Roxana Halls was recently announced as winner of The Derwent Special Award with her painting ‘Lisa’
Roxana Halls’ work has been exhibited widely and is held in numerous private and public collections in the UK and internationally. Frequently employing dark glamour and a wry deliberate humour, Halls’ paintings depicting female impropriety work within the tradition of feminist art to offer a riposte to self-censure. Halls is drawn to investigate the meaning of cultural trends and invites the viewer to reflect on notions of gender, class, sexuality and spectatorship.
In 2010 she was the winner of the Founder’s Purchase Prize in the Discerning Eye show, and she was the winner of Pride in the House at Lauderdale House, where she held her prize winning show ‘TINGLE-TANGLE & OTHER TALES’in 2011. In 2004 she was the winner of the Villiers David Prize, and in 2001 she received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award.
She has had four successful solo exhibitions at the Beaux Arts Gallery in Bath, her work has been exhibited in numerous group shows both in the U.K. and California, including the National Portrait Gallery’s B.P. Portrait Award on five occasions, The National Open Art Competition, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition, The Hunting Art Prize, The Garrick Milne Prize & Art Moorhouse. She has twice been invited to exhibit at The Discerning Eye show, and has also shown in regular group shows with Beaux Arts & Hayhill Galleries, both in Bath and at the London Art Fair.
Her work has garnered many reviews and features, including an interview with Ossian Ward for Time Out, Modern Painters, Art of England, Artists & Illustrators, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph, Galleries, The London Evening Standard,City AM & Diva Magazine.
Commissions include Alan Grieve CBE, Chairman of the Jerwood Foundation and John Simopoulos, Emeritus Professor, St. Catherine’s College Oxford, and Nick Hackworth, Founder of Paradise Row Gallery for the collection of the late Brian Sewell.
Her work is in many public and private collections in the UK and internationally, including The Discerning Eye Collection, St. Catherine’s College Oxford, the late London Evening Standard Art Critic Brian Sewell, Katherine Parkinson, Bel Mooney, Claire Thomas, Kelly-Anne Lyons, Sophie Parkin and Barry & Debbie Bliss.
Two Films about Roxana Halls’ project Appetite, her costume collection & the role it plays in her work are available to view now here
Interview in Studio International, ‘I often equate painting with performance’ here
Feature – Art Reveal Magazine: here
Interview with Stacia Yeapanis for Chicago based OPP here
Roxana Halls has, for several years, made her studio in the disused bar of a 1930s London theatre, now a bingo hall.
Her solo exhibition, SHADOW PLAY, was held at Hayhill Gallery, Cork Street, London, in November 2011.
‘ROXANA HALLS’ TINGLE – TANGLE’ was exhibited at the National Theatre, South Bank, London in 2009.
Roxana Halls Self portrait 2018 oil on canvas 147 x 116.5cms
ROXANA HALLS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Weimar & Other Earthly Desires, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London (forthcoming)
2015 Unknown Women, Hayhill Gallery, Baker St, London
2014 Appetite, Hayhill Gallery, Baker St, London
2012 Domestic Disturbance, Beaux Arts Bath
2011 Shadow Play, HayHill Gallery, Cork St, London
Tingle-Tangle and Other Tales, Lauderdale House, Highgate,London
2009 Roxana Halls' Tingle-Tangle, National Theatre,South Bank,London
2004 Third Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2002 Second Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2000 First Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Threesome, New Art Projects, London (forthcoming)
2017 Make A Mark, Arthouse1, London
Phoenix: Exhibition & Auction for the Grenfell Tower Community,
The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, London
Love Happens Here, Pride London Pop-Up, Soho, London
Queer Artists: In Your Face, Salisbury Art Centre
Office Sessions, Soho, London
A Private Collection, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
2016 Écriture Féminine, Edgar Modern, Bath
Group Show, Menier Gallery, London
Group Shows, Hayhill Gallery, Baker Street, London
Winter Pride Art Awards, Islington Arts Factory, Runner-Up
The Discerning Eye Collection Exhibition, Drawing Projects, Trowbridge
My Sex, My Self, The Ply Gallery, London
Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Art For Youth, Mall Galleries, London
Discerning Eye Collection 25th Anniversary Exhibition,
Temple Church, London
Semblance, The Dukes Gallery, Dorchester
Stonewall Season, London
2015 Discerning Eye Collection Exhibition, Temple Church, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
AAF Hampstead, Edgar Modern Stand, London
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition,Kings Place Gallery,London
Winter Pride Awards, Lacey Contemporary, Notting Hill, London
