Recent Activities of and on Michael Eldridge
About me
Michael Eldridge (micer)
Works in acrylics www.michaeleldridge.net, and also as a photographer, individually and sometimes in collaboration with Lorenzo Viscidi www.redandblue-artfactory.com
- Biography
Born in London, he now lives and works as a painter, photographer and educator in Le Marche, Italy, where he has his studio.
From 1972 onwards he has exhibited widely in Europe and the United States in group exhibitions and one-man shows; both as a photographer and painter.
In the eighties, he won a Fulbright Scholarship to teach in California and subsequently returned to the UK to teach at the prestigious Bournemouth School of art where he was Director of post-graduate studies in Photography. He has also taught at the 'Study in Siena' school in Tuscany and for some years at the Open University in the UK. He has lectured at the Society for Photographic Education in Carmel, California, at the San Francisco Art Institute, and he has conducted various workshops in creativity in the USA, in particular in Tucson, Arizona.
Between 1989 qnd 1995, he organised multi- disciplinary workshops with dancers, filmmakers and poets in both the UK and Italy, in Tuscany, at the ‘Sorgente’ School.
As a curator, he has organised three major exhibitions of photography in Barcelona at the ‘Primavera Fotografica in 1988, 1990 and 1995, two shows at the ‘Rencontres’ in Arles, Provence, in 1990 and 1992 and an exhibition at the ‘Primavera of Prague’ in the Czech Republic in 1994. In 1993 he curated a major show at the Argivo deDivisao in Lisbon.
From 1999, together with the photographer Simon Larbalestier, he conceived and launched the Cult Art site ‘www.physikgarden.com’, an on-line art forum which he currently coordinates and where he writes ‘The Spider chronicles’ and runs the ‘Glasshouse’ a forum for artists to show their work on-line.Nato a Londra, ora vive nelle Marche dove ha il suo studio e lavora come un pittore e fotografo
A partire dal 1972 ha allestito mostre personali e collettive in Europa e negli Stati Uniti sia come fotografo che come pittore.
Negli anni ‘ 80 ha vinto una borsa di studio come educatore presso la Fulbright in California dove ha insegnato fotografia per un’anno., è stato coinvolto nella progettazione di programmi di post laurea di arte per la scuola Toscana “Study in Siena”, ha insegnato presso la Scuola di Fotografia Bournemouth (Regno Unito) e presso la Open University , oltre ad avere dato e insegnato in varie scuole e seminari negli Stati Uniti, comprese le conferenze al The Society for Photographic Education in Carmel, California, e alla San Francisco Art Institute. Ha organizzato vari workshop di creatività a Tucson, in Arizona.
Tra il 1989 ed il 1995 ha progettato mostre collettive realizzate in collaborazione con ballerini, filmmakers e poeti in Inghiltera e Toscana
Come curatore ha organizzato tre mostre fotografiche a Barcellona “La Primavera Fotografica”, (1988,1990,1995) e due mostre al The Rencontres Arles (1990,1992), in occasione della 'Primavera di Praga' Repubblica Ceca (1994 ), A Lisbona, presso la Argivo che Divisao (1993)
Nel 1999, insieme con il fotografo Simon Larbalestier, concepisce e crea il sito web “ cult art” ' Physik Garden “ www.physikgarden.com. sito d'arte on-line e forum dove ne è il coordinatore e dove scrive e pubblica 'Le Cronache di Spider' oltre alla galleria virtuale, Glasshouse, dove sono esposte le sue opere pittoriche e fotografiche..- Exhibitions
1972 The Public Gallery, Ryde, UK: Mostra personale dipinti.
1973 The Sidling Gallery, Dorset UK: Mostra personale dipinti e stampe.
1975 The Wessex Gallery, Southampton: dipinti, Wessex artists. Mostra collettiva
1978 The Russell Coates Gallery, Bournemouth Gallery, Collettiva dipinti, Contemporary British Artists,
1981 Photographers over the Rainbow, Bristol. Mostra personale fotografica
1982 Photographers Gallery, London: Fotografia 'West Coast States'. Mostra personale fotografica
1983 La Rochelle Gallery, France 'Made in Britain' Collettiva fotografica
1984 Milan: Fotografia contemporanea internazionale, collettiva
1985 Hastings Gallery, UK: Fotografia, 'Moments'. solo show
1986 Interim Arts , London: fotografia contemporanea, collettiva
1987 Theatre Gallery, Winchester UK, dipinti. solo show.
1988 Cloisters Gallery, Siena Italy, dipinti e scultura. collettiva.
1989 La Brera Gallery, Milan, quadri. solo show
1989-95 Inizia ad organizzare mostre collettive in collaborazione con ballerini, musicisti, filmmakers e poeti
1989 Poole Gallery, UK, collettiva dipinti
1998 Colle Gallery,Toscana, Italy: Personale dipinti
1999 Insieme con il fotografo Simon Larbalestier, concepisce e crea il sito web "cult art" Physik Garden, www.physikgarden.com. Sito d'arte on-line e forum dove ne è il coordinatore e dove scrive e pubblica 'Le Cronache di Spider' oltre alla galleria virtuale, Glasshouse, dove sono esposte le sue opere pittoriche e fotografiche..
2000 The Physik Garden; una collaborazione e con le foto da Simon Larbalestier, La Arcos Gallery, San Francisco.
2000 The Physik Garden; una collaborazione e con le foto da Simon Larbalestier, La Galleria di Houston, Seattle, Stati Uniti d'America. .
2006 Atelier D'arco Amoroso, Ancona, Dipinti, The Red & Blue Art Factory. Una collaborazione con il pittore Lorenzo Viscidi.
2007 Galleria Bluer, Padova. Dipinti, la collaborazione con Lorenzo Viscidi Red & Blue Art Factory.
2007 Dipinti, “ Red & Blue Art Factory” con Lorenzo Viscidi,
2008 Donna Irene Ristorante Galleria, Padova
2008 Perugia, one man show; ‘Del aria e dal aria, del cielo e dal cielo’- Announcements
Michael Eldridge
Michael is a painter and photographer who actively exhibits his work in Europe and the United States. He is also an educator with a wide experience in developing programmes and workshops in the teaching of creativity and he co-created the philosophy of the now mythical School of Photography in Bournemouth, UK. He has worked on experimental programmes with dancers, musicians and artists of all disciplines at the Sorgente centre in Tuscany and has run creativity workshops in the USA, for business executives in Arizona, and in the UK for the Open University, Southampton University and the American School in Sien, Italy. He has lectured at The Society for Photographic Education in Carmel, California and at the San Francisco Art Institute. He currently lives in the Marche region of Italy.
More about him and his work on his website www.michaeleldridge.eu- Publications
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has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.





