Tony Plant. Born: Cornwall 1962
Painting degree: Chelsea School of Art 1990
"Tony Plant (Newquay) is an artist adventurer. His works emanate from direct participation with the landscape, whether walking, kayaking, or sailing, he responds to the routes he makes, the conditions he encounters, and the materials he discovers during the process"
Dr Matt Retallick
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
UNCHARTED. Projectstwentytwo, Cornwall, September 2025
A DISTURBED SURFACE. School Gallery, Folkstone 2024
Circle Contemporary Gallery 2021
Porthmeor Studio 5, St Ives. 2019
Porthole Space. Night Walk Zennor 2019
Heartland Project National Trust, Shropshire Hills AONB Painting exhibition. 2018
WALK. STOP. WALK. Royal Cornwall Museum. 2017
Selected TV, Radio and Screenings:
BBC Radio 4, the Digital Human. 2022
Chanel 4, Walking Cornwall with Julia Bradbury. 2021
Ocean Film Festival, China, Australia, Ireland, Belgium, New Zealand, Italy and UK. 2019
Aesthetica Film Festival. BAFTA recognised. 2017
Hull City of Culture. Directors choice special screening. 2017
Selected Group Exhibitions:
AFTERIMAGE, Tremenheere Gardens, 2025
KALEIDOSCOPE. Projects Twenty Two, 2024
London Art Fair 2023 with Circle Contemporary
Circle Contemporary Gallery 2021
Trust New Art. Sutton House, London 2020
ARCA Project, Payne Shurvell Gallery, Snape Maltings 2019
Walk Scilly, Commissioned Artist. 2018
Hireth. Changing the Cornish Landscape. Royal Cornwall Museum. 2018
ARCA Project Payne Shurvell Gallery. London. 2017
Royal West of England Academy. Drawn. 2017
Penwith Gallery, St Ives. Mixed abstract painting show. 2017
Selected Talks:
Falmouth University. Artists talk 2022
Carding Mill Valley. Artist talk/walk 2017
Charles Causley Festival, Cornwall. Artists Talk. 2016
University of Derby. Practising artist lecture. 2015
Ocean Film Festival, Hall for Cornwall. 2014
Coolangatta, Australia. Practising artist talk. 2014
Residencies:
Porthmeor Studio 5, St Ives. 2019
National Trust. Carding Mill commission/residency. 2018
Bermuda Residency. 2015
Opera Australia. 2 week residency, Queensland. 2014
Collections:
3 paintings in Royal Cornwall Museum as well as private collections