Bio
Pavel Isupov is a painter born in Exeter, England, in 1996. He graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2018 and has maintained a studio practice since then. He completed the Correspondence Course at the Turps school in 2025.
Notable exhibitions include the RA Summer Show 2025, RSA New Contemporaries, The Hix Award and his first Solo Exhibiton at the Plough Arts Centre in 2021.
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You can read more in his 2024 interview with Sophie Skelton.
Study
Turps Correspondence Course 2024 - 2025
BA (Hons) Painting at Edinburgh College of Art 2015 – 2018
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UAL Diploma in Art and Design (Foundation Studies) at Exeter College 2014-2015
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Exeter College 2012-2014
Exhibitions & Awards
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Upcoming / Current:​
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​Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, London, 17th June - 17th August 2025
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To Heaven's Gate Ascend, HYPHA, 15 Great Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, London. (Curated Group Show) 31st July - 31st August 2025
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​Selected Past Exhibitions:
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Shifting Sands, CCA Galleries International, St Helier, Jersey, 4th April - 2nd May 2025 (Curated Group Show with Turps Artists)
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SPLIT Touring Exhibition, with Turps students and alumni. The Dispensary Gallery, Cross Street Arts and Candid Arts Centre (Wales, Wigan and Camden, London). February–July 2025
HYPHA X Dispensary Gallery, 26th October - 10th December 2024, The Dispensary Gallery, Wrexham, Wales
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Painting Since 2000, Open Call, 2nd December 2024 - 28th February 2025 (Virtual Show)
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Art on a Postcard Exhibition and Auction, November 2024, 12th December, Gathering Gallery, London​
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Walk While You Have the Light, August - September 2024, Safehouse 1, London (Curated Group Show)
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Make Yourself at Home, June - August 2024, Group Show at Hweg, Penzance, Cornwall (Curated Group Show)
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, 2024
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Solo Show (Reopening), October 2021, Plough Arts Centre, Torrington, Devon​
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RSA New Contemporaries 2019, March - April 2019, Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound,
Edinburgh
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RSA Ages of Wonder - Touring Exhibition 2018-2019
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Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show, June 2018, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
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Hix Award Shortlist Exhibition, September - November 2017 - Februrary 2018, Hix Art Gallery, Shoreditch, London and Coutts Bank, the Strand, London
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Hix Award Continued Show, January - February, 2018 Coutts Bank, The Strand, London
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Foreshadow, Collaborative Exhibition with Nancy Nightingale, March 2018, Tent Gallery, West Port, Edinburgh​