BIOGRAPHY

1. Born in Glasgow

1930-34        Lived in Northern Ireland

1934        Family moved to outskirts of Manchester

1945-47        Attended Junior Arts School, Manchester

1948-50        Served in the National Service as a Medical Orderly, R.A.F.

1954-56        Attended Regional College of Art, Manchester

1956-59        Studied painting and sculpture at Slade School of Art, London

1959-60        Postgraduate studies in sculpture, Slade School

1960-64        Became a full-time teacher in drawing, painting and sculpture at West of England College of Art, Bristol

1964-77        In charge of Foundation Studies, Oxford Polytechnic

1975        Consistently destroyed his work up until this point

1977-83        Part-time teaching at the Slade, Goldsmiths College, Royal Academy Schools, Canterbury and Winchester Colleges of Art and Sir John Cass College

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1979        Blossoms and Flowers, Coracle Press, London

1989        Leonard McComb; Paintings from the South, Gillian Jason Gallery, London

1992        New Works on Paper, Gillian Jason at the Business Design Center, Islington

1993        Leonard McComb: Drawings and Paintings, Browse & Darby Gallery, London

2000                Leonard McComb Portraits, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1979-80        Artist's Market, Warehouse Gallery, London

1979-80        The British Art Show, (Arts Council Exhibition Touring Sheffield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Bristol)

1976                Selected by R.B. Kitaj for inclusion in The Human Clay, Hayward Gallery, London

1980                Aperto '80, Venice Biennale; The Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London

1981        British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

1982        British Drawings and Watercolours, British Council exhibition in People's Republic of China; Hayward Annual, 1982, Hayward Gallery, London

1985        Human Interest, 50 Years of British Art, Corner House, Manchester

1986        Representation Abroad, Hirschhorn Museum, Washington DC, USA; Large Watercolours and Drawings, Raab Gallery, Berlin

1987        Past and Present, Arts Council Touring Exhibition; Viewpoint, Selection of British Art, Museum of Modern Art, Brussels

1990        Gillian Jason Gallery, Olympia International Contemporary Art Fair, London; Images of Paradise, Christie's, London

1991        Cabinet Paintings, Gillian Jason Gallery, London

1993        The Sussex Scene, Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne

AWARDS                        

1977        Awarded Jubilee Prize, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

1. Awarded 2nd Prize in Singer and Friedlander / Sunday Times watercolour competition, Mall Galleries, London

COLLECTIONS

Tate Gallery, London; Arts Council of Great Britain; British Council, Manchester City Art Gallery; Swindon Museum and Art Gallery; Birmingham City Art Gallery; Contemporary Arts Society; University of Cambridge, Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne