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Born: 26 March 1938, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Elected ARA: 31 May 1989
Elected RA: 26 June 1991
Category of Membership: Engraver
Norman Ackroyd RA, Little Brancaster
Norman Ackroyd studied at Leeds College of Art from 1956 to 1961, and subsequently at the Royal College of Art, London from 1961 to 1964. Ackroyd has had many solo exhibitions, both in Britain and internationally, including Anderson O’Day; Aitken Dott, Edinburgh; Jersey Arts Centre, Channel Islands and the Compass Gallery, Glasgow. Solo shows abroad include the National Museum of Art, Santiago, Chile; Jan Turner, Los Angeles; Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia and the Mickleson Gallery, Washington DC. Ackroyd has also received several public mural commissions, produced in etched stainless steel or bronze. Recent commissions include Lloyds Bank, London; British Airways, Birmingham Airport; Freshfields, London; Tetrapack, Stockley Park, Heathrow; a bronze mural for the Main Hall of the British Embassy, Moscow; and Lazards Bank, Stratton Street, London W1.
Norman Ackroyd was elected a Royal Academician in 1991 and was made Senior Fellow, Royal College of Art in 2000. Ackroyd lives and works in London.
Recent solo exhibitions
2013 Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex
2012 North House Gallery, Manningtree
2011 North House Gallery, Manningtree
2010 Brook Gallery, Devon
2009 Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, North Yorkshire.
Fine Art Society, London
2008 Galway Museum, Ireland
2007 Brook Gallery, Salterton, Devon
North House Gallery, Manningtree
2006 Central St Martin's College of Art and Design, London
Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh
2004 Zillah Bell Contemporary Art, Thirsk
2002 Leeds City Art Gallery
Public collections
British Museum, London
Tate Gallery, London
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery, Washington DC
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Stedelijk, Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Albertina Museum, Venice
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Council
The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
National Gallery of Norway
National Gallery of Scotland
National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town
Boston Museum of Fine Art
British Embassy, Moscow
Chicago Art Institute
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Musee D’Art historie, Geneva
Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Public Art Collections in UK including Leeds, Bradford, Glasgow, Hull, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Preston, Sheffield, Aberdeen.
Publications
Collections of 10 to 12 etchings resulting from travels within the British Isles:
A Cumberland Journey, Penny Press, 1981
Travels with Copper and Zinc, Penny Press, 1983
The Western Shore, Penny Press, 1987
The Pictish Coast, (with Douglas Dunn), Penny Press, 1988
St Kilda, The Furthest Land, Penny Press, 1989
Windrush, Penny Press, 1990
Summer Isles, Penny Press, 1992
North South East West, Penny Press, 1992
Travels with Copper and Wax, Penny Press, 1993
County Mayo, Penny Press, 1994
From Trevose Head to Tintagel, Penny Press, 1995
Orkney, Penny Press, 1996
Tender is the North, Harewood House Trust Ltd, 1997
Ten Etchings, Penny Press, 1997
A Song for Ireland, Penny Press, 1998
On Blacksod Bay, Penny Press, 2000
The Aran Islands, Penny Press, 2001
Skellig to Skibbereen, Penny Press, 2002
High Islands, Penny Press, 2003
Brancaster Roads, Penny Press, 2004
The Furthest Lands, Penny Press, 2005
Television
1981 Artists in Print, BBC 2
1987 Paul Sandby, Central TV
1988 Prospects of Rivers, with Dennis Mitchell, Channel 4
1996 Watercolour, Meridian TV
2000 Painting with Acid, Artsworld
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
