Colin Bentham - Biography

Education

University Certificate in Career Development   2004-2005   UCLAN
BA(Hons) Fine Art                                            2003-2004   UCLAN
City & Guilds 7307 Teaching Certificate           2000-2001   Furness College
HND Art & Design                                            2000-2002   Furness College
GNVQ Advanced Art & Design                        1998-2000   Furness College
GNVQ Intermediate Art & Design                    1997-1998   Furness College

Commissions

Private commissions
Furness General Hospital (Millennium Awards)
Dane Garth Mental Health Unit (Millennium Awards) [now in FGH Admin Block]
Furness College Students Union
St Matthews Church
St Matthews Church Hall
Home Office Technology Services
Kepplewray Trust

Positions & Associations

Furness Community Network co-ordinating Group
Chairman ChromaZone artists co-operative
Artist in Residence. St Matthews Church
Secretary St Matthews Community Halls
Arts in Health Committee Furness General Hospital
Member of the National Network for Arts in Health.
Millennium Awards Fellow

Exhibitions

(title to be decided) Dock Museum Barrow 2nd Oct 2006 to 7th January 2007
(title to be Decided) Shoemaker Gallery March April 2006 (Dates to be confirmed)
ChromaZone at the Sultan Gallery Lancaster 6th Jan to 2nd April 2006

Sure Start Art For All Dock Museum 18th October to 11 December 2005

Brewery Open IV - Brewery Arts Centre - Kendal - Sep-Oct 2005 
Transition - University of Central Lancashire - Jun 2004
Divercity The Dock Museum Barrow 10 April 2004
Out of Time The Lowry 12th to 28th March 2004
Out of Time Tate Modem 1st Dec 2003 -- 4th Jan 2004
Unbound HND Art & Design Final Exhibition Artgene May 2002
GNVQ Advanced Year 2 Exhibition Furness College 2000
Grizedale Forest with Resident Artist Ben Cood-Adams. 1999
Imagine Exhibition at Barrow Dock Museum 1999
GNVQ Advanced Year 1 Exhibition Furness College 1999
GNVQ Intermediate Exhibition 1998

Publications

Inside Ormsgill Winter 2005
Inside Ormsgill Spring 2005
North West Evening Mail  5th February 2005
Inside Ormsgill Winter 2005 Issue
North West Evening Mail 27th January 2005
North West Evening Mail 6th Jan 2005
Transition Exhibition Catalogue June 2004
The Westmorland Gazzette  Friday 16th April 2004
Northwest Evening Mail Thursday 1st April 2004
Starpeople The Millennium Commission Magazine Autumn 2003
BBC Radio Cumbria 18th November 2003
North West Evening MailNovember 2003
The Westmorland Gazzette 10th November 2003
This is the Lake District 10th November 2003
Inside Ormsgill Autumn 2004 Issue
North West Evening Mail  4th April 2003
North West Evening Mail  24th November 2001
Lake District News  November 2003
North West Evening Mail  8th October 2001
North West Evening Mail  30th July 2001
Cultural Achievements Millennium Awards Review 2000-2001
North West Evening Mail Thursday  9th December 1999

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