Michael Bishop has worked and exhibited in London and New York and his paintings
are in many private collections worldwide.
His work was used for the London Tube poster 'Downtown to Soho' in 1996,
magazine covers such 'Science' as well as being featured in 'Vogue', The Observer'
and 'The Times'.
During his stay in New York from 1990 until 1995, he illustrated a version of
Frances Hodsgon Burnett's 'The Secret Garden' for publishers Hugh Later Levin.
He paints mainly landscapes, urban landscapes and seascapes and lives in Worthing on the
South coast of England.
West Surrey College of Art & Design Foundation Course
Brighton Art College BA (Hons)
EXHIBITIONS 1983-1989
Always Look South – Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Hide and Seek – Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Mogul Empire – Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Mozart – Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Brown Study – Francis Kyle Gallery, London
The Forest – Francis Kyle Gallery, London
NEW YORK 1989-1995
The Gallery at The Lincoln Centre NYC with Francis Kyle Gallery
The Lublin Gallery, Spring Street, NYC
The Ambassador Gallery, Spring Street NYC
Illustration House Spring Street NYC
Commissioned by London Transport to design London Transport Tube poster
‘Downtown to Soho’ for their series Art on the Underground 1996
EXHIBITIONS 1995 - PRESENT
Thompsons Gallery, Dover Street London Summer Show 1997
Workhouse Gallery, Kings Road, London 1998
Courtyard Gallery, Selborne, Hants Summer Show 1999
The Affordable Art Fair (Courtyard Gallery) 2000
Coombs Contemporary Art, Tower Bridge Piazza, London 2001-02
CCA Gallery Fulham Rd, London 2000
Tin Drum, Brighton 2001
Society of Landscape Painters, Mall Galleries, London 2001
St David’s Hall, Cardiff 2002
Advocate Galleries, Wandsworth, London 2002
Highgate Fine Art, Highgate, London 2003
Highgate Fine Art, Highgate, London 2004
Southdown Gallery, Leigh, Kent 2005
Visions and Landscape, Charterhouse School Gallery, 2005
Highgate Fine Art, Highgate, London 2005
Highgate Fine Art, Highgate, London 2006
Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London Summer Exhibition 2007
Francis Kyle Gallery, London, Contemporary Artists from the West
Winter in Russia 2008
St Annes Gallery, Lewes, Summer Exhibition 2017
Project Gallery, Arundel, Summer Exhibition 2017
Participation in Winter Auction for Hepatitus C charity ‘Art on a Postcard’ 2020
and the Ataxia charity auction 2021
Fairground, Glyndebourne Autumn 2022
Staged Nature, Glyndebourne Summer 2023
Summer Exhibition, David Linley London 2023
Currently showing at:
David Linley London (contact instagram @bloomsfieldart)
Glyndebourne Opera House
Arundel Contemporary, Arundel