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 Carl Chapple: Wales
*International Guest Artist in Residence - by Invitation

Originally from Dartmoor in the southwest of England, after studying painting at St Martin’s School of Art, London, Carl spent time in Greece, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Italy, where he drew a great deal and further developed his interest in Classical and Renaissance painting and sculpture.  Since 2003 he has been based in South Wales.
 
Primarily interested in painting people, Carl worked from the nude for a number of years before developing a greater interest in portraiture - particularly working with musicians, comedians, dancers and other stage performers.  Since around 2015 his approach to portraiture has expanded, drawing on earlier work from the figure to explore narrative, gesture, and movement in portrait painting.
 
Carl is an artist in residence with Ballet Cymru, Wales's international ballet company, where he works with dancers in their rehearsal space and in the painting studio.
 
His paintings are held in private collections across the UK and internationally, including the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art Cymru.  He is represented in Wales by Ffin y Parc Gallery, and is a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art. 
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FRONTOFBICYCLE EXHIBITIONS 2018 - 2021
2019 - ​Rheinsprung 1, Basel
2018 - frontofbicycle @ Voltahalle, Basel 

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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 - Albany Gallery, Cardiff

2019 - Painting Dance, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (supported by Arts Council of Wales)
2019 - Painting Dance, Ffin y Parc Gallery, Conwy (supported by Arts Council of Wales)

2018 - A Thousand Words, Waterstones, Bloomsbury, London
2018 - Ffin y Parc Gallery, Conwy

2017 - Well Thumbed (Edinburgh Fringe), Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
2017 - Ffin y Parc Gallery, Conwy

2015 - Sŵn Festival, Abacus, Cardiff
2015 - Portraits, Waterloo Gardens, Penarth and Cardiff

2014 - Portraits of Performers, Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
2014 - Portraits of Performers, Penarth Pier Pavilion, Penarth (supported by the Arts Council of Wales and Machynlleth Comedy Festival)
2014 - Portraits of Performers, Museum of Modern Art Cymru, Machynlleth
2014 - Green Man Performers, Hwyl, Cecil Sharpe House, London

2012 - Portraits of Musicians, locations across Cardiff, Sŵn Festival Fringe

2011 - Portraits and Nudes, Waterloo Gardens Teahouse, Cardiff
2011 - Recent Portraits, Oriel Celfi, Swansea

2010 - Paintings from Life, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

2008 - Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouth
2007 - Museum of Modern Art Cymru, Machynlleth
2007 - Twelve Paintings, The Senedd, Cardiff

Selected Group Exhibitions
2017-21 Ffin y Parc Gallery, Conwy

2020 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (winner of Chair’s Purchase Prize)

2017-21 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy

2018/19 - frontofbicycle Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2017/18 - Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff
2017 - Museum of Modern Art Cymru, Machynlleth

2016 - FreeHaus, Llandudno (residency exhibition)
2009/10/16 - Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouthshire

2014/15 - Abacus Gallery, Cardiff
2015 - Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
2006/11/12/13 - Welsh Artist of the Year exhibition, St David’s Hall, Cardiff

2007/10/11 - The Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2011 - BigLittleCity, The Old Library, Cardiff

2010 - Attic Gallery, Swansea
2010 - The Dairy, Cardiff

2006 - Oriel Tri, Penarth

2003 - Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London

2002 - Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2000 - Blenheim Studios, London

1992 - Art Parcels, Frost and Reed Gallery, London

Residencies and representation
Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy Represented by Ffin y Parc Gallery, Conwy

2018 - present - International Guest Artist in Residence, frontofbicycle Gallery, Basel
2017 - present - Artist in residence, Ballet Cymru
2016 - Associate, Culture Action Llandudno - FreeHaus project, Llandudno
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