Tony Aldrich is a contemporary abstract painter, an architect and an educator. Born in Lancashire in 1964 he grew up in the South West, and following periods working as an architect in London, Cambridge, and Bath he returned to Devon and Plymouth with his family in 2002 to take up a lectureship at the University of Plymouth. Since then his paintings have been experiencing a growing reputation and the recent successful exhibition at the Artmill gallery in Plymouth continued this trend. The exhibition, of over 30 of his paintings, reflected his current focus on places in and around the city of Plymouth.
The everyday Plymouth has a great deal to offer, it’s strong and unpretentious. I like that, it means that if you slow down and really pay attention to it then what you get back is always true and honest and revealing.
Recent exhibitions
- 2007 – Artmill Christmas exhibition
- 2007 – Artmill. ‘Surfaces and Places’ Paintings by Tony Aldrich, Ceramic works by Adela Powell.
- 2006 – New Cooperage, The Royal William Yard, Plymouth
- 2006 - The Artmill (summer exhibition)
- 2006 – The Fishwick Gallery - Exeter. University of Plymouth
- 2005 - Plymouth Arts Centre
- 2004 - Plymouth Swarthmore Centre (Plymouth Watercolour Society)
- 2003 – The Hoe Centre – Plymouth University
Member of ‘Flameworks’ group of artists based in Plymouth (www.flameworks.co.uk) and also of ‘Artspaces’ (www.artspaces.co.uk).