ROXANA HALLS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Die Augen der Roxana Halls, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin
Roxana Halls at the BBC, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham2022 Eyes of Roxana Halls, Gallery 46, Whitechapel, London
2021 Crime Spree, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
2018 A Private View, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
2017 Weimar & Other Earthly Desires, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
2015 Unknown Women, Hayhill Gallery, Baker St, London
2014 Appetite, Hayhill Gallery, Baker St, London
2012 Domestic Disturbance, Beaux Arts Bath
2011 Shadow Play, HayHill Gallery, Cork St, London
Tingle-Tangle and Other Tales, Lauderdale House, Highgate,London2009 Roxana Halls' Tingle-Tangle, National Theatre, South Bank, London
2004 Third Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2002 Second Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2000 First Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award Exhibtion, The National Portrait Gallery, London
British Contemporary, Forward Gallery, Birmingham 20252024
Reframing The Muse, St. John's College Oxford
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Spring & Summer Exhibition, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
AOAP for IWD, by invitation of Vittoria Beltrame, London2023
Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture, Marlborough Gallery, London
Lost Girls, Flowers Gallery, Cork St, London
Art Basel, TW Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition, Piano Nobile, London
Artist Portraits, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
Best of British, 60 years of Contemporary Art, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
Art on a Postcard, Soho Revue, London2022
Bodies in Trouble, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin
Extraordinary Portraits, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Surreal So Good, TW Fine Art, Palm Beach, Florida
Everytime We Say Goodbye, The Project Gallery, Athens, Greece
Nightclubbing, InFems Art Collective, M&C Saatchi, London
Five Needle Five Wire, InFems Art Collective, Thameside Studios, London
British Contemporary, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
Pride Art Exhibition, Clifford Chance, London
Pride Art: A Celebration of Queer Creativity, MUFG, London
2021
Caught Up In A Lockdown Art Affair, TW Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
(by invitation of Adelaide Damoah)
Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show, Space Station 65, London
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition, Piano Nobile, London
No Reserve, InFems Art Collective, Co-Curator, Leicester Contemporary, Leicester
Biting Back & Enjoying The Taste, InFems Art Collective, PADA Studios, Lisbon
Love In The Time of Cholera, Clifford Chance, London
Autumn Group Exhibition, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
2020
KAPOW! The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Dear Christine (a tribute to Christine Keeler), Arthouse 1, London
“Not Only can Women Paint but…”, Ruth Borchard Collection, London
Christmas Group Exhibition, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
JOY, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
Culture! Artists v Gangs, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London2019
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition,Kings Place Gallery, London
167th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol
Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, London
Dear Christine (a tribute to Christine Keeler), Vane, Newcastle
Dear Christine (a tribute to Christine Keeler), Elysium, Swansea
Group Shows, Colley Ison Gallery, Birmingham
Land of Cockaygne, Andreas Hülber Gallery, Vienna
Summer Exhibition, Gallery Different, London
The Kiss, Gallery Different, London
Culture! Artists v Gangs, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
Don't Leave Me This Way, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
Art For Youth London, Mall Galleries, London
Amsterdam, Secret Location, Bermondsey, London
Featured in: Make a Mark, Portraits of 30 Women Painters by Barry Bliss exhibited in the centenary celebrations of Women's Suffrage, Houses of Parliament, London
Featured in: Artfully Dressed:Women in the Artworld, portraits by Carla van de Puttelaar, TEFAF, Park Avenue Armory, New York2018
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Threesome, New Art Projects, London
Threesome, The Gallery, Liverpool
A Moveable Feast, Andreas Hülber Gallery, Vienna
We Could Be Heroes, MPHQ Project Space, Cologne, Germany
Discerning Eye Collection Tour, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford
Muse, Model or Mistress, Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London
Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, London
Art For Youth London, Launch, Mayfair, London and Mall Galleries, London
Featured in: Artfully Dressed:Women in the Artworld, portraits by Carla van de Puttelaar, The Weiss Gallery, London2017
