About this Event
Join us at gallery@oxo as we celebrate the 2024 Derwent Art Prize Exhibition with an exciting lineup of workshops and artist demonstrations.
Kick off your experience with a drawing workshop led by the acclaimed artist and Derwent Art Prize 2024 selector, Curtis Holder.
Plus, get hands-on with Derwent Art materials, including their acclaimed pencils beloved by artists worldwide. Don't miss this opportunity!
- All materials provided
- Free and open to all
About the facilitator:
Curtis Holder (born 1968) is a London based artist working primarily in the medium of graphite and coloured pencil on paper. He studied Graphic Design at Kingston University and completed postgraduate studies in Character Animation at Central Saint Martins, London.
Taking inspiration from intimate conversations with the people he draws, Holder’s large-scale multi-layered pencil portraits are dynamically tender, emerging in a wayward series of febrile lines to reveal a sense of his subjects’ form, movement and emotional intent. Preliminary pencil marks remain on the paper as part of his energetic process of capturing fleeting gestures and emotions with sensitivity and raw honesty.
In 2020, Curtis Holder won Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year. Impressed by his distinctive visual language, the panel described his work as “magical, courageous and startlingly new”. Garnering further critical acclaim and awards for his work ongoing since winning Sky Arts’ competition, Holder has exhibited widely in the UK and in Paris, France. His work is held in private and public collections including the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Soho House and the National Theatre where he became the first ever artist in residence in 2022. He is a member of Contemporary British Portrait Painters (CBPP) and an Associate Member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art (SGFA).
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
gallery@oxo, Barge House Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00