NAME: Godfrey Blow
BIRTH PLACE: Lincoln, United Kingdom
BIOGRAPHY
I was born in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England. From 1968 to 1971 I attended Sheffield Hallam University where I gained a BA Hons Degree in Fine Art. In 1973 I went to Manchester Metro University, where I qualified as a teacher. I emigrated to Australia in 1982. Numerous solo and mixed exhibitions of my work have been held in Western Australia since 1982. I have also participated in a number of mixed shows in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, the United Kingdom, India and Canada. My work is represented in private and public collections in Australia, including The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Artbank Australia, University of Western Australia and the collections of the cities of Bunbury, Albany and Fremantle. In addition I have won several prestigious art awards in Western Australia.
Since 2002 I have exhibited with the Stuckist group most notably in their landmark exhibition, The Stuckist Punk Victorian at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, during the 2004 Liverpool Biennial. I was also one of the featured artists exhibiting in the Triumph of Stuckism, which comprised part of Liverpool's 2006 Biennial. In October of 2006, I was a finalist in Australia's richest award for landscape painting, the Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Art Prize.
Much of my work is concerned with exploring symbols derived from natural froms that give an insight into the nature of existence. The images are from a study of landscape in Britain, Australia and Thailand. I combine organic and human forms and symbolic imagery. The various experiences of life influence the the things I paint. The elements in the work are highly personal but I hope the images will strike a universal chord. Although spiritual in nature the work is not religious and seeks to understand the world in a meaningful way.
