Ghislaine Howard
Ghislaine Howard

Forthcoming exhibitions and events.

Selected Exhibitions since April 1993

  •  London Art Fair with Contemporary Six, September 2024
  • ‘The Fragile Thread’, Contemporary Six, September 2024
  • ‘Acts of Creation: on Art and Motherhood’, M.A.C. Birmingham, June 2024
  • ‘Death of the Life-room’, The Whitworth Art Gallery, June 2024
  • ‘Empathy’, U.K.Med Headquarters May 2024
  • ‘The Human Touch’, Bolton Hospice, April 2024
  • ‘Acts of Creation: on Art and Motherhood’, The Arnolfini, March 2024
  • Invited artist, Goosefest, Macclesfield, September 2023
  • Launch of curated rooms at Saint Stephen’s House, Oxford, September 2023, through until 2028
  • ‘The 365 Series’, Keele University Chapel, June 2023
  • Invited artist, ’50 Women Artists’, Rogue Studios, Manchester,
  • Contemporary 6, ‘Modern British’, March 2023
  • Still Parents, Whitworth Art Gallery, September 2021- December 2022
  • Invited artist, Manchester Art Fair, November 2022
  • Launch of 10 Boroughs / 10 Paintings, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, May 2022
  • Women Artists, Contemporary 6 Gallery, April 2022
  • Selected Works’, Callaghan Fine Painting, Shrewsbury, December 2020
  • Oakham Contemporary, launch exhibition, October 2020
  • Castlegate Prize Finalists’ Exhibition’, Castlegate House Gallery, September – October 2020 (Shortlisted)
  • ‘We will Always Be Together’, at ‘The Fire Within’, The Galleries, Wigan
  • curated by Al and Al, October 2020-2022
  • ‘Portraying Pregnancy: from Holbein to Social Media’, The Foundling
  • Museum, January – August 2020
  • ‘Love is a Rebellious Bird’, The Galleries, Wigan, curated by Al and Al, November 2019 – August 2020
  • ‘Towards an Impossible Painting’, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, August 2019
  • ‘Two Painters’, (with Ian Norris), Collect Art, June 2019
  • ‘The Fire Within’, The Galleries, Wigan, curated by Al and Al, May- July 2019
  • Solo exhibition, Callaghan Fine Paintings, Shrewsbury, April – June 2018
  • Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, curated rooms, March 2018 ongoing
  • ‘Embracing Manchester’, Saint Ann’s church and House of Fraser,
  • Deansgate, Manchester, May 2018
  • Solo Exhibition, ’Drawn to Paper’, Art Decor Gallery, Whalley, July 2017
  • Retrospective, Collect Art, March – June 2017
  • ‘From Degas to Ghislaine Howard’, Gateway Gallery, March – April 2016
  • ‘Be Still’ part of the PassionArt Trail, John Rylands Library, February – April 2016
  • Inaugural exhibition, Gateway Gallery, November – December 2015
  • Young Masters Dialogues, Sphinx Fine Art, London, October 2015
  • ‘Return of the Prodigal Son’, Manchester Cathedral, July – September 2015
  • ‘Portraits’, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, March 2015
  • ‘The 365 Series’ at the PassionArt Trail, Manchester Art Gallery, April 2014
  • ‘Pinhole Man’, Cresswell Crags Museum, Summer 2014
  • ‘PassionArt Trail’, St. Ann’s Church, Manchester, March – April 2014
  • ‘Poetry, Passion and Painting’, Wendy J Levy Contemporary Art, May 2013
  • ‘Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind’, The British Museum, March – June 2013
  • ‘The Choreography of Walking’, Chapman Gallery Salford University, March 2011
  • ‘The Circus Animals’ Desertion’, Birr Arts Festival, Ireland, August 2010
  • ‘The 365 Series’ Imperial War Museum North, March 2009
  • Slic Dessin, Paris, with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery March 2009
  • ‘Towards The Empty Tomb’, Liverpool Cathedral, 2008/9
  • ‘The Intimate Portrait’, Whitworth Gallery Manchester, September 2007- January 2009
  • ‘The Stuff of Life’, Saltaire Festival, September 2008
  • ‘Towards the Empty Tomb’, Derby Cathedral, February – March 2008
  • ‘Changing Eight’, Liverpool Hope University College, January 2007
  • ‘One Family – Three Painters’, Wendy Levy Contemporary Art with Michael and Cordelia Howard, June 2007
  • ‘Vesali Icones’, Paintings used as the setting for Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ‘Vesali Icones’ with the musical ensemble Psappha, Gulbenkian, Lisbon, January 2005; Queen Elizabeth Hall, May, 2005 and Buenos Aires, June 2005
  • ‘Encounters’, Solo Show, Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art, November 2004
  • ‘A Shared Experience’, two linked exhibitions at the Sheridan Russell Gallery, London and the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London. September –
  • October 2004
  • artLondon with the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, 2004
  • ‘Sex in the City’, The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, The Glass House Gallery, London 2004
  • ‘Out of Office’, Manchester Technology Centre, April 2004
  • ‘Presence’, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, February 2004
  • Selected Works from the BBC Residency, BBC, Manchester, June 2001- April 2004
  • artLondon with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, June 2003
  • ‘The Unguarded Moment’, The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, artLondon, May 2002
  • ‘Intimacy’, the Mostyn Gallery and the Lowry, Arts Council, January – April 2002
  • ‘Art on Paper’, representing the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London, Royal
  • College of Art, February 2002
  • ‘Works by Ghislaine, Michael and Cordelia Howard’, Duke’s Oak Gallery,
  • October 2000
  • One person exhibition, Amnesty International Conference, Edinburgh, May 2001
  • Exhibition in Aid of the Medical Foundation Caring for Victims of Torture, Royal College of Art, London, October 2000
  • ‘Times of Our Lives, Endings and Beginnings’ April – October 2000,
  • Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
  • Recent Work, solo exhibition, Horizon Modern Art, Brussels, November 1998
  • The Discerning Eye, London, invited artist (by critic/curator Richard Kendall), November 1998
  • ‘The Informal Portrait’, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester,
  • November – January, 1997-8
  • Paintings and Drawings of ‘The Women of Troy’, solo exhibition at the National Theatre, London, June 1995
  • ‘Caught in The Act’, paintings and drawings produced as the official painter to Manchester’s year as ‘European City of Drama’, solo exhibition, British Council, Manchester, November, 1995
  • ‘A Shared Experience’, solo exhibition, Manchester City Art Gallery, resulting from a six month residency in Saint Mary’s Maternity Unit, Manchester, April ‑ May 1993
  • ‘Critic’s Choice’, Wendy Beckett, Bruton Street Gallery, London May- June 1992
  • Solo Show, Flying Colours Gallery, Edinburgh, September 1991

