Felix Akulw

felix_ akulw biographical notes / cv Sept 2020

After completing a Foundation Course at Cardiff College of Art in 1972, Felix proceeded to Lanchester Poytechnic / Coventry University to study Fine Art gaining a First Class Honours Degree with Commendation. From here Felix progressed to the Royal College of Art in London and was Awarded his Masters Degree in 1978. During this period Felix presented a solo show of paintings and drawings at the Lanchester Polytechnic Gallery whilst also participating in group shows at the Conway Hall Gallery and the Courtauld Institute Gallery in London. At this time Felix was also awarded the Herbert Read Memorial Prize from the Royal College of Art.

From 1978 to 1986 Felix lived and worked as a professional artist in London with studios at Butlers Wharf, Beck Road and the Acme Robinson Road Studios whilst also spending periods of time in Cornwall, Pembrokshire and the Algarve painting and drawing from the land and seascapes. Many of these works were exhibited in Open Studio shows at Robinson Road, mixed exhibitions at The Mask Gallery, Bermondsey as well as significant exhibitions at the Showroom Gallery in Bethnal Green and the Advanced Graphics Gallery in Tooley Street, London.

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Coventry University
First Class honours degree in Fine Art with an additional commendation for my work in Art History

Royal College of Art MA(RCA)

2020 Solo Exhibition, Queen Street Gallery Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
1994 Solo Exhibition, Taliesin Art Centre Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
1992 Solo Exhibition, Cafe Gallery Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
1974 Solo Exhibition, Lanchester Polytechnic Gallery Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Collective Expositions
2025 BEEP Painting prize exhibition, Elysium Gallery, Swansea and Aberystwyth University
M.A.D.E. Gallery Summer Prize exhibition, Cardiff
LIDO Gallery Summer Exhibition, Margate
2024 Queen Street Gallery, Neath Summer and Christmas Group exhibitions
2023 Tarpey Gallery Annual, Castle Donington, England.
2023 Spring Forward Group Exhibition, Aka Gallery Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
2022 Tubes Gallery Online Exhibition London, England, United Kingdom
2022 Penarth Art Fair Penarth, Wales, United Kingdom
2021 Origin - Welsh Art Exhibition At Wales Week London, England, United Kingdom
2021 Refresh Art Award Exhibition London, England, United Kingdom
2021 Form Online Exhibition, The Art Project Uk Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
2021 Group Exhibition, Cathays Art Gallery Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
2018 Queen Street Gallery Open Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
1994 Ancillary Exhibition, National Eisteddfod Neath, Wale...