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VANILLA BEER www.vanillabeer.org

1950 Born, July 4th.

1954 –1960 Mylnhurst Convent, Dore, Sheffield, Yorks.

1960 Obtained Honours award from Royal Drawing Society.

1961-1965 St Maurs Convent, Weybridge, Surrey.

Won ‘Oxfam’ Art competition– awarded box of watercolours

1966 –1967 Poles Covent, Ware, Herts.

1967 -1968 West Surrey School of Art and Design, Farnham Surrey,

Pre-Diploma Course.

1968 Performed at Drury Lane Arts Lab.

1968-1971 Walthamstow College of Art, London.


1971-1973 Moved to Paris.

Taught drawing at the Sorbonne and at the Cité University for the American Institute for Foriegn Study, (A.I.F.S). Exhibited in a central Paris gallery as stock, also at Arts et Métier, then a small gallery in Les Halles.


1973 Moved to the Forest of Dean in Glousectershire and painted.

Designed colours for local Hells Angels. Directed collaborative mural at Coleford Centre for Unemployed.

Became Art Director for the Theatre Experience (S.E. Arts funded)


1980-1981 Taught art part-time at Newent Comprehensive School, Gloucester


1980 (August) Group exhibition, MacRobert Arts Centre Stirling, Scotland


1981 (June) Arts Council touring exhibition finishing at ICA, London


1981 Moved to Fulham, London.


1982 Set of 6 postcards designed for the band, “Sneezes in China...”

1982/ 1983, selected for Summer Show Lyric Theartre, Hammersmith, London


  1. Group show Across the Frontiers, Imperial College, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London.

1983 Book cover commissioned by Mitchell Communications, Canada

1983 touring group show,The Box Train

1983 Solo Show; Stats, touring London Libraries.

1983 (September) with Jane Jackson and Roger Kohn, Art Attack, Cuts Gallery,

Kensington Church Street, London

1983 (September) Solo Show; Centre 181 Gallery, Hammersmith

1983 (December) Prize Winner G.L.C Peace Year Exhibition, Royal Festival Hall, London.


1984 Group show Contemporary Prints, National Theatre, South Bank, London.

1984 Group show , Art and Vision, Westminster Cathedral, London.

April 1984 Christies Contemporaty Art, Marie Jordon Gallery, Yorks.

1984 (June/July) Public View with Bernard Heslin, Bert Seaborn and Lettie Bosman

Festival Hall, South Bank, London, for which VB made an 80 ft long installation over the main entrance to the Festival Hall.

1984 (April) elected to Fellow of Printmakers Council.

1984 included in Gallery Artists Art Show, Jerdan Place Gallery, Fulham, London

1984 group show Young Printers, Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street, Central London

1984 included in Sheffield Open Art Exhibition, Mappin Gallery, Sheffield.

1984 included in Battersea Open Art Exhibition, Battersea Arts Centre, London.

  1. Selected for Present Prints, Bloomsbury Theatre Gallery, London University.

1984–1985 audio-visual projects for Integrated Circles, including commissions for I.B.M.


1985 (January) Lecture at London College of Printing.

One-off lectures at other London colleges follow.

1985 group show, The Printed Image, Leighton House, Kensington, London

1985 The Bordeaux Arts Festival, Bordeaux, France.

1985 Artists for Peace, St James, Picadilly, London.

1985 group show of large works; Double Elephant, Concourse Gallery, Barbican,

City of London.

1985 selected for Open Drawing Exhibition, White Space Gallery, Islington, London.

1985 invited to show; Souvenir Show, Camerawork, Roman Road, East London.

1985 Selected for Kawagawa exhibition, Japan.

1985 International Contemporary Arts Fair, Olympia

(-non aligned artist, stand 946 – donated by the organisers)

1985 (December) solo exhibition ; Golden Jubilee Celebration, De La Warr Pavilion,

Including 2 tier window installation.

  1. group show; P.M.C. 21st yr exhibition, Festival Hall, South Bank, London.



1986 Group show, Print ’86, Concourse Gallery, Barbican, City of London.

1986 Group show,Print and Text, Garden Gallery, Kew

1986 Included in Rank Xerox Collection, touring – bought for Rank Xerox Collection.

1986 (August) with Bernard Heslin, Open Studio, Altenberg Gardens, Battersea, London.

1986 group show; Portraits of Artists, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.

1986 Moved to Woolwich, SE London


1987 (Feb) solo show; Leighton House Museum, Kensington, London.

