Judy Clarkson

Always the human - a source of fascination to be endlessly revisited. The people in my paintings are so often poised in abeyance, questioning, balanced in a world of absurdity or the bizarre. Some are more conventional - portraits or figure drawings - but the thread is constant: I seek the pulse of life in my art. My paintings are densely worked in oil on canvas. Whilst at a distance they appear realistic, in proximity they are built from rich texture and spontaneous marks, in places thick with paint. For me painting is a way to attain a state of mind beyond works, and to ignite this same experience in th viewer.

Originally from Harrogate, N.Yorshire, I came to London to study Fine Art at St Martin's and have lived here ever since. I've won several awards including The Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize 2018 and the Judges' Choice at The Chaiya Art Awards 2021. I've also been shortlisted for numerous prize shortlists.

BA Fine Art, St Martin's School of Art, London

Selected recent exhibitions:
2022
Ing Discerning Eye Exhition, Mall Galleries, SW1
The Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, SW1
Soft Core, The Landing Gallery, Markfield Rd, N15
Round the World with 80 Artists, Electrowerkz Torrens St, EC1V
Rebel Justice Exhibition, Fount, 166 Shoreditch High St, E1
The 3am Project, online exhibition

2021
Soft, The Landing Gallery, Markfield Rd, N15
New Light Prize shortlist, National touring exhibition
Artist of the Year Finalists Exhibition, The Artist Lounge, online exhition, winner of Nude Category
Happenstance Contemporary Art Prize shortlist, online exhibition
Chaiya Art Awards shortlist, gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, SE1, winner of Judges' Choice award
The Wilderness Project, Crypt Gallery, 165 Euston Rd, NW1
King's House Gallery, 'Seasons' semi-finalist, online exhibition

2020
King's House Gallery, '2020' semi-finalist, online exhibition
The Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition, online exhibition
The Society of Women Artists’ Exhibition, online exhibition
New Light Prize shortlist, National touring exhibition
Isolation Mastered, JD Malat Gallery, 30 Davies St, Mayfair, W1K
Broadway Arts Festival, online exhibition
Impact, online exhibition hosted by Chaiya Art ...