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Semi-abstract glimpses are drawn from observation when travelling, gathering images through sketching, photography and memory.
Adam Grose’s practice explores fragility through layering, erasing, and entropy, creating a dialogue between the past and present. Images respond to a myriad of influences, including historical, personal, memorial, human complexity and the changing landscape.
Grose aims to capture expressive moments via plein-air glimpses and memory, gathering a diverse array of images. These glimpses serve as foundations for constructing prints and paintings, where colour and line layers intertwine, forming visual tapestries constantly evolving over time.
Through masking, scrawling and destruction, Grose embraces the concept of entropy to breathe new life into the work, fostering fresh interactions and interventions. The multi-layered artwork bears their history: each layer interacting to create images that echo the past moment in the present.
This exploration expands Grose’s artistry, leading to experiments with new forms of print and painting, seeking harmonious balance between form and space, conveying poetic lyricisms of environmental and societal complexity.
The work is a testament to the fragility of existence, capturing moments of ephemeral beauty and meaning through continual renewal and evolution. It seeks to not only reflect the complexities of our past, but also offer a glimpse into what lies ahead, forging a timeless connection between the past, present, and future.
Curriculum Vitae
Adam Grose MA PGCE RWAAN
Website : https://adamgrose.co.uk
Current:
Self-employed: Artist, Writer, Tutor & Independent Publisher
15 July 2015 - Present.
Tutor at Arts Hub: Taunton Arts School: Printmaking & Drawing Skills (June 2023-present).
Tutor at Creative Innovation Centre CIC: Taunton Arts School: Printmaking & Drawing Skills (July 2018-present).
Workshop Tutor: Mosterton Art Group, Winsham Art Group, TYCA, Go Create (Home Ed, Festivals), State of Emergency (Create, Chat, Eat).
Go Create Committee Member & Member Artist: Go Create, Taunton. (2016 – present).
Artist Network Member of the Royal West of England Academy (Nov 2018-present).
Education:
Arts Award Assessor (Go Create) (Bronze & Silver): Trinity College, London. June 2021.
Masters in Fine Art Contemporary Practice: University College Falmouth, 2011 - 2012.
PGCE in Lifelong Learning: Bath Spa, 2005 - 2006.
City & Guilds Teaching Qualification: Southampton City College, 1998.
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Southampton Institute, 1993 - 1996.
BTEC National Diploma in Art & Design: Fine Art (Incl: Photography & Printmaking): Somerset College of Art & Technology, 1991 - 1993.
Vocational Art & Photography: Yeovil College, 1987 – 1988
Exhibitions: Solo Exhibitions: Selective
Creative Innovation Centre CIC, Taunton. 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2017.
Contains Art: Open Studios & Exhibition. 1st Sept - 30th Sept 2017.
Studio One at Contains Art, Watchet, West Somerset. Somerset Open Studios 2016. 17th Sept - 02 October 2016.
Paradox: People, Places & Prometheus: Visiting Artist in Residence Exhibition | Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus | 13 Dec - 10 Jan 2014.
MA Fine Art Show. SPECTRUM: Contemporary Practice. Falmouth University, Lamorva, House, Woodlane, Falmouth, Cornwall. Sept 4th - 10th 2012.
Bowen & Co.: Martock. Permanent exhibited works, 2001 - 2006. A variety of work exhibited on a regular basis - Abstraction to Realism.
Snaffles Cafe: Yeovil. July-Sept 2000. Work chosen by the Owner of Snaffles who liked the paintings exhibited at the East Coker show.
East Coker House: East Coker. June 2000. Range of works based on abstractions of the mind and images from travelling around the Equator.
Blu Cafe: Bournemouth. March 1997. A range of paintings based on Dadiist principles of contradictory objects juxtaposed in patterns of form.
Group Exhibitions: Selective
Ilminster OPEN: Journey to Bristol exhibited at this OPEN exhibition. 9th June - July 19th 2024
The World Reimagined: Commissioned to create a globe based upon a design submitted to The World Reimagined to be exhibited as part of a trail of globes in Bristol. The project explores various aspects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. 103 globes by 1003 artists on show in Bristol, Swansea, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Leicester and London. 13th August – 31st October 2022. <https://www.theworldreimagined.org>
Making Marks: Mark-making in the 21st Century | Adam Grose, Jenny Graham, Sarah Darke, Andy Baker, Keith Crocker and Norman Barns | Creative Innovation Centre CIC, Taunton | 01st Feb - 28th Feb 2021.