1987 (March) with Patrick Cuenot, Oasis, Topsfield Parade, N.London

1987 (August) group show, Contemporary International Artists, Queens Gate, London

1987 (September) Work appears in ‘Creative Drawing with Pencils,’published by Element.


1988 Part-time teaching at the London College of Furniture.

1988 (April) exhibition with Patrick Cuenot, 224a Shaftesbury Ave., London W2

1988 (May) Article published in Trade Guild Journal.

1988 (July) Group Show, Drawn To Print, Swiss Cottage Library, London.

1988 (December) Group Show, Recent Prints, Royal Festival Hall, London.

1988 (December) Solo show; New Paintings, De La Warr Pavilion, Sussex.


1989 Design and implementation for ‘Side Effects’, special effects company working for

(amoung others) Jeremy Beedle.

1989 Part-time teaching at Adult education classes, Inner London.

1989 Solo Show; Drian Gallery, London W2. Picture sold to Polish National Gallery.

1989 (November) Group Show;The Art of the Printmaker Festival Hall.

work used on poster and publicity.

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1990 Group shows in Tom Caldwell Galleries, Belfast and Dublin, N. and S. Ireland.

1990 invited artist,Portobello Open Print Exhibition, London.

1990 Design work for Sphere and Collins books.

1990 (June) group show; 20:20 vision, The Tall House, Southwark Street London SE1 –

work on publicity.

1990 Visiting Lecturer Southwark College.

1990 (September) solo show; Alchemy; Citizens Gallery, Woolwich, London.

1990 (September) selected for On the Railings, Docklands Art Fair, Isle of Dogs.

1990 (December) Work selected for use in The Women Artists’ Diary, 1991.


1991 –1994 Part-time studio assitant to R.B. Kitaj.

1991 Part-time lecturer in creative studies for Lewisham College

1991 (March) Lasting Impressions, group show at Festival Hall – invited artist and on

selection panel.

1991 (April) Winner, The Mail on Sunday competion, selection made by

Edward Lucie-Smith resulting in exhibition at Art/London 91

1991 (May) Group show at Scarborough Art Gallery

1991 (August) Atlantis Great Car Boot Sale (included in article in The Times, Sat August 3rd)

1991 invited artist,Women In Art, Woodlands Art Gallery, Blackheath.

1991 (October) Awarded Artescape Fellowship


1992 (March) Solo show at Trinity Arts Centre,Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

1992 (June) Solo Show at Old Rectory, Sturton-by-Stow, Lincolnshire

1992 (August) Solo Show at Artescape, Sturton-by-Stow, Lincolnshire.

1992 (August) Image included in AN Handbook.


1993 (-5) part-time teaching at Greenwich Community College.

1993 (April) Group show, Space Frame Gallery, Gillingham, Kent.

1993 Group show, Hall Place, Kent.

1993 (June)with Bernard Heslin, Battersea Studios Television Centre.

1993 /1994 Solo Show, Madrigal Centre, Manilla, Philippines;

Awarded British Council support.

1993 included in South East London Annual Arts exhibition, Blackheath.

1993 Book cover designs for Greenwich University publications.


1994 (Jan – March) Farrago Visuals, invited artist, Chats Palace, London

1994 (May –June) with Dave Eyre, Citizens Gallery, Woolwich, London.

1994 (July) Performance and workshops, Anti-racist festival, Plumstead.

1994 (November/December) with Dave Eyre and Michelle Murray, Rathaus-Galerie,

Reinickendorf, Berlin

1994 6 Book covers for Whiley and sons, publishers.

1994 (October) solo show at Whittakers, Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

1994 (October) solo show at Heathers, Deptford.

1994 (September), A Serpent in Eden, Article in Artists Newsletter



1995 (Febuary – March) Group show, Genderquake, Citizens Gallery, Woolwich. Selector. 1995 (Febuary) Invited Artist, with ‘Myth information’ Chats Palace

1995-6-7 (July) Workshops for the Anti-racist Festival, Plumstead; also for Greenwich

Museum, Greenwich Borough and Common Purpose..

1995 Solo Open Studio, Woolwich, London.

1995 Advisor for Gallery 37, Greenwich, London.

1995 Invited Artist, Woodlands Art Gallery, Blackheath, London.


1996 (June) Solo Show at Harpers, London Bridge, London.

1996 (November) chosen for Painting of the Month at Russell and Chapple,

Shaftesbury Avenue, London.

