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Colin Merrin
Colin has exhibited regularly in solo and group shows all over the United Kingdom and Europe since 1981. Essentially an oil painter, he is also an established watercolourist, elected to the Royal Watercolour Society in 2009 and has work in numerous collections including that of HRH King Charles III.
Born in East London, Colin Merrin studied at Maidstone College of Art, Kingston University and University of London, Institute of Education. He is a member and studio holder at Art Space, Portsmouth.
Colin's Exhibitions
2023
Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester West Sussex PO19 1YH November 27 – December 10 ‘An Unspoken Discourse’ with Malcolm Crocker.
Bankside Gallery, London. RWS Autumn exhibition. ‘Risk’ October 6th – November 4th
Round Tower Studio, Hotwalls, Old Portsmouth Sunday 20th August Art Space Portsmouth Open Studios, July 1 -2
Whitcomb Street Gallery RWS, 3-5 Whitcomb Street WC2H 7HA June 7 -21
St Nic’s Gallery, Weymouth, Dorset ‘Revolting Artists’ April 7 – 10
Bankside Gallery, London. RWS Spring exhibition ‘Home’. March 24 – April 22
2022
Bankside Gallery, London Spring exhibition. March 25th – April 24th.
Art Space Portsmouth, ‘An Invented Existence’ May 18th – 22nd
Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth ‘ The Perilous Nature of Bloodymindedness’ July 6th – 20th.
2021
The Lightbox, Ambassador’s Gallery, with Geoffrey Pimlott
Bankside Gallery, London. ‘Mini Picture Show
Art Space, Portsmouth. Christmas Show.
Art Space, Portsmouth. Open Studio
Stable Gallery, Hampshire. The Sedici Group
Bankside Gallery, London Summer Exhibition
Bankside Gallery, London ‘Now and Then
2020
The Lightbox , Art Fund Gallery, Woking, Surrey ‘Crossroads’ with Geoffrey Pimlott.
Yellow Edge Gallery, Gosport, Hampshire. ‘Shout!
2019
Yellow Edge Gallery, Gosport, Hampshire ‘Presence’ solo exhibition
Green Man Gallery, Buxton. ‘Buxton Spa Painting Prize’
Bankside Gallery, London ‘Summer Exhibition’
Yellow Edge Gallery, Gosport, Hampshire. ‘8 at the Edge’ with Mike Bartlett, Pete Codling, Kevin Dean, Karl Rudziak, Sadie Tierney, Agata Wojcieszkiewicz and Chris Wood
Bankside Gallery, London ‘In the Studio’
Art Space, Portsmouth, ‘De-Figuration’ with Anne Shaw
Portsmouth Guildhall, with Gill Hawkins and Anne Shaw
2018
Bankside Gallery, London ‘Mini Picture Show’
Mall Galleries, London ‘The ING Discerning Eye 2018’
Bankside Gallery, London ‘The Colour of Water’
Art Space Open Studios, Portsmouth
Playdead Gallery, Southsea, Hants
GASP at Lakeside, Portsmouth, Hants
Bankside Gallery, London ‘RWS Spring Exhibition’
Bankside Gallery, London ‘New Year, New Work’
2017
Farindola International Arts Festival, Abruzzo, Italy. ‘Artist in Residence’
Bankside Gallery, London. ‘Water, Paper, Paint’
Kunstgalerie Carre d’artistes, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Urban Landscapes
Bankside Gallery, London, ‘Spring Exhibition’
Bankside Gallery, London, RWS ‘Autumn Exhibition’
Canvas Gallery, Winchester, Hants
Stark Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
GASP at Lakeside, Portsmouth, Hants
Art Space Open Studios, Portsmouth, Hants
2016
New Forest Centre, Lyndhurst, Hants,
Atelier Pete Codling, Southsea, Hants. ‘Sea’
Canvas Gallery, Winchester, Hants
Bankside Gallery, London ‘Mini Pics’
Bankside Gallery, London ‘Made in Colour’
Atelier Pete Codling, Southsea, Hants ‘Le Reve’
Kennaway House, Sidmouth, Devon
Carre d’artistes, Doha, Qatar
2015
Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hants
Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northants
Bankside Gallery, London ‘Watercolour Etc’
Atelier Pete Codling, Southsea ‘Depiction5’
Smith and Williamson, Salisbury, Wilts
2014
‘Created in Portsmouth’, Open Studios
Rosemoor RHS, Devon. ‘Watercolours’
The Gallery, Cork Street, London W1 ‘United Society of Artists Open Exhibition’
Bankside Gallery ‘Off the Wall’
Kunstgalerie, Carre d’artistes. The Hague, Netherlands
Stark Gallery, Canterbury
Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northants
2013
Bankside Gallery ‘The Mini Picture Show’
Brighton Art Fair
Bankside Gallery, ‘Watercolour Now’
Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Northamptonshire
Riverside Gallery, Barnes, London ‘Land, Sea and Sky’
Young Gallery, Salisbury ‘RWS Spring Exhibition’
Bankside Gallery, London ‘RWS Spring Exhibition’
Pelham House, Lewes ‘A Day in the Life of Pelham House’. Artist in Residence
Gallerytop, Matlock, Derbyshire ‘Landscapes’
Bell Fine Art, Winchester
Stark Gallery, Canterbury
2012
Affordable Art Fair 2012, London (with Bell Fine Art)
Bankside Gallery, London RWS. Mini Picture Show
Bankside Gallery, London. RWS Spring Exhibition
Stark Gallery, Canterbury.
Bell Fine Art, Winchester
Riverside Gallery, London
Carre d’artistes, London
Coach House Gallery. Alfriston, East Sussex
Bankside Gallery, London. ‘Picturing Britain’
Pelham House, Lewes. ‘Skies and Downland’
2011
Hop Gallery, Lewes, ‘Half Wild and Wholly Tame’
Foundry Gallery, ‘Lewes Artists United’
Artwave, Lansdown Gallery, Lewes,
Gallery North, Hailsham,
Royal Cornwall Museum, RWS Autumn Exhibition, Truro
Bankside Gallery, London RWS Spring Exhibition
Lansdown Gallery, Lewes, East Sussex
2010
Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, Fabriano, Italy
Bankside Gallery, London. RWS Spring Exhibition.
Webbs Road Fine Art, London
Bankside Gallery, RWS, Autumn Exhibition
Brighton Art Fair
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex St Joseph’s Open
Lansdown Gallery, Lewes, East Sussex.
Artwave Open Studios, Lewes, East Sussex
Riverside Gallery, London
Glasgow Arts Club, Scotland
2009
Webbs Road Fine Art, London
Bankside Gallery, London. The RWS Autumn Exhibition
Bankside Gallery, Mall Galleries, London. High Watermark RWS/RI
Galerie Carre d’artistes, Paris
St Stephens Arts Festival, London
Bankside Gallery, London. RWS Spring Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London. The Royal Society of British Artists
Webbs Road Fine Art, London
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair
2008
Manchester Buy Art Fair with Webbs Road Fine Art
Brighton Art Fair
Untitled Art Fair, London
Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London
Hicks Gallery, London