Chris' TV Interview

 

 

 

Wildlife Art Expo 2008

In aid of Cheshire Wildlife Trust

Chris Shields -
Overall Winner with his painting
Blue Kingfisher Green Water

 Chris Shields Exhibitions & Biography:

2009 - Interview on Manchester's Channel M TV arts program - Zeitgeist Online. Link

2009 - Animal Earth Exhibition
Willington Hall, Willington, Tarporley, Cheshire UK

2009 - NEWA annual exhibition. Burton, Wirral Cheshire. Exhibit ‘Black-faced Spoonbill – Commended.

2009- Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition. The Mall Galleries London
Short-listed into the final 25

2009 – Insect illustration course (Painting Pollinators )and exhibition at Field Studies Council, Shropshire UK

2008 - Wildlife Art Expo. Bonhams Auctioneers, Christleton Road, Chester UK
Chris Shields - Overall Winner 

2008 - Painting Pollinators, Exhibition & Insect Illustration Course.  The Field Studies Council, Shropshire.

2008 - Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition. The Mall Galleries London

2007 - Manchester Tango. Tango Argentino Demonstration and Display of Tango Paintings, Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester UK.

2006 - BBC's On line Art Exhibition 'Radio and the Artist'.

2006 - A Small Display of Tango Paintings.  Instituto Cervates, Manchester
UK.

2006 - One-Man Show. Shanghai Stock Exchange Club, Shanghai Stock Exchange building, Pudong

2005 - Shanghai International Art Fair

2005 - First one-man show in China, ‘West meets East’ The Art House,
Suzhou Creek Shanghai

2002 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

2001 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

2001 - ‘The Trees of Time & Place’ painting exhibited in National Gallery London.

2000 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1999 - Stockport Art Gallery Open Exhibition, Stockport UK

1998 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1997 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1995 - One-man Show. Hale Picture Gallery, Altrincham, Cheshire UK

1994 - One-Man Show 'The four seasons' Hale Library, Altrincham, Cheshire, UK

1992 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1991 - One-man show. Stockport Municipal Art Gallery. North West England.

1991 - Yorkshire Artists Exhibition. Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK

1990 - The Art Materials Exhibition. Business Design Centre, Upper Street, London, UK

1990 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition, Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK

1990 - Art Aid for Poland Exhibition. The Studio, Cuddington, Cheshire UK

1990 - One-Man Show, Hale Art Gallery, Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire UK

1989 - Christmas Exhibition, 'Handmade' Great Eccleston, Lancashire, UK

1989 - One-man Show. Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington, Cheshire

1989 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition. Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK

 1989 - One-Man Show, Handmade Art Gallery, The Square, Great Eccleston, Lancashire UK

1989 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

 1988 - Natural History Illustrators Exhibition. Burnley Borough Council, Art
Galleries and Leisure Services Dept. UK

1988 - One-man Show. Martin Mere Wildfowl Trust, Burscough, Lancashire UK

1988 - S.W.A.  annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1988 - Ran Art Workshops for Young People. The Town Hall, Sale, Cheshire UK

1988 - One-man Show. The Town Hall, Sale, Cheshire UK

1987 - S.W.A.  Annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

1987 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition. Winter Gardens, Ilkley UK

1986 Yorkshire Artists Spring Exhibition. The Kings Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire UK

1986 - One-man Show. Warrington Museum and Art Gallery Warrington, Cheshire UK

1985 - Exhibition. Wigan Insect Show. Wigan, Lancashire UK

1985 - Wildlife Art Exhibition (Society of Wildlife Artists) Martin mere Wildfowl Trust, Lancashire UK

1985 - Calendar commissioned by Royle Publications on behalf of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

1985 - One-Man Show. The Wild Fowl Trust, Martin Mere, Lancashire UK

1985 - Yorkshire Artists Exhibition. The Kings Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire UK

1985 - Exhibition. Gallery 46, Highworth, Wiltshire UK

1984 - First calendar commissioned by Royle Publications on behalf of the World Wide Fund for Nature

1984 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1984 - British Watercolour Society annual exhibition. Winter Gardens, Ilkley UK.
1984 - Runner-up in BBC Wildlife Magazine’s Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition

1983 - Four paintings commission by Scholastic Publications, Leamington Spa UK

1983 - One-Man show. Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Warrington Cheshire, UK

1981 - 'Images' Exhibition, The Association of Illustrators, Covent Garden London

1981 - 'Wildlife Illustrated' Lancashire Trust for Nature Conservation Art Exhibition, The Vernon Gallery, Preston, Lancashire, UK

1980 - North Cheshire Art Exhibition. Warrington Museum & Art Gallery

1979 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1977 - Elected President of the Manchester Entomological Society

1976 - North West Artists Exhibition. Manchester Evening News Display Centre, Manchester, UK

1975 - Wildlife Art Exhibition. Skipworth Gallery, Winchester UK

1975 - Society of Wildlife Artists  annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1974 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1973 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London
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1973 - First One-man show. Manchester Library Theatre Gallery

1973 - Graduated from Northwich College of Art and Design

About Chris

Chris Shields, artist and wildlife illustrator, was born in Manchester England and graduated from Northwich College of Art and Design in 1973.

He has been painting and illustrating animals since he was knee high to a grasshopper and feels himself fortunate indeed, to have combined his two main passions in life - wildlife and painting, into a life long career as a wildlife artist.

In 1983 after a short career in advertising and commercial art he followed his passion for wildlife and became a self-employed wildlife artist and illustrator, specialising in book illustration.

He spent many years perfecting his artistic skills and is now regarded as one of Europe’s foremost Wildlife illustrators; he is also a talented painter of landscapes, still-life, murals and people. Chris has produced to date in excess of twenty thousand wildlife illustrations in over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, posters and jigsaw puzzles. He has exhibited his paintings widely in the United Kingdom and China and has paintings in public and private collections all over the world.

As a wildlife artist & illustrator he has work published by many organizations including:

• A & C Black
• BBC Wildlife Magazine
• Harper Collins
• Usborne Publishing

and environmental charities such as

• WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature)
• RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
• FSC (Field Studies Council)
• The Wildlife Trusts.