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 selected for the Paintingsince2000 open call, was a finalist in the Hix award and was also longlisted for the Jackson's Art Prize.
He is currently on the the Turps Correspondence course 2024/25.
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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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Painting Since 2000, Open Call, 2nd December 2024 - 29th February 2025
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Wales Contemporary Award, Garrison Chapel, Chelsea, London, 26th February - 9th March 2025
Wales Contemporary Award, Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, Wales, 21st March - 17th May 2025
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​Selected Past Exhibitions:
HYPHA X Dispensary Gallery, 26th October - 10th December 2024, The Dispensary Gallery, Wrexham, Wales
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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)
Jackson's Art Prize 2024 Longlist
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, 2024
Guildford House Open - November - January 2023 / 2024, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford ​
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Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Show 2023
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Solo Show (Reopening), October 2021, Plough Arts Centre, Torrington, Devon
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Solo Show, March - April 2020 (Closed for Covid), 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, Hix Art Gallery, Shoreditch, 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
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The Salon, April 2018 Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
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After the Storm, April – May 2017. John Hope Gateway, Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh
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