Gwyther Irwin  b. 1931 (BAA occasional visits 1967-69) Born in Trebetherick, Cornwall. Taught by Roger Hilton, Bryanston. 1951 Goldsmiths, College of Art. 1951-54 Central School of Art and Design. 1957 first one-man exhibition Gallery One; Metavisual Abstract Tachiste Redfern Gallery. 1959 first of frequent one-man exhibitions Gimpel Fils (to present). 1960 Situation RBA Galleries. 1963 British Painting in the Sixties Whitechapel Art Gallery and other major group exhibitions at home and abroad including 1964 Venice Biennale: Painting and Sculpture of a Decade 54-64, Tate Gallery. 1965 Commission for ‘Rectangular Relief’ BP Ltd., Moorfields, London. 1966-68 taught part-time Hornsey School of Art and 1967-69 Chelsea School of Art, with occasional visits BAA. 1969-84 Head of Fine Art, Brighton Polytechnic. 1973 one-man exhibition New Art Centre, several group exhibitions at home and abroad. 1978 Greater London Arts Association Award; one-man exhibition Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery and 1981 Kettle’s Yard Gallery. Cambridge. 1984 English Contrasts: British Painting and Sculpture 1950-60 Artcurial, Paris. 1987 retrospective at Gimpel Fis. 64 Landscape 1962 collage 30 x 42 inches Exh: Gwyther Irwin Gimpel Fils 1963 as 'Untitled'