About


	Seth Garland Born 1977 Truro, UK. Lives and works in Cornwall. Education 1996-1999 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design 1995-1996 Plymouth College of Art and Design Awards / Exhibitions 2007 Seth Garland, Cubed, Solo exhibition at the Albemarle Gallery, London (catalogue). 2006 Summer Show, group exhibition at the Albemarle Gallery, London (catalogue). 1998 Art of the Imagination Open Competition. Mall Galleries London. Second Prize. Awarded £1500. Youngest prizewinner at the age of 20 2003-2008 Exhibited permanently at Lakeside Gallery, Cornwall as part of a three person show. 1999-2004 Exhibited permanently at Lakeside Gallery Barbican, Plymouth as an artist in residence. 1999 Art of the Imagination Open Competition, Mall Galleries, London Juror: Bridget Marlin, co-founder of the Art of the Imagination Society together with Professor Ernst Fuchs and H R Giger. Prize Winner. 1998 Art of the Imagination Open Competition, Mall Galleries, London Juror: Ernst Fuchs, Professor of Art, Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, Vienna, Austria.
			Seth Garland was born in Cornwall in 1977. His passion for painting stems from his background as his parents are both top professional illustrators, his father being best known for illustrating the Tolkien book jackets. This constant connection with the visual arts created a vibrant illustrative environment in which to grow up and where his obsession for painting began. During his study at Central Saint Martins, Garland won second prize in 'The Art of Imagination Open Competition', held at the Mall Galleries, London and was their youngest prize winner at the age of 20. His paintings are influenced by the works of the Italian High Renaissance. By reviving a Renaissance method (the same used by Leonardo da Vinci and Holbein) and marrying it with the compositional approach of fashion photographers, the result is a sumptuous hybrid of modern beauty and Renaissance nuances. His work shows an understanding of histories present within the painting process, his contemporary approach to panel painting uses contemporary subject matter to employ these techniques in a modern context.