ABOUT
Suzy Fasht was born in London and trained at Wimbledon School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools graduating in 1998. She has lived in South Devon for many years, currently based on the edge of Dartmoor. An elected member of the Royal Watercolour Society, her paintings have been exhibited around the UK including at The Royal Academy Summer exhibitions, The Sunday Times Watercolour competition, Lyn Painter Stainers prize and Discerning Eye. Pictures were recently licensed for the newly refurbished suites at London's Dorchester hotel on the theme of the English garden.
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Recent large scale floral oil paintings are available at the Catto gallery and watercolours are available through the Royal Watercolour Society's shows and through the Bankside gallery website.
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
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Suzy's paintings stem from the natural world and her rural location: her garden, nearby woods, moor and coastal paths. Beginning from observation, the starting point is a springboard for exploring more formal aspects of painting: colour, composition and pattern. Paintings are often allowed to drift into a more imagined approach. Aware of the ever changing and short lived nature of her subject matter, the pictures are made with a deeply felt wistfullness for the inability to make still, the passing of time. This is even more pronounced now, with the unpredictable and precarious climate changes, the visible effects of which are evident in rural areas, on farming, hedgerows and wildlife.
PAINTINGS ARE AVAILABLE FROM:
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E D U C A T I O N
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1995-1998
Royal Academy Schools
Post-graduate Diploma in Painting,
1992-1995
BA (hons) Fine Art, Wimbledon School of Art
1992-1993
Sir John Cass School of Art
Foundation course in Art
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A W A R D S / N E W S
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2023
Dorchester Hotel, London - prints of paintings commissioned for the new suites based on the theme of the English Garden
2022
Elected full member of The Royal Watercolour Society
2018
Elected Associate of The Royal Watercolour Society
Shortlisted Lynn Painter Stainers Prize
Shortlisted Sunday Times Watercolour competition
1998 - 1999
Artist in Residence, London Business School
1998
Cyril Sweett Award for an Outstanding Post graduate Show,
Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers,
M&G prize, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1997
Silver Medal for painting, Royal Academy shcools
Creswick prize for landscape painting, RA schools
Leverhulme & Pennycress scholarships
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S E L E C T E D
E X H I B I T I O N S
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2023
THG Open, Thelma Hulbert gallery, Devon
Catto Below, New Floral paintings, Catto gallery, London NW1
350th Anniversary Chelsea Physic Garden, Bankside gallery
2022
169 Open, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Spring exhibition, Moorwood Fine Art, Bruton
Spring exhibition, Bankside gallery, London
2021
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Changing Seasons, Catto Gallery, London
Chelsea Physic Garden: A Year in the Life, Bankside Gallery, London
2020
Art in the Time of Covid, Bankside Gallery, London
2019
Royal Watercolour Society exhibitions, Bankside Gallery, London,
2018
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London
Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall
Royal Watercolour Contemporary Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize, Mall galleries
2017
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Royal Watercolour Contemporary Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery
2016
Royal Watercolour Contemporary Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery
2015
Rowley Gallery, London
2014
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2011
Coombe Gallery, Dartmouth
2008
RA Graduates South West, Somerville Gallery, Plymouth
2006
Whitespace Gallery, Totnes
2001
Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
New English Art Club Open, Mall Galleries, London
1998
Fenton Arts Trust
1997
Cromwell Hospital, London (solo)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1996
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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C O L L E C T I O N S
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Chevron UK, Cromwell Hospital, Laura Ashley Foundation, London Business School, M&G group, Northwick Park Hospital, Royal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection, Private collections
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T E A C H I N G
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2018 +
Freelance Art tutor
2008-2018
Art tutor for Devon County Council Adult Learning
2010
Certificate to teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CTLLS)