Lesley Hicks

T:

01642 738061

Job title:

Senior Lecturer

E:

l.hicks@tees.ac.uk

School/department:

School of Arts & Media

 

 

Research institute:

Institute of Design, Culture and the Arts

About Lesley Hicks

Lesley Hicks
Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Media
T: 01642 738061
E: l.hicks@tees.ac.uk
Research institute: Institute of Design, Culture and the Arts

PRACTICE

The idea of place lies at the core of my practice, especially fleeting encounters experienced during travel; environments and passing landscapes seen only momentarily. Often made in situ, outside the controlled environment of the studio, my paintings employ the formal selectivity which arises from a direct and intuitive response to the visual challenge of the moment. In the studio and in response to particular places my drawings explore a more process-led methodology, drawing on the direct physicality of the process.

EDUCATION 

University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1982-1986) 

Royal Academy Schools (1986-1989)

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Recent exhibitions include:

2013 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord/ Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin

2012 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries London

2012 …and After, Joint show with Atsuhide Ito, Constantine Gallery Teesside University 

2011 Driven to Draw, Tennant Gallery Royal Academy, London                

TEACHING

Studying Fine Art can, if you let it, radically change the way you see and interact with the world. I work extensively (but not exclusively) with first year students, helping them to develop a vibrant and fun transition into higher education, encouraging an investigative and open approach to the exciting possibilities that lie before them.

www.lesleyhicks.com