Tony Durrant

I work mainly in acrylic on canvas or paper, sometimes in oil and occasionally in gouache on paper. My work is almost entirely representational, with a surrealistic bent. Even those pieces that appear abstract, are not really: for some time (2003-present) I have been doing a lot of work based on close-ups of rocks, minerals and natural forms like crystals and others as seen under a microscope. Also lately I have been working on a surrealistic, ‘black humour’ take on the advertising world. These works have a highly realistic style.

Education: University of Lancaster, UK
Degree: English Literature & Art (BA), 1982

Exhibition History: (Solo except where indicated*)
• Gallery Novelty, Vigo, Spain, 1984
• Psyhouli Gallery, Volos, 1988
• Pnevmatiko Kentro, P. Faliro, Athens, 1989
• Psyhouli Gallery, Volos, 1990
• French Institute, Volos, 1991
• French Institute, Volos, 1993
• Zogia Gallery, Volos, 1994
• Diavlos Centre, Volos, 1997
• Xenia Hotel, Volos, 1998 *(Group)
• Pnevmatiko Kentro, Makrinitsa, 1999 *(Group)
• Tapestry Gallery, 2007, London, UK *(Group)
• De Chirico Institute, Volos, 2015 *(Group)
• De Chirico Institute, Volos, 2016 *(Group)
• De Chirico Institute, Volos, 2017 *(Group)