Pogus Caesar
Encyclopedia
Pogus Caesar is a British
artist, television producer and director. He was born in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in Birmingham
, England
.
artist Georges-Pierre Seurat
, one of the foremost exponents of the pointillist technique. Whilst Seurat built up his compositions from a multitude of tiny coloured spots, Caesar developed his own technique by using simple pens and ink; composing his paintings with thousands of tiny dots. This minutely detailed use of a fountain pen means that even the smaller works take several months to complete.
During the early 1980s Caesar became director of the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Arts Service, the organisation promoted multicultural arts regionally and nationally. Caesar was also the first Chairman of Birmingham International Film & Television Festival. For the Arts Council of Great Britain he has curated and contributed to major shows by black British artists including Into the Open (1984) and Caribbean Expressions in Britain (1986).
During the late 1980s Caesar started working in British television - originally as a journalist on Channel 4
's "Black on Black
" then as producer and director of entertainment, sport and multi cultural programmes for Central Television, Carlton Television
and BBC
. Radio programmes include "Mr & Mrs Smith" BRMB Radio and "The Windrush E. Smith Show" BBC West Midlands
. In 1993 he formed his own production company, Windrush Productions. His productions include I'm Black in Britain, Respect
, Drumbeat and the award winning multicultural series Xpress
.
As a photographer and artist Caesar has worked in Spain, India, South America and Sweden and Denmark, South Africa, Albania and Jamaica. He has documented the artists, musicians, poets and politicians that he met and with whom he collaborated - including Stevie Wonder
, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Jesse Jackson
and Paul Robeson Jr. These and other images acquired by Mappin Art Gallery Sheffield, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery represent important visual documents recording key figures in black British history. Caesar's first publication 'Muzik Kinda Sweet', is a photography book featuring legendary black musicians including Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Stevie Wonder
and Grace Jones
. The foreword for the book was written by Paul Gilroy
and published by Punch / OOM Gallery Archive in 2010.
Selected exhibitions include:
Bradford
1986 Solo exhibition
Throughout the years Pogus Caesar has provided support and development for a host of educational and cultural initiatives throughout the city of Birmingham
and The Midlands
regions.
Caesar's photographs and extensive archives documenting Birmingham Black History is held in Birmingham Central Library Archives, Digital Handsworth and Connecting Histories. He has exhibited widely, his work held in public and private collections in the United Kingdom, Europe
and USA. OOM Gallery a Birmingham
based gallery represents Caesar's work worldwide. Their archives include Caesar's extensive photographic record of the Handsworth riots
of 1985 and the redevelopment of the Birmingham Bull Ring
2000 - 2003. OOM Gallery also showcases limited edition photomontages, films and organises contemporary exhibitions. Caesar has lectured on media, photography and art related issues at Birmingham University and Wolverhampton University.
Images from OOM Gallery Archives have been used by BBC TV, Carlton TV, Macmillan Publishers
, Outside Left Magazine, University of Warwick
, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton University, Digital Handsworth, Birmingham Central Library
, The History Channel
, Connecting Histories, Whats On Magazine, Fused Magazine
, Teachers TV
, The Otolith Group, Birmingham City Archives, Sunday Mercury
, Dollee.com IOnOne Magazine. FACT
, Punch Records
Liverpool University Press
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
artist, television producer and director. He was born in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
History
A self taught artist who took up painting seriously in his early 20s, following a series of short term employment. His early work was greatly influenced by French impressionistImpressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
artist Georges-Pierre Seurat
Georges-Pierre Seurat
Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising a technique of painting known as pointillism...
, one of the foremost exponents of the pointillist technique. Whilst Seurat built up his compositions from a multitude of tiny coloured spots, Caesar developed his own technique by using simple pens and ink; composing his paintings with thousands of tiny dots. This minutely detailed use of a fountain pen means that even the smaller works take several months to complete.
During the early 1980s Caesar became director of the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Arts Service, the organisation promoted multicultural arts regionally and nationally. Caesar was also the first Chairman of Birmingham International Film & Television Festival. For the Arts Council of Great Britain he has curated and contributed to major shows by black British artists including Into the Open (1984) and Caribbean Expressions in Britain (1986).
During the late 1980s Caesar started working in British television - originally as a journalist on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's "Black on Black
Black on Black
Black on Black is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1982. The second Jennings record, after 1977's Ol' Waylon, to be produced by Chips Moman, who had collaborated with Willie Nelson on Always on My Mind, Nelson's most successful album, Black on Black features a different sound...
