Biography
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1947
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Born in Glasgow
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1969
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Trained as a graphic designer, Cape Technical College, Cape Town
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1970-76
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Worked as a designer in advertising
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1976
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Creative Director of BBDO International, Cape Town; began painting and drawing
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1976-77
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Worked as a freelance illustrator in London
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1977
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Taught design at Cape Technical College, Cape Town
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1978-79
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Taught design and drawing, Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town
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1983-95
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Taught drawing and painting at the Department of Creative Arts, University of Stellenbosch
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1992
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Joined the Redfern Gallery
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1996
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Moved to England; gave up teaching to become a full-time artist
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2007
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Awarded first prize in the 'BP Portrait Award'
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2009
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Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to paint a portrait of Sir V.S. Naipaul
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2010
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Completed portrait of Nelson Mandela, now in the permanent collection of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg
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2013
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First Official Portrait of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1981
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University of Stellenbosch
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1982
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South African Association of Arts, Cape Town
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1993
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Sasol Art Museum, University of Stellenbosch
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1994
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Paul Emsley - Drawings'
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1995
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Paul Emsley - New Drawings and Paintings'
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1996
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Mary Ryan Gallery, New York 'Paul Emsley - Drawings'
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1999
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Paul Emsley - Recent Drawings and Paintings'
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2011
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Paul Emsley - Drawings'
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2012
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Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch 'Retrospective Exhibition, Woordfees Artist 2012'
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2013
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The Holburne Museum, Bath 'The Duchess of Cambridge by Paul Emsley'
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2017
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Paul Emsley: New Work'
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Selected group exhibitions
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1978-79
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'South African Art' (touring U.S.A. and Brazil)
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1979
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Cape Town Biennial
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1982
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Cape Town Triennial
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1985
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Cape Town Triennial
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1987
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Standard Bank National Drawing Competition
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Drawing Exhibition, University of the Orange Free State
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1994
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Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston
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Dickins & Rigg Gallery, Hong Kong
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ARCO Madrid (with Galerie Levy, Hamburg)
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Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
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1995
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'Panoramas of Passage' (Exhibition of South African Art touring USA)
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Johannesburg Art Gallery 'The Right to Hope (represented South Africa)
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1998
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition'
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1999
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Royal Academy of Arts, London 'Summer Exhibition'
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2000
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Royal Academy of Arts, London 'Summer Exhibition'
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Salon de Mars, Geneva
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Discerning Eye' (selected by Emma Sargeant, Michael Parkinson, Colin Tweedy, and Dr. Sally Bulgin)
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition'
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2001
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Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 'First Painting Open'
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Discerning Eye' (selected by Ken Howard RA and Sir Roy Strong)
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Royal Academy of Arts, London 'Summer Exhibition'
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition'
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2002
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The Jerwood Drawing Prize (touring UK; selected by Marco Livingstone, Cornelia Parker, and Marina Warner)
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2004
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Balatro Gallery, Palm Beach
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Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 'Naked'
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition'
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2007
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Royal Academy of Arts, London 'Summer Exhibition'
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2009
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Royal Academy of Arts, London 'Summer Exhibition'
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2012
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Mall Galleries, London 'Sunday Times Watercolour Competition'
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Awards
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1987
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Standard Bank National Drawing Competition [Merit Award]
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2000
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Royal Academy of Arts, London 'Summer Exhibition' [Bovis/Architect’s Journal Special Award]
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2001
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Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 'First Painting Open' [Commended]
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition' [Third Prize]
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2002
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition' [First Prize]
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2003
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Mall Galleries, London 'The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition' [Third Prize]
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2004
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Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 'Autumn Exhibition' [UWE Drawing Prize]
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2005
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British Interior Design Association, Art London [Silver Award for Works on Paper]
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2007
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National Portrait Gallery, London 'BP Portrait Award 2007' [First Prize]
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2008
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Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 'Autumn Exhibition' [UWE Drawing Prize]
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Collections
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British Museum, London
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Johannesburg Art Gallery
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National Portrait Gallery, London
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Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg
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Northwestern University, Chicago
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Sanlam Art Collection, South Africa
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Sasol Corporate Art Collection, South Africa
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South African National Gallery
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University of the Orange Free State
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University of Stellenbosch
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University of the Witwatersrand
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William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
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