Alan Waters
Born 1959 - Manchester, UK

Education
1989 - BA, (fine art) MMU, Manchester
1994 - MA, (fine art) University of Alberta, Canada

Solo exhibitions
1991 - Hanover Galleries, Liverpool
1992 - London Ecology Centre, Covent Garden, London
1992 - Spitalfields Market, London
1993 - Bishopsgate, London
1993 - Hanover Galleries, Liverpool
1994 - Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport
1995 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
1996 - Generation X, Manchester
1997 - Woodlands Art Gallery, London
1998 - Skulpturenpark Gallery Katzow, Germany
1998 - Islington Arts Factory, London
1998 - Lead Station, Manchester
1998 - Manto, Manchester
1999 - Madeley Court School, Telford
1999 - York City Art Gallery, York
2000 - Quay Art, Kingston upon Hull
2000 - Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
2002 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire

Residency programmes/symposium
1997 - 6th International Sculpture Symposium, Sculpturenpark, Katzow, Germany
1998 - Quiet Waters Park Sculpture Residency, Programme, Annapolis, Washington, USA
1999 - Convergence XII. Office of Cultural Affairs, Providence, USA
2001 - 5th Changchun China International Sculpture Symposium, Changchun, China
2001 - Hebei International Sculpture Symposium, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
2004 - EMAAR Sculpture symposium, Dubai
2004 - HuiAn international Sculpture Symposium, Xiamen, China
2005 - Center of Culture and Art “Constantin Brancusi”, Targu-jiu, Romania
2006 - Zhengzhou sculpture symposium, China
2006 - Horice symposium, Czech republic
2006 - Alanya symposium, Turkey
2007 - Tehran symposium, Iran
2007 - Shenzhen sculpture symposium, China

Group exhibitions
1990 - Contemporary View, Royal College of Art, London
1991 - City Art Gallery, Manchester
1991 - Chichester Cathedral, Chichester
1991 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
1991 - Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
1992 - Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
1992 - Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
1992 - Pittville Art Gallery, Cheltenham
1992 - Tower Bridge Piazza, Tower Bridge, London
1992 - Wilmslow Arts Festival, Cheshire
1992 - St. Ann’s Square, Manchester
1992 - Expressions Gallery, Manchester
1992 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
1992 - Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
1993 - Blackheath Gallery, Blackheath, London
1993 - Smiths Gallery, Covent Garden, London
1993 - Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
1993 - Unit 2 Gallery, Norfolk
1993 - Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
1994 - Loggia Gallery, Buckingham Gate, London
1994 - Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh
1994 - Boxfield Gallery, Stevenage
1994 - La Paix Sculpture Garden, Trenton, NJ. USA
1994 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
1994 - Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
1995 - Lexington Gallery, Lawrence, NJ. USA
1995 - Grosvenor Art Gallery, Chester
1995 - Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1995 - Mclellan Gallery, Glasgow
1995 - Docklands Gallery, Chelsea, London
1996 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
1996 - Index 96′, Dubai
1996 - City Art Gallery, Manchester
1997 - The Gallery Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
1997 - Skulpturenpark Katzow, Germany
1997 - London Business School, Regents Park, London
1997 - RBS, Kensington, London
1998 - Quiet Waters Sculpture Park, Annapolis, USA
2000 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
2001 - Bankley Studio Gallery, Manchester
2001 - 5th Changchun China International Sculpture, Symposium, Changchun, China
2001 - Hebei International Sculpture Symposium, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
2002 - NOI, Mostra Internazionale darte. Sedi Napoli, Citta Del Vaticano, Morcone �C Italy
2003 - Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
2003 - Newby Hall, Yorkshire
2003 - Internationale Skulpturenausstellung, Nurnberg, Germany
2003 - Lexmark European Art Prize
2003 - Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
2003 - EyeStorm Gallery, London
2004 - Nomadifesta 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus
2005 - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Napoli, Italy
2005 - Nomadifesta 2005, Nicosia, Cyprus
2006 - Beijing 2008, China
2006 - Zhengzhou, China
2007 - Westchester Fine Art Gallery, Valhalla, New York
2007 - Kunst 2007, Nurnberg, Germany

