Trevor Price English, b. 1966
Trevor Price | Artist/Printmaker
Trevor Price was born in 1966 and grew up in Cornwall. He studied at Falmouth specialising in printmaking and then at Winchester School of Art. Upon leaving college he went on to find work in a London Etching studio, learning the skills of professional printmaking. Trevor was elected a member of the Royal Society of Paint-Printmakers when merely 28 years old and elected Vice President from 2013-18. He specialises in drypoints and etchings that are handmade and hand printed in his studios both in St Ives and London. His work is globally recognised as he exhibits both original prints and paintings throughout Europe. In 2011 Price was the invited ‘Printmaker of the Year’ at Printfest, Britain's only art fair solely dedicated to printmaking. Throughout his printmaking career he has won several national printmaking awards.
A key theme expressed within Trevor’s work is the intimacy between a couple, sometimes romantic, sometimes erotic and very often, humorous. In the series of prints presented here today, location is a strong theme, as Price’s Cornish roots often tend to feature in the work, particularly scenes of St Ives harbour. He spends a lot of time in St Ives drawing the surroundings and has taken great influence from preceding artists Ben Nicholson and William Scott who too had a connection to Cornwall. Other artistic influences include Pablo Picasso, Freda Kahlo, and Cecil Collins. For Trevor, it is the opportunity to experiment and the diversity of technique that draws him to a medium. Currently, most of his figurative prints are drypoints of forms, usually on zinc or Perspex, which are made by drawing on the surface with a soldering iron and then printing from those marks made.
Work in various collections including:
His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent
Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
University of Wales
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge)
Yinchuan Contemporary Art Museum (China)
Guangdong Museum of Art (China)
Office of Public Works (Dublin)
Yale University (U.S.A)
Bank of England (London)
Solo and two person shows
1994-2019 Over fifty solo or two person shows (including Biscuit Factory Newcastle, Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Cambridge Contemporary Arts, Original Print Gallery Dublin, Leeds Design Gallery, and Wiseman Gallery.
Personal highlight being a two person show at Brook Gallery (Budleigh Salterton 2008) with Pablo Picasso.
Invited selector:
The National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014.
The National Original Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London: 2005, 2002, 2001.
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair: 2018, 2017.
Brixton Open, London: 2004, 2003.
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LIMITED EDITION | Original Artists' Prints
12 Feb - 23 Mar 2024Selling show of original artists' prints for sale by contemporary and modern St Ives and British artists: Melvyn Evans linocut prints; Trevor Price relief engravings and etchings; Sally Spens etchings: Albert Irvin; Ben Nicholson: David Hockney; Patrick Heron; Sandra Blow; Barbara Hepworth.Read more -
WHERE ROCKS BECOME SEA | Autumn–Winter Show
4 Nov 2023 - 6 Jan 2024Gallery show of contemporary art for sale, featuring new paintings by artists Sara Dudman, Masako Tobita, and ceramics by Peter Hayes, Charlotte Jones, Mitch Pilkington, Antonia Salmon, Paul Wearing, and prints by Melvyn Evans and Trevor Price, and sculptures by Tommy Rowe and Michael Thacker. With supporting works by leading 20th Century modern artists: Terry Frost, Barbara Hepworth, Victor Pasmore and Joe Tilson. Artworks also available for sale by St Ives and British Artists: Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM, Peter BLAKE, Sandra BLOW, Patrick CAULFIELD, Lynn CHADWICK, Maurice COCKRILL, Terry FROST, Barbara HEPWORTH, Patrick HERON, David HOCKNEY, Bryan INGHAM, Albert IRVIN, Margaret LOVELL, Henry MOORE, Ben NICHOLSON, Victor PASMORE, Bryan PEARCE, Tommy ROWE, William SCOTT, Joe TILSON.Read more -
COLLECT | MODERN ART
