Below is a selection of artists we represent at our Manchester art gallery. If you would like to see work by any of these artists please contact us.
Julie Allen
Julie graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic in 1983 with a BA Hons in Graphic Design and immediately became a freelance illustrator. Amongst her clients are the Conran Design Group, Saatchi & Saatchi and the Next Directory...
Anne Aspinall
Born in Manchester, Anne trained at Manchester College of Art. She joined the Longden Workshop in 1986, as a printmaker specialising in etching...
Darren Baker
Darren Baker was born in 1976. He graduated from Bradford Art College in 1998 and, at a relatively young age, has become one of the country's leading realist painters.
Chris Bennett
Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and has exhibited at the Royal Academy. His subject is the world around him...
Peter Blake
Peter Blake (born 1932.) is often referred to as the godfather of British Pop art, forerunning the work of Andy Warhol. His work demonstrates his interest in popular culture, cleverly combining more formal artistic elements with popular figures from film, music and television. This highly influential artist has been exhibiting his work in solo shows across the globe since the seventies.
John Blenkinsopp
John previously worked with a drug company, only recently taking the plunge and devoting himself to his art. His first one-man show at the Wendy J. Levy Gallery proved to be very successful...
Jiri Borsky
Born in Dobrany, Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia), Jiri Borsky moved with his parents to Prague where he lived and studied. Jiri's first one-man exhibition was held in Malostranska Beseda, Prague, in 1966...
Derek Bradbury
Born in Cheshire 1937, Derek studied at the Regional College of Art, Manchester and gained an NDD in Graphic design. After running his own successful retail business, he sold it in 1990 in order to devote himself entirely to painting...
Harry Brioche
Harry Brioche was born in 1965 in the Seychelles. He moved to England in 1980 and currently resides in the North West. Despite attending art college, Harry is largely a self-taught artist taking his inspiration from the ever-changing British sky and landscape.
Steve Capper
Steve Capper is a North West artist based in Oldham. A painting teacher for thirty years, Steve is now retired, painting full time.
Janina Cebertowicz
Since 1976 Janina has painted and drawn the landscapes of Britain and Greece. The passing of time, transitory elements of figure in motion and the change of light in the landscape links the two aspects of her work...
Helen Clapcott
Helen Clapcott was born in 1952 in Blackpool. She studied at the University of Liverpool from 1970 to 1975, then at the Royal Academy from 1975 to 1978. Helen is the four-time winner of the David Murrey Landscape Scholarship which has taken her to Morocco, Cypress and Spain to paint. She has also received the Elizabeth T Greenshield Award (after the Royal Academy) as well as several other awards, most recently in Chester for her painting 'View of Stockport.'
Richard Clare
Richard was born and brought up in Sheffield. He trained as a graphic designer, and then set up his own business, attracting a number of high profile clients. Whilst providing him with a source of income it has also encouraged the development of his art...
Paul Critchley
Paul Critchley was born in Rainford in the North West but now lives in Barcelona. He studied at St Helens College of Art & Design (1978-1979) before gaining his BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Coventry Polytechnic (1979-1982).
Lisa De Prudhoe
Born in Santa Monica, California in 1963, Lisa was brought up in both the Republic of Panama and England. In May 2000, she settled in England to pursue her career as an artist...
Cecile Elstein MA MAFA
Cecile Elstein made sculpture in South Africa before emigrating to London in 1961. There she met the ceramist Catherine Yarrow and was her private pupil from 1965-9.
Living in London she took commissions for portrait bronzes.
Reg Gardener
Reg studied at Manchester High School of Art, 1962-1966. His circle of artistic friends included people such as Trevor Grimshaw and Geoffrey Key. His work reflects the mills and urban life of the North West.
Debbie Goldsmith
Debbie studied fine art at Salford University graduated from Coventry Polytechnic in 1991 with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art. She works from her own studio and also lectures at Stockport College and University College Salford...
John Hamilton
Born in 1967, John followed an Arts Foundation course at the Manchester Polytechnic followed by a BA (hons) in Fine Art. He rapidly became an enthusiastic Community Artist in association with Salford Libraries and the artist in residence at the RC High School, Blackley, Manchester...
Eva Hamilton-Fisher
Eva was born in 1969 in Budapest but spent her childhood in the warm and colourful atmosphere of the Hugarian countryside, surrounded by folk art and the traditions of multi-ethnic cultures, such as Slave, Scwabian, Gypsy and Magyar...
Jonathan Hargreaves
Jonathan Hargreaves was born in 1968 in Blackburn, Lancashire. For the last ten years worked on producing a number of limited edition screen prints. Recently he has returned to oil painting.
Lynton Hemsley
Lynton Hemsley has been exhibiting with the Wendy Levy Gallery for a relatively short time and his work has grown enormously in popularity. The recurrent subjects of his paintings are city life scenes and city landscapes with Manchester as his main inspiration. Lynton paints with oils as well as watercolour and is equally confident with both.
Cliff Holden FCSD
Born in Manchester 1919, Cliff Holden was educated at Wilmslow Modern School and Reaseheath School of Agriculture and continued with various jobs on farms. Before establishing himself as an artist he was engaged in politics, religion and the study of philosophy...
Ghislaine Howard
Ghislaine studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is best known for her ground-breaking exhibition concerning pregnancy and birth, the first of its kind, at Manchester City Art Gallery, A Shared Experience. She exhibits on a regular basis with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Wimbledon, Firbob and Peacock, Knutsford and Wendy J. Levy Contemporary Art...
