James Tovey
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James Tovey (b 1971) is an artist, illustrator and craftsman whose work has centered around human activity, impact and environment.[1][2]
Early Life
He attended Clifton College, Bristol where his artwork won a number of awards[3][4][5]. Taking part as artist on a conservation expedition to Mount Kenya in 1990, some of the sign posts and instruction graffiti he helped make to aid fellow visitors to the alpine zone were included in a 1991 book, On God's Mountain.[6]
Illustration and Artworks
Tovey made digital illustrations for the English Heritage commissioned Humber Wetlands Project publications from 1998 to 2000 including the reconstruction drawing of an iron age wetland fort entrance at Sutton Common, published in the Observer newspaper during 1999 and used by English Heritage online.[7][8][9] He exhibited in the Royal West of England Academy Open during 2005 and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 2006[10] and at the 2016 and 2019 international Peterborough Open Exhibitions[11], contemporary art exhibitions and events, as well as inside Peterborough Cathedral.[12][1] In 2010, he designed an Eco fishing boat published in Classic Boat magazine.[2] Classic Boat Magazine ran a competition seeking ideas for a small sail powered fishing vessel to comply with EU regulations for sustainable fisheries at a time when an initiative for making smaller sustainable fishing boats was being discussed in the House of Commons.[13]
In 2016 his concept for a 'Future Floodlands' stage set was built in front of Peterborough Cathedral. Six plays were performed on the stage about environmental themes by Eastern Angles Theatre Company during the Peterborough Green Festival in August of that year. The stage was situated within Peterborough Cathedral grounds including a specially brewed beer in support of the event by Peterborough microbrewery Castor Ales.[1][14] He built a number of wooden henges and structures in public spaces and exhibitions during 2016.[15][16] This led to a follow up event to 'Future Floodlands' called, 'The Debris Navigator', being funded by organisation The Big Local ,with a community arts installation and finale event planned at Westraven Community Garden, Peterborough.[17] Completed for the Peterborough Environment City Trust Green Festival of 2017, the newly laid out garden and wooden constructions from the arts project were later visited by Environment Secretary Michael Gove[18].
In 2018 a large painting called Mermaid with Mahi-Mahi and Ocean Plastic from one of his installations called Plastic Native Temple was also exhibited in Peterborough Cathedral; part of an engagement area for visitors and school children to run alongside the Gaia installation of a large rotating representation of Planet Earth by the artist Luke Jerram. [1][19]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Barns, Brad (January 31, 2020). "Peterborough artists open pop-up studio in Queensgate". www.Peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Eco Fishing Boat Competition Prizewinners". Classic Boat Magazine. July 2010.
- ↑ "Praise for prize art". The Mercury, Bristol. March 23, 1990.
- ↑ Breton, Charles (March 16, 1990). "Talented Youngsters". Evening Post, Bristol.
- ↑ "In Depth Art News". Absolute Arts. June 9, 2002. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Amin, Willets and Tetley (1991). On God's Mountain, The Story of Mount Kenya. Ashbourne, UK: Moorland Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 112, 165. ISBN 0-86190-393-5.
- ↑ Mckie, Robin (October 24, 1999). "Bog yields up gateway to death". The Observer. UK News.
- ↑ eds. Van de Noort and Ellis (2000). Wetland Heritage of the Hull Valley. Kingston upon Hull: University of Hull. pp. Acknowlegements. ISBN 0-85958-195-0.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Pratty, John (July 26, 2002). "Ghostly Iron Age Village Revealed By English Heritage Dig". Culture24.org.uk. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Royal Academy of Arts (2006). Summer Exhibition 2006 List of Works. Piccadilly, London, UK.: RA Publications.
- ↑ The Newsroom (April 17, 2019). "See the work of Peterborough artists at the city's 2019 Open Exhibition. Celebrating art, nationally and internationally, Vivacity's Open Exhibition has returned to Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery for the fourth year". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ Moore, Charlotte (June 1, 2021). "Look around the RESTART exhibition at Peterborough Museum". www.peterboroughmatters.co.uk. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Eco Fishing Boat Design". November 2, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ The Newsroom (August 19, 2016). "Microbrewer's special monsterale for Green Festival". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ The Newsroom (September 30, 2016). "Anne Frank exhibition". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Astronomical Art connects the Green Backyard to the Cosmos". www.pect.org.uk. December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ CAMRA, Peterborough (October 2017). "Beer Round 'Ere - 197, p12". CAMRA Peterborough. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Lamy, Joel (February 4, 2019). "Environment Secretary Michael Gove praises Peterborough's eco-credentials on visit to community project". Peterborough Today. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ BBC - NEWS (September 17, 2019). "Peterborough Cathedral Gaia Earth: The world in your hands". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
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