ALISON MULROY

Artist Statement

Art has always played a very central role in my life. From an early age, I was quite sure that what I hoped to be was a painter, particularly of portraits. It sounds like such a cliché to say 'it's my dream,' but to be honest, it is. Painting is fundamentally one of the things that enables me to feel most like myself. It helps me think clearly and express the way I see, and often the way I feel.

I have found light to be an avenue for expression in the majority of my work. The moods that can be created through various lighting, I have found, can encapsulate a subject's state of mind and emotion. In each piece, I focus on trying to communicate, and importantly celebrate, something of the essence of what I am painting.

When painting people, my aim is to acknowledge the more subtle, intimate qualities of a sitter as I find these to be the most authentic, beautiful parts. Strength in vulnerability is the theme that continually engages me. I find the vital elements of hope and humanity at work in this tension deeply inspiring.

Exhibitions
2023 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2023 Exhibited at Gallery Different 'London Life' show
2023 Exhibited at the Chaiya Awards 'Awe and Wonder' show at the Oxo Tower
2023 Exhibited at the Lyric Theatre Through Her Eyes show
2023 Exhibited at Gallery Different 'Kiss me again' show
2022 Exhibited at the 'Young Masters' show
2022 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2021 Shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
2021 Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2021 Exhibited portraits in the Gallery Different show 'The Kiss'
2021 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2021 Exhibited the Federation of British Artists 'Figurative Now' show Mall Galleries
2021 Exhibited in the New English Art Club show at the Mall Galleries
2020 Exhibiting in the Royal Society of British Artists show - Mall Galleries
2019 Exhibited with Gallery Different
2019 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2018 Exhibited Portraits at Gallery Different
2018 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2017 Exhibited Portraits at Gallery Different
2017 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2016 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2015 Exhibited Portraits at Gallery Different
2014 Exhibited Portraits at Gallery Different
2014 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA Show
2013 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA Show
2013 Exhibited with The Chelsea Arts Society
2012 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2012 Solo Show' Stories' at Charterhouse, Surrey
2011 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2010 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2009 Exhibited at Mall Galleries SWA show
2008 Exhibited with The Chelsea Arts Society
2008 Exhibited with the SWA at Mall Galleries
2007 Exhibited in Fine Art Surrey show 'Modern Greats' at the Menier Chocolate Factory, South Bank, London
2007 Invited onto the committee of the Society of Women Artists
2007 Voted in as a full member of the SWA
2007 Voted in as associate member of the SWA, (Society of Women Artists)
2007 Exhibited portraits in the SWA exhibition at the Mall
2006 Awarded the 'Windsor and Newton Young Artist of the Year' by the SWA
2006 Exhibited at the Mall Galleries, London in the SWA show
2002-2005 Illustration BA University of Westminster