Jeremy Gardiner (born 26 April 1957) is a contemporary landscape painter who has been based in the

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. His work has been featured in books. It has also been reviewed in ''

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'', and British newspapers including ''

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''. He is represented by the

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Early life and education

Jeremy Gardiner was born in

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. He was educated at

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...

, UK (BA Hons in ''

Fine Art In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function (such as ...

'', 1975–79) and the

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(MA in ''

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'', 1980–83), where he was awarded a John Minton Scholarship.

Work themes

Gardiner seeks to capture the environmental processes that shape the surface of the earth and his vision of landscape reflects the

genius loci In classical Roman religion, a ''genius loci'' (: ''genii locorum'') was the protective spirit of a place. It was often depicted in religious iconography as a figure holding attributes such as a cornucopia, patera (libation bowl), or snake. Man ...

or sense of place of his subjects. His artworks have been compared with those of Paul Nash and

Graham Sutherland Graham Vivian Sutherland (24 August 1903 – 17 February 1980) was a prolific English artist. Notable for his paintings of abstract landscapes and for his portraits of public figures, Sutherland also worked in other media, including printmakin ...

. His paintings are the product of a long engagement with coastal landscapes in Britain. He has continued the approach to landscapes of 20th-century St Ives modernist artists such as

Peter Lanyon George Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 – 31 August 1964) was a British painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. Lanyon was one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. Despite his early death at the ag ...

Ben Nicholson Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscapes, and still-life. He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in England. Backg ...

, and

John Tunnard John Samuel Tunnard (7 May 1900 – 12 December 1971) was an English modernist designer and abstract painter, and anti-hunting activist. He was the cousin of landscape architect Christopher Tunnard. Life Tunnard was born in Sandy, Bedfordshi ...

. Gardiner's landscape subjects have included locations from the

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, especially in

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, and the coastline of

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, in southern

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. Jeremy Gardiner's work ''Purbeck Light Years'' used hybrid techniques combining

computer animation Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating Film, moving images. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both still images and moving images, while computer animation refers to moving images. Virtu ...

, painting and drawing, and

immersive virtual reality In virtual reality (VR), immersion is the perception of being physically present in a non-physical world. The perception is created by surrounding the user of the VR system in images, sound or other stimuli that provide an engrossing total enviro ...

. Gardiner also worked on a project ''Light Years Coast'', a virtual recreation of the

Fellowships, grants, and awards

During 1984-86, Gardiner was a US

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in the

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at the

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in the

. Also in 1984, he was awarded a UK

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. Gardiner was the winner of the 2003 Peterborough Art prize for the work ''Purbeck Light Years''. In 2013, he was awarded '' The Discerning Eye ING Art Prize'' for the work ''Pendeen Lighthouse Cornwall''. In 2017, Gardiner was awarded a Senior Fellowship by the UK

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, in 2020 he was awarded an

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Grant, and in 2022 he was awarded a

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UK-China Connections through Culture Grant.

Exhibitions

Gardiner's work has been exhibited widely, including: ''A Panoramic View'' at the

Pallant House Gallery Pallant House Gallery is an art gallery in Chichester, West Sussex, England. It houses one of the best collections of 20th-century British art in the world. History The Gallery's collection is founded on works left to the city of Chichester by ...

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; ''Exploring the Elemental'' at

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; ''Shorelines'' at

St Barbe Museum St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery is a local museum and art gallery in Lymington, Hampshire, England. Enclosed in the building is a small cafe called 'The Old School Cafe', a gift shop, multi-use room named 'The Mac Carthy Room', a museum showcasi ...

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; ''Drawn to the Coast'' at the

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, London; and ''South by Southwest'' at

, London. In 2021, Gardiner's work was included in the Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum as part of the Chengdu Biennale, China. ;Selected solo exhibitions *2013: ''Unfolding Landscape'', Kings Place Gallery, London, UK *2013: ''Jeremy Gardiner'',

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, City of London, UK *2015: ''Jurassic Coast'',

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, Bath, UK *2016: ''Pillars of Light'',

, London, UK *2018: ''Geology of Landscape'', Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester, UK *2019: ''Tintagel to Lulworth Cove'',

, London, UK *2020: ''South by Southwest'',

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, Lymington, UK *2022: ''Contraband'', Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester, UK *2024: ''Harbours and Havens'',

, London, UK *2024: ''Turning the Tide'', The Sherborne, Dorset, UK *2024: ''Concrete Abstraction'', Shanxi Contemporary Art Museum,

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, China *2025: ''The Folds of Time: Jeremy Gardiner's Geological Landscapes'', Jiechen Gallery, Taiyuan, China ;Selected group exhibitions *1986: '' 42nd Venice Biennale'', Venice, Italy *2010: ''Earthscapes, Geology and Geography'', Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon, UK *2013: ''The

Discerning Eye 2013 Exhibition'',

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, London, UK (prizewinner) *2015–16: ''Facing History'',

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, London, UK *2017: ''Capture the Castle, British Artists and the Castle'',

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, Southampton, UK *2019: ''

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Watercolour Competition'',

, London, UK *2021–22: ''Superfusion'', Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China *2022: ''Sussex Landscape: Chalk, Wood and Water'',

, Chichester, UK *2024: ''Dorset Pavilion'',

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, Italy *2024: ''Artists in Purbeck'',

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, Bournemouth, UK *2025: ''Every Step of the Way'', The ARC,

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, UK

Works in collections

Jeremy Gardiner’s paintings are held in international collections in the United Kingdom including

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, and elsewhere. Other collections with his work include

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, London; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Paris; Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Eni), Milan;

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, London;

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Art Collection, London;

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, Amsterdam;

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Corporate Collection, USA;

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;

Collection, London;

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(V&A), London.

Academic positions

In parallel with being an artist, Jeremy Gardiner has held academic positions at

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, the

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, the

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at the

, Department of

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at the

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(New York), the Media Lab at the

, and a full professor position at

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in east London.

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Early life and education

Work themes

Fellowships, grants, and awards

Exhibitions

Works in collections

Academic positions

References

Further reading

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