James Byrne

Paintings & Drawings

Reuben Colley Fine Arts are proud to present an exhibition of drawings and paintings by James Byrne.

These paintings derive their expressive power from a combination of direct experience recorded by numerous drawings in the Peak District landscape, and the painterly process in the studio where they are painted. This combination of observation, memory, imagination and process combine to produce dramatic work which sits in the romantic expressive tradition.

Falling Away Oil on Canvas 153 x 220 cm

Edge (1) Oil on Canvas 76 x 92 cm

Edge (1) - Detail

Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 137 x 162 cm

Edge (3) Oil on Canvas 152 x 209 cm

Milldale Birds (1) Oil on Canvas 46 x 61 cm

Golden Light Oil on Canvas 152 x 181 cm

Milldale Ridge (1) Oil on Canvas 103 x 155 cm

Birds Over Milldale (1) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 cm

Birds Over Milldale (2) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 cm

Golden Ridge Oil on Canvas 259 x 151 cm

Milldale Walk Oil on Canvas 101 x 126 cm

Crow In A Landscape Oil on Canvas 126 x 90 cm

Milldale Tree (1) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 cm

Milldale Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 cm

Milldale Birds (3) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 cm

Sea (4) Mixed Media on Paper 84 x 60 cm

Working Drawing (18) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 18 cm Working Drawing (23) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 18 cm

Price List

Title Medium Size (cm) Price Falling Away Oil on Canvas 153 x 220 £12,500.00 Edge (1) Oil on Canvas 76 x 92 £ SOLD Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 137 x 162 £ 9,500.00 Edge (3) Oil on Canvas 152 x 209 £11,500.00 Milldale Birds (1) Oil on Canvas 46 x 61 £ 2,500.00 Golden Light Oil on Canvas 152 x 181 £11,500.00 Milldale Ridge (1) Oil on Canvas 103 x 155 £ 8,500.00 Birds Over Milldale (1) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 £ SOLD Birds Over Milldale (2) Oil on Canvas 33 x 47 £ 2,250.00 Golden Ridge Oil on Canvas 259 x 151 £ SOLD Milldale Walk Oil on Canvas 101 x 126 £ SOLD Crow In A Landscape Oil on Canvas 126 x 90 £ 5,500.00 Milldale Tree (1) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 £ 1,950.00 Milldale Tree (2) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 £ 1,950.00 Milldale Birds (3) Oil on Canvas 31 x 31 £ 1,950.00 Sea (4) Mixed Media on Paper 84 x 60 £ 1,950.00 Working Drawing (18) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 18 £ 495.00 Working Drawing (23) Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 18 £ 495.00

Biography

James Byrne is a Birmingham painter and has had a studio practice in the city since completing his M.A. in painting at Birmingham College of Art in 1982. His work has been included in a number of important shows and he had a one man show at the IKON gallery in 1983. He was is the IKON 21st

birthday show touring to Hong Kong and also in English Expressionism at the Warwick Arts Trust, London where he showed with, amongst others, John Walker, Gillian Ayres, Bert Irvin and Terry

Setch. He was included in Bill Gear and Friends at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and more recently was included in the Jerwood Drawing Prize. He has work in the Warwick Arts Trust

permanent collection as well as that of Birmingham Museum, the IBM Collection and St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

Selected Mixed Exhibitions

1983 – M.A. Fine Arts Show, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1983 – Work selected from M.A. Shows, Warwick Arts Trust, London 1984 – English Expressionism, Warwick Arts Trust, London 1984 – 21 for 21. Twenty-one selected painters for Ikon Birthday Show, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1984 – Ikon 21 Show, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong 1985 – Leicester Collection for Schools and Colleges Show, Beau Manor Hall, Loughborough 1985 – Mid-Art, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery 1986 – Derby Manor Hospital 1986 – Phoenix Arts Centre 1986 – Wednesbury Art Gallery 1987 – Artists in Public, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Selected by Tessa Sidey of BMAG

