Michael Sydney Symons M.Ed. Creative Arts. Dip. A.D. Fine Art.
1952 - 2018
'The content of my work has been drawn from personal experience of the subjects I represent.'
'I collect and use ancient and contemporary sources to make images'
'My style and techniques are built upon various traditions of early twentieth century painters and photographers, with wider references to a broader history and expression found in all of the creative arts.'
1968 - 1970 Plymouth College of Art
1970 - 1973 Liverpool College of Art
1982 - 1984 University of Exeter
1988 - 2012 Head of Creative Arts, Gillingham School, Dorset
Scene Painter, Liverpool Playhouse; Art Therapist, Royal Western Counties Hospital;
Fine Art Course Director, Field Studies Council; Visual Arts Tutor, University of Exeter.
Exhibitions:
Sheviok Galleries East Cornwall
Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery
King Street Gallery Blackburn
Exeter City Library
Hambledon Gallery Blandford
University of Exeter Devon
Shaftesbury Arts Centre Dorset
Butlin Gallery Dillington House Somerset
University of London Bloomsbury Gallery
Dorchester Museum and Art Gallery
Walford Mill Wimborne Dorset
Black Swan Gallery Frome Somerset
Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre Taunton
Salthouse Gallery St Ives Cornwall
Slade Centre Gillingham Dorset
Custard Factory Birmingham
National Open Chicester
Clients:
Leeds Road Hospital Liverpool
Marks and Spencer Courtaulds Aintree
Royal Western Counties Hospital Devon
National Rural Touring Forum
Artsreach, Dorset.