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‘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’

CV

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 Person Exhibitions

2022     Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
2019 Fairfax Gallery Online
2016 Fairfax Gallery at Gallery 8, Duke Street, London
2013 Fairfax Gallery at Gallery 21, Cork Street, London
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

2005-2018     Battersea Affordable Art Fair, London

2013-2016 Hong Kong Art Fair

2011-2014 Singapore Art Fair- F1 Pit Building

2013              Hampstead Art Fair, London

2011              The Discerning Eye (Invited) Mall Galleries, London
                   New York Affordable Art Fair

2006-2011 Glasgow International Arts fair

2005-2011 London Art Fair, Islington London

2003-4      Art London, Chelsea, London

2003           The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2002            Two Person Show, Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk

2001           Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
                  Battersea Affordable Art Fair, London

1999.           Fairfax Gallery, Xmas Exhibition, Tunbridge Wells
                  The Human Form, (4 Painters) Fairfax Gallery
                    ‘Fragments’, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton

1999           Fairfax Gallery, Xmas Exhibition, Tunbridge Wells
                   ‘Fragments’, Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff
                  Sussex Open, Brighton Museum

1997        Two Person Show, Brighton Sussex Arts Club

1996.         The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries London
                   Two Person Show, ‘New Work’ 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
                The Royal Academy Summer Show, London
                ‘Critics’ Choice’, Cooling Gallery, London
                    Sussex Open Brighton Museum

1991 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
                   The British Art Show, Roy Miles Gallery London
                    The Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Show, Dublin, Eire
                  Henry Wyndham Fine Art, 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

2018            Interview for Battersea Affordable Art Fair
2016            Fairfax Gallery Catalogue
2015           Drawing and Painting the Nude - Crowood Press Ltd
2013              Fairfax Gallery Catalogue
2011            Fairfax Gallery Catalogue
2009            Fairfax Gallery Catalogue
2008            Dictionary of International Biography
2007            Fairfax Gallery Catalogue
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