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Biography	A graduate of Liverpool College of Art, Adrian has worked as an Illustrator, Arts Development Officer and Lecturer in various academic and public institutions. Currently, he is Arts Development Officer for Chester City Council, with a particular interest in Visual Arts. He has lectured in the History of Art for the University of Liverpool and a variety of groups and societies, to many thousands of people over a period of twenty years. Recent developments have included lecture tours to Paris, Glasgow, Prague , Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Florence, Pisa, Siena, Bruges, New York, Madrid, Ekaterinburg Cologne and many English cities. Specialist subjects include Flemish Art, Mannerism and the Modern Movement. His painting is figurative and highly detailed, drawing its inspiration from many periods of history and many artistic sources. It is mythological, symbolic, exotic, erotic, arcane, literary, whimsical, ancient and modern. It refers to games, puns, magic, alchemy, physics, poetry, dreams and visions. It aims to entertain, disturb and resonate. He has recently been accepted for inclusion in the Directory of Approved Lecturers for the National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies.
Education
1962-1969	Verdin Grammar School O Levels: Art, English Language, English Literature, History, Maths, Geography A Levels: Arts (A), English (A), History (B), General Studies (C)
1969-1970	Mid-Cheshire College of Art and Design Foundation Studies
1970-1973	Liverpool College of Art Diploma of Art and Design – Fine Art and Painting (2.2)
Positions Held
1973-1980	Part-time Lecturer in General Studies: North Cheshire College, Warrington
1983-1984	Part-time Lecturer in History of Art, Design, Photography, Fashion, Cinema etc: Hugh Baird College of FE (Foundation Studies), Bootle
1984-1988	Part-time Lecturer in History of Art: University of Liverpool, Department of Extension Studies/Continuing Education
1984-1988	Part-time Lecturer: WEA (West Cheshire District)
1984-1990	Director of Development of the Arts in Northwich (DAN): including responsibility for exhibitions, programming, related lectures, gallery and museum tours, marketing, fundraising and sponsorship.
1990-present	Arts Development Officer: Cultural Services, Chester City Council including; Exhibitions, Festival Development, Special Projects, Public Art, Lecture series at the Grosvenor Museum, Art Trips and Art Study Weekends

Exhibitions - Mixed Shows
June1972	Stowells Student Exhibition – Mall Gallery, London
February 1976	Face of Merseyside – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
March 1977	100 Years of the Walker Art Gallery – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
June1977	Cheshire Artists – Chester Arts Trust
February 1978	Liverpool Nude – Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool
February 1978	100 Plus (Liverpool Artists) – Senate House, Liverpool University
January 1979	Liverpool Post and Echo Invitation Show – Post and Echo Building
October 1980	Association of Illustrators Exhibition – Mall Gallery, London
June1981	Open Show – Illustrators Art – D’Arblay Street, London
January 1982	Open Show – Crane Art – Kings Road, Chelsea
April 1984	4 Artists – Association of Illustrators Gallery, London
May1985/6/7/90/1	Northwich and District Society of Arts Annual Show
June1986/7	Harlequin Theatre Annual Exhibition – Northwich
1990/1	Merseyside Artist 6 Tour - Chester, Southport, Birkenhead, Rhyl
December 1990	Art Aid for Poland – Cuddington, Northwich
March 1993	Wilde Contemporary Art Show – Hyde Park Gallery, London
April 1994	Great Big Picture Show – Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
January1995	Northwich Artists – Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
March 1994/5/6	Manchester Academy Open Exhibition – City Art Gallery, Manchester
March/April 1997	Chester Artists in Ekaterinburg – Ekaterinburg Fine Art Museum
July 1997	PAC Exhibition for Chester Fringe – St Olaves Centre, Chester
March/April1998/9/00/01/02	Manchester Academy Exhibitions
September 1998	Cheshire Open Studios Exhibition – Dukes Oak Gallery
November/January 1998/9	PAC Artists at Warrington Art Gallery
July 1999	PAC Artists at Grosvenor Museum, Chester
July 1999	Contemporary Painters – Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
September 2000	Open Studios Exhibition – Dukes Oak Gallery and London Road Gallery
October 2000	The Art Boat – PAC Artists on the Cheshire Ring
Nov 2001	PAC Show – Williamson Gallery, Birkenhead
Oct-Nov 2003	pARTy – Grosvenor Museum, Chester
May 2004	Chester Artists Show – Galleria Expo-Ex, Senigallia
April 2004	The Body in Art – Kaleyards Gallery, Chester
October 2004	CAN Show – Kaleyards Gallery, Chester.
July 2005	Catwalk – Norton Priory, Halton.
October 2005	Manchester Academy members’ show. Oldham Gallery.
April/May 2006	p-ART-ners Exhibition. Lorrach, Germany
October – November 2006	Les Fleurs du Mal. – Slug and Lettuce, Chester
April-June 2007	Food and Drink – Slug and Lettuce, Chester.
November-April 2007/8	Art in Gardens – Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
Jan-December 2008	Art in Gardens – 10 exhibitions around Cheshire
Exhibitions – One Man Shows
July 1975	Ice Age – Liverpool Academy Gallery, Renshaw Street
July 1976	The Bitter End – Bolton Octagon Theatre
October 1976	Dire Peril – Gallery Books, Oswestry
May 1977	The World of Dew – Mid-Cheshire College, Northwich
August 1977	The Angel Falls – Wrexham Arts Centre Gallery
July 1979	Sphinx - Liverpool Academy Gallery, Pilgrim Street
August 1979	Sphinx – Weaver Hall, Northwich
May 1982	One Man Show – Salford Museum and Art Gallery
April 1986	Retrospective – Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
July 1989	Retrospective – Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
March 1997	Komic Kuts – Alaska Café Bar, Manchester
September 1998	Open Studio – home
September 2000	Open Studio – home
Other
June 1988	Semi finalist in the tv art quiz Connoisseur
November 2000	Guest lecturer at Urals State University, Ekaterinburg
February 2001	Public Art Strategy for Chester City Council
Commencing October 2002	Adrian Sumner Fine Art Tours (see website)
From January 2004/ongoing	Series of lectures for NADFAS (National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies)
January 2004	website www.adriansumner.com
April 2004	Guest lecturer at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (Birmingham University)
September/November 2006	Organiser of Chester Baudelaire Festival (plus delivery of 5-lecture series on Baudelaire and associated artists) (plus contributor to University of Chester Baudelaire Symposium)
Feb-May 2009	Director Chester Visual Arts Festival
Ongoing	Lecture series for Chester Grosvenor Museum.


Exhibitions organised for Chester Grosvenor Museum include
February 1995	First Open Art Competition Show
July/August 1992/3/4	3 Shell Archive Shows
May 1992	‘Out of Africa’ – Collection of African Art and Artefacts
July/September 1996	‘Jitterbugs’ – Contemporary Automata
December/January 1997	Socialist Realist Paintings – Ekaterinburg Exchange
March/April 1997	Chester Artists in Ekaterinburg
October 1999	Fire-Jugglers, (permanent Public Artwork by David Annand)
April 2003	Chester Artists in Senigallia (Italy)
May 2006	P-art-NERS-Collaborative show at Museum am Burghof, Lorrach
March 2009	P-art-NERS-Collaborative show at Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Membership of Professional Bodies
1974 - 1979	Member of Liverpool Academy
1996-present	Member of PAC (Professional Artists in Cheshire)
1999-present	Member of Manchester Academy of Fine Art (MAFA)
2003-present	Member of CAN (Cheshire Artists Network)


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