Vernon Clarke
Bacardi Limited Biennal at the Bermuda National GalleryBacardi Limited Biennial 2002Artists featured in the Bermuda National Gallery's BiennialsBacardi Ltd.Biennial 1994Biennial 1996Bacardi Biennial 1998Bacardi Ltd Biennial 2000

the forge by vernon clarke

The Forge

charcoal on paper
60 x 66 inches


Vernon Clarke Bermudian, born September 28, 1949


artist statement
I use personal items to represent myself and my relationship to the world I live in. My tools represent me in an absentee role. they in turn are "objects of desire", a keeper in a throwaway society. Their imagery represents a busy and useful life; their use is only limited by my skills in their application.

education
1966- William Blake Comprehensive School
1965-66 Camberwell Art College (part time)
1966-72 Royal School of Military Engineering (R.M.S.E. Brompton)
1984- Bermuda College, drawing with Amy Evans
1986-87 Bermuda College, painting with Diana Amos
1988- Bermuda College, photography with Des Curtis
1996-99 Kent Institute of Art & Design (Canterbury, Kent) BFA

selected group exhibitions
1986- Bermuda Society of Arts, members' exhibition
1995- Bermuda Society of Arts, members' exhibition
1997- The "Deanery", print workshop exhibition, Chartham, Kent
1998- The Pilgrim's Hostel, Canterbury, "Four in the Undercroft"
1999- Kent Institute of Art and Design at Canterbury "Open House Exhibition"
- Kent Institute of Art and Design at Canterbury "Degree Show"
- Bermuda Society of Arts, winter exhibition
- Edinburgh Gallery, RG magazine cover

major commissions
Many portraits over the years
1999- private commission of Derek Selby

awards
1986- Bermuda Society of Arts, Honorary Mention
1999- Judge Felix Whaley Memorial prize for painting, Canterbury, Kent
- Patrick Crouch drawing prize, Canterbury, Kent
- RG magazine Millenium cover