Media, Press & Bio

Trudie Tara Moulton

Born in Bristol, England in 1970, Trudie’s vibrant abstract paintings depict the unseen: spiritual landscapes bursting with expressive gesture and exuberant colour. She uses the possibilities of paint to convey in the abstract what is, so often, inaccessible via words —a place beyond time and space, where the spirit is free and anything is possible.

Trudie changed her name from Trudy Montgomery to Trudie Tara Moulton on 1 December 2023

EDUCATION  

  • Newlyn School of Art, Newlyn, Cornwall, UK: artist mentoring course (2016); professional practice course (2017)

  • Robin Child, Lydgate Art Research Centre, UK: Abstract Painting (2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)

  • Otis School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA: Painting, Drawing (2009)

  • Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, UK: Contemporary Art in London (2005)

  • Exeter University, UK: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) 2:1 Economics & Political Development (1989-1993) with ERASMUS year at Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France (1991-92)

 CURATORIAL projects

  • Curator, Art at L’Ermitage Beverly Hills: Andy Moses, Suzan Woodruff, America Martin and Trudy Montgomery (2011)

  • Curator, Explorations of Memory: Paintings by Jeremy Morgan and Miya Ando, Citibank building, San Francisco, CA. Co-curator Jan Casey, Casey & Associates (2006)

  • Founded Blue Tangerine Art, a boutique art advisory firm (2005)

  • Curated and produced Abstraction Is Dead, Long Live Abstraction, San Francisco, a group exhibition of 11 California artists including Ed Moses, James Hayward, Jonathon Keats, Andy Moses, Mel Davis, Sieglinde Van Damme and Nicola Wood (2005)

  • Advisory role: The Energy of Self, Explorations into the Heart of Abstraction, a group exhibition of abstract painting curated by Robin Child, Rosvik Collective, Marlborough, UK (2005)

  • Conceived and produced: Color Abstraction, a juried exhibition of contemporary abstract painting by eight emerging artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Judges: Nora Kabat Dolan, former curator of exhibitions and public programs at SITE Santa Fe, NM and Julie Cashmere co-founder of aov, an alternative contemporary art space in San Francisco, CA (2004)

 PRESS / MEDIA COVERAGE

  • Drift Cornwall - featured in article ‘Abstract Thinking’ (Volume 29, February 2023)

  • Drift Cornwall - Tethered selected for magazine cover art, and featured in article Ways of Seeing (Volume 22, August 2022)

  • DRIFT Art Review - Colours of Intuition: a 5 page interview with Dan Warden (February 2022)

  • Drift Cornwall - Starting Afresh selected for magazine cover art and featured in article Artists In Lockdown (Volume 7, November 2020)

  • Bath Life, featured in Sharpen Your Eye by Paul Marland (March 2020)

  • Cornwall Life, The Magic of Monochrome, p88 (December 2017)

  • Cornwall Today, Dazzling West Coast Colour (August 2017)

  • Exclusively British, In The Abstract (July / August 2017)

  • Cornwall Living, Masters In The Making, magazine cover and feature article by Mercedes Smith (January 2017)

  • Bath Life, How to Buy Art (January 2015: pp 39-44)

RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS 

  • Artist Residency, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece (2020)

  • Artist Mentoring / Informal Residency, Angus MacDonald: NSW, Australia (2013)

  • Artist Residency (Painting), Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India (2012)

  • First Prize for a Work On Canvas, Pacific Palisades Art Association, Los Angeles, CA. Judged by Head of Painting, Santa Monica Art College, CA (2010)

  • Director’s Choice, Runner Up: Viridian Artists’ 20th International Juried Exhibition, New York. Judged by Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum, New York (2009)

  • Chelsea Arts Club, London: Member

  • Newlyn Society of Artists, Cornwall: Member

  • Penwith Society of Arts in Cornwall: Associate Member

Exhibitions

  • Fresh Art Fair, Modern Art Buyer, Cheltenham, UK ((2023)

  • Fresh Art Fair, Modern Art Buyer at Cheltenham, UK (2022)

  • Summer Exhibition, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK (2022)

  • Galeria Santana, Rancho Santana, Nicaragua (2022)

  • Presence of Absence, The Mall Galleries, London (2021)

  • Past, Present, Future: 125 Year Anniversary Exhibition of the Newlyn Society of Artists, Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall (2021)

  • Spring Collection, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire, UK (2021)