Private collection
1994 - Atkinson Art Gallery and Museum, Southport
1996 - Manchester City Council, Manchester
1997 - Manchester City Council, Manchester
1997 - Skulpturenpark, Katzow, Germany
1998 - Royal Society of British Sculptors, Kensington, London
1998 - Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Washington USA
2000 - Andrew Harker Associates, Warrington, Cheshire
2005 - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Napoli, Italy
2005 - Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton

Awards
1994 - Hardingham International Residency, Norfolk
1995 - Membership Bursary, RBS, London
1996 - Studio Development Award, NWAB. Manchester
1996 - Selector, Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
1997 - Travel Award, NWAB. Manchester
1998 - Liverpool Design Initiative, Liverpool
1999 - Travel Award, NWAB. Manchester

Commissions
1991 - The Venue, Whitworth Street, Manchester
1993 - Rocol, Rocol House, Leeds
1993 - Tomlander, Paston Road, Manchester
1993 - Flexibox, Nash Road, Manchester
1993 - Renolds, Horninglow Road, Staffordshire
1994 - Alfa-Laval, Brentford, Middlesex
1994 - Sefton Council, Southport, Merseyside
1994 - Strix, Castletown, Port Erin, Johannesburg, Ramsey, Chester, Australia, Hong Kong
1997 - Coronation Street, Manchester

Short listed projects
1992 - Woodlands Art Gallery, London
1992 - Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton Keynes
1992 - Windsor Arts Centre, Windsor
1992 - Antony Gormley, 153a Bellenden Road, London
1992 - Royal Academy Schools, London
1992 - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
1993 - Artist in residence, Irvine, Ayrshire
1993 - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1994 - Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, USA
1995 - Art in General, New York, USA
1995 - Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, USA
1995 - Gippsland School of Art, Victoria, Australia
1995 - The Hampshire Sculpture Trust, Winchester
1995 - The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
1995 - West Lancashire District Council, Ormskirk
1995 - Centre for Visual Arts, Public Arts, Wakefield
1996 - Woodlands Art Gallery, London.
1996 - Hockaday Museum of Art, Montana, USA
1996 - Stockport Met. Council, Stockport
1996 - Artist Alliance, Padstow, Cornwall
1996 - Newport Museum & Art Gallery, South Wales
1997 - Rhode Island State Council, USA
1997 - 9th Millfield Commission, Millfield, Street
1997 - Groundwork, Lincolnshire
1997 - Winchester School of Art, Winchester
1998 - National Forest Foundation Residence, Derbyshire
1998 - Jersey Galleries, The National Trust
1998 - Research Fine Art, University of Plymouth, Exeter
1998 - The Hampshire Sculpture Trust, Beale Park
1998 - Fairhurst Architects, Eastleigh
1998 - Chester City Council, public art projects
1998 - Grounds for Sculpture, USA
1999 - Craigavon Borough Council, Co. Armagh
1999 - Chapman Gallery & Glass Box Gallery, Salford
1999 - Wirral Met College, Birkenhead
1999 - A6 Initiative Urban Art Project, Manchester
1999 - East Gloucestershire, NHS Trust
1999 - University of NSW, Australia
1999 - Cultural Village of Europe, Netherlands
1999 - Michael C Rockerfeller Arts Center, Fredonia, USA
2000 - Pictures.co.uk, Milnrow, Oldham
2000 - New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, USA
2000 - CCA Galleries, London
2000 - Jersey Public Sculpture Trust, Jersey
2000 - The Arts Centre, St. Petersburg, USA
2000 - Cheltenham & Gloucester College, Cheltenham
2000 - Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, USA
2000 - University of California, Davis, USA
2001 - Port Talbot Town Centre, Cywaith Cymru, Cardiff
2001 - Briton Ferry, Cywaith Cymru, Cardiff
2005 - Barking Council, London

