Derek Balmer PPRWA (born 28 December 1934) is a British artist and photographer, Past President of the Royal West of England Academy (2001–10) and Pro-Chancellor of the University of the West of England (2001–10) to Chancellor Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss.

Derek Balmer, is a much respected and collected British abstract artist at the height of his powers, returns to the gallery with a stunning and joyously exhilarating new exhibition of works. Derek Balmer’s glorious new show is full of vivid and colourful semi-abstract landscapes.

Oct 11, 2018 · Derek Balmer is one such painter. For example, Rabat (Desert Garden) is full of bounce and flirty curves, the paint laid on with a subtle hand in a seemingly infinite variety of shapes and textures, mixed and layered on the canvas in fruitful profusion.

Derek Balmer's first public exhibition was at the RWA in 1956. In 2001 he became the Academy's eighteenth President - he was succeeded by Simon Quadrat in 2010. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the U.K. and Europe and is currently represented by Gisela van Beers, London and Anthony Hepworth Gallery, Bath.

RWA (Royal West of England Academy) Painter and photographer. He was noted for his richly coloured, painterly landscapes of Britain and abroad.

Derek Balmer PPRWA (born 1934) is a British artist and photographer, based in Bristol since the 1950s. His first public exhibition was at the RWA in 1956 and he was part of the vibrant Bristol art scene of the Sixties. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the U.K. and Europe.

Derek Balmer was born in London in 1934. His professional art education began in Bristol when he was admitted, aged 15 in 1950, to the West of England College of Art, then situated within the Royal West of England Academy, an institution of which he was later to become President.

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Derek Balmer’s bold and wonderfully exuberant compositions portray landscapes, cities and ancient architecture in a celebration of history and personal experience.

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