Biography
Nahem Shoa: Born in London Oct 4th 1968
Education
Sept 1988 June 1991 BA Fine Art Painting Manchester Polytechnic
1992-1993 Post graduate Slade London
1986-1996 Trained with the painter Robert Lenkiewicz
Sept 2003-June 2004 MA Prince of Wales Drawing School
Major One Man Exhibitions
Sept 2006 Facing Yourself, Bury City Art Gallery & Museum
Jan 2005 We Are Here, The Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery
April 2004 Giant Heads and Multi Culture, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
Jan 2004 Youth Culture, Plymouth City Art Gallery & Museum
Selected Group Exhibitions
Jan 2018 Crosses, Crucifixion Now/ Resurrection Now: Art of Death and Life, Southwell Cathederal
June 2017 Into The Wild Abyss, (3 person show with Gordon Cheung and Rui Matsunaga) Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Feb 2017 Portrait exhibition Face to Face, The Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery and Museum
Islington Art Fair January 2017
Sept 2016 Hard-Boiled Wonderland, (3 person show with Rui Matsunaga and Marcelle Hanselaar) Jessica Carlisle Gallery, London
Jan-Dec 2015 Into The Frame, Plymouth City Art Gallery And Museum
May 2013 Drawing Vernacular, House Of The NobleMan, New York
June 2012 The Other Art Fair, London
June 2010 Autopsy of Building, The Hive T1/2 Gallery
April 2010 With Thy Eyes I See, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
Sept 2009 Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Sept 2007 Figure This, Mall Galleries, London
Feb 2007 True To Life, The Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery
June 2006 Uncompromising Study, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
May 2002 A Wealth In Common, Bury City Art Gallery & Museum
Nov 2001 Gentlemen, Tablet Gallery, London
June 1999 Montpelier Gallery, London, Two Man Show
Jan 1997-99 Art 97-99 Business Design Centre
Sept 1996-97-98-99 Modern British Art Fair, Royal College Art, London
Oct 1996 The Sacred Body, James Coleman Fine Art. London
Oct 1995 Hartlepool Arts Festival, Nat West Young Artist of the 90s
June 1992-93 BP Portrait Awards, National Portrait Galleries, London
June 1992-1993 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
May 1992 First Prize, Royal Society Of Portrait Painters, London
Nov 1992 The Shock Of The New, Royal Festival Hall, London
Nov 1992 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Oct 1991-92 The Lord Leighton Prize, London
Awards
Aug 2006 People's Choice, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
May 1992 First Prize, Royal Society Of Portrait Painters, London
1993-2001 The Elizabeth Greenshield's Foundation Award
1992-93 First Prize, Lord Leighton Prize
Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Southampton City Art Gallery
The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
The Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Plymouth City Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter
Manchester City Art Gallery
Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport
Bury City Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens
Hartlepool City Art Gallery
Royal Holloway College
Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery
Lord Queensbury
Henry Smiths School
Education
Sept 1988 June 1991 BA Fine Art Painting Manchester Polytechnic
1992-1993 Post graduate Slade London
1986-1996 Trained with the painter Robert Lenkiewicz
Sept 2003-June 2004 MA Prince of Wales Drawing School
Major One Man Exhibitions
Sept 2006 Facing Yourself, Bury City Art Gallery & Museum
Jan 2005 We Are Here, The Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery
April 2004 Giant Heads and Multi Culture, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
Jan 2004 Youth Culture, Plymouth City Art Gallery & Museum
Selected Group Exhibitions
Jan 2018 Crosses, Crucifixion Now/ Resurrection Now: Art of Death and Life, Southwell Cathederal
June 2017 Into The Wild Abyss, (3 person show with Gordon Cheung and Rui Matsunaga) Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Feb 2017 Portrait exhibition Face to Face, The Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery and Museum
Islington Art Fair January 2017
Sept 2016 Hard-Boiled Wonderland, (3 person show with Rui Matsunaga and Marcelle Hanselaar) Jessica Carlisle Gallery, London
Jan-Dec 2015 Into The Frame, Plymouth City Art Gallery And Museum
May 2013 Drawing Vernacular, House Of The NobleMan, New York
June 2012 The Other Art Fair, London
June 2010 Autopsy of Building, The Hive T1/2 Gallery
April 2010 With Thy Eyes I See, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
Sept 2009 Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Sept 2007 Figure This, Mall Galleries, London
Feb 2007 True To Life, The Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery
June 2006 Uncompromising Study, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
May 2002 A Wealth In Common, Bury City Art Gallery & Museum
Nov 2001 Gentlemen, Tablet Gallery, London
June 1999 Montpelier Gallery, London, Two Man Show
Jan 1997-99 Art 97-99 Business Design Centre
Sept 1996-97-98-99 Modern British Art Fair, Royal College Art, London
Oct 1996 The Sacred Body, James Coleman Fine Art. London
Oct 1995 Hartlepool Arts Festival, Nat West Young Artist of the 90s
June 1992-93 BP Portrait Awards, National Portrait Galleries, London
June 1992-1993 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
May 1992 First Prize, Royal Society Of Portrait Painters, London
Nov 1992 The Shock Of The New, Royal Festival Hall, London
Nov 1992 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Oct 1991-92 The Lord Leighton Prize, London
Awards
Aug 2006 People's Choice, Hartlepool City Art Gallery
May 1992 First Prize, Royal Society Of Portrait Painters, London
1993-2001 The Elizabeth Greenshield's Foundation Award
1992-93 First Prize, Lord Leighton Prize
Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Southampton City Art Gallery
The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
The Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Plymouth City Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter
Manchester City Art Gallery
Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport
Bury City Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens
Hartlepool City Art Gallery
Royal Holloway College
Herbert, Coventry City Art Gallery
Lord Queensbury
Henry Smiths School
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