Biography - Richard Hoare

The ordinary does not exist, it is only the extraordinary that we have not noticed.
At the heart of my work is the observation of Light and its constant change recreating every moment. My aim is to catch the wonder of these extraordinary instants.
Walking in the landscape directly feeds into my work. The impressions that filter into a person reflect in what comes out. This is why I work outside and rely on this nutrition when back in the studio. It is a process as vital and complementary as breathing.

To make a picture is to create a space into which the subtle essence of a subject might descend. The essence of Nature is necessity; it shuns the unnecessary as unnatural. To draw is to use contrast; light to dark, and painting is only the extension of this into the warmth and coolness of colour. So it is inevitable that an artist must learn to ride the horse of paradox. My work reflects this journey of Learning.

Full Name: Richard Francis Hoare

Born: 17th February, 1967, Ipswich

Home Address: 1 Cross keys
39 High Street
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP 7 8 JE

E-mail: richard@richardhoare.com

Secondary Education: Stowe School 1981-1985
Cambridge College of 6th Form Studies

Foundation Course: Cambridge College of Art and Technology 1986-1987

Degree Course: Kent Institute of Art and Design (K.I.A.D)
Canterbury 1987-1990
BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art (2.1)

Post Graduate: Cyprus College of Art November 1992 - July 1993
Post Graduate Diploma

Current Employment: Working in the landscape throughout Europe and from studio in Gascony

Relevant Experience: Part-time Art class assistant, Royal Blind School, January/June 1991.
Completed pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (North Spain) May, 1992.
Tour of European Art collections, October 1992.
Treasurer for Gasferry Road Studios, Artspace, March/November 1994.
Voluntary Art teaching for S.E.A., Botosani, N.E. Romania, May/June 1995.
Completed pilgrimage to Canterbury, Autumn 1996.
Led Drawing Workshops, Brazil 1997/98.

Exhibitions:
1990 Work in Progress, Herbert Read Gallery, K.I.A.D.
1991 Work in Group Show, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1991 Work in WASPS Exhibition, Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh
1991 Work in 'Postcard Exhibition' Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1992 Work in C.D. Exhibition, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1993 Work in C.D. Exhibition, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1994 Work in Group Show, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
1994 Work in 'City Image' Exhibition, King Street Gallery, Bristol
1994 'Ten Young Painters' John Martin Gallery, London W1
1995 'Cystic Fibrosis Trust' Exhibition, Bonhams, London
1997 'Young Masters' Exhibition, Battersea, London
2001 April 'Black as Ink' exhibition of prints with Peter Ursem, Stalbridge, Dorset.
2001 May Wylye Valley Art Trail Exhibition of prints and drawings with Andrea Wordsworth.
2002 ''In Praise of Trees '' Salisbury Festival

Solo Exhibitions:
1994 'A Walk in Cyprus' exhibited Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh.
1995 'Light on Water' Peter Potter Gallery, Edinburgh.
1996 'Recent Work' Friends of the V&A Museum.
1997 'Recent Paintings' The Quaker Gallery, London WC2.
1998 'Recent Work' The Quaker Gallery, London WC2.
1999 'Recent Work' 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London W1.
2001 May 'Recent Paintings' 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London W1.
2001 November 'Recent Paintings' Salisbury Library, Wiltshire
2002 November 'Recent Paintings' 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London W1.
2005 April 'Oaxaca Series' Polano Mexico DF
2005 September 'France and Mexico' 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London W1.
2006 'Prints and Drawings' First Class Teas, Cambridge

Represented by :
Sophie Stonor
Bernard Chauchet
The New Grafton Gallery, Barnes, London SW13

Work exhibited in Collections:
London, Canterbury, Bristol,
Paintings in Hospitals, Edinburgh
France, Germany, Switzerland, Cyprus, U.S.A, Argentina.

Public Collections : Wiltshire County Council ,
C. Hoare & Co, London
Invited to hang a rotating exhibition at ReD PLC UK HQ

Two books of poetry are held in the Scottish National Poetry Library

Publications: Listed in "British Artists Since 1940", published by Art Dictionaries
Mentioned in "Porthscatho - An Artist's Colony", by Chris Insoll


	The ordinary does not exist, it is only the extraordinary that we have not noticed. At the heart of my work is the observation of Light and its constant change recreating every moment. My aim is to catch the wonder of these extraordinary instants. Walking in the landscape directly feeds into my work. The impressions that filter into a person reflect in what comes out. This is why I work outside and rely on this nutrition when back in the studio. It is a process as vital and complementary as breathing. To make a picture is to create a space into which the subtle essence of a subject might descend. The essence of Nature is necessity; it shuns the unnecessary as unnatural. To draw is to use contrast; light to dark, and painting is only the extension of this into the warmth and coolness of colour. So it is inevitable that an artist must learn to ride the horse of paradox. My work reflects this journey of Learning.

	Full Name:			Richard Francis Hoare
	Born:			17th February, 1967, Ipswich
	Home Address:			1 Cross keys 39 High Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP 7 8 JE
	E-mail:			richard@richardhoare.com