Information
February 2010:
Hi, I know this section is desperately in need of updating - please bear with me - I will get to it soon I promise :-)
In the meantime do email me or the Fairfax Gallery if you have any particular questions...
Best wishes
Mary Jane
Next solo show will be at Fairfax, Chelsea in October 2010. Please email for an invitation or more information:
info@maryjaneansell.co.uk or call 01273 623592 or contact Fairfax Gallery
www.fairfaxgallery.com
Georgie
Oil On Panel
13.5" x 8.5"
Selected for BP Portrait Award 2009
18 June – 20 September 2009
National Portrait Gallery, London
28 September – 31 November 2009
Southampton City Art Gallery
12 December 2009 – 21 February 2010
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Anima/Animus was selected for the Threadneedle Threadneedle Figurative Prize 2008.
In its first year, the award received over 2700 entries and is the most valuable competition for a single work of art in the UK. The exhibition is a fascinatingly broad and diverse selection showcasing the best in new contemporary figurative art.
www.threadneedlefigurativeprize.com/exhibition
• The Sybarite featured in the relaunched Spaces Magazine (March edition)
www.spacesmagazine.co.uk
• The Gift Series - II, featured on the cover Marie-Chantale Gariepy's novel Dredio from French Canadian www.marchanddefeuilles.com
• Barry Lategan, the world renowned photographer, took a series of portraits of Mary Jane and her work at her 2007 solo show in Chelsea.
• Mary Jane's work was shown as part of a recent feature on investing in Contemporary Art on BBC's The One Show.
(b. Shropshire 1972)
Mary Jane Ansell graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and now works from her studio in the heart of Brighton's North Laine.
After only beginning to seriously exhibit her work in 2002, she was selected for both the 2004 BP National Portrait Award and The Daily Mails Not the Turner Prize she was also prize winner in LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Arndale Gallery, Cork Street London.
2004 also saw her supporting the national charitable initiative Big Arts Week spending a week with children, at Stanford Infant School during June encouraging them to explore portraiture for themselves.
She was invited to appear on the BBC, giving a live half hour portraiture master-class on CBBC's Xchange programme marking the National Gallery's exhibition Making Faces.
During Brighton's May Festival she was short listed for the Brighton Festival Fringe Art Prize 2004
2005 continued to be just as eventful. Mary Jane won the Sussex Open Painting Award at Brighton and Hove Museum and was selected for the Royal Society Of Portrait Painters annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London followed by a second selection for LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Oxo Tower Gallery, London in February.
2006 opened with an invitation to produce a portrait, one of 150 to be auctioned as part of The National Portrait Gallery's 150th Anniversary Gala celebrations. Along with celebrities such as Mario Testino, Bruce Oldfield, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sophie Dahl and Jerry Hall - artists and sitters joined forces for National Portrait Gallery's 150th Anniversary Appeal: 'Collecting for the Future' raising money for future collections.
Further details:
www.npg.org.uk/live/prel150.asp
She will be showing new work with Fairfax Gallery at a selection of Art Fairs and Group Exhibitions during 2009.
Please call for more information or an invitation to upcoming shows on 01273 623592, or email contact@maryjaneansell.co.uk.
For information on commissioning a figurative painting or portrait visit:
www.maryjaneansell.co.uk/contact.php
Mary Jane is exclusively represented by The Fairfax Gallery.
February 2010:
Hi, I know this section is desperately in need of updating - please bear with me - I will get to it soon I promise :-)
In the meantime do email me or the Fairfax Gallery if you have any particular questions...
Best wishes
Mary Jane
Next solo show will be at Fairfax, Chelsea in October 2010. Please email for an invitation or more information:
info@maryjaneansell.co.uk or call 01273 623592 or contact Fairfax Gallery
www.fairfaxgallery.com
Georgie
Oil On Panel
13.5" x 8.5"
Selected for BP Portrait Award 2009
18 June – 20 September 2009
National Portrait Gallery, London
28 September – 31 November 2009
Southampton City Art Gallery
12 December 2009 – 21 February 2010
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Anima/Animus was selected for the Threadneedle Threadneedle Figurative Prize 2008.
In its first year, the award received over 2700 entries and is the most valuable competition for a single work of art in the UK. The exhibition is a fascinatingly broad and diverse selection showcasing the best in new contemporary figurative art.
www.threadneedlefigurativeprize.com/exhibition
• The Sybarite featured in the relaunched Spaces Magazine (March edition)
www.spacesmagazine.co.uk
• The Gift Series - II, featured on the cover Marie-Chantale Gariepy's novel Dredio from French Canadian www.marchanddefeuilles.com
• Barry Lategan, the world renowned photographer, took a series of portraits of Mary Jane and her work at her 2007 solo show in Chelsea.
• Mary Jane's work was shown as part of a recent feature on investing in Contemporary Art on BBC's The One Show.
(b. Shropshire 1972)
Mary Jane Ansell graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and now works from her studio in the heart of Brighton's North Laine.
After only beginning to seriously exhibit her work in 2002, she was selected for both the 2004 BP National Portrait Award and The Daily Mails Not the Turner Prize she was also prize winner in LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Arndale Gallery, Cork Street London.
2004 also saw her supporting the national charitable initiative Big Arts Week spending a week with children, at Stanford Infant School during June encouraging them to explore portraiture for themselves.
She was invited to appear on the BBC, giving a live half hour portraiture master-class on CBBC's Xchange programme marking the National Gallery's exhibition Making Faces.
During Brighton's May Festival she was short listed for the Brighton Festival Fringe Art Prize 2004
2005 continued to be just as eventful. Mary Jane won the Sussex Open Painting Award at Brighton and Hove Museum and was selected for the Royal Society Of Portrait Painters annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London followed by a second selection for LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Oxo Tower Gallery, London in February.
2006 opened with an invitation to produce a portrait, one of 150 to be auctioned as part of The National Portrait Gallery's 150th Anniversary Gala celebrations. Along with celebrities such as Mario Testino, Bruce Oldfield, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sophie Dahl and Jerry Hall - artists and sitters joined forces for National Portrait Gallery's 150th Anniversary Appeal: 'Collecting for the Future' raising money for future collections.
Further details:
www.npg.org.uk/live/prel150.asp
She will be showing new work with Fairfax Gallery at a selection of Art Fairs and Group Exhibitions during 2009.
Please call for more information or an invitation to upcoming shows on 01273 623592, or email contact@maryjaneansell.co.uk.
For information on commissioning a figurative painting or portrait visit:
www.maryjaneansell.co.uk/contact.php
Mary Jane is exclusively represented by The Fairfax Gallery.