Richard Colson is a contemporary British painter. He has a BA in Fine Art (Painting) 1st Class from Goldsmiths' College. He is represented in London by Cricket Fine Art
Richard Colson was born in Edinburgh He studied painting at Goldsmiths (1973-77) where he was awarded a BA Fine Art 1st Class (Hons) (1977) His work then began to be included in group shows at The New Grafton Gallery, the Russell Gallery, Cadogan Contemporary, the Francis Kyle Gallery and then at Theo Waddington Fine Art He had his first solo show in London at Theo Waddington Fine Art (1996) This was followed by a solo show in Dublin at the Solomon Gallery (1997) He had a two person shows at the New Grafton Gallery (2004) and at the Russell Gallery (2009) Other solo exhibitions have been at Royal Dutch Shell (2005), the Palace of Westminster (2006) and at the Chelsea Arts Club (2020) His work has often been selected for inclusion in themed exhibitions by Art Below such as Bondage (2016), Queen Themed (2016) and Unmissable (2019) His awards include a Daler-Rowney Prize at the London Group – Barbican Curve Gallery (1992) and the Fresh Paint Prize in Wales (Picton Castle) (2017) Notable purchasers of his work have been Thos Agnew and Sons, the House of Lords, the House of Commons, Pearson Holdings (FT), Fasken and Royal Dutch Shell He lives and works in London
2022 | Art Save the Queen | Gallery At OXO June 2nd - 12th |
2022 | At First Sight - Solo Exhibition | Cricket Fine Art |
2020 | Solo Exhibition | Chelsea Arts Club |
2019 | Chelsea Arts Club Members Exhibition | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital |
2018 | Christmas Exhibition | Cricket Fine Art |
2018 | Summer Exhibition | Cricket Fine Art |
2017 | Christmas Show | 286 Gallery, 286 Earls Court Road London SW5 9AS |
2017 | The London Group Open 2017 Part 2 | The Cello Factory, Waterloo |
2017 | Summer Show | Art Below, Rose and King Galleries | 2017 | Fresh Paint | Wales |
2016 | Bondage, James Bond Group Show | Art Below |
2016 | Queen Themed | Art Below, Notting Hill |
2015 | Fencers | Jack House Gallery |
2011 | One man exhibition, Second Sight on the River | River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames |
2010 | Two man exhibition | Russell Gallery |
2009 | Three man exhibition | Russell Gallery |
2006 | One man exhibition | Palace of Westminster |
2005 | One man exhibition | Royal Dutch Shell, Southbank |
2004 |
Two man exhibition |
New Grafton Gallery |
1997 | One man exhibition | Solomon Gallery, Dublin |
1996 | One man exhibition | Theo Waddington Fine Art Ltd |
1992 | London Group Open | Curve Gallery, Barbican |
Fondamenta Ogni Santi, Venice features in a space designed by Henriette von Stockhausen at VSP Interiors
With thanks to Cricket Fine Art
2017 | First Prize, Fresh Paint | Wales |
1992 | Daler-Rowney Prize | The London Group Open Barbican Curve Gallery |