Thomas Anfield
“My work has always remained centered around the figure, this obsession has taken me in a lot of different directions from attending dissections at art school in New York to doing Butoh performance where as a figure painter I put myself out there, literally.”
Thomas Anfield is a contemporary figure painter working in a variety of styles and motifs.
Anfield primarily works in acrylic painting, but has also created work in Dance, Performance and Music. He has presented his work internationally in North America, Europe, Russia and Africa including the Vancouver Art Gallery, The National Gallery of Senegal, The Jardin Borda, Mexico and the Melkweg Amsterdam. He has co-created and presented three full performances in Moscow presented by the Moscow Ballet.
His paintings have been featured in Modern Painters, Elle, Macleans, Vancouver Magazine and Preview Magazine. Thomas is a recipient of the Inter-Arts grant and the Canada Council Dance Grant.
His work is in many collections including Canuck Place and the Vancouver General Hospital.
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2022 “Sock Monkey Scenarios” Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
2021 “Informed Monkeys” Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
2020 New Monkeys Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
2020 Abstractions Full Circle Studio, Vancouver
2018 “Paintings from the Invisible University” Vancouver East Cultural Centre
2017 “New Work” West 7th Studios Vancouver
2016 “The New Neighbors” Kimoto, Gallery Vancouver
2014 “New Painting” Initial Gallery Vancouver
2012 “Prickles and Goo” Smash Gallery, Vancouver
2011 “Monkey Island” Polychrome fine arts Victoria
2011 “Style Wars” Anfield Versus Petly Jones, Petley Jones Gallery
2010 “Monkey Business”, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 “monkeyland”, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 “Dummies Figures Purses” Gallery O Contemporary
2006 Momo Poppi “Popollogy” Gallery O Contemporary
2005 “Interiors” Elliott Louis Gallery Vancouver
2004 Narthex laboratory Interurban Gallery, Vancouver
2004 Gallery 83, Vancouver
2002 Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1996 Keith Alexander Gallery, Vancouver
1995 Alter Pieces Grunt Gallery , Vancouver (curated by Glen Alteen)
1994 “Dummies” Robert Delaney Gallery, Vancouver
1992 Barton Leir Gallery, Victoria
1992 Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver
1991 Open Space Gallery, Victoria
1989 Jacqueline M Gallery , Vancouver
1986 Jacqueline M Gallery , Vancouver
1982 Vancouver East Cultural Centre
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2015 Vidf with Peter Eastwood Roundhouse Vancouver
2013 Summer show Kimoto Gallery Vancouver
2013 Initial Gallery , Vancouver
2010 “Modern” Agnes Bugera Gallery Edmonton
2010″ Rotator” Polychrome fine arts Victoria
2010 “Pre Shrunk” Argyle fine arts Halifax
2009 drawn festival Petley Jones Gallery Vancouver
2009 Petley Jones Gallery Vancouver
2007 New Works Ima Gallery Toronto
2006 Paint, Gallery O Contemporary
2000 Michaud House Gallery, Vancouver
1995 “Currents” Exhibition of contemporary Art, Vancouver
1994 Co-ordinator Window Art Gallery, DVBIA, Vancouver
1993 Gallerie Nationale, Dakar, Senegal
1993 Bibliotheque Nationale, Abidjian, Cote d’Ivoire
1993 Accra Arts Centre, Accra, Ghana
1993 Centre Cultural Francais, Yaounde, Camaroun
1993 The Canadian Club, Lagos, Nigeria
1992 Gabriel Flores Museum, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
1992 Salon de Plastica Mexicana, Mexico city, Mexico
1992 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, Ontario
1991 “Fertility Rites” Gallery Alpha, West Vancouver
1991 Galeria Estacion, Cuernavaca, Mexico
1991 Jardin Borda, Cuernavaca, Mexico
1988 Firehall Theatre, Vancouver
AWARDS
2008 Residency BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
2008 CANADA COUNCIL DANCE GRANT,(travel)
2004 CANADA COUNCIL INTERARTS GRANT,(travel)
2000 CANADA COUNCIL INTERARTS GRANT,(research)
EDUCATION
1985-86 New York Academy of Art (Masters Program)
1983 New York Art Students League
1980-81 Fine Arts Department Langara
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