STEPHEN FINER at Art Space Gallery - CV  |
1949 | Born in London |
| 1966-1970 | Ravensbourne College of Art | |
Stephen Finer lives and works in London visit Stephen Finer's website |
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | Arts Council of England | University of Sussex | |
| The British Council | National Lottery Charities Board (on loan from Arts Council) | |
| Contemporary Art Society | National Portrait Gallery | |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Magdalene College Cambridge | Towner Gallery | |
| Atkinson Art Gallery | Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle | |
| See all listed in ART UK Public Art Collection | Pallant House Gallery |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS| 2024-25 | Stephen Finer:... in a way:
all paintings are mute... Paintings of Seán Hewitt and other People, Art Space Gallery, London |
| 2024 | 'Portrait of the Day' David Bowie by Stephen Finer, National Portrait Gallery London |
| 2020 | Virtual exhibition: STEPHEN FINER - PAINTINGS THAT CAPTURE, Masterpiece Art |
| 2015 | Merlyn Driver Recording and Other Paintings, Art Space Gallery, London |
| 2012 | Duncan Hume Dancing and Other People, Art Space Gallery, London |
| 2010 | Art Space Gallery, London |
| 2004 | Art Space Gallery, London |
| 2002 | People, Charleston, Sussex (opened by Prof Norbert Lynton) |
| 2001 | Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
| 1999 | Sir Morris Finer' & other paintings, Agnew's, London |
| 1998 | Heads, Agnew's London |
| 1995 | Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London |
| 1994 | Woodlands Art Gallery |
| 1992 | Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London |
| 1989 | Berkeley Square Gallery, London |
| 1988 | Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 1986 | Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 1985 | Four Vine Lane, London |
| 1982 | Four Vine Lane, London |
SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS| 2023 | Freedom from Torture, Sotheby's |
| 2021 | Augmented Reality Art Gallery, Art of London |
| 2019 | Icons Trail, National Portrait Gallery Figure Study ll, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne |
| 2016 | Perspectives On...Portraits, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex Bowie Collector, Sotheby's, London |
| 2015 | In the Frame: Plymouth’s Portraits Revealed, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery |
| 2014 | Artists Make Faces, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, |
| 2014 | Mystery Portrait Postcards, National Portrait Gallery |
| 2013 | People and Portraits, Towner |
| 2011 | Flashback, Art Space Gallery, London RCA Secret The Art of Giving, Towner |
| 2010 | Tidelines: Retracing a Story, Towner |
| 2008 | Winter Journey, Art Space Gallery, London |
| 2007 | Looking Forward, Agnew's, London |
| 2006-08 | Fusion Gallery, Spain |
| 2006 | View Gallery, Surrey An American Abroad Sandra Fisher and her School of London Friend, (incl. ‘Sandra Fisher’ by Stephen Finer from the Arts Council Collection),New York Studio School, New York, USA |
| 2005-06 | Defined Art, Surrey ‘View Gallery, Surrey Fusion Gallery, Spain |
| 2005 | Figure, Place, and Time - Works on Paper, Art Space Gallery, London RCA Secret, London |
| 2003 | Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London The National Portrait Gallery Collects, ('David Bowie') Bodelwyddan Castle, Wales |
| 2001 | Art 2001 London Contemporary Art Fair RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London |
| 2000-01 | Painting The Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000, National Portrait Gallery, London ('David Bowie' and 'Iman' by Stephen Finer) |
| 1999-00 | 'Pure Paint', Stephen Lacey Gallery, London |
