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TOMKINS Riduan

Born 1941 Weymouth, Dorset, England

Education
1965-68 Royal College of Art, (MA), London, England
1964-65 Wimbledon School of Art (National Diploma in Design), England
1960-62 West of England College of Art, Bristol, England
1958-60 Poole School of Art, Poole, Dorset (Intermediate in arts and crafts)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 Cemara 6 Galeri Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 Christ College, Christchurch. New Zealand.
2001 Art against addiction’, Sotheby’s, London, England Summer Spice’, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong
2000 Out Reach Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design ‘Framed’
MacDonald Stewart Gallery, Guelph, ON International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
1999 Art ’99, London Art Fair, England
Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, England
San Francisco International Art Fair, USA
Palm Beach International Art Fair, USA
Belloc Lowndes, Chicago, USA
1998 Henley Festival, 20th Century British Art Fair, England
1996 Upstairs and Downstairs’, Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1995 Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Art Fair, Chicago, USA
Art Fair, Paris, France
Drawings of Distinction’, Theo Waddington Fine Art, London, England
C.S.A. Christmas Show, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1994 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Art First, London, England
1993 Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Brooke Gifford, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Prospect Canterbury, Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1992 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
‘Don Peebles: Peers & Contemporaries,’ Centre for Contemporary Art Hamilton, New Zealand
1991 Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Raising the Curtain’, C.S.A. Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Auckland Children’s Hospital Art Exhibition, Aotearoa Centre Auckland, New Zealand
Dealer’s Choice Exhibition’, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland New Zealand
1990 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Star Art, Auckland, New Zealand
Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Goodman Suter Biennale’ Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand
Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada
1989 14th Anniversary Show’, Brook Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Nobodies’, Shed 11, National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Star Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1988 Waddington & Shiell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1987Patricia Bosshard Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
‘100 works’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England
‘Aspects of Representation’, Ottawa School of Art, Canada
1986 Art Fair, Chicago, USA
1984 “Face to Face: The Figure and Figuration”, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, and the Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto. Canada
The Figure: A Selection of Canadian Painting’, Burlington Cultural.
Centre, Burlington, Canada, travelling
‘An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture’, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY, USA
‘Four Painters’, Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada Art Fair, Chicago, USA
1983 Critic’s Choice, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
‘Form, Line and Non-Function’, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1982 ‘Artists from the Edward Albee Foundation’ Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, USA
‘The Discernable Image’, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington Ontario, Canada
1981 Lisson Gallery, London, England
1980 “Nuova Imagine”, Milan, Italy
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
John Moores, Liverpool, England
Heath Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1979 “Europa”, Stuttgart, Germany
1978 John Moores, Liverpool, England
Richard Wood’s Collection, Cork Museum, Ireland
1977 Angela Flowers Gallery, London, England
1976 Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Art Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany
1975 Hoya Gallery, London, England
1974 Angela Flowers Gallery, London, England

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Bath Street Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2003 Duta Fine Arts Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2002 Wayang Trees and other New Paintings” Cemara 6 Galeri Jakarta Indonesia. [JakArt @ 2002
2001 “Conceived in Indonesia, including the twins”, Duta Fine Arts, Foundation Jakarta, Indonesia. This exhibition was part of the JakArt @2001 International Festival, the first international festival held in Jakarta
2000-01 “New Paintings; the Adventure Continues”, Gallery One, Toronto, Canada
2000 Cuba Street Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1999 Gallery One, Toronto, Canada
Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1998 Miriam Shiell Fine Art Ltd., Toronto, Canada
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada
1997 Art First, London, England
1996 Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1995 Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1994 ‘Works on paper’, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1993 Figuras Gallery, Cali, Columbia, South America
1992 University of Centerbury, School of Fine Arts Gallery, in conjunction with Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Milford House Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand
Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Nuba Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1991 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1990 Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
‘9 Recent Works’, Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth New Zealand
1989 Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
‘Monoprints’, Gingko Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1988 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Patricia Bosshard Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
1987 Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Gingko Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1986 Waddington & Gorce Inc., Montreal, Canada
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Beaverbrook Art Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Waddington & Shiell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1985 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Ruth Siegel Gallery, NY, USA
1983 Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Theo Waddington Inc., Montreal, Canada
1981 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1980 Betty Parsons Gallery, NY, USA
Dart Gallery, Chicago, USA
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1979 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
1978 Jordan Gallery, London, England
1977 Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Angela Flowers Gallery, London, England
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1974 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
Brunel University, Uxbridge, England
1972 The Greenwich Theatre Gallery, London, England
Teaching Experience and Related Activities
2002First Artist in Residence at ‘Christ College’ Christchurch New Zealand.
2000-2001Visiting guest artist, Jakarta Institute of Art, Jakarta, Indonesia
1999 Ontario College of Art and Design
1999-2000 Part Time lecturer at Art Gallery of Ontario, School of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998-2000 Part Time lecturer at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
1996-97 Part Time lecturer at Uxbridge College, Part Time lecturer at Goldsmith College, and Part Time lecturer at Slade School of Fine Arts, University of, London, London, England
1989-96 Senior Lecturer in Painting, School of Fine Arts University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
1986-88 Visiting Senior Lecturer in Painting, School of Fine Arts University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
1984-85 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
1983 Summer School, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Sabbatical replacement, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
1981-83 University of Guelph (Part Time, five courses per year)
1980-82 Summer School, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA
1979-80 College visitor, Canterbury College of Art and Central School of Art (One visit per semester)
1978-80 Croydon College of Art (One day per week)
1977 College visitor, Wimbledon School of Art (One visit per semester)
1974-80 College visitors, Royal College of Art (One visit per semester)
1972-80 Uxbridge Technical College, England (Full Time)
1971 Art Therapist (Richmond Fellowship) Newlands, Sevenoaks, Kent England
1970 College visitor, Chelsea School of Art (One visit per semester)
1969-70 Supply teaching, Inner London Education Authority
1969 Kept on retainer by Whithermead-Whatcombe Centre, Dorset, England
1968-69 Visitor, General Studies Dept., Royal College of Art, London, England
Riduan Tomkins’ work is included in public and private collections in North America, South America, Europe, South East Asia and New Zealand, including:
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Paul Melon, USA
J. Walter Thompson, London, England
The Chase Manhattan Bank, NY, USA
Estate of Betty Parsons, NY, USA
Margaret Walker, London, England
Angela Flowers, London, England
The Edward Albee Foundation, NY, NY, USA
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
National Bank of New Zealand
Art Gallery, University of College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Toronto University, Canada
Saatchi and Saatchi, New Zealand
MacDonald Stewart Gallery, Guelph, ON, Canada
Peel Heritage Complex, ON, Canada
PT S. Widjojo Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia
Simon Xavier Guerrand-Hermes