Bio
Pavel Isupov is a painter born in Exeter, England, in 1996. He graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2018 and has sustained a studio practice since graduating, with exhibitions including the RSA New Contemporaries 2019 and his first solo exhibition at the Plough Art Centre, Devon in 2021.
He was a finalist in the Hix award and was also longlisted for the Jackson's Art Prize.
He is due to begin the Turps Correspondence Course from September 2024.
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
UAL Diploma in Art and Design (Foundation Studies) at Exeter College 2014-2015
Exeter College 2012-2014
Exhibitions & Awards
Upcoming / Current:
Art on a Postcard Exhibition and Auction, November 2024, 12th December, Gathering Gallery, London
HYPHA X Dispensary Gallery, 26th October - 10th December 2024, The Dispensary Gallery, Wrexham, Wales
Annual Exhibition, 2nd November - 14th December, Southwark Park Galleries, London
Past:
Walk While You Have the Light, August - September 2024, Safehouse 1, London (Curated Group Show)
Make Yourself at Home, June - August 2024, Group Show at Hweg, Penzance, Cornwall (Curated Group Show)
Jackson's Art Prize 2024 Longlist
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, 2024
Guildford House Open - November - January 2023 / 2024, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford
Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Show 2023
Solo Show (Reopening), October 2021, Plough Arts Centre, Torrington, Devon
Solo Show, March - April 2020 (Closed for Covid), Plough Arts Centre, Torrington, Devon
RSA New Contemporaries 2019, March - April 2019, Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound,
Edinburgh
RSA Ages of Wonder - Touring Exhibition 2018-2019
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show, June 2018, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Hix Award Shortlist Exhibition, September - November 2017, Hix Art Gallery, Shoreditch, London
Hix Award Continued Show, January - February, 2018 Coutts Bank, The Strand, London
Foreshadow, Collaborative Exhibition with Nancy Nightingale, March 2018, Tent Gallery, West Port, Edinburgh
The Salon, April 2018 Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
After the Storm, April – May 2017. John Hope Gateway, Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh