Susannah Fiennes

Susannah Fiennes

Susannah Fiennes (1961- ) is a British artist who has worked extensively with the Prince of Wales and is collected in Europe, Asia and America [Basic bio-details from official website] [ See also [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424377160/susannah-fiennes.html her entry on Artnet] ] .

Biography

Fiennes is the daughter of Lord & Lady Saye and Sele who are the owners of Broughton Castle.

* She was educated at Downe House School and Marlborough College and then at the Slade School of Art where she graduated with First Class Honours in 1983.
* from 1985-1987 she taught Art and History of Art, at Dulwich College, London
* from 1987-1993 she ran a Private art class in Westminster, London attended by many notable British people and where the life models included Alex Kingston
* In 1994 she had a Painting class at the National Portrait Gallery, London
* In 1995 she was Tour artist with HRH the Prince of Wales in Oman. She also toured with him to Hong Kong in 1997 and to Argentina, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands in 1999
* From 1999 to 2004 she had a studio and home in New York.

She has studios in Wales and Ireland and teaches at The Prince's Drawing School in London [ [http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/who/faculty.asp Faculty Members] ] .

She is a known commentator on art and has written a series of articles on this for Prospect [eg "The dying language of art" Prospect Jan 2000, "Misreading Chardin" (April 2000) and "Where is Kossoff?" (Aug 2000) [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/list.php?author=98 full list here] ] and the Daily Telegraph [eg "It's the visual that is vital" Daily Telegraph 13-May-00 and "Red, yellow and blue: the primary colours of tragedy" 5-Jan 02] . She has also featured in the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Tatler [ see [http://www.susannahfiennes.com/media.htm for some of these] ]

Exhibitions

olo exhibitions

* Thomas Williams Fine Art Gallery, London: Making Music 2005
* Somoza-Sims Gallery, Houston, Texas 2000
* Grosvenor Gallery, London 1999
* Raphael Valls Gallery, London 1998
* National Portrait Gallery, London: Chinese Characters 1998
* Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London 1992 and 1994

Group exhibitions

Group Exhibitions include:
* The Forbes Gallery, 5th Ave, New York City 2000
* Hampton Court Palace, London. Travels with the Prince. 1998
* National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Princes as Patrons. 1998
* Cadogan Contemporary, London 1990 and 1997
* The National Portrait Gallery, London. BP Portrait Exhibition 1989, 1991 and 1993

Awards

* BP Travel Award (China) 1993
* British Institution Fund Award, Royal Academy (London) 1984
* Boise Travel Scholarship (Italy) 1983

Collections

Her paintings are in several collections including:
* His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
* The House of Commons, Westminster, London
* Hambros Bank, London, New York, Hong Kong
* The National Portrait Gallery, London [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp57058&role=art NPG Catalogue Entry] ]
* Barings Bank, London

Notes and references

* [http://www.susannahfiennes.com Artist's official website]


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