Edward Sutcliffe (born 1978) is a British painter based in London. He is known for still-life and portraiture, and he has painted prominent figures such as Neil Kinnock and Glenda Jackson.

Education

Sutcliffe was educated at

Aberystwyth University , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'') , former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth , type = Public , endowment = ...

where he studied Art History, and

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Central Saint Martins is a public tertiary art school in London, England. It is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of shor ...

where he took a post-graduate diploma in fine art.

Notable works

Sutcliffe has painted a number of prominent political figures including

Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is an English actress and former Member of Parliament (MP). She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in the romantic drama ''Women in Love'' (1970); and again for ...

Sir Paul Stephenson Sir Paul Robert Stephenson (born 26 September 1953) is a British retired police officer who was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2011. Stephenson joined the Lancashire police in 1975 and attended the Bramshill staff training c ...

, and the British Labour Party politician

Neil Kinnock Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock (born 28 March 1942) is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of ...

. His portrait of Neil Kinnock was exhibited at the

Royal Society of Portrait Painters The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a charity based at Carlton House Terrace, SW1, London that promotes the practice and appreciation of portraiture. Its Annual Exhibition of portraiture is held at Mall Galleries, and it runs a commissio ...

Annual Exhibition in 2014, and his portrait of Glenda Jackson was exhibited at the

BP Portrait Award The BP Portrait Award is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. It is the successor to the John Player Portrait Award. It is the most important portrait prize in the world, and is reputedly ...

in 2011. In 2009, Sutcliffe's work "On Assi Ghat" was selected by the National Gallery Scotland be the featured on the publicity materials promoting that year's show.

BP Portrait Award

In 2014 Sutcliffe won the 2014 BP Travel Award. He travelled to Los Angeles, California to draw and paint the players of the

Compton Cricket Club The Compton Cricket Club (CCC), or the "Homies and the POPz", is a cricket club based in Compton, Los Angeles County, California, USA. The CCC is the only all American-born exhibition cricket team. The CCC has toured the UK four times. The ...

, producing portraits that show a fusion of two very different cultures and how the game of cricket with its ethos of fair play and honestly has been embraced by this community. The resulting paintings and sketches were displayed at the

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in London, as part of the 2015

Exhibitions

His works have been exhibited at a number of exhibitions and galleries, including the

National Portrait Gallery, London The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it ...

for the

(2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014), The Dubai Arts Centre, and The

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize is an annual art award, intended to encourage creative representational painting and draughtsmanship. It gives out prizes totalling £25,000. The prize originated in London in 2005, with a collaboration between the Wo ...

at The Mall Galleries, London.

Notes and references

1978 births Living people 20th-century English painters 21st-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English male artists 21st-century English male artists Alumni of Aberystwyth University {{England-painter-stub