" then as producer and director of entertainment, sport and multi cultural programmes for Central Television, Carlton Television
Carlton Television
Carlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties including the cities of Solihull and Coventry of the West Midlands, south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire,...
and BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. Radio programmes include "Mr & Mrs Smith" BRMB Radio and "The Windrush E. Smith Show" BBC West Midlands
BBC West Midlands
BBC West Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire - although the county as part of the south west...
. In 1993 he formed his own production company, Windrush Productions. His productions include I'm Black in Britain, Respect
Respect (TV series)
Respect was a ground breaking seven part documentary television series featuring some of the biggest names in British sport and was broadcast each Sunday at 5.00pm on Central Independent Television during November/December 1995....
, Drumbeat and the award winning multicultural series Xpress
Xpress
Xpress may refer to:*Xpress , an award winning multi cultural entertainment series*Xpress, a regional passenger bus service provided by the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority in metropolitan Atlanta...
.
As a photographer and artist Caesar has worked in Spain, India, South America and Sweden and Denmark, South Africa, Albania and Jamaica. He has documented the artists, musicians, poets and politicians that he met and with whom he collaborated - including Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to...
and Paul Robeson Jr. These and other images acquired by Mappin Art Gallery Sheffield, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The building was funded and constructed by local contractor Philip Horsman , and built on land provided by the Council...
and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery represent important visual documents recording key figures in black British history. Caesar's first publication 'Muzik Kinda Sweet', is a photography book featuring legendary black musicians including Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
and Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
. The foreword for the book was written by Paul Gilroy
Paul Gilroy
-Biography:Born in the East End of London to Guyanese and English parents , he was educated at University College School and obtained his bachelor's degree at Sussex University in 1978. He moved from there to Birmingham University where he completed his Ph.D...
and published by Punch / OOM Gallery Archive in 2010.
Selected exhibitions include:
- "Pogus Caesar Paintings" Cartwright HallCartwright HallCartwright Hall is the civic art gallery in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, situated about a mile from the city centre in the Manningham district....
, BradfordBradfordBradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
1985 Solo exhibition - "Instamatic Views of New York" National Museum of Film and Photography,
Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
1986 Solo exhibition
- "Into The Open" Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield 1984, (As Curator/Exhibitor) Group exhibition
- "Caribbean Expressions In Britain" The Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery 1986 Central Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton 1986 Cartwright Hall, Bradford 1987 (As Curator/Exhibitor) Group exhibition
- "Break In The SealBreak In The SealBreak In The Seal is a photographic exhibition by two United Kingdom black artists: Pogus Caesar, born in St Kitts, and Vanley Burke from Jamaica. Both came to the United Kingdom from the West Indies as children...
" Herbert Art Gallery, CoventryCoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
1988 Joint exhibition - "Sharp Voices, Still Lives" Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1990 Group exhibition
- "Vibes: The Roots of Urban Music" Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry 2004 / Birmingham Museum & Art GalleryBirmingham Museum & Art GalleryBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England.Entrance to the Museum and Art Gallery is free, but some major exhibitions in the Gas Hall incur an entrance fee...
2005 Group exhibition - "Burning Images - Revolution Through The Lens" The Drum, Birmingham 2005 Group exhibition
- "Handsworth Riots - Twenty Summers OnHandsworth Riots - Twenty Summers OnHandsworth Riots - Twenty Summers On is the name of an exhibition of photographs taken by Birmingham film maker and photographer Pogus Caesar during and in the wake of the Handsworth Riots, 9th - 11 September 1985....
" OOM Gallery / BBC Mailbox Birmingham 2005 Solo exhibition - "Muzik Kinda Sweet - Photographs 1985 - 2009" OOM Gallery Birmingham]2005 Solo exhibition
- "From Jamaica Row - Rebirth of the Bullring" OOM Gallery Birmingham 2006 Solo exhibition
- "Seeing Slavery" Potteries Museum & Art GalleryPotteries Museum & Art GalleryThe Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is in Hanley, one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Admission is free.One of the four local authority museums in the City, the other three being Gladstone Pottery Museum, Ford Green Hall and Etruria Industrial Museum, The Potteries Museum & Art...
