Philip Maltman

Born 1950 Scotland
Hornsey College of Art 1968
Ravensbourne College of Art 1969-71

I extend my experience of the world by making art. This invariably results in chaos, sometimes in an acceptable order, which can be called a painting, and is about mark making, drawn, painted, scratched, gouged, flooded, scrubbed, stuck, dried or dusted. The mark is paramount whether accidental or deliberate and is recognized as an attempt to convey an accident of passion before secondary concerns of deliberate representation or composition.
Drawing comes first, but photography is often my most immediate form of mark making being instant and comprehensive in trapping the ephemeral. I make work, which is about objects or marks on surfaces; my main area of interest is in the aftermath of interruptions in nature. This can be as direct as looking at a beach at low tide or as indirect as using astronauts photographs of the earth from space. It can also feature references to the residue of history or the discoveries of science. Robert Motherwell suggested an External and internal scanning of the world in which, finally, the subject is not the world but the artwork itself. In my view this may in turn extend the viewers experience, and enjoym...

Studied Hornsey College of Art and
Ravensbourne College of Art & Design

Selected Exhibitions
1975Angela Flowers Small is Beautiful.
1978One Man Battersea Arts Centre.
1978One Man Glasgow Print Studio.
19853 X 14 Bernard Jacobson.
1985Contemporary Art Society Art Market
1989London Group
19962 Person Clink Wharf Gallery London with Katy English.
19982 Person Maclaurin Art Gallery Ayr with Katy English.
1998Cheltenham Open Drawing Competition
1999Cheltenham Open Drawing Competition
2000Cheltenham Open Drawing Competition
99-00John Moores Contemporary Painting 21
2001One Man mac Birmingham.
2001Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
2002ContemporaryArt Society Art Market.
2002Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
2003Hunting Group Art Prizes.
2003One Man Piers feetham Gallery, London
2004One Man Bank Restaurant, Westminster
2004Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2006 Clarion Contemporary Art, London
2007 Rowley Gallery London
2008 Rowley Gallery London
2009 Pavilion Cafe Dulwich Park
2009 Major Prize Winner London Group Open - Menier Gallery London
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