steve garside artist & writer
Steve Garside was born and raised in the North West of England. He left school with no qualifications and painted council estate fences on a govt training scheme. The tutors available for the college part of the scheme taught Steve the finer points of decorating which included marbling and graining techniques.
After completing the training scheme, Steve joined the armed forces and was posted to a unit based in the UK. During his time in the forces, he was fortunate enough not to be posted to a conflict zone and spent his four years sweeping car parks and meeting people from the places he was posted to, which included Cyprus and the Falkland Islands. The former of which presented an opportunity to visit Jerusalem.
Post discharge from the forces, Steve drifted through several jobs, before he attended university to gain an education.
Steve considers himself to be a passenger in all things and has focused his life's memories to date into his art and the writing of prose and poetry.
Steve has had no formal training in art, and was given his first set of brushes by someone who had received them as a gift for themselves.
Forthcoming readings
01/09/2010 - Dead Good Poets Society, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
06/09/2010 - Poems on the Move Celebration Event, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU, Manchester
Performances
28/06/2008 - FOSIS conference - Salford University, England
19/10/2008 - Kulture Klub (Write Out Loud/Cartwheel Arts), Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale, England
19/02/2009 - Scribble Festival (Cartwheel Arts) - Rochdale Town Hall, England
12/03/2009 - Waterstone's, Trafford Centre (MMU MA creative writing), Manchester England
21/05/2009 - The Roby United Reform Church, Dickenson Road, Manchester, England
08/08/2009 - Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Bury, Greater Manchester, England
31/08/2009 - Isis Cafe, Levenshulme, Manchester, England
02/10/2009 - Tai Chi Hall, open mic (poets and players), Didsbury, Manchester, England
12/10/2009 - Magazine Pub, open mic, Bards of New Brighton, Merseyside
24/10/2009 - Arty Types Show, 8pm Tudor House Hotel, Wigan
12/12/2009 - Eastern Pearl Restaurant 250 Plymouth Grove, Manchester - EID charity dinner and auction
17/12/2009 - The Sandbar, Grosvenor St, Manchester - Poetry Beats Mines
19/12/2009 - The Royal Oak, Whitefield, Manchester - Megan's 21st Birthday
07/01/2010 - Everman Theatre, Liverpool - LIVERpoetry opening event
15/01/2010 - Green Room, Manchester - Desperately Seeking Alex charity event
27/01/2010 - The Bar, Bolton - Eclectricity
11/02/2010 - Albert Poets, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
20/02/2010 - Shakespeare House open evening event, Manchester England
02/03/2010 - Writeoutloud Open mic event, Hedben Bridge, Yorkshire
20/03/2010 - The Arty Types Charity Show, Tudor House Hotel, Wigan
07/07/2010 - Dead Good Poets Society, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
15/07/2010 - Freed Up, Green Room, Manchester
31/07/2010 - Gaza Appeal Evening, Usmania Banqueting Hall, Manchester
Radio
24/05/2009 - BBC Radio Manchester - Indus (as part of BBC poetry season)
Publications
01/11/2009 - Poster poems project, MMU, Manchester - (displayed on Manchester’s buses and trains)
23/06/2009 - Car Wash - http://www.rainycitystories.com/
01/11/2009 - 'Here' (Whispers on the Breeze, United Press)
01/05/2010 - 'The Chairs' and 'Exegesis' (The Strand Book of International Poets Anthology 2010, Strand Publishing, London)
01/05/2010 - 'Forecast'(Other Poetry Magazine, North East)
01/08/2010 - Poster poems project, MMU, Manchester - (displayed on Manchester’s buses and train stations)
Visual Art
01/11/08 - 01/12/08 - Primary colour works of views of Oldham - Oldham Community Art Gallery
20/07/09 - 31/08/09 - Lake Views (acrylic views of Hollingworth Lake, Littleborough, Rochdale) - Rochdale Touchstones Art Gallery, Cafe area
06/02/10 - 21/03/10 - Our World - landscape oil paintings of other people's travel photographs exhibited with audio recordings of children's poetry
01/08/2010 - Poster poems project, MMU, Manchester - (displayed on Manchester’s buses and train stations)
Several pieces of my artwork are also on permanent display in Oldham Community Art Gallery
I also keep a part time blog
http://www.sgarsideartworks.blogspot.com/
I also have a You Tube station
http://www.youtube.com/user/stevecgarside?gl=GB
