about
pete marsh fine art
Pete Marsh was born on the outskirts of Birmingham in 1956. He graduated from Sheffield in Fine Art (Painting and Printmaking) in 1982. During the following years he produced paintings and original prints, worked part-time at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and between 1987 and 1990 taught Art to adults in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Pete stopped painting and printmaking for almost 20 years sometime around 1990.
Pete has spent many years teaching Design and became an Advanced Skills Teacher in 2001.
In May 2009 Pete underwent surgery on a shoulder injured whilst mountain biking. During his convalescence he decided to look up old friends from art college. He has since been able to re-ignite his friendship with some old friends but was devastated to learn that his friend, Garry, had died in October 2008. These renewed contacts and the discovery of Garry’s death compelled Pete to express himself through his art and he started painting and printmaking again in September 2009. After a gap of 23 years, Pete started to exhibit and sell his work again.
Pete’s work is representational comprising largely of landscape and figurative work. He uses “plein-air” sketches, studio sketches, photographs and occasionally digital manipulation techniques to help to produce, not just a facsimile of what he sees, but something that expresses what he and (hopefully) his audience feels. Pete attributes his love of landscape to his hours of mountain biking and walking through the north-west Pennines. He feels his work is perceptual rather than conceptual, emotional rather than intellectual and he prefers expression over realism, subtlety over sensationalism, substance over novelty and intuition over reason. He endeavours to express something beyond visual verisimilitude. Pete’s work is held in private collections in the U.K., Canada and Australia.
Exhibitions:
1980 Edward Mayor Gallery, Sheffield, Seven Sheffield Based Artists.
1982 The Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, Open Art Exhibition.
1982 The Royal Academy, London, The Stowells Awards.
1982 The Furzebank Community Centre, West Midlands, Open Art Exhibition.
1983 The Tettenehall Gallery, Wolverhampton, Two Man Show.
1983 The Tettenehall Gallery, Wolverhampton, Art on the Dole.
1983 The Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, Birmingham Artists Group Annual Show.
1983 City Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan, International Print Exhibition.
1984 The Tettenehall Gallery, Wolverhampton, Open Art Exhibition.
1984 Midland Group Arts Centre, Nottingham, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery, Mansfield, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Stoke on Trent City Museum and Art Gallery, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1986 The Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Manchester, Prints and Paintings.
2009 Bolton Museum, Bolton, Gtr Manchester, Bolton Open 2009.
2010 "Highly Commended", The Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester, Waterside Open 2010.
2010 Annex 21, The Worcester Open 2010.
2010 The Victoria Mill Art Centre, Congleton, Cheshire, Open Art Exhibition 2010.
2010 Left Bank, Leeds, Something Beautiful Exhibition and Music Event,
2010 Gallery at Bevere, Worcester.
2010 RBSA Gallery, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Biennial, Birmingham.
2010 A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition 2010, Cornwall.
2010 Millyard Gallery, Uppermill, Saddleworth.
2010 Calder Gallery, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
2010 Lynn Painters-Stainers Prize Exhibition, London.
2010 Haworth Art Gallery Annual Open Exhibition, Accrington.
2010 POD, Manchester, Art Auction in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, Manchester.
2010 Batley Art Gallery, Batley Open Art Exhibition 2010, Yorkshire.
2011 Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
2011 Artisan Fine Art Gallery, Bolton, Gtr. Manchester.
2011 Atelier Rose and Gray Gallery, Ramsbottom, Lancs.
2011 Calder Gallery, "A Spring Tonic", Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
2011 Turner Glass Museum, "Paintings and Prints" Solo Exhibition, Sheffield University Fine Art Society, Sheffield University.
2011 Coronation Hall, Printfest 2011, Ulverston, Cumbria.
2011 Haworth Art Gallery, "New Beginnings Exhibition", Accrington.
2011 RBSA Gallery, RBSA "Prize" Exhibition 2011, Birmingham.
2011 Stockport Art Gallery, The Open Contemporary Art Exhibition Stockport 2011, Cheshire.
2011 The Art Lounge, "Desire Lines", New Mills, Derbyshire.
2011 Chapel Gallery, West Lancashire OPEN Exhibition 2011, Ormskirk, Lancs.
2011 Weston Park Granary Art Gallery, Halls Fine Art Open Competition 2011, Shropshire.
2011 Number 9 The Gallery, Birmingham.
2011 “Paintings by Pete Marsh”, Individual Exhibition, Wensley Gallery, Ramsbottom, Lancs.
