Cuillin Bantock

Cuillin Bantock (born 29 July 1935) is a British abstract painter and zoologist. He lives and works in London, UK. Bantock worked as a professional environmentalist in London and elsewhere. His main interest was evolutionary ecology and his children's book "The Story of Life" published in 1983, is in the collections of more than 100 libraries in 2016.
Early life.
Bantock was born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, son of Raymond Bantock and Margaret More. His grandfather was classical composer Sir Granville Bantock. Bantock read zoology at Oxford University from 1955 to 1958 and was then awarded a three-year Christopher Welch Scholarship of the University for research in developmental cytogenetics. MA and D.Phil. degrees were awarded to him in 1965.
In 1961, he studied painting for three years at Camberwell College of Art in London.
Career.
Bantock worked as a research supervisor and senior lecturer in genetics at the Polytechnic of North London from 1966 to 1989. He was a member of The Field Studies Council Executive Committee and consultant advisor to the Science Research Council (UK), the National Environmental Research Council (UK) and the National Science Foundation (USA) c.1975-1985. He was a member of the London Wildlife Executive Council 1985–1989.
His main research area was in the ecological genetics of gastropod molluscs, on which he published over 20 papers in the international scientific literature. He contributed to several scientific books. His "The Story of Life" published by Walker Books Ltd in 1983 is included in "The Museum of Science and Industry Basic List of Children's Science Books".
After his retirement in 1989, Bantock became a full-time painter. A lifelong familiarity with a particular North Welsh dune system is a constant preoccupation in all his work, both abstract and figurative. His work has been exhibited in the UK, Canada and USA. He was the co-founder of Harlech Biennale 1994 and between 1994 and 2006 he has curated and co-curated more than 40 exhibitions in a number of venues in the UK, and organized art sales. He is the author of several exhibition catalogues and essays.
He was artist adviser to Space from 1996 to 2004 and was co-founder member, company secretary and trustee of The Art in Perpetuity Trust from 1995 to 2015. He engaged in successful fund-raising from the Arts Council and other bodies.
Since 2014 he has been represented by Richeldis Fine Art.