THINK TANK
Tim Fawcett&
Hywel Livingstone
30 August - 28 September
THINK THANK explores the meeting of two artists who skilfully combine the use of formal approaches without ever restricting their freedom of expression.
Tim Fawcett’s and Hywel Livingstone’s artistic impulses equal the methodical application of skills, tones, and shapes.
This allows the viewer to contemplate the possible existence of a golden ratio in art. Whether it is a pursuit or a coincidence is a secondary matter. Artists can operate under the same principles as spiral galaxies - we are free to imagine that.
The contrast between Livingstone’s and Fawcett’s work methods is apparent - the driving force might be similar, but the energy of the work differs, much like different types of vibrations. One needs to force the vibrations and bend the material to shape it; the other has to forget his knowledge and trust the free vibrations to find a way to unsee all the known shapes and confront the banality of what an object may represent
Artist Talk - September 27th, 2024
Become part of the Think Tank! Join us for an Artist Talk with painter Tim Fawcett and sculptor Hywel Livingstone on the closing of their first joint exhibition at AKA contemporary in Cambridge.
An evening where everyone is welcome to become part of a conversation about the drive for creating and expressing your inner world through art.
Tim Fawcett
Tim Fawcett is a painter, originally from Cambridge, studied Fine Art at Cambridge CCAT and Sunderland Polytechnic, gaining a B.A.(Hons) with a brief spell of PGCE training at Brighton where he continued to paint and exhibit whilst freelancing as an architectural designer. He moved to the Isle of Wight, UK in 2016 to commit to his practice full time.
Exhibitions
Solo
2021 Arch Window Gallery, Isle of Wight.
2020 "Edge of Abstraction", Aspire, Ryde. Curated by Jan Johnston and Zoe Barker
2017 “Life is Modern Rubbish” Jackhouse Gallery Portsmouth
2013 "Distillation" Redrooster, Brighton
Group
2024 Rare Culture, NYC
2024 AKA Contemporary, Cambridge "Spring Show"
2024 MAD Atelier, London - "RAW"
2023 DeBois Design, NYC show home exhibition
2023 Peer Studio & Gallery, Ventnor, UK - collaboration with Kathy Williams PADA installation
2023 Canary Wharf show home commission
2023 Art Vin 3, Quillan, Occitanie, France.
2023 The Halland Gallery, Isle of Wight.
2023 Lido Stores, Margate, Kent
2022 The Other Art Fair London
2022 Riboleau Open studios group show
2022 Arch Window Gallery, "Blue and Yellow" Ukraine fundraiser
2021 Flowers Gallery London, Small is beautiful XXXIX
2020 JP Art Gallery London, Autumn and Winter Exhibitions
2020 Artists for NHS, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
2020 Artists for YMCA fundraiser, donated works for young carers
2020 The Other Art Fair, Trueman's Brewery, London Mar 19-22nd POSTPONED
2019 Open Studio , Ryde, Isle of Wight
2019 Quay Arts Gallery, Isle of Wight - Group Showcase
2018 Dynamite Gallery, Brighton -Group show,
2017 Camaver Kunsthaus, Italy,
2017 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
2016 DMH Stallard London, Group show
2016 Ink-d Gallery Group show
2016 Shortlisted for National Open Art Competition
2016 Art for Syria Auction donation
2016 Big Heart Charity Auction donation
2015 Galerie de Francony - Selected works
2015 King's Hill Gallery, Kent, UK
2015 DMH Stallard, Gatwick, UK
2015 Ink-d Gallery - summer group show
2015 Saatchi online "Artist of the Day"
2015 Spring Show Jeffrey Meier Gallery New Jersey
2014 Phoenix Gallery Brighton "A3" group show & auction
2014 Phoenix Open Studios
2014 Ink-d Gallery Brighton "Pushing Paint"
2013 Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London
2013 JAG Gallery –Brighton
2016 Willow foundation Charity Art Auction
2012 Affordable Art Fair - Hampstead, London
2012 Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London
2010-2012 Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
2009 Ink-D gallery Brighton - "pushing paint" group show
2009 No Walls Gallery - group show
2009 First Floor 2 Gallery -group show
Hywel Livingstone
Hywel grew up in West Wales as a first language Welsh speaker, and now lives in Cheltenham.
He works in London and the Cotswolds.
Education:
2009-2011: MA Art History, University of Bristol
2000-2003: BA (Hons) Fine Art – Sculpture, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
Selected Exhibitions:
10 – 26 Nov 2023: The London Group Open 2023, Copeland Gallery, London.
17 – 26 Nov 2023: ING Discerning Eye 2023, Mall Galleries, London.
Nov 2022 – July 2023: Sculptor’s Drawing Exhibition, Latymer Upper School, King St, Hammersmith, London.
June 2021: Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, 108 Old Brompton Rd, London.
November 2021: Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London.
July – Nov 2020: identity: Art Moorhouse, St Botolph’s, 138/139 Houndsditch, London.
July 2019: Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, 108 Old Brompton Rd, London.
October 2018: Wells Art Contemporary, The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset.
November – December 2017: The London Group Open 2017, The Cello Factory, London.
December 2016 – January 2017: Artist Boss Bath Spa, Sion Hill Gallery, Bath Spa University, Bath.
August – October 2016: Pool Artist Boss at The Cut, The New Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk.
January 2016: Hywel Livingstone Sculpture, Line Gallery, Stroud Valley Arts, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
October – November 2015: The London Group Open, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London.
April – June 2014: Oriel Davies Open 2014, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown.
Works for Sale
