Richard Allen - About Richard Allen, Biography, Exhibitions and More

Biography
Richard Allen's work uses gestural brush strokes and thickly applied oil paint; it is based on intense observation exploiting the tension between the directly recorded and the photographically reproduced. Whilst his work is determinedly representational there is often a conceptual element at play, employing framing and mediating devices, pictures within pictures. His work- landscape, still life and portraiture- is sensitive yet viscerally painterly, and strongly atmospheric. Richard Allen has worked to great acclaim as an illustrator in the UK and US, working with clients such as the New Yorker, the Folio Society and Random House. He has garnered numerous international awards including the V&A Illustrator of the Year 2017; In recent years Richard has returned to painting, winning the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2016 and taking part in several solo and group exhibitions. Richard Allen's work is held in public and private collections internationally.
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Education

1997 - 2000

Central Saint Martins College

1992 - 1995

Central Saint Martins College
Awards

2017

V&A Illustrator of the Year

Moira Gemmill Memorial Award- Illustrator of the Year 2017

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2016

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year Winner

2009

SILA Illustration gold award

Society of Illustrators Los Angeles gold award

2008

SI (NY) silver award

Society of Illustrators NY silver medal

2008

AOI Images Gold Awards

Two gold awards (2007 & 2008) from the UK Association of Illustrators
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Event: Autumn Exhibition

Dates: 2 Sep 2017 - 20 Sep 2017

Venue: Thompson's Gallery, 3 Seymour Place, London W1H 5AZ

Two paintings featuring in mixed show

Event: Artists of Fame & Promise

Dates: 10 Jun 2017 - 2 Sep 2017

Venue: Bohun Gallery, 15 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1AB

3 works in a mixed show also featuring Peter Blake and Maggi Hambling (link: https://tinyurl.com/yaeseou7)

Event: Early Summer Landscapes

Dates: 20 May 2017 - 24 Jun 2017

Venue: Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3-4 High Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. UK TF13 6AA

Four recent landscape paintings (link: https://tinyurl.com/y8l3ne5l)

Event: Richard Allen solo exhibition

Dates: 21 Mar 2017 - 21 May 2017

Venue: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex

Solo exhibition after winning the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year (link: https://tinyurl.com/y87g3aro)

Links

Like me on Facebook

Follow me on Twitter

Follow me on Pinterest

Follow me on Instagram

Visit my website

Education

1997 - 2000

Central Saint Martins College

1992 - 1995

Central Saint Martins College

Awards

2017

V&A Illustrator of the Year

Moira Gemmill Memorial Award- Illustrator of the Year 2017

Show more awards Hide

2016

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year Winner

2009

SILA Illustration gold award

Society of Illustrators Los Angeles gold award

2008

SI (NY) silver award

Society of Illustrators NY silver medal

2008

AOI Images Gold Awards

Two gold awards (2007 & 2008) from the UK Association of Illustrators

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Autumn Exhibition

Dates: 2 Sep 2017 - 20 Sep 2017

Venue: Thompson's Gallery, 3 Seymour Place, London W1H 5AZ

Two paintings featuring in mixed show

Event: Artists of Fame & Promise

Dates: 10 Jun 2017 - 2 Sep 2017

Venue: Bohun Gallery, 15 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1AB

3 works in a mixed show also featuring Peter Blake and Maggi Hambling (link: https://tinyurl.com/yaeseou7)

Event: Early Summer Landscapes

Dates: 20 May 2017 - 24 Jun 2017

Venue: Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3-4 High Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. UK TF13 6AA

Four recent landscape paintings (link: https://tinyurl.com/y8l3ne5l)

Event: Richard Allen solo exhibition

Dates: 21 Mar 2017 - 21 May 2017

Venue: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex

Solo exhibition after winning the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year (link: https://tinyurl.com/y87g3aro)

Biography

Richard Allen's work uses gestural brush strokes and thickly applied oil paint; it is based on intense observation exploiting the tension between the directly recorded and the photographically reproduced. Whilst his work is determinedly representational there is often a conceptual element at play, employing framing and mediating devices, pictures within pictures. His work- landscape, still life and portraiture- is sensitive yet viscerally painterly, and strongly atmospheric. Richard Allen has worked to great acclaim as an illustrator in the UK and US, working with clients such as the New Yorker, the Folio Society and Random House. He has garnered numerous international awards including the V&A Illustrator of the Year 2017; In recent years Richard has returned to painting, winning the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2016 and taking part in several solo and group exhibitions. Richard Allen's work is held in public and private collections internationally.