Carl Randall
Carl Randall | |
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Born | 1975 UK |
Nationality | British |
Education | Slade School of Fine Art, Royal Drawing School, Tokyo University of the Arts. |
Known for | Painting/Fine art |
Awards | 2012 BP Travel Award, London; 2011 Nomura Art Prize, Japan; 1998 Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Competition 1st Prize |
Website | www |
Carl Randall (born 1975) is a British figurative painter, whose work is based on images of modern Japan and London.
Education
Randall is a graduate of The Slade School of Fine Art London (BA Fine Art),[1] the Royal Drawing School London (The Drawing Year),[2] and Tokyo University of the Arts Japan (MFA & PhD Fine Art).[3]
Portraits of Modern Japan
Randall was awarded The BP Travel Award 2012[4][5], for his proposal to walk in the footsteps of the Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker Andō Hiroshige, creating paintings of the people and places of contemporary Japan.[6] His project involved spending time in Japan resulting in a group of 15 paintings exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of The 2013 BP Portrait Award exhibition, under the title "In the Footsteps of Hiroshige – The Tokaido Highway and Portraits of Modern Japan".[7][8][9] The exhibition subsequently toured to The Aberdeen Art Gallery Scotland,[10] The Wolverhampton Art Gallery England,[9] and then formed his solo exhibition in Japan 'Portraits from Edo to the Present'[11][12] at The Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, where the paintings were exhibited alongside Hiroshige's original The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō woodblock prints. In conjunction with these exhibitions, the book Carl Randall – Japan Portraits was published, illustrating paintings and drawings made in Japan, with a foreword by British author Desmond Morris, and an introduction by the late American writer Donald Richie.[13] A short documentary, Carl Randall – Japan Portraits was also made, showing the artist painting and drawing in Japan.[14] His Japan paintings were also the subject of a 2016 'World Update' interview by the BBC World Service.[15]
Awards, Scholarships, Residencies, Collections
As well as The BP Travel Award, he also received first prize in the 1998 RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition,[16] and has twice received Second prize in The William Coldstream Painting Competition at The Slade (1996/97),[17] and The 2011 Nomura Art Prize[18] (awarded by Tokyo University of Arts for the top PhD graduate exhibition, with his painting 'Roppongi Nightclub' being bought for the University Museum's collection). Scholarships include Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation[19] and MEXT[3] to continue his career as a painter in Tokyo, where he lived for 10 years.[20] Artist in residencies include ING Fresh Eyes on Formula 1, Fuji Speedway – to document Formula 1 races in Japan[21] and Hiroshima Art Document, to meet and paint portraits of hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bomb[22] (the resulting drawings now in permanent collection of UCL Art Museum, University College London [23]). In 2014, his large canvas 'Tokyo Portrait' was bought by Fondation Carmignac in Paris,[24] joining works in the collection by artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichenstein, Jean-Michel Basquait, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter.[25] His paintings are also in The Royal Collection[26] and The Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art, Japan.[27]
Exhibitions
His works have been exhibited at a number of exhibitions and galleries, including the BP Portrait Awards (2002,[29] 2012,[7] 2013[29]) at The National Portrait Gallery London; the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2003, 2009,[30] 2013[31][32]); The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition (2012,[33][34] 2017,[35][36] 2018[37]), The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize (2017,[38][39] 2018[40][41]) the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012[42] and Flowers Gallery London.[43][44] In 2014, he had two solo exhibitions in central London of work inspired by the people and places of Tokyo: 'Tokyo Portraits'[45] at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (exhibition opened by novelist David Mitchell [46]), and 'Shōzō [肖像]' at Berloni London.