Michael Eldridge is a painter and photographer. In the 80s and 90s he was Director of Photography at The Arts University of Bournemouth. He has lived in Africa, New Zealand and California where he was a Fulbright Scholar and currently lives and works in Le Marche, Italy. He has lectured in the States where he ran creativity workshops, and has given talks at the San Francisco Art Institute and at the Society for Photographic Education in Carmel California. He has led workshops on Open University Summer Schools and ran The Sorgente Centre in Tuscany. During the pandemic he initiated an online art programme backed up with webinars. He is a mentor for artists who can often feel locked out of life and who have the need to express themselves creatively. He is a CTI trained coach, specializing in creativity. He collaborates with Lorenzo Viscidi on their Red and Blue Art Factory project and with the photographer Stephen Bray on their ongoing photography project Trees and Sky. He was the focus speaker on creativity at the 2014 Global Conference of the ICF (international coaching federation) at Malmo in Sweden. He is also a speaker on various podcasts about the art and the creative mind and he runs creativity and sensorial retreats in the heart of The Sibillini Mountains in Italy. Michael Eldridge is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.
Exhibitions
- 1972 The Public Gallery, Ryde, UK: Mostra personale dipinti.
- 1973 The Sidling Gallery, Dorset UK: Mostra personale dipinti e stampe.
- 1975 The Wessex Gallery, Southampton: dipinti, Wessex artists. Mostra collettiva.
- 1978 The Russell Coates Gallery, Bournemouth Gallery, Collettiva dipinti, Contemporary British Artists.
- 1981 Photographers over the Rainbow, Bristol. Mostra personale fotografica.
- 1982 Photographers Gallery, London: Fotografia ‘West Coast States’. Mostra personale fotografica.
- 1983 La Rochelle Gallery, France ‘Made in Britain’ Collettiva fotografica .
- 1984 Milan: Fotografia contemporanea internazionale, collettiva.
- 1985 Hastings Gallery, UK: Fotografia, ‘Moments’. solo show.
- 1986 Interim Arts , London: fotografia contemporanea, collettiva.
- 1987 Theatre Gallery, Winchester UK, dipinti. solo show.
- 1988 Cloisters Gallery, Siena Italy, dipinti e scultura. collettiva.
- 1989 La Brera Gallery, Milan, quadri. solo show.
- 1989-95 Inizia ad organizzare mostre collettive in collaborazione con ballerini, musicisti, filmmakers e poeti .
- 1989 Poole Gallery, UK, collettiva dipinti.
- 1998 Colle Gallery,Toscana, Italy: Personale dipinti.
- 1999 Insieme con il fotografo Simon Larbalestier, concepisce e crea il sito web “cult art” Physik Garden, www.physikgarden.com. Sito d’arte on-line e forum dove ne è il coordinatore e dove scrive e pubblica ‘Le Cronache di Spider’ oltre alla galleria virtuale, Glasshouse, dove sono esposte le sue opere pittoriche e fotografiche.
- 2000 The Physik Garden; una collaborazione e con le foto da Simon Larbalestier, La Arcos Gallery, San Francisco.
- 2000 The Physik Garden; una collaborazione e con le foto da Simon Larbalestier, La Galleria di Houston, Seattle, Stati Uniti d’America.
- 2006 Atelier D’arco Amoroso, Ancona, Dipinti, The Red & Blue Art Factory. Una collaborazione con il pittore Lorenzo Viscidi.
- 2007 Galleria Bluer, Padova. Dipinti, la collaborazione con Lorenzo Viscidi Red & Blue Art Factory.
- 2007 Dipinti, “Red & Blue Art Factory” con Lorenzo Viscidi.
- v2008 Donna Irene Ristorante Galleria, Padova.
- v2008 Perugia, one man show; “Dell’aria e dall’aria, del cielo e dal cielo”.
- 2010 Marmaris, Turkey, two man show with Steve Maxwell ‘Trees and Sky’ www.treesandsky.me .
- 2012 “Calici di stelle”. One man show. Morrovalle, Italy.
- 2013 Omaggio alla Sibilla. Recent paintings, Galleria Permariemonti, Civitanova Marche, Italy.
- November 2013. Group exhibition ‘Blu’, Permariemonti Galleria, Civitanova Marche, Italy.
- December 2013. Group Exhibition ‘L’isola dei Morti’ Permariemonti Galleria, Civitanova Marche, Italy.
- December 2013. il concerto del Maestro Di Bella al Teatro Annibal Caro di Civitanova Alta.
- 2014 ‘Awareness’ a photographic exhibition with Stephen Bray and Colin Tracy. April 18- May 2. Marmaris Gallery, Turkey
- 2014 Agosto. Group exhibition ‘Tenere e la notte’ Ad Personam Galleria, San Severino
- 2014 Ottobre ‘paintings and poetry’ Micheal Eldridge and Roberta Fonsato. Le Logge Gallery, Urbisaglia
- Novembre 2014. Padova. Biennale del Blue 2, con Lorenzo Viscidi e Claudio Mario Feruglio
- November 2014; Churchill Arts Centre, Fallon, Nevada USA, A light work collaboration with Jack Fulton entitled ‘Deserts of Time’, exhibited as part of Jack’s show
- January 2015. ‘Il Sacro’ Group exhibition, Theatre Gallery, Civitanova
- December 2015, Galleria Artè, Enna, Sicilia. Paintings: La serie ‘Adriatico’
- January 2016, Galleria Govetosa Padova. Red and Blue Art Factory paintings at Bluer show Materie Celesti
- April 2016, Galleria Govetosa, Padova. Group Show, Paintings, the series “Adriatico”
- 2017. Lux Galleria Trieste, Mostra Bluer di scultura plexiglass e ‘Four hands, Two Brains, One Soul’ paintings with Michael Eldridge
- July, 2018 – “La galleria Arte Enna Contemporanea” Enna, Sicilia. With Bluer “Two minds, four hands, one soul, works”
- June, 2019 – Due panelli per una mostra nella Scuola Barbarigo di Padova, con Bluer, Lorenzo Viscidi.
- September 2019. Personal show, ‘In search of Beauty’ Galleria Spazio Eventi, Amandola October, 2019.
- Personal show ‘Paesaggi Sensoriali’ Azzolino Galleria, Roma
- Settembre 2020 copertina rivista Amicando Semper
- Luglio 3-20, 2021. “Rinascita” CCC3 group show. Civitanova Alta (MC)
- Novembre 1-9, 2021. Monoprint. La Locura, Porto San Giorgio (FM)
- Agosto 2, 2022. “Visioni d’Artista”, Mostra Collettiva, Porto San Giorgio (FM)
- Giugno 2023, ‘Arte Contemporanea’ group show, Palazzina del Lido Cluana , Civitanova Marche (MC)
- Luglio 19, 2023, GIOIA, Collettiva d’arte, Siculiana, Sicilia, Group show