Stoke-on-TrentStoke-on-TrentStoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
2007 Group exhibition
- "Religion, Slavery and Diaspora" Horniman Museum & Garden London 2007 Group exhibition
- "Trespassers Will Be Shot - Survivors Will Be Shot Again - Images of Joburg & Capetown" Friction Arts Birmingham 2007 Solo exhibition
- "The Art of Ideas, Birmingham, UK 2008 Group exhibition
- "That Beautiful Thing" Wolverhampton Art GalleryWolverhampton Art GalleryWolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The building was funded and constructed by local contractor Philip Horsman , and built on land provided by the Council...
WolverhamptonWolverhamptonWolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
2008 Solo exhibition
- "That Beautiful Thing" Three White Walls Gallery BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
2008 Solo exhibition
- "From Jamaica Row - Rebirth of the Bullring" Kinetic AIU BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
2008 - 09 Solo exhibition - 'Muzik Kinda Sweet - Photographs 1985 - 2009" Fazeley Studios BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
2009 Solo exhibition
- "Pattern Recognition" The City Gallery LeicesterLeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
2009 Group exhibition - "Participation - The film and workshop movement 1979 - 1991" VIVIDVivid-Music:*Vivid , a Japanese rock band*Vivid , the 1988 debut album by Living Colour*"Vivid", a song by Fairy Fore*Vivid: Kissing You, Sparkling, Joyful Smile, a 2008 mini-album also known simply as Vivid, by Korean singer BoA...
BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
Exhibition and archive project 2009
- "South Africa - Brighter Flame" Symphony HallSymphony HallSymphony Hall usually refers to:* Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USAIt may also refer to:Concert Halls* Allentown Symphony Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA* Phoenix Symphony Hall in Phoenix, Arizona, USA...
BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
2010 Solo exhibition
Throughout the years Pogus Caesar has provided support and development for a host of educational and cultural initiatives throughout the city of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and The Midlands
English Midlands
The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
regions.
Caesar's photographs and extensive archives documenting Birmingham Black History is held in Birmingham Central Library Archives, Digital Handsworth and Connecting Histories. He has exhibited widely, his work held in public and private collections in the United Kingdom, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and USA. OOM Gallery a Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
based gallery represents Caesar's work worldwide. Their archives include Caesar's extensive photographic record of the Handsworth riots
Handsworth riots
The Handsworth riots may refer to:* 1981 Handsworth riots* 1985 Handsworth riots* 1991 Handsworth riots...
of 1985 and the redevelopment of the Birmingham Bull Ring
Bull ring
Bull ring may refer to:*The arena in which bullfighting takes place, see bullring,*The Bull Ring, a henge in England;*Bull Ring, Birmingham - a city-centre area of Birmingham, England;...
2000 - 2003. OOM Gallery also showcases limited edition photomontages, films and organises contemporary exhibitions. Caesar has lectured on media, photography and art related issues at Birmingham University and Wolverhampton University.
Images from OOM Gallery Archives have been used by BBC TV, Carlton TV, Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
, Outside Left Magazine, University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Wolverhampton University, Digital Handsworth, Birmingham Central Library
Birmingham Central Library
Birmingham Central Library is the main public library in Birmingham, England, and the largest non-national library in Europe. It is managed by Birmingham City Council...
, The History Channel
The History Channel
History, formerly known as The History Channel, is an American-based international satellite and cable TV channel that broadcasts a variety of reality shows and documentary programs including those of fictional and non-fictional historical content, together with speculation about the future.-...
, Connecting Histories, Whats On Magazine, Fused Magazine
Fused Magazine
Fused Magazine is an art, design, music and fashion magazine based in Birmingham, England and distributed throughout the United Kingdom.It is published bi-monthly and distributed through both free and paid-for channels...
, Teachers TV
Teachers TV
Teachers TV was a website and former free-to-air Distance education television channel which provided video and support materials for those who work in education in the UK, including teachers, school leaders, governors, teacher trainers, student teachers and support staff.Its aims included raising...
, The Otolith Group, Birmingham City Archives, Sunday Mercury
Sunday Mercury
Sunday Mercury is a Sunday tabloid published in Birmingham, UK, and owned by Trinity Mirror.The first editor was John Turner Fearon , who left the Dublin-based Freeman's Journal to take up the position...
, Dollee.com IOnOne Magazine. FACT
Federation Against Copyright Theft
The Federation Against Copyright Theft is a trade organisation in the UK established to represent the interests of the its members in the film and broadcasting business on copyright and trademark issues. Established in 1983, FACT works with law enforcement agencies on copyright-infringement issues...
