Ken Mcclymont

Personal Statement 2014
Ken McClymont
Awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award in 1981 for figurative work my life through art has been varied.
It is too easy to say that training in the figurative provides a solid basis and stimulation for the abstract. In my case that is only part of the truth. My painting also draws its inspiration from other sources such as music, but above all my work in the theatre. Over twenty years of directing, designing and writing for the stage have had a profound impact on the way I understand images.
In a sense, my dedication to acrylic abstraction on canvas or board has allowed me the freedom to express more intensely some of the ideas and emotions I convey in the theatre. It is as if I were directing the shapes and colours to enable them to stage an experience. In this context, every gesture finds its place in the creation of depth and movement, not just in relation to the whole piece, but also in the connection established with the viewer. My smaller works in box frames make these relationships more palpable. Members of the audience should be engaged, even if they don't agree with each other. My hope is that the intensity of the encounter is not quickly forgotten.
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Stonelaw High School 1971 -76
Greenock Academy 1976 -77
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
Post-Diploma in Art & Design (Fine Art) Commended 1982
Diploma in Art & Design (Fine Art) 1981

Mind The Gap, Solo Exhibition, Leclerc Espace Culturel, 13th Nov. - 1st Dec., Gap, France 2018

Grand Hotel, Chantemerle, Serre Chevalier, France 2018

Office de Tourisme, Forcalquier, France 2017

Rond Point!, Marie de Ville, Gap, France 2017

Jaune d'Or, l'Abattoir, Embrun, France 2017

Salon des Arts, Embrun, France 2017

Rozel, Valaurie, France 2016

ArtHouse - Richmond Council Art Weeks 2016

Exhibit Here, Bargehouse (behind Oxo Tower) Southbank, London
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ArtHouse - Richmond Council Art Weeks & Pop Up Exhibition 2015
1of1 Gallery, Teddington June 2015
Monthly Art Work & Sale shows in Ellery Hall, Sept-Dec 2014
ArtHouse - Richmond Council Art Weeks & Pop Up Exhibition 2014
More Work and Others New, 1of1 Gallery, Teddington September 2013
United Society of Artists, Menier Gallery London Summer Exhibition May 2013
286 Gallery, Earls Court, London Christmas Exhibition Dec. 2012
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition (selected by Albert Irvin RA) Mall Gallery, London Nov. 2012
Foss Fine Art, London (Group Show) July/August 2012
Riverside Studios, London (One Man Exhibition) June 2012
Skylark Gallery, Oxo Tower, South Bank, London (until Nov. 2012)
Oval House, Oval Theatre L...