  • Art Fluent, True Blue, online exhibition featuring Moody Blues (2021)

  • Fresh Art Fair, Modern Art Buyer at Cheltenham Racecourse, UK (2021

  • Associate Members Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall UK (2020)

  • Spring Collection, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire, UK (2020)

  • On Show, Newlyn Society of Artists’ 2019 Members’ Exhibition, Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall, UK (2019)

  • Associates Summer Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, UK (2019)

  • Ex Libris, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, UK - curated by Dr Ryya Bread, Curatorial Director for Kestle Barton (2019)

  • Spring Collection, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire, UK (2019)

  • CYPHER, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall, UK - curated by Dr Ryya Bread, Curatorial Director for Kestle Barton (2018)

  • Kober, Heseltine Gallery, Truro, Cornwall (2018)

  • Autumn Exhibition, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire (2018)

  • Mothers & Daughters, Circle Contemporary, Cornwall, UK (2018)

  • Spring Collection, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK (2018)

  • Affordable Art Fair Battersea Spring, Cricket Fine Art, London (2018)

  • RWA 165th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy of Art, Bristol, UK (2017)

  • Spring Open Exhibition 2017, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall, curated by Anthony Frost, (2017)

  • Opening Exhibition, Cricket Fine Art, Hungerford, UK (2017)

  • Spring Collection, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire, UK (2017)

  • Canopy, End of Year Exhibition for Newlyn School of Art's One Year Mentoring Course for Artists, PZ Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall, UK (2016)

  • Autumn Collection and 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire, UK (2016)

  • Out of Cornwall Present and Past, Cricket Fine Art, Chelsea, London (2016)

  • Spring & Autumn Exhibitions, Little Picture Show, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire, UK (2015)

  • Tanner & Lawson, Burnham Market, Norfolk, UK (2015)

  • Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Cricket Fine Art, London UK (2015)

  • 110th Annual Exhibition: Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK (2015)

  • Winter Light, David Simon Contemporary, Bath, UK (2014)

  • MMXIV, Marzia Frozen, Berlin, Germany (2014)

  • 109th Annual Exhibition: Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK (2014)

  • Spring Exhibition: Trudy Montgomery, Ben Hughes, Anna Glasbrook, Circle Bath, Bath, UK (2014)

  • Winter Colour, Lane House Arts, Bath, UK (2013)

  • Affordable Art Fair Seattle, Cricket Fine Art, Seattle, WA (2013)

  • 108th Annual Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Bath, UK (2013)

  • New Acquisitions, Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2013)

  • Consider the Lilies: Gallery 27, Cork Street, London, UK (2012)

  • Trudy Montgomery - Urban Landscapes: Porch, Santa Barbara, CA (2012)

  • 4 International Artists in Residence: John Ferguson (Aus), Vicki McConville (Aus), Trudy Montgomery (UK) and Lucia Moure (CH): Sanskriti Kendra Gallery, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India (2012)

  • Trudy Montgomery: The Water Garden, Santa Monica, CA (2012)

  • Winter Group Show, Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA (2012)

  • Light and Space, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, California - a group show inc. Andy Moses, Terri Yarbrow, Max Almy, Gisela Colon, Greg Renfrow, Trudy Montgomery, Eric Johnson (2011)

  • Summer Exhibition, Cricket Fine Art, London, UK (2011)

  • New Artists, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, USA (2010)

LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

  • The Creative Lifecycle: A Journey For Creativity - online class linking the Creative Lifecycle with Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (2023)

  • Creativity Sparks: a 4 month online workshop for artists to find their unique visual language, mapping to the Creative Lifecycle

  • Cypher Symposium, Marie Claire Hamon interviews Trudy Montgomery about The Mothers & The Daughters at Tremenheere Gallery, Cornwall UK (2018)

  • Artist Marketing Workshop, a one day workshop for artists, held in artists studios in London, Wiltshire and Bath (2015)

  • Ignite Your Art Career: a One Day Workshop for Visual Artists, Los Angeles, CA (2011)

  • Excellent Artist, Excellent Teacher: A Workshop for Arts Educators, Arts Education Professional Development Series hosted by the San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA (2009)

  • Top Ten Rules for New Collectors (lecture), San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco CA (2008)

  • Understanding the World of Art Collectors (for Artists) ICB Gallery, Sausalito, CA (2008)

  • The Art of Collecting, ARTiques design fair, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA (2008)