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. Mall Galleries | Virtual Exhibition due to Covid 19 | November - December 2021.
RWA 168th Open Exhibition. 21st November 2020 - 07th March 2021.
RWA Secret Postcard Auction. June 2020. Three postcards donated to raise funds for the RWA, Bristol.
Go Create: Group show exhibition of community artists. 01 - 31 Aug 2019.
Go Create: Imagination Exhibition at The Brewhouse, Taunton. 02 July - 28 July 2019.
Go Create: Inspiration Exhibition at Tacchi Morris, Heathfield, Taunton. 02 July - 28 July 2019.
Go Create Group Members Exhibition. CICCIC, Memorial Hall, Paul Street, Taunton. 02 July - 28 July 2019.
Taunton Visitor Centre | Zinc etching prints inspired by cricket | 01 June - 30 June 2019.
Cooper Associates County Cricket Club | Prints inspired by cricket | Zinc Etchings | Straggler's Cafe | May 01 - 31 May 2019.
RWA, Bristol. | Postcard Auction | Two postcards donated and exhibited to raise funds for the RWA | June 2019.
ACEarts Gallery, Somerton, Somerset. | Secret Postcard Exhibition | Your Art Here | 28 July - 04 Aug 2018
Go Create Group Members Exhibition. CICCIC, Taunton. 03 July - 31 July 2018.
Adopt an Artist | Somerset Cricket Ground | Go Create | Taunton Live | 01 - 31July 2018.
quaRTet | Go Create | Taunton Live | Tacchi Morris Exhibition | Group Show | Four Artists | 03 - 23 July 2018.
The Old Brick Workshop Exhibition & Sale | 01 December - 17 December 2017 | Higher Poole, Wellington, Somerset.
Telling Tales: The Brewhouse Theatre Gallery. Somerset Art Works Prospect Festival. Sept - October 2017.?
Contains Art: Time Machine Exhibition and Publication. August 2017.
Centrespace Gallery, Leonard Lane, Bristol: Pay & Display Exhibition. March 2017.
The Old Brick Workshop Christmas Sale Exhibition: 1st - 18th December 2016.
Kubla Khan: Imagined Worlds: A touring exhibition working in partnership with SAW, National Trust, CICCIC Taunton, and Art at the Heart, RUH Bath. July 2016 - June 2017. <http://somersetartworks.org.uk/2017/01/kubla-khan-a-celebration>
Heseltine Gallery: The Wave Project | Truro | November 2016.
CMR Gallery: Back Lane West, Redruth | 22nd - 23rd October 2016 <http://cmr-projectspace.weebly.com/prospect---inland-art-festival-2016.html> & <http://thisistomorrow.info/articles/inland-art-festival>
Black Swan Arts Open 2016 | Exhibited: Sea of Rock | Friday 21 October to Saturday 19 November.
The Way We see It: Contains Art Gallery, Watchet, West Somerset. 17th Sept - 02nd October 2016.
1000 Postcards: Black Swan Gallery, Frome, Somerset. Saturday 18th June - Tuesday 28th June 2016.
Fringe Arts Bath: 27th May - 12th June 2016. UTOPIA:DYSTOPIA: Petrus Prints: Pangaea; Ecological; Biomorph & Occultus Universitas. WHITE & BLACK: Childhood.
Centrespace Gallery, Bristol: PAY and DISPLAY - Group Exhibition | 4th - 9th March 2016.
Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol. 163rd Open Exhibition - Group Show | 4th Oct - 29th Nov 2015 | Private Show 3rd Oct | Two woodcut PETRUS prints selected | Pink Petrus & Petrus: Microbe Printing.
Centrespace Gallery, Bristol: OVERFLOW - Group Exhibition exploring EcoFeminisim | 2nd - 8th October 2015 | Petrus: Pangaea print sold to IAS, Bristol University Art Collection.
Artbox: London: Summer Postcard Sale | Fold Gallery, 158 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6YW <http://www.artboxlondon.org/exhibitions-1>
Lovestep: Silent Art Auction: Millenium Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall | 12th August 2015 | <http://lovestepartauction.tumblr.com/>
Inland festival: 25th Sept - 28th Sept 2014, CMR, Royal Circus Buildings, Back Lane West, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 2BT.
