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EDUCATION

 

1994 - 1997

Post Graduate Diploma
Royal Academy Schools, London

1991 - 1994

First Class Honours. B.A. Fine Art, Painting
Central St Martins College of Art & Design

1981 - 1983

Distinction Dip. H.E Art & Design in a social context
Dartington College of Arts, Totnes, Devon

 

WORK OWNED BY PUBLIC GALLERIES

 

2005

'Baroness Onara O'Neil', National Portrait Gallery

2002

'Victoria Park I & II', Frissiras Museum, Athens

2002

'Fiona Shaw', National Portrait Gallery

2002

'Fiona Shaw', Crawford Museum, Cork

1995

'Self-Portrait', Unilever

 

AWARDS

 

2005

Selected for the Garrick/Milne prize exhibition, at Christie's, September

2000

First Prize, BP Portrait Award

1997

Aeneas Travel Scholarship

1996

First Prize, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Annual Show
Eric Kennington Award for best Academic Drawing
W.H. Patterson Award for Painting

 

SELECTED PORTRAIT COMMISIONS

 

2008

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams

2007

Sir Brian Follett

2007

Dame Shirley Williams

2006

Queen of Denmark HM Margrethe II, Denmark

2006

Baroness Usha Kamari Prashar, London

2004

Baroness Onora Sylvia O'Neil, Cambridge

2003

Mareta Doyle, Cork

2002

Fiona Shaw CBE, London

1998

Julie Myerson, London

1997

Brian Harris, Cheshire

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2009

54 Burnfoot Avenue, London

2002

Elgin Gallery, London

2001

Elgin Gallery, London

2000

Elgin Gallery, London

2000

Lawrence Graham, London

1999

Modern Gallery, London
Modern Gallery, London
Lawrence Graham, London

1997

Cassian Devere Cole Gallery, London

1996

Cassian Devere Cole Gallery, London

1995

Philips Contempory Art, Manchester

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2005

Garrick Milne, Christie's, London

2004

Open Studios, Hertford Road, London

2002

Open Studios, Hertford Road, London

2002

BP Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London

2001

Open Studios, Hertford Road, London

1998

Open Studios, Carpenters Road, London

1997

Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Final Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

1996

Interim Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Annual Show, Manchester Academy of Arts

1995

Art '95, Business Design Centre, London
Interim Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Elemental, Blue Gallery, London
Contemporary Arts Society, Royal Festival Hall, London

1994

Fresh Art, London
Arte Viva, Senegalia, Italy
First Choice, Grosvenor Street Gallery, London
Blue Gallery, London
Contemporary Arts Society, Royal Festival Hall, London

 

SOCIAL PROJECTS

 

1999 – 2007

The Bromley-By-Bow Centre - Portrait painting project in baby clinic

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