[47][48] In the same year, his solo exhibition 'Portraits from Edo to the Present'[49][12] was at The Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art in Japan, where his paintings were exhibited alongside Ando Hiroshige's original The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō woodblock prints (he was also commissioned by the Museum to make a painting for their collection – a contemporary view of Mount Fuji, as depicted in one of Hiroshige's prints[27]). Participation in international art fairs include Art Taipei, Taiwan,[50] Art Volta, Basel Switzerland[51] and Art International Istanbul.[52][53] In Japan, he has exhibited at Tokyo Art Award,[54] Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Arts, and a solo exhibition at Fuma Contemporary Tokyo, Bunkyo Art.[55] In 2015, he was commissioned by HRH Prince of Wales to paint a World War Two D-Day Veteran for The Royal Collection, exhibited at The Queens Gallery, Buckingham Palace[56][57] and Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.[58][59] In 2016, his work was exhibited and auctioned at Christie's New York.[60][61][62] Earlier in his career, he was included in the 2004 group exhibition 'Being Present' at The Jerwood Gallery London, showcasing eight young UK figurative painters who primarily work from life.[63][64][65]
London Portraits
'London Portraits' are a series of 15 paintings made upon Randall's return to the UK, of people who have contributed to their fields in British culture and society.[66][67][68] Each sitter was asked to choose a location in London for the background of their portraits. Participants include newscaster Jon Snow, actress Julie Walters, comedian Jo Brand, animator Nick Park, author/illustrator Raymond Briggs, novelist David Mitchell, actress Katie Leung, illustrator Dave McKean, poet Benjamin Zephaniah, movie producer Jeremy Thomas, film-maker Julien Temple, poet Simon Armitage, choreographer Akram Khan, zoologist Desmond Morris, actor Antony Sher and Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Gregory Doran. A short documentary Carl Randall – London Portraits was made in conjunction with the project, showing Randall meeting and painting the sitters – each explaining their choice of location in London for their portraits.[69] Prints of this series of paintings were displayed at the print room of The National Portrait Gallery, London.[66][67][68] In 2017, he created a large monochrome painting depicting Piccadilly Circus London, involving painting over 70 portraits directly from observation.[70]
Lecturing/talks
Randall has been invited to give talks at UCL Art Museum (University College London),[71] The London Art Fair,[72] CharterHouse School,[73] Cambridge University,[74] The British Council in Tokyo,[74] The National Portrait Gallery London[75] and The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation (talk chaired by the Head of Undergraduate Painting at The Slade School).[76] In Tokyo, he was Adjunct Professor in Fine Art at Temple University Japan[77] and painting and drawing tutor at Suidobata Art Academy.[78] In London, he has been invited to give painting and drawing workshops at Heatherleys School of Fine Art,[79] The Art Academy[80] and The Royal Drawing School.[2]
Selected works
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Roppongi Nightclub. Oil on canvas, 65 x 130cm. Winner of The 2011 Nomura Art Prize, Tokyo. Collection of Tokyo Geidai Museum, Japan.[18]
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Tokaido Highway Paintings. Oil on canvas, 42 x 30cm each. BP Travel Award work 2013. Exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery London.[7]
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Shinjuku. Oil on canvas, 100 x 230cm. Exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery London 2013.[29]
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Tokyo Subway. Oil on canvas, 130 x 162cm. Exhibited at The 2013 RA Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London.[31]
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Tokyo Portrait. Acrylic on canvas, 182 x 227cm. Collection of Fondation Carmignac, Paris France.[24]
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Hibakusha Portraits (Survivors of the Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima). Pencil and ink on paper, 35 x 50cm each. Collection of University College London Museum.[23]
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Tokyo. Oil on canvas, 65 x 150cm.
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London Portraits. Oil on canvas, 30 x 42cm each (15 panels), 2014-16.
