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1961
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Born Falmouth Cornwall |
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1979-80
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Falmouth College of Art |
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1980-83
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Winchester School of Art (BA) |
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1983-84
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Chelsea School Of Art (MA) |
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Solo Exhibitions: |
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1986
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City Artists Gallery, London |
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1988
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Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon
Gallery, London |
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1990
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New Work, Francis Graham-Dixon
Gallery, London |
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1993
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New Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon
Gallery, London |
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1995-6
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New Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon
Gallery, London |
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1997
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New Paintings, Newlyn Gallery,
Cornwall (Public Gallery) |
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1999
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Paintings 1990-1999
(retrospective), Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter,
Oslo Norway |
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2000
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Paintings 1995-2000, Gallery Fine,
London |
2013
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Centre For
Recent Drawing (C4RD) London
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2015
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RIBA, London:
Wall drawing in bookshop in association with
the publication of : Anchor, a book
about 'outline' in drawing, edited by Joe
Graham
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Selected Group Exhibitions: |
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1984
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Christies Inaugural Exhibition |
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1985
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Opening Exhibition, City Artist's
Gallery, London |
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1986
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Artists Working in Hackney, Hanson
Noble Architects, London |
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1987
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Art After Hours, Limelight Club,
London |
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Celtic Vision , Newlyn Gallery
Cornwall and Chapter Gallery Cardiff |
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Painting Dept Tutors Group
Exhibition, Chelsea College of Art London |
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Nine British Artists Francis
Graham-Dixon Gallery, London |
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1988
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Celtic Vision, Dublin |
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1989
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Six Artists in the Vaults, The
Chapter House, London |
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1991
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Group Show, Francis Graham-Dixon
Gallery, London |
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1992
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Five Years: Works on Paper and an
Exterior Sculpture, Francis Graham-Dixon
Gallery, London |
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1994
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Gallery Artists, Paintings and
Works on Paper, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery
London |
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Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel
Gallery, London |
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1996
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Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel
Gallery, London |
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In Transit, Contemporary British
Art, Leidon, Holland and Osnabrook Germany |
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1997
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John Moores, Liverpool, Exhibition
20, Walker Gallery, Liverpool. |
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1998
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Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel
Gallery, London |
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1999
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Art 99, Design Centre, Islington,
London |
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Hunting Group Exhibition : Royal
College of Art, London |
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2000
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Group Show, Gallery Fine, London |
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2001
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'Showcase' Chelsea College of Art
and Design at former Royal Army Medical
College, London |
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British Abstract Art, Flowers East,
London. |
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Group Show, Gallery Fine, London |
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2003
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Hunting Group Art Prize Exhibition
(2nd Prize Winner), Royal College of Art,
London |
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2004
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A21 International,
Contemporary Art Space, Osaka, Japan.
Gallery Hot. Osaka, Japan |
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2005
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'Short
Stories About Painting'
Artspace Gallery, Islington, London
Curated by Jeffrey Dennis : Simon Callery,
Merlin James, Louise Cattrell, Jeffrey
Dennis, Tim Renshaw, Virginia Verran |
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2007
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Virginia Verran and David
Oates, Redchurch St Gallery, London
Art Auction in support of
the Medical Foundation for the Care of
Victims of Torture, Store St, London
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2008
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'Same as it ever was', group
show of tutors and alumni from Chelsea
College of Art and Design, curated
by Clyde Hopkins : L. Institiute Davies
St, Triangle Space, Chelsea, and Chelsea
Space.
'Timescapes' Group show.
Blackpool Fine Arts Dept. |
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2009
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A21 International, Harado No
Mori Museum,Osaka.
