Albion Hicks

Born in Fulham, London in 1964, he started drawing like all children their world, the way they see it : mum, dad, house, flowers, castles, battlescenes, cars, cross aeroplanes dropping felt-tip bombs, soldiers shooting dotted lines to sign up and die upon. In seeing what the « real world » had on offer he ran away with the fairies at the earliest opportunity. The fisrt time he breathed it was outside under night skies full of stars and it was then he began to really learn about perspective.

Moving away from London, at first to Cornwall, then to Devon, he drew at first to please those around him, concentrating mostly on traveller and folklore pieces. He also worked as a free artist for the ANC and Friends of the Earth amongst others, producing also his own work such as the book « Once Upon a Time There Was a Tree ».

Later travelling in his 1960's bus « Molly » he felt a new joy, « Living like a real animal ». He began to create his own more singular pieces and this gave his emotions more freedom to develop. His style became socio-political. At the end of the 1980's he built large pyrotechnic sculptures. This served not only to dispel all the questions of the value of art but placed them in people's memory - never faded...

still working on it...

1979 “The Story of Paul the Mod” Watercolour Storybook

1986 Calendar of Ink Works
Worked for “Friends of the Earth” and the A.N.C Free Artist

1987 Book “Once upon a time there was a Tree”

1988 “Supercommuter” pyrotechnic sculptures
“Musical Scrap”
“The Impossible Birthday Present”
TOTNES, SOUTH DEVON

1989 “Mango Tea Party” A TWO HOUR SHOW with over 300 pictures burnt
DARTINGTON HALL. SOUTH DEVON

1990 PREMIER FESTIVAL D’ART SINGULIER
ROQUEVAIRE BOUCHE DU RHONE. FRANCE

1991 “PAINTED HOUSE”
PADRO ETERNO. SIERRA NEVADA. SPAIN

1992 “TRAVELLERS”
SPANDAMSTRASSE. AMSTERDAM

1993 “TRAVELLERS”
FRANKFURT. GERMANY

1992 “2nd FESTIVAL D’ART SINGULIER
ROQUEVAIRE

1993 Began “ASSOCIATION GRENOUILLE”
Arts & Crafts in Schools and Community, working across BRITTANY, FRANCE

1995 Calendar Inks Work. FRENCH & ENGLISH PRINT

1996 EXPOSITION GALERIE L’ART D’UNIVERS
AUBAGNE. SOUTH OF FRANCE

1996 FESTIVAL D’ART SINGULIER
ROQUEVAIRE. FRANCE

1997 Chateau du Valdone
SOUTH OF FRANCE

1998 Working with “EUROPEAN ONION”
ARCE NOVA. GERMANY

2002 “Pluriel des Singulier” Galarie d’conceil
General Cours Mirabeaux. AIX-EN-PROVENCE

2002 FESTIVAL D’ART SINGULIER.
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