Lar Cann SWAc CV
Studied Fine Art, Plymouth College of Art and Design 1959 - 1965
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Dyworth Pow Gwyren, Chapel Arts, Cheltenham
2014 Of Granite, Killas and Lodes, Artmill Gallery, Plymouth
2008 Beyond the Eye’s Reach, Somerville Gallery, Plymouth
2007 One Above Zero, Brownston Gallery, Modbury
2005 From The Maures to Carbilly, Southgate Arch Gallery, Launceston
2004 Somerville Gallery, Plymouth
2002 The Infinity of Blue, The Hall Gallery, Sterts Arts Centre, Liskeard
2000 PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Plymouth
1999 PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Plymouth
1998 PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Plymouth
1997 Coopers & Lybrand, Plymouth
1997 Three Themes Dower House Gallery, Lostwithiel
1992 Kreter + Partner, Hamburg
1989 Landforms, Figureforms Dower House Gallery, Lostwithiel
1978 Abbey Green Gallery, Bath
SELECTED GROUP AND MIXED EXHIBITIONS
2018 South West Academy, Delamore Park, Ivybridge, Devon
2018 Brownston Gallery, Modbury
2017 South West Academicians at Penwith, Penwith Gallery, St Ives
2017 Land and Water, Plymouth Society of Artists, Council House, Plymouth
2016 Brownston Gallery, Modbury
2016 South West Academy Open, Exeter Castle, Exeter, Devon
2016 Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne
2016 Academicians Spring Show, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
2015 Plymouth Society at Penwith, Penwith Gallery, St Ives
2015 South West Academy, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
2014 Artmill 2, Dartmouth
2014 Terrain, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (four person)
2014 Plymouth Society of Artists, City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth
2013 Hidden in Plain Sight, City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth
2013-18 Penwith Society of Arts, Penwith Gallery, St Ives
2013 The Lens and the Easel, The Ariel Centre, Totnes
2013-2018 Penwith Society of Arts, Penwith Gallery, St Ives
2012 South West Academy Open, gloss-Art, Exeter
2012 Plymouth Society of Artists at St Ives, Mariners Gallery, St Ives
2011 South West Academicians, gloss-Art, Exeter
2011 Edinburgh Art Fair, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
2011 Windsor Contemporary Art Fair, Windsor
2011 Delamore Arts 11, Delamore House, Cornwood
2010 St Ives School, Martin’s Gallery, Cheltenham
2010 South West Academicians, Kennaway House, Sidmouth
2009 Cornwall Revisited, Martin’s Gallery, Cheltenham
2009 The Lander Gallery, Truro
2009 Breaking the Mould, Bath Fine Art, Bath (three-man)
2009 Artists of St Ives and the South West, City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth
2008 South West Academy Open, Exeter College, Exeter
2008-2018 Plymouth Society of Artists, Artmill Gallery, Plymouth
2007 Elgar and the Pastoral Tradition, Sterts Arts Centre, Liskeard
2007 Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
2007 Seven For Spring, Morley Contemporary Art, Tredis
2006-2018 St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives
2006 Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon
2006 Full Spectrum, Sherborne House, Sherborne
2005 The Little Picture Show, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
2004 The Park Gallery, London
2004 In Search of Ancient Voices, Duke Street Gallery, Newlyn (two-man)
2003 Spered Kelt Breton, Carhaix Plouger, Brittany
2002 Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Lorient, Brittany
2001 Crossings, Dick The Dog, Penzance (three-man)
2001 Exposure - Teacher Artists in Cornwall, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
2000 20th Century British Painting, City Museum & Art Gallery, Plymouth
2000 Harbour House Gallery, Kingsbridge, (awarded 1st prize)
2000 Penzance Arts Club, Penzance
1999 Landforms Two, Archie Browns, Penzance (two-man)
1999 The Sky, The Sea and The Bit In Between, Burton Art Gallery, Bideford
1998 Crown Courts, Truro
1996 Coopers & Lybrand, Plymouth, Devon
1996 Sixth Annual South-West Figurative Awards, Sterts, Liskeard (commended)
1995 Cornwall Association for Art Education, County Hall, Truro,
1994 Modernism and the St. Ives School, City Museum & Art Gallery Plymouth
1991 New Street Gallery, Plymouth
1990-2007 South-West Open, City Museum & Art Gallery, Plymouth
1986 Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Lorient, Brittany
1965-1968 Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives
1965-1988 Plymouth Society of Artists Annual, City Museum & Art Gallery, Plymouth
WORK IN PUBLIC, CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
DB Publishing, High Wycombe
ELF Exeter
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Foundation Trust
Royal Institution of Cornwall
University of Sheffield Heritage Collections
Work held in private collections in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Dubai, Germany, France, Holland, Mallorca, Saudi Arabia, UK and the US
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Penwith Society of Arts: Committee Member from 2014
South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts
St Ives Society of Artists: Chairman 2009-2012, Director 2009-2015
Plymouth Society of Artists: Executive and Selection Committee from1986, Chairman from 2015