Nathan Eastwood was born in

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the ...

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in 1972. He graduated from

Byam Shaw School of Art The Byam Shaw School of Art, often known simply as Byam Shaw, was an independent art school in London, England, which specialised in fine art and offered foundation and degree level courses. It was founded in 1910 by John Liston Byam Shaw and ...

in 2009. Eastwood was a finalist in the 2007 'Celeste Art Prize' and won the inaugural 'East London Painting Prize' in 2014. He paints everyday

domestic Domestic may refer to: In the home * Anything relating to the human home or family ** A domestic animal, one that has undergone domestication ** A domestic appliance, or home appliance ** A domestic partnership ** Domestic science, sometimes cal ...

and

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scenes of people he records on his mobile phone. Eastwood works in

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by applying

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to board in thin layers. Of his work Eastwood says: "Central to my painting practice is a re-examination of

kitchen sink realism Kitchen sink realism (or kitchen sink drama) is a British cultural movement that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art, novels, film and television plays, whose protagonists usually could be described as "angry young men" w ...

." Exhibitions include: 'Work/Recreation/Freedon/' at the Nunnery Gallery, London (2014), 'Present Tense' at

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(2015), '@PaintBritain',

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(2014), 'Towards a New Socio-Painting', Transition Gallery, London (2014), 'Royal Academy Summer Show'

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, London (2013) and 'The John Moore's Painting Prize'

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, Liverpool (2012). Permanent collections include: The Zabludovicz Collection(London), Goldhill Family (London),

The Priseman Seabrook Collection The Priseman Seabrook Collection is a British-based private collection founded by the artist Robert Priseman and his wife Ally Seabrook. It is composed of three distinct categories: 21st Century British Painting, 20th and 21st Century British Wor ...

and

Selected solo exhibitions

* "Laptop and Chips" The SE9 Container Gallery London (2016) * "Work/Recreation/Freedom" Nunnery Gallery, London (2014) * "Domestic Realism"

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, London (2014)

Selected group exhibitions

* "Aviary" Transition Gallery, London (2016) * "Anti-Social Realism" Charlie Smith Gallery, London (2015) * "Documentary Realism: Painting in the Digital Age" The Crypt,

, London (2015) * "Present Tense"

(2015) * "@PaintBritain"

(2014) * "Contemporary British Painting" Huddersfield Art Gallery (2014) * "Towards a New Socio-Painting" Transition Gallery, London (2014) * "This Year's Model"

Studio1.1 Studio1.1 is an artist-run space situated in Shoreditch, East London with outpost galleries of Studio1.1 in Brazil (Studio1.3), Croatia (Studio1.4) and the Netherlands (Studio1.2). History The gallery was founded in April 2003 as a co-operativ ...

, Shoreditch, London (2014) * "Contemporary British Painting" The Crypt,

, London (2013) * "Zeitgeist Arts Projects" ASC Studios, London (2013) * "Threadneedle Prize" (finalist) Mall Galleries, London (2013) * "Royal Academy Summer Show"

, London (2013) * "John Moore's Painting Prize"

, Liverpool (2012) * "Platform C's Emergent Art Show" Vyner Street Gallery, London (2011) * "Artworks Open 2010" Barbican Arts Group Trust, E17, London (2010) * "17 Ingredients Measures of Autonomy" Studio One, London (2009)

Selected collections

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- Zabludowicz Collection

References

External links

* Nathan Eastwoo

* Artnews.or

* London Artist Quarte

* Artfacts.ne

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