Books
- Carl Randall – Japan Portraits (2013) ISBN 978-0-9926089-0-3
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Signed copies of Japan Portraits at The National Portrait Gallery, London, July 2013
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Carl Randall signing copies of Japan Portraits, at The National Portrait Gallery, London, July 2013
References
- ^ The Slade School of Fine Art Undergraduate Show 1999, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, 1999
- ^ a b The Princes Drawing School Alumni 2002/03, The Princes Drawing School, The Princes Foundation, 2002
- ^ a b Randall, Carl (2012), Tokyo Portraits – by former MEXT scholar Carl Randall, The Japanese Embassy, London, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ 'BP Travel Award 2012'., The National Portrait Gallery London, 2013
- ^ 'Carl Randall's Japan - the best BP Travel Award Exhibition ever!'., Making a Mark, art blog, 2013
- ^ US artist wins £25,000 BP Portrait prize with painting of 'Auntie'., The Guardian, 2012
- ^ a b c d The 2012 BP Travel Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2013, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ In the Footsteps of Hiroshige – The Tokaido Highway and Portraits of Modern Japan – The 2012 BP Portrait Award at The National Portrait Gallery . "Tomorrows World", Artists & Illustrators Magazine, London, August 2013 issue, pages 34–37
- ^ a b Susan (19 June 2013), In the Footsteps of Hiroshige – The Tokaido Highway and Portraits of Modern Japan, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ Victoria Pease (12 November 2013). "Painting Japan: Carl Randall on bringing Asia to Aberdeen". STV. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ Carl Randall's 'Tokaido Highway Portraits' to be displayed in Japan for the first time, 8 July to 11 September 2014., The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, 2014
- ^ a b Follow in the footsteps of Carl Randall on the Tokaido Highway (Time Out Tokyo), Time Out Tokyo, Japan, 2014
- ^ Mumford, Rachel (9 July 2013), Carl Randall's 'Japan Portraits' available for purchase, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ "Video: Carl Randall in Japan", Artists & Illustrators, London: Chelsea Magazines Ltd., 31 July 2013, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ BBC World Service: World Update. 'Carl Randall – Painting the faces in Japan's crowded cities'., BBC, 2016
- ^ The 1998 Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. "Fresh Fields, New Faces", The Sunday Times, London, 6 September 1998, page 8
- ^ Carl Randall – About., www.carlrandall.com, 2015
- ^ a b The 2012 Nomura Art Prize, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, 2012
- ^ Daiwa Scholars 2003, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, 2003, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ Carl Randall- Picturing a Culture, JapanGasm blog, Tokyo, 16 July 2013, retrieved 12 December 2013
- ^ ING Fresh Eyes on Formula 1, Car and Driver Magazine, Japan, December 2007
- ^ Susan (26 June 2012), Dr Carl Randall, former Daiwa Scholar, exhibiting at the Mall Galleries, London in May; at London's National Portrait Gallery, 21 June-23 September 2012 and then touring, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ a b UCL Art Museum acquires Carl Randall's 'Hibakusha' Portraits, The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, 2014
- ^ a b Fondation Carmignac – Carl Randall, Fondation Carmignac Paris, 2014
- ^ Fondation Carmignac Artists, Fondation Carmignac Paris, 2014
- ^ D-Day veteran James 'Jim' Glennie by Carl Randall., The Royal Collection Trust, 2015
- ^ a b Carl Randall's new painting of Miho No Matsubara, The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, 2016
- ^ Prize Winners, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2012, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ a b c BP Portrait Award 2013, The National Portrait gallery, London, 2013
- ^ Mr Kitazawa's Noodle Bar, Tokyo by Carl Randall, The National Portrait gallery, London, 2012
- ^ a b 10 reasons to visit the 2013 RA Summer show, Making a Mark, 10 June 2013
- ^ Carl Randall work selected for prestigious RA Summer Exhibition, Daiwa Anglo Japanese foundation, 9 June 2013
- ^ "Carl Randall", The Prince's Drawing School Alumni Programme, London, 16 May 2012, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ Susan (26 June 2012), Dr Carl Randall, former Daiwa Scholar, exhibiting at the Mall Galleries, London in May..., London: The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
- ^ The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition 2017, London: The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, 2017
- ^ Royal Society Portrait Painters Exhibition. The Daily Telegraph, London, May 2nd 2017, page 8.
- ^ The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition 2018, London: The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, 2018
- ^ The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition 2017, London: The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, 2017
- ^ Carl Randall paintings shortlisted for the 2017 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, London: The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 24 February 2017
- ^ The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition 2018, London: The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, 2018
- ^ Carl Randall paintings exhibited at The Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Exhibition, 5 to 17 March 2018, London: The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 2 March 2018
- ^ Susan (11 September 2012), Carl Randall, a former Daiwa Scholar, will be exhibiting at the 2012 Jerwood Drawing Prize, London, 12 September – 28 October, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ 'Flowers Gallery – Small is Beautiful', Flowers Gallery, London, 2017
- ^ 'Carl Randall work featured in 'Small is Beautiful' at Flowers Gallery ', Daiwa Foundation, London, 2017
- ^ 'Tokyo Portraits' solo exhibition, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, 2014
- ^ 'Tokyo Portraits' private view opened by David Mitchell, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, 2014
- ^ 'Shōzō [肖像]' solo exhibition, Berloni Gallery London, 2014
- ^ Carl Randall's Shōzō [肖像] at the Berloni Gallery London, 17 September to 15 November 2014., The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, 2014
- ^ Carl Randall's 'Tokaido Highway Portraits' to be displayed in Japan for the first time, 8 July to 11 September 2014., The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, 2014
- ^ Art Taipei 2012, The Prince's Drawing School Alumni Programme, London, 2012, retrieved 11 December 2013
- ^ Art Volta 2014, Basel Switzerland, The Prince's Drawing School Alumni Programme, London, 2014
- ^ ArtInternational – Exhibiting Artists, ArtInternational, 2015
- ^ Carl Randall's work on display at ArtInternational Istanbul, 4-7 September 2015, The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, 2015
- ^ Tokyo Art Award 2009, Art Award Tokyo, Maranouchi, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
- ^ Solo Exhibition Tokyo, Tokyo Art Beat, Tokyo, Japan, 2009, retrieved 13 December 2013
- ^ The Last Parade – Portraits of the veterans of D-Day., The Telegraph, 2015
- ^ The Last of the Tide: Twelve portraits of D-Day veterans go on show at Buckingham Palace., Culture 24, 2015
- ^ Last of the Tide, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh., The Royal Collection Trust, 2016
- ^ Carl Randall's D-Day veteran portrait will be on display in Edinburgh from 15 January to 28 March 2016., The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation London, 2016
- ^ Christie's New York Exhibition., Christie's, 2016
- ^ Christie's New York., The Royal Drawing School London, 2016
- ^ Carl Randall exhibits at Christie's New York., The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation London, 2016
- ^ Being Present – Eight Painters. (PDF), The Jerwood Space, London, 2004
- ^ We're still here, say exponents of oldest art. Forgotten painters challenge the avant garde., The Guardian Newspaper, UK, 12 May 2004
- ^ The Portrait Now., The National Portrait Gallery, 2006
- ^ a b London Portraits by Carl Randall., Making a Mark, Art Blog, London, 2016
- ^ a b Carl Randall's 'London Portraits' on display in National Portrait Gallery., The Royal Drawing School, London, 2016
- ^ a b Carl Randall's London Portraits., The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation London, 2016
- ^ Carl Randall's London Portraits – Video Documentary., The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation London, 2016
- ^ Carl Randall paints 70 people in Piccadilly Circus., Making a Mark, Art Blog, London, 2018
- ^ Carl Randall Talk at UCL Museum., Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, 2015
- ^ Carl Randall Talk at London Art Fair., Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, 2015
- ^ Carl Randall Talk at Charterhouse School., Charterhouse School, 2014
- ^ a b Carl Randall – Resume – Introduction., www.carlrandall.com, 2015
- ^ National Portrait Gallery – Meet the Artists – Past Talks., National Portrait Gallery London, 2013
- ^ Carl Randall Talk at Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation., Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, 2014
- ^ Temple University Japan – Staff., Temple University Japan campus, 2015
- ^ Suidobata Art Academy Tokyo – Staff., Suidobata Art Academy Tokyo, 2013
- ^ Heatherleys School of Fine Art – Staff., Heatherleys School of Fine Art, London, 2016
- ^ The Art Academy – Staff., The Art Academy, London, 2014
External links
- Official website
- Carl Randall – Japan Portraits – Documentary about Carl Randall in Japan, 11mins 33s (YouTube), 2013.
- Carl Randall – London Portraits – Documentary about Carl Randall's 'London Portraits' project, 11mins 6s (YouTube), 2016.
- BBC World Service: World Update. 'Painting the faces in Japan's crowded cities' – BBC interview with Carl Randall, 2016.
- Carl Randall – Piccadilly Circus – Short video showing the making of Carl Randall's 'Piccadilly Circus' painting, 1min 42s (YouTube), 2018.