Roy Amiss

Born 1958, London. Roy Amiss is a painter, inventor, designer, writer, musician and songwriter. Inspired by surrealism, philosophy, science, logic, and postmodernism. Studied biological sciences and painting. The image shows Roy Amiss assembling his 'Tower of Babel' installation at the Amsterdam Art Fair in 1996. The tower was 4 metres high and 93 cm diameter, and made of 850 bottles filled with water. Each bottle refracting photo-images from behind.During my recent residency at the Schrder Art Foundation in The Hague, Holland, I was able to freely explore and develop my work in a number of different directions creating unique works, most notably in the latter years: Optical Paintings works on canvas or net screens (hand-painted holographs), employing psychophysical methods and mathematics in their construction. Some works featured on local French TV and newpaper.Tower of Babel - installation at the Kunstrai Art Fair 96 in Amsterdam. This work attracted national newspaper coverage in Holland, as well as Amsterdam TV, and actually increased the number of people who went to the fair that year.Bacterially-grown photographic image - featured on BBC TV and live Internet interviews in London.Perpetual Motion - a birdhouse and 7 ...

1988 - 91 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire College of Higher Education, BA (Hon) 2.1 Fine Art. Thesis: Postmodernism and its relation to the philosophical problem of mind and body.1986 - 87 Thurrock Technical College, Thurrock. Certificate of Foundation Studies in Art and Design.1979-82 TEC Sciences - Applied Biology, Barking College of Technology.Exhibitions1990-Young Unknowns Gallery, London.-Christis Contemporary View, The Royal College of Art, London.1991-Department of Education and Science, Open Submission Purchase.-Degree Show, Cheltenham School of Art, London.-Fresh Art Fair, Islington, London.-Prospects 91, Gallery Six, Broseley.-Summer Residency, Schroderhuis, Stichting Via In Artes, Valkenswaard.1992-Solo Exhibition, Schroderhuis, Valkenswaard.-Credit Lyonnais Bank, Eindhoven.-New Gallery Artists, East West Gallery, London.-Art For Youth, Morganton Community House, North Carolina, USA.1993-40 x 40 x 40, Schroder Galerie/Ateliers, The Hague.-Bonhams Artists of Promise Exhibition & Auction, London.1994-Postmodernism, Surrealism, Classicism, Solo exhibition, Schroder.Galerie/Ateliers, The Hague. - Art & Image, The Hague, Schroder Galerie/Ateliers, The Hague.1995-Kunstgreep Open Ateliers, The Hague.1...

Recent exhibitions:

2009•'Optical Portraiture - Painting the 3rd Dimension', Solo Show, Gallery 286,
Earl's Court, London.

•'BASH Big Arts Submission', Solo Show, Visual Arts Centre, Havering, London.

2010 •'Flick'n Click Art - Customised Iconic Film Posters', Group Show, Willesden Green
Library, London.

2011•'The Logic of Appearances', Solo Show, featuring Tower of Babel Art Installation,
and 45 paintings, European Patent Office, The Hague, Netherlands.

2012•'Faces and Traces - an exploration of the Self-portrait', Group Show, Gallery 286,
London.
2013•'Still- An Exploration of Still Life', Group Show, Gallery 286, London.

2014•'Christmas Group Show', Gallery 286, London.

2016•'True Colours', Joint Exhibition with Ben Gardner, The Tabernacle, Notting Hill,
London.

2019•'Traces of the Real', Joint Exhibition with Colin McCallum, Gallery 286, London.

2024•'Salon Noir Group Summer Show', Gallery 54, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London.

•'DaVinci: Genius - Interactive Virtual Show', my Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci painted on mesh screens, featured in the show directed by Leigh Sachwitz, Amsterdam.

2025•'London Art Biennale', Group Show, Chelsea Old Town Hall, King's Road, London.