Timur D'Vatz (born 16 April 1968 in

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) is a

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. He began his education at the

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and

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in 1996. He has won several awards including the Guinness prize for First Time Exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, 1994; the A.T Kearney prize, 1996; and the B.P Portrait award at

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, 2002. His parents were both also artists.

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Artwork by Timur D'Vatz
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