Michael Howard
Michael is a Senior Lecturer in the School of the History of Art and Design at the Manchester Metropolitan University, where he teaches both academic and studio-based students.
Ian Jarman
Ian Jarman's work has become increasingly popular over the last two years. He completed a Foundation course at Warrington College of Art & Design and went on to attain a Honours Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration at Leicester Polytechnic. After spending over twenty years in the graphics industry he then concentrated on developing his own style using mixed media.
Alan Knight
Alan Knight was born in Manchester in 1949. He has always had a passion for art but it wasn't until the early 90s that he could develop this into a career. Alan regularly and successfully exhibits with the Wendy Levy Gallery, his large canvases attracting much admiration for their amazing use of colour and movement.
Benson Landes
Born into a family of European artists, Benson Landes left school at the age of 14 to study fashion and design. Working at his father's clothing factory, he learned pattern cutting. Designing clothes was the natural progression for Benson, who eventually set up his own couture business in 1956. After 25 successful years, Benson decided to retire to his foremost passion, sculpting and modelling.
Kenneth Lawson
Kenneth Lawson started painting seriously at the age of 16. A few years later, in 1942, he was accepted and "hung" in Burlington House in an exhibition of the "London Group". His work received high praise from the art critics of the time. Successful exhibitions followed and Kenneth exhibited regularly at major galleries in London...
Michelle Leigh
Michelle was awarded a First Class Degree in Fine Art at Manchester Polytechnic and was granted a British Academy major State Studentship to pursue an MA in Fine Art at Newcastle University. An established artist, she has exhibited widely in this country...
Simon Manby
Sculptor and letter-cutter, he was born in Buckingham into a family of artists. Son of R.M. Manby an architect who was descended from West Derbyshire farming stock, and Judith Da Fano, a distinguished Lake District artist. Grandson of Dorothea Landau, late Pre-Raphaelite painter.
Sheila Meeks
Sheila graduated from Kingston University with a BA (hons) Degree in Fine Art and won a prestigious Picker Travel Scholarship to visit New York. After undertaking post graduate studies at Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, she achieved a PGCE in Art Education at Manchester Metropolitan University...
Julia Midgely
Julia is an artist and printmaker, living and working in the North West. Working figuratively with an emphasis on drawing, she tends to work on paper often deriving her material from direct observation. Her work can be seen in public, private and corperate collections in the U.K. and abroad...
Angela Munslow
Angela Munslow was born in Cheshire in Sandbach. She trained at the Sir Henry Doulton School of Sculpture, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, from 1990-1992, after working in science based industry and education.
Martin Murrey
In 1998 Martin was selected by the Art Historian Richard Kendall to exhibit 10 paintings at the Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. The following year saw a successful exhibition at the Castlefield Gallery in Manchester...
Patricia Niemira
Patricia is an artist/printmaker who particularly enjoys the expressive quality which can be obtained through the use of printing inks and techniques. She uses etching, drypoint monoprint and collagraph techniques to explore landscape, flowers and still life studies...
Harry Ousey
Harry Ousey was born in Rusholme in 1915 and his early years were spent walking the Derbyshire moors, a landscape that would inspire him throughout his career...
Simon Parkin
Born 1964. Simon specialized in painting at the Manchester Metropolitan University, completing an Independent Study for which he was awarded a B.A.(1st class Hons). This involved several trips to Africa where Simon examined the various arts and crafts of the indigenous cultures...
John Pegg
John Pegg is a Mancunian who graduated from Aberdeen University in 1971, a choice of college that led to a close link with Orkney; a place of relaxation and reflection for John...
Dawn Rowland
Dawn Rowland has worked as a sculptor in London, San Francisco and since 1975 in the Manchester area. Her sculptures are primarily in stone, but she also works in bronze, wood, terracotta and plaster.
Jenny Ryrie
Jenny has worked as a professional artist since graduating with an M.A. in Fine Art from Edinburgh in 1980. She specialises in works on paper. Her career has been focused on expanding the boundaries of the watercolour medium, exploring its potential as a dynamic and powerful means of expression.
Frances Seba Smith
Born in Montreal, Canada. Studied Publicity at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal and after obtaining a Diploma in Publicity worked as a Graphic designer...
Hideyuki Sobue
Hideyuki Sobue was born in Japan.
His aim is to create something simple yet thought-provoking, portraying someone iconic, somewhere universal, precious moments and eternal fragments.
Liam Spencer
Liam Spencer was born in Burnley in 1964. He completed a Foundation Course at the Burnley College of Arts and Technology and then went to Manchester Polytechnic where he graduated with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art...
John Sutherst
John is a self taught artist who has been drawing and painting since his childhood. Previously earning his living as a Gynaecologist he retired in order to devote himself entirely to his art...
Colin Taylor
Colin Taylor was born in July 1960, in Leicester, England. He attended Loughborough College of Art and then Trent Polytechnic (now Nottingham Trent University) where he took a Multi-disciplinary Degree course in Fine Art and Drama, after which, in 1988, he moved to Manchester.
Gina Ward
Gina was awarded a 1st Class Honours Degree in Painting and Drawing at Edinburgh College of Art in 1998. In the same year she was awarded the John Kinross Travel Scholarship to go to Florence for three months to paint...
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