Sophie Aston (born 23 June 1970) is a British painter, noted for her landscapes.

Biography

Aston was born in

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, Southwest London. She took her Foundation Diploma in 1990-91 at Wimbledon School of Art before taking her

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from 1991 to 1995. She co-founded a gallery in Glasgow before studying for her MA in Fine Art from

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during 1997 and 1998. Of her work at the John Moores 23 Exhibition (2004), the critic John Carey said on

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, "It was just on the edge of realism. Extraordinarily evocative painting." Regarding her work and that of two other exhibiting painters, she said, "I would have gone to Liverpool for any one of those three." She currently teaches on the BA in Fine Art at

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and at the

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Selected exhibitions

* March 2007 “Beneath Unfamiliar Skies” Amber Roome Gallery, Edinburgh * September 2005 “New Paintings” Studio F2 The Nunnery, London * June 2005 The Crown and Manor Club, London, with

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, Cedric Christie, Peter Newman * September 2004 John Moores 23 Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Liverpool * January 1995 The Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition,

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, London

Collections

As well as many private collections, Aston's work is in the

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References

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