art Random Series, Kyoto Shoin, Kyoto, Japan.
    1991 - Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory (with David Sylvian; edited by Rick Poynor) book and CD in boxed set, Virgin Records, London.
    1996 - Looming Dinosaur Press / Eagle Gallery, London (limited edition with Ian Walton).

  • COLLECTIONS
    Abbot Hall Art Gallery and museum, Kendal, Cumbria; Tate Gallery, London; British Council; British museum; Kent County Council; Reuters PLC; Victoria and Albert Museum. Private collections in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, The Netherlands, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, USA.

  • SELECTED COMMISSIONS PERFORMANCES / SOUNDWORKS
    1980-82 - Dome 1- 4 Albums Dome Records (with B.C. Gilbert and G. Lewis).
    1980 - Kluba Cupol Recordings and performances, Notre Dame Hall, London (with B. C. Gilbert, G. Lewis and Shinro Ohtake).
    Kluba Cubol 12” 4AD Records (with B. C. Gilbert and G. Lewis).
    Document and Eyewitness (Wire Live) Mute Records.
    1981 - MZUI Recording Installation Waterloo Gallery, London (with B. C. Gilbert and G. Lewis).
    3R4 12” 4AD Records (with B.C. Gilbert and G. Lewis).
    1982-83 - MU:ZE:UM Traces Recording installation Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (with B. C. Gilbert and G. Lewis).
    1983 - Domend Performance at Maison de Culture, Le Harve, France (with G. Lewis and Chris Evans).
    1986 - Run To Earth Stage Set with David Buckland for the London Contemporary Dance Theatre.
    1986-95 - Echoes from the Cross Co-founder / coordinator for the concert series, St. Peters Church, Vauxhall, London.
    1987 - Wreath for Kurt Schwitters memorial, Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Kendal, Cumbria.
    Shintin Kurt Schwitters memorial sculpture, Grizedale Forest, Cumbria (with Ian Walton).
    1987-91 - An Opal Evening Light sculptures, stage sets and lighting design for concerts in the Canary Islands, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain and UK.
    1988 - In Praise of Shamans set design, sculpture design, lighting and all merchandising design for world tour by David Sylvian (with Dave Coppenhall).
    London Leningrad set design and video Images for television satellite bridge for Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel.
    Wyoming set design for Siobhan Davies Dance Company (with David Buckland).
    1990 - The Lakes Project coordinator / producer of recording and concert project with Michael Brook, Roger Eno and Laraaji at Zeffirelli’s, Ambleside, Cumbria.
    I Saw You Enviromental Sound Performance, The Brixton Grand, London.
    1992 - Make - Make music and sound design for Siobhan Davies Dance Company also set design (with David Buckland).
    1994 - Between Two Lights soundwork for Radio Cumbria and installation (with Ian Walton).
    Pacific / Specific (in a different place) Album, WMO Records (with B.C. Gilbert and G. Lewis).
    1995 - Visual Music Festival set design and lighting Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
    Between Two Lights Hearing Is Believing Festival, Liverpool, (sound-piece).
    1996 - Undark Album with contributions from Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Roger Eno, Bill Laswell, Michael Brook, Declan Colgan, Keven Shields (My Bloody Valentine), The Edge (U2), Robin Guthrie (The Cocteau Twins), Hywel Davies - for Time Recording

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