Geoff Diego Litherland

Geoff Diego Litherland (born 1979, Tehuacan, Mexico) the son of the geologist Martin Litherland is a painter working internationally, based in the UK.

Life and career

Geoff Diego Litherland is a Mexican-born artist based in London. Having had a colourful upbringing in Bolivia and Ecuador he moved to England and graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2002. Litherland has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally and recognition to date has included being selected for the 25th John Moores Painting Prize [1][2][3] at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool which was judged by Sacha Craddock, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Paul Morrison and Graham Crowley [4] and in 2008 he won the Nottingham Castle Open.

In 2011 Litherland was selected by Matthew Collings to be included in the exhibition Crash at the Charlie Dutton Gallery. He also had a solo show at Art Work Space within the Hempel Hotel London and was selected by Patricia Bickers, Pippa Hale and Robert Leckie for inclusion in the Salon Art Prize, at the Matt Roberts Arts Project Space on Vyner Street in London.

In 2010 Litherland jointly curated the exhibition Closely Held Secrets,[5] which featured Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry. The exhibition was an artistic collaboration between Nottingham Trent University’s Bonington Gallery, nine visual artists and a skilled digital embroidery technician who has translated and transformed a series of original artworks into a collection of digitally embroidered artefacts.

Litherland graduated with an MFA at Goldsmiths College of Art in 2012 where he was awarded The Warden's Purchase Prize. In 2012 his painting, All Animals Lead us to Light was picked for the Oriel Davis Open, in Newtown, Wales.

In 2013, Litherland was picked by Antlers Gallery, Bristol, along with five other artists to exhibit his work in their exhibition Spatial.

In 2014, Antlers Gallery approached Litherland again to exhibit at their project Exploration. This exhibition was shown at Purifier House by Bristol's Harbourside.

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ John Moores 25
  2. ↑ The 25th John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize Shortlist, Guardian, Thursday July 24, 2008.
  3. ↑ Bold Shortlist Announced For John Moores Painting Prize, Culture 24, Wednesday July 23, 2008.
  4. ↑ Jake and Dinos Chapman to judge the John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Times, Thursday July 24, 2008.
  5. ↑ Closely Held Secrets, Crafts Magazine, 2010.
  6. ↑ Collisions Art Work Space at the Hempel Hotel, 2011
  7. ↑ Crash Exhibition, Charlie Dutton Gallery, 2010
  8. ↑ Closely Held Secrets Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
  9. ↑ Race for the Prize Tether, Nottingham, UK
  10. ↑ Multiverses Wallner Gallery, Lakeside Art Centre, Nottingham,
  11. ↑ Arizona Film Festival

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