(1943 - )
Graham Gingles (born 1943) studied at the Belfast College of Art and the Hornsey College of Art. In 1980, he was awarded the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Scholarship to the British School at Rome. His first solo exhibition was at the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast in 1981 and he has since exhibited extensively at home and internationally. In 1988, Gingles received the Gold Medal from the Royal Academy Ulster. He is well known for his constructed boxes which he started making in 1969. His works are in major public collections including the Ulster Museum, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Queen’s University Belfast, the Irish Arts Council, and the Office of Public Work (Ireland).
