Carl Randall's Shōzō [肖像] at the Berloni Gallery London, 17 September to 15 November 2014

Carl Randall’s Shōzō [肖像], ‘portraits’, will be displayed at the Berloni Gallery in London from September 17th to November 15th 2014.

The exhibition, his largest solo show to date, will be a collection of paintings and drawings made in Japan, many of which have never been seen before in the UK.

Carl Randall (b. 1975, UK) is a figurative artist who has studied in London and Tokyo. A graduate of The Slade of School of Fine Art and The Princes Drawing School in London, he has won several UK prizes including 1st prize in the national Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. Continuing his art career in Japan, he was awarded a Daiwa Scholarship in 2003 and the Japanese Government (MEXT) Postgraduate Scholarship in 2006. He completed a Masters and Doctorate in Fine Art at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and the Nomura Prize was awarded to him for his Doctorate Graduation exhibition, resulting in one of his paintings being bought by the University Museum for their permanent collection.

He has exhibited in various galleries internationally including The Royal Academy of Arts, The Jerwood Gallery and The National Portrait Gallery, London; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Arts for the Tokyo Art Award and Art Taipei in Taiwan. He has taken part in residencies in Hiroshima City (to meet and paint portraits of survivors of the atomic bomb) and ‘ING Fresh Eyes on Formula 1’ at Fuji Speedway (to document the Formula 1 races in Japan). Most recently, Carl was awarded the prestigious 2012 BP Travel Award by The National Portrait Gallery in London, to document the people and places of The Tokaido Highway as they exist today (The Tokaido Highway is an old trading route running from Tokyo to Kyoto, famously portrayed in the prints of ukiyo-e artist Ando Hiroshige). These works were shown at The National Portrait Gallery, London and toured the UK earlier this year. He is currently having a solo exhibition at The Hiroshige Shizouka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art, Japan, until September 11th 2014, where his paintings are exhibited alongside Ando Hiroshige’s original wood block prints.

Other pieces about  Carl Randall  on our website can be found via the following links:

Carl Randall Tokyo Highway Portraits on display in Japan until 11 September 2014 Carl Randall Japan Portraits on sale at the National Portrait Gallery in London Tokyo Portrait on display at Art Volta, June 2014 Japan Portraits a short documentary of Carl Randall painting in Japan In the footsteps of Hiroshige: Portraits of Modern Japan at The National Portrait Gallery London Carl Randall painting in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Carl Randall encounters with the late Donald Richie Carl Randall exhibiting at the 2012 Jerwood Drawing Prize Carl Randall exhibiting at the Mall Gallieries and the National Portrait Gallery Carl Randall awarded the BP Travel Award 2012 Carl Randall wins the Nomura Prize