Stuckism is an international anti-conceptual art and pro-figurative painting art movement founded by Charles Thomson and Billy Childish in 1999. [1] The founding group in London had 13 members. [2] In 2000, Regan Tamanui started a group in Melbourne, Australia, and it was decided that other artists should be free to start their own groups also, named after their locality. [3] Stuckism has since grown into an international art movement [1] of 230 groups in 52 countries, as of April 2012. [4] This is a list of associated artists who, unless otherwise indicated, are painters.
| Name | Group | Country | Joined | Left | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Childish | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | 2001 | CFS |
| Charles Thomson | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | CFS, PV | |
| Philip Absolon | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS, PV | |
| Frances Castle | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | 2002 | MS, PV |
| Sheila Clark | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS | |
| Eamon Everall | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS, PV | |
| Ella Guru | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS, PV | |
| Wolf Howard | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | 2006 [5] | MS, PV |
| Bill Lewis | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS, PV | |
| Sanchia Lewis | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS | |
| Joe Machine | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS, PV | |
| Sexton Ming | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | 2005 [6] | MS, PV |
| Charles Williams | Stuckists | UK | 1999 | MS, PV | |
| Dawn Clarke | Belfast | UK | 2008 | F | |
| Dan Belton | Brighton | UK | 2001 | F, PV | |
| Guy Denning | Bristol | UK | 2004 | 2011 [7] | F |
| Udaiyan | Cambridge | UK | 2003 | F | |
| Jacqueline Jones | Cardiff | UK | 2004 | F | |
| Peter Murphy | East Kent | UK | 2005 | F | |
| Arfius Arf | Liverpool (St Helens) | UK | 2006 | F | |
| Anne Forte | Edinburgh | UK | 2004 | F | |
| Peter McArdle | Gateshead | UK | 2003 | 2008 [8] | F, PV |
| Leo Goatley | Gloucester | UK | 2005 | F | |
| Naive John | Liverpool | UK | 2004 | F, PV | |
| Jasmine Maddock | Liverpool (Merseyside) | UK | 2005 | F | |
| Andrew Galbraith | Liverpool (Waterloo) | UK | 2006 | F | |
| Amanda Macgregor | Loanhead | UK | 2006 | F | |
| Jane Kelly | London (Acton) | UK | 2003 | F, PV | |
| Stephen Howarth | London (Balham) | UK | 2004 | F, PV | |
| Alexis Hunter | London (Camden) | UK | 2008 | F | |
| Annie Zamero | London (Crouch End) | UK | 2002 | F | |
| Edgeworth Johnstone | London (Other Muswell Hill) | UK | 2006 | F | |
| Piers Butler | London (Notting Hill) | UK | 2003 | 2003 | F |
| Angela Edwards | London (Notting Hill) | UK | 2006 | 2006 | F |
| Abby Jackson | London (Oval) | UK | 2005 | F | |
| Stella Vine | London (Westminster) | UK | 2001 | 2001 [9] | F |
| Rémy Noë | Maidstone | UK | 2001 | F, PV | |
| Paul Harvey | Newcastle | UK | 2001 | F, PV | |
| Rachel Jordan | North Kent | UK | 2000 | M, [10] PV | |
| Mark D | Nottingham | UK | 2006 | F | |
| Daniel Pincham-Phipps | Southend | UK | 2001 | F, PV | |
| Gina Bold | Student [9] | UK | 2002 | 2003 [9] | M, then GA [9] |
| Steven Coots | Tunbridge Wells | UK | 2005 | F, PV | |
| John Bourne | Wrexham | UK | 2001 | CF, PV | |
| Elfyn Jones | Wrexham | UK | 2001 | CF | |
| Jonathon Coudrille | Lizard | UK | 2011 | M, PV | |
| Mandy McCartin | – | UK | GA, PV | ||
| Alex Forster Cabròn | Vienna | Austria | 2005 | F | |
| Godfrey Blow | Perth | Australia | 2003 | F, PV | |
| Regan Tamanui | Melbourne | Australia | 2000 | F | |
| Cedric Lenaers | Bruges | Belgium | 2009 | F | |
| Monica Bez Blatter | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2002 | F | |
| Iracema Brochado | Stuckafé Brasil | Brazil | 2001 | F | |
| Pavel Lefterov [11] | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2011 | F | |
| David Wilson | White Rock | Canada | 2008 | F | |
| Carlos Camus | Chilean | Chile | 2001 | F | |
| Shelley Li | Shanghai | China | 2009 | F | |
| Lucia Chaves | Bogota | Colombia | 2005 | F | |
| Gustavo Alvarez | Medellin | Colombia | 2005 | F | |
| Jane Dunn | Bohemia | Czech | 2006 | F | |
| Robert Janás | Prague | Czech | 2004 | F, photographer | |
