These works concern the south London street where I lived as child. Distant faint memories of games, minor humiliations and excitements merge with the presence of the street itself in glimpses of walls, pavements and shadows and with glimpses of contemporary political events of which at the time I was unaware but which influenced the rest of my life.
Recent group exhibitions
2008 Just Desserts, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, London
2007 Building Sites, Francis Hair Fashions Gallery, London
2007 Threads of Meaning, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2007 Mapping, Bury Art Gallery, Bury
2007 Series & Systems, Project Space at the London Art Fair, London
2007 In Their Own Words, End Gallery, Sheffield Hallam University
2007 Public Pages, Plymouth University, Plymouth
2006 Art For The General Strike!, Changing Room Gallery, London
2006 The Art of Hip Hop, Brighton University Gallery, Brighton
2005 arttextiles 3, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery travelling exhibition, touring UK
2005 Canvas, Babylon Gallery, Ely
website
www.tonyrickaby.co.uk