| 1999 | British Art 1900-1998, Agnew's, London Art 99 London Contemporary Art Fair Agnew's, London Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London |
| 1998 | 50 Contemporary Self Portraits Six Chapel Row, Bath Oriel Theatr, Bodelwyddan Castle, School of Art Museum & Art Gallery, Aberyswyth Contemporary Art Fair, London Glasgow Art Fair 50 Contemporary Self-Portraits, Six Chapel Row, Bath Sep 20th Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London |
| 1997-98 | Men on Women Oriel Theatr, Bodelwyddan Castle, Schools of Art Museum & Art Gallery, Aberyswyth (selected by Peter Edwards), |
| 1996-97 | Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London |
| 1996 | The Discerning Eye Mall Galleries, London ( invited by Martin Gayford) |
| 1995 | Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Chicago Art Fair Basel Art Fair Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London |
| 1994 | Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London |
| 1993/9 | The Portrait Now ('Marlene Dietrich' by Stephen Finer), National Portrait Gallery, London |
| 1992 | The Figure Laid Bare, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London Cabinet Painting, Hove Museum & Art Gallery & Glynn Vivian Art Gallery& Museum, Swansea Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London |
| 1991 | Berkeley Square Gallery, London Contemporary Art Fair London Basel Art Fair Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Cabinet Painting, Gillian Jason Gallery, London |
| 1990 | Academician's Choice - (invited by Kitaj) The Mall Galleries, London & The Eye Gallery, Bristol |
| 1989 | Contemporary Art Fair, London Westcott Gallery Berkeley Square Gallery. London |
| 1988-89 | Berkeley Square Gallery |
| 1988 | AR.CO Madrid |
| 1986 | Contemporary Art Fair, London New Art 2, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 1985 | New Art, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 1984 | COLLAZIONE INGLESE II, Venice Biennale, Italy |
| 1983 | The Face, Art House, London |
| 1981-82 | Small Work, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London |
| 1980 | BRITISH ART 1940-80 from the Arts Council Collection, ('Sandra Fisher' by Stephen Finer) Hayward Gallery, London |
SELECTED REVIEWS | 2017 | Art UK story: Stephen Finer: Painting David Bowie, |
| 2012 | Interview Magazine: Armchair Traveler, NYC |
| 2004 | ‘Intimacy and Mortality: Finer's People' by Robin Gibson, |
| 2000 | 'The Fame of the Pose' by Hugh Pearman, Sunday Times Magazine 'Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity' by Martin Golding, Modern Painters Spring |
| 2000 | 'Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces' Robin Gibson; introduction by Norbert Lynton, National Portrait Gallery |
| 1994 | 'Article of Faith' by Colin Wiggins, Art Review Summer Issue |
| 1992/3 | 'Spotlight: Stephen Finer' by Robin Gibson, Modern Painters Magazine Winter |
| 1986 | 'Portraits that capture the prizes' by William Packer, Financial Times, June 5 'Artists of the Day' by Margaret Garlake, Art Monthly June |
BIBLIOGRAPHY| 2024 | OA Magazine 2024 |
| 2023 | Art UK Newsletter: 'Sound and vision. When art and music collide' 'Grayson Perry joins 60+ artists in charity auction for victims of Torture' by Mark Westall, FAD Magazine 23 October 'Looking for Bowie. L'uomo e le sue mashere' by Matteo Tonolli, Arcana Edizione 'David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine' by Nicholas Royle, Manchester University Press Mannschaft Magazin, 12, 13 Dec 2023 |
| 2022 | 'Encounters with artists' by David Saywell, ART UK OA Magazine Art UK: Art and popular culture Art of London Art UK: Art and Music Frank Auerbach The Sitters, Piano Nobile Publications |