Make A Mark, Arthouse1, London
Phoenix: Exhibition & Auction for the Grenfell Tower Community,
The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, London
Love Happens Here, Pride London Pop-Up, Soho, London
Queer Artists: In Your Face, Salisbury Art Centre
Art For Youth Showcase, Unlimited House, Soho, London
A Private Collection, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
Show Us Your Smalls, The Stash Gallery at Vout-O-Reenee's, London
Art For Youth London, Mall Galleries, London2016
Écriture Féminine, Edgar Modern, Bath
Group Show, Menier Gallery, London
Group Shows, Hayhill Gallery, Baker Street, London
Winter Pride Art Awards, Islington Arts Factory, Runner-Up
The Discerning Eye Collection Exhibition, Drawing Projects, Trowbridge
My Sex, My Self, The Ply Gallery, London
Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Art For Youth, Mall Galleries, London
Discerning Eye Collection 25th Anniversary Exhibition,
Temple Church, London
Semblance, The Dukes Gallery, Dorchester
Stonewall Season, London2015
Discerning Eye Collection Exhibition, Temple Church, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
AAF Hampstead, Edgar Modern Stand, London
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition,Kings Place Gallery,London
Winter Pride Awards, Lacey Contemporary, Notting Hill, London
Group Show, Hayhill Gallery, Baker Street, London
Summer Exhibition, Edgar Modern, Bath
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
(by invitation of Steve Pill)2014
Winter Pride Awards, Chart Gallery, Chelsea, London (finalist)
Winter Pride Awards, Tobacco Dock, London
Winter Pride Awards at Office Sessions, East India Dock, London2013
Hayhill Gallery at Henley Festival
National Open Art Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
National Open Art Exhibition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester2012
London Art Fair, Islington, London, with Beaux Arts Bath
International Summer Showcase, Hayhill Gallery, Cork St, London
Lucid Dreams, Hayhill Gallery at Moor House, London2011
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition,Kings Place Gallery,London
Art London, Royal Hospital Chelsea, with Hayhill Gallery & Beaux Arts Bath
20/21 British Art Fair, RCA London, with Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington, London with Beaux Arts Bath
The Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, with Beaux Arts Bath
Hay Hill Gallery at Lloyds Club, London2010
Winner, Founder's Purchase Prize, The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Winner, Pride in the House, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London
London Art Fair, Islington, London with Beaux Arts Bath
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath2009
The National Open Art Competition, Chichester Festival Theatre
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London2007
London Art Fair, Islington, London with Beaux Arts Bath2006
Face Value,Chelsea Art Gallery,San Francisco
25 Years of Beaux Arts, Anniversary Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath2005
Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Garrick Milne Prize, Christies, London2004
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
(by invitation of Alan Grieve CBE)
Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
CHASE Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath2003
Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath2002
Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath2001
Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath2000
B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
20th Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath1999
The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London1998
B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
Nudes, Innocent Fine Art, Bristol
Still Life, Innocent Fine Art, Bristol1997
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London1996
B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London1995
B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London1994
B.P. Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London1990
The South West Open, Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, Devon
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS2023 Lost Girls, Co-Curator, InFems Art Collective, Flowers Gallery, Cork St, London
2022 Funny Ha Ha, Curator, Maddox Gallery, Mayfair, London
Five Needle Five Wire, Co-Curator, InFems Art Collective, Thameside Studios, London
No Reserve, Co-Curator, InFems Art Collective, Leicester Contemporary, Leicester
SELECTED COMMISSIONS & PORTRAITS2022 Stretching Room paintings, Haunted Mansion film, released 2023, Disney Studios, collection of Disney Archive
Pulse Points, commissioned by the House of Carolina Herrera
2020 Horse McDonald, Collection of National Galleries of Scotland
Katie Tomkins - Mortuary & Post Mortem Services Manager, Collection of West Hertfordshire NHS Trust
2019 Debbie Bliss MBE
2018/19/20 Portraits for 'Sitting', BBC