2011 “The Great North Art Show”, Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire.
2011 Charity Exhibition in support of Bolton Hospice, Artisan Gallery, Bolton.
2011 A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition 2011, Cornwall.
2011 “Drawing Perspectives”, Everyman Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester.
2011 The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
2011 "Polymers in Sport", Science Festival, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.
2011 Art auction in support of MacMillan Cancer Support, Klondyke Club, Manchester.
2011 Annual Open-New Horizons, Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington, Lancs.
2011 Individual Perspectives, Solo Exhibition, Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
2011 “Winter Art Show”, Everyman Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester.
2011 Bolton Museum, Bolton, Gtr. Manchester, Open Art Exhibition.
2011 "Gifted", Marburae Gallery, Shackleford Pianos, Macclesfield, Cheshire
2012 "H is for...." Harley Open Exhibition, Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire.
2012 The Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester, Waterside Open 2012.
2012 "Winter Warmers" Everyman Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester.
Work regularly available from:
Gallery at Bevere, Worcester.
Millyard Gallery, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Lancs.
Calder Gallery, Hebden Bridge, Yorks.
Artisan Fine Art Gallery, Bolton, Gtr. Manchester.
Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Atelier Rose and Gray Gallery, Lancs.
Number 9 The Gallery, Birmingham.
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
Wensley Gallery, Ramsbottom, Lancs.
Forthcoming exhibitions:
2012 The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
2012 Solo Exhibition, Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Education and Employment
Bournville School of Art and Design
Foundation, Art and Design
1978-1979
Sheffield Polytechnic
B.A. (Hons.), Fine Art
1979–1982
Gallery Technician, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.
1983–1984
Teacher of Painting and Drawing and History of Art in community education programme for adults, Oldham.
1987–1990
The University of Manchester
P.G.C.E., Design and Technology Education
1990–1991
Teacher of Design, Canon Slade School, Bolton.
September 1991 – Present
Pete has spent many years teaching Design and became an Advanced Skills Teacher in 2001.
In May 2009 Pete underwent surgery on a shoulder injured whilst mountain biking. During his convalescence he decided to look up old friends from art college. He has since been able to re-ignite his friendship with some old friends but was devastated to learn that his friend, Garry, had died in October 2008. These renewed contacts and the discovery of Garry’s death compelled Pete to express himself through his art and he started painting and printmaking again in September 2009. After a gap of 23 years, Pete started to exhibit and sell his work again.
Pete’s work is representational comprising largely of landscape and figurative work. He uses “plein-air” sketches, studio sketches, photographs and occasionally digital manipulation techniques to help to produce, not just a facsimile of what he sees, but something that expresses what he and (hopefully) his audience feels. Pete attributes his love of landscape to his hours of mountain biking and walking through the north-west Pennines. He feels his work is perceptual rather than conceptual, emotional rather than intellectual and he prefers expression over realism, subtlety over sensationalism, substance over novelty and intuition over reason. He endeavours to express something beyond visual verisimilitude. Pete’s work is held in private collections in the U.K., Canada and Australia.
Exhibitions:
1980 Edward Mayor Gallery, Sheffield, Seven Sheffield Based Artists.
1982 The Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, Open Art Exhibition.
1982 The Royal Academy, London, The Stowells Awards.
1982 The Furzebank Community Centre, West Midlands, Open Art Exhibition.
1983 The Tettenehall Gallery, Wolverhampton, Two Man Show.
1983 The Tettenehall Gallery, Wolverhampton, Art on the Dole.
1983 The Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, Birmingham Artists Group Annual Show.
1983 City Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan, International Print Exhibition.
1984 The Tettenehall Gallery, Wolverhampton, Open Art Exhibition.
1984 Midland Group Arts Centre, Nottingham, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery, Mansfield, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Stoke on Trent City Museum and Art Gallery, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1984 Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, Midland View 3 Touring Exhibition.
