Vincent Spain is a painter based in London.

BA (Hons) Ceramics at Camberwell College of Arts 1996-1999

The City Lit, Fleet Street 1994-1995

The London Institute 1993

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Working mostly in acrylic, with charcoal and pastel, each body of work can be the culmination of months if not years of mentally gathering imagery as a back catalogue on which to draw from. Mark making and looking, mark making and looking and so it goes until the painting exists, having taken a vow of silence, it allows itself to be observed.

 

A story from the subconscious, where each mark informs the next and a journey into the unknown begins.

 

Rarely does an initial idea manifest itself unadulterated on the substrate. 

 

Inspiration comes from encounters with people, either candidly observing or in the midst of it all, in the right light or moment anything can be a painting or at least the catalyst for one. 

 

Influenced by mid 20th century painting my work harks back to that era but is firmly in todays realm. 

 

My work has been shown at the following exhibitions:

 

Columbia Threadneedle Painting Prize 2016

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Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017

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ING Discerning Eye 2018

 

The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers 2020 and 2021

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The Other Art Fair London 2023

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The Bakery Gallery 2024

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The Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2024

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The Heriot Gallery 'People Watching' 2024

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The Heriot Gallery Festival Show 2024

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The Other Art Fair London 2024

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AKA Winter Exhibition Cambridge 2024/25

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Wales Contemporary / Cymru Gyfoes 2025

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The Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2025 

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Pallette and Frame Gallery 2025

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The Bakery Gallery 2025

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The Other Art Fair London 2025