Gary Colclough studied at Chelsea College of the Art & Design 1996-1999 and Central Saint Martins 2008-2009. He exhibits regularly in the UK and internationally. His work has been exhibited at ArtSeen (Cyprus) Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an (China), P.P.O.W (New York) , Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art , (Amsterdam),) IAG (Hong Kong), Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno (Wales).
Colclough’s works draw on references to Arts & Craft furniture, esoteric geometry and early optical contraptions. Using a pared down sculptural language, Colclough’s meticulously built structures both suspend and frame hand-drawn images. These monochrome images are painstakingly rendered, recalling early natural history illustrations but inscribed with an apocalyptic presence. Examining the history of pictorial landscape Colclough unsettles the viewer’s experience through duplication and separation, drawing attention to the experience and mechanics of seeing itself.