Biography
(b. King's Lynn, England - 1980)
My work focuses on an element of mystery and suspense, creating a haunting emotive quality. Each piece with its own narrative of a scene frozen in time, as if waiting for an outcome, arousing feelings of something happening - or about to happen, yet hidden from the viewers glare. Thus initiating a sense of unease, vulnerability and isolation, in an already formidable and sometimes melancholic atmosphere.
I paint in oil and acrylic on canvas - creating a moody ambience with a limited palette. A low glow or a sharp burst of light is almost always used to generate an abundance of seemingly inexplicable moods to contrast with a brooding sky. Whether my work is touched with a sense of foreboding, topical, mystical, or even sprinkled with a rye sense of humour, I would like to think my paintings remain distinctly British.
Awards/Selections:
2010 - Woodhay Gallery Award, RBA Annual Exhibition
2010 - Selected for The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries
2009 - Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts
2009 - Best in Show, Eastern Open, King's Lynn Arts Centre
Selected for the Eastern Open - 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 - Byard Art Gallery, Cambridge
2005 - Doric Arts Gallery, King's Lynn
Previous Exhibitions:
2010 - Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2010 - 'Own Art' Exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge
2010 - Rona Exhibition, Langham Gallery, Bloomsbury, London
2010 - AAF Brussels
2010 - Eastern Open, King's Lynn Arts Centre
2010 - AAF New York
2010 - AAF Bristol
2009 - Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts
2009 - Awarded Best in Show at the Eastern Open Arts competition, King's Lynn
2009 - Solo Exhibition 'New Works by Lee Madgwick' - Byard Art Gallery, Cambridge
2009 - Cambridgeshire Art Fair
2009 - Affordable Art Fair, New York City
2009 - AAF London
2009 - Duo Show. The Empire, Vyner Street, London
2009 - Flint Gallery, Blakeney, North Norfolk
2009 - Summer Show, Byard Art, Cambridge
2009 - Summer Show, Beaux Arts, Bath
2008 - East Anglia Revealed - Byard Art Gallery
2008 - Eastern Open (Selected)
2008 - Cambridgeshire Art Fair, Chilford Hall
2008 - AAF New York City
2008 - Summer Mixed, Byard Art Gallery
2008 - AAF London
2008 - AAF Amsterdam
2008 - Edinburgh Art Fair
2007 - FORM - London
2007 - Eastern Open (Selected)
2007 - Newcastle/Gateshead Art Fair
2007 - Cambridgeshire Art Fair, Chilford Hall
2007 - AAF New York City
2007 - Summer Mixed - Byard Art Gallery
2007 - AAF London
2007 - AAF Amsterdam
2007 - Mixed Christmas Show, Byard Art Gallery
2007 - Corman Arts, London
2006 - Red Rag Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
2006 - Buckenham Galleries, Southwold, Suffolk
2006 - Mixed Summer Show - Byard Art Gallery, Cambridge
2006 - AAF London
2006 - Art Ireland - Dublin
2006 - Mixed Christmas show Byard Art Gallery