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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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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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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
1987 London Group Tour
(Selected non-member)
Royal College of Art London
Windsor Festival Windsor
Bede Gallery Jarrow
1987 Triskell Arts Centre Cork
Diorama Gallery London
1988 Bank of Ireland
Exhibition Centre Dublin
Knapp Gallery London
Kunst Palast Dusseldorf
1990 Knapp Gallery London
Oxford Art Week '90
"Painting Park"
(Selected Artist) Oxford
1991 'Festival of Work and Play '
Connelly Hall -
Liberty Hall Dublin
CUAU
2000 Years Celebration
Customs House Dublin
Oxford Art Week '91
"Painting Park"
(Selected Artist) Oxford
Dobbins of Dublin
Cultural Capital
Celebrations Dublin
1992 Erin Cara Exhibition
World Trade Centre Montreal
Centre of Contemporary Art Ontario
House of James Gallery Galway
Kilkenny People Gallery Kilkenny
1993 The Pantheon Gallery Dublin
(Selected Artist)
The L.A. Art Fair Los Angeles
1994 Art Colony Galicnik Macedonia
Montreuil Culture France
1995 Modern Irish Paintings
Dillon Gallery
1996 Skopje Museum of Contempoary Art Republic of Macedonia
1996 Dillon Gallery London
1996 S.H.I.T.E. The Old Library Alternative Windsor
1999 Skopje Museum of Contempoary Art Republic of Macedonia
2000 Irish Arts Fair RDS Dublin
One Man Shows
1985 Windsor Arts Centre Windsor
1989 Wolfson College Oxford
Royal Hospital Kilmainham Dublin
1990 Galerie am Buttermarkt Koln
The United Arts Club Dublin
1990 The George Gallery Dublin
Montague Ltd
1994 The Green Room London
The United Arts Club Dublin
1996 The Irish Club London
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