Biography |
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1963 |
Born in Northampton, England
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1982-86 |
BA (Hons) Degree in Fine
Art, Reading University |
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1987-88 |
Post Graduate Diploma in
Art Therapy, St Albans College of Art |
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Selected
Exhibitions |
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1990 |
Gas Hall 90, The Gas Hall,
Birmingham |
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1992 |
Lichfield
Festival, Lichfield Cathedral |
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Prints
in Progress, Malvern Workshop, Malvern |
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Contemporary
Icons, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter |
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1993 |
Change of State, MCA, Birmingham
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Art Challenge, Bull Ring
Centre, Birmingham |
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1994
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Visions, Clove Two Gallery,
London |
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Abstractions, Art First,
London |
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1995
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Quietude, Ikon Gallery
Touring Exhibition |
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William Gear: Past and
Present Friends, Birmingham |
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Museum and Art Gallery |
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1996 |
Three Years On, Art First,
London |
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Paintings by Gillian Lever,
Worcester Cathedral, |
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Three Choirs Festival (solo) |
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2000 |
The Meditation of my Heart,
Winchester Cathedral (solo) |
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Paintings by Gillian Lever,
Helios Gallery, Birmingham (solo) |
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2001 |
Directors Choice, Art First,
New York |
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New Paintings, Art First,
London (solo) |
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2002 |
UB40 Series,
The Waterhall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (solo)
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Starting a Collection,
Art First, London |
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2003 |
Paintings by Gillian Lever,
Helios Gallery, Warwickshire (solo) |
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Loving the Questions, Art
First, London (solo) |
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2004 |
Fired Earth, Celebrating
Twenty Years, Art First, London |
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Seven Last Words, CBSO
Centre, Birmingham (solo) |
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Seven Last Words, Ladywood
ARC (solo) |
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2005 |
Seven Last Words, Rook
Lane Arts, Frome (solo) |
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Seven Last Words, Cheltenham
Music Festival (solo) |
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Mixed Doubles, Art First,
London |
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Portfolio Gallery, Barnsley |
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Residencies,
Awards and Publications |
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1995-00 |
Artist-in-Residence at
the Old Grammar School, Kings Norton |
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2001 |
Cover and publicity for
Cover Up CD by UB40, Virgin Records |
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2003 |
Cover for Memories of
Bliss: God, Sex and Us by Jo Ind, SCM |
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2004 |
Arts Council South West
grant |
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2005 |
The Jerusalem Trust grant
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Collections |
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Birmingham
Museum and Art Gallery, Goldman Sachs, UB40,
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The
Warwick Arts Trust London, private collections in Britain
and abroad |
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