1996 Workshops in creative thinking for Civil Servants at Sunningdale

1996 solo show at Heathers, Deptford.

1996 Interview on Talk Radio

1996 Interviewed by BBC Three Counties Radio


1997-00 Book reviews for The Art Book.

1997 Artist in residence at Catford Cultural Festival –

drawings and interviews used on subsequent interactive CD-ROM

1997 –2004 part-time lecturer, Art and Media course, Greenwich University.

1997 (March) Solo Exhibition, Citizens Gallery, Woolwich, London.

1997 Interviewed by LBC

1997 (May) Award from Ray Finnis Charitable Trust.

1997 (September) Performance with Amoeba at New Cross, London.


1998 Artist in Residence at Burnside Conference, Royal Naval College.

1998 (May) Performance with My Eyes, My Eyes, Deptford, London

1998 (August) Workshops in Greenwich and Camden.

1998 (August) solo show, Dimbola Lodge Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.

1998 Interviewed by Talk Radio


1999 completed ‘The Art Arsenal’, a report commissioned by Greenwich Council.

1999 (March) included in Women of the 20th Century, Greenwich Museum

1999 -00 Workshops commissioned by Common Purpose.

1999 (November) group show at Woodlands Gallery, Blackheath, London


2000 Facilitator for Sculpture park in homeless hostel, Camberwell, London.

2000 Delivered paper at conference in Avignon, France – findings voted into strategy

document.

2000 (March) solo show, Portraits and Narrative Paintings, Heathers, Deptford.

2000 (June/July) installation included in International Art Museum, Deptford.

2000 (July) Solo show at Blackheath Concert Halls, London.

2000 (November) solo show, Inside Influenece, Stephen Lawrence Gallery.

2000 (November) group show,The Box Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, York.

2000 (December) included in 291 Artmart at Gallery 291, Hackney, London.


2001 Guest lecturer, Belief, Reason and Imagination course, Greenwich University.

2001 Interviewed by BBC London

2001 Artist in residence, Hall Place, Bexley – workshops and exhibition, video made of

interactive installation.

2001 (May) with Vladimir Dirsh and Aurora Munoz, Exhibition for the Millenium,

National Institute of Physics, Portland Place London.

2001 (December) group show at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery, SE London.

2001 solo show at Gallery 291, Hackney.

2001 Prize winner when design selected for installation at Deptford Creek.


2002 Guest Lecturer, Arts and Hertiage Management Course, Greenwich University.

2002 included in Themeless, Sally Barker Gallery, Hackney.

2002 included in Green Tea, Vauxhall Park Festival, London.

2002 Included in New Works by Old Fellows, Artescape exhibition, The Gallery, Dury

Lane, Lincoln and Greestone Gallery, School of Art, University of Lincoln.

2002 Moved to France; Artist in residence at l’Atelier, Esperaza, France.

2002 Accepted chair of Art and Theology, Peacock University.


2003 Included in group exhibition at Creative Spirit Arts Center, New York, USA

2003 Guest lecturer, Art in the Digital Age, Greenwich University

2003 Exhibition with Ellie Clements in Chelmsford, Massachusets, USA

2003 Included in Chemin des Artistes de la Haute-Vallée de l’Aude, open studios.

2003 Exhibited in Day of The Dead Exhibition, N.London.

2003 Exposicion del Arte Internacional at Almeria, Spain

2003 Launched a series of sound CD’s, Silent Spaces, at The Horse Hospital, London.

2003 Accepted role as Vice-Chancellor of Peacock University


2004 Book cover and six illustrations, Cybernetics and Human Knowing

2004 Guest lecture and workshops, Greenwich University, London.

2004 included in 8eme Salon des Arts Plastiques de Trebes, France

2004 Joint exhibition with Ellie Clemens at La Caderonne, Esperaza, France

2004 Group show, Exposition d’Art, Centre Culturelle, Esperaza, France.

2004 Included in Chemin des Artistes de la Haute-Vallée de l’Aude, open studios.

2004 Joint exhibition with Ellie Clemens at Art du Quai, Esperaza, France.

2004 Included in International Plein Air Expo., Art Du Quai, Esperaza.

2004 Included in Secret, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London.

2004 Interviewed by Radio Northampton

2004 Solo exhibition at the Casino, Alet-les-Bains, France


2005 Awarded an Artescape grant to assist arts practice.

2005 included in touring show, covering the Aude region, France

concluding in March at the Dome, Carcassone.

