Artist portfolio

Examples of drawings/large-scale works, 2008- 2024

‘If you don’t get out and walk’, (biro on paper, 2007)
“The Sprawl” (biro on paper, 2008)
‘Central Bombardment’ (biro on paper, 2009)
‘The Red drawing’, (biro on paper 2010)
The Blue drawing, (biro on paper, 2010/11)
Ill-equipped, (pencil crayon on paper, 2011)
‘The planet’s mental illness’, biro on paper, 2012
‘The Place of dead ends’ (biro and collage on paper, 2013).
Feature in ‘Now Then’, Sheffield independent magazine, (2013).
‘Whilst we were in The Eternal Now… (collage and biro on paper, 2014)
‘A Private Implosion’, (ink on paper, 2014).
Working in Redbrook Studios, 2016
‘THE LONG NIGHT OF A NEEDLESS STORM’ (mixed media on paper, 2015)
‘Hope of the Nihilized’, (mixed media on paper, 2016)
‘Stuck in the sediment of suffering’ (mixed media on paper, 2017).
‘A new Spring has Sprung’, (mixed media on paper, 2020).
Work-space, Barnsley, (2021).
‘Endure the night of this world’ (2021, mixed media on paper).
‘Back to Normalism’, (mixed media on paper, 2022).
“We’ll make bones of you…” (mixed media on paper, 2023).
‘Historicide/Who made the monster?’ (mixed media on paper, 2024)

Examples of map-making/landscape works

Sculptural installations for ‘Back to Normalism’, York, 2023
West Riding of Yorkshire: A Psychogeographical account (2013, ink on paper)
Sculptural installations for ‘Back to Normalism’, York, 2023
Map-making for ‘Stories from Forgotten space’ ongoing project
Self-publication 2014
Spoken word performance in collaboration with SW1n-Hunter at ‘Back to Normalism’, Micklegate social, York, 2023.
Photographs for ‘Stories from Forgotten Space’, 2016
Exorcism of ‘neoliberal’ me (2018, Masters degree Interim show, University of Leeds)
Map-making for ‘Stories from Forgotten space’ ongoing project
‘Exorcism of ‘neoliberal’ me‘ (2018, Ma Interim show, University of Leeds)
‘Broken Slates’ collaboration with the poet Jonathan Butcher, for ‘Fighting for Crumbs’, Gage gallery, Sheffield, 2016
‘Sculptures’ for ‘Back to Normalism’ (2022).

Selection of video works developed during the 2020/21 pandemic lockdowns (contains strong language and some upsetting scenes).

“IT’S WAR, THEN!” (2020)
‘A Private Civil War’ (2021)
“I’m sorry for what I’ve done” (2021)
‘An inner monologue: a 2020 review’ (2021)
‘Compulsive Obedience’ (2021)
‘Vaccine 2.0’ (2020)

Examples of exhibitions and collective projects

‘The healing process’ installation for ‘Contrast’ group show 2008, Hive Gallery, Barnsley

‘Truth and Tribute’ joint-solo show with Bradley Sharp, 2009, Hive Gallery, Barnsley
‘Truth and Tribute’ joint-solo show with Bradley Sharp, 2009, Hive Gallery, Barnsley
‘The Alpha Forest’ installation for ‘Emergence group show, Barnsley, 2009
‘The Alpha Forest’ installation for ‘Emergence group show, Barnsley, 2009.
‘The Tide of Society’ solo exhibition, 433 gallery, Sheffield, 2010.
‘Achieving things and getting things done’ installation for Globalsapiens, group show, Creative Arts Development Space, Sheffield, 2011
Making a Mark, group show at Hive Gallery, Barnsley, 2011
Lee Gascoyne and John Ledger exhibition at Heartbeat Gallery – Exhibition at Heartbeat Gallery in Sheffield, 2012.
An Unofficial Alumni’ curated group show at Redbrook Studios, Barnsley, 2013
‘Just the Noise’, solo exhibition at Gage Gallery, Sheffield, 2014
‘Non-stop inertia: a stuck record’ performance work by ‘The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe’ collective at ‘The anti-gallery show’, Espacio Gallery, London, 2015
‘Strange Bedfellows’ group show, Barnsley, 2015
‘Under Digital Rain’, joint solo show at ‘The Bowery, Headingley, Leeds, 2016
‘Fighting for Crumbs’ self-curated group show at Gage Gallery Shefield, and ‘The Redshed’ trades club, Wakefield, 2016
Still from interview for ‘Fighting for Crumbs’ documentary, 2016
‘Will the last person to leave the 20th century please turn out the light?’, show by the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, via Skippko organisation, Baildon, West Yorkshire, 2017
‘#GE18: the general election of governing emotions’, participatory exhibition by ‘The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe’, The Art Hostel, Leeds, 2018
‘#GE18: the general election of governing emotions’, participatory exhibition by ‘The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe’, The Art Hostel, Leeds, 2018
‘The Public Secret’, show by the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, via Skippko organisation, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 2018
Screening of ‘Wall, i’ film for MA Degree show, university of Leeds, 2019
‘A Eulogy for a lost decade’, solo show, Artbomb, Doncaster, 2020.
‘A Radical Redemption’, solo exhibition at Bloc Projects, Sheffield, 2022.
‘Back to Normalism’ solo exhibition at Micklegate Social and Fossgate Social, York, 2023

Artist C.V:

Exhibitions

Solo/Joint Exhibitions:

2023 ‘Back to Normalism’, Micklegate Social and Fossgate Social, York.

2022 ‘A Radical Redemption’, Bloc Projects, Sheffield.

2020 ‘A eulogy for a ‘lost’ decade’, The New Fringe, Doncaster.

