Vincent Michael Brown

Vincent Brown
Vincent Brown
Born	Vincent Michael Brown; 3 December 1971 (age 53); Bristol, England
Occupation	Portrait Artist Musician Composer
Nationality	British
Notable awards	Holburne Portrait Prize ; 2006 ;
Website
	www.vincentbrown.co.uk

Vincent Michael Brown (3 December 1971) is an English artist and portrait painter, composer and musician, and co-founder of Browns' Arts Centre, an art school and studio located at The Clock Tower Association in Warmley, Bristol.

Early life

Vincent Michael Brown was born in Bristol in 1971. He began exhibiting and receiving portrait commissions from the age of eleven, although he did not become a full-time professional artist until 2002. His early paintings and drawings were mainly acrylic or ink studies of family and friends, still a major theme within his work.

Vincent is also a composer, musician and singer/ songwriter, working as a performer from 1988 until 2002.^[1]

Career

Vincent worked as an illustrator for a London-based agency and a New York publisher from 2002 to 2004, while also producing portraits in his spare time.

In 2004, a portrait of his father was short-listed for the BP Portrait Awards and featured in an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London.^[2] This selection for the exhibition, along with a solo exhibition in Bristol, garnered him significant media attention and helped launch his career as a full-time artist.

A portrait of his parents won the 2006 Holburne Portrait Prize,^[3] judged by Rachel Campbell Johnson (Times art critic), Sir Peter Blake(Artist), and Bel Mooney (Author). This win resulted in a portrait commission^[4] of the Triple Academy Award-winning directors of Aardman Animations, hailing from his hometown of Bristol, UK. In 2008, the Holburne Museum hosted Vincent's second solo exhibition, showcasing the portrait along with other works.

Vincent's paintings have earned numerous awards and been exhibited in various exhibitions throughout the UK and the world.

Twice, Vincent has been invited as an artist to The Royal Society of Portrait Painters' ^[5] annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London.

In 2020, Vincent was featured on Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year, where he painted and had his work selected by British Actor David Haig.^[6]

In 2021, a family portrait by Vincent was shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize and exhibited at Coventry Cathedral as part of the Capitol of Culture celebrations.^[7]

During 2024, two of Vincent's paintings were exhibited at the Arter gallery in Istanbul as part of a curated show of selected works from the collection of influential art collector Ömer Koç. Vincent's works were displayed alongside those of artists such as Picasso, Chagall, Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Otto Dix, Chuck Close, Andy Warhol, Gustav Klimt, Sarah Lucas, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Hamilton, Albrect Dürer, Man Ray, Cindy Sherman, and others.^[8]

Exhibitions

SUPPOSE YOU ARE NOT 2024, Arter, ISTANBUL
Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2022, Mall Galleries, London
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2021 (Shortlisted Artist)
Royal West of England Academy of Art 2020
Portrait Artist of The Year 2020 (Sky Arts Tv Show)
Royal West of England Academy of Art - Autumn Exhibition 2019
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (RI) 2018
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition - Guildford House Gallery 2017
The Roper Gallery, Bath - 2017
Royal Society of Portrait Painters (INVITED ARTIST) 2016
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition - Mall Galleries 2016
Royal Society of British Artists - 2014
Cork Street Open - Cork Street London - 2010
National Portrait Gallery - Portrait Gala 2009
Painting Aardman - Solo Exhibition - Holburne Museum - 2008
Royal Society of Portrait Painters (INVITED ARTIST) 2008
BP Portrait Award 2007
The Singer Freidlander Sunday Times Award - 2006
National Portrait Gallery - Portrait Gala 2005
Painting Exhibition - RWA - 2005
The Singer Freidlander Sunday Times Award - 2005
Solo Exhibition - Center Space - Bristol 2004
BP Portrait Award 2004
Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2004 - 2016
The Hunting Art Prizes - 2005
RWA Open painting exhibition - 2005
The Singer Freidlander Sunday Times Award - 2004
Bath Society of Artists - 2004 to 2012
Royal West of England Academy of Art - Autumn Exhibition 1999 - 2009

Publications

BP Portrait Award 2004 & 2007 National Portrait Gallery (London)

Awards

(Shortlisted) Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2021
(WINNER) Holburne Portrait Prize 2006
The St Cuthberts Mill Award
Excellence in Watercolour 2006 & 2007 Royal West of England Academy
(Shortlisted) Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2021
(Longlisted) BP Portrait Award 2020
(Contestant) Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the year 2020
(Finalist) Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016
(Runner-Up) Jackson's Oil Competition 2016
(Finalist) Artists and Illustrators Artist of the year 2011
(WINNER) BFA Best Painting Award - Royal West of England Academy of Art (RWA)
(WINNER) Excellence in Watercolour Award - RWA 2008
(WINNER) Consumer Intelligence Watercolour Award - RWA 2007
(WINNER) Peoples Choice Award - Victoria Gallery 2006

Important portraits

Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon
Nick Park
Peter Lord
David Sproxton
The Right Reverend Abbot David Charlesworth O.S.B
The Right Reverend Canon Gregory Grant
David Haig Collum Ward MBE (PAOTY Sky Arts)
Ömer Koç
Prof. Val Gibson
Lady Caroline Bowes Lyon
David Cobley RP (Artist)
Anthony Beeson (Time Team Art Historian)

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.vincentbrown.co.uk/music/

[2] ttps://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/20041/bp-portrait-award-2004/

[3] ttp://collections.holburne.org/object-2008-2

[4] ttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/supper-at-aardman-228497

[5] ttps://therp.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2009-cat09.pdf

[6] ttps://makingamark.blogspot.com/2020/12/review-episode-7-of-portrait-artist-of.html

[7] ttps://ruthborchard.org.uk/exhibitions/27-the-self-portrait-prize-exhibition-2021-coventry-uk-city-of-culture/

[8] ttps://www.arter.org.tr/sergi/farz-et-ki-sen-yoksun/3323

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