Fletcher Sibthorp
United Kingdom
Fletcher Sibthorp is a contemporary figurative artist whose work infuses technical aspects of classical oil painting with a modern aesthetic, exploring the fall and play of light on the figure with a subtle narrative. Exploring the boundaries between representational and abstract concepts, my work is shaped by traditional and contemporary practices. Incorporating a process of disruptive and expressive mark-making, fused with classical painting techniques, my artworks evolve from a serendipitous application of paint, sand, wax and precious metals, creating a subtle textured surface.
Fundamental to his work is the figure that he places in a variety of abstract narrative spaces which he asks the viewer to interpret. His latest works revolve around the idea of entropy; the gradual decline from form to disorder, to create and then destroy, then to build again using the elements of water, fire, air and earth. The approach is multi-layered, a gradual building of paint and texture; to observe the ‘infinite smallness and bigness of things’ and to celebrate the ‘music of chance’ whilst paying homage to centuries-old painting traditions.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1992 In Motion – London, UK
2000 Quiet Space – The China Club, Hong Kong
Flamenco I – Tokyo, Japan
2002 Flamenco II – Tokyo, Japan
2004 Flamenco III – Kyoto, Japan
2005 Passion Studies in Dance – Cork Street Gallery, Cork Street, London
2006 Selected Works – Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London
Selected Works – Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Selected Works – Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London
Selected Works – Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Selected Works – Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London
2009 Selected Works – Shibuya Ku, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Selected Works – Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London
Selected Works – Shibuya Ku, Tokyo, Japan
2012/13 Transition – Heartbreak Gallery, London
Selected Works – Shibuya Ku, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Elemental – Belgravia Gallery, London
2018 Solo Show - Catto Gallery London
2020 Solo Show - Catto Gallery London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS and PERMANENT DISPLAY
2013 Spring Exhibition – Blackheath Gallery London
2014 Winter Collective – The Albemarle Gallery London
2015-18 Blackheath Gallery London
2017- Gormley’s -Dublin/Belfast
2016- Byard Gallery Cambridge
2019- RVP Gallery Manchester
AWARDS
2014 Winner of the ARC ( Art Renewal Centre ) Salon in three categories; Best Nude , Chairmans Choice Award and Honorable Mention in the Figurative Category Award
2015 Finalist of the ARC ( Art Renewal Centre ) Salon in two catagories and Chairmans Choice Award
2017 Finalist of the ARC ( Art Renewal Centre )
2018 Finalist of the ARC ( Art Renewal Centre )
2019 Finalist of the ARC ( Art Renewal Centre )
2020 Semi finalist of the ARC ( Art Renewal Centre )
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