Lesley Oldaker

Lesley Oldaker

Zurich, Switzerland

About Lesley Oldaker

All work marked not for sale is because I may be travelling and unable to ship. Please enquire. UK artist currently living in Zurich, Switzerland Exhibited in UK, Switzerland, New York, China,Italy, Bratislava and India. My work explores the complex relationships, transient nature, and purpose of figurative groupings and their interaction within the space around them. Examining and incorporating current human conditions surrounding us in todays society, creates a narrative within the work and by expressing a personal response to co-occupying the space communicates a common sense of displacement,a question of belonging and relevance within our shared urban environments. Initial drawing, photographic and printing studies, enable me to abstract the essence of form, space and colour for my paintings and the main medium, oil paint, communicates more desirably the sense of continual movement and fluidity of the form within my work. A limited colour pallet and painterly mark-making helps to evoke a suggestion of mood and place, encouraging the viewer to personally explore and interpret the painting further.

Education:

June 2012-- BA Hons in Fine Art Painting (OCA/University of the Creative Arts, UK)
June 2011 Foundation Dip. in Art and Design, Bath City College/University of the Arts London UK (Distinction)
2011-14 Life Art classes under artist Alex Zwalen, Zurich (www.alexzwalen.ch)
2005-10 Life Art classes under artist Jackie Harding, UK (www.jackieharding.com)

Events:

July 12-16 2017 Flux 4, Chelsea College Gallery, London
Nov 2-6 2016 Flux 3, Truman Brewery, London
Dec 10-14th 2015, Flux 2, RCA, London
Nov 17-29th 2014 Runner Up 'Winter Pride Arts Awards', Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London. Non-Conformist
Oct+Nov 2013 Invited Artist Residency, Da Wang Cultural Highland Art Centre,Shenzhen, China

Exhibitions:

July 2017 Flux 4, Chelsea College Gallery, London
March 2017 Around the World in 7days, GBA, Claridges, New Delhi, India
Nov 2016, Edinburgh Art Fair, The Chimera Gallery
Nov 2016 Flux 3, Old Truman Brewery, London
June 2016 Summer Exhibition, The Chimera Gallery , Ireland
Jun/Jul 2016 Solar, Nude Tin Can Gallery, UK
Jan/Feb 2016 Urban Experiences, Nude Tin Can Gallery, UK
Dec 2015 Flux 2 Exhibition/ RCA, London
June 2015 Steiner Gallery(Vienna) summer exhibition, Kronen Gallery, Zurich
June 2015 La Melia d'Oro, Lake Como, Italy (Camaver Kunsthaus www.camaver.it)
Nov 2014 Winter Pride Arts Awards 2014, Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London
July 2014 Times Square, NYC, SeeMe exhibition
December 2013 Winter Salon, River Gallery, Bratislava
December 2013 The 9th China,Shenzhen International Cultural Industry Fair, Da Wang Gallery, China
November 2013 Cityscapes Impressions, Da Wang Gallery, Shenzhen, China
July-Sept 2013 The Story of the Creative, New York
March 2013 Art for March Exhibition, Sloane Square Tube Station, London.
August 2012 'Bus-Tops 2012 Olympiad Project', Artwork 2,London, Arts Council England
June 2012 “7Up”, Gallery Le Sud, Zurich
May 2012 'Bus-Tops 2012 Olympiad Project', Artwork 1, London, Arts Council England
January 2012 “ Akt&Portrait”, Zurich
June 2011 “Unearthing Potential”, Bath College Gallery, Bath, UK