Bob Gelsthorpe

Born in Blackpool, UK

Lives and works in Cardiff, UK

Email: bobgelsthorpe@googlemail.com

Education

2009 – 2012                           BA (First Class Hons) Fine Art                                     Cardiff School of Art & Design

2007 – 2009                           BTEC National Diploma Art & Design                           Blackpool & Fylde College

Exhibitions/ Projects

2014

TBC, Rosalux Gallery, Berlin. Curated by Tereza Arruda (forthcoming)

Rhod 2014, Drefelin Mill, Carmarthenshire (forthcoming)

Bring Your Own Beamer Hamilton, Draw Inc., Hamilton, New Zealand (forthcoming)

Oriel Davies Open 2014, Oriel Davies, Newtown (forthcoming)

Bring Your Own Beamer Cardiff II, B I T Studios, Cardiff

UNIT(e), g39, Cardiff

B1sT, Art in the Warehouse, Cardiff

2013

Trading Post, Birmingham Library, Birmingham. Curated by Capsule

Peace, Love and the War Within, House of Bosch, Cardiff. Curated by Kim Fielding

Alchemy, Capitol Centre, Cardiff.

Gaeaf, St. Davids Hall, Cardiff. Curated by Ruth Cayford

PESKINACHT005, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff

House of Bosch, House of Bosch, Cardiff

Warehouse des Refuses, Milgi, Cardiff

Cardiff Open, High St Arcade, Cardiff. Curated by Cat Gardiner

Colony13, Teifi Wharf, Cardigan. Curated by Lee Williams

Deltiology, Supercollider, Blackpool

Watch, Pluspace, Coventry (online: http://www.pluspace.com/watch.html)

PESKINACHT004, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff

No.4, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff

Old Victoria Buildings Revival, Fringe Arts Bath 2013, Bath

PESKINACHT003, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff

The Lucky Jotter, II II // I Gallery, Berlin. Curated by Joseph Pegler

BRING YOUR OWN BEAMER CARDIFF, B I T Studios, Cardiff

Art Car Bootique, Chapter, Cardiff

PESKINACHT002, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff

Dirtbox II, NosDa, Cardiff

B I T Presents: The Opening, B I T Studios, Cardiff

2012

Marking Diction, Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff

Re:Union, Urban Outfitters artspace, Cardiff

Wear Sunscreen: Fine Art Graduates 2012, Roath Park Pavillion, Cardiff

Roath Shorts, SHO Gallery, Cardiff.

Uncharted Perspectives [BLOWBACK], tactileBOSCH, Cardiff. Curated by Kim Fielding

Cardiff Open, project ten, Cardiff. Curated by Cat Gardiner

Graduate, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Curated by Peter Finnemore

B I T Presents: TUNNEL VISION, Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff

Papergirl Bristol, Looking Glass Art Space, Bristol

6x6x2012, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York

CITIZEN III, tactileBOSCH, Cardiff

OUTPUT: CSAD Degree Show, Howard Gardens, Cardiff

(I am the space where I am) with Site Festival, Stroud. Curated by Freya Dooley

Abstracted Marburae Gallery, Macclesfield. Curated by Kaite Helps

The Perils of the Modern Alchemists, The Capitol Centre, Cardiff

2011

The Performance Exchange, Stroud Valleys Art Space, Stroud. Curated by Soozy Roberts

Onwards! Progress!, Milgi's, Cardiff.

Strange Things Happen, tactileBOSCH, Cardiff. Curated by Jess Matthews

MOIST in Motion, tactileBOSCH, Cardiff. Curated by Kim Fielding

50-50 Affordable Art Fair 2, Undertone, Cardiff

Pavement Postcard Art, The Carling Gallery, Liverpool

Warrington Contemporary Open, Pyramid & Parr Hall, Warrington. Curated by Emma Kelly

MOIST URBANOS, Urban Outfitters artspace, Cardiff.

MOIST: Experimentica Warm Up, the Wales Millennium Center, Cardiff Bay.

Papergirl Cardiff, The Printhaus, Cardiff

Postcard Art, Studio B, Cardiff

One Night Stand, BayArt Gallery, Cardiff Bay. Curated by Phil Nicol

2009

Diploma Degree Show, Blackpool & Fylde College, Blackpool