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Biography
1940
Born London
1960-63
Studied Graphic Design
Central School of Art
1963-64
Assistant Art Editor Aldus Books
1965
Joined ATV’s Documentary Department as researcher
1969-1977
Produced and directed TV documentaries
1980s –
Painter and photographer
1973
A documentary about contemplative religious life in a convent won the ’Special Jury Award’ at the San Francisco International Film Festival
1991
Commissioned to complete 116 coloured illustrations for John Richard’s definitive reference work on the genus ‘Primula’. Published by Batsford 1993
1994
First exhibition of works on vellum at Kew Botanic Gardens
Solo Exhibitions
1995
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
1997
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
2000
Beadleston Gallery, New York
2005
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
2016
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
2021
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
1990
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
1991
The Linnean Society, Burlington House, London
1992
The Hunt Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
1994
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1997
Contemporary Plant Paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1998
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
1998
S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1998
Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo
1999
The Flower Show: Flowers in Art in the Twentieth Century, Harewood House, Leeds
1999
Millesgarden Museum, Stockholm
2003
Denver Art Museum, USA
2003
Smithsonian, Washington DC
2004
Singer & Friedlander, Mall Galleries, London
2005
A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Plant Art, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
2009
Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives
2011
Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives
2020
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London
Commissions
2018
Commission for United Nations Endangered Species Postage Stamps
2018
Book cover commission for ‘El Ala Izquierda Cegador’. By Mircea Cartarescu
Public Collections
The Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Biography
1940
Born London
1960-63
Studied Graphic Design
Central School of Art
1963-64
Assistant Art Editor Aldus Books
1965
Joined ATV’s Documentary Department as researcher
1969-1977
Produced and directed TV documentaries
1980s –
Painter and photographer
1973
A documentary about contemplative religious life in a convent won the ’Special Jury Award’ at the San Francisco International Film Festival
1991
Commissioned to complete 116 coloured illustrations for John Richard’s definitive reference work on the genus ‘Primula’. Published by Batsford 1993
1994
First exhibition of works on vellum at Kew Botanic Gardens
Solo Exhibitions
1995
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
1997
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
2000
Beadleston Gallery, New York
2005
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
2016
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
2021
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Limited, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
1990
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
1991
The Linnean Society, Burlington House, London
1992
The Hunt Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
1994
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1997
Contemporary Plant Paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1998
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
1998
S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1998
Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo
1999
The Flower Show: Flowers in Art in the Twentieth Century, Harewood House, Leeds
1999
Millesgarden Museum, Stockholm
2003
Denver Art Museum, USA
2003
Smithsonian, Washington DC
2004
Singer & Friedlander, Mall Galleries, London
2005
A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Plant Art, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
2009
Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives
2011
Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives
2020
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London
Commissions
2018
Commission for United Nations Endangered Species Postage Stamps
2018
Book cover commission for ‘El Ala Izquierda Cegador’. By Mircea Cartarescu
Public Collections
The Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew