Leigh Glover studied at Oxford Brookes University and Heatherley’s School of Fine Art, London. Glover’s work has been in the exhibitions of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (2008), Royal Society of Portrait Painters (2009), Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize (2010), BP Portrait Award (2011) and the ING Discerning Eye Exhibiton (2014).
Awards
2011, Show Prize, Friends of Holland Park Art Exhibition, London
2008, Windsor & Newton Young Artist Finalist, Royal Inst. of Oil Painters, London
2007, Portrait Diploma Prize, Heatherley’s School of Fine Art, London
2005, Young Artist of the Year, Runner Up, Society of All Artists
Solo Exhibitions
2013, Leigh Glover at home, Kensington & Fulham Open Studios, London
2011, From the Air, Department of Coffee and Social Affairs, London
Group Exhibitions
2014, ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, London
2013, Throw Those Curtains Wide, London
2012, FACK I, Kensington & Chelsea College, London
2012, Art Below, Regents Park Tube, London
2012, Airspace, University of Suffolk, Ipswich
2012, Space Art Life, Brick Lane Gallery Annexe, London
2012, Young Masters Fundraising Exhibition, London
2011, Mock I, Bankside Gallery, London
2011, BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2010, Lynn Painter-Stainers Painting Prize, London
2010, Runnymede Gallery, Old Windsor
2009, Windsor Contemporary Art Fair, Windsor
2009, Untitled Artist Fair, The Chelsea Town Hall, London
2009, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
2007, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London
2007, Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Oakham Galleries, London
Collections
Windsor Museum & Library, Royal Borough of Windsor
Private collections in Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK & USA.
Publications
The Moth, arts and literature, Issue 5 Summer 2011
Poetry in (e)motion the Illustrated Words of Scroobius Pip, Titan Books, 2010
Qualifications
2007, Diploma in Portrait Painting, Heatherley’s School of Fine Art
2002, BSc (Hons) Mapping and Cartography, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford