Doreen Fletcher
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© Doreen Fletcher 2023
Curriculum Vitae
Moving from my birthplace in the Midlands to London in the early seventies I was dismayed on visits home to see the backstreets where I grew up disappearing under the bulldozer along with a way of life never to surface again. I started feverishly to record these scenes before they disappeared forever, using photography and quick on the spot sketches as a base from which to develop more substantial durable works of art in the studio, a method I have used ever since
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Le Temps Qui Passe
La Maison du Pays, Valleraugue, Gard, France
2003 Quiet Corners, Still Scenes
Wigmore Hall. London
1999 Scenes from an Urban Life
Ogilvy & Estill, Conwy, N. Wales
1999 Scenes from the Continent
Wigmore Hall, London
1998 Recent Paintings
Marks & Spencers Head Office, London
1996 Recent Paintings
Luton Chamber of Commerce
1989 Dockland in Transition
Greenwich Theatre Art Gallery
1988 Life in the City
Waterman’s Art Gallery
I987 An Urban View of Life
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Touring Exhibition
1985 East End Works
Spitalfields Health Centre
1981 Townscapes
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1980 Shop Fronts/Street Corners
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Doreen Fletcher was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire
She lives and works in London and France
Doreen Fletcher: Paintings
Complimenting the exhibition Spitalfields Life Books are publishing a hardback book of Doreen Fletcher's paintings, on sale from 15th November 2018.
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Lost Time
A 48 page booklet called Lost Time, written by Fiona Atkins, was published to accompany Doreen's exhibition at the Townhouse Gallery in June 2016 and has now been updated to coincide with her 2019 exhibition at the
Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London
It includes illustrations of Doreen’s paintings and discusses them in the context and history of their locations. The first part of the catalogue looks into the history and perception of London's East End, it's community and the post war re-development of the area.
Cost: £10.50 plus £2.50 post & packing from the Townhouse, https://www.townhousespitalfields.com/catalogues/lost-time/
Financial Times review, Architecture of London Exhibition, Guildhall Art Gallery @FT (Paywall) Edwin Heathcote 25/06/2019
BBC News Online article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-46959155
Guardian Newspaper Article
Doreen Fletcher in conversation with Tabitha Potts for Roman Road London
https://romanroadlondon.com/doreen-fletcher-east-london-artist/
Roman Road London's review of Doreen Fletcher Paintings
https://romanroadlondon.com/doreen-fletchers-paintings-book-review/
Article by the Gentle Author for Spitalfields Life
http://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/24/doreen-fletcher-in-her-own-words/
Modern British Art Collector
https://modernbritishartcollector.co.uk/2019/03/15/a-visit-to-the-nunnery-gallery/
Article on the Londonist
https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/doreen-fletcher paintings-exhibition
Times Literary Supplement review
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/the-east-end/
Daily Mail Online review
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6627899/Artist-quit-painting-15-years-ago-work-finally-show.html
House & Gardens Magazine review
https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/doreen-fletcher-retrospective
Art UK
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/fletcher-doreen-b-1952
Art Rabbit online
https://www.artrabbit.com/events/lost-time-by-doreen-fletcher