| 2021 | OA Magazine Art of London Augmented Reality Art Augmented Gallery' announces three additional artworks, Gabbie Fernie, Mobile Marketing 9 July 'The soundtrack of art', Art UK newsletter, July 2021 '100 Days', Gabriel Josipovici, Carcanet Press Vogue video 'Iman's Catskill's Home is Full of Beautiful Artistic Odes to David Bowie' |
| 2020 | Portrait of the Day-David Bowie by Stephen Finer, National Portrait Gallery 26 July 2020 |
| 2019 | 'The contemporary relevance of split portraiture' Hoi Yee Chau, PhD in Fine Art, Reading School of Art, Aug |
| 2018 | Art UK on Twitter 10 Jan 2018 'Forget YBAs,buy OBAs:...' Colin Gleadell, The Telegraph,11 September 2018 |
| 2017 | Art UK story: 'Stephen Finer: Painting David Bowie' Art UK Newsletter #24 Medium, 30 June 2017 5 Books to Read Now, Rob Levy, Alive Mag 12 July 2017 Bridgeman Contemporary Artist Stephen Finer’s Portraits of David Bowie 2 Nov 2017 - 2018 |
| 2016 | William Boyd (illus: David Bowie by Stephen Finer), The Guardian 12 January 2016 Quick Study: David Bowie and art, Two Coats of Paint, Sharon Butler 17 January 2016 Merlyn Driver's Kickstarter EP-prints of Merlyn Driver paintings by Stephen Finer Artwork in focus:Patrick Garland Art.UK Art UK Newsletter #5, 19 April 2016 'A Portrait of Bowie', ed. Brian Hiatt, Octopus Books Art UK Newsletter #20, 15 April 2016 review by Tristan Quinn of 'A Portrait of Bowie', Times Literary Supplement, 2 December 2016 |
| 2015 | 'Merlyn Driver Recording and Other Paintings', introduction by Merlyn Driver, catalogue Art Space Gallery |
| 'In the Frame: Plymouth's Portraits revealed' illus: 'Head of a woman by Stephen Finer catalogue: 'Merlyn Driver recording and other paintings' Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting by Catherine Lampert, Thames & Hudson |
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| 2014 | 'Lives of the Engineers: Visualizations of the Industrial Revolution in the Work of R.B. Kitaj' by Francis Marshall, Visual Culture in Britain Iconica, Portrait Gallery: os rostos e os nomes day historió Ronaldo Entler, 6 August 2014 |
| 2013 | National Portrait Gallery, Philip Storm, visitmuseums.com, 2013 Pallant House Gallery Magazine, July-October 2013, No 30 'Becoming a Londoner' by David Plante, Bloomsbury Publishing |
| 2013 | Pallant House Magazine No:30 July-Oct 2013 Portrait of the Day: David Bowie talk & leaflet by Emily Worth, National Portrait Gallery, 21 April 2013 |
| 2012 | Max Kansas City, Art To The Max: Stephen Finer 23 January 2012,
Duncan Hume Dancing and Other People, catalogue Art Space Gallery Interview Magazine online, New York Sept 2012, 'People…who read People…are the luckiest people at the National Portrait Gallery', The Purple Passport |
| 2011 | The Alleynian, Summer 2011 No. 698 ‘Kitaj: Portraits and Reflections’, Abbot Hall Art Gallery |
| 2010 | Art Quarterly ‘A Walk in the Park & Tide Lines: Retracing a Story’, Towner, May 2010 Art Quarterly, (illustrated: ‘Naked woman standing with arms crossed'), Summer |
| 2009 | Teacher Handbook, National Foundation for Educational Research |
| 2008 | Visual Arts Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times, December 6 |
| 2007 | Looking Forward 30 Contemporary artists, catalogue, Agnew's London Literature, Reading with Purpose, illus: 'Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo', Glencoe Publishing, McGraw Hill RTN: 'EXCLUSIVE ART AT RTN LOUNGE', by Jack Troughton, 24 May Arts Magazine, November, France |
| 2006 | Stephen Finer (illustrated)
Surrey Monocle, March
