Wildlife Artist of the Year - 2008Exhibition
Public viewing from Wednesday 25th - Saturday 28th June
10am - 5pm (10-4pm Saturday) at the Mall Galleries 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW 1Y 5BD
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Blue Kingfisher Green Water by Chris Shields - Selected & short-listed for Wildlife Artist of the year Exhibition
Previous Chris Shields Exhibitions & Biography:
1973 - Graduated from Northwich College of Art and Design.
1973 - First One-man show. Manchester Library Theatre Gallery.
1973 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1974 - S.W.A. annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1975 - S.W.A. annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1975 - Wildlife Art Exhibition. Skipworth Gallery, Winchester UK.
1976 - North West Artists Exhibition. Manchester Evening News Display Centre, Manchester, UK.
1977 - Elected President of the Manchester Entomological Society.
1979 - S.W.A. annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1980 - North Cheshire Art Exhibition. Warrington Museum & Art Gallery.
1981 - 'Wildlife Illustrated' Lancashire Trust for Nature Conservation Art Exhibition, The Vernon Gallery, Preston, Lancashire, UK.
1981 - 'Images' Exhibition, The Association of Illustrators, Covent Garden London.
1983 - One-Man show. Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Warrington Cheshire, UK.
1983 - Four paintings commission by Scholastic Publications, Leamington Spa UK.
1984 - Runner-up in BBC Wildlife Magazine’s Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition.
1984 - British Watercolour Society annual exhibition. Winter Gardens, Ilkley UK.
1984 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1984 - First calendar commissioned by Royle Publications on behalf of the World Wide Fund for Nature.
1985 - Exhibition. Gallery 46. Highworth, Wiltshire UK.
1985 - Yorkshire Artists Exhibition. The Kings Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire UK.
1985 - One-Man Show. The Wild Fowl Trust, Martin Mere, Lancashire UK.
1985 - Calendar commissioned by Royle Publications on behalf of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
1985 - Wildlife Art Exhibition (Society of Wildlife Artists) Martin mere Wildfowl Trust, Lancashire UK.
1985 - Exhibition. Wigan Insect Show. Wigan, Lancashire UK.
1986 - One-man Show. Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington, Cheshire UK.
1986 Yorkshire Artists Spring Exhibition. The Kings Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire UK.
1987 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition. Winter Gardens, Ilkley UK.
1987 - S.W.A. annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1988 - One-man Show . The Town Hall, Sale, Cheshire UK.
1988 - Ran Art Workshops for Young People. The Town Hall, Sale, Cheshire UK.
1988 - S.W.A. annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1988 - One-man Show. Martin Mere Wildfowl Trust, Burscough, Lancashire UK.
1988 - Natural History Illustrators Exhibition. Burnley Borough Council, Art Galleries and Leisure Services Dept. UK.
1989 - S.W.A. annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
1989 - One-Man Show, 'Handmade Art Gallery' The Square, Great Eccleston, Lancashire UK.
1989 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition. Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK.
1989 - One-man Show. Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington, Cheshire
1989 - Christmas Exhibition, 'Handmade' Great Eccleston, Lancashire, UK
1990 - One-Man Show, Hale Art Gallery, Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire UK.
1990 - Art Aid for Poland Exhibition. The Studio, Cuddington, Cheshire UK
1990 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition, Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK.
1990 - The Art Materials Exhibition. Business Design Centre, Upper Street, London, UK.
1991 - Yorkshire Artists Exhibition. Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK.
1991 - One-man show. Stockport Municipal Art Gallery. North West England.
1992 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.
1994 - One-Man Show 'The four seasons' Hale Library, Altrincham, Cheshire UK.
1995 - One-man Show. Hale Picture Gallery, Altrincham, Cheshire UK.
1997 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.
1998 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.
1999 - Stockport Art Gallery Open Exhibition. Stockport UK.
2000 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.
2001 - ‘The Trees of Time & Place’ painting exhibited in National Gallery London.
2001 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.
2002 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.
2005 - First one-man show in China, ‘West meets East’ The Art House, Suzhou Creek Shanghai.
2005 - Shanghai International Art Fair.
2006 - One-Man Show. Shanghai Stock Exchange Club, Shanghai Stock Exchange building, Pudong.
2006 - A Small Display of Tango Paintings. Instituto Cervates, Manchester UK.
2006 - BBC's On line Art Exhibition 'Radio and the Artist'.
2007 - Manchester Tango. Tango Argentino Demonstration and Display of Tango Paintings, Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester UK.
2008 - Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition. The Mall Galleries London.