2007 Nick Hackworth, Collection of Brian Sewell
2004 John Simopoulos, Emeritus Professor, St Catherine’s College, Oxford
1995 Alan Grieve CBE, Chairman, Jerwood Foundation
TELEVISION & RADIO2022 Extraordinary Portraits, Episode 1, BBC One
2021 Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4
2020 Sitting, BBC Four
2018 Only Artists, BBC Radio 4
AWARDS2017 The Derwent Special Award, SWA
2010 Founder's Purchase Prize, Discerning Eye
Winner, Pride in the House
2004 The Villiers David Prize
2001 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
SELECTED BOOKS2025 Cover, Ambition Monster by Jennifer Romolini
2023 Feature and Interview, Unlocking Women's Art: Pioneers, Visionaries & Radicals of Paint by P.L. Henderson
2021 Portraits for NHS Heroes, Bloomsbury
SELECTED PRESS2024
Burning Down the House: An exclusive interview with artist Roxana Halls, Dangerous Minds
How Contemporary Artists are Reframing the Muse, Observer
Reframing the Muse, FAD Magazine2023
Spotlight: Artist Roxana Halls' Depictions of Women Skewer Societal Expectations, ARTNET
Die Freiheit der Frauen, Die Augen der Roxana Halls review and front cover, Berliner Morgenpost
Die Malerin Roxana Halls sprengt Konventionen, Die Augen der Roxana Halls review, Tagesspiegel
Lachen, bis kein Arzt kommt, Roxana Halls' Unleashed Heroines, Tagesspiegel
Review, Siegessäule magazine2022
Fraulein Magazine, interview and Feature, Special Freedom Issue
Disrupting Politeness: In Conversation with Roxana Halls, Injection Mag
Introducing Roxana Halls, Somewhere For Us magazine
Radikale Schnitte, Tagesspiegel
Bodies in Trouble, Exberliner
2021
Laughing While..., Essay by Ian McKay, Art North Magazine, Art & Food special issue
A Work of Art, The Scots Magazine
Fresh Paint, Feature, Artists & illustrators Magazine
Horse McDonald portrait takes Pride of Place, Somewhere for Us Magazine
Cover, Horse McDonald National Treasure, DIVA Magazine
Sitting Witty, an interview with APOLLO Magazine
An Interview with Roxana Halls by Anna McNay, The Flux Review
Casting a Queer Eye across the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, Dan Vo, Museum Crush
Rebel Dykes Feature, HUCK Magazine
Rebel Dykes Feature, Polyester Magazine
5 Sapphic Artists to Check Out, After Ellen
The Noxious & The Nourishing, Interview with Frances Forbes-Carbine, Culturall
Laughing While Under Surveillance, Essay by AJ Kelly, After Ellen
Ten Choices from the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Paul Carey-Kent, FAD Magazine2020
Feature, Pauline McLean Arts Correspondent, BBC Scotland
Interview, The Afternoon Show, BBC Radio Scotland
Portraits for NHS Heroes, Feature, ITV News at Ten
Paint, Sweat & Tears, Feature, The Guardian
Take a Moment with Roxana Halls, Portraits for NHS Heroes, Google Arts & Culture
6 Women at the Forefront of Feminist Art Today, Ruth Millington, Rise Art
Interview on Laughter, Colnaghi Foundation
Artist Profile, WIA
Bold Portrait to Enter National Gallery, The National
Close Up, Julie Burchill, Airmail2019
No Heroic Male Master, Michael Eden, Trebuchet
Self Portraiture, Three Articles, Artists & Illustrators Magazine2018
Only Artists, BBC Radio 4
What Is A Portrait?, Interview, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
Threesome Feature, Wallpaper Magazine
Threesome Feature, BUST Magazine
Threesome Feature, Studio International
Top 7 Exhibitions in London, Threesome, FAD Magazine
Threesome Feature, DIVA Magazine2017 Seeing Ourselves in a Different Light, Article by Roxana Halls, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
2016 Narrative Painting, Article by Roxana Halls, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
2015 Fabric, Article by Roxana Halls, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
2014 4 Star Review, City AM Newspaper
Appetite Feature, Wall Street International
Appetite Feature, Diva Magazine
Appetite Feature, FAD
Alice in Wonderland Feature, At Home Magazine, guest editor Sarah Beeny
Feature, Artists & Illustrators Magazine2013 Feature & Interview, Unearthly Magazine
2012 Advertisement, Discerning Eye Competition, National Magazines
Domestic Disturbance, Galleries Magazine
The Suspended Room, Bath Life Magazine2011 Shadow Play Feature, Art Of England
Shadow Play Feature, This Is London2009 In The Studio, Time Out London
Observations: In art, life is always a cabaret, The Independent
My Space, The Sunday Telegraph
Cabaret On Canvas, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
The night of my life on a lost weekend, Liz Hoggard, Evening Standard
Everyone's Talking About, Diva Magazine2006 Cover, The Bath Magazine
Sarah Drury, Galleries Magazine2002 Moira Rudolph, Galleries magazine
Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle
Review, The Evening Advertiser2000 Karen Wright, Modern Painters
Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle1998 Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
1997 Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard
1996 Rosanna Negrotti, What’s On In London
Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard1995 Brian Sewell, London Evening Standard