9 Sep - 4 Nov 2023Gallery exhibition of Modern St Ives and British art for sale, featuring art – paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures – by leading 20th Century artists, including: Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM, Peter BLAKE, Sandra BLOW, Patrick CAULFIELD, Lynn CHADWICK, Maurice COCKRILL, Terry FROST, Barbara HEPWORTH, Patrick HERON, David HOCKNEY, Bryan INGHAM, Albert IRVIN, Margaret LOVELL, Henry MOORE, Ben NICHOLSON, Victor PASMORE, Bryan PEARCE, Tommy ROWE, William SCOTT, Joe TILSON.Read more -
SUMMER SHOW: EDIT 2 | JOANNE LAST, ANNE BARRELL, CRAIG UNDERHILL & TREVOR PRICE
5 Aug - 7 Oct 2023New collections of Cornwall coastal-inspired abstract paintings by Joane Last feature alongside the Cornish coastal- and still life-themed original prints and paintings by the multi award-winning St Ives-based artist, Trevor...Read more -
SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL 2022 EVENT: AN AFTERNOON WITH TREVOR PRICE
21 Sep 2022Join us for a rare opportunity to meet with best-selling gallery artist, Trevor Price, and gain an exclusive behind the scenes insight into his printmaking process and strategy. Event schedule:...Read more -
FIRST BLUSH: Spring Collection
11 Feb - 11 Jun 2022This group exhibition brings together new paintings, prints, ceramics and sculptures by selected artists, whose practice celebrates their reawakening from winter's lockdown: Sam Boughton, Melvyn Evans, Trevor Price, Erin Ward,...Read more -
PENWITH RHYTHMS: ANCIENT AND SACRED LANDSCAPE
Cornwall’s Prehistoric landscape is the focus of this exhibition of guest artists’ works 23 Oct - 27 Nov 2021The dramatic landscape of west Cornwall has captured the imagination of writers and artists for three centuries, and now this ancient and sacred landscape is explored and celebrated anew in...Read more -
A SPACE TO BREATHE
Post-lockdown contemporary paintings and ceramics 3 Jul - 31 Aug 2021St Ives Porthminster Gallery's upcoming exhibition 'A Space to Breathe' opens on Saturday 3rd July, with a breath of fresh air at the launch of artist and "gallery favourite" Nick Bodimeade's new series of post-lockdown paintings. The exhibition will also debut fresh new paintings and ceramics made during those trying times by permanent gallery artists, Joanne Last, Freya Horsley, Barry Stedman and Geoffrey Swindell.Read more
Contemporary st ives cornwall art paintings and fine art ceramics for sale by gallery artists nick bodimeade paintings, joanne last paintings, freya horsley paintings, geoffrey swindell ceramics, bryan stedman ceramics, porcelain, earthenware, thrown, handmade, painted, ceramicist, potter, slab-built, vessels, clay, painterly, beach, sea, coast, abstract paintings for sale, exhibitions, shows, exhibiting, exhibited, landscape, semi-abstract, coastal -
SEA STORIES
Mixed exhibition of contemporary paintings, prints, and ceramics 1 May - 26 Jun 2021Porthminster Gallery’s new exhibition Sea Stories opened with a burst of Spring optimism on 1st May.Read more
Featuring uplifting contemporary paintings, prints and ceramics by seven gallery artists, and one invited guest artist, in a celebration of the seaside and rocky coast for which St Ives and West Cornwall is famous
craig underhill ceramics, anne barrell ceramics, sgraffito, earthenware, handmade, painted, alfred wallis, sailing boats, ships, trawlers, harbours, sea, coast, mike bernard mixed medai paintings, andrew bird abstract paintings, ian harrold paintings, jenny hirst paintings, martyn perryman paintings, trevor price prints and paintings, for sale, ceramicist, potter, slab-built, vessels, clay, painterly, exhibitions, shows, exhibiting, exhibited, landscape, semi-abstract, coastal -
RELOCATION
11 Sep - 24 Oct 2020The opening collection at our new premises at 22 Fore Street is a changing showcase of artworks by some of the many established and emerging British Artists whom we represent,...Read more -
COAST 2020
4 Jul - 5 Sep 2020A colourful and uplifting exhibition celebrating the unique beauty of the Cornish coast through the varied mediums and creative approaches of selected gallery artists: Andrew Bird, Sara Dudman RWA ,...Read more -
WINTER SHOW 2019
9 Nov 2019 - 4 Jan 2020Porthminster Gallery welcomes winter with a mixed exhibition highlighting paintings by gallery artist Masako Tobita , ceramics by Charlotte Jones and Barry Stedman , and exclusive new collections of...Read more