1986 The Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Manchester, Prints and Paintings.
2009 Bolton Museum, Bolton, Gtr Manchester, Bolton Open 2009.
2010 "Highly Commended", The Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester, Waterside Open 2010.
2010 Annex 21, The Worcester Open 2010.
2010 The Victoria Mill Art Centre, Congleton, Cheshire, Open Art Exhibition 2010.
2010 Left Bank, Leeds, Something Beautiful Exhibition and Music Event,
2010 Gallery at Bevere, Worcester.
2010 RBSA Gallery, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Biennial, Birmingham.
2010 A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition 2010, Cornwall.
2010 Millyard Gallery, Uppermill, Saddleworth.
2010 Calder Gallery, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
2010 Lynn Painters-Stainers Prize Exhibition, London.
2010 Haworth Art Gallery Annual Open Exhibition, Accrington.
2010 POD, Manchester, Art Auction in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, Manchester.
2010 Batley Art Gallery, Batley Open Art Exhibition 2010, Yorkshire.
2011 Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
2011 Artisan Fine Art Gallery, Bolton, Gtr. Manchester.
2011 Atelier Rose and Gray Gallery, Ramsbottom, Lancs.
2011 Calder Gallery, "A Spring Tonic", Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
2011 Turner Glass Museum, "Paintings and Prints" Solo Exhibition, Sheffield University Fine Art Society, Sheffield University.
2011 Coronation Hall, Printfest 2011, Ulverston, Cumbria.
2011 Haworth Art Gallery, "New Beginnings Exhibition", Accrington.
2011 RBSA Gallery, RBSA "Prize" Exhibition 2011, Birmingham.
2011 Stockport Art Gallery, The Open Contemporary Art Exhibition Stockport 2011, Cheshire.
2011 The Art Lounge, "Desire Lines", New Mills, Derbyshire.
2011 Chapel Gallery, West Lancashire OPEN Exhibition 2011, Ormskirk, Lancs.
2011 Weston Park Granary Art Gallery, Halls Fine Art Open Competition 2011, Shropshire.
2011 Number 9 The Gallery, Birmingham.
2011 “Paintings by Pete Marsh”, Individual Exhibition, Wensley Gallery, Ramsbottom, Lancs.
2011 “The Great North Art Show”, Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire.
2011 Charity Exhibition in support of Bolton Hospice, Artisan Gallery, Bolton.
2011 A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition 2011, Cornwall.
2011 “Drawing Perspectives”, Everyman Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester.
2011 The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
2011 "Polymers in Sport", Science Festival, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.
2011 Art auction in support of MacMillan Cancer Support, Klondyke Club, Manchester.
2011 Annual Open-New Horizons, Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington, Lancs.
2011 Individual Perspectives, Solo Exhibition, Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
2011 “Winter Art Show”, Everyman Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester.
2011 Bolton Museum, Bolton, Gtr. Manchester, Open Art Exhibition.
2011 "Gifted", Marburae Gallery, Shackleford Pianos, Macclesfield, Cheshire
2012 "H is for...." Harley Open Exhibition, Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire.
2012 The Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester, Waterside Open 2012.
2012 "Winter Warmers" Everyman Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester.
Work regularly available from:
Gallery at Bevere, Worcester.
Millyard Gallery, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Lancs.
Calder Gallery, Hebden Bridge, Yorks.
Artisan Fine Art Gallery, Bolton, Gtr. Manchester.
Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Atelier Rose and Gray Gallery, Lancs.
Number 9 The Gallery, Birmingham.
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
Wensley Gallery, Ramsbottom, Lancs.
Forthcoming exhibitions:
2012 The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
2012 Solo Exhibition, Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Education and Employment
Bournville School of Art and Design
Foundation, Art and Design
1978-1979
Sheffield Polytechnic
B.A. (Hons.), Fine Art
1979–1982
Gallery Technician, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.
1983–1984
Teacher of Painting and Drawing and History of Art in community education programme for adults, Oldham.
1987–1990
The University of Manchester
P.G.C.E., Design and Technology Education
1990–1991
Teacher of Design, Canon Slade School, Bolton.
September 1991 – Present