Reuben Colley

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Reuben Colley
Born1976 (age 4849)
Nationality British
Occupation Artist
Website www.reubencolleyfineart.co.uk

Reuben Colley (born 1976) is a British representational painter primarily recognised for his "gritty" city-scapes [1] and parkland scenes depicting his home town of Birmingham, England. [2] [3] His work is included in the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery [4] and private collections both nationally and internationally.

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Reuben Colley Remnant Collection exhibited at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. 2017. Remnant Collection Exhibition.jpg
Reuben Colley Remnant Collection exhibited at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. 2017.

Life

Colley studied at Bournville Art College, Birmingham, and in 1995, he enrolled at The University of Wolverhampton, where he gained a BA Honours in Fine Art, specialising in painting. [5]

Through his work he has supported charitable causes including Freedom from Torture [6] and Birmingham Children's Hospital. [7]

After founding a commercial gallery (Reuben Colley Fine Arts) in the Moseley district of Birmingham in 2010, the gallery relocated to Birmingham's city centre on Colmore Row in 2015. [8]

Colley has said: "I don't paint a particular subject, I try to depict an atmosphere". [9] He's explained his process, saying:

I am constantly exploring new areas of my own painting to see what creates an atmosphere or a mood for the viewer, to take them past the boundaries of being purely representational, and they become a record of my own experiences and impressions of places. [...] Painting, to me, should be a very natural process, without the restraints of gimmick and style, it is an infinite language of expression, only I find it much more comforting than using words. [10]

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Acquisitions

References

  1. Chamberlain, Zoe (21 February 2014). "Gritty side of Birmingham inspires painter". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. "RCFA News pages" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "2012 Best Painting - West Midlands Open" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 Artworks by or after Reuben Colley , Art UK . Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. "Hayhill gallery" (PDF). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. "Birmingham Artists Supports Anti-torture charity" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  7. "The Big Sleuth" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  8. Young, Graham (5 March 2015). "Artist Reuben Colley opens new Colmore Row art gallery". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  9. "Reuben Colley Interview". gregoryeditions.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. "Reuben Colley". Hay Hill Gallery. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  11. "The Fine Art Trade Guild's Best New Artist 2001" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Birmingham Open exhibition". BBC website . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  13. Kennedy, Liam (15 April 2013). Remaking Birmingham. ISBN   9781134442577 . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  14. "Impressions of London". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  15. "Birmingham Seen exhibition" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  16. "Reuben Colley Fine Arts Gallery".
  17. "The Cork Street Collection" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  18. "City Living exhibition". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  19. "Reuben Colley included in Change In the Inner City exhibition" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  20. "Change In the Inner City exhibition" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  21. "City Living Collection II" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  22. "Remnant Collection at Birmingham Museum and Art" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  23. "Remnant collection" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  24. "Remnant exhibition" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  25. "Reuben Colley Fine Art exhibition" . Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  26. "Brown Shipley press release" . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  27. "Law society commissions painting" . Retrieved 12 August 2018.