GARY ARMER | ゲイリー・アーマー

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ゲイリー・アーマーは、日常を非日常へと昇華させ、組織化された混沌の美を讃える受賞歴のあるイギリスの現代美術家です。

彼の非常に細密な油絵は、消費者時代の静物画であり、それぞれのユニークな作品に写し出された素晴らしい形、色、光、奥行きは見る者を夢中にさせます。

ゲイリーには、ありふれた題材をその機能を超えた形で描く想像力とビジョンがあります。

英国ブラックプールで生まれ、ランカシャー州のオーバー・ワイアという自然豊かな地域で育ったゲイリー・アーマー(1985 年生まれ)は、現代の静物を非常に具象的な手法で描いている、受賞歴のあるイギリス人アーティストである。彼のアートは、所有物やコレクションにストーリーを持たせ、見る者に記憶や感情を呼び起こさせる、示唆に富んだ作品で知られています。

アーマーはイギリスのサルフォード大学でマーケティングを専門にデザインを学
び、一級優等学位を取得している。2007 年に卒業後、クリエイティブ・マーケティングのキャリアをスタートすると同時に、リアリストの肖像画家としての地位を確立しました。

英国陸軍少佐、英国空軍、カンブリア大保安官など、制服姿のモデルの肖像画を依頼されることも多かったといいます。主に独学だったが、ロンドンの表象芸術アトリエ(LARA)やマンチェスターのノーザン・リアリスト(Northern Realist)のワークショップにも参加し、本格的に古典絵画を学びました。

2017 年 11 月、アーマーが描いた「Not a Penny More」と題された肖像画は、第 21回ナショナル・オープン・アート・コンペティションの最終選考に残った後、MS Amlin World Art Vote のトップ 10 に選ばれます。この絵はロンドンのサウスバンクにあるバージハウスで展示されました。

2022 年 11 月、アーマーの絵画「Life Finds a Way」は、高名な審査員によって The British Art Prize 2022 の一等賞に選ばれました。

現在アーマーは既婚で 3 人の子供がおり、イングランド北西部のランカシャー州在住。

「ノスタルジックな題材は、過去に引き戻されるだけでなく、現在や未来への逃避も可能にしてくれます。私は 1 つの作品に何百時間もかけているので、絵を描くことの楽しさと流れに身を任せています。一方、将来的には、絵を見る人がほんのひとときでも現実逃避できるようになればと願っています。私たちの生活がどんどん速いペースになっていく中で、たとえ数分でも、人々が静止し、見つめ、逃避できるようなアートを作りたい。もしかしたら、作品を見るたびに何か違うことに気づいたり、子供の頃の記憶や感情が蘇ってくるかもしれません。」

- Gary Armer


Short Bio
Gary Armer is an award-winning British contemporary artist who seeks to elevate the
ordinary to the extraordinary.
His exceptionally detailed oil paintings are still life for the consumer age, inviting the viewer
to get lost in the remarkable shapes, colour, light and depth that are captured in each
unique work of art.
Winner of The British Art Prize 2022, Gary has the imagination and vision to paint ordinary
subject matter in a way that takes them beyond their function. The artist is fascinated by
possessions and collections that tell a story and evoke memories and emotions in the
viewer.
Gary Armer (b. 1985) is an award-winning English artist, painting mostly contemporary still
life in a highly representational manner. Armer is recognized for his thought-provoking
exploration of possessions and collections that tell a story and evoke memories and
emotions in the viewer. Born in Blackpool, he grew up in the rural Over Wyre area of
Lancashire, England. Armer went on to achieve First Class Honors studying design at the
University of Salford, specializing in marketing. After graduating in 2007 he began a career in
creative marketing, while at the same time establishing himself as a realist portrait artist.
Commissions often featured sitters in uniforms such as British Army Majors, The Royal Air
Force, and The High Sheriff of Cumbria. While mainly self-taught, Armer studied classical
painting workshops at the London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA) and Northern
Realist in Manchester.
In November 2017 a portrait painted by Armer entitled Not a Penny More was shortlisted
for the 21 st National Open Art Competition before being voted into the top 10 of The MS
Amlin World Art Vote. The painting went on to be exhibited at Bargehouse on the South
Bank in London.
In November 2022 the artist’s painting Life Finds a Way was selected by an esteemed
judging panel as the First Prize winner in The British Art Prize 2022.
Armer is married with three children and lives and works in Lancashire, North-West
England.

“As well as looking to the past via the nostalgic subject matter, they allow for escapism in
the present and future also. As I spend hundreds of hours on each work I get truly lost in the
flow and sheer joy of painting. While, in the future I hope for the paintings to allow the
viewer a few moments of escapism. As our lives become increasingly fast paced, I want to
create art that helps people be still, look and escape, even if just for a few minutes. Perhaps
they notice something different every time they look at the artworks or maybe memories
and emotions of childhood come flooding back.”
- Gary Armer

Gary Armer is an award-winning British contemporary artist who seeks to celebrate the
beauty of organised chaos. He elevates the ordinary to the extraordinary.
His exceptionally detailed oil paintings are still life for the consumer age, inviting the viewer
to get lost in the remarkable shapes, colour, light and depth that are captured in each
unique work of art.
Gary has the imagination and vision to paint ordinary subject matter in a way that takes
them beyond their function. The artist is fascinated by possessions and collections that tell a
story and evoke memories and emotions in the viewer.
Obsessed with form and depth, the self-taught artist has already been exhibited alongside
the likes of Picasso, Hockney, Banksy and Lowry. Now boasting international collectors, Gary
is driven to create technically brilliant, timeless, original art, that is instantly relatable and
has the power to move.
Winner of The British Art Prize 2022
In November 2022 the artist’s painting Life Finds a Way was selected by an esteemed
judging panel as the First Prize winner in The British Art Prize 2022.
The prestigious British Art Prize is hosted by Artists & Illustrators magazine in partnership
with edding and the oil painting was firstly shortlisted from thousands of entries from the
UK and across the globe before being selected as the overall winner.
The judging panel was made up of Scottish artist Bruce McLean, professional artist, tutor
and Artists & Illustrators columnist Jake Spicer, The One Show’s Artist in Residence,
Adebanje Alade, the Managing Director of edding, Andy Gutteridge and Niki Browes, the
editor of the magazine.
The painting was exhibited as part of The British Art Prize 2022 Exhibition at gallery@oxo,
on the South Bank in London.


Recent Exhibitions & Residencies
2023 Exhibited in Samarivans, at Arkley Fine Art, Hitchin
2022 Exhibited in The British Art Prize Exhibition at the gallery@oxo, London
2019 Exhibited in Football Is Art at the National Football Museum, Manchester
2019 Exhibited in the Open 2019 at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
2018 Artist in Residence at the National Football Museum, Manchester
2018 Exhibited in the Open 2018 at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
2017 Ranked in the Top 10 of the MS Amlin World Art Vote
2017 Selected for the 21st National Open Art Exhibition, London