| Jiří Hauschka | Prague | Czech | 2005 | M | |
| Markéta Urbanová | Prague | Czech | 2010 | M | |
| Jaroslav Valečka | Prague | Czech | 2004 | M | |
| Filip Kudrnáč | Prague | Czech | 2004 | M | |
| Kateřina Pažoutová | Prague | Czech | 2004 | M | |
| Martin Salajka | Prague | Czech | 2004 | M | |
| Jan Spěváček | Prague | Czech | 2004 | M | |
| Jaromír 99 | Prague | Czech | 2010 | M | |
| Kip Bauersfeld | Prague 7 | Czech | 2005 | F | |
| Carl Frederik Waage Beck | Copenhagen | Denmark | 2010 | F | |
| John Geggie | Danish | Denmark | 2001 | F | |
| Hoek Regenbot | Kankaanpää | Finland | 2006 | F | |
| Elsa Dax | Paris | France | 2001 | F, PV | |
| Dimitri Likissas | St Martin FWI | French West Indies | 2004 | F | |
| Sophie Kilasonia | Tbilisi | Georgia | 2006 | CF | |
| Levan Mindiashvili | Tbilisi | Georgia | 2006 | CF | |
| Ian Stenhouse | Berlin | Germany | 2008 | F | |
| Peter Klint | Hamburg and Sylt | Germany | 2002 | F | |
| Christian Malsch | Goettingen | Germany | 2005 | F, photographer | |
| Mary Von Stockhausen | Lewenhagen | Germany | 2000 | F, PV | |
| Frank Schroeder | Munich | Germany | 2002 | F | |
| Meral Ismail | Stuttgart | Germany | 2005 | F | |
| Odysseus Yakoumakis | Athens | Greece | 2004 | F | |
| Sheona Josiah | Georgetown | Guyana | 2011 | F | |
| Leyton Rowley | Arnhem | Netherlands | 2004 | F | |
| Arthur X | Delft | Netherlands | 2004 | F | |
| Fons Bloemen | Limburg | Netherlands | 2008 | F | |
| Smeetha Boumik | Mumbai | India | 2006 | F | |
| Joko Apridinoto | Yogyakarta | Indonesia | 2007 | F | |
| Lapsking | Tehran | Iran | 2007 | 2018 | CF |
| Pouya Haghani | Tehran | Iran | 2008 | CF | |
| Hamid Hemayatian | Tehran | Iran | 2008 | CF | |
| Pouria Hezaveh | Tehran | Iran | 2008 | CF | |
| Farsam Sangini | Tehran | Iran | 2010 | M | |
| Aydin Chali | Tehran | Iran | 2010 | M | |
| Arsia Abdollahi Moghaddam | Tehran | Iran | 2012 | M | |
| Shiva Eini | Tehran | Iran | 2012 | M | |
| Kenny Hickey | Dublin | Ireland | 2001 | F | |
| Samantha Keil | Tuscany | Italy | 2008 | F | |
| Mafa Bamba | Abidgan | Ivory Coast | 2001 | F | |
| Yuri Figini | Beppu | Japan | 2009 | F | |
| Roberto Greene | Jersey | Jersey | 2002 | F | |
| Fady Chamaa | Beirut | Lebanon | 2009 | F | |
| Rene Trujillo | Mexico City | Mexico | 2006 | F | |
| Alfredo Noyola | Monterrey | Mexico | 2008 | F | |
| Zoran Zivkovic | Podgorica | Montenegro | 2005 | F | |
| Mike Mayhew | Christchurch | New Zealand | 2005 | F | |
| Asim Butt | Karachi | Pakistan | 2005 | 2010 [12] (died) | F |
| Sheherbano Husain | Karachi | Pakistan | 2011 | F | |
| Gabriel Darvasi | Lima | Peru | 2008 | F | |
| Przemyslaw Matecki | Zagan | Poland | 2003 | F | |
| Jaime Braz | Lisbon | Portugal | 2004 | F | |
| Elena Kartintseva | Moscow | Russia | 2008 | F | |
| Igor | St Petersburg | Russia | 2006 | F | |
| Vladislav Scepanovic | Belgrade | Serbia | 2007 | F | |
| Maximillian Nikolajevitch | Kraljevo | Serbia | 2007 | F | |
| Peter Takac | Slovak | Slovakia | 2006 | F | |
| Kari Seid | Cape Town | South Africa | 2008 | F | |
| Alfons Freire | Barcelona | Spain | 2006 | F | |
| Cesar Aguilar Gazquez | Catalonia | Spain | 2007 | F | |
| Mariano Casas | Galicia Hartista | Spain | 2008 | CF | |
| Carmen Martín | Galicia Hartista | Spain | 2008 | CF | |
| Miguel-Anxo Varela | Galicia Hartista | Spain | 2008 | CF | |
| Felix Nieto Raya | Madrid | Spain | 2004 | F | |
| Eli Shaw | Malaga | Spain | 2008 | F | |
| Esther Andicoberry | Seville | Spain | 2001 | F | |
| Torbjorn Larsson | Orebro | Sweden | 2006 | CF | |
| Puck Thyen | Orebro | Sweden | 2006 | CF | |
| Kristina Bäck | Stockholm | Sweden | 2002 | F | |
| Joel Sassoon | Zurich | Switzerland | 2009 | F | |
| Michael Dickinson | Istanbul | Turkey | 2004 | F, collagist | |
| Oxana Bondar | Kiev | Ukraine | 2009 | F | |
| Vanessa Rossetto | Austin | United States | 2003 | F | |
| Jeffrey Scott Holland | Central Kentucky | USA | 2001 | F | |
| Jesse Todd Dockery | Central Kentucky | USA | 2001 | M, PV | |
| Richard J Cronborg | Chicago | USA | 2001 | F | |
| Tony Juliano | Connecticut | USA | 2002 | F, PV | |
| Don Lawler | Kentucky Mooleyville | USA | 2005 | CF, sculptor | |
| Meg White | Kentucky Mooleyville | USA | 2005 | CF, sculptor | |
| Nick Christos | Miami | USA | 2009 | F | |
