Curiculum Vitae: Charlotte Sorapure
Art Education
1992 – 1995
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Post Graduate Diploma in Painting
1988 – 1991
Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Art and Technology
BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art
1987 – 1988
Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design
Foundation Diploma
Selected Exhibitions
2017 – 2018
Lynn Painters and Stainers Prize Exhibition, London
2017
Joint exhibition with Saied Dai at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford
2016
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters
2015
The Observer Observed, exhibition including portrait Commission of photographer Don McCullin, The Holborn Museum, Bath
2008 – 2014
Solo Exhibition – Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Holburne Portrait Prize, Holburne Museum, Bath – Prize Winner
Solo Exhibition, Messum’s, Cork Street, London
NEAC Annual Exhibitions, Mall Galleries, London
Pure Gold: 50 Years of the Federation of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Peering Under Stones, Solo Exhibition, Quest Gallery, Bath
The Magic and Poetry of Everyday Life, Messum’s Gallery, Cork Street, London
The British are coming!, The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition, Bristol – Winner of the ‘Odin Prize’
Mixed Shows, Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford
2006 – 2008
New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London – Prize Winner & Membership
Three Women Artists, Petley Fine Art, Cork Street, London
Lynn Painters and Stainers Prize Exhibition, London
Holburne Dukes Portrait Prize, Bath
2004 to 2006
Thackeray Gallery, Kensington, London
Drawing Exhibition and Summer Show, Petley Fine Art, Cork Street, London
Six Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
Lynn Painters and Stainers Prize Exhibition, London
2002 – 2004
Holburne Contemporary Portrait Prize, Bath
New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2000 – 2002
Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
Two Man Show, 7 Bedford Row Gallery, London
1996 – 1998
B.P Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
Nat West Awards Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London – Prize Winner
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
1994 – 1995
Waterman Fine Art Ltd, London
Reflections, Spectator Magazine, Christies, London
Making a Mark Drawing Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Academy Schools Premiums – Prize Winner
Selected Awards
- 2016 Szuzsi Roboz painting prize
- Holburne Portrait Prize 2012, Holburne Museum, Bath
- Odin Painting Prize, Royal West of England Academy
- Bill Patterson Memorial Award, New English Art Club
- Cecil Jospe Prize, New English Art Club
- Nat West 90’s Prize for Art – Prize Winner
- Richard Ford Travel Award to Madrid
- Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant – Twice Awarded
- Royal West of England Academy – Project Bursary