Kingston Time Leisure, Issue 18 April Elmbridge Magazine, April Pictures with Character by Nancy Groves (illustrated: Yehudi Menuhin, Surrey Comet, March 1, Finer's face of art, by Nancy Groves (‘illustrated ‘Yehudi Menuhin’). Esher & Cobham Guardian, March 2, Female Focus, July, Spain Xpat magazine, August, Spain Every Great Country Must Have its Portrait Gallery Jamie Portman, CanWest News Service, , October 12, National Post, Canada Why 'no great country' should be without a portrait gallery, Jamie Portman, The Ottawa Citizen, Canada;October 12, |
| 2004 | Elmbridge Life Style Magazine (illus: cover) March Esher News and Mail, 17 March (illu. 'Marlene Dietrich on stage') Cobham News and Mail, 17 March (illu. 'Marlene Dietrich on stage') Stephen Finer Paintings’ introduction by Robin Gibson (illus) |
| 2002 | Bowie and Dietrich come to Charleston' (illus: 'David Bowie' and 'Patrick Garland' by Stephen Finer), Spectrum 'Finer comes to Charleston' (illus: 'Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo' by Stephen Finer), Eastbourne Herald, Friday 8 March 'Sitting Stars' by Unity Wroe (illus: 'Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo'), The Argus, 15 March 'Intimacy and Mortality Finer's People' by Robin Gibson essay published by The Charleston Trust. The Insight (illus:'David Bowie', 2000 by Stephen Finer) Issue 52, April 'Date', (illustrated: David Bowie' 1994 by Stephen Finer), Denmark |
| 2001 | Reuters article by Emma Ross-Thompson, Nov Chichester Observer, July 12 illus: 'Patrick Garland and Alexandra Bastedo, front & page 5 'Another Finer Mr and Mrs Jones' 'Passport to Pleasure...', West Sussex Gazette, 9 August 'Nothing could be Finer...', by Andrew White illus: 'Iman' , 2000 by Stephen Finer, Southern Daily Echo, 17 August 'When is a portrait not a portrait?' by Charles Saumarez Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 19 Sept |
| 2000 | 'Images of a Lifetime', Modern Painters, Winter 1999 'Stephen Finer: Presence and Identity' by Martin Golding, Modern Painters, Spring 'Heath's Private View', Private Eye, June 'Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000', by Robin Gibson introduction by Norbert Lynton (illustration: 'David Bowie and Iman' by Stephen Finer), National Portait Gallery, London 'The Fame of the Pose' by Hugh Pearman, Sunday Times Magazine, 22 October (illustration: 'David Bowie and Iman' cover & article) |
| 1999 | 'Harpers & Queen', January 'National Coup for city art gallery', Bath Chronicle, 12 Jan 'The Body Beautiful', Bath Chronicle, 18 Jan 'Face to face with an actress who now champions animals', Bath Observer, 21 Jan |
| 1998 | 'Photo Finish', Times Diary, Jasper Gerard, The Times, Saturday 31 Jan 'British Art 1900-1998' catalogue illus: 'Marlene Dietrich on Stage', Agnew's |
| 1997 | 'Men on Women' exhibition catalogue (illus) 'Crankin Out' illustration: 'David Bowie' |
| 1996 | Diary, Jewish Chronicle, 7 November 'Pop Art' Celia Lyttleton, Tatler, October |
| 1995 | 'Gallery Round-up', The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday April 16 'Hot Tickets: Galleries', Nicholas Drake, ES Magazine, 28 April ' What's On' magazine May 3-May 10 illustration 'Worthwhile hanging around the galleries', Jewish Chronicle, 5 May 'Hot Air', July-Sept (illustratiin: 'David Bowie' 1994) 'Features: Beauty and the beastly portrait', Elizabeth Grice, Daily Telegraph, Sept 28 'Pop Art', Celia Lyttelton, Tatler October Norbert Lynton, catalogue essay, Bernard Jacobsen Gallery |
| 1994 | Simon Tait, The Observer 6 Feb 'Greenwich Time', 'Finer Art', 1 July Ian McKay 'What's on in London', July 6-July 13 Greenwich Guide 'Finer Art', This is London, 1 July 'Article of Faith' by Colin Wiggins, Art Review, Summer Issue John Windsor, The Sunday Review, The Independant on Sunday The Sunday Review, 18 September |
| 1993/94 | Ian McKay 'The Portrait..When?', Contemporary Art, Winter Issue |
| 1992/93 | Robin Gibson 'Spotlight': Stephen Finer', Modern Painters vol 4, No 4 Winte Issue 'Face Lift for Portrait Gallery', William Packer, The Financial Times , Friday November 19, 1993 |