Artist statement
My finished work and ongoing working practice is a continuous investigation and coalition within the areas of public art, painting and sculpture. Focused and conforming to a traditional and intrinsic format, I combine and utilise all available mediums. My research and interests extend into all visual art forms, the introduction of this and other individual reference material, substantiates an instinctive and progressive visual content. Resolute research and investigation associated to the subjects of repetition, public art as a studio practice, dance, unconscious working methods and ambiguous past events are permanent and transient components, central towards finished and future projects. Combined within the absorption and exploits of such activities is a continued response and a full-time successive program of experimentation, fundamental towards any assurance of progression. Sequential areas of inquiry, instinctive towards an influence and a remit for forthcoming projects, are the progression of consolidating restrictions, encouraging autonomy, colour and scale development. The unconscious act predominates, a blitz of objectives and actions are induced into the completed object, or the pursuance of chance and an uncomplex vision is established provoking a temporary conclusion, either way the extremities agitate and congeal forming a reference point for the viewer.

Teaching
Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
1995 - The Robert Gordon University,
Faculty of Design and Technology:
(Grays School of Art) Garthdee Road
Aberdeen AB10 7QD

Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
1998 - Kent Institute, Canterbury School of Art
New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3AN

Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
2000 - Quay Art, 43, High Street,
Kingston upon Hull, HU1 1PT

Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
2000 - The University of New South Wales
SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA

Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
2001 - Northeast Normal University
College of Fine Arts
Changchun, Jilin Province
130024 China

Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
2004 - Xiamen University
School of art, 11F,Jiageng Building
No.422, South-Siming Road, Fujian
China 361005

Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
2004 - Guangxi Art College
No 7 Jiaoyu Road, Nanning, Guangxi
530022 P R China

Visiting Lecturer Sculpture
2004 - Guangzhou Academy of fine arts
Sculpture Department, 257 East Changgang Road
Guangzhou, China 510261

Website: ALAN WATERS
Contact email: studiocss@yahoo.co.uk

Artist Statement

Gerard Boersma is one of the leading young Dutch artists and well known in his native country for his highly detailed hyper-realist works of individuals caught in moments. His paintings are photorealist portraits of souls alone in modern city landscapes perused with the precision of a brutally honest sociologist.

The society is getting harder and more individualistic everyday and people are further estranged from nature than ever before, especially in the cities. People seem to be satisfied with this role and Gerard wants to show this in a more or less objective manner. He therefore chooses for a realist style. Gerard continues this long time tradition, but makes it of his own days and time. Often he paints subjects that have never been painted before.

He takes an interest in everyday situations where people are waiting or are put together in public spaces with people they don�t know. Gerard Boersma registrates common people on the streets, in public transport, in stores, waiting rooms or bars. He takes pictures of these situations, which he later uses as a starting point for his realistic paintings.

The paintings suggest the reproduction of the reality of the picture, but the pictures are only sketch materials. Boersma has prearranged the whole picture in his works of art. He chooses his own colors and style and adds elements or leaves them out. He also picks his own point of view for his paintings. It�s not accidental that we see his figures from the back. Boersma wants to create a distance between us and his figure on the painting.

The paintings by Gerard Boersma seem to be realistic and they tempt to stand still at things usually don�t observed. The loneliness of some people, the lack of communication between people, or how people who are waiting retire within oneself. A moment in modern urban living with all the distortion that comes with it. And then it�s obvious that the situations usually don�t observed say
a whole lot about todays society. With his paintings Gerard creates awareness and makes you think about these situations.

Biography

Boersma studied painting and fine art at the School of Arts Minerva in the Netherlands, specializing in meticulous form drawing and realistic painting. He has been a professional since his graduation in 2001 and exhibited all over his native country and abroad.

In 2003 the most influential museum in his region, the Fries Museum, decided to add his work to their permanent collection. In the same year he won the public prize of the Vredeman de Vries Vormgevings Award for the project Emma. In 2004 and 2005 he was the recipient of a scholarship by Fonds BKVB, the scholarship for the most promising emerging artists from the Netherlands.

His star is rising ever since and there is a growing interest from abroad. For example, his paintings were shown in 2004 and 2005 in Soho, New York. Besides the United States he also exhibited his works in 2005 in Belgium. In the same year he won the 4th prize for painting during the Florence Biennale in Italy. After winning this prestigous Lorenze Il Magnifico Medici Award six paintings have been added to major collections by private collectors in Italy. This year Gerard had two shows at the same time at the Fries Museum.

