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Chris Lessware

London,

I was born in 1948 in Balham, S.London.I was a lecturer in FE from 1978 - 2008; now I'm a full-time ...

About the artist

Chris Lessware

Joined In 2010

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About the artist

Chris Lessware

Joined In 2010

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(55 Followers)

ABOUT
EDUCATION
RECOGNITION

I was born in 1948 in Balham, S.London.I was a lecturer in FE from 1978 - 2008; now I'm a full-time artist.

I do acrylics, watercolour and oil pastel on heavy duty watercolour paper and canvas and use rollers,scrapers and scissors to get textures.
Inspirations: Lanyon, Joan Mitchell, Asger Jorn, Karel Appel, de Kooning, Wols

15th Feb - 8th March 2008: 21st Century Watercolour, Bankside Gallery London

10th - 19th May 2008: Bashimi Art House, Salzburg, Austria

May 2008: Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries London

19th - 20th July 2008
: Urban Art, Josephine Avenue, Brixton SW2

Sept - Oct 2008
Wandsworth Open House

25th October - 9th November 2008: Friends exhibition, Dulwich Picture Gallery (prizewinner).

26th November - 14th December 2008:Cafe Gallery Open, Southwark Park, London SE16 (commended)

25th February - 15th March 2009: 21st Century Watercolour, Bankside Gallery, London.

3rd April - 14th May 2009: Needhams Open Art Exhibition, Needhams Restaurant, Witchford, Cambs.

May 9/10th - 16/17th 2009: Dulwich Festival, Artdog Gallery (see Artdog website)and Dartmouth Arms

15th July - 2nd August 2009 Cafe Gallery Southwark Park
London SE16 2UA.

Wandsworth Artists Collective,
Sutton Library
13th - 19th July 2009

July 2009, Urban Art, Josephine Avenue, Brixton.

October 3rd/4th and 10th/11th 2009, Wandsworth Open House.

3rd November 2009 - March 2010, solo exhibition at Dartmouth Arms, Sydenham

November 2009 - 27th February 20...

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