, Punch Records
Punch Records
Punch Records is UK's premier Music & Arts development agency - It produces concerts, festivals, tours and innovative educational & outreach programmes for young people-History:...
Liverpool University Press
Liverpool University Press
Liverpool University Press, founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press....
As presenter
- Here & Now (Central Television 1985-1989)
- I'm Black In Britain (Central Television 1993) - also Producer. 30 min documentary investigating racism in Britain.
- "Drumbeat" (Carlton Television) 1999 - also Series Editor. 6x60 min entertainment/current affairs series.
As series editor
- Drumbeat (Carlton Television 1999) - also Series Editor. 6 x 60 min entertainment / current affairs series
As producer / director
- An Eye On XAn Eye On XAn Eye On X , 1995, is a short film produced and directed by Pogus Caesar,about the extraordinary Birmingham micro sculptor Willard Wigan.An Eye On X was filmed in Birmingham, UK.-Synopsis:...
Windrush Productions/Carlton Television/Arts Council of Great BritainArts Council of Great BritainThe Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England , the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales...
1995) Film on micro sculptor Willard Wigan - "AaliyahAaliyahAaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside...
" Windrush Productions/Carlton Television 1995 - "Edwin StarrEdwin StarrEdwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:...
" Windrush Productions/Carlton Television 1995 - "Love in Kenya" Windrush Productions / Carlton Television 1995. English woman on holiday finds love with Kenyan man.
- "15 Minute Meals" (Windrush Productions / Carlton Television) 1995. Six chefs from around the world cook up local dishes in 15 minutes.
- XpressXpressXpress may refer to:*Xpress , an award winning multi cultural entertainment series*Xpress, a regional passenger bus service provided by the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority in metropolitan Atlanta...
(Windrush Productions/Carlton Television) 1995) 12 x 30 min entertainment series - RespectRespect (TV series)Respect was a ground breaking seven part documentary television series featuring some of the biggest names in British sport and was broadcast each Sunday at 5.00pm on Central Independent Television during November/December 1995....
(Carlton Television 1995) 6 x 30min sports series / documentary on Boxer Lennox LewisLennox LewisLennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship... - espect (TV series) (Carlton Television 1995) 6 x 30min sports series / documentary on Rugby player Martin OffiahMartin OffiahMartin Offiah MBE is an English former rugby league and rugby union footballer.He is known as "Chariots" Offiah after the film Chariots of Fire...
- RespectRespect (TV series)Respect was a ground breaking seven part documentary television series featuring some of the biggest names in British sport and was broadcast each Sunday at 5.00pm on Central Independent Television during November/December 1995....
(Carlton 1995) 6 x 30min sports series / documentaries on Athlete Judy SimpsonJudy SimpsonJudith Earline Veronica Simpson , is a former British heptathlete. She competed in three Commonwealth Games, 1982, 1986 and 1990, winning a silver, gold and bronze respectively in the heptathlon... - RespectRespect (TV series)Respect was a ground breaking seven part documentary television series featuring some of the biggest names in British sport and was broadcast each Sunday at 5.00pm on Central Independent Television during November/December 1995....
(Carlton 1995) 6 x 30min sports series / documentary on Footballer Tony DaleyTony DaleyAnthony Mark Daley is an English former footballer, who made the vast majority of his appearances for Aston Villa, playing mainly as a winger, well known for his pace... - RespectRespect (TV series)Respect was a ground breaking seven part documentary television series featuring some of the biggest names in British sport and was broadcast each Sunday at 5.00pm on Central Independent Television during November/December 1995....
(Carlton 1995) 6 x 30min sports series / documentary on Athlete John RegisJohn Regis (athlete)John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams... - RespectRespect (TV series)Respect was a ground breaking seven part documentary television series featuring some of the biggest names in British sport and was broadcast each Sunday at 5.00pm on Central Independent Television during November/December 1995....
(Carlton 1995) 6 x 30min sports series / documentary on Disabled Tennis Player Diana Bowles - The A-Force (BBC 1997) 6 x 60 min entertainment series, ifestyle film on Jada Pinkett SmithJada Pinkett SmithJada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, producer, director, author, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True Colors. She starred in A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured...
