Project Description
About Ilsa Brittain
As a figurative painter it is the complex layers within an ordinary exterior that I look for. I enjoy the move between paint as a substance and paint as an illusion. Particularly, as it seems to me, one of the requirements of being human is the ability to seamlessly navigate between contrary perceptions.
Education:
I studied Painting at the Surikov Academy of Art (2006), Moscow; completed a BFA in the UK (2012), and an MFA in New York (2014).
2020 ‘The Seventh View’ C24 Gallery, New York, USA 2020 ‘Perceptions’ CBPP group, London 2019 ‘Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition’ Mall Galleries, London, UK 2019 ‘Visual Arts Open’ Chester Art Fair, Chester, UK 2019 ‘Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition’ Mall Galleries, London, UK 2019 ‘Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2019, Mall Galleries, London, UK 2018 ‘Sunny Art Prize Exhibition’ Sunny Art Centre, London, UK 2018 ‘Annual Summer Exhibition’ Flowers Gallery, Chelsea, New York 2017 ‘Ashurst Commended Solo Show’ London, UK 2017 ‘Peckham International Art Fair,’ Peckham, London, UK 2017 ‘David Bowie Tribute Exhibition,’ FCMV, Wigmore Street, London UK 2017 ‘Art Gemini Prize,’ Asia House, London,UK 2017 ‘Ashurst Emerging Artist exhibition,’ London, UK 2017 ‘Kanojo’ FCMV, Wigmore Street, London, UK 2017 ‘Art Rooms 2017,’ Regent’s Park, London, UK 2016 ‘Art Prize 2016,’ Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London, UK 2016 ‘Annual Summer Exhibition’ Flowers Gallery, Chelsea, New York 2016 ‘Royal Society of British Artist’ Mall Galleries, London UK 2015 ‘Society of Women Artists’ Mall Galleries, London, UK 2015 ‘New English Art Club Exhibition’ Mall Galleries, London, UK 2015 ‘Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition’ Mall Galleries, London, UK 2014 ‘Lucid Visions’ Panepinto Gallery, New Jersey, New York 2014 ‘Annual Summer Exhibition’ Flowers Gallery, Chelsea, New York 2014 ‘AmorFatiArt’ Hamptons Gallery, New York