Mary Jane Ansell, Portraits, Figurative Painting

Photos from Solo Show - June 2006, Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea. London SW10

Exhibitions

Next solo show will be at Fairfax, Chelsea from 30th September 2010. Please email for an invitation or more information:

info@maryjaneansell.co.uk

Call 01273 623592 or contact Fairfax Gallery
www.fairfaxgallery.com

Prizes and Awards selections

2010 - BP Portrait Award. The National Portrait Gallery, London.
2009 – BP Portrait Award. The National Portrait Gallery, London.
2008 – Threadneedle Figurative Prize. Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London.
2007 – Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition. Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London.
2005 – Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition. Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London.
2005 – 1st Prize – Sussex Open Award for Painting, Brighton and Hove Museum and Art Gallery
2005 – Shortlisted for The Art of Love prize, LondonArt, Oxo Wharf Gallery, London.
2004 – Selected for The Daily Mail Not the Turner Prize.
2004 – BP Portrait Award. The National Portrait Gallery, London.
2004 – Prize winner at The Art of Love exhibition, LondonArt, Arndean Gallery, London.

Solo Exhibitions

2009 – 10th – 26th September Solo Show Fairfax Gallery, 5 Park Walk, Chelsea, London SW10
2007 – 14th – 29th September Solo Show, Fairfax Gallery, 5 Park Walk, Chelsea, London SW10
2006 – 15th June – 1st July Solo Show, Fairfax Gallery, 5 Park Walk, Chelsea, London SW10

Previous Exhibitions

2009 – Until Jan 15th – Christmas Exhibitions at Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea, Tunbridge Wells and Norfolk.
23 – 26 October 2008 Affordable Art Fair – with Fairfax Gallery www.affordableartfair.com
2008 – Threadneedle Figurative Prize 20 Aug – 6 Sep 2008 Mall Galleries London
2008 – July – August Fairfax Gallery Norfolk Summer Exhibition
2008 – 14th June – 30 August Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells Summer Exhibition
2008 – 27 to 30 March. Glasgow Art Fair with Fairfax Gallery
2008 – 16th -20th January London Art Fair Islington. Stand G27 with Fairfax Gallery
2007 – Nov – Jan 2008 Christmas Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, 23 The Pantiles,Tunbridge Wells, and Fairfax Gallery, Burnham Market, Norfolk
2007 – 6th – 11th November – Amsterdam Affordable Art Fair – Fairfax Gallery Stand
2007 – 16th – 21st October – Affordable Art Fair, London Battersea Park – Fairfax Gallery
2007 – 16 June – 30th July – Summer Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
2007 – 14th – 30th August – Summer Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, Burnham Market, Norfolk
2007 – 26th April – 13th May Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition. Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London.
2007 – 17th – 22nd April: Glasgow Art Fair
2007 – 1st – 4th March, Form at London Olympia with Fairfax Gallery
2007 – 15th – 22nd Jan: London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington
2006 – 23rd Nov – Jan 2007, Christmas Group Shows, Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Chelsea and Burnham Market, Norfolk.
2006 – 19th to 22nd Oct Affordable Art Fair, London
2006 – 23rd Sept – 15th Oct, Human Figure Group Show, Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells.
2006 – April 6th – 9th Glasgow Art Fair, George Square, Glasgow, with The Fairfax Gallery www.glasgowartfair.com
2006 – From Feb 28th National Portrait Gallery, 150th Anniversary Mystery Portrait Gala
2006 – Jan 18 – 22nd London Art Fair, Design Centre, Islington,with Fairfax Gallery
2005/2006 – 29th Nov – 10th Jan Christmas Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, 5 Park Walk, Chelsea, London SW1
2005/2006 25th Nov – 10th Jan Christmas Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, 23 The Pantiles,Tunbridge Wells.
2005 – 20th-23rd Oct – Affordable Art Fair, Chelsea, with Fairfax Gallery.
2005 – 23rd Sept – 15th Oct – Human Form Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, 23 The Pantiles,Tunbridge Wells.
2005 – 16 July – 15th August – Summer Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, 5 Park Walk, Chelsea, London SW1
2005 – (from 23rd July) – Summer Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, Burnham Market, Norfolk
2005 – June (8 – 12th) – artLONDON, Chelsea, with Fairfax Gallery.
2005 – May. 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells.
2005 – April – Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition. Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London.
2005 – April – Fairfax Gallery Chelsea Launch Exhibition, 5 Palk Walk, Chelsea, London.
2005 – March – Sussex Open, Brighton and Hove Museum and Art Gallery
2005 – Jan – Century Fine Art, Windsor. Berkshire.
2004 – Nov – Fairfax Gallery, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells.
2004 – Nov – Brighton Art Fair, Corn Exchange, Brighton.
2004 – June – The Daily Mail Not the Turner Prize. The Mall Galleries, London.
2004 – June – April 2005 BP Portrait Award 2004, The National Portrait Gallery, London.
2004 – March – Correlation, The Old Seager Distillery, Deptford.
2004 – Feb – The Art of Love exhibition, LondonArt, at Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London.

Publications

Forthcoming: Luxure Magazine Interview Feature – Spring 2010
Art of England Magazine Article – October 2009
Artists and illustrators Magazine – Interview – September 2009
BP Portrait Award 2009 – NPG Publications (2009) IBSN 9781855144033
Latest Art Article 2007 – www.romapavilion.org/images/Latest_Art_autumn.pdf
The Shropshire Magazine. Interview – July 2006
BP Portrait Award 2004 – NPG Publications (2004) IBSN 1 85514 3445

Television

Mary Jane appeared on CBBC’s Xchange programme, giving a live half hour portraiture master-class marking the National Gallery’s exhibition Making Faces. June 2004

Selected Commissions

2008 – Ms J McCormack
2007 – 2008 Britton Family, Shropshire
2006 – Patricia Waterfall – Portrait of Abigail and Jasmine
2006 – Alice Rivers-Cripps
2006 – Fiona and Gabby Ireland
2005 – Paul and Udeni Salmon – Double portrait
2005 – David and Adity Coombs – portrait of Sabine
2005 – Tom Phillips
2005 – Belinda Lloyd – portrait of Florence
2005 – Jannette Radcliffe
2005 – Fiona and Lucinda Ireland
2005 – Natascha Gianfranchesco
2004 – Mr and Mrs Peter Rose – Portrait of Emma
2004 – Mr Stephen Turner – Portrait of Finlay
2004 – Mr Kim Jones – Still life
2004 – Miss Eileen Cook – Portrait
2003 – Mr and Mrs Beglin – Portraits of Sam and Lucy Beglin
2003 – Mr Kevin Green – Portrait
2003 – Mr and Mrs Doe – Double Portrait
2002 – Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. (ASLEF) National Branch.
2002 – Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. (ASLEF) Brighton Branch