La Fragua | Belalcazar - Exhibition of paintings in the landscape surrounding the town of Belalcázar, June-July 2014. Map available for art trail. <La Fragua>
Malaga Instituto: Flow and Art, Permanent Installation of Art @ Malaca Instituto, 1st Feb - 1st May | Presentation Opening 9th May 2014 @ 21:00, Marina Giannobi | Adam R. Grose | Joplin Nosurname | Felipe Oyarzun | Leo Peralto | Grupo Tartu, Club Hispanico, Calle Rodeo 5, Malaga, Espána. <https://malacainstituto.com/images/template-content/docs/CatalogoFlowandArt.pdf>
Our Time in Andalucia: Exposición de Artistas de Flow and Art | 5-10 Mayo 2014 | Sálon Picasso, Malaca Instituto, Malaga. Maigi Omler | Merili Sugg | Vallo Rudsepp | Katrina Kolk | Adam R. Grose. Exhibited the drawings and painting created as part of the Flow and Art project.
Paradox: Visiting Artist in Residence Exhibition, Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus. 13th Dec - 10th Jan 2014. A variety of works exhibited of the paintings and drawings created during my six-month residency.
Freedom: Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus. Group Show in Lempa Gallery, curated by Adam Grose & Ryan Hatfield, and Open Studio Space Exhibitions, 13th December - 10th Jan 2014.
8 Degrees South: Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus. Group Show - 1st Nov - 1st Dec 2013. Two drawings exhibited based on Goya & Velasquez with the Postgraduate students.
Cornaro Institute: Larnaka, Cyprus. Group show with Stass Paraskos, 31st October - 10th December 2013. Two paintings exhibited: Backgammon Player & Prometheus Rock Painting.
Summer School Exhibition: Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus. July 2013, Curated by Prof J Danak. Catalogue. Exhibited Van Gogh's chair using found object elevated to sculpture. <Cyprus Catalogue - Summer School - July 2013.pdf>
High Street Shop Distribution (Debenhams, Next, Waterstones, Top Man, River Island, Primark), Taunton. Raven linoprint works left in clothes and books for customers to find and keep. May - June 2013
Plymouth Art Fair: Karst Gallery, Plymouth, Devon. December 14th - 16th 2012.
Exhibited fifteen paintings from the MA.
MA Fine Art Show - SPECTRUM: Contemporary Practice, Falmouth University, Lamorva, House, Woodlane, Falmouth, Cornwall. Sept 4th - 10th 2012.
Aesthetic Forms and their Opposites: MA Interim Show. Siener's Hotel, Perranporth. March 25th - 29th 2012.
Strength through Diversity: MA Interim Show. Pizza Express, Falmouth. Jan 13th - 25th 2012.
Freedom and Confinement: Group Show with students from HM YOI Portland & Bryanston School, Weymouth Library, Weymouth. Feb 25th - 1st March 2010. One painting exhibited based on a friend.
Portland Arts Open: Portland Arts, Portland. 20th Dec 2009 - 10th Jan 2010. Exhibiting a variety of paintings and drawings created in Weymouth based on the human eye.
Bristol Comic Convention: Empire and Commonwealth Museum & Ramada Hotel, Bristol. May 2004 - 2009. A variety of works including published books.
Ilminster Summer Open: Ilminster. June 2002. A variety of abstract works based on the figure and parts of the figure.
Louder than Bombs: Hansard Gallery, London. August-Sept 1996. Two paintings exhibited worked on over the Summer after the Degree Show.
BA Degree Final Show: John Millais Gallery, Southampton. June 1996 .Exhibited a range of abstract paintings based on the layering of lines inspired from the work evolved from the Philips Semi-conductors Research prize.
'What? Where? When?': Southampton Institute Library, Southampton. March 1995.
Group Show with Mark Reed & Nick Grove. Three abstract paintings based on construction and straight lines layered on top of one another.
BA Degree 2nd Year Show: John Hansard Gallery, June 1995. Exhibited three floor paintings made from found objects: circuit boards, plaster, wires, paint and gravel.
BTEC Fine Art End of Year Show: Somerset College, Wellington Road, Taunton. Fine Art Building, June-July 1993. Mainly portraits and still life paintings.
Residencies:
The World Reimagined: The Vestibules, Bristol City Hall, Bristol. | 30th May – 29th June 2022
Open Studios, Contains Art, Watchet & Art Weeks 2017 (SAW) | 01 Sept – 30 Sept 2017.
Somerset Art Works Open Studios (SAW) | 22 Sept - 02 Oct 2016 | Open studio at Contains Art, Watchet, North Somerset.
