Roderic Stokes, Brief Biography

Roderic Stokes was born in Warwickshire, England, 1944. Between 1960-1963 he studied painting and sculpture at Coventry College of Art. He moved to London in 1964, experimenting in painting and sculpture continuously along with assorted supplementary work, including commercial design, theatre costumes, book illustration and fairground art until 1970. The studio work from this period was mainly sculpture employing such materials as glass-reinforced polyester, wood products, neon, etc. In 1969 Stokes joined S.P.A.C.E. Studios, a joint arts venture at St. Katherine's Dock, working there for a year.

In 1969 he co-founded the Electric Colour Company, a commercial partnership with three artists colleagues. The company worked on the border of fine art and contemporary three-dimensional design, engaged in the design and production of signage, custom-built furniture, shop fittings, display objects, interior decoration, murals, custom cars and fashion accessories. Work from the Electric Colour Company appeared in the UK publications, Time Out, Vogue, Architectural Design, Hot Car, Sunday Times Magazine, as well as LA Times West Magazine in the U.S.A. The partnership won the Italian Gran Prix for design in 1971 for work customizing Piper aircraft.

In 1974 Stokes traveled extensively in Spain and Morocco, eventually settling down in Andalusia, teaching painting and drawing there until 1990. Between these dates he made many working trips to Zurich and to Scotland. In 1988-89 he was responsible, through the Scottish Georgian Society for the plans and completion of the interior restoration of Wedderburn Castle in Berwickshire, Scotland. Through the 1990's Stoke worked in Cologne, Germany, where in 1994 he was commissioned a large-scale architectural illustration by the Römisch Germanisches Museum as part of their permanent collection. Since 2001 he has lived and worked in Jimena de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain.

Exhibitions

1967 Drury Lane Arts Laboratory, London
1968 Keele University, England
1969 Galerie Carlos Demeester, Roselare, Belgium
1969 New London Arts Laboratory, London
1976 Gruppenausstellung 'British Artists in Holland,' British Arts Council Gallery, Amsterdam
1977 Salon de la Sociedad Algecirena de Fomento, Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain
1977 Bienal Internacional de España, Spain
1981 Gruppenausstellung 'Villa Karl der Grosse,' Zurich, Switzerland
1987 Sala Capitulares, Córdoba, Spain
1989 Museo Cruz Herrara, La Línea, Cádiz, Spain
1996 'Im Kontext' Gruppenausstellung, BBK, Cologne, Germany
1997 'Line und Schatten' Die Weisse Galerie, Cologne
1998 'Farbgnomon' Galerie Projekt K, Cologne
1998 'Jonny the Second' Kunstschalter e.V., Cologne
1999 'Farbgnomom' Galerie Zellberg, Berlin, Germany
2000 Galerie Evelyn Bergner, Wiesbaden, Germany
2004 Colectiva. Homenaje Manole Ales, Palacio Provincial, Cádiz, Spain
2004 Colectiva. Atelier Gallery, Gaucín, Málaga, Spain
2004 Colectiva. Maremonti. Bollag Galleries. Zurich, Switzerland
2006 "Contemporary Printmakers," R.B.S.A. Gallery, Birmingham, England
2006 "Concurso Campo de Gibraltar, Prizewinner, Museo Manuel Ales, La Línea, Spain
2007 "Corazón, S.L." Prizewinner, XIV Premios Nacionales de Grabado, Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella, Spain

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