Patrick Haughton
Artists Statement:
Evidence of the transitory nature of existence is all around us:
I seek to share my perception of the world we inhabit, the traces of the natural forces which shape our world, the impact of the physical and social activity of humanity upon it, today and in the past.
Works evolve in the process of making; of constructing, assembling, drawing and painting, using a variety of graphic media on paper, canvas and board. In some cases I integrate fragments of found objects and documents with the graphic media, introducing an element of physical reality into the imagery.
Influences on my painting are many. Visual artists such as Picasso and Braque; Brancusi, Nicholson and Hepworth, Feiler and Weschke are clearly important to me.
More than half a century ago, as a young art student, I first visited Cornwall. I had no idea at that time that the work of our tutors; then prominent members of the St. Ives artistic community, would come to affect me so profoundly. That experience took many years to mature, and developing my personal imagery, building on the work of my predecessors, is an ongoing process.
The music played in the studio - anything from early music and baroque, to 20th & 21st century composers and contemporary jazz music – can have an effect on the structure and content of my work. Particular pieces have referenced the music of Shostakovich; (“Isca” 1 & 2), Rautavaara; (“Cantus Arcticus”), Arvo Part; (“A Single Note : Levant”) – and a recent quartet of mixed media paintings celebrating the International Musician Seminars (IMS) of Prussia Cove.
In the final analysis I would hope that the work produced is an honest reflection of life as lived.
Patrick Haughton - 2022
Biographical note:
Patrick Haughton was born in Devonport in 1942. He grew up and was educated in Barnstaple in North Devon, moving to Exeter to study architecture in 1960. In 1962 he abandoned his architectural training to enrol at Exeter College of Art, where Clifford Fishwick was principal. Subsequently he transferred to the West of England College of Art in Bristol where he studied painting and sculpture. Paul Feiler was head of painting at that time, and visitors included William Scott and Karl Weschke.
He is a member of the Plymouth Society of Artists, the National Acrylic Painters Association, is an Associate Member of The Penwith Society of Arts and a former member of the Newlyn Society of Artists (1995 - 2020) . He became an academician of The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in 2022. He lives and works in Penryn, overlooking the estuary of the River Fal in Cornwall.
He is primarily represented by The Porthminster Galley in St. Ives, Cornwall, but also exhibits widely across the UK,
Collections: Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall; Les Amis de la Grande Vigne, Dinan, France; and St. George’s Hospital, London.
Private collections in France, Monaco, USA, South Africa, Hong Kong & Singapore
Artist in Residence 2004: Association des Amis de La Grande Vigne: Atelier d’Artiste, Ville de Dinan, Brittany, France
Solo exhibitions:
2018 - "Patrick Haughton" 50 years On : Penwith Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2014 - “After The Voyage : Patrick Haughton”: CIRCLE Contemporary, Cornwall
2010 - "Patrick Haughton, Barbara Karn, Melanie Guy": Open Space, Cornwall
2009 - “Juxtapositions”: Patrick Haughton; Volker Stox: Open Space, Cornwall
2004 - "Inside Outside 3", Minster Fine Art, York
2002 - "Haughton, Browning, Lindsay, Williams", Bishop Philpotts Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2001 - "Patrick Haughton: Recent Work", Michael Wright Fine Art, Clifton, Bristol
1999 - "Patrick Haughton", Michael Wright Fine Art, Clifton, Bristol 1
1998 - "Finding Cornwall: Patrick Haughton", Michael Wright Fine Art, Clifton, Bristol
1998 - "Shorelines", The Atelier Gallery, University of Exeter, Devon
1997 - "Voyages", Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
1996 - "Patrick Haughton: New Work", Contemporary Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
1995 - "Tidelines 1", Bakehouse Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
1995 - "Patrick Haughton", Plumbline Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
Group exhibitions:
2024: “Plymouth Society of Artists”, ArtMill Gallery, Plymouth
2024: “Delamore Arts 2024”, Delamore, Cornwood, Ivybridge, Devon
2024: “NAPA Annual Exhibition 2024”, Kennaway House, Sidmouth.
