Richard Glynn
Darlington
I have been a photographer since the late 70s, and until enrolling for Sunderland University’s MA in Photography in 2007 was largely self-taught. I have a background in construction engineering which has informed early bodies of work such as ‘Lost Waltz’, but photographically have eclectic tastes and am essentially a portrait and documentary photographer. I began exhibiting in 2003 and have since shown work in solo and group exhibitions in England, France, Bulgaria, Sweden, Poland and Johannesburg. I am a founder member of photography collective Wideyed and have undertaken projects and residencies with other members in the UK, France, Bulgaria and Johannesburg.
I work in various mediums and formats using analogue and digital equipment. I prefer using medium or large format cameras with film or paper as a photo sensitive medium. More recently I have been hand making books and incorporating photographic elements into metal sculptures though I have also experimented with soundscapes.
I am currently based in the North-East of England.
Qualifications and training
2010 - MA Photography, University of Sunderland
1981 - BSc (Hons) Civ Eng, University of Manchester
Solo exhibitions
2012 - 'Lost Waltz', Brighton Photo Fringe , North Lawn, St.Peter's Church
2006 - 'Stormin' the Castle', Decisive Moment Gallery, Darlington
2005 - 'Growing Green', Chateau du Perron, Touraine, France
2005 - 'Growing Green', Decisive Moment Gallery, Darlington
2005 - 'Growing Green', The Waiting Room, Yarm, Tees Valley
2004 - 'Skylines', Havelock Walk Studios, Forest Hill, London
Group exhibitions
2015 - 'Foreign Bodies' Format15 International Photography Festival, Derby
2014 - 'Re:Mapping the Flâneur' Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton
2014 - 'Superdream' Jeppepark, Johannesburg SA
2014 - 'The artist at work', 'Escape of the moon', ProcessSpace Arts Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria
2014 - 'Superdream' GIFT (Gateshead International Theatre Festival), Gateshead
2014 – 'Love Poetry #2' Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 – 'Wideyed Periskop', The Social: Encountering Photography, Durham, Sunderland and Allenheads
2013 – 'The Watsonian Experiment', MarseilleProvence 2013, Cuges les Pins, France
2013 - 'Therblig', New Art Exchange, Nottingham
2012 – 'In Vino Veritas', Mois de la PhotoOFF, Paris, France
2012 - 'Re:Mapping the Flâneur' (video), Fotofestiwal Lódz, Lódz, Poland 2012
2012 - 'Foreign Bodies', Nomadic Village 2012, Desmesnes Mill, Wolsingham Co.Durham
2012 - 'In Vino Veritas', ArtHouse, Lewisham, London
2012 - Nomadic Village Touring Exhibition, Nomadic Village Touring Caravan Gallery, Allenheads, Bishop Auckland, Preston, Larroque Arts Festival (France), Salzburg (Austria)Graz (Austria)
2011 - In Vino Veritas; newspaper, Chateau du Perron, Lemere, France
2011 - 'Re:Mapping the Flâneur', Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
2011 - 'The Flâneur: The Dwelling Place of the Collective', Format11 Festival, Derby
2010 - Blindboys Wideyed, Empty Shop @ 42b Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
2010 - BlowUp Bombay, Street Exhibition, Mumbai
2010 - My City, Cityspace, Sunderland
2010 - 'Tattoos of the Tees Valley', Head of Steam, Darlington
2009 - 'The Pleasures of the Imagination', Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2007 - 'Vendanges', Lee Moor Farm Business Park, Northumberland
2006 - 'Vendanges', The Waiting Room, Yarm, Tees Valley
2003 - 'Bloodlines', Havelock Walk Studios, London
Degree shows
2009 - 'Sight Unseen', Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
2008 - 'Pleasures of the Imagination', Northern Gallery Contemporary Art
Residencies
2015 - Café Velo Renaissance, Lille, France (as part of lille3000)
2014 - 'Superdream' Jeppepark, Johannesburg SA
2014 - ProcessSpace Arts Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria
2013 - Nomadic Village 2013, Cuges les Pins, France
2012 - Nomadic Village 2012, Desmesnes Mill picnic area, Wolsingham, Co.Durham
2011 - In Vino Veritas, Chateau du Perronc, Lemere, France
2010 - In Vino Veritas, Chateau du Perron, Lemere, France Public commissions
2009 - 'Tattoos of the Tees Valley', Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, Middlesbrough
2008 - Museum refurbishment portrait commission, Museum of Hartlepool, Hartlepool
Competitions, prizes and awards
2015 - “Foreign Bodies' - Format Exposure Award, Pearson Building, Derby
2014 - 'Therblig' - Best Arts and Business Partnership Journal Culture Award 2013 (Wideyed & SCA)
2013 - 'Therblig' - Format Exposure Award, New Art Exchange, Nottingham
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