, Dave Chapelle, John Singleton, Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
in CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - "The A-Force" (BBC 1997) 6 x 60 min entertainment series, ifestyle film of Footballer George WeahGeorge WeahGeorge Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah is a Liberian humanitarian and politician, and an ex-footballer. He ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2005 election, losing to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the second round of voting...
in ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... - "The A-Force" (BBC 1997) 6 x 60 min entertainment series, Lifestyle film of Footballer [John Barnes in ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
- The Way ForwardThe Way ForwardFord Motor Company's restructuring plan, made public in 2006, is known as The Way Forward.Ford is attempting to reduce fixed capital costs while maintaining a special focus on cars and car-based crossover vehicles. Over time, it hopes to make more of its product line profitable instead of relying...
(Windrush/Birmingham Education Dept 1999)
As director / producer
- "Francesca's Key" (OOM Gallery/Isis Regeneration/MADE) 2007 Fantasy adventure film.
- ReflectionsReflections (documentary)Reflections is a 1999 documentary film tracing the lives of three individuals who migrated to Britain from the West Indies in search of a better life.-Film:'Reflections' was filmed on location in St Kitts, Nevis and Birmingham, England...
Windrush Productions Millennium CommissionMillennium CommissionThe Millennium Commission in the United Kingdom was set up to aid communities at the end of the 2nd millennium and the start of the 3rd millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National Lottery....
1999 - also Producer. - Forward Ever Backward Never (Windrush Productions 2002) commissioned by London based Artangel Interaction - located in CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, tragic love story set against the backdrop of 19th century slavery. Screened at LumiereLumière-Characters:*Lumière , one of the two main characters of the 2002 anime series Kiddy Grade*Lumiere, a character in the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast-Places:*Lumière, a restaurant in Vancouver, Canada...
, London / UGC Cinema Arcadian, Birmingham / Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham / Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts CentreWarwick Arts CentreWarwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. It attracts around 300,000 visitors a year to over 3,000 individual events embracing contemporary and classical music, drama, dance, comedy, films and visual art.Warwick Arts Centre comprises six...
/ Unity Theatre, Liverpool. - "Should Black Art Still Be Beautiful" 2006 - as Executive Producer
- "The DiverThe DiverThe Diver is a sculpture by John Kaufman located in the River Thames at Rainham, east London and is the only sculpture standing in the River Thames...
" Film set against the backdrop of Morocco, young boy in search of his father and gets caught up in terrorist web. 2008 - 'Aaliyah Live in Amsterdam" The late hip hop superstar Aaliyah filmed live in concert Amsterdam 1995.2010
External links
- http://81press.net/2011/03/08/sparkbook-pride-by-pogus-caesar-punch-and-oom-gallery-archive-2011/
- http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//24334.html Saatchi Online
- http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2009/03/20/photo-exhibition-of-black-music-legends-in-birmingham-65233-23187558/Muzik Kinda Sweet exhibition in Birmingham
- South Africa - A Brighter Flame exhibition - Symphony Hall Birmingham / OOM Gallery
- /05/08/life-through-a-lens-with-pogus-caesar-65233-20881116/ Birmingham Post
- Behind The Lens Of Pogus Caesar BBC TV
- http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/art_news/the_art_of_ideas_birmingham_uk/4437
- Pogus Caesar Galleries at Digital Handsworth
- Pogus Caesar at [Birmingham City Council]
- Pogus Caesar at the OOM Gallery
- Creation For Liberation exhibition UK
- Pogus Caesar at virtualbrum.co.uk
- The Pogus Caesar / OOM Gallery Archive at Birmingham City Archives United Kingdom
- Handsworth Riots - Twenty Summers On / pogus caesar
- http://www.oomgallery.net/gallery.asp?location=6&c=251'From Jamaica Row - Rebirth of the Bullring' photographs of the development of Birmingham's Bullring OOM Gallery/Pogus Caesar
- - Pogus Caesar/Black History Month/BBC TV
- .Pogus Caesar interview for Outsideleft Magazine (Los Angeles)
- 'A Different Reality-minority struggles in Britain. Warwick University
- VIBES/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
- Stirrer
- Tribute to Isaac Hayes
- Screen WM Access Executives
- / An Eye On X - Arts On Film
- Birmingham Life article - History in the making
- Birmingham Post article - Life Through A Lens
- OOM With A View: Pogus Caesar Past, Present Futuristic
- City artist Pogus Caesar's best work in focus
- The Art of Ideas
- http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council--services/lc/leicester-city-museums/exhibitions/city-gallery-exhibitions Pattern Recognition exhibition, The City Gallery LeicesterLeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
- Burning Images Exhibition 2005