Christopher Aggs

Manor Buildings, Warminghurst,
Ashington,
Nr Pulborough,
W.Sussex RH20 3AW

Phone: 01903 892 891
Fax: 01903 893 595

email: aggs.art@virgin.net


Born 1951

1970 - 73 Exeter College Oxford, reading English Literature - BA hons (class 3)
Attended Ruskin school of Drawing - part time
1974 - 77 City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington - Diploma (class 1)
1977 - 80 Royal Academy Schools, London - Schools Certificate (MA equivalent)

Awards

1976 Rodney Burns Drawing Prize
1976 David Murray Award for Landscape Painting
1977 Richard Ford Award for travel in Spain

Employment History

1978 - 81 Chelsea & Westminster Institute for Adult Education, Lecturer P/T
1979 - 81 South Lambeth Institute for Adult Education, Brixton. Lecturer P/T
1978 - 82 West Dean College, Chichester - ran Adult Ed courses in Painting
1982 - 86 City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington. Leturer (Drawing) P/T
1983 - 92 West Sussex Institute of Higher Education, Chichester.Associate Lecturer P/T
1990 - Northbrooke College, Worthing . Associate Lecturer Foundation Studies P/T
1992 - University College Chichester (formerly West Sussex Institute of Higher Education) Senior Lecturer 0.5 FTE. Fine Art
2000 - University College Chichester additional 0.25 FTE Related Arts

Group Exhibitions

1980/83/97 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
1981 Seven Dials Gallery, Covent Garden, London : ‘7 Artists’
1982 The Southover Gallery , Lewes
1987 F.B.A. Mall Gallery, Hunting Group Prize Touring Exhibition
1988 The National Trust , Petworth House, Festival Exhibition.
1988 Long & Rye , Art International - Corporate Art Rep.
1989 Pallant House , Chichester, ‘Staff from W.S.I.H.E.’
1990 Cadogan Contemporary, Kensington London, Summer Exhibition.
1991/95 Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, London. Summer Exhib
1994 ‘ A Feast of Food’ Llewellyn Alexander (Paintings) Ltd, London
1994 Worthing Hospital ‘Arts in Health Project’, the Dome , Worthing
1995 ‘Not the Royal Academy’ Llewellyn Alexander (Paintings) Ltd, London
1995 ‘The Garden Show’ Stanstead House, Hampshire.
1995 Chichester Open Exhibition , Chichester.
1997 Summer Exhibition - Highgate Fine Art, London.
1997 Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, London. ‘4 Favorite Artists’
1998 The Reynolds Club, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
1999 Chichester Cathedral Millenium Appeal Fund Exhibition
1999 Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, ‘ 6 Artists at 27 Cork St’ , London.
2000 Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, ‘ 6 Artists at 28 Cork St’ , London
One Man Exhibitions

1983 The Arun Art Centre, Arundle, Sussex.
1989 The Judd St Gallery , London.
1990/92 The Terrace Gallery, Worthing, Sussex.

2 Person Exhibitions

1994 Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, London.
1996 Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery, London.

Forthcoming Exhibition

2001 Retrospective Exhibition at Worthing Museum.


Publications

1985 Illustrations to ‘The Worst Journey in the Midlands’ , by S. Llewellyn
Published by Heineman and Pan Books, UK.
1987 ‘The Wall Paintings of Hardham’ by J. Wyatt and C. Aggs, with Illustrations by C. Aggs. Otter Memorial Paper No: 2
1995 ‘Diocletian - a singular Man’ by A. Higham - illustrations by C. Aggs. Whyke Press Nov 1995 ISBN 0-9526291-0-0

Public Commissions

1995/6 ‘Sunrise over Weald’ commissioned Painting (4’x5’) for Worthing and Southlands Hospital Art Project.

1997 - Represented by ‘Artplace’ - paintings on loan to Hospitals as part of the Arts in Health Scheme. Shelburne Hospital & St Richard’s Hospital , Chichester. St Marks Hospital trust , N. London. King Edward VII Hospital , Midhurst.