C.V.
TOMAS WATSON
1971 Born, Shoreham-by -Sea, Sussex
1990 - 94 Slade School of Fine Art, London
1993 - 94 Anatomy for Artists, University College, London
AWARDS AND COMISSIONS
1991 3rd Prize in the ‘Stoves’ exhibition
1994 Robert Ross Scholarship
1994 -95 Scholarship from the Greek Government to paint in Greece
1995 - 96 Further Scholarship from the Greek Government
1997 BP National Portrait Competition
Gavin Graham Gallery Award from Discerning Eye exhibition
1998 BP National Portrait Competition, London - First Prize
2001 Portrait of John Fowles commissioned by National Portrait Gallery,
London
Portrait of the Master of Clare College, Cambridge
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1993 The Pearson Building, University College, London
1997 ‘One Year in Nisyros’, Zosimopoulio Building, Nisyros, Greece
‘Painting in Nisyros’, The Epavli, Rhodes, Greece
‘Paintings and Drawings’, The Silogos, Astypalaia, Greece
1999 ‘Bathers’, Jill George Gallery, London
2001 ‘New Paintings’, Jill George Gallery, London
2003 ‘Shadow and Light’, Jill George Gallery, London
2004 Keller & Greene Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
2005 ‘Aspects’, Jill George Gallery, London
2006 Works on Paper, Jill George Gallery, London
2007 ‘Reconstructed Fragments’, Jill George Gallery, London
2009 ‘Drawing Paintings’, Jill George Gallery, London
2011 ‘Flat Space’, Jill George Gallery, London
2012 "Trapped Tensions", Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta, Italy
2013 ‘New Paintings‘, Conningsby Gallery with Jill George, London
2015 ‘By The Waters Edge- visions from India’, Jill George ,London
EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS
1993 ‘Stoves’, Group Show, The Orangery, Holland Park, London
‘Three Artists from the Slade’, Kirkgate Gallery, Kirkgate,
Huddersfield
1994 Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London
‘Art Forum’, Group Show, 120 Broad Street, London
1995 ‘Prisoners from Abroad’, Charity Group Show, Mall Galleries, London
1997 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
‘AENAON’, Group Show, celebrating 50 years of the Dodecanese
‘The Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries, London
1998 ‘The Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
BP National Portrait Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
‘Associations’, Jill George Gallery, London
20th Century Art Fair, London (Jill George Gallery)
1999 ‘The Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
Art 99, Business Design Centre, London (Jill George Gallery)
Santa Fe Art Fair, Santa Fe, USA (Jill George Gallery)
20th Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
2000 ‘2K, 2K’, Jill George Gallery, London
Art 2000, Business Design Centre, London (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2001 Art 2001, London (Jill George Gallery)
‘The Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
San Francisco International Art Exposition, USA (Jill George Gallery)
2002 Art 2002, London (Jill George Gallery)
Launch of BP Portrait Prize of John Fowles, National Portrait Gallery,
London
Art Chicago 2002, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
‘The Monoprint Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
San Francisco International Art Exposition, USA (Jill George Gallery)
2003 Art 2003, London (Jill George Gallery)
‘London Calling’, Keller & Greene, Los Angeles, USA
Art Chicago 2003, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art London 2003, Burton’s Court, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Commonwealth Institute, London (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2004 London Art Fair, Art 2004 (Jill George Gallery)
‘The Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art London, Burton’s Court, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
2005 London Art Fair, ART 2005 (Jill George Gallery)
‘The Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA, (Jill George Gallery)
Art London 2005, Burton’s Court Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
2006 London Art Fair, ART 2006 (Jill George Gallery)
‘The Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
Art Madrid, Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA, (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2007 London Art Fair, Art 2007, (Jill George Gallery)
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada, (Jill George Gallery)
2008 ‘Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
London Art Fair, ART 2008, (Jill George Gallery)
‘The Big Picture Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada, (Jill George Gallery)
Red Dot, Miami, USA, (Jill George Gallery)
2009 ‘The Figure Show’, Jill George Gallery, London
London Art Fair, ART 2009, (Jill George Gallery)
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London, (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada, (Jill George Gallery)
2010 London Art Fair, ART 2010, (Jill George Gallery)
‘Intimacy! Bathing in Art’, Kunstmuseum, Ahlen Germany
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London, (Jill George
Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada, (Jill George Gallery)
2011 London Art Fair, ART 2011, (Jill George Gallery)
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
2012 Arte Accessible, Milano (Accesso Galleria)
art20/21, London (Jill George Gallery)
Art Toronto (Jill George Gallery)
2013 London Art Fair, London (Jill George Gallery)
Cork Street Summer Show, London
art20/21, London (Jill George Gallery)
2014 Art Islington, London (Jill Georgegallery)
Joint show with Sculptor Peter Simon Mulhauser
Milano (Accesso Galleria)
Group show, London(Jill George Gallery)
Art Toronto(Jill George Gallery)
2015 Art Islington, London(Jill George gallery)
20/21 fair RCA London (Jill George Gallery)
2015 Art Toronto (Jill George Gallery)
2016 Art Islington(Jill George Gallery)