Name Andrea Shearing D.A. Edin. S.S.C.T
Nationality British
Marital Status Married
Address Firle Cottage
The Street
Firle near Lewes
BN8 6 NS
Telephone 01273 858747
Mobile 017739:131961
Email Address andreashearing16@gmail.com
Website: http://www.andreashearing.com
Education
Avrona, Engadin, Switzerland 1955-56
Gymnasium, Basel Switzerland 1956-59
Harrogate College 1959-65
Basil Paterson's College, Edinburgh 1965-66
Art and Design Training
Eastbourne School of Art 1966-67
Edinburgh College of Art 1967-72
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Awards
Award for Drawing and Painting 1968
Travelling Scholarship to Greece 1970
Award for Sculpture 1971
Award for Sculpture 1972
Qualification
Diploma in Art & Design 1972
Teacher Training
Moray House College of Education 1972-73
Edinburgh
Qualification
Scottish Certificate of Education 1973
Employment
Mussleburgh Grammar School 1973-7
Full-time Assistant Teacher of Art 73-74
Evening Class Lecturer
St.Margaret's School Newington 1974-85
ND Course Director in Natural History Illustration
HND Course Director in Natural History Illustration
Industrial Liaison Officer
Academic Representative on Governing Body
Anglia Polytechnic University
Head of Graphic Arts and Illustration 1990-94
Visiting Lecturer on MA Children’s Illustration Course 2002
Part-time Freelance Artist/Author/ Illustrator 1972 - 1995
Freelance Artist & Children's Book Author/ Illustrator 1995 – 2007
Public artist 2009 – 2013
Full time painter 2013 -
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Design Centre, Glasgow 1972
Salix Gallery, Eton 1972
S.S.W.A. Edinburgh 1973
Edinburgh International Festival 1974 KES Gallery, Edinburgh 1975
S.S.W.A. R.S.A. 1982
Peter Potter Gallery 1983
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 1983 Mercury Gallery. Edinburgh 1984
Mercury Gallery. Cork St, London 1984
South West Travelling Illustration Exhibition 1985
Jonathon Cape Kit Williams Puzzle Book Exhibition 1985
Hambledon Gallery, Dorset 1986
Peter Potter Gallery, East Lothian 1986
Royal West of England Academy -1986
S.W.A. London 1987
Hambledon Gallery, Dorset 1987
Peter Potter Gallery, East Lothian 1987
Rainforest Exhibition of trip to Belize sponsored by Jaguar Cars The Mall Gallery 1987
Rain Forest Exhibition, Dorset Count Council 1990
Posers Exhibition, Ely 1991
Lincolnshire Libraries: Sketch Book Exhibition 2010
Big Draw – Cambridgeshire drawings 2010
Art Wave, Firle, East Sussex 2015
Shearing Gallery, Firle, East Sussex 2015
Art Wave, Firle, East Sussex 2016
Shearing Gallery, Firle, East Sussex 2016
Vin Quatre, Bergerac, France 2016
‘Rural and Urban Landscapes’ Brick Lane Gallery, London 2017
Art Wave, Firle, East Sussex 2017
Winter Open, Murmurations Gallery, Bexhill, East Sussex 2017
Flux Exhibition, Chelsea College of Arts ,London 2018
GZ ‘Unusual’ Greenwich, London 2018
Art Wave,Firle, East Sussex 2018
Artizan Gallery, Torquay, Devon Winter Open Exhibition 2018
Flux Exhibition, The National Army Museum, Chelsea, London 2019
The Big Picture Art Project, Canada 2019
'Blue Mind' exhibition at 3rd on 3rd Gallery, New York, USA 2019
Drawing Dialogue Portugal 2019
Prisma Prize Finalist Italy 2019
Surface Gallery, Notts 'Chamelon', 2019
Art Number 23, London 'Synergic' 2019
Northville House Gallery, Michigan USA 'Small Works' 2019
Driect Art Action Landscape 2019 Frisco Gallery,, Vibrant, , Texas, USA 2019
The VETS Memorial Auditorium Gallery, Rhode Island Seeing the Sound 2019
Pineapple Gallery, Middlesborough, Black and White 2019
Artize Gallery, Palm Springs 2020
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Peter Potter Gallery, East Lothian 1984
Edinburgh International Festival Exhibition 1984
Cambridge Open Studios 2014
Cambridge Open Studios 2015
Apthorpe Gallery, Artsdepot, North Finchley, London 2018
Olalab Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2019
Fusion 2019
ART FAIRS
Art Fair East 2017
Oxford International Art Fair 2018
The Talented Art Fair, London 2018
Flux Exhibition 2018
Chester Art Fair 2018
Marco Antonia Patrizo Gallery, Young International Art Fair 2018
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Goldsmiths' Hall Travelling Scholarship to Paris to paint the Gardens of Andre Le Notre 1981
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AWARDS
Maths Award for the Maths Series > Kingfisher Publications 2000
Art Fraud Detective:
Parent¹s Guide to Children¹s Media (Activity Book Category ) 2001
Short listed for BPF Book Design and Production Award 2001
ABC Children's Booksellers Choices Awards 2002
Department of the Ministry of Education in Mexico 2003
Short-listed for Blue Peter Award 2005
Short-listed for Toy of the Year Award 2005
Nomination for the International Peace Prize - United Cultural Convention 2006
Nomination for Baby Book Award for Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2006
Peepers People Orchard Books
Nominated for Jigsaw of the Year Ravensburger 2006
iParenting Media Award Winner Art Shark (Games Award) 2007
Jigsaw of the Year Award It Shouldn’t Happen to a TV Chef 2007
Nominated for Jigsaw of the Year Ravensburger 2008
Good Toy Award - Silver Award Mathematical Snail jigsaw 2008
Good Toy Award – Gold Award Santa’s Sleigh jigsaw 2008
Good Toy Award – Gold Award Boot of Nursery Rhymes jigsaw 2008
Independent Publishers Book of the Year Gold Medal Gallery Ghost 2008
Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award Gallery Ghost 2008
Light Space Time Online Competition: Nature’s Patterns Special Recognition Artist- Drawing 2017
Light Space Time Online Competition: Nature’s Patterns - Special Recognition Artist 3D 2017
Light Space Time Online Competition: Women’s Art - Special Recognition Artist 3D 2018
Light Space Time Online Competition: Women’s Art - Special Merit Artist Drawing 2018
Light Space Time Online Competition: Seascape - Special Merit Artist 2018
Light Space Time Online Competition: Seascape - 1st in 3D Landscape 2019
Light Space Time Online Competition: 555 Special - Top Five Winners - 3D 2019
Light Space Time Online Competition: 555 Special - Special Recognition Artist – 3D 2019
Fusion: Lines, Shapes & Objects: Painting Finalist 2019
Fusion: Lines, Shapes & Objects: Painting Finalist 2019
Light Space Time Online Competition: Primary Colours 3D 1st place 2019
Light Space Time Online Competition: Primary Colours Painting Special Merit 2019
Envision Arts Online Competition: Terra and Tide Honourable Mention 2019
Envision Arts Online Competition: Black and White Best in Show 2019
Fusion: Skies 2nd Place 2019
Fusion: Skies Finalist 2019
Art Room Gallery Colour Merit Award 2019
Art Room Gallery Colour Merit Award 2019
Gallery Ring, Juror's Choice 2019
Gallery Ring, Finalist 2019
Light Space Time Online Competition: Seascapes 2nd place 2019
Light Space Time Online Competition: Seascapes 3D Special Merit 2019
PUBLICATONS
Royal Geographic Society Year Book "Jaguar Expedition to Belize" 1989 D.E.S. Publication "Design In Partnership" 1989
National Association of Field Study Officers' Journal 1989
Average Art Magazine – article 2018
Murze Art Magazine 2019
Wotisart 2019
Inside Art 2019
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PUBLIC ARTS PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
St John’s Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh
¾ life size Nativity Group in bronzed fibre glass 1972
Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire:
Children’s Mosaic 2mx3m Funded by Cambridge Town Council 2009
Cambourn, Cambridgeshire:
Cambourn Stepping Stones – a Lotterie Community Project 2009
Swale Borough Council Vacant shop commission 2010
Stoke Borough Council Vacant shop commission 2010
Light Night Festival sponsored by the Arts Council
Bristol Advent Calendar 2010
Nottingham Light Night Festival 2011
Magnet Street Art Exhibition Bath 2011
Magnet Street Art Exhibition Brighton Open Exhibition 2011
Blank Canvas Exhibition, Magnetic Fridge Door Art Golden Square, London 2011
Barclays Bank promotional story board 2011
Sun Flower Nursery, Cambridge External wall mural 16 ft x 4ft 2011
Bourne Youth Project Human Sundial + workshops 2012
Papergirl , Bristol Art Distribution Project + Exhibition 2012
Cambridge Draw-O-lypmics 2012
Perse School, Cambridge Illustrations for a granite wheel chair ramp and path 2012
Magnet Street Art Exhibition USA 2012
Hidebird Exhibition, Walthamstow
Go Go Gorilla Norwich GorillaTrail 2013
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Wirral 2012
Online GalleriesAwarded an online Residency : Coastal Duet with my wife Andrea Shearing 2019