Alan Pergusey West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Alan Pergusey is a visual artist. He is a painter, mosaic artist, street performer and curator. He is co-director of Leeds Sculpture Workshop, a studio group for artists and creatives and regularly curates exhibitions in his own Gallery 16.
Alan is primarily a maker. A maker of paintings, of architectural mosaics, of street theatre and of public art. Working across a variety of media has made his practice sustainable over a number of years and allows space for future progression and development.
Alan regularly exhibits and sells his paintings in the UK and internationally, and he has many works in private collections around the globe. They are an emotional and soulful outlet for ideas about the world based on observation, memories and imagination.
He also collaborates with Cusan Theatre who perform walkabout acts and shows in the UK and internationally. As well as performing for the company, he co-creates costumes and giant puppets alongside artistic director, Tanya Cusan Espinosa. The performance experience has fed back into his paintings, with characters from the street theatre appearing in his canvases.
Another ongoing project of Alan's is carrying out commissions to decorate houses and paved areas with bespoke tile designs and mosaic patterning. This body of work grew out of Alan's formative background creating permanent artworks for the public realm which were developed alongside communities and enhanced public spaces.
Artwork
Jerusalem Artichoke, Oil paint on hardwood block, 2025, £80
Semi-Detached, Oil paint on hardwood block, 2025, £80
Suffolk Punch, Oil paint on canvas, 2019, £700
Mast, Oil paint on hardwood block, 2024, £80
Radar Station, Oil paint on canvas, 2022, £250
Coming in to Land, Oil paint on canvas, 2023, £450
Fighting Magpies, Oil paint on canvas, 2023, £390
Angry Seagull, Oil Paint on board, 2024, £490
Look Out, Oil on canvas, 2017
Flower Bunker, oil on canvas, 2018, £650
Firestarters, Oil on canvas, 2025, £800
Run for Your Life, Oil on canvas, 2025, £800
Big Barn, Oil paint on canvas, 2024, £950
The Balloon Stone, Oil paint on canvas, 2024, £390
Laser, Oil paint on board., 2023, £250
The Balance Stone, Oil paint on canvas, 2024, £390
Open Cast, Oil paint on board., 2024, £350
Mountain Cabin, Oil paint on up-cycled palette, 2025, £180
Projects and exhibitions
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Blue17/05/2019 — 19/05/2019 An exhibition of Alan's latest paintings in the artist's house and gallery. |
Gallery 16, Leeds | Details |
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Oida Interna, (The Internal Ear)09/01/2018 — 04/02/2018 A group exhibition where invited artists submitted a work that about a musician/ singer/song that had made a big impression on their lives. |
La Pedrera Espai Creativo Barni can Sala, Subirats, Barcelona | Details |
New Light Prize Touring Exhibition17/11/2017 This is an open submission prize exhibition that selected from artists who lived or had a connection to the North of England. First prize £10,000. Judges: Charming Baker, artist; Thom Hetherington, speaker, consultant and writer on art and culture in the North of England; Reyahn King, York Museum's Trust; Emerson Mayes, artist; Frances... [Read more] |
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle. Huddersfield Art Gallery. Bankside Gallery, London. Tullie House Museu | Details | |
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Heads and Sheds10/11/2017 — 12/11/2017 A solo exhibition of recent paintings held in a pop up gallery in the artist's house. |
Gallery 16, Leeds | Details |
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Recent Paintings01/10/2017 — 31/10/2017 Solo exhibition in a suburban arts centre. |
Seven Arts, Leeds | Details |
Earthlings, Monsters and Sheds10/03/2017 — 12/03/2017 A group exhibition held at a pop-up gallery in my house. Curated by myself and including paintings by me with Jane Lewis and Kevin Lycett, two painters who are also exploring dramatic figurative themes. |
Gallery 16, Leeds | Details | |
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Cabin Fever28/10/2016 — 30/10/2016 A solo exhibition in a pop-up gallery in the artist's house. |
Gallery 16, Leeds | Details |
Re-Emergence23/01/2016 — 12/03/2016 Solo exhibition of paintings and collages. |
Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax | Details | |
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Upside Down at the End of the World13/11/2015 — 27/11/2015 A solo exhibition of recent paintings |
Workshop Press Gallery, Leeds | Details |