| 1992 | Margaret Garlake, introduction to exhibition at Bernard Jacobson Gallery 'Gallery Openings', The Independant 8 Sept Iain Gale Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard 11 Sept 'Gallery', Modern Painters Autumn 1992 illustration: 'Man of twenty three and man of twenty two', 'Faced with a view', William Packer, Financial Times, 15 Sept 'What's On' magazine, Simon Corbin, 7-14 October |
| 1991 | 'Antennae', Galleries Magazine, Oct |
| 1989 | William Packer, catalogue introduction to exhibition at Berkeley Square Gallery The Guardian, The Independent |
| 1988 | Margaret Garlake, catalogue introduction to exhibition at Anthony Reynolds Gallery |
| 1986 | R. Costa 'London' Juliet Dec-Jan no:23 'Portraits that capture the prizes', Financial Times, Thursday June 5 Margaret Garlake 'Artists of the Day', Art Monthly, June Graham Hughes 'Letter from Holland', Arts Review, June Margaret Garlake, Art Monthly, July-August |
| 1985-86 | Marjorie-Allthorpe-Guyton 'New Art l & ll at Anthony Reynolds' Artscribe, Dec-Jan, no: 55 |
| 1985 | 'Exhibition reviews', Art & Artists, October, no: 229 illustration: 'Untitled', by Stephen Finer |
| 1984 | Artline, Studio International, Financial Times 'Venice through the Looking-glass, William Packer, The Financial Times,Tuesday June 19, 1984 |
REFERENCE'A Portrait of Bowie' ed. Brian Hiatt |
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| Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon | |
| Arts Council Collection Catalogues vol ll 1979-83,vol lll1984-88 | |
| British Council Collection Catalogue vol ll | |
| Cambridge Blue Book | |
| Complete Illustrated Catalogue, National Portrait Gallery. London 2004 | |
| Contemporary Art Society Annual Report Sir Stephen Tumim 1986 | |
| Dictionary of 20th Century Artists' facsimile signatures and monograms | |
| Dictionary of British Artists Since 1945 Ed David Buckman 1998 & 2006 | |
| Dictionary of International Biography | |
| Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980 Scolar Press | |
| Handbook of Modern British Painting & Printmaking 1900-1990 Scolar Press, Ashgate 1998 | |
| 'Insight Guides Museums and Galleries of London', (illus:'David Bowie' 1994), APA Publication 2002 | |
| National Portrait Gallery Annual Report 1994/95 | |
| National Portrait Gallery Annual Report 1995/96 illus:'David Bowie'National Portrait Gallery Annual Report 1995/96 illus:'David Bowie' | |
| National Portrait Gallery Annual Report 1995/96 illus:'David Bowie' | |
| National Portrait Gallery Guide by John Cooper 2000, revised edition 2006 | |
| 'Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2001' by Robin Gibson; introduction Norbert Lynton, National Portrait Gallery 2000 | |
| 'The Portrait Now' by Robin Gibson, (illus: 'Marlene Dietrich) National Portrait Gallery 1993 | |
| Oil Paintings in Public Ownership, Public Catalogue Foundation | |
| Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases, Icon Group International, Inc., 2008 | |
| Who's Who in Art |
TELEVISION AND RADIO | 2014 | 'Artists Make Faces', sw1tv |
| 2004 | Radio Jackie, Simone Halfin interviewer, March |
| 2001 | British Satellite News recorded Tue 20 Nov ZDF German Television (Katrina Balmforth interviewer) recorded Tue 20 Nov. |
| 1998 | BBC1 News, James Wilkinson Wed 29 April 9.05pm |
| 1995 | 'Paint it Red' incl. Norbert Lynton interview by Channel One (cable) 'The Nude in Art' incl. Norbert Lynton interview by Channel One 'Omnibus' BBC1 Monday 6 Nov |
FILM and VIDEO| 2021 | Vogue video: Iman's Catskill's Home is Full of Beautiful Artistic Odes to David Bowie, Vogue |
| 1980 | Pilgrim Farewell dir. Michael Roemer USA |
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