Henrietta Dubrey

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Henrietta Dubrey (born 1966) is a painter [1] currently living in West Penwith, Cornwall. She studied at the Wimbledon School of Art, graduating in 1989.

Dubrey has an interest in calligraphy and gesture-making, in common with Penwith artists of the 50s and 60s. [2] She has been selected eight times for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Show, most recently in 2003. [3]

In 2011 and 2012 some of her pictures were featured on the sets of the BBC television series Absolutely Fabulous. [4] [5]

Her work has been exhibited at the Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath, [6] and the Belgrave Gallery, St Ives. [7] In March 2017 she took part in an exhibition of "groundbreaking" woman artists, at the Sarah Wiseman Gallery in Oxford, to mark International Women's Day. [8]

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References

  1. Goodwin, Megan. "Aldeburgh to host Art for Cure exhibition to raise money for breast cancer". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. "artcornwall.org: Henrietta Dubrey and Marion Taylor: Rainyday Gallery, Penzance". art cornwall .org. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Catalogue 2003
  4. "Artist's absolutely fabulous work on show at gallery", Cambridge News , 26 November 2012, Accessed 1 January 2014. Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Category: Henrietta Dubrey". Brook Contemporary Fine Art Consultancy. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  6. "Interview with Artist Henrietta Dubrey", Aesthetica Magazine, 31 March 2015.
  7. review by Peter Davies of Dubrey's 2004 Belgrave Gallery exhibition in St. Ives Times & Echo, 2 Apr 2004
  8. Tim Hughes (10 March 2017). "'Identities' exhibition at Oxford's Sarah Wiseman Gallery celebrates the female form". Oxford Mail . Retrieved 13 November 2017.