Bideford

Green Gallery's home is Bideford, North Devon, shown in the slideshow on this page. Bideford is a pretty little town on the banks of the River Torridge, three miles from the river mouth at Appledore and from the sea at Westward Ho!. The heart of the town is it's historic 13th century long bridge, with its 24 arches spanning the 670ft width of the Torridge.

North Devon

The North Devon coast, rocky and treacherous, provides some breathtaking scenery comprising picturesque fishing villages, golden sands and historic river ports. The whole area has protection from development from it's designation as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as part of the Exmoor National Park and through its UNESCO Biosphere Reserve centred around the internationally important sand dunes at Braunton Burrows. North Devon has 16 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which represent the best sites for wildlife and geology. Well over half, by area, are internationally important and many play an important part in local culture and economies or provide wonderful opportunities for people to enjoy wildlife and landscape. This is an inspiring place to live and is becoming a haven for artists and creative people.

Dave Green – Short CV

Education:

BTEC ND Graphic Design / BTEC HND Photography / Teaching Certificate FE

Experience:

2009/10 - Teaching BTEC and A level Photography at East Devon College, Tiverton. Workshops for Beaford Arts, Plough Arts Centre and BBC Blast

2009 onwards – committee member and membership secretary for Bideford Bay Creatives

2008 - Commission for WREN Music as arts worker/documenter of ReCyc junk band

2006 onwards - Official Photographer for Bideford Folk Festival and North Devon Folk Festival

1999 – 2003 Committee member & treasurer of Open Spaces Open Places (OSOP), Northampton

2005 to 2010 current, member then committee member and publicity officer for North Devon Arts and active member of Devon ArtsCulture

From 1989 - Freelance Editorial Photographer

12 Years full-time teaching at Northampton College, Photography all levels.

1 years teaching exchange at a Palo Verde High School, Tucson AZ, USA .

2 years 0.6 North Devon College co-ordinating and teaching A Level photography.

Exhibitions:

April 2012 - Solo Exhibition ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic' North Carolina Aquarium, Manteo, Roanoke Island NC

September / October 2011 - Ghostcards at Walter Henry's Bookshop, Bideford, North Devon - part of Bideford Bay Creatives Culture Show 2011

September / October 2011 - North Devon Coast at Ozzy's Men's Hair Salon, Bideford, North Devon - part of Bideford Bay Creatives Culture Show 2011

June - August 2011 - Solo Exhibition at Schooners Cafe, Appledore, North Devon

June 2010 - Constructed Photographs - Solo Exhibition part of the Appledore Visual Arts Festival

Sept 2009 - Solo Show at Tavistock Wharf

July/August 2008 – Solo Show – Queens Theatre, Barnstaple

May 2008 – organized and showed in NDA gallery/shop, Appledore Arts Festival

May 2008 – Three Person Show – Trelawney Garden Centre, Barnstaple

September 2007 – Beaford Arts Centre, featured artist

July/August 2007 – Group Show – NE by SW, the Art Works gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne

March/April 2007 - Solo Show – Images from Within, Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe, Devon

January/February 2007 – Selected for the North Devon Contemporary Open Arts Exhibition, North Devon and Barnstaple Museum, Barnstaple, Devon .

2005 – Solo Show ‘Until Now', Praxis, Bideford

2004 – American West, solo show as part of studio tours & group show at Metronome Gallery and DownTown arts festival – Tucson Arizona

June 2000 ‘Proposed Re-development of Northampton' part of a group show - Transfiguration, Roadmender Gallery, Northampton

1998 – 2001 Triptych solo show toured - South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell ; Roadmender Arts Centre, Northampton; The Custard Factory, Birmingham; Windsor Arts Centre; The Castle, Wellingborough.

From 1997 installations for Open Studios in Northamptonshire

1996 Arts Council funded four person show ‘Another Place', Roadmender Northampton.

1993 Arts Council funded solo show at Derngate Theatre, Northampton

Residency:

Sept/Oct 2010 - Represented Bideford Bay Creatives on a NAN go-and-see Award to Manteo NC

June 2009 - Art Trek residency at Broom Hill Sculpture Park

June 2000 – May 2001, Arts Council Year of the Artist Award; the National Forest, Leicestershire