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Solo Shows:

"Regeneration" Breman Museum, Atlanta, GA (2008).
"Fables" Chastain Art Center, Atlanta, GA. (2008).
“Illuminations In The Shadows” University of South Carolina, Sumter SC, (2007).
“Invitational Exhibition” Spoleto International Arts Festival, Charleston (2007).
"Regeneration", Yom HaShoah Commemoration, (2007).
“A New Machine” City Gallery, Charleston, SC (2003).
“Figure This” The Phoenix Arts Center, Devon, UK (1995).
“Underground” Millennium Commission, University of Exeter, UK (1988).
“Baby, I’m Gonna Save You” Royal Albert Museum, Devon, UK (1987).
“Power and Superpower” Young London Exhibition, UK (1986).

Group Shows:

Kulture Klash, Navy Base, North Charleston SC (2008)
Hudson Galleries, 707 Canyon Road, Santa Fe (2002).
Ann Jacob Gallery, 3261 Roswell Road, Atlanta (2002).
Charles II Gallery, Queen Street, Charleston (2002).
Maniscalco Gallery, 17728 Mack Avenue, Grosse Point, MI. (2001).
Alexander & Victor Fine Art, 312 Royal Street, New Orleans (2001).
New York ArtExpo, British Council Booth, Javits Center, NY. (2000, 2001)
302 Gallery, Peterborough, UK (1996).
Serpent and Hare Fine Art, Windsor, UK (1992)
Camden Art Fair, London, UK (1989)
East London Contemporary Art Center (1984)
 
 
 
Approved Artist, South Carolina Arts Commission, 2008
Featured Artist, Reading Art Project, 2007
Grant, The Puffin Foundation, March 2006
Grant, The George Sugarman Foundation, 2005
Grant, Lowcountry Office of Cultural Affairs, Sept. 2005.
Winner, Redux Contemporary Painting Competition, SC, Sept. 2003.
British Council Exhibition Sponsorship, 2000 and 2002
Fellow of Fulbright Cultural Exchange Program, Washington DC, 1999.
West of England Painting Award, 1996.
Grant, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1994.
Grolsch UK Young Artists Award (London), 1990
 
 
 
The Item Newspaper, USC exhibition review (Sept. 2007)
Charleston City Paper, “Cave Dwellings”, review (May 2007)
Post and Courier, “Illuminations In The Shadows”, review (May, 2007)
Charleston City Paper, “RDS Goes Upscale”, review. (March 2006)
100 Ways To Paint People, feature in book. (IA Publications, 2005)
International Herald Tribune, columns. (Feb. and March, 2004)
The State Newspaper, columns. (October and Nov. 2004)
New Humanist Magazine, article. (November 2004)
InformArt Magazine, article. (Feb 2004)
Artist and Designers Market, article. (Writers Digest Books, 2001)
 
 
 
My early years as an artist were fairly directionless. While working in London some drawings were seen by HarperCollins, and I was asked to illustrate a Tolkien book. This was followed by a solo exhibition at the Albert Memorial Museum in Devon, UK, and some other galleries in the UK started to show my paintings. The British Council sponsored two exhibits at the New York ArtExpo in 2001 and 2002, and through this I was introduced to a number of galleries in the States and signed a publishing deal with Canadian Art Prints. Spending a year in the USA as part of a Fulbright exchange confirmed my interest in moving to America permanently, which I did in 2003.
 
It was a sad realization to wake up one morning and discover that I didn't like my own paintings. Somehow I had allowed financial reward to become my motivation, and while so many important events were happening in the world I was creating pictures that were little more than glorified wallpaper. I withdrew my work from commercial galleries and spent some months in my studio considering a new direction.
 
The paintings that emerged were more personal, muted, and on a physically larger scale. I made the conscious decision not to sell my work, and this had a liberating effect on both my attitude and my painting. Once market considerations were dispensed with I was free to do whatever I liked, which included putting text into the images, and addressing contemporary and sometimes controversial themes.
 
Having become accustomed to working with commercial galleries I assumed there was no place for such large, intensely personal pieces, but I was fortunate to be spotted by Ellen Moryl of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and was offered the invitational exhibition for 2007. This was the first time the new work had been exhibited, and we had a wonderfully positive response to the show from both the public and critics. The exhibition was extended for several months, and further invitations followed, including the University Galleries in Sumter and the Kulture Klash art show.
 
I continue to create and exhibit large-scale, personal paintings. Later this year I will be at the Chastain Art Center in Atlanta, the Gaillard Auditorium, Charleston, and the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
 
Thank you for your interest in my work, and for visiting the website.
Fletcher Crossman.
 

 

 
 
 
"Crossman's exhibit has been one of the critical highlights of the festival."
                                                       (Daniel Conover, Charleston Post and Courier)
 
"Charleston hasn't been treated to such a spectacle for a long time...sums up Crossman's ability to communicate with modern  
 viewers in a stimulating way."
                                                       (Nick Smith, Charleston City Paper)
 
"This is monochromatic, earth-toned brilliance. An evocative use of a fanatically restrained color palette."
                                                       (Dan Conover, SpoletoToday.com)
 
"A stunning and provocative exhibit."
                                                       (Olivia Pool, Charleston Post and Courier)
 
 "His work is breathtaking."
                                                       (Shannon Cavanaugh, SouthCarolina Magazine)
 
 
 
 
Tel: (843) 302 6561