Exhibitions and CV

Lisa Hooper, artist/printmaker.

Seymour House, 25 High Street, Port William, Newton Stewart, DG8 9SL.

Telephone 01988 700392

Current and forthcoming exhibitions

April 8th to May 14th, 2007 Cheng-Lim Loke Gallery, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire - major exhibition featuring 30 to 40 bird works - many inspired by the Solway Coast where I now live.

May 26th to 28th, 2007, Spring Fling (Dumfries and Galloway Open Studio event), Seymour House, Port William. I will also be demonstrating techniques in my studio over the weekend.

June 9th to June 30th, 2007 Threave Gardens (National Trust), Castle Douglas.

July 18th to 29th, 2007, Galloway Birds and Landscape - at the Tolbooth Arts Centre, Kirkcudbright.

July 19th to August 5th, National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, The Wirral.

August 12th to September 5th, 2007, Mixed exhibition with Heather Blanchard and Melville Brotherstone at the Rockcliffe Gallery, Colvend Coast, Dumfries and Galloway

September 25th to October 27th, 2007, Gracefield Arts Centre (Cafe area), Dumfries.

November 3rd to December 15th, 2007, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Caerlaverock.

Also contributing to Christmas Exhibitions at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Park Gallery, Falkirk.

Arcadia id est -international artist's book touring exhibition (next venue Chicago, later touring Australia) showing a collection of artist's books made in response to landscape and nature (features Stones of Torhouse book pictured on this site).

Galleries selling my work

I currently have work with the Original Gatehouse Gallery in Gatehouse of Fleet, The Whitehouse Gallery in Kirkcudbright, The Isle Smugglers Gallery in the Isle of Whithorn and in the Gracefield Arts Centre Craft Shop, in Dumfries. I also sell direct: see contact page

CV

1998 Purchased etching press and began to build up a studio

1999 Sold 23 prints to the Nuffield foundation

2001 Solo exhibition at Cheltenham Art Gallery Cafe. Also won a place on the Artists' Access to Art Colleges scheme at the University of Gloucestershire which gave 100 hours access to their printmaking studio and a final exhibition

2003 Idlicote Exhibition, Warwickshire and Cheltenham Artists Group Exhibition. Also work selected for the Wrexham International Print Exhibition 2003/2004 and selected for membership of the Fosseway Artists' Group.

2004 Helios Group exhibition, North Cotswolds, selected for membership of the Cheltenham Artists group

2005 Rostra Gallery Bath "New Start" exhibition.

2006 Joined the Galloway Artists and Makers group.

2006 Solo exhibitions in Stranraer and Newton Stuart Libraries