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1967	Born Cambridge, ENGLAND
STUDIES
1989 - 1992	Royal Academy Schools, London (Post Graduate)
1986 - 1989	City and Guilds of London Art School (Diploma in Painting)
1985 - 1986	Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (Art Foundation)
RESIDENCIES
2006	The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, America
AWARDS
2006	The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2004	Big Art Challenge, Channel 5, finalist
1996	Bayer Earth Art Award finalist
1995	Bayer Earth Art Award finalist
1992	The David Murray Travel Scholarship The Vincent Harris Award
1991	The David Murray Travel Scholarship The Landseer Scholarship
1989	The Richard Ford Award for Travel The City and Guilds Drawing Prize
1988	The Knights of the Round Table Painting Award The Aidan Threlfall Trust, Goldsmiths Company Travel Bursary The City and Guilds Drawing Prize The Philip Connard Travel Award
FORTHCOMING
2008/9	Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (one person show)
2007 (Sept-Oct)	Delfina, Full Circle Art Consultancy, London (one person show)
EXHIBITIONS
2007	Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2007, London Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Northamptonshire (one person show)
2006	The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Residency 2006 - New Work, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London (one person show) Circus, The Empire, London International Artists II, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland Back to Back, Artonomy Fine Art, Truro, Cornwall (two person show) Artist and Print, Artonomy Fine Art, Truro, Cornwall
2005	Frosted, Emma Hill, Eagle Gallery, London International Artists, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland Artonomy Fine Art, Truro, Cornwall Eigse Carlow Arts Festival 2005, St Patricks College, Ireland (one person show) Jerwood Drawing 2004, mac-Birmingham, EICH Gallery-Hull, The Lowry-Salford Quays Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London "Print Works", Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
2004	The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004, Jerwood Space - London, Pittville Gallery - Cheltenham, Bayart - Cardiff Line and Form, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London The Art Alliance Auction 2004, London London Art Fair 2004, Stephen Lacey Gallery, BDC, London
2003	"From Three Lines", Stephen Lacey Gallery, London (one person show) 20/21 British Art Fair, Rosanna Wilson Stephens, Commowealth Institute, London Gallery Artists 1, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London Art 2003, Stephen Lacey Gallery and Rosanna Wilson Stephens, BDC, London John Jones, Finsbury Park, London
2002	Size Matters, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London Wall to Wall, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London Open 2002, The Gallery, Southwark Park, London From the Eagle to the Star II, Emma Hill at the Star Gallery, Lewes, East Sussex 20/21 British Art Fair, Rosanna Wilson Stephens, Commonwealth Institute, London Drawings for All 2002, Gainsborough House, Suffolk Drawing, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, Business Design Centre, London Gallery Artists, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art at Reid Minty, London Art 2002, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Business Design Centre, London
2001	Square Route, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London Open 2001, The Gallery, Southwark Park, London The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London
2000	Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, Barbican London
1999	Deptford Open, Creekside, London
1998	The Sweden Centre, Tokyo
1997	British Art Now, Fine Art Consultancy, Tokyo The Blue Gallery, London Axis Gallery, Tokyo Art Factory Gen, Tokyo Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo Sagacho Bis, Tokyo
1996	The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Davies and Tooth Fine Art, London Fine Art Consultancy at the Music Room, London
1995	Southwark Open, South London Art Gallery, London The Depaul Trust Art Auction, Canalot Studios, London The Land of Summer, Fine Art Consultancy at The Music Room, London Imperial Cancer Research Contemporary Art Exhibition, Christies, London The Royal Overseas League Exhibition Tour, Edinburgh The Royal Overseas League Annual Open Exhibition, London
1994	The Art Show, Alexandra Palace, London
1993	The London Group Open, Barbican Centre, London Open Door, Barnard's Inn, Holborn, London Royal Berkshire Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sotheby's, London
1992	Cafe Gallery Open, London 10 By 6, Smiths Gallery, London Origin, South London Art Gallery Bruton Street Gallery, London Postgraduate '92, Royal Academy, London The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Second Coming, South London Art Gallery
1991	The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London Mary Somerville Art Fair "30 Young Artists", London The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Hearts of Art, Sotheby's / Simon of Cyrene Trust Southwark Open, South London Art Gallery The Royal Academy Premium Show, London Bankside Gallery Open, London
1990	The Portobello Open, Metro Gallery, London The London Group Open, Gulbenkian Gallery, London Southwark Open, South London Art Gallery Janus Avivson Gallery, London (one person show) Rosanna Wilson-Stephens at Stephen Bartley Gallery The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Gallery "E", London Fusion, London
1988	The Athenaeum Club, London (one person show)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006	Andrew Mead, The Architects Journal, Critics Choice
2006	Emma Hill, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Residency - New Work
2006	William Jackson, Galleries Magazine
2005	Nigel Warburton, 4 Paintings catalogue
2005	Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator
2005	Nigel Warburton, Eigse Carlow Arts Festival catalogue, Ireland
2003	Corinna Lotz, Galleries Magazine
2003	Nigel Warburton, From Three Lines catalogue, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
1997	Mark Austin, The Daily Yomiuri, Japan
1997	Arturo Silva, The Japan Times, Japan
1992	Martin Townsend, The Mail on Sunday You Magazine
1990	Stephen Jones, The Sunday Telegraph
COLLECTIONS	Mittal Steel Coutts Private Banking Banque AIG The Albers Foundation The Bank of England British Land Landmark PLC Reuters Hanson Westhouse Corporate Finance Private and corporate collections in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Switzerland and America