Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm or by appointment
Sizes quoted are of artworks. Where enquiries of prices are made on the gallery, the work is subject to availability and the price to change.Since graduating from Central/St. Martin’s School of Art, London in 1989, I have practiced as a painter and printmaker. I have lived, worked and exhibited in many cities including Amsterdam in Holland, Gdańsk in Poland, St. Petersburg in Russia as well as the rural landscapes of France, Spain, Greece and Ireland. Often travelling to paint, I have immersed myself in various landscapes, buildings and their people. I have collaborated with artists, poets and musicians nationally and internationally. In 2014 I was appointed first ever Artist in Residence at the Michaelhouse in Cambridge. Other residency appointments include the Lookout Tower in Aldeburgh, Potton Hall Classical Recording Studio/Concert Hall in Suffolk, U.K. and the Westerkerk in Amsterdam.
In 2019, I was elected Associate Member of The Royal Watercolour Society and in 2022 I was honoured with full membership. My work has been awarded numerous prizes and is represented in public and private collections in this country and abroad including the Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, the Town Council of Amsterdam and the National Pastime Museum, USA. I exhibit regularly and I am currently based on the east coast of UK.
Since 2017, I have been making a series with the working title of Kin. It is a series I felt compelled to make and is about the current displacement of many people and the sadness of being away from one’s own country, former security and civilization. People are the primary focus of Kin. Although there is no direct reference in the works to the displacement and suffering of refugees, some of the people portrayed, are displaced, struggling to survive and protect their kin.
1986-89 Central/St. Martin's School of Art: B.A.(Hons) in Fine Art (Painting) Dissertation: Education of the Artist & Art Education
1993 International Teacher Training Institute, International House, London: RSA/UCLES Certificate in TEFLA (Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults)
2023 'Kind' Mandell’s Gallery , Norwich
2022 'Kinship' Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Essex
2018 Kin Mandell’s Gallery , Norwich
2014 Michaelhouse Residency Exhibition, Cambridge
2013 Residency Exhibition of paintings to accompany Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's concert performance, Potton Hall, Suffolk
2024
R.W.S. at Linden Hall Studio Contemporary Art Gallery, Deal, Kent
R.W.S. Bankside Gallery, London since 2019 (4 group shows each year)
2023
North Norfolk Exhibitions Project, All Saint’s Church, Wighton, Norfolk (invited artist)
R.W.S. at Linden Hall Studio Contemporary Gallery, Deal, Kent
2022 The Biennial International Prize "Fabriano Watercolour 2022" Exhibition – Paper Museum, Fabriano, Italy (nominated)
2021
Shortlisted for The Alpine Fellowship Prize - ‘Wilderness & Civilization’
‘Drawn to the Line’ Piers Feetham Gallery, London
Royal Watercolour Society Bankside Gallery, London
‘Out of the Blue’ Gallery East, Woodbridge. Collaborated with poet Sue Wallace-Shaddad
2020
Shortlisted for the Castlegate Prize, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
‘People & Places’ Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk
‘Borders’ Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, Essex
Regular exhibitor with Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London
2019
Elected as Associate Member of The Royal Watercolour Society (A.R.W.S.)
Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk Stillness
Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich
Selected for the Contemporary Watercolour Competition Exhibition Bankside Gallery, London
2017
Seeing through Drawing - A Celebration of John Berger, Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich
Exhibition of the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2017, Piano Nobile Kings Place
‘Casey at the Bat’ commission for the National Pastime Museum, USA
Burgh House, Hampstead, London
Sleeping under Clouds by Sue Wallace-Shaddad (poems) & Sula Rubens R.W.S. (paintings) published by Clayhanger Press (2023)
The Jackdaw - Easel Words - Independent Views on the Visual Arts (No. 155 Jan/Feb 2021
Who’s Who in Art - Artists in Britain since 1945 , David Buckman (2006)
TheRoyal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection
The National Pastime Museum, San Mateo, USA
The Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges
The Town Councils of Amsterdam, Zwolle and Eindhoven, Holland
Museum Markiezenhof, Bergen op Zoom, Holland