2024: “South West Academy”, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
2023: "Winter Exhibition", ArtMill Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
2023: "South West Open", Kennaway House, Sidmouth, Devon
2023: "South West Academy Exhibition", Sou-Sou-West Gallery. Bridport, Dorset"
2023: "Delamore Arts 2023", Delamore, Cornwood, Ivybridge, Devon
2023: "NAPA Annual Exhibition", Wells & Mendip Museum, Wells, Somerset
2022: “South West Academy Open”, Kennaway House, Sidmouth, Devon
2022: "Imagine" (Falmouth Open 2022) - Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
2022: "169th Annual Open Exhibition" - Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2022: "Penwith Associates Open Exhibitions" - Spring & Summer shows, Penwith Gallery
2021: “South West Academy Open”, Kennaway House, Sidmouth, Devon
2021: “Penwith Rhythms: Ancient and Sacred Landscape”: Porthminster Gallery, St. Ives
2021: "NAPA Summer Exhibition" - Oxmarket Arts Centre, Chichester
2020: "168th Annual Open Exhibition" - Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2019: "Imagine" (Falmouth Open 2019) - Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
2019: "On Show" (NSA) - Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance
2019: "Les Invites de Yvonne Jean-Haffen", L'Abbaye de Leon; Dinan, Brittany, France
2019: "Ex Libris" (NSA) - Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance
2018: "Layers" - Porthminster Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2018: "Drawing Explored" (NSA) - Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance
2017: "Imagine" (Falmouth Open) - Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
2017: "Summer, St. Ives" : Porthminster Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2017: "Borders" (NSA) : Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
2016: “Freud, Family and Friends”: Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
2016 - "Affordable August" (small works from Penwith Members), Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
2015 - "NSA 293", Penwith Gallery St. Ives, Cornwall
2014 - "Critic's Choice (NSA)" curated by Laura Gascoigne, PZ Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
2014 - Penwith Society of Arts (Associates), Penwith Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2014 - "A Moment of Flux" (NSA), Heseltine Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2012 - "April Mix", Open Space Gallery, Falmouth
2011 - "Abstract 6 +", Yew Tree Gallery, Morvah, Cornwall
2011 - "Fishwick and Friends", Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
2011 - "Winter Show"", Open Space Gallery, Falmouth
2010 - "The Edge", Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
2010 - Affordable Art Fair , Open Space Gallery, Battersea, London
2010 - Patrick Haughton, Barbara Karn, Melanie Guy, Open Space Gallery, Penryn Cornwall
2010 - Summer Show, Trelissick Gallery, Cornwall
2009 - "A Cornish Perspective", Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2009 - "NSA Three Galleries", Westcott's Gallery, St. Ives Cornwall
2009 - "Tiger Attack", Edgar Modern Contemporary Fine art, Bath
2009 - "Juxtapositions" - Patrick Haughton & Volker Stox, Open Space Galleries, Penryn
2008 - "156th Autumn Exhibition", Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2008 - "Cabinet Paintings", Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2008 - LSG Summer Show, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2008 - "Peninsula", Edgar Modern Fine Art, Bath
2007 - "Cabinet Painting", Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2007 - "NSA Unquiet Earth", St. Ives Society of Artists, St Ives Cornwall
2007 - "Winter Wonderland", Hilton Young Gallery, Penzance
2006 - Autumn Exhibition, Thompsons Gallery, London
2006 - "Cabinet Paintings", Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2006 - Summer Exhibition, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
2005 - Christmas Exhibition, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2005 - Christmas Show, edgarmodern contemporary fine art, Bath
2005 - Newlyn Society of Artists, Thompsons City Gallery, London
2005 - NSA Critic's Choice; Norbert Lynton, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2005 - Winter Exhibition, Thompsons Gallery, London
2004 - Critic’s Choice - John Russell Taylor, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
2004 - "In The Air & Fragments from Life", Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
2004 - "One", Edgarmodern Contemporary Fine Art, Bath
2004 - The Cornish Exhibition, Edgarmodern Contemporary Fine Art, Bath
2003 - "Constructed", Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
2003 - "Discovering Cornish Talent", Hicks Gallery, Wimbledon, London
2003 - "ID [identity]", Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
2003 - "Inside Outside", Adze Contemporary Gallery, York
2003 - "The Contemporary Landscape", Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
2003 - Twentieth Century and Contemporary British Art, Market House Gallery, Marazion
2002 - "A View of St. Ives 3", The Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2002 - "Chiaroscuro", Vallico in Arte, Lucca, Italy
2001 - "A View of St. Ives", The Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives
2001 - "New Traditions: 4 Abstract Artists", Perimeter Gallery, Penzance
2000 - "20 Years of Contemporary Art", Falmouth Art Gallery
2000 - Critics Choice, curated Charlotte Mullins, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn
1999 - "Cornish Art in the Nineties", Beatrice Royal Contemporary Gallery, Hampshire
1999 - "East-West", Forefront Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk
1998 - Critics Choice, Curated Theo Waddington, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn
1998 - Newlyn Society of Artists, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
1996 - "Another View", New Millenium Gallery, St Ives
1996 - "Coastlines", Handel House Gallery, Devizes
1991 - "Artists from the Salthouse", The Black Swan Guild, Frome
Represented by:
Porthminster Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
Thomas Henry Fine Art, Newlyn, Cornwall, UK & Nantucket, USA
Artist in Residence:
2004: Association des Amis de La Grande Vigne, Dinan, France
Memberships:
NAPA (National Acrylic Painters Association) - elected 2021
Penwith Society of Arts - associate member
NSA (Newlyn Society of Artists) - full member (elected 1996 - resigned 2021)
Awards:
Adrian Henri Memorial Award : 2021 - (National Acrylic Painters Association)
Projects:
2007 - Set Design "Prince of The Burning Sun", Cornish Theatre Collective, Minack Theatre,
2007 - The Alchemist, Cornish Theatre Collective, National Touring shows 2001 / 2007
2005 - Grand Theatre of Action "Nelson", Cornish Theatre Collective / National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Trelissick, Cornwall
2002 - Acadians, Cornish Theatre Collective / Penryn Community Theatre, Dehwelans Festival, Falmouth
Publications:
2007 - St. Ives 1975 - 2005 Art Colony in Transition - Peter Davies
2002 - ARTNSA, Newlyn Society of Artists
2000 - 20 Years of Contemporary Art, Falmouth Art Gallery
1998 - Catching The Drift, Venue Magazine, Suzanne Bisset
1996 - Another View : Art in St. Ives, Marion Whybrow
1996 - Drawing to The End of The Century, Newlyn Society of Artists