Freya Purdue

Freya Purdue Biography



Studied At

1978-81 BA Hons Painting, St Martins School of Art

1981-2 MA Painting Chelsea School of Art

1982-83 Junior Fellowship Cardiff S.G.I.H.E.

1997-2000 European School of Shiatsu - Diploma in Shiatsu + Chinese Medicine





Awards & Scholarships

1982-83 Junior Fellowship Cardiff

1989-93 Digswell Arts Fellow

1988 Villers David Foundation Award. Italy

1988 Hertfordshire Artist in Schools Project

1986 " " " Mural Project

1984 " " " Project

1986 "˜In the Making' Hertfordshire Open (Prize-winner)

1985 Eastern Arts Grant

1983 Young Artists Grant, Welsh Arts Council

1983 Boise Travelling Scholarship USA





Exhibitions

2011-05-31 "˜One Year' Letchworth Arts Centre (solo)

2009 UWE Gallery "˜Time and Being' (curated research exhibition)

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1978-81 BA Hons Painting, St Martins School of Art

1981-2 MA Painting Chelsea School of Art

1982-83 Junior Fellowship Cardiff S.G.I.H.E.

1997-2000 European School of Shiatsu - Diploma in Shiatsu + Chinese Medicine

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS

2020 - ‘Murmurs from the Wide River’ - Solo exhibitions at:-
Quay Arts Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight
The New Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk

2019 Oct - Nov - Conversations in Painting 'Mountan Size', Black Pineapple Contemporary Art Space, Middlesborough 

Nov - Quay Arts Open, Newport, Isle of Wight
RECENT EXHIBITIONS           

2019 - October -     Freya Purdue at the Edge, Solo Show, Yellow Edge Gallery, Gosport

AEB Cambridge Summer Open

New Painting, Norwich Cathedral Hostry


CURRENT & RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2019 - Made in Britain Artists of the 21st Century: Priseman Seabrook Collection, National Gallery of Poland, Gdansk

Contemporary British Painting: 33 Painters, Hostry, Norwich

‘Point of View’ Randan Stables Gallery, Hay on Wye

‘Ennui’ Paintings by Freya Purdue & Marius von Brasch, APT Gallery, London 

2018 - www.artistsinfo.co.uk  - Global Artist Guide (prizewinner) YouTube - Artists Info Contemporary Art Fair 2018

New Painting: Contemporary British Painting: St Marylebone Crypt Gallery, London

50 under 50: Unit 6 Studio Gallery, Richmond, N. Yorkshire

EXHIBITIONS

2017  - China:  Priseman Seabrook Collection touring exhibition  Sept - Dec

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