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The Pilgrim: Journey to the North | 8 July 2014 – 22 July 2014.
La Fragua: Artist Residency | Convento de Santa Clara, Belalcázar, Cordoba, Spain | 01 June 1014 – 08 July 2014.
Flow and Art: Artist in Residence at Malaca Instituto | Calle Rodeo 5, Malaga, Spain | 02 Feb 2014 – 30 May 2014.
Artist in Residence at Cyprus College of Art | Stass Paraskos Street, Lemba, Pafos, Cyprus | 15 July 2013 – 22 Jan 2014.
Publications:
Amazon: Digital and paperback books available to purchase.
MINDSCAPE: A Year in Cornwall Paperback (Pocketbook Series) | Oct 2020
The Time Machine by H G Wells (Contains Art: Watchet, August 2017)
Art as Transformer | Essay by Adam Grose | 2012/ 2017
The Way We See It. Catalogue. Contains Art, Watchet, West Somerset. 17th Sept - 02nd October 2016.
Flow and Art. Malaca Instituto Catalogue. June 2014.
Mindscape: A Year in Cornwall, 2011 - 2012. Collating all the work explored and investigated during the MA Fine Art in Falmouth, 2013. (Blurb)
Mindscape: 1979 - 2011. Retrospective of selected works, 2012. (Blurb)
Phoenix: A Warrior's Tale. 2009. An onomatopoeia experimental fantasy story. 52 page Graphic Novel. Written by Adam Grose & Illustrated by Tony Suleri.
Sci-Fi Art Now. 2009. Scientific Priest Illustration. Ilex Press Ltd. Ed: John Freeman.
The Prison and Other Tales. 2008. 52 page Graphic Novel. Written and Illustrated by Adam Grose.
Cosmogenesis: The Chronicles of Quongo. 2001 - 2007. 550 page epic sci-fi fantasy graphic novel adventure following the exploits of Quongo across the Galaxy of Nom-Yakk.
Teaching:
Self-employed workshop tutor | Creative Innovation Centre CIC, Memorial Hall,
Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3PF | July 2019 – present | Mosterton Art Group since June
2018 | Various workshops since 2016 which can be viewed here.
Exam Invigilator (Pool) | Richard Huish College, Taunton, Somerset
Supply Art Lecturer | Yeovil College, Mudford Road, Yeovil, Somerset | 10 Jan 2019 - 30 Nov 2019.
Art Tutor: GCSE Fine Art including Photography and Digital Arts | The Taunton Centre PRU, Taunton Deane Partnership College, Holway Centre, Byron Road, Taunton TA1 2JD | 22 September 2014 – 30 June 2015.
Art Lecturer & Coordinator (HMYOI Portland)
Action for Employment, 23-26 Mary Arches St, Exeter EX4 3AZ | 01 August 2005 – 30 September 2011 | Art coordinator in Offender Learning (Art and Design).
Art Lecturer (HMYOI Portland) | Strode College, Church Rd, Street BA16 0AB. Tel: 01458 844400 | 22 November 2001 – 01 August 2005 (TUPED over to A4e in 2005).
A Level Tutor (part-time - Fridays) | Southampton City College, St Mary St, Southampton SO14 1AR | 01 September 1997 – 31 July 1998.
Articles:
This is Tomorrow (Inland Festival)
Awards & Training:
Arts Award Assessor, Bronze and Silver Award, June 2021.
Portfolio review with MDP via Somerset Art Works, May 2018.
?Pathways Emerging Artist Bursary Award 2016 | Somerset Art Works Open Studios | 22 Sept - 02 Oct 2016.
Go Create: Taunton Live | First Prize for 'Taunton Lives' painting | July 2016.
Malaca Instituto Flow and Art Award | Feb - May 2014.
BBC Mock Turner Prize (2005).
Phillips Semi-Conductor Award (1996), Southampton.
Memberships:
RWA Artist Network: Member | July 2018 - Present |
<www.rwa.org.uk/artists/adam-grose>
AxisWeb: Network Member | Oct 2012- Present | < https://www.axisweb.org/p/adamgrose/>
Go Create, Taunton, Somerset | Member | July 2016 – Present <http://gocreate.org.uk/index.php/staff-view/adam-r-gross/>
Somerset Art Works, Langport, Somerset | Member | 01 October 2015 – Present | <www.somersetartworks.org.uk/artists/agrose>