Pete Codling

 

Studio & Gallery. 86 Castle Road. Southsea. Portsmouth. PO5 3AZ.
Website: www.petecodling.com          Instagram: Pete Codling – Artist various project pages linked in bio.

B:1969 (55)

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Art school:

• University of Portsmouth. (MA. Art Design & Media) 1994
• Wimbledon School of Art. (MA Site Specific Sculpture/transferred above) 1992-94
• East London Polytechnic. (BA Hons Fine Art Sculpture & Drawing) 1992
• Portsmouth College of Art. (Foundation, OND Ceramics & Metals, HND 3D Design/Sculpture) 1986- 92.

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1994 -2024 Summary:

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Award-winning artist working on numerous Public Art and sculpture commissions: city centre landscape designs, street furniture, landmark sculptures, architecture, installations & private commissions. See links via website. Studio practice and gallery artist. Visiting Lecturer - life drawing, sculpture and professional practice. Sculpture Technician. Associate Lecturer Fine Art. Chichester University 2015+

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Select Exhibitions: Drawing only, for public art/sculpture commissions follow website GALLERY page or iG @petecodling

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Selected Awards 2017-24:

• Taylor Foundation - Art Capital Paris  / Prix - Jean Vincent Darasse  2024

• Arts Council England Project Award 2023-24. Full Sail Ahead

• Arts Council England Project Award 2023 - Sailing The Mary Rose

• PortsFest Re-ignite Award 2022

• London Art Biennale 2021. Winner of Best Work in Show.
• Arts Council England Project Award 2021. Dockyard Residency.
• The Chaiya Arts Award Online Public Vote Winner. Naivety Drawing. 2020
• Crowdfunder UK Grant Award for ‘Crowded’ – Artist Residency proposal PHDY. 2020
• Arts Council Emergency Covid19 Grant. 2020
• Axisweb Covid19 Emergency Grant Award. 2020
• The Guide Arts Award. Special Achievement- Winner. Portsmouth City Council. Jan 2020
• The Guide Arts Award. Best Visual Artist- Winner, Sponsored by Aspex Gallery. Jan 2020
• ‘Soup of Souls’ Shortlisted Art & Christianity Awards. UK. November 2019
• Portsmouth Society – Design Awards 2018
• ‘Naivety’ Osanna Prize & Bezalel Prize. Chaiya Art Awards 2018.
• ‘The Young Minotaur’ Top Ten of The MS Amlin/TNOAC17 World Art Vote 2017.

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Gallery Exhibitions 

Solo 2018 -24:

• Musa International Pavilion Venice. 'The Land of Silence' June 2024

• Salon Dessin Peinture A' Leau Grand Palais Ephemere Paris Feb 2024

• Naivety Drawings at Portsmouth Cathedral. Dec – Jan 2020.
• New Theatre Royal Portsmouth. Soup of Souls Drawings. Minghella Studio. Oct 2019+.
• Portsmouth Cathedral. Soup of Souls. Solo. Jan – Aug 2019.
• The Jack House Gallery. Portsmouth. Solo ~Dec 2018.
• West Dean College Gallery. Sept – Nov 2018
• North Wall Gallery. Oxford. December-Jan 2017
• Gosport Gallery. Hampshire 2013
• Space Gallery. Portsmouth 2011
• Ether Gallery. Portsmouth 2000
• Aspex Gallery Portsmouth 1994

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Group shows 2016 -24:

• National Portrait Gallery London - Education suite - Creative Connections - March 2024

• Creative Connections Southampton City Gallery May -Oct 2023

• Holy Art Gallery London. 2022

• Christie's Auction House Lodon. Arms Around The Child 2022

• London Art Biennale 2021. July 2021 (Winner)

• stART - Oxmarket - Chichester June 2021

• Yellow Edge Gallery. Gosport. Group show. May 2019
• Pastel Society. Mall Galleries London. Feb 2019
• Discerning Eye. Mall Galleries London. Nov 2018
• Chaiya Art Award 2018 Gallery@oxo. South Bank London. April 2018
• Exquisite Gardens. The House of Fairy Tales. QEOP. London. Jan – Feb 18
• The National Open Art Exhibition London Oxo Towers Nov. 2017
• Gray MCA Gallery. London Art Fair 2014
• Atelier Gallery. Portsmouth. 2016

 

Artist in Residence and current positions:

• Artist in Residence The Historic Dockyard Portsmouth – 2021 -25+

• Creative Connections - National Portrait Gallery London & Southampton City Gallery 2022 -23

• Ports Fest 2022 - Open studio Portsmouth Dockyard.
• Artist in Residence the New Theatre Royal. Portsmouth. 2019 – 2020
• Artist in Residence at Treadgold Heritage Museum Portsea July – Aug 2019
• Artist in Residence: Portsmouth Seafood Festival 2019. June 28-30th.
• Hermitage Residency. Arts Council England at Portsmouth Cathedral. Sept 18 – Aug 2019
• 21st National Open Art Competition 2017. Bargehouse Oxo Tower. London Nov 2017
• University of Chichester. ArtOne. 2017
• Hampshire County Council. Gosport Discovery Centre 2013
• Space Gallery. Portsmouth 2011 & 2012
• Cornaro Fellowship, Cyprus College of Art. 2011
• La Macina San Cresci (Italy) 2011
• Portsmouth Grammar School 2010
• Hampshire Sculpture Trust 1997-8

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Collections:

(Drawings only)

Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme , Italy 2021
• USA, Australia, Malta, France, Italy, Ireland, England.

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Publications: (Available on website shop)

• The Kinship Drawing - Pete Codling. Tricorn Publications Ltd. 2023

• Soup of Souls. - Artist monologue and exhibition monograph. 2019

• Naivety Drawings. 2nd edition. Jackhouse Gallery exhibition catalogue. 2018

• Dust to Dust - A wall Drawing -. Pete Codling. Tricorn Publications Ltd. 2015

• Seagull & The Sailor - Gosport Gallery. 2013

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Films/Documentaries: (Available via website Biography - films page)