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Lucy Pulvers
British-Australian artist, born and raised in Kyoto, Japan. I work in watercolours, oils and digital. My work is entirely figurative.
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Lucy Pulvers
About
British-Australian artist, born and raised in Kyoto, Japan. I work in watercolours, oils and digital. My work is entirely figurative.
Statement
I am essentially a figure painter and portrait artist. All my artistic work is rooted in my relationship to line and drawing as the foundation of my paintings, both in watercolour and oils. My paintings are all, in essence, an exploration of the inner emotional life of human beings. I uses geometry, strong colour and bold lines to give my works an emotional power. These elements of colour and line are woven together to synthesise a surface world that captures a moment in the inner life of the figure portrayed.
Education
- 2014Thea Proctor Scholarship/Deploma, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
Exhibitions
Solo
- 2023Pianoforte, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia
- 2023Syncopation, Audrey Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
- 2024Cafe People, 19Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia
- 2025Cafe Life, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Group
- 2019-2026Royal Institute of Painters In Water Colours, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
- 2021Three Sisters, Intercontinental Hotel, Double Bay, Sydney, Australia
- 2021A Glassy Affair, Audrey Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
- 2022Sisters, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia
- 2022Shikisai, Audrey Fine Art, Sydney , Australia
- 2022-2023The Tapestry of Me, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 2024July Brilliance, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 2025Connecting and Connections, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
- 2025Beyond the Prize, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
- 2025Filling the Void: Amalgamation, Musonium Gallery, Palm Springs, USA
- 2025Homage to Turner, West End Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
- 2025Ensemble, &Gallery, Sorrento, Australia
- 2026Together Through Art, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
- 2026Brocade, Rochfort Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 2026Bi No Kizuna, Kobo Chika Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Recognition
Representation
Rochfort Gallery, Sydney (Australia) 19Karen Gallery, Gold Coast (Australia) Aarwun Gallery, Canberra (Australia) &Gallery, Victoria (Australia) Musonium Gallery, Palm Springs (USA) Mavenira Gallery, Singapore
Awards, prizes & residencies
- 2020President's Choice Award, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
- 2020Persistence Art Prize, First Prize, Live in Art Sydney
- 2024Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
- 2024National Contemporary Art Prize - Finalist, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
- 2026Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Prize - Semi-Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2025Le Noeud Papillon Self-Portrait Prize - First Prize, Le Noeud Papillon
- 2023Hunters Hill Art Prize - Finalist , Hunters Hill Art Gallery
- 2024International Watercolour Masters 2024 - finalist , IWM2024, UK
- 2022The 67th Blake Prize - finalist , Casula Powerhouse, Sydney