Selected Group Exhibitions UK |
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| 2007 | National Marinetime Museum re:INVENTING 16th Oct - 31st Jan |
| 2006 | Group Show - re:INVENTING ING London, 22nd May 28th July |
| 2006 | 'FLAT' 7th July - 12th August Arlington Gallery, Camden |
| 2004 | Opening Exhibition of the new WSA gallery, MHR. |
| 2002 | Deluxe-Arts "The Jokes on Us" |
| 2002 | Cork Street, London Dangerous Corners |
| 2002 | Business Design Centre, Islington, London 'Fresh Art' WAS |
| 2002 | Open Studios July and November - Wimbledon Art Studios |
| 2001 | Business Design Centre, Islington, London 'Fresh Art' WAS |
| 2001 | Open Studios July and November - Wimbledon Art Studios |
| 2001 | The Start Gallery, Brighton "paint, painter, painting" |
Curated Exhibitions |
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| 2008 | The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery Stoke-on-Trent - 'Three decades of Cartooning by Dave Follows' 17 May to 29 June 2008More about this exhibition - www.davefollows.com EXHIBITION PRESS BBC Midlands Today TV News feature BBC website CUM SEE MAY UN MAR LADY UP 'ANLEY DUCK REVIEW 18 April 2008 - PDF BBC Radio Stoke Lamont Howie BBC RADIO Stuart Fear interviews Download WMP or website The Sentinel REVIEW 21 April 2008 - PDF CARTOONISTS VISIT Stoke-Press -pdf VIDEO of the opening 17 April 2008 by the Sentinel |
Work in corporate and private collections include: |
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| R. Kaller-Kimche Inc New York | |
| The Professional Football Association (PFA) in Manchester | |
| D Jones and J Morris Directors of the Business Design Centre | |
| Rumi Verjee of Thomas Goode & Co Limited |
Current Employment |
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| 2003 to date |
University of the Arts London - Digital media, Video and animation technical tutor, Wimbledon College of art and Chelsea College of Art CLIP CETL Fellow for 'Process Arts' University of the Arts London, CCW |
Other Relevant Employment - Freelance |
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| 2004 | Digital workshops for School children - Beauchamp Art Cruise, Paddington Basin, London.Chris joined forces with 12 young artists from St Augustine's school, Westminster to produce digital animations based upon the changing architectural landscape of this unique area of the capital. The Creative Cruises introduce young people from inner city schools to the workings and practices of contemporary artists, providing a chance for the young people to work along side them as equals. |
| 2003/4 | Artists residence commission developed website www.golborne.org Arts Council England and NKA at W10. golborne.org was first created by Anna Lewis and Chris Follows during an artists residency in 2003. golborne.org 2003 is a visual record of their time spent in the Golborne area and has developed into an arts based website focusing on unrepresented arts activities in the area. |
| 2000/1 | Artist Assistant to Richard Layzell major public art Commission in the centre of Maidenhead – Kultur wall |
| 2000/1 | AIT Residency for software developer AIT Group Henley-On-Thames. |
| 2000 | Sculpture Commission Awards 2000 - The ray Finnis Charitable Trust. |
| 2000 | Other Employment |
| 2002 - 1988 | Previously, Chris trained and worked as a professional chef assisting chefs such as Anton Mossiman at Downing Street, St James Palace and the Club in Belgrave Sq SW1 |
Relevant Qualifications |
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| Higher | |
| 97/2000 | 1st Class BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting - Wimbledon College of Art - University of the Arts London - Merton Hall Road, SW19 |
| Further | |
| 2001/2 | Multi Media BTEC Diploma Higher National Certificate - South Thames College |
| 1996/97 | BTEC Diploma in foundation studies Art and Design - Wimbledon School of Art |
Development and Training |
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| 2006 | Found Footage in Film (Tate Modern) Intensive workshop recycling film footage |
| 2005 | Video art Symposium from the margins to the mainstream (Tate) |
| 2005 | After Effects Intermediate 5 day training course |
| 2005 | Developing Gallery and Education Workshops 5 day training course |
| 2005 | Train the Trainer – 2 day training course |
| 2005 | Web Authoring Intermediate 4 day training course |
Publications and URLs |
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| 07/2006 | Flat Exhibition - Article by Alison Oldham - H&H Series arts and Features July 28 2006 London. View and download |
| 05/2006 | re:INVENTING exhibition catalogue ISBN 0-948327-22-7 |
| 05/2004 | a-n Magazine Page.34 Art Cruise article |
| www.chrisfollows.com Artists website | |
| www.golborne.org (2004-5) | |
| www.golborne.org.uk (2003-4) | |
| www.fromnowhere.org |
Awards |
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| 2000 | Won- BHF Bank Painting Prize |
| 2000 | Won - Higher Education Funding Council for England |