Richard studied fine art painting and printmaking at Bristol Polytechnic and then went on to complete his Masters at the Royal College of Art in 1989-91. He then moved to Brighton and initially established his studio at Phoenix Brighton and is now based at the Red Herring Studios in Hove. A residency at Lowick House Print Workshop in Cumbria in 1996 further developed his printmaking but also led to painting coming more to the fore and becoming his main area of development. The methods and qualities of printmaking have continued to filter into his way of working through a painting's development. From the many layers of re-drawn etching plates and velvety line of a dry point to the direct mark making that appealed in lithography. These all work together to form the painting's feeling, atmosphere and presence.
"Richard Whadcock is a landscape painter but not in the usual way. The paintings seem to come out of the wall and hug you in mists. So beautiful."
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007 onwards Northcote Gallery, London
2006 Adam Gallery, London
2005 Northcote Gallery, London
2004 Adam Gallery, London
Northcote Gallery, London
2003 Gallery One, London
2003 Vertigo Gallery, London
2002 Northcote Gallery, London
2001 White Gallery, Brighton
2000 E1 Gallery, London
1998 E1 Gallery, London
1997 Zella Gallery, London
EXHIBITIONS:
2015
The Discerning Eye, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2013
National Open Art Competition, RCA, London
Starta Art fair, Saatchi Gallery
32 Paintings, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
2012
AAF Battersea.
2011
ArtLondon
Art Hamptons, New York
2010
Art London
Brussels Art Fair
2009
National Open Art Competition, Chichester
2008
Art 2008, Adam Gallery, London
2007
Art 2007, Adam Gallery, London
21/20 British Art fair, London
2006
Art 2006, Adam Gallery, London
2005
Art 2005, Adam Gallery, London
2004
Art 2004, Adam Gallery, London
Art London, Northcote Gallery, London
2003
Art 2003, Adam Gallery, London
Art London, Northcote Gallery, London
Art London 2003, Vertigo Gallery, London
Palm Beach Art Fair, Adam Gallery, USA
Vertigo Gallery, Gallery Artists, London
2002
Adam Gallery, New Contemporaries, London
Gallery One, London
Art 2002, Adam Gallery, London
Art First, Starting A Collection, London
Affordable Art fair, Northcote Gallery
Vertigo Gallery, Gallery Artists, London
Gallery One, Drawings, london
2001
Vertigo Gallery, London
Art 2001, London Art Show
Fresh Art, London
Starting a Collection, Art First, London
Affordable Art Fair, Northcote Gallery
2000
Art Paris, Carrousel du Louvre
A.A.F. London, Northcote Gallery
New Elemental Aesthetic, E1 Gallery
Starting A Collection 2000, Art First, London
Art London, Chelsea
1999
Starting A Collection, Art First, London
Affordable Art Fair, London. Northcote Gallery
Mind the Gap, Utah University, USA Touring
London Art Show, London
Vital Art, Cowcross Gallery, London
Group Show, Work Place Arts
COLLECTIONS:
Robert Horne Collection
Lowick House Collection
Gulbenkian Collection
Southern Illinois Collection
Private collections
AWARDS:
1996 Robert Horne Paper Award
Princes Trust/Sports Council
1991 Daler Rowney Award
RESIDENCIES:
1996 Lowick House Print Workshop
1995 Cheltenham College of Art