Virginia Verran
1961
Born Falmouth Cornwall
1979-80
Falmouth College of Art
1980-83
Winchester School of Art (BA)
1983-84
Chelsea School Of Art (MA)
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Solo Exhibitions:
1986
City Artists Gallery, London
1988
Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1990
New Work, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1993
New Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1995-6
New Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1997
New Paintings, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall (Public Gallery)
1999
Paintings 1990-1999 (retrospective), Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo Norway
2000
Paintings 1995-2000, Gallery Fine, London
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1984
Christies Inaugural Exhibition
1985
Opening Exhibition, City Artist’s Gallery, London
1986
Artists Working in Hackney, Hanson Noble Architects, London
1987
Art After Hours, Limelight Club, London
Celtic Vision , Newlyn Gallery Cornwall and Chapter Gallery Cardiff
Painting Dept Tutors Group Exhibition, Chelsea College of Art London
Nine British Artists Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1988
Celtic Vision, Dublin
1989
Six Artists in the Vaults, The Chapter House, London
1991
Group Show, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1992
Five Years: Works on Paper and an Exterior Sculpture, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1994
Gallery Artists, Paintings and Works on Paper, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1996
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
In Transit, Contemporary British Art, Leidon, Holland and Osnabrook Germany
1997
John Moores, Liverpool, Exhibition 20, Walker Gallery, Liverpool.
1998
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1999
Art 99, Design Centre, Islington, London
Hunting Group Exhibition : Royal College of Art, London
2000
Group Show, Gallery Fine, London
2001
‘Showcase’ Chelsea College of Art and Design at former Royal Army Medical College, London
British Abstract Art, Flowers East, London.
Group Show, Gallery Fine, London
2003
Hunting Group Art Prize Exhibition (2nd Prize Winner), Royal College of Art, London
2004
A21 International, Contemporary Art Space, Osaka, Japan. Gallery Hot. Osaka, Japan
2005
‘Short Stories About Painting’ Artspace Gallery, Islington, London
Curated by Jeffrey Dennis : Simon Callery, Merlin James, Louise Cattrell, Jeffrey Dennis, Tim Renshaw, Virginia Verran
Awards:
1986
Jacob Mendelssohn Award
Collections:
Arts Council of England
Israel Phoenix Assurance, Tel Aviv, Israel
Arthur Andersen Collection
Research:
2001/2
As an executor and custodian of the estate of Bruce Bernard oversaw the publishing of a book of the Bruce Bernard Collection: 100 Photographs: A Collection by Bruce Bernard. Notes and afterword by Mark Haworth-Booth. Published by Phaidon Press.

Liaised with Mark Haworth-Booth (Senior Curator of Photography) – ie, provided vital documentation, both for the book and the exhibition – at the Victoria & Albert Museum Canon Gallery: 100 Photographs: A Collection by Bruce Bernard: Sept 2002-January 2003.

2002
Co-curated an exhibition at Tate Britain of Bruce Bernard’s photographs (also providing new prints, documenting them, providing vital information for the accompanying publication, hanging the exhibition etc): ‘Portraits of Painters’ Photographs by Bruce Bernard. May -Aug.

Co-curator with South Bank Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery) for the touring show of Bruce Bernard’s photographs: ‘Artists and their Studios’. This exhibition is travelling around the country until 2006.

Co-curater with Philip Long at Museum Of Modern Art Edinburgh (Dean Gallery): Artists and Models: Photographs by Bruce Bernard. July to Sept. Also overseeing the hanging of I00 Photographs: A Collection by Bruce Bernard.

Teaching Experience:
Currently visiting tutor in Painting at: Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, and the Slade School of Fine Art, London.
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