2016 ‘Under Digital Rain‘ (Curated by John Wright), The Bowery, Headingley, Leeds
2015 ‘Voices From The Wilderness‘ (with John Wilkinson), Gage Gallery, KIAC, Sheffield
2014 ‘Five Years Drowning‘, 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield
2014 ‘Just The Noise…’ , Kelham Island Art Collective/Gage Gallery, Sheffield
2012 John Ledger and Lee Gasgoyne, Heartbeat Gallery, Orchard Centre, Sheffield
2011 ‘Ill-Equipped‘ Access Space, Sheffield
2010 ‘The Tide of Society‘ 433 Gallery, Sheffield
2010 ‘Humans in Cages‘ @ Underneath Leeds Station (unauthorised), Leeds
2009 ‘Truth and Tribute‘ (with artist Bradley Sharp) Hive Gallery, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley.
2009 ‘The Sprawl: drawings based on the land of people‘ Hive Gallery, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley.

Group Exhibitions:

2022: Reset the System, Manchester.

2019: Becoming After, Ma Fine Art degree show, University of Leeds, Yorkshire

2018: The Public Secret, The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, Skippko arts organisation, Whitehall Road, Leeds, Yorks

2018: VOID_SETUP () {, Ma Fine art summer Show, University of Leeds, Yorks

2018:  #GE18 – The General Election of Governing Emotions, The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, Leeds Print Workshop and the Art Hostel, Leeds.

2018: [Dis] Junction, work-in-progress exhibition, Ma Fine group show, University of Leeds, West Yorks

2017: ‘Will The Last Person to Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?’, The Little Blue Orange Tree, Skippko Arts organisation, Baildon, West Yorks

2017: The International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, The Tetley, Leeds.
2016,’Fighting For Crumbs, at The World Transformed, Liverpool
2016 ‘Fighting For Crumbs (Art in The Shadow of Neoliberal Britain), Gage Gallery, Sheffield + The Redshed, Wakefield
2016 ‘Somewhere Else’, Somewhere Else Cafe, Sheffield
2016, ‘Soul Searching‘ Dewsbury Museum, West Yorkshire
2015 ‘Strange Bedfellows‘ Barnsley
2015 ‘Bells From The Deep‘ The Hundred Years Gallery, London
2015 ‘Non-stop Inertia’, Left Bank, Leeds
2015 Electric Picture House Open, The Electric Picture House, Congleton, Cheshire
2015 The Anti Gallery Project. Degrees of Freedom. Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, London
2014 Now in Reverse, The Hundred years Gallery, London
2014, Unity Works, launch exhibition, Westgate, Wakefield
2014 Electric Picture House Open, The Electric Picture House, Congleton, Cheshire
2014 Our Corner: Art as political Expression, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
2013 An Unofficial Alumni, Redbrook Studios & Exhibition Space, Barnsley
2012 The Redshed, as part of Wakefied Lit Fest, Sept 2012, Wakefield
2012 Here There Everywhere (Part 2 – Sheffield), West Street, Sheffield
2012 Borderline Ballardian, Creative Arts Developlment Space (CADS), Sheffield
2012 Left In Vision, Marxism 2012, University College London
2012 ‘New International Art Exhibition, Treadwell Gallery, Kirchengasse 4, 4160 Aigen, Austria
2011 ‘P A N D E M I C – Sheffield’
2011 ‘Globalsapiens’: An Introduction, Creative Arts Development Space (CADS), Sheffield
2011 ‘Making a Mark’ Hive Gallery, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley
2010 ‘Regenerate’ Creative Arts Development Space (CADS), Sheffield
2010 ‘Unquiet Desperation’, Bungalows and Bears, Sheffield
2010 ‘A Silent Conversation’. Holme Valley Warehouse, Honley, Huddersfield
2010 ‘The Working Artist’, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
2010 ‘Black Gold’ Hive Gallery, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley
2009 ‘Tunnel vision to Copenhagen‘, George Yard, Barnsley
2009 ‘Three’ the Old Sweet Shop, Sheffield
2009 ‘Boom!’ The Coterie Gallery, Sheffield; The Oriental Café, Wakefield (Touring show)
2009 ‘Emergence’, Barnsley
2009 ‘Beermat Show’, Temporary Art Space, Halifax
2008 ‘Contrast’ Hive gallery, Elsecar Heritage Centre
2008 ‘South Yorkshire open’ Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
2007 Undergradute Interdisciplinary degree show, University of Huddersfield

Published:

2017: The Retro Bar at The End of The Universe. D.S Jarvis, and John Ledger. Edited by John Wright
2016 – Culture Matters
2016: Prisoners of Reason: Game Theory and Neoliberal Political Economy, S.M.Amadae
2015: Art Saves Lives International
2015: Stories From Forgotten Space
2014: Little Performance (online magazine)
2014: In The City, published by Victoria Lucas, in collaboration with the Hanover Project
2014: Let The Lyrics Talk
2014: Inner-Workings 2: Blog-writings To Accompany Exhibitions (March 2012 – March 2014)
2014: A Walk Down The Hallam Line: A Personal Account of The West Riding of Yorkshire
2014: Rebuilding The Flattened
2013: West Riding of Yorkshire: A Pyschogeographical Account
2103: Now Then Magazine, May 2013
2012: Inner-Workings (Writings and Rough Sketches to Accompany Exhibitions)
2011: New Internationalist Diary/Planner
2010: The Tide of Society
2010: Going Nowhere, Writing Letters To Nobody
2010: Art Not Oil Diary/Planner

Awards:
2008: South Yorkshire Young Artist of the year, Cooper Art Gallery, South Yorkshire
2007: The William Northam award for outstanding contribution, from The University of Huddersfield.