Greg Fuller is an English printmaker based in Merseyside.

His work celebrates the quiet realities of life in the North West through drawing, print making, painting and sculpture.

Greg is currently based in Warrington, runs the print room at the University of Chester, and continues his own practise.

Artist statement

I find my environment a constant source of inspiration; the physical presence of the world engenders a response which I seek to capture. The work stems from a study of light. It’s not that it’s “Grim up North”, but we do get atmospheric conditions that create some fantastic awe inspiring lighting effects. I find it a lot more interesting when things start to disappear into the darkness than when they’re brightly lit.

The sensuality of the surface balanced with quiet colours (often direct representation of the environment) is a celebration of the quiet realities of life, realities whose beauty and subtly is often hidden behind our familiarity with the ordinary. I live an ordinary life, in an ordinary place, it is only when I try to make work about them that I realise how extraordinary they are.

Through drawing my environment I become aware of patterns that are hidden beneath the surface, which form the compositional element of the work. This allows me to explore the sensuality of surfaces in a more sculptural manner than traditional painting will allow, recreating an immediate physical response. The physicality of the materials and techniques highlight an ambiguity of scale creating the illusion of a wider vista into the supposed surface of a brick or patch of ground. I aim to cut out a piece of reality and contain it within the two-dimensional surface; to create an emotional memory of a place, a unique moment of a memory.

  • 1999
    Graduated Wirral Metropolitan College with BA (Hons) Fine Art

    2001
    Member of Manchester Academy of Fine Art

    2005 & 2007
    Action with Paint, Music & Noise- spontaneous painting to improvised music with Peter Oakley & Psychiatric Challenge at Pyramid Art Centre

    2006
    Graduated Bolton University with PGCE (FE)

    2006 - 2014
    Lecturer at Yale College & Regional Print Centre Wrexham

    2014 - Current
    University of Chester

  • 1995
    Drawings & Paintings —Arley Hall, Warrington.

    2001
    A Feel For Landscape—Central Art Gallery, Ashton under Lyne.

    2002
    North by South West—Mariners Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall with Peter Oakley & Christine Pearson

    2003
    Drawn From Life—Astley Cheetham Gallery, Stalybridge with Peter Oakley & Tom Titherington

    2004
    Drawings & Paintings—Rainford Gallery, St Helens

    2004
    Landscape & Language—Central Art gallery, Ashton under Lyne

    2005
    The Lure of Landscape—The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn with Peter Bold

    2005
    Drawings & Paintings - The Calder Gallery, Hebden Bridge

    2011
    Territorial Language – Central Art Gallery, Ashton under Lyne

  • 2001
    Warrington Visual Artist Forum at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery

    2001
    Professional Artist in Cheshire at The Williamson Gallery, Birkenhead

    2002
    Manchester Academy Open Exhibition at Bury Art Gallery & Museum

    2002
    Sefton open Exhibition at The Atkins Gallery, Southport

    2003
    “Locations” work by W.V.A.F at Pyramid Arts Centre, Warrington

    2003
    “Extremes” work by W.V.A.F at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery

    2003
    Manchester Academy Open Exhibition at Salford City Art Gallery

    2005
    Manchester Academy Members Exhibition at Gallery Oldham

    2006
    New Manchester Group at Saddleworth Art Gallery

    2006
    New Manchester Group at The Blythe Gallery Manchester

    2006
    “Big-ish” work by W.V.A.F at Pyramid Arts Centre, Warrington

    2008
    Black & White at Down to a Fine Art Gallery

    2009
    MAFA Members exhibitions at Central Art Gallery

    2009
    MAFA 150th anniversary Members exhibitions at Manchester Cathedral

    2010
    MAFA Members exhibition at The Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk

    2010
    1st Prize winner of The Halton Open at The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn

    2010
    Art Merseywide at The National Conservation Centre, Liverpool

    2010
    Manchester Academy Members Exhibition At Gallery Oldham

    2010
    Manchester Academy Members Exhibition at Millyard Gallery

    2011
    Wrexham Print International at Oriel Wrexham

    2011
    Manchester Academy Members Exhibition at Bury Gallery

    2012
    Manchester Academy Members Exhibition at Buxton

    2013
    Print International Touring show Chapel Gallery Ormskirk

    2013
    Manchester Academy Members Exhibition at the Portico Gallery

    2013
    Manchester Academy Members Exhibition at Bury Gallery

    2016
    Common Ground, Brindley, Runcorn

    2016
    Common Ground, Editions, Liverpool

    2016
    Common Ground, Curve gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales

    2016
    Breath, The Lockup Arts Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales

    2017
    Techne, Grovnser Art Gallery, Chester

    2019
    Common Ground Pacific, Curve Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

    2019
    Common Ground Pacific, Newcastle University, NSW

    2019
    Editions Gallery, Liverpool

    2020
    Navigable Lines, Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

    2024
    Open Doors Exhibition, CASC Gallery

Career History