1987 – ‘A Second Glance’, Cotton Gallery, Midlands Art Centre 1987 – Arthur Anderson Show, Birmingham 1988 – Midland Contemporary Art, launch Show, Birmingham 1988 – Midland Contemporary Art, at Long & Ryle, London 1988 – ‘Artists in Public’, Charlotte Street, Birmingham 1988 – ‘Artists in Public’, Sheffield 1988 – Clare Stracey ‘Midland Contemporary Art’ Show, IBM, Warwickshire 1989 – Work Selected from Birmingham Studios by Pete McCarthy, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry 1989 - Clare Stracey ‘Midland Contemporary Art’ Show, Compton Verney, Stratford 1989 – Artists in Public, B.A.T. Show, Gas Hall Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1990 – B.A.T. Show selected by Bill Gear, Gas Hall Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1990 – ‘Mid-Art’, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery 1991 – Midland Contemporary Art, Mixed Show, Birmingham 1992 - Midland Contemporary Art at West Midlands Arts Headquarters 1992 – Ikon Touring Show, Arcadian Shopping Centre 1992 Mid-Art, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery 1992 - Midland Contemporary Art, Small Pictures 1993 – 2nd City Art Show, Selected by Robert Clarke, Gina Metcalf, Sylvia Wright, Birmingham 1994 – The ‘Laing’ Landscape Show, Work selected from regional shows, The Mall Galleries, London 1995 – ‘Internal External’ West Midlands Arts, Birmingham 1995 – The ‘Laing’ Landscape Show, Bond Gallery 1995 - The ‘Laing’ Landscape Show, Patchings Gallery, Nottingham 1996 – Bill Gear ‘Past and Present Friends’, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 2000 – No. 9 The Gallery, Birmingham 2000 – Ashbourne Gallery, Ashbourne, Derby 2001 – No. 9 The Gallery, Birmingham 2002 - No. 9 The Gallery, Birmingham 2003 – ‘Abstraction’ Invited artist RBSA Gallery, Birmingham 2003 – The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London

2003/2004 – The Jerwood Prize Touring Show University of Gloucestershire, Pittville gallery Rennie Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art EICH Gallery, University of Lincoln, Hull Campus, Hull Promenade Gallery, The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays 2003/2004 – ‘Flipside’, Birmingham Artists Exhibition, selected by Ross Alderson, Emma Archer and Terry Grimley, St. Pauls Gallery, Birmingham 2004 – ‘Blueskies’ Birmingham Artists Exhibition, selected by Jonathan Watkins and Sadie Plant, Custard Factory, Birmingham 2004 – Summer Exhibition, New Gallery, St. Pauls Square, Birmingham 2005 – Birmingham Artists, Small Pictures, Periscope Gallery, Lee Bank House, Birmingham 2006 - Birmingham Artists, Line Up, Drawing Show, Periscope Gallery, Lee Bank House, Birmingham 2008/2009 – ‘The Art of Birmingham 1890 – 2008, Part 2 1940 – 2008’, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 2010 – Opening Exhibition, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham 2010 – ‘Drawings’, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham 2011 – ‘Vista’, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham

One Person Show

1986 - ‘James Byrne Paintings’, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1986 – Ikon Touring Show, ‘James Byrne Monotypes’ 1999 – Small Paintings, Westhill College, Birmingham 1999 – ‘Fields Series’, Midland Art Centre, Birmingham 2001 – ‘Field Series’, Kings School Gallery, Worcester 2011 – ‘James Byrne Paintings and Drawings’, Reuben Colley Fine Arts, Birmingham 2012 – The Great Hall – Birmingham University

Three Person Show

1992 – Midland Contemporary Art, Small Landscapes, James Byrne, Terry Shave, Michael Porter

Collections

A number of Private Collections in London and The Midlands St Thomas’ Hospital, London IBM Headquarters, Warwickshire Warwick Arts Trust, Permanent Collection Birmingham Museum & Arts Gallery (From the William Gear Collection)

Reviews

1984 – Critics Forum – Radio 3 – English Expressionism – 17th May 1984 – New Society – English Expressionism – May 1986 – Arts Review – Review of Ikon Show by Tessa Sidey 1989 – Arts Review – Review of Lancaster Show 2005 – January Edition, Art of England Magazine 2005 – August Edition, Birmingham Life Magazine