Gerard Stamp

Place: Norfolk

Born: 1955

Biography:

Gerard Stamp (born 1955) lives and works in Norfolk. He went to school under the shadow of Norwich Cathedral, where he developed a passion for drawing and painting architecture. After Art College Gerard followed a career in London’s design and advertising industry before focusing full time on painting in 2002. From his first solo exhibition at the Grapevine Gallery in Norwich in 2005, his work quickly attracted national attention and a year later he held his first London exhibition, with Grapevine in Cork Street. Six more solo exhibitions followed, including Marshscape, a series of large studies featuring the Norfolk coast, and Mediaeval, a celebration of church architecture. In 2009 he held an exhibition at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London. Entitled Twelve Churches, it marked The Churches Conservation Trust’s Fortieth Anniversary. In 2010 his life came full circle when he was invited to stage the inaugural exhibition for the Royal opening of the Hostry, a new Exhibition and Visitor Centre at Norwich Cathedral where he was delighted to be asked to present Her Majesty ....