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Artist Statement:
About Derek Culley
Derek Culley b.1952 –
Self-taught artist, born and
educated in Dublin, with an
Irish father and English
mother.
Culley did his masters degree
in marketing through Brunel
University, 1992-94, his
dissertation subject being
“Marketing of the visual arts
in Britain – are there lessons
to be learned from Europe?”
Culley was a founder member
and chairman of Celtic Vision
with the painters John Bellany
and Denis Bowen, and
participated in the group’s
exhibition tour in 1986-7. He
took part in many other group
shows including The London
Group tour 1987; Knapp
Gallery, 1988: 2000 Years
Celebration, Customs House
Dublin, 1991; Modern Irish
Painting, Dillon Gallery,
1995; and Skopje Museum of
Contemporary Art, Republic of
Macedonia, 1996.
Solo shows include “Five Years
of Culley” The Royal Hospital
Kilmainham, Dublin Ireland,
1989, and The Irish Club,
London 1996.
Strong chiaroscuro, heavy
impasto, vigorous brushwork
and direct, expressive
handling were characteristics
of Culley’s work, in which
Celtic imagery and
associations were important.
Lived in Windsor, Berkshire.”
The Dictionary of Artists in
Britain since 1945.
By David Buckman
Art Dictionaries Limited,
Bristol 1998
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Artist Exhibitions:
Previous Exhibitions
Group Shows
1985 Windsor Fringe Festival
Windsor
1986 Celtic Vision Tour
Conde Ducqe Gallery Madrid
Kiosko Alfonso La Coruna
Crawford Art Gallery Cork
Glasgow Arts Centre Glasgow
1987 Celtic Vision Tour
Orial Mostyn Llandudno
Bede Gallery Jarrow
Newlyn Gallery Penzance
Chapter Gallery Cardiff
P.A.R.C. Nantes...
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Artist Reviews:
What Critics Said
Born and educated in Dublin,
Derek Culley is essentially a
Celtic Artist mainly self
taught and intuitive in
approach. As a young man his
visual imagination was
stimulated by early Celtic
stone carvings on exhibition
at the National Museum in
Dublin.
Their monumental presence and
symbolic mystery...
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