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Featured Artist
Draughtsman and surreal illustrator, born in Leeds, Yorkshire. He studied at the Leeds School of Art from 1960 to 1965. He lectured at Victoria & Albert Museum, 1967-1974 and at Goldsmiths' College, London, 1974-1986. In 1974, his first solo exhibition was held at the Goethal Book Mart Gallery, New York. He was a member of the Association of Illustrators and also held solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and at Anthony Wilkinson Fine Art, London, 1994. His group exhibition venues included the Royal Academy, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury and the Hayward Gallery.
Examples of his work are in the collections of the Arts Council England, the British Council, the New York Public Library, the Tate Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Pompidou Centre, Paris. His drawings are also widely available as greeting cards and have been exhibited extensively at Flowers East and abroad in Paris, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, and America. In 1997, the Chris Beetles Gallery hosted the launch of Glen Baxter's Gourmet Guide.
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