Ian Cumberland
Ian Cumberland
Ian Cumberland is a Northern Irish artist. He was born in Banbridge, Co. Down, on 16 March 1983. His work focuses on portraits with his paintings typically using oils as the primary media.[1] He studied fine art at the University of Ulster, where he was awarded the John and Rachael Turner Award for the most outstanding student in their field when he graduated in 2006. Since then he has won several prizes, the most significant of which was the Davy Portrait Award in 2010.
Most recently he won third place overall in the 2011 BP Portrait Award[2] from a field of 2400 entries.
Prizes
- BP Portrait Award, 3rd place, 2011[3]
- KPMG Emerging Artist Award, Royal Ulster Academy, 2010[4]
- Davy Portrait Award, 2010[5]
- KPMG Emerging Artist Award, Royal Ulster Academy, 2009[6]
- Selectors Choice Award, Art Society of Ulster, 2006
- John and Rachael Turner Award, University of Ulster, 2006
Public Exhibitions
- BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2011
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 2011
- Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, 2011-2012
- Davy Portrait Award, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, 2010
- Naughton Gallery, Belfast, 2010[7]
- BP Portrait Award,[8][9] The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009,
- Dean Gallery of the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2009
External links
References
- ↑ RISING STAR: Ian Cumberland. Culturenorthernireland.org. Retrieved on 2014-01-23.
- ↑ BBC News - NI artist takes third place in BP portrait contest. Bbc.co.uk (2011-06-16). Retrieved on 2014-01-23.
- ↑ National Portrait Gallery - Prize Winners. Npg.org.uk (2011-06-14). Retrieved on 2014-01-23.
- ↑ http://www.royalulsteracademy.org/annual-exhibition/exhibitions/annual-exhibition-2010/prize-winners/
- ↑ Davy Portrait Awards. Culturenorthernireland.org. Retrieved on 2014-01-23.
- ↑ http://www.royalulsteracademy.org/annual-exhibition/exhibitions/annual-exhibition-2009/prize-winners/
- ↑ Davy Portrait Awards. Naughtongallery.org. Retrieved on 2014-01-23.
- ↑ National Portrait Gallery - Exhibitor. Npg.org.uk. Retrieved on 2014-01-23.
- ↑ Ian Cumberland for BP Portrait Award. Culturenorthernireland.org (2009-09-20). Retrieved on 2014-01-23.