J K Chapman is a young artist who has traveled extensively and pulled influences from across the USA and Europe. His quiet and methodical approach to life is always reflected in his work, where despite the sometimes busy and overbearing subject matter, his paintings retain an eerie calm.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2008 Hexham - Hexham General, Solo Show and Workshop, Northumberland, UK

2008 American English - Curwen and New Academy Gallery, Solo Show, London, UK

2007 Back to the Very Heart of It - Artspace Galleries, Selected Works, London, UK

2007 Back to the Very Heart of It - NGC, Selected Works, Sunderland, UK

2007 Hard candy - North Tyneside Hospital, Selected Works, North Tyneside, UK

2006 Hard Candy - The Art Works Gallery, Selected Works, Ouseburn, UK

2006 Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, Represented by C&NA Gallery, London, UK

2006 Northern Graduates - Curwen and New Academy Gallery, Group Show, London, UK

2006 Postcards to Knowhere - University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Degree Show, newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

2005 An Imaginable Affair - The Cluny, Solo Show, Ouseburn, UK

2005 Persona - Private Residence, Group Show, Heaton, UK

ACHIEVEMENTS

2007 Featured in Exclusive style and culture magazine, Image

2007 Featured in Living North style and culture magazine, Image

2006 Selected for Christmas Card design University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Museum of Antiquities

2006 Featured in The Telegraph Newspaper Arts and Cultre Review, image and Commentary

2006 Selected for North East Graduates at OPUS Gallery

2006 Selected for Northern Graduates at Curwen and New Academy Gallery

2006 Featured in METRO Newspaper Arts and Culture Review, Image and Commentary

EDUCATION

2006: B.A.(Hons) Fine Art, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK