Dennis Shields

About

DENNIS SHIELDS
sculptor. painter. printmaker &
Maker of miscellaneous objects.

E, Mail, dennisshields@blueyonder.co.uk

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Born Liverpool, England 1947. Attended night classes at Liverpool College of Art, 1960. Emigrated to Canada 1964. Studied at Ontario College of Art, 1970 - 1973.
During first year at College he decided to specialise in sculpture. Birks Foundation awards
in years 2 & 3. Commissioned to carry out various sculptural works including work for
TIME magazine, for which he received an award from the Art Directors Club of Toronto.
Designed the Canadian National la-crosse trophy 1971. won 2nd. Prize at the Canadian
National outdoor sculpture exhibition. 1972. Worked for and with the Canadian sculptor
Leonhard Oesterle (former studio assistant to Fritz Watruba)
Awarded the `Lieutenant Governor-General Of Ontario medal ' for proficiency in sculpture
in final year at College. Returned to Britain in 1973 - attended Teacher Training College in
1975. Taught Art & Design from 1975 to 1997. Retired from teaching in 97 in order to
Concentrate more fully on his own work. Former member of the Glasgow Group. Married
With 5 children. Lives and works in Gourock, Scotland
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Work

COLLECTIONS

Scottish Arts Council, Lanarkshire Education Divisional Art Collection, Many private
collections: UK. Canada, America, Jamaica, Italy, Denmark.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1996...'Lucid Ambiguity' N.S. GALLERY (Glasgow)
1984...THIRD EYE CENTRE (Glasgow
1982...SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP (Lumsden)
1981...COMPASS GALLERY (Glasgow)

TWO PERSON SHOWS

2000..'Revealed Light-Lost-Wax' LILLIE ART GALLERY (Milngarvie)
1999..'Revealed Light-Lost-Wax' VENNEL GALLERY (Irvine) with Peter Nardini.
1995...COMPASS GALLERY (Glasgow) with Chris Biddelcombe

MIXED AND SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009...NUIT BLANCHE Toronto, Ont. Canada.
...New Beginnings. Glasgow Print Studio
...Glasgow Art Fair, Compass Gallery
2008...S.S.A. (Royal Scottish Academy) Edinburgh
...Royal Glasgow Institute of the fine arts(open annual ex. Mitchell Lib. Glas.)
...Glasgow Group 50th Anniversary (Royal Glasgow Concert Hall)
...Compass Gallery (selected members/former members, Glasgow Group)
2007...Compass Gallery (cabinet paintings)
...Gerber fine Art (winter show)
2006...Compass Gallery (gallery artists)
2003...Anthony Armstrong Gallery (Glasgow)
...Compass Gallery (cabinet paintings)
2002...London Art Fair (Gerber Fine Art)
...Cadzow Gallery Chatelherault Lodge (Margin gallery)
...Artists For Tibet (online auction for R.O.P.C.A.)
...Compass Gallery (cabinet paintings)
2001...Low Parks Museum (margin gallery Hamilton)
...Gerber Fine Art Glasgow(summer show)
...Gerber Fine Art Glasgow (the winter collection)
2000...Glasgow Art Fair. (compass gallery)
1999...London Art Fair (compass gallery Glasgow)
... "Cabinet Paintings" (Compass Gallery Glasgow
1998... Art in the Square, (Compass gallery)
...R.S.A. (Edinburgh).
...S.E.N.S.E. Scotland. (Glasgow school of art)
1997... "A Patch of Their Own", (Compass Gallery Travelling Show)
1996... Kelly Gallery (Glasgow Group)
... "Brave Art", Stirling Smith Gallery & Museum.
1994... Art Exposure Gallery (Glasgow)
1993... 'Developments' Inter-media Gallery, Glasgow.Glasgow Group
..., Philips Glasgow Ltd.,Glasgow Group
1990..., Tramway (Glasgow)"Compass Contribution"
..., C. Gerber Fine Art (Glasgow)"Living with Sculpture"
1988... (McLellan Galleries, Glasgow)Glasgow Group
1987... (McLellan Galleries, Glasgow)Glasgow Group
1986..."Richard Demarco at Herriots" (Edinburgh Festival)
..."Eye of the Storm" (Travelling show, Stirling Smith)
Stirling Smith Art gallery & Museum
Glasgow Arts Centre
McLean Museum & Art Gallery
ST. Paul's Gallery Leeds (Yorkshire contemporary art group)
An Lanntair. Stornoway
Lochgelly Centre. Fife.
...Compass Gallery (Glasgow
...Society of Scottish Artists (RSA Edinburgh)
...The new Demarco Gallery (Edinburgh)
...Glasgow Group (Glasgow)
1985...Kunsthous (Nurembourg, Germany)
...Stirling Smith Gallery (Smith Biennial, Stirling)
...Third Eye Centre (Glasgow)
...Glasgow Group (Glasgow)
1983...Stirling Smith Gallery (Smith Biennial, Stirling)
1981..."Recent Scottish Art" (Travelling show, Denmark, Compass Gallery)
... 'The young in Art' STV gateway Studios (Edinburgh Festival)
1974...'Village Gallery' (Dulwich, London)
1972...'Canadian National Exhibition' (outdoor sculpture competition) CNE. grounds Toronto.
...'Z' Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
1971...'Gallery House Sol' (Georgetown, Ont. Canada)
1962... First Liverpool Arts Festival. Stanley House Liverpool. Organised by John Gorman, Roger
McGough and Adrian Henri.
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