JEREMY KING

Jeremy King was born in Oundle, Northamptonshire in 1933. Before doing his National Service, Jeremy King studied at the Lancaster College of Arts and Crafts and later at the London University Institute of Education.

In the 50s and 60s Jeremy King taught art and 3D design pottery. Leaving teaching in 1967, Jeremy King took up painting and lithography full time, working in ateliers in Spain, Paris and at the Curwen Studio, London.

In the mid-seventies Jeremy King moved to Port Isaac in Cornwall with his wife, the painter Brenda King and their three small children.  He later moved to St Ives, then Penzance.

Jeremy King has exhibited widely throughout England, including the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute of Oil Painting.  He has held one man shows in the USA, Paris and Tokyo.  His latest show abroad was in Brittany in 2002 where he exhibited with his wife Brenda King, whose work is also shown at the Glass House.  Jeremy’s work is also to be found in the Tate Gallery’s print collection.

Jeremy King paints mainly on location, from his original work a number of images evolve from this practice, ranging from representational to abstract.