The Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art of the British
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
chooses an official Election Artist to document the election campaigns in the United Kingdom's general elections. In 2001 the official artist was
Jonathan Yeo
Jonathan Yeo (born 18 December 1970, in London, England) is a British artist who rose to international prominence in his early 20s as a contemporary portraitist, having painted Kevin Spacey, Dennis Hopper, Cara Delevingne, Damien Hirst, Prince ...
, with
Simon Roberts chosen for 2010. In 2015 the artist was
Adam Dant
Adam Dant (born 1967) is a Jerwood Drawing Prize-winning British artist (2002).
He has won praise from ''The Guardian'' and ''Financial Times'' for his Hogarthian graphic style.
Among the artists that have inspired him, Dant lists Albrecht DÃ ...
. In the 2017 snap election the artist was
Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Ann Parker (born 14 July 1956) is an English visual artist, best known for her sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physica ...
.
Nicky Hirst
Nicky Hirst (born 27 February 1963, Nottingham) is an English artist. She is represented by Domobaal Gallery, London.
References
Further reading
* Cross, Andrew"Hirst, Nicky."In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 11, 2012 ...
was the 2019 election artist.
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Elections in the United Kingdom