| Riduan Tomkins paintings resist simple categorization. There content and form is at once literal, figurative and abstract. Angels, acrobats, and couples inhabit geometric planes of soft colour and lyrical brushwork. Riduan Tomkins was born in England and has lived and worked as an artist and educator in Canada and New Zealand. His work is included in public and private collections in North America, South America, Europe, South East Asia and New Zealand, including: McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Paul Mellon, J. Walter Thompson, London, The Chase Manhattan Bank, NY, Estate of Betty Parsons, NY, USA, Margaret Walker London, England, Angela Flowers London, England, The Edward Albee Foundation, NY, NY, USA, Saatchi and Saatchi, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, Christchurch Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, National Bank of New Zealand, Art Gallery, University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Toronto University, Canada, MacDonald Stewart Gallery, Guelph, ON, Canada. |