Gerard Boersma is a master draftsman and in the recent years he build up a good reputation in the art world. He�s determined to stay here for the long run and you can expect a lot from him in the future.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006 Galerie Artsite, Haarlem
2006 ARTemisia, Leeuwarden
2006 Lyppens Diamantairs, PC Hooftstraat, Amsterdam
2005/ 2006 Warenhuis Vanderveen, Assen
2004 ARTemisia, Leeuwarden
2004 Postma Interieur, Drachten
2002 Jan de Jong Interieurs, Leeuwarden
2002 Royal Talens Headquarters, Apeldoorn
2002 Met Verve, Leeuwarden
2001 Pinkroccade, Groningen

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 �New Faces�, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2007 �The Revelations of Mudhoen�, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2006 Galerie Graus, Echt
2005 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2005 Gemeente Smallingerland, Drachten
2005 Mc Kinsey, Amsterdam
2005 Castor en Pollux, Bilzen, Belgium
2005 Galerie Rudolfv, Amsterdam
2005 Painting Demonstration, Drents Museum, Assen
2005 Galerie Help U Zelven, Winterswijk
2005 Galerie Walls, Amsterdam
2005 Agora Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
2004 Louise Cohen, Leeuwarden
2004 Omrop Frysl�n, Leeuwarden
2004 Agora Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
2003 Gemeente Smallingerland, Drachten
2003 Galerie Walls, Amsterdam
2003 Kunstroute Wunseradiel, Wons
2002 Galerie Noord, Groningen
2002 Kunstroute, Leeuwarden
2002 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2002 Galerie Noord, Groningen
2002 ICO, centrum voor kunst & cultuur, Assen
2001 Galerie Bas, Sneek
2001 Chass� Theater, Breda

Selected Collections and Commissions

2007 Paintings �The Tango�, �The Thought�, �The Return Trip� en �The Etos� collected by A. Brinkman en M. Kooyman, Groningen
2007 Portrait of Lot for family Bakker
2007 Series of portraits for mr. T. Malschaert
2007 Series of portraits for Met Verve
2006 Paintings �The Hunger�, �The Subway�, �The Dinner�, �The Break�, �The Jalousy� and
�The Waste of Time� collected by mr. A. Noviello, Napoli, Italy
2006 Cover art for album by The Proov
2006 Portrait of Jeen for mr. F. Boersma
2006 Portrait of Kees for mrs. M. Reijns
2006 The Navigator for ms. K. Rijnbergen
2006 Portrait of Esther for ms. E. Kalma
2006 The Saldo for familie Bouwsma
2005 Series of portraits for family K. de Vries
2004 The City Bus for mrs. N. Otten
2003 Painting �The Bus� collected by Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2002 Wall Painting, De Gloppe, Leeuwarden
2002 Portrait of Dutch Queen Emma in Park, Regentes, Groningen

Grants and Awards

2005 Lorenzo Il Magnifico Medici Award, Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2005 Scholarship Fonds BKVB
2003 Vredeman de Vries Vormgevingsprijs, public award for portrait of Queen Emma

Selected Publications and Reviews

The artworks of Gerard appeared in numerous articles all over his native country

2007 magazine WATCH Magazine, Russia,
2007 newspaper Volkskrant
2007 newspaper Leeuwarder Courant
2007 television Omrop Frysl�n
2007 radio �Desmet Live�, Ikon
2006 magazine interview WATCH Magazine
2006 catalogue Met Stip, GEM, Museum voor actuele kunst, Den Haag
2006 magazine Mister Motley
2006 magazine Kunst en Wetenschap
2006 newspaper Kunstkrant Noordnederland
2005 television item in K-r�te, Omrop Frysl�n
2005 television 25 minute documentary in New York, Omrop Frysl�n
2005 catalogue Florence Biennale
2004 magazine Blend

Education

1999 - 2001 School of Arts Minerva, Groningen
1995 - 1999 Arts, Noordelijke Hogeschool, Leeuwarden

Website: Gerard Boersma
Contact email: info@gerardboersma.nl