Jerwood Drawing Exhibition,
Jerwood Space, London and tour. |
2010
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Jerwood Drawing
Prize: 1st Prize Winner: Jerwood
Space, London
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2010/11
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Drawings :
Eagle Gallery, London :Wendy Anderson,
Fieroza Dawson and Virginia Verran
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A World
of Drawings : Lia Anna Hennig, Felicity
Powell and Virginia Verran: Alexia
Goethe Gallery, London 2010
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A Sort of Night
To The Mind A Kind Of Night For Our
Thoughts: Artery Gallery/Arch 402,
Stuttgardt
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Anschlussel:
artists from Berlin and London: Frueshorge
Contemporary Drawings, Berlin
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Drawing
Biennial: The Drawing Room, London
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2012
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Equinox:
Transition Gallery, London
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Anschlussel:
Artists from Berlin and London, C4RD, London
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Royal Academy
Summer Show, London
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Collectible:
ZAP art projects, London
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2013
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First Come,
First Served: Lion and Lamb
Gallery, London
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Discernible:
Zeitgeist Art Projects, London
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Marmite
Painting Prize on tour: Drawing
Room/Tannery/ Plymouth/Cambridge/Glasgow/
Manchester
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Unknown
Sitter: Charlie Dutton Gallery,
London, Curated by Covadonga Valdes,
Including: Marcus Harvey, Galen Riley,
Damien Meade, Kirsten Glass, David Dipre,
Cathy Lomax, Marianne Basu- lado, Dallas
Seitz, Virginia Verran
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'Hey Narcissus':
Studio 1:1 Gallery, London, including Clare
Price, Kirsten Glass, Stephanie Moran,
Claudia Bose.
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Atomic:
Transition Gallery: London, 2013; Including:
Michael Ajerman, Andrew Bracey, Paul
Kinders- ley, Emma Talbot, Paul Housley,
Mali Morris,Virginia Verran.
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Small is
Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London
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2014
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Time Out:
The 100 Best Paintings contributors lists,
compiled by Martin
Coomer https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Drawing-Sculpture/100-Curators-Collection/348909/22737/view
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Shonagh Manson
of Jerwood Foundation selects Virginia
Verran for Saatchi Art's 100 Curators 100
days:
https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Drawing-Sculpture/100-Curators-Collection/348909/22737/view
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2015
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Autocatalytic
Future Games, Curated by Playpaint: London
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Royal Academy
Summer Show, London
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Eureka!: London
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Salad, L'Escargot,
London
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Small is
Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London
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2016
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The British
Society of Self Deprecation. Part 1: British
Drawing: Charlie Dutton Gallery, Beijing,
China, Including, amongst others : Emma
Talbot, Phillip Allen, Paul Housley,
Marainne Basualdo, Harry Pye, Geraldine
Swayne, Andrew Seto, Mick Finch, Charlie
Dutton, Virginia Verran.
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At the Edge of
Printing: Royal Academy, Keepers House,
2016; Invited to show by Tess Jaray
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Lost for Words:
Falmouth University, Curated by Lucy Willow
and Mercedes Kemp
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Complicity:
Collyer Bristow, London, 2016, curated by
Rosalind Davis
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As Wide as the
Space Between Walls, The Tannery Project
Space, London
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Tim Sayer
Bequest: Hepworth,Wakefield
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Small is
Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London
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2017
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From the South:
Virginia Verran and David Oates, Wakayama,
Japan
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Phoenix:
Grenfell Auction: Vout O Reenees,
London
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2017/18
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Small is
Beautiful: Flowers Gallery
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2018
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John Moores
Exhibition 60th Anniversary, Walker
Gallery, Liverpool
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Fully Awake,
Royal College of Art. VV selecting Trevor
Sutton and Aimée Parrott
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Awards: |
1986
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Jacob
Mendelssohn Award
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2010
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1st Prize,
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010
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Collections: |
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Arts Council of England
Israel Phoenix Assurance, Tel Aviv, Israel
Arthur Andersen Collection
Fitzwilliam Museum (loaned to Clare College)
LG Collection, London
Meyer Brown, London |
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Research: |
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2001/2
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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. Edited by
Mark Haworth-Booth. Published by
Phaidon Press.
Liaised with Mark Haworth-Booth
for 100 Photographs: A Collection by
Bruce Bernard at the Victoria
& Albert Museum Canon Gallery
2002-03
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2002
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Co-curator with South Bank
Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery)
for the touring show of Bruce Bernard’s
photographs: ‘Artists and their Studios’.
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.
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Teaching Experience: |
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Currently associate lecturer
in Painting at: Chelsea College of Art
and Design, London, and University
College, Falmouth. Also teaches at Slade
School of Fine Art, London. |
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