Stations of the Cross the Captive Figure

The Stations of the Cross / The Captive Figure, Realised in conjunction with

Liverpool Hope University College and supported by Amnesty International and North West Arts Board, 2000 – 2001 have been exhibited at the following venues:

  • Liverpool Cathedral and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, April – May, 2000
  • Liverpool Hope Chapel, May 2000 – March 2001
  • Canterbury Cathedral and The Cynthia Corbett Gallery at 54, The Gallery, London, March – April 2001
  • Liverpool Cathedral, March – April 2002
  • The Research and Education Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester,
  • October 2002
  • Gloucester Cathedral, March – April 2003
  • Derby Cathedral and Art Gallery, March – April 2005
  • Bakewell Festival, August 2008
  • Liverpool Cathedral, including ‘The Empty Tomb’, February – March 2008
  • Exeter Cathedral, Feb – May 2009
  • Wirksworth Parish Church, 2010
  • Lichfield Cathedral February – May 2011
  • With the 365 Series and Judas: the Departure, York Minster, February – May 2011
  • With the 365 Series, Chester Cathedral, March – April 2011
  • York Minster, February – May 2012
  • Manchester Cathedral, November 2013
  • Oscott College, March – May 2014
  • Old Glossop Parish Church, April – May 2015, April – May 2016
  • Saint Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury, March – June 2019

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

  • Embracing Manchester, exhibition catalogue, Saint Ann’s Church, Manchester 2018
  • Drawn to Paper, Michael Howard and Julie McCabe, Art Decor, Whalley, 2017
  • The Human Touch, Michael Howard, published by Manchester Metropolitan University, 2016
  • The Northern School: From Degas to Ghislaine Howard, Martin Regan, Gateway Gallery, Hale, 2016
  • PassionArt Trail: Be Still, Lesley Sutton, Manchester, 2016
  • PassionArt Trail, Lesley Sutton, Manchester, 2014
  • The Circus Animals’ Desertion, Irish Arts Council, Dublin, 2010
  • Death’s Broken Dominion, Laura Gascoigne, The Tablet, March 2008
  • Twelve Women Artists, Judy Rose, Wendy Levy Contemporary Art, Manchester, 2006
  • Presence, Meryl Doney, (ed.), exhibition catalogue, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 2004
  • Stations of the Cross / The Captive Figure, edited by Michael Howard of Manchester Metropolitan University with contributions by Dr. Joan Crossley, Leicester University and Dr. Shannon Ledbetter, Liverpool Hope University College
  • Exhibiting Gender, Sarah Hyde, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester University Press, September 1997
  • Steeple Chase Park, poetry by Frances Neagle, 1996
  • Artist’s Diary, Art Review, March 1994
  • Portraiture and Drawing the Figure, Ray Smith, published by Dorling Kindersley, in association with the Royal Academy, 1994
  • A Shared Experience, Manchester City Art Gallery and Wellcome

Foundation, essay by Dr. David Peters‑Corbett, 1993/4

Ghislaine has written, often with Michael, articles on painting for various magazines including, Art Review, The Artist Magazine and The Artist and

Illustrator.

Reviews in various publications including: Anglican Theological Review, British Medical Journal, ACE Magazine, Gallery Magazine, The Guardian, Modern Painters, The Women’s Art Journal.

Features: Art Review, Big Issue, Daily Telegraph, The Tablet, The Artist Magazine, Women’s Art Magazine.

TELEVISION AND FILM

  • Ghislaine Howard, Works on Paper, Blackmore Gallery, 2019
  • Who Do You Say I Am? BBC1, Easter 2007
  • Part of the team that produced Degas and the Dance; the production was awarded The Peabody Award in May 2004
  • Featured artist in Mischa Scorer’s Omnibus film for BBC 1, Degas, The Old Man Mad About Art, 1996
  • Featured artist in Granada Television’s In Celebration programme, The Nude in the City, transmitted July 1994

RADIO

Featured in Women’s Hour and made various contributions to B.B.C. broadcasts; occasional contributor to G.M.R. current affairs and arts programme.

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