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BIOGRAPHY / CV ‘The majority of Shaun Ferguson’s wonderfully atmospheric and sensitively expressed paintings are inspired by the figure, and usually this is the figure caught in a quiet, contemplative mood. His work involves an intriguing balance between subject matter, painterly considerations and interpretation, offering challenges and qualities that lift it well beyond straightforward portraiture, which in fact is never his objective. Interestingly, although he quite often adopts the conventional head and shoulders ‘portrait’ composition for his figure subjects, in seeking a more individual, painterly result he instils in the work a strong sense of energy and tension’. Robin Capon –The Artists’ Magazine, Jan 2006 Extract from feature- ‘Shaun Ferguson Master Class’ Education 1985 – 88 Royal Academy of Arts- Post Graduate Diploma in Painting 1982 – 85 University of Trent, Nottingham- BA (Hons) in Fine Art 1981 – 82 Chester College of Further Education- Foundation Diploma . One Man Exhibitions 2011 Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea London 2009 Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea London 2007 Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea London 2005 Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea London 2004 Fairfax Gallery at Gallery 21, Cork Street, London 2000 Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells 1991 Solomon Gallery, Dublin Eire . Group Exhibitions 2000-11 Regular mixed exhibitions at the Fairfax Gallery in London / Norfolk and Tunbridge Wells 2011 Singapore Art Fair- F1 Pit Building 2011 The Discerning Eye (Invited), Mall Galleries London 2011 New York Affordable Art Fair 2006/7/8/9/10/11 Glasgow International Arts fair 2005/6/7/8/9/10/11 London Art Fair, Islington London 2005/9/7/8/9/10/11 Battersea Arts Fair, London 2004 Art London, Chelsea, London 2003 Art London, Chelsea, London 2003 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 2002 Two Person Show, Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk 2002 Battersea Arts Fair, London 2001 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London 2001 Battersea Arts Fair, London 1999 Fairfax Gallery, Xmas Exhibition, Tunbridge Wells 1999 The Human Form, (4 Painters) Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells 1999 ‘Fragments’, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton 1998 Fairfax Gallery, Xmas Exhibition, Tunbridge Wells 1998 ‘Fragments’, Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff 1998 Sussex Open, Brighton Museum 1997 Two Person Show, Brighton Arts Club 1996 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries London 1996 Two Person Show, Phoenix Gallery Brighton 1994 Aspects of Irish Art 1960-90, Dublin Museum of Modern Art, Eire 1993 Sussex Open, Brighton Museum 1992 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 1992 The Royal Academy Summer Show, London 1992 ‘Critics Choice’, Cooling Gallery, London 1992 Sussex Open Brighton Museum 1991 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 1991 The British Art Show, Roy Miles Gallery London 1991 The Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Show, Dublin, Eire 1991 Henry Wyndham Fine Art, London 1990 The Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London 1990 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 1990 Henry Wyndham Fine Art, London 1990 The New English Arts Club, Mall Galleries, London 1988 ‘Arts Alfresco’, Royal Academy London 1987 Young Masters 87, Kunsthuas im Welserhof, Germany 1987 Young Masters 87, Solomon Gallery, London . Awards and Scholarships 1990 The Discerning Eye, First Prize; New Discovery Award 1990 The Henry Wyndham Prize 1989 The Elizabeth Greenshields Award 1988 The David Murray Award; for Landscape Painting 1988 The Richard Ford Award; Spanish Scholarship . Reviews/Publications 2009 Fairfax Gallery Catalogues 2008 Dictionary of International Biography 2007 Fairfax Gallery Catalogues 2007 Who’s Who in Fine Art: Hilmarton Manor Press 2006 The Artists’ Magazine: ‘Master Class’ 2005 Fairfax Gallery catalogue 2004 Fairfax Gallery catalogue 1993 Artists & Illustrators Magazine: ‘Winning Streaks’ 1991 Robin Stringer, The London Evening Standard 1991 Martin Gayford, The Daily Telegraph Arts Section 1990 London Evening Standard: Discerning Eye, First Prize Winner 1988 Evening Standard Magazine: Who Will Be Who in the Year 2000 1987 The Mail on Sunday Colour Supplement: Young Masters 87 . Public / Private Collections Lloyds Bank Dublin Museum of Modern Art, Eire Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland Durban Museum, South Africa Brian Sewell (Art Critic) Peter Polumbo (Arts Minister) Peter Lang (Collector) Lord Rothermere (Collector) John Pluthero (Collector) |