Large scale, temporary interventions in landscape alongside partnered paintings back in the studio.
“Tony Plant's art not only celebrates the landscape, it's part of it, he is an artist in the very purest form of the word, and to him, making work is as natural as breathing”.
Marcel Theroux
Tony Plant. 25.09.1962 Cornwall, UK
Chelsea School of Art. London 1986-1990, BA Hons Fine Art Painting
Selected Solo Exhibitions (recent):
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
Royal Cornwall Museum. Walk. Stop. Walk. 2017
Selected TV and radio appearance/features, cinema screenings (recent):
BBC Radio 4, the Digital Human. 2021
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 (recent):
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:
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
Selected Bibliography:
Guardian Newspaper:
“Since graduating in 1990, Plant has carved out a successful career as a multi-disciplinary visual artist, making large scale, site specific temporary works, exhibiting globally and acting as a visiting lecturer at art institutions and Universities.” Guardian Newspaper. 2017
Die Zeit:
“Tony Plant schafft an Cornwalls Küsten Kunst mit der Harke. Zubesichtigen sind seine Werke zwischen Ebbe und Flut. Leinwand aus Sand”. Silke Burmester. 2014
Guardian Newspaper:
“Tony Plant's art not only celebrates the landscape, it's part of it, he is an artist in the very purest form of the word, and to him, making work is as natural as breathing”.
Marcel Theroux. 2016
Collections:
Royal Cornwall Museum. 3 paintings.
Works included in numerous private collections worldwide.