| Floyd Anthony Alsbach | Missouri Valley | USA | 2008 | F | |
| Jesse Richards | New Haven | USA | 2001 | 2006 [13] | CF, PV |
| Nicholas Watson | New Haven | USA | 2001 | CF | |
| Terry Marks | New York | USA | 2001 | F, PV | |
| Nick Treadway | Orange County of California | USA | 2007 | F | |
| Susan Constanse | Pittsburgh | USA | 2000 | F | |
| Peggy Clydesdale | Reno | USA | 2006 | F | |
| Kim Richardson | St Louis Missouri | USA | 2004 | F | |
| Frank Kozik | San Francisco | USA | 2003 | F | |
| Brett Hamil | Seattle | USA | 2001 | CF | |
| Jeremy Puma | Seattle | USA | 2001 | CF | |
| Herndon Allen | Tulsa | USA | 2006 | F | |
| Rebekah Maybury | Underage | International | 2006 | F | |
| Liv Soul | Underage | International | 2006 | F |
Stuckism is an international art movement founded in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting as opposed to conceptual art. By May 2017 the initial group of 13 British artists had expanded to 236 groups in 52 countries.
Remodernism revives aspects of modernism, particularly in its early form, and follows postmodernism, to which it contrasts. Adherents of remodernism advocate it as a forward and radical, not reactionary, impetus.
Charles Thomson is an English artist, poet and photographer. In the early 1980s he was a member of The Medway Poets. In 1999 he named and co-founded the Stuckists art movement with Billy Childish. He has curated Stuckist shows, organised demonstrations against the Turner Prize, run an art gallery, stood for parliament and reported Charles Saatchi to the OFT. He is frequently quoted in the media as an opponent of conceptual art. He was briefly married to artist Stella Vine.
William Lewis is an English artist, story-teller, poet and mythographer. He was a founder-member of The Medway Poets and of the Stuckists art group.
Sexton Ming is a British artist, poet and musician who was a founding member of The Medway Poets (1979) and Stuckism art movement (1999).
Philip Absolon is a British artist and a founder member of the Stuckists art group, exhibiting in the group shows, including The Stuckists Punk Victorian at the Walker Art Gallery in 2004, and taking part in Stuckist demonstrations against the Turner Prize. He has had long-term unemployment problems, depicted in his work with imagery of skeletons; his other main subject is cats, which he studies and depicts in motion.
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Ella Guru is an American painter and musician living in Hastings, East Sussex, England. She was a member of Mambo Taxi and the Voodoo Queens. In 1999, she became one of the founding members of the Stuckist art movement.
Eamon Everall is an English artist and educator. He was one of the 12 founder members of the Stuckists art group. He paints in a "neo-cubist" style, with subjects from life worked on over a long period.
John Bourne is a British artist and painter, living and working in Wales, and a member of the Stuckists art movement. He founded the Wrexham Stuckists group in 2001 and has been exhibited in the group's shows since then, including The Stuckists Punk Victorian. He has also taken part in Stuckist demonstrations against the Turner Prize. The subject matter for his paintings, which are done in a simplified style, comes from his memories.
Godfrey Blow is an artist based in Kalamunda, Western Australia. He is the founder of the Perth Stuckists.
Elsa Dax is a French painter and a member of the Stuckists art movement. Major themes in her work are myth, legend and fairytale.
Charles Williams is a British artist. He is a founding member of the Stuckist art group and a member of the New English Art Club.
Mandy McCartin is an English artist based in London, a "proud butch lesbian" and DJ "classic soul fanatic".
The Stuckism art movement was started in London in 1999 to promote figurative painting and oppose conceptual art. This was mentioned in the United States media, but the first Stuckist presence in US was not until the following year, when former installation artist, Susan Constanse, founded a Pittsburgh chapter.
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Gina Bold is an English artist/poet, who makes paintings, stained glass and sculpture. She was an artist in residence at Arlington House from May to November 2007.
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