CHRISTOPHER RAINHAM
CHRISTOPHER RAINHAM
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"I like that the process of making a painting or drawing dictates some of the ways a picture progresses.
Sometimes the things that I can’t control are my favourite parts of my work.
Pattern making, the drawn line, re-working, stencilling, projection and observed drawing- all of these processes help me to create.
I have a desire to communicate, share ideas and influences with art and I want the things that inspire me to inspire others.
Newspaper articles, books, music, poetry, the natural world, archaeology, pattern, animals, standing stones, lyrics in songs, all of these things are starting points for my creativity and provide a context for my work.
For me starting a painting is never frightening or difficult, many more pictures are conceived than ever get on canvas, board or paper, it’s knowing when they are finished that is the challenge." Christopher Rainham
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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The King of the Cats touring exhibition 2014 to 2016
Greenstage Gallery Worcester December 2016
Gorstella Gallery Chester 2016
Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2017
Bell Fine Art 2018
Albatross and Arnold Manchester 2019
Works on Paper Highgate Contemporary London 2020
Ten Obstructions Instagram exhibition 2020
Obstructions Castlefield Gallery Manchester 2020
Window Wonderland Oldham Art Gallery Oldham 2020
Works on Paper Highgate Contemporary London 2021
Moorland Skies The Coach House Littleborough 2021
Castlefield New Art Spaces Wigan 2021
The Manchester Open Home Manchester 2022
Through the Looking Glass World of Glass St Helens 2022
Profile Highgate Contemporary Art 2022
Profile Exhibition Greenstage Gallery Worcester 2022
Gorstella Gallery Cheshire 2022
In The Making Salford Museum and Art Gallery Dec 2022- April 2023
Gladly Beyond Rogue Artist’s Studios CIC Manchester 2023
Greenstage winter exhibition Bromtrees Hall Worcester 2023
Comme Ca 25 Years of Comme Ca 2023
Christopher Rainham Smelik and Stokking The Hague 2023/2024
Small Pictures Exhibition Highgate contemporary 2024
Gorstella Gallery Cheshire 2024
AWOL and Comme Ca Art Prize Exhibition Manchester 2024
The Man Who Planted Trees Hebden Bridge Arts 2024
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