Biography
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1937
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Born in Bradford
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1952-57
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Studies at Bradford Regional College of Art alongside David Hockney, John Loker and David Oxtoby
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1957-61
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Studied painting at the Royal College of Art, London
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1960
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Wins the Lloyd Landscape Scholarship and the Abbey Minor Travelling Scholarship
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1965
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Solo show at Mercury Gallery, London
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Bus tour of the USA with Hockney, Patrick Procktor and Colin Self
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1968
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Solo show at the Hanover Gallery, London, with a painting purchased by the Arts Council of Great Britain
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1969
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Second visit to the US, meeting up with Hockney, who is now living in California
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1971
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Second solo show at the Hanover Gallery, with a major painting is acquired by the Tate Gallery.
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Produces a lithograph for the publisher Editions Alecto, 'Louvered Shutter, Evening', an impression of which i acquired by MoMA, New York
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1972
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Collaborates with master intaglio printers James Collyer and John Crossley of JC editions, who print all of his plates from now on
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Exhibits in the 'British International Print Biennale', Bradford
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1974
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Appointed Gregory Fellow in Painting at University of Leeds
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1975
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Retrospective of prints at Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
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1977
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Second show of recent paintings and prints at Arnolfini Gallery
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1978
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Small show of prints at the Tate Gallery, London
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1979
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Multiple prizewinner at 'British International Print Biennale', Bradford
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1980
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Large-scale prints retrospective at the Redfern Gallery, London
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1982
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Prizewinner at 'British International Print Biennale', Bradford
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1983
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Selected Associate Royal Academician, as a printmaker
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1985
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Print of Levens Hall Gardens is chosen as the lead image of the RA 'Summer Exhibition'
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1987
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Completes the first Pirelli artist residency at Wimbledon School of Art
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1988
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Final print of a fallen tree at Kensington Gardens, London
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1963
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Mercury Gallery, London
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1965
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Hanover Gallery, London
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1968
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Hanover Gallery, London
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1972
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William Weston Gallery, London
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1974
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Maltzahn Gallery, London
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1975
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Leeds City Art Gallery
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1975
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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
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1977
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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
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1978
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The Redfern Gallery, London
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1980-89
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The Redfern Gallery, London
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2004
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Compass Gallery, Glasgow
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2014
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Redfern Gallery, London
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2014
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Royal Academy of Arts, London
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2014
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Dye House Gallery, Bradford College
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Selected group exhibitions
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1971
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ICA, London, 'Editions Alecto Graphics'
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1972-79
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Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 'British International Print Biennale'
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1974
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, 'New British Printmakers'
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Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, 'Graveurs anglais contemporains'
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1975
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Alva Aalto Museum, Finland, 'Graphica Creativa'
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1975
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'Chichester National Art Exhibition' (prizewinner)
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1976
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 'Constable's Stonehenge'
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Tate Gallery, London, 'For John Constable'
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1977-89
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'British Artists' Prints 1972-77', British Council touring exhibition
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1977
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Royal Academy of Arts, London, 'British Painting 1952-1977'
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1978
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British Council touring show of Canada, 'Certain Traditions: Recent British and Canadian Art'
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1979
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Victoria & Albert Museum, 'Photography in Printmaking'
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1979
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Arts Council of Great Britain touring show of the UK, 'The First British Art Show'
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1980-89
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Royal Academy of Arts, London, 'Summer Exhibition'
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1981
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Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan, 'International Impact Art Festival'
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1982
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Bilbao Exhibition Centre, 'Arteder '82'
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1983
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Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, 'Independants Exhibition of Prints'
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1984, '87
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Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 'International Print Exhibit'
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1987
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Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 'Bradford Contemporary Artists'
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1988
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CCA Galleries, London, 'Kew: The British Garden'
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1993
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 'Art of this World'
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2003
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City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 'Editions Alecto: A Fury for Prints'
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2008
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The Redfern Gallery, London, 'The Norman Stevens Tribute Exhibition'
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2017
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Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire, 'British Art: Ancient Landscapes'
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Selected collections
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Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
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Bradford College
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Bradford Museums & Galleries
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British Council Collection, London
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British Museum, London
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Government Art Collection, London
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Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston
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Imperial War Museums
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
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Leeds Museums & Galleries
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McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
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Museums Sheffield
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National Museum Wales
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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National Trust
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Paintings in Hospitals
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Royal Academy of Arts, London
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University of Leeds
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Tate
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Touchstones Rochdale
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Yale Center for British Art, New Haven Connecticut
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