Alan Fears

Alan Fears

NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom

About Alan Fears

British artist. ------------------------------------------------ Currently featured in the John Moores Painting Prize 2018 and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer exhibition. ------------------------------------------------ 'A naive artist, a graphic artist, a pop artist... I am a slice of each. My style is simple and direct. The theme in most of my art revolves around reminding myself, and everybody else, how great and stupid humans can be and therefore how great and stupid life can be.' ------------------------------------------------ More info at; www.alanfears.com & www.fearsandkahn.co.uk

Education:

Art and Design - Eastbourne college of Arts and Technology (1990-1992)

BA Fine Art - Nottingham Trent University (1995-1998)

Events:

Recent feature on ITSNICETHAT read the article here: http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/alan-fears-art-050517

Shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize 2018:
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/index.aspx

Exhibitions:

Bond at Bletchley Park: Illustrations and Inspirations
Fri, 25 May 2018 — Sun, 14 Oct 2018

Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition:
12 June — 19 August 2018

John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, July 14 - November 18.


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GIFC, Velvet Ropes, Pt 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA, August 5

GIFC, Pt Gallery, Oakland, CA, August 4

GIFC, Western Exhibitions in Chicago, IL, July 28

GIFC, Art Athina Art Fair in Athens, Greece, June 21 -24

GIFC, Fisher Parish, Brookyln, June 16

GIFC, The Costume House, Toronto, July 14

GIFC, KC, Drugstore KC, Kansas City, MO, April 2018

GIFC, Velvet Ropes, David Risley Gallery, Denmark, April 2018

GIFC, Velvet Ropes, 0-0 Gallery, LA, April 2018

GIFC, Mass Gallery, Austin, Texas, March 2018

GIFC, R/SF Projects, San Francisco, CA, February 2018.

GIFC, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, USA, 21 - 22 December 2017

GIFC, 0-0 LA, Los Angeles, USA, 1 -3 December 2017

GIFC, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 November, 2017

GIFC, Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo, Norway, 27 - 29 October, 2017

Nottingham Castle Open, Nottingham, 22 October 2016–8 January 2017

GIFC, The Hole, NYC, 25 September 2017

GIFC, Soulland in Copenhagen, Denmark. 1 - 2 September 2017

GIFC, Art Athina Fair in Athens, Greece. 26 - 28 May 2017