Group Show, Hayhill Gallery, Baker Street, London
Summer Exhibition, Edgar Modern, Bath
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
(by invitation of Steve Pill)
2014 Winter Pride Awards, Chart Gallery, Chelsea, London (finalist)
Winter Pride Awards, Tobacco Dock, London
Winter Pride Awards at Office Sessions, East India Dock, London
2013 Hayhill Gallery at Henley Festival
National Open Art Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
National Open Art Exhibition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester
2012 London Art Fair, Islington, London, with Beaux Arts Bath
International Summer Showcase, Hayhill Gallery, Cork St, London
Lucid Dreams, Hayhill Gallery at Moor House, London
2011 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition,Kings Place Gallery,London
Art London, Royal Hospital Chelsea, with Hayhill Gallery & Beaux Arts Bath
20/21 British Art Fair, RCA London, with Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington, London with Beaux Arts Bath
The Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, with Beaux Arts Bath
Hay Hill Gallery at Lloyds Club, London
2010 Winner, Founder's Purchase Prize, The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Winner, Pride in the House, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London
London Art Fair, Islington, London with Beaux Arts Bath
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath
2009 The National Open Art Competition, Chichester Festival Theatre
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2007 London Art Fair, Islington, London with Beaux Arts Bath
2006 Face Value,Chelsea Art Gallery,San Francisco
25 Years of Beaux Arts, Anniversary Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2005 Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Garrick Milne Prize, Christies, London
2004 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
(by invitation of Alan Grieve CBE)
Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
CHASE Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2003 Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2002 Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2001 Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2000 B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
20th Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
1999 The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
1998 B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
Nudes, Innocent Fine Art, Bristol
Still Life, Innocent Fine Art, Bristol
1997 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
1996 B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
1995 B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
1994 B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
1990 The South West Open, Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, Devon
AWARDS
2017 The Derwent Special Award, SWA
2010 Founder's Purchase Prize, Discerning Eye
Winner, Pride in the House
2004 The Villiers David Prize
2001 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2007 Nick Hackworth, Collection of Brian Sewell
2004 John Simopoulos, Emeritus Professor, St Catherine’s College, Oxford
1995 Alan Grieve CBE, Chairman, Jerwood Foundation
PRESS
2017 Seeing Ourselves in a Different Light, Article by Roxana Halls, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
2016 Narrative Painting, Article by Roxana Halls, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
2015 Fabric, Article by Roxana Halls, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
2014 4 Star Review, City AM Newspaper
Appetite Feature, Wall Street International
Appetite Feature, Diva Magazine
Appetite Feature, FAD
Alice in Wonderland Feature, At Home Magazine, guest editor Sarah Beeny
Feature, Artists & Illustrators Magazine (Forthcoming)
2013 Feature & Interview, Unearthly Magazine
2012 Advertisement, Discerning Eye Competition, National Magazines
Domestic Disturbance, Galleries Magazine
The Suspended Room, Bath Life Magazine
2011 Shadow Play Feature, Art Of England
Shadow Play Feature, This Is London
2009 In The Studio, Time Out London
Observations: In art, life is always a cabaret, The Independent
My Space, The Sunday Telegraph
Cabaret On Canvas, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
The night of my life on a lost weekend, Liz Hoggard, Evening Standard
Everyone's Talking About, Diva Magazine
2006 Cover, The Bath Magazine
Sarah Drury, Galleries Magazine
2002 Moira Rudolph, Galleries magazine
Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle
Review, The Evening Advertiser
2000 Karen Wright, Modern Painters
Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle
1998 Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
1997 Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
1996 Rosanna Negrotti, What’s On In London
Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
1995 Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
