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Highland based artist Leon Patchett is a B.A. Hons Ceramics graduate from Central/St.Martins School of Art.
His career has led him to take part in exhibitions and collaborative projects at home and abroad, choosing to cultivate opportunities that challenge him to adapt his process in unfamiliar surroundings. The studio in Cromarty on the tip of the Black Isle peninsula has offered an ideal environment to develop these ideas for over 20 years.
His sculptural work has evolved from concepts of transformation and order. He has developed a process that relies on fundamental principles of form and proportion whilst incorporating common themes that include sequences, rhythm, and texture. Focusing on recycling, reclaiming & repurposing natural and man-made materials he has created work that is both intriguing and eccentric. His approach offers an innovative perspective revealing his distinct vision of contemporary sculpture making.
B.A. Hons degree in Ceramics at Central/St.Martins, London. 1990
Exhibitions
Royal Scottish Acadeny 200th Annual Open Art Exhibition. 9.05 - 14.06.26
'Skyboat Visual Art Residency'. Hugo Burge Foundation Award. 12.03 - 08.04.26
RSA Open Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy. 3.05- 08.06.25
"Habitats". Glenmorangie Cadboll House. Tain. 22.08-29.09.24
In-Form. Browns Gallery, Castle Street, Inverness. 16.3.- 28.4.24.
IMAG. An Inspired Scavenger. Castle Wynd. Inverness. Oct-Nov. 2023.
Antalla Solais Members Exhibition, Ullapool, Scotland. Sept-Oct. 2022.
Earth Wind & Fire. Foyer Gallery. Ceramics. IMAG. Inverness 05.05 –16.06.21.
Earth, Wind & Fire. (Ceramics). Upstairs Gallery. Inverness. 03.6 – 28.6.19
V.C Gallery. Scottish National Trust. Inverewe. West Ross. 15.5 – 20.12.19
ANURS Gallery. Banja Luka. Academy of Science and Art. Bosnia. 24.9-4.10.18
The Cromarty Group Exhibition. Stables. Cromarty. Scotland. 12.08 – 20.08.17
'Whispering Reeds'. Kuusisto Art Manor. Finland. 08.07 - 24.08.16
'Whispering Reeds'. Archipelago Centre Korpostrom. Finland. 16.3 - 3.7.16
Object. Foyer Gallery. Ceramics. Inverness Museum & Gallery. 05.03 –30.04.16.
The Magic of the Blue Mountain. Art-Point Group Exhibition. Sculpture. European Union Centre, Skopje. Macedonia. 15.02 – 04.03.16
'Whispering Reeds' Exhibition. Eckerö. Finland. 08.05 - 31.08.15
‘Winter Exhibition’. Inchmore Gallery. Inverness. Scotland. 1.10.2015 – 28.2.16.
The Cromarty Group Exhibition. Stables Gallery. Cromarty 14.8 – 23.08.15
The Cromarty Group Exhibition. Stables Gallery. Cromarty. 9.8 – 17.08.14
Aberdeen Artists Society Exhibition 2014. Aberdeen Art Gallery. 10.4 – 22.6.14
‘Smoke Fired Pots.’ Foyer Gallery. Inverness Museum & Gallery. 1.4 -31.5.14.
“Pliva2013.” LTG Gallery. Pliva. Banjaluka, Bosnia & Herzegovina. 4.8.13
Castle Gallery.(Ceramics). Castle Street. Inverness. 01.05.2102 – 31.01.13
Sianoja El Corte Ingles Exhibition. Santander, Spain. 04.09 – 31.09.11
'Earthworks' Exhibition. Projekte Gallery, Wilmington, N.C. USA. 01.5 - 22.1.11
Snowdrop Festival Exhibition. St.Andrews. Fife. Scotland. 11.02 -27.02.11
No Boundaries International Artists Exhibition. N.C. USA. Dec 07.01 – 21.01.10
Residencies/Symposiums/Projects
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'Sky Boat Residency.' Hugo Burge Foundation. Duns, Scotland 8.3-06.04.26
'Ripple Group' Residency. Scot/Finnish. Isle of Lewis An Lanntair. 1-25.11.2023
'Kare Group'. Stables Residency. Scot/Finnish. Cromarty Arts Trust. 1-31.10.2023 Pliva2018. International Art Symposium. Pliva. Bosnia. 24.7– 02.8.2018
Ripple Project Residency. Koneen Foundation. Saari. Finland. 11.6.-25.6.2018
Naarup Residency. Assens Arts Council. Denmark. Ripple Group. Scotland & Finland. 01.9 – 30.09.2017
'Whispering Reeds Residency’. Eckerö Åland. Finland. 24.04-08.05 .15
“Art Point –Gumno” International Artists Residency. The International Centre for Art and Sustainable Development. Sloestica. Macedonia. 12.06.15– 12.07.15
“Pliva2014.” International Artist Symposium. Pliva, Bosnia & Herzegovina. LTG Gallery. 25.07 – 03.08.14
“The Blue Mountain”. 10th Anniversary International Artists’ Workshop.
Art Point –Gumno. Sloestica. Republic of Macedonia. 07.09 – 15.09.13
“Pliva2013.” International Artist Symposium. Pliva. LTG Gallery. 25.07 – 04.08.13
Simposio Internacional De Artists En Noja. Noja, Spain. 22.06 – 02.07.11.
No Boundaries International Artists Colony 2010. Bald Head Island, N. C. USA.
04.10 – 20.10.10.
Eco-Art Butterfly Project. Kone Foundation. Saari. Turku. Finland. 02.08 – 13.08.10.
No Boundaries International Artists Colony 09. Bald Head Island, North Carolina, USA. 02.10- 16.01.09.
Art Point-Gumno. Artist in Residence 08. Sloeshtica, Republic of Macedonia.
15.05 – 10.06.08.
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