2005 Selected for inclusion Chemin des Artistes de la Haute Vallée de l’Aude, open studios.

2005 invited to show with Art for Care, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2005 paintings displayed at the Resturant, Rennes les Bains, France.

2005 included in La Vie de l’Eau et l’Eau de la Vie, Espace d’Art, Rennes les Bains

2005 Solo exhibition Espace d’Art, Rennes les Bains, France.

2005 (December) Guest lecture and workshops, Greenwich University, London

2005/6 (Dec. – Jan) Exhibited with sculptor Joel Barthes at Maison Gilbert, Lezignan, France.


2006 (Feb-March) included in Les Nus d’Esperaza, l’ Atelerie Gallery, Esperaza

2006 (April) Artescape /Peacock University publication, Prenez, Mangez et Vivez; critical

essays and reproductions of current work.

2006 (April) Solo Exhibition l’Atelerie Gallery, Esperaza, France

2006 (May) Solo Exhibition Maison de Tourisme, Quillan, France

2006 (May) Selected for inclusion Chemin des Artistes de la Haute Vallée de l’Aude,

2006 (July) Included in La Révolution Française, Espace d’Art, Rennes-les-Bains, France.

2006 Began M.A. at University of Exeter (part-time distance learning)

2006 (August) Shortlisted prizewinner for public art commission Co. Mayo, Ireland.

2006 (Oct) Included in Secret, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London.

2006 (Oct) Solo Exhibition, Union, 50 Greek St. Soho, London.

2006 (Oct) included in exhibition at Maison Gilbert, Lezignan, France

2006 (Dec) included in exhibition, Casino, Alet-les-Bains, France


2007 (Mar) Selected for Toques et Clochers, Limoux, France.

2007 (May) Selected for inclusion Chemin des Artistes de la Haute Vallée de l’Aude.

2007 (June) Included in Le Bleu, Espace d’Art, Rennes-les-Bains, France.

2007 (July) Included in Le Pays de l’Aude, Espace d’Art, Rennes-les-Bains, France.

2007 (July) Solo Exhibition l’Atelerie Gallery, Esperaza, France

2007 (Oct) Included in Secret, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London.

2007 (Sept and Oct issues) Listed in ARTENSION nos.37 & 38

2007 (Nov) Exhibited in Musée du Miel, Esperaza, France.

2007 (Dec) Exhibited at Tracker d’Art Gallery, Toulouse, France.

2007 Interviewed BBC Radio Cambridgeshire


2008 (Jan -) Represented byTracker d’Art Gallery, Toulouse, France.

2008 (Feb/March) Solo Exhibition l’Atelerie Gallery, Esperaza, France

2008 (Jan/May) Exhibited in Musée du Miel, Esperaza, France.

2008 (June-) Represented by Galerie Caunes, Minervois, France.

2008 (June) Exhibited with Dix Artistes d’Esperaza, Espace d’Art, Rennes-les-Bains, France.

2008 (July) Solo Exhibition Casino, Alet-les-Bains, France.

2008 (Aug) Submitted thesis for Master of Arts, Exeter University: ‘The Order of Signs;

Esotericism in the Work of David Jones, 1895 – 1974) Awarded with Merit.

2008 (Aug) participated in l’Air, Espace d’Art, Rennes-les-Bains, France.

2008 (Aug) Exhibited with Dix Artistes d’Esperaza, l’Atelerie Gallery, Esperaza, France.

2008 (Dec) Represented Breukelen Winter Arts Fair by Gallerie C-ent, Holland

2008 (Dec) Exhibited Galerie C-ent,Prinsengracht 100, 1015 DZ Amsterdam,Holland.



2009 Lecture Greenwich University, London, England, via web-cam.

2009 Solo Expo, The Joy of Eating, Peterbrough, England

2009 (March) Included in Toches et Clochers, Malras, France

2009 (March/April) Exhibited International Surrealism Festival, Modesto Art Museum,

Modesto, California USA

2009 (May) Artists à Suivre ; book signing, Château des Ducs de Joyeuses, Couiza, France

2009 (June) Included in Green, Espace d’Art, Rennes-les-Bains, France.

2009 (July) Included in The Drawing Group of Esperaza, Espace d’Art, Rennes-les-Bains,

France.

2009 (Sept) Solo Expo, Magie et Mythe, Espace d’art, Rennes-les-Bains, France




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