Grant Foster
b. 1982 Sussex, Grant Foster studied painting at the University of Brighton, and then went on to complete the Drawing Year in 2004-2006. In 2008 he was a prize-winner in the ‘John Moores 25 Contemporary Painting Prize’. Grant lives and works in London.
Jennifer Blake
b.1981 Israel. Studied painting at Canterbury Christchurch, graduated 2004. Went on to study for two years at The Prince’s Drawing School. Jenny draws to try to make visual sense of her environment, to think and problem solve – she often develops drawings into paintings. Her work in the arts has included curating exhibitions and teaching as well as making and selling her art.
Laura Smith
b. 1980, Surrey. Laura Smith studied BA in Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art where she won the Slade Life Drawing Prize after which she spent one year on the Drawing Year, winning the Richard Ford Award. She prefers to work directly from observation. She has recently had an exhibition at 54 The Gallery, Mayfair and currently shows with the Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh.
Rowan James
Rowan studied his BA at Glasgow School of Art, 1994 -1997. He has won various scholarships and awards, including: The RSA John Kinross Memorial Scholarship, the Julia Gompertz scholarship and the 'Arts Club Excellence in Drawing Award'. In 2007 Rowan had a solo show at Ewan Mundy Fine Art, and he regularly exhibits in the London art fairs with Ewan Mundy. Rowan’s paintings and drawings are in the Royal collection, the Royal Scottish Academy, and private collections around the world.
Daniel Preece
b. 1970. Daniel Preece studied at Chelsea School of Art 1988–89, the Slade School of Fine Art 1989-93 and at the Princes Drawing School 2006-07. Received a Boise Scholarship to travel and make work in the USA in 1995 – 96. Daniel had a solo show at Gillions Art, in 2008 and exhibited at with Flowers East ‘Small is Beautiful’ and John Martin ‘Altitude’ at Ashurst, Sarah Myerscough, ‘Subjective’ in 2005 and Five New Artists at Purdy Hicks in 2002. Recent commissions have been for Bayer plc and the Topland Group and a private client in New York. His work is in both private and public collections including University College London, Bayer plc, Unilever plc and the Canary Wharf Group.
Daniel Shadbolt
b. 1980 Hertfordshire. Daniel Shadbolt studied BA Painting at Chelsea (2000-3), followed by the Drawing Year (2003-4) and has since been based in London. Portraits have been exhibited at the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize, the BP Portrait Award, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and has shown paintings independently at various galleries and other spaces. This year (2008-9) he is the recipient of the Bulldog Bursary, and will be showing work in May at the Mall Galleries.
Alessia E.R. Avellino
b. Sofia, Bulgaria, 1972. Alessia Avellino studied Foundation at Chelsea College of Art and went on to a BA in Drawing and Painting at Camberwell College of Arts where she was awarded 'The Painter Stainers Bursary for Easel Painting' and 'The Bruce Church Travel Scholarship’ which took her to New York for an eight month project. In 2004 she won 'The Hugh Casson Drawing Prize' at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, alongside Paula Rego and Frank Auerbach.
Her work is monochromatic and based on space light and the exploration of land and city scapes.
Eleanor Bedlow
Elanor Bedlow graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Falmouth College of Arts in 2005. Soon after, she founded Clash Art; a group of artists who feel they grew up with multiple cultures. Completing the Drawing year in 2008, she continues to use drawing as her main media. Eleanor likes to encourage the students in the Young Artists Programme to be ambitious in the drawings they create.
Rydal Hanbury
b. 1957 Oxford. Rydal Hanbury studied her BA in Fine Art at the University of Hertfordshire, winning the University Award in 1999 & 2004. She completed the Drawing Year 2008. Rydal won 1st Prize in "Hung, Drawn and Quartered”; her drawing was converted into a 75ft hoarding covering part of the Tower of London, for a 3 year Restoration Project. She is interested in drawing as a means of 'capturing the present moment in time' within a defined area. Its containment, claustrophobic and repetitive aspects, patterns and rhythms. She is at present working on drawings on the Square Mile around the City of London.
Henry Gibbons Guy
Henry studied painting at Glasgow School of Art and came to London to study at The Princes Drawing School; going on to work in the school’s Print Room and then for the Young Artists Programme. Most of his paintings are of various areas in London – Hackney farm, Hampstead Heath, Primrose Hill or the view out the bedroom window – some painted on the spot and others from drawings and memory. Wandering around and drawing ‘little moments’ is an important part of his daily routine. His favourite places in London are the National Gallery and the many small hidden bookshops.
Helen Burgess
b.1980. Helen studied BA Illustration at Falmouth School of Art, graduating in 2003. For her, drawing is a vital tool for processing experience and she enjoys the exciting visual encounters that London provides. She is currently a 2nd year student at The Prince's Drawing School.
Alex Cree
b. 1980. Alex Cree studied Fine Art BA at Canterbury Christchurch College, and completed the Postgraduate Programme at The Prince's Drawing School. He has recently exhibited at Summerleaze Gallery, Wiltshire, Untitled Gallery, Barcelona and The Mall Galleries, London.
Pippa Ridley
Born Caribbean 1980. Pippa Ridley studied at The Slade 98-2002 and on The Drawing Year 2004-06. Exhibitions in London include Jerwood Drawing Prize, Discerning Eye, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Barbican Arts Group Open (commended) and shows at Artonomy Fine art, Cornwall.
Much time is spend making quick drawings on the streets, undergrounds and in cafes trying to capture the 'happenings'. The larger collages and paintings usually start from observational drawing to create a 'real' space which then develop into metaphorical or psychological space and in some instances the imagined world takes over. Through paint and collage the work explores formal contrasts of flat patterned surface with spatial depth as well as narrative.
Ben Nathan
Ben Nathan finished studying at the Prince's Drawing School in 2009. He graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. During his time at the Slade, he went on an exchange to Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.
Ben Nathan's paintings are partly a response to his explorations in and around London. Most of his work is inspired by out-of-bounds areas and industrial landscapes that he finds fascinating. He attempts to create an inhabited space, where the viewer is somewhat drawn into his world.
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Kim Scouller
b.1980, Glasgow. Kim Scouller studied painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, graduating in 2003 and at the Prince's Drawing School 2007-09. In 2005 she won the Aspect Prize, an award given to an emerging Scottish artist and the Anna Miller Scolarship in 2007 for young female Scottish painters. She has worked on a number of portrait commissions and has had work included in the BP Portrait Award. Her work is represented by the Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone.
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Hannah Turner-Duffin
b.1984 London. Hannah studied BA Fine Art at University College Falmouth 2004-2007. Completed the Drawing Year 2009 and is currently an artist in residence at The Princes Drawing School.
Hannah’s current works are landscape confabulations. Imagined plains are collated with childhood memories and found images in an attempt to get a hold on a place or situation somewhere between nature, our own reality or dreamland. Working in paint, print and drawing, facts are inked in and emerge as a mental space, a pixelated flashback or static daydream.
Inspectors make a common appearance in her work. These characters conduct explorations of natural phenomena and beauty, failed inventions (hearing apparatus in particular), current affairs, industrial landmarks, and particular memories amongst others.
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