Profile
Born, Kent , UK 1964 British & Australian citizen
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 ‘Recent Paintings’- Richard Granville-Smith aspace, Sussex Coast College, UK
2008 ‘Recent Works,’ - Richard Granville-Smith Cambridge studio Gallery, Melbourne,
2007 ‘Carbon Forms’ Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2006 ‘Recent Paintings- Richard Granville-Smith’ Span galleries Melbourne
2004 ‘Recent Paintings- Richard Granville-Smith’ Hors-Saison, Melbourne, Australia
2003 ‘Recent Paintings-Richard Granville-Smith’ Collins & Hastie, Chelsea, London. UK
2002 ‘Outposts’ Recent Paintings- Richard Granville-Smith’ White gallery Brighton, U.K
2001 ‘Recent Paintings- Richard Granville-Smith’ Dianne Tanzer, Melbourne, Australia
2001 ‘Recent Paintings- Richard Granville-Smith’ White gallery, Brighton, UK
2000 ‘Recent paintings- Richard Granville-Smith’ White gallery, Brighton, UK
1998 ‘Recent Paintings- Richard Granville-Smith’ Instituto Britannic, Barcelona, Spain
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Richard Granville-Smith, Jenny Reddin, Christine Mullen, Three Storeys,
Healesville, Australia
2007 Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Materials: Elements+ Principles, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2002 ‘3PD’ Studios Group Exhibition, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2000 ‘Surface’ Dianne Tanzer, Melbourne, Australia
1993 ‘Open Studio Exhibition’ European MA, Barra de Ferro, Barcelona, Spain.
1993 ‘Progress and Diversity’ the British Council Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
AWARDS
1998 South East Arts, UK Grant towards the development of a body of work.
2004 Arts Victoria, Australia, Arts Innovation Grant, (Research & Development of Carbon as Artist material)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1992-1993 Winchester School of Art MA European Fine Art. Based in Barcelona
1983-1986 Brighton University BA (Hons 1st class) Fine Art (Painting)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 ‘The Age’ Penny Webb, Aus
2001 ‘Gallery’ Art & Australia, Vol 39 no 2, Aus
2001 ‘A promise of Sublimity...’ Robert Nelson, The Age
2000 ‘Critics Choice’ Jeff Makin, Herald Sun, Aus
2000 ‘Critics Choice’ Min Rey, The Latest.UK
1998 ‘Institute Britannic Program d’activitats Cultural’ - Argot Production. Spain
1996 ‘Territory’ Julian Bell, Modern Painters, Spring Issue Volume 9 Number 1 UK
2008 ‘Wire-adventures in modern music’ issue295-sept/ UK
RECORDINGS
‘With One Voice’ –Moire Music (FMR CD108-L1002) 1988 reissued 2004
‘Trevor Watts- Moire Music’ Live in Karlsruhe (FMR232 CD) 1989 reissued 2008
‘Quail Eggs’ Words- Greg Daville, Music- Richard Granville-Smith (bloom & decay, 1998)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2008-10 Lecturing at Three Stories Art space Healesville, Vic, Aus
2004-2010 Lecturing & administrating my own courses at Montsalvat School of Art
2002-03 Lecturer (part time) Painting, Fine Art Monash University, Melbourne
2001-02 Lecturer (part -time) Context & Culture, Contemporary Art Studies and
General Drawing. Box Hill Institute, Melbourne.
1994-99 Lecturer (part-time) Foundation, Painting & Drawing, Brighton College of Technology
1997-99 Visiting Lecturer, BA Hons 3D design, University of Brighton.
1999 Coordinator & Principal Lecturer, Torrox School of Fine Art,Spain
1997 Artist in residence, Ravensbourne School, Bromley.
1987-92 Lecturer (part-time) Foundation, Painting & Drawing, Hastings College of
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2007 ‘28 artists’ group show of previous students, Montsalvat, Australia
2009 ‘Resurrected’ an exhibition responding to the 2009 bushfires in Victoria
Three stories Art space, Healesville, Australia