Biography
Painter, printmaker, teacher, writer and art critic, Hoyland
was born in Selly Oak, Birmingham 1930. He studied at Camberwell
School of Art, 1946-49; Slade School of Art, 1949-50; and was
awarded an Abby Minor Scholarship to Italy in 1951.
He continues
to teach and some of his posts have included Royal West of England
Art School, 1954-59; lecturer at Chelsea School of Art, 1960-66;
senior lecturer at Camberwell School of Art from 1966; and Course
Director of Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts, 1989-92. He
has taken part in several radio and television broadcasts, was
art critic for 'The Listener' during the 1960's and has
written three books, including 'Alive To Paint', published
by Oxford University Press in 1967.
Hoyland
has received many private commissions, including one for a series
of religious works entitled 'Life of Christ' for Southwark
Cathedral. He continues to exhibit and his work is held in numerous
private and public collections both in the UK and overseas,
including the British Museum.
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
Gallery
de Seine -1958
Beaux Arts Gallery, London - 1960 and 1961
Retrospective, South London Art Gallery - 1969
Southwark Cathedral, 90 Diptychs on the life of Christ - Jan
1972
Chichester Cathedral, 90 Diptychs on the life of Christ - June
1972
University of Surrey - 1987
SELECTED
MIXED EXHIBITIONS
Royal West
of England Academy - 1956
Looking Forward, South London Art Gallery - 1958
Camden Arts Centre - 1966
Royal Academy of Art - 1968
Drawings of People, Serpentine Gallery, Arts Council
Exhibition - 